"There's only one pizza left, but I'm a guest from afar, so you better eat it." Schiller opened the kitchen valve, heated the pot, then heated the pizza, poured two glasses of water, and brought it to the table.
Bruce sat at one end of the dining table, looking at the steaming pizza, but without any appetite. He was now very concerned about the chair that had no legs, and felt that it was more important than any other food.
However, physical conditions do not change with increasing strength. Bruce is indeed very hungry. In the past two days, he has only eaten a little conch and kelp. He cannot resist the attractive aroma of modern industrialized food. Then, he still trembles. With both hands, he picked up a piece of pizza and put it into his mouth.
Every standard apartment in Hell's Kitchen has a refrigerator. The reason for this is dense ice. The refrigeration method of the refrigerator has been greatly changed. The cost has become lower, but the freshness preservation performance is better.
Therefore, the pizza tasted very good, as if it had just been baked. Schilezhu sat across from her and watched her eat. Bruce mechanically stuffed the pizza into his mouth. After eating half of it, he said, "You don't want to eat it." ?"
"No," Schiller replied.
"Aren't you hungry?" Bruce asked again.
"If I'm hungry, I'll find something to eat myself." Schiller took a sip of water, rolled his eyes aside, and held the cup in front of his mouth.
Bruce thought of something bad, so he immediately couldn't eat or swallow. But at this time, Schiller coughed twice and spit out the water in his mouth.
"God! Why does this water taste so bad?" Schiller frowned, looked at the water in the cup, and said, "Isn't there a water purifier already installed here???"
Bruce drank the glass of water in front of him in one gulp. He said, "Yes, but the water purifier is a performance type and cannot guarantee the taste. It is completely different from the independent water purifiers in wealthy areas."
Schiller frowned and showed a very disgusted expression. He put the water glass back on the table and said, "I need someone to bring me a glass of clean water. This is too unpleasant to drink."
"This is clean water." Bruce replied: "The safety of the water purifier is completely guaranteed, but the taste is just a little worse."
"That's the key," Schiller said as he stood up from the table.
Then. He walked to the phone in the living room of this house, and while dialing the number, he said, "I remember when I came in, I saw the phone number of the gang here on the advertisement on the wall. Let me think about it... Oh, hello, hello."
"...I am Rodriguez, the new resident here. Today is my first day of moving into my new home. I wonder if you can come to my housewarming party and bring a glass of clean water as a gift?"
"No, this is not a harassing call. I am telling you very seriously. If you really don't want to come to the party, you can just send me a glass of water."
"Do you think I'm kidding? But I really need a glass of water right now, and I can tell you what could happen if I don't get it."
"I have a principle, that is, if I don't have an umbrella, no one is allowed to rain. If I can't drink water, no one is allowed to drink."
"If you don't bring me a glass of water, I will walk 8.7 kilometers southeast from here to the ACE Chemical Factory on the edge of the East District."
"A chemical preparation used to make pesticides is being produced there recently. The concentrated solution is still fatally toxic to humans after being diluted about 1,800 times."
"At 11:10 tonight, I will arrive at the northwest gate of ACE Chemical Plant and lure away the bodyguards there. At 11:30, I will successfully enter the management office of ACE Chemical Plant and check the storage of the chemicals I need. s position."
"At 11:40, I will come to the warehouse of the chemical plant, find what I need, pour it into a bottle, and take it back to the living hell."
"At 2 o'clock in the morning, I will find the water source valve of the Living Hell, then follow the pipeline to the water purification area at the bottom, and put the chemical reagents in the bottle into the water source in batches."
"I'm not well versed in chemistry, so I can't estimate how many people will die, but if
If a large-scale water poisoning incident occurs, you will definitely be blamed, or you can blame it on the idiot who made the water purifier. "
Schiller glanced at Bruce and said, "Anyway, it was Batman's fault. He made the purified water here so unpleasant to drink."
After hanging up the phone, within five minutes, there was a knock on the door. After opening the door, a strong man in a suit and sunglasses first appeared outside, and behind him were four or five bodyguards. All armed.
Schiller stepped forward, shook hands with the strong man and said, "Hello, Mr. Hans, welcome to my new home, please come in."
Hans did not move. He looked at Schiller from head to toe, and then waved his hand to ask the person behind him to put down his gun, because he was sure that the person in front of him was the kind of person he thought.
In Gotham, there is a truth that everyone knows, that is, if you are in the East End and see a person who looks thin, weak, and elegant, who speaks in a literate manner and speaks in a soft voice, there are only two words - Run away.
This is actually a very clear logic. In a security situation like Gotham, if power does not prevail, how on earth can such a person survive?
The Living Hell is located in a relatively central location in the East District. It is surrounded by gangsters, and they are all thorns that are not easy to mess with.
Want to enter here. There are two ways, either you look like you are not easy to mess with, you are big and thick, you have tattoos all over your body, and you look like a tough guy at first glance.
Either that or that. As long as no one knows you're in, you can get in.
The people of Gotham are not afraid of those who are very strong, because such people can be found everywhere. In order to gain an advantage in a fight, gangsters are very disciplined and make themselves look as vicious as possible.
And those who do not look vicious at all, have a very calm tone of voice, do not use curse words in their words, and look very easy to bully, can still survive in the slums, it means that they must use other methods, and this method is more diverse. , it’s hard to pass the trial.
Of course, there will also be some piggies from other places who have this style when they first come here, but the smart ones among them will try to integrate into Gotham and disguise themselves with a tough appearance in exchange for some conveniences, while the dumber ones will , there is definitely no way to go to living hell alive.
So, if such a person appears here, you can imagine what his identity is.
And the people of Gotham also know very well that it is not a wise choice to use force with such a person. Unless you are sure that you can completely crush him to ashes, otherwise, you may see him standing in front of you when you close your eyes tonight. The head of your bed is smiling ferociously at you.
Seemingly shaking Schiller's hand very seriously, he said, "The water here tastes really bad, doesn't it? Sir, did you just move here today?"
Schiller nodded and said: "Yes, in fact, this is my first time coming to the East End. You should be able to tell that I am not a native of Gotham. I just came here not long ago... Oh, you see, I am so It's rude to keep you standing outside for so long, come in quickly."
Hans took a slight step back and said, "No, sir, I won't interrupt your housewarming party. You need water."
Hans handed over a bottle of water. Schiller took two steps forward and took it without thinking. Then he unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip. He nodded and said, "Purified water still tastes better. Thank you. Mr. Hans, if you encounter any trouble, you can come to me and I will be happy to pay a good reward for this bottle of water."
Hans waved to him and said, "Goodbye then, sir."
"goodbye."
Schiller closed the door, drank two more mouthfuls of water, and let out a sigh of satisfaction. Then he took away the two cups and cleaned them, poured a glass of pure water for Bruce and said, "You should really try this, then Let the glass of water you just drank feel so ashamed in your stomach."
Bruce covered his eyes with his hands and said, "You can't..."
"Can't what?" Schiller looked at Bruce and said, "You're not going to say that I can't deal with gangs, are you? Please, don't you see what's going on now?"
"I was surprised
I have been informed that I will live here for a while. I am not familiar with this place and I don’t even have any friends. I have to find a place to settle down first and get to know some people before I can find a job, right? "
"Looking for a job?" Bruce's tone fluctuated a little, and he pursed his lips and said, "What job are you going to find?"
Schiller sat down and said while drinking water: "I hope this job can provide me with enough food and water, not be too tired, and preferably also satisfy my personal hobbies."
He lowered his head and shook his head and said, "It's a bit whimsical, right? But people always have to dare to think before they dare to do it."
Bruce had already thought of some very scary things due to his job requirements. He carefully looked at the professor opposite. In fact, he had never been so close to Schiller.
This proximity does not refer to physical distance, but to their situation.
Many times, Schiller is in the role of a teacher. In this case, he will habitually use words to pressure Bruce to gain the initiative.
Bruce, on the other hand, is usually busy looking for opportunities to fight back and take back the initiative. Every time the two of them talk, they go back and forth to test each other, and there is rarely a time when they talk calmly.
And now. The situation and status of the two of them were completely consistent, and Bruce could observe Schiller in more detail.
Then he discovered that some of the professor's behaviors were indeed a bit strange. For example, every time he put down the water glass, he placed it exactly at the same point without any error. The octagonal water glass always rushed towards him at the same point. noodle.
Schiller would deliberately stare at the water glass when he put it down to make sure it was in the correct position.
At the same time, many of Schiller's movements were not smooth and seemed a bit stiff. Bruce noticed that the placement of his eyes was wrong. He followed his eyes and discovered that Schiller seemed to be counting the floor tiles.
Bruce carefully recalled the scene in his memory, and he discovered that this was not the first time that Schiller had done this.
In fact, he has always been slightly different from ordinary people. This difference does not refer to his ability to turn into gray mist or his ability to read minds, but when he performs certain daily instinctive actions, he will show differences from ordinary people. .
This is less like OCD because he does not have pathological compulsive behavior, but more like an instinctive and naturally occurring habit.
At this time, Bruce recalled that he seemed to have heard from Victor that Schiller was an autistic patient, and he was a famous patient with scholarly autism.
Savant syndrome, a specific mental disorder in which patients exhibit extra genius in some areas but have cognitive impairment in others.
If Schiller was cognitively impaired in some areas... Bruce didn't have to think about it, he knew which areas it was. To put it simply, it was every aspect that had anything to do with people.
