Chapter 796: Deadly Joke (Twenty-Three)

"There's only one pizza left, but you're a guest from afar, so you should eat it." Schiller opened the valve in the kitchen, heated the pot, 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 he had no appetite. He was now very concerned about the chair that had lost its legs, and felt that it was more important than any food.

However, physical condition is not affected by daily strength. Bruce was really hungry. In the past two days, he only ate a little conch and kelp, and could not resist the tempting aroma of modern industrialized food. Then, he still trembled with his hands, 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 changed greatly, the cost has become lower, but the preservation performance is better.

Therefore, the pizza tasted very good, just like it was just baked. Schiller sat opposite and watched her eat. Bruce mechanically stuffed the pizza into his mouth. After eating half of it, he said, "Don't you want to eat?"

"No." Schiller replied.

"Then aren't you hungry?" Bruce asked again.

"If I'm hungry, I'll find something to eat myself." Schiller took a sip of water, turned his eyes aside, and put the cup in front of his mouth.

Bruce thought of something bad, so he immediately couldn't eat, but at this time, Schiller coughed twice and spit out the water in his mouth.

"God! Why is this water so unpalatable?" Schiller frowned, looked at the water in the cup, and said, "Isn't there a water purifier installed here???"

Bruce drank the glass of water in front of him, and said, "Yes, but the water purifier is a performance type, and the taste cannot be guaranteed. It is completely different from the independent water purifiers in the rich area."

Schiller frowned, showing a very disgusted expression. He put the water cup back on the table and said, "I need someone to bring me a glass of clean water. This is too unpalatable."

"This is clean water." Bruce replied, "The safety of the water purifier can be guaranteed, but the taste is a little worse."

"This is the key." Schiller said as he stood up from the dining table.

Then. He walked to the phone in the living room of the house and said while dialing: "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 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 seriously that 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 now. I can tell you the consequences if I can't get this glass of water."

"I have a principle, that is, if I don't have an umbrella, no one is allowed to rain, and if I can't drink water, no one is allowed to drink it."

"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 for making pesticides is being produced there recently. The concentrate is still lethal to humans after being diluted about 1,800 times. Toxic. "

"At 11:10 tonight, I will arrive at the northwest gate of the ACE Chemical Plant and lead away the bodyguards there. At 11:30, I will successfully enter the management office of the ACE Chemical Plant and check the location of the chemical preparations I need. "

"At 11:40, I will go to the warehouse of the chemical plant, find what I need, and fill it into a bottle and bring it back to the living hell. "

"At 2 o'clock in the morning, I will find the water source valve of the living hell, and then follow the pipeline to the bottom water purification area, and put the chemical reagents in the bottle into the water source in batches. "

"I don't I am proficient in chemistry, so I can't estimate how many people will die, but if a large-scale water poisoning incident occurs, you will definitely be blamed, or you can also 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 finished water here too unpalatable after the water purification."

After hanging up the phone, less than five minutes later, there was a knock on the door outside. After opening the door, a strong man in a suit and sunglasses appeared outside the door first, and behind him were four or five bodyguards, each of whom was fully armed.

Schiller walked up, 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 Schiller from head to toe, then waved his hand and asked the people behind him to put down their guns, 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 see someone in the East District who looks thin, weak, and gentle, who speaks in a tactful and gentle voice, there are only two words to say - run away.

This is actually a very easy-to-understand logic. In the security situation of Gotham, if the power is not dominant, how 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 are like this 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 serious, he shook hands with Schiller and 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."

Hans took a step back slightly and said, "No, sir, I won't disturb 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 you a good price 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 suddenly informed that I would live here for a period of time. 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 is a special mental illness. Patients will show extra talent in some aspects, but have cognitive impairment in other aspects.

If Schiller has cognitive impairment in some aspects... Bruce doesn't need to think about it, he knows which aspects they are. In short, it is every aspect related to human beings.