leonardwarren Chapter 2970: The green trees are thick and the summer is long (IV)
Chapter 2970: The green trees are thick and the summer is long (IV)
After the Robins returned from their trip, Schiller felt that he had to host a dinner, but it was obvious that the old housekeeper missed his children more and must have prepared a large table of dishes, so Schiller decided to take the young people of the new warrior team to Wayne Manor for the dinner.
Although it was a banquet, it was just a small family gathering, so there was no need to dress up too grandly. Robert never wore a uniform, but just changed into a clean sportswear. Helen dressed up a little, not wearing short-sleeved shorts, but wearing a cute blue suspender skirt, and also put a bow on the top of her ponytail.
Robert said with some disdain: "You are pretending to be cute again."
"What do you care about me." Helen rolled her eyes and said: "No matter where he is, an old housekeeper who can manage a huge manor independently must be a powerful person. If we can handle him, trouble will say goodbye to us."
Squirrel Girl was combing her big tail with a comb. She was a little worried that she would lose hair when she went to visit. Night Thrush was polishing his leather shoes. He was dressed more formally, with suit pants and a shirt. Fungus Man was similar to Robert, both wearing loose and clean sportswear.
Schiller went upstairs and changed his clothes - almost the same as not changing at all, still wearing the same black suit.
After the gray fog was gone, Schiller could not adjust the temperature as he wished, and the weather was very hot. He actually did not want to wear a suit, but Gotham University had dress code requirements for faculty and staff. No matter how hot it was, they had to wear dark suits, ties and leather shoes, so Schiller had to wear it this way.
It was not yet evening yet, and the reason why everyone had packed up was that Schiller had classes in the afternoon, and the others wanted to visit Gotham University, so they planned to go to Gotham University together, and then go to Wayne Manor together in the evening, and they would not come back to change clothes halfway.
Schiller opened the garage door, and immediately turned the air conditioner to the lowest setting after getting in the car. Helen climbed into the passenger seat and shivered in the air conditioning.
Schiller started the car and said, "There's a blanket in the back seat. You'd better wrap yourself up quickly, or you'll be the first Doomsday in the multiverse to catch a cold."
Squirrel Girl handed the blanket to Helen, and Helen immediately wrapped herself up tightly. When the garage door opened, everyone was like being hit by a flash bomb, and the bright sunlight at noon made it hard for them to open their eyes.
Schiller lowered the sunshade and gradually drove out of the community. Helen was curious about everything she saw, asking about this and that.
But obviously there are no fairy tales in this city. Schiller's introduction to each building almost starts with the fact that this place was destroyed by some disaster and ends with the fact that it was rebuilt after some disaster. It was really sad and tearful to listen to.
When Helen asked him to tell other things, there were more ghost stories. The history of each landmark building could be said to be a special edition of major cases. The works of serial killers were often found in museums, churches, and art galleries. Every bank had experienced dozens of major robberies, every shopping mall had suffered terrorist attacks, and every street had traces of gang fights...
When they arrived at Gotham University, several people had decided to carefully consider the possibility of causing trouble for Williams.
While waiting for the elevator in the underground garage, Schiller said: "You don't have to worry too much. Williams is not a local, and even if he is a local, there are few who can face so many superpowers head-on..."
"So there are still some?"
Schiller did not deny it. After entering the elevator, he said: "Yes, there are some, and they are mainly concentrated in Gotham University, so you'd better be honest. I don't want to see you hanging in the hall."
"When does your class start?" Robert asked: "What grade do you teach? What is the main topic? Can we go to audit it?"
"There is a basic class at two o'clock, I teach criminal psychology to junior students, hold group meetings for graduate students from 3 to 5, go back to the office to prepare for classes after 5, and get off work around 7."
"You can audit basic courses, but you don't have to attend group meetings. You're not writing papers anyway. The school has built a lot of new laboratories recently, and there's also a science and technology museum. You can go there."
The elevator stopped, and Schiller just walked out when Victor came over and said, "You're finally here. Are you full this afternoon?"
"There are no classes after 5, but I have to prepare for next week's classes, and I have a few graduate students' papers to read. What's wrong?"
"I adjusted the formula of dense ice and prepared to make a small portable cooling device. I want you to help me test it."
"Where's Nora? Is she not here?"
"She got heatstroke." Victor said helplessly: "I told you a long time ago that you can't dry clothes outdoors in this weather. She thought it was okay to go out for a few minutes, but she got heatstroke when she came back. She asked for leave today."
"Are you okay?" Schiller said with some concern: "It's hard for me to imagine that the wife of a cryogenics scientist would get heatstroke at home."
"Speaking of this gives me a headache. I have repeated it countless times with countless people recently. Cryogenics don't care about the temperature. , but no one believed it. "Victor sighed and said, "That's why I decided to break through myself and take care of this damn weather!" At this time, he saw Helen, squatted down happily, touched Helen's face and said, "Is this the little girl from your relative's family you mentioned? How old are you this year? Where are you from?" "Seven years old, Asgard." "Don't listen to her nonsense, she was also seven years old last year." Robert mercilessly exposed: "In another ten years, she will still be seven years old." "What? Do you have any objections to the way Asgard people record age?" Helen turned around and rolled her eyes at him.
Schiller said to them: "The classroom where I teach is in A213. You can go there first. I have to go to the office to get something."
A few people nodded and left. Schiller and Victor walked to the office together. The topic still couldn't be separated from the recent hot topics, which were the ridiculously high temperature and Roy's condition.
"Everyone knows that he is going to be promoted, so they are eyeing the position of mayor. We advise him to stay for another term, but this problem must be solved."
"What did Cobot say?"
"He only told James that there is nothing he can do about the situation in Gotham now, so even if he takes over, all he can do is maintain the status quo, and everything will have to wait until Bruce comes back."
"Managing a city is not that simple." Schiller sighed and said, "Especially in a city like Gotham, which is full of problems. There are too many problems. Copot's mother has a lung problem, and we can't force others to do anything."
Victor nodded and said, "Indeed, did Bruce say when he would come back?"
"I think it's soon." Schiller said with a slight frown.
"I hope he can bring us good news."
Schiller actually thought much more than he said. Gotham itself is an imaginary city set in comics. As we all know, comics can show their imagination as much as they want, so the setting of Gotham is a patchwork. Depending on the era, it has gone through many reforms, and in many cases the officially released map version does not count.
It’s strange that such a virtual city has no problem in reality, especially since Schiller and others did not continue the dark settings in the comics, but forcibly saved the city, which led to the fictional setting of various conflicts and conflicts. All revealed.
For example, because there is a problem with rain in Gotham in the comics, the impact of rain on plants is actually greater than on animals. In order to be logical, the editors can only follow this line of thinking and say that there is no greenery in Gotham.
After Gotham saw the sun again, the lack of greening became a big problem, seriously affecting the city's temperature and causing inconvenience to people's lives.
But the real world is not like a comic book. Just jump to the scene and it will be full of green trees and vitality. The impact of ordinary shrubs and vines is far less than that of green spaces and trees, and potted plants are even more useless.
If you want to plant trees, you must have land, otherwise it will be useless even if the green of all things comes, but because the setting of Gotham is full of high-rise buildings and cyberpunk, there is no extra land for planting trees, so this becomes a Unsolvable puzzle.
The only solution for now is to adopt some more comical methods, which is to directly install air conditioning in the whole city like when Gotham was frozen. The dense ice at that time could lower the temperature of the city by more than ten degrees. Now, although the dense ice in the cold storage has been upgraded , but it’s not impossible to use some old versions buried underground to make Gotham’s “ground cold”.
This requires complex design and precision manufacturing to ensure that the city's temperature can be accurately adjusted. Schiller has no doubt that Victor has such technical capabilities, but all of the above problems come down to one word - money.
Everyone is waiting for Bruce to come back, not because they really expect him to come up with any amazing technology. The technology is there and the people are there. The solution is not that difficult to come up with. The biggest problem is the lack of money.
With Roy in his position, the city government has no money. If Cobot comes in, the city government will also have no money. If it is those cats and dogs sent by the state assembly, the city government will not only have no money, but I am afraid it will also go bankrupt.
This is why everyone, including James Gordon, is insinuating Bruce's whereabouts to Schiller, because all the difficulties Gotham is facing now are actually money difficulties. Everything is easier to do with money, and the new cryogenics in the West End When the factory reaches full capacity, it is even possible to use dense ice to lay a floor in Gotham, and the temperature problem will naturally be solved.
But now, the money problem is not only plaguing Gotham but also the United States and the whole world. There is no money all over the world. Who else can do anything except Batman?
Schiller's attitude is not very optimistic. We are now in a period of global economic crisis. Even if the government has money, there are more problems that need to be solved than the temperature. This summer is destined to be very long.
As for counting on Bruce's return, I'm afraid it's a bit difficult. Bruce has a lot to do. Just preparing for foreign enemies is enough for him. By the time he's done, the economic crisis may be over.
Schiller came to the office and quickly picked up his things and went to the classroom. When he arrived, the classroom was already full. Several people from the New Warriors team sat in the back and stopped talking when they saw Schiller coming. , sat up straight and looked at him expectantly.
It's a pity that they are destined to be disappointed, Schiller thought. The basic psychology courses are very boring and he can't teach them anything interesting.
Also, the process of failing to collect homework and writing a piece of shit that happened almost every day made him even more angry and angry than the 40-degree weather.
Helen and the others watched helplessly as a storm swept across the classroom. She wanted to retract her evaluation of Professor Schiller's good temper. It was the first time that she knew that there were so many words in the world to describe a person's stupidity.