amaotonovel Chapter 3318 Bloody New City (67)
Chapter 3318 Bloody New City (67)
Chapter 3318 Bloody New City (Sixty-Seven)
Schiller was a little depressed.
This damn devil Itlegen doesn't just stay in hell, but has to come to the human world to meddle in other people's affairs.
It would be fine if he didn't understand his job, but he also came to disturb me and wanted me to give him psychological treatment without paying a penny.
I have worked so hard here for so long, but I still live in an office in the municipal building. And this rotten devil who has accomplished nothing actually has such a nice house!
He made his words so clear, but the other party didn't understand at all. This is the disadvantage of demons being able to take up their posts without taking any exams! With this level of emotional intelligence, he should sit at the same table with Batman!
Schiller became even more depressed when he thought of Batman.
Yesterday, he woke Jason up and asked him to keep an eye on Batman. Schiller wanted Jason to find out what Batman had found under the reservoir and whether the forest next to the reservoir had any connection with the natural woodland that had been polluted before.
Jason told him that Batman might have discovered his madness, and the two had a big fight. Jason now ran away from Wayne Manor.
Schiller was puzzled. Would the world be destroyed without Batman? Why was Batman the core logic of everyone's actions?
Then, Schiller received even more devastating news. After the Pale Knight woke up, Batman went to find him again.
In fact, Schiller also believes that the Pale Knight may have other secrets. Whether it was sending Jason to Blüdhaven or imprisoning the Penguin in Blüdhaven, it proves that he may have some other arrangements in that seaside town. These arrangements may have been made when he was still the Joker.
If Batman mentioned the results of his investigation to the Pale Knight, he might be able to get more clues from him.
After all, in the plot, Brad got the diary from the Joker. This proves that the Joker has been paying attention to Gotham's history for a long time. If the Pale Knight is well prepared, then he may know some important information.
As a result, the two had another big fight when they met.
According to Ruth, the content of the quarrel was not surprisingly a lot of philosophical thinking. The two of them fully discussed issues related to family, children, education, responsibility, etc., and did not say a word of serious business in the ward for two hours.
Schiller has discovered that everyone in this universe has very high panel attributes. Sometimes he is the greatest detective in the world, sometimes he is the Pale Knight who surpasses the greatest detective, sometimes he is the strongest Robin, and sometimes he is Robin who is stronger than the strongest Robin.
But panel attributes do not represent real strength. In other words, if they are given unlimited time to fully think and debate, express their philosophical talents, exchange ideas with each other, and then do their work, the result should be good.
But the problem is that Schiller simply doesn't have that much time. The water they pour into their talents will seriously reduce Schiller's efficiency.
And most importantly, the philosophical issues they thought about and discussed seemed meaningless to Schiller. Their feelings towards each other were too twisted, they loved but didn't love, hated but didn't hate, not only were they awkward, but they didn't have a mouth. For Schiller, it was just the difference between chocolate-flavored shit and shit-flavored chocolate.
If he had known this would happen, Schiller would rather go drink with Naya.
But now that he was there, Schiller had no choice but to look up information on his own, mainly investigating what had happened in Gotham Valley that year.
Looking up information was a boring task in itself, which made Schiller impatient. Brad also kept calling him, wasting his time.
This is not something that can be solved with a house. No matter what kind of monster you are, give me the house, the cat, the money, and you can cook two more dishes before you leave.
Schiller's eyes turned and he thought of a good plan.
But he had to finish the work at hand first. Just at this time, Catwoman came to him.
When Catwoman walked in, she looked around the spacious and luxurious office, clicked her tongue and said, "You were complaining about not having enough money, I thought you really were short of money. I didn't expect you were just pretending, you're also a rich guy."
Schiller waved his hand and said, "Where did the car end up? What was unloaded?"
"I went to a scrapyard near the southern dock." Catwoman sat across the table, looking at the Gotham map full of sketches, and asked curiously, "What are you doing? Are you studying urban planning?"
"Studying some history, damn history." Schiller put down the book next to him and said, "What did the driver unload from the truck?"
"That's exactly what I was talking about," Catwoman said. "Two devices that looked very new and intact. They were obviously very expensive. I was worried that they had some high-tech detection methods, so I didn't dare to get too close. But those things are definitely very valuable!"
“How does the scrapyard deal with it?”
"They just threw that thing into the shredder." Catwoman said, clutching her chest, "I dare say that thing can be sold for at least millions. It was just shredded like that!"
"It seems that the scrapyard was also in collusion with them." Schiller said thoughtfully, "After going to the scrapyard, where did the car go?"
"Oh, this is a bit strange. They should have returned the same way, but for some reason, they went to the east."
"What's to the east?"
Catwoman thought for a moment and said, "It's nothing special, but if we go a little further east, we will find the Chalabang Chemical Plant where the explosion occurred. Maybe they want to go there to take a look?"
The clues in Schiller's mind immediately connected, and he said, "Do you know anything about the Gotham Reservoir?"
"Gotham Reservoir?" Catwoman said after thinking carefully, "I do have some impression. It was about ten years ago, when I was still a little girl. The newly elected mayor of Gotham announced the abandonment of the old dam and the construction of a new one."
"The proposal was opposed by many people at the time. People felt that the original dam was in good condition and there was no need to waste tax money to build a new one. People also felt that the old dam had great commemorative value and should not be demolished."
"The two sides argued for a long time, and there were people protesting. The mayor probably wanted to maintain his support rate, so he finally decided not to demolish the old dam, even though he would no longer use it. He left it there as a tourist attraction."
"It was close to the anniversary of Gotham's completion, and many people spontaneously went to the dam to hold a memorial event. But not long after, news broke that the Gotham reservoir was polluted. I remember that I didn't dare to drink tap water at the time, and would rather spend more money to buy bottled water."
Catwoman talked about a lot of things that happened in those years, but they were all from the perspective of an ordinary Gotham resident, and there was no inside information. But Schiller heard a lot of clues from it.
Catwoman took another careful look at the map on the table, and she immediately recognized the key points that Schiller had highlighted. She said, "Isn't this the Gotham Reservoir? Wait, you're not planning on the reservoir, are you?"
"It's not that I'm planning on the reservoir." Schiller stood up and picked up a book from the bookshelf behind him, then said, "Did you know that the original Gotham Village was deep in the reservoir?"
"Gotham Village? Are you talking about the small village that was built in the earliest times?" Catwoman stroked her chin and said, "Wasn't that hundreds of years ago? Why are you investigating this?"
Schiller pointed at the map and said, "If Gotham Village is here, then why is downtown Gotham here?"
"Oh, you mean, you want to understand why the people who founded Gotham didn't build the city on the basis of Gotham Village, but moved to another place, right?"
Schiller nodded.
Catwoman suddenly asked mysteriously: "Do you know how the Wayne Group made its fortune?"
Schiller also approached and asked politely, "What?"
Catwoman looked around and lowered her voice and said, "Smuggling! They are the largest partner of the British East India Company on the east coast of the United States. Whether it is black slaves, spices, textiles or opium, they all flow into the United States through the Port of Gotham with the tacit consent of the Wayne family."
"What does this have to do with the problem I want to study?"
Catwoman pointed to the book in Schiller's hand and said, "The book says that Edmund Wayne defeated General Arkham and saved Gotham from the evil warlord, right?"
"But if the ancestors of the Wayne family did these things, driving away the unorganized pirates and smugglers and then finding the world's largest smuggling company, then this can only be regarded as black eating black at best."
"This angle is quite novel," Schiller said after a pause. "In fact, the East India Company's colonial strategy was not very friendly. They did much more business than those pirates."
"That's right." Catwoman said, "If it wasn't for the cooperation with the East India Company, how could a poor nobleman from Britain guard such an important port? I heard that Edmund Wayne was just an ordinary lord. Is there no one left in the British aristocracy?"
Schiller thought deeper than Catwoman.
In those days, the East India Company was a giant. It is no exaggeration to say that this company almost ruled the world. At its peak, it had an army of 26 people, shipping routes all over the world, and even the British emperor had to toast when he came.
It was this company that used opium to open up the Chinese market and made astonishingly huge profits from such trade, which also triggered the Opium War.
The East India Company was also involved in the development of the New World. They established colonies on the east and west coasts of the United States, constantly plundering the New World's wealth, which led to the Boston Tea Party, causing the British colonists to oppress the United States more and more, and eventually triggered the North American War of Independence.
It is clearly mentioned in the comics that Edmund Wayne was able to expel the pirates and smugglers from Gotham by cooperating with the East India Company.
Schiller did not notice this at first because he thought Edmund Wayne was an American. But in fact, Edmund Wayne should be a British, and an out-and-out British colonist.
General Arkham is also British. The war between the two of them is actually a fight between colonists for interests, not a fight to save Gotham from whom.
If anything, Wayne might be the more evil one.
The East India Company starved tens of millions of people to death for growing opium. Even the devil would have to kowtow to him. If Wayne dared to cooperate with such an organization, do you expect him to be the savior of Gotham?
If we think from this perspective, then was it really Edmund Wayne's personal wish that he didn't want the original Gotham Village, but built a new city somewhere else and flooded the village?
Or did the East India Company, which once ruled the world for a century, also play an important role in this?