amaotonovel Chapter 2995: The Green Trees Are Thick and the Summer Is Long (29)
Chapter 2995: The Green Trees Are Thick and the Summer Is Long (29)
Chapter 2995: The Green Trees Are Thick and the Summer Is Long (Twenty-nine)
After being taken down from the car, Wanda thought she would be taken to the crematorium, but she didn't expect that the other party would lead her around the crematorium, then take her back to the backyard, go out from a small door in the backyard, and start climbing the mountain.
The group stumbled along the mountain for a long time. It was dark when they reached halfway up the hill. After passing through dense bushes, they found an abandoned air-raid shelter.
God knows how they found this place, Wanda thought, could this be an air-raid shelter from World War II?
During World War II, because it was not known whether the war would endanger the U.S. mainland, the U.S. government still built protective measures. Not only did it encourage people to build basements, it also built mountain air-raid shelters on some mountains. However, time changes, and after the war, these protective measures were abandoned due to lack of maintenance. A lot of information has been lost, and no one even knew such a place existed.
Wanda felt that this air-raid shelter was such a place.
The door of the air-raid shelter opened. Surprisingly, there was not much dust and it was not dark. It was obvious that someone had been active here for a long time. Wanda was pushed in by them and vaguely heard some noises.
The footsteps echoed in the empty space, accompanied by the subtle sounds coming from nowhere, making people feel creepy.
Although there was a bag on her head, Wanda could still see with her scarlet power. She discovered that this was not a simple air-raid shelter, but was later transformed into an activity facility with passages and rooms. However, the traces of the transformation were not so recent, and it looked like it was more than ten years old.
And there is even an elevator here. Wanda suspected that the sound she heard was the sound of a diesel generator, but she didn't see the generator and wasn't sure.
After getting on the elevator and going all the way down, about three floors, Wanda used the scarlet power to detect and determine that this was the bottom floor. It should no longer be on the mountain, but underground. This was obviously a space that was expanded later. Because of the abundant underground water system around it, it was much colder than the above.
Continuing to walk inside, they found that it was a prison. There were about five or six rooms on both sides of the corridor. Each room was not very big. Wanda was pushed into one of them and locked up.
The other party didn't even say much to her. He took a few photos and left. Wanda pulled the bag off her head and looked around.
She was really shocked by the audacity of these people. They actually dared to build a private prison here. They had never been hit by the iron fist of the Avengers. They would be obedient after Captain America gave them a shield.
Suddenly, Wanda heard some noise coming from the other side. She followed the faint light and looked towards the prison opposite. For a moment, she was stunned.
"Professor Schiller?! Why are you here???"
In the prison opposite, a familiar figure was sitting on the bed against the wall. It was Schiller in a black suit.
Schiller was also a little surprised to see her. He said, "Why are you here? Oh, yes, you are at Gordon's house."
The moment she saw Schiller, Wanda felt relieved and her ominous premonition disappeared. After all, nothing could be more ominous than seeing Schiller here.
"So you knew they were going to kidnap Mrs. Gordon?"
Schiller shook his head and said, "It's just a possibility, but that's not the main reason why I came here. I didn't expect them to recognize the wrong person."
"I also find it a little strange that they haven't met Mrs. Gordon."
"It's not impossible. Barbara is from another place, and they didn't date or get married in a big way. James has always protected his wife very well, but I think it's more because he doesn't care. Gordon will rescue anyone he kidnaps, even if they are strangers."
"That's true." Wanda said, "I thought something was wrong with them, so I followed them here. I didn't expect them to be so bold as to build a prison here."
"That's not considered audacious in Gotham."
"You are really a bunch of lawless lunatics." Wanda sighed, and then she asked with some confusion: "Then why are you here?"
"Similar to you, but they are either threatening others or me."
"What are you threatening me for?"
"Determine that someone is mentally ill."
"That's your specialty."
"The problem is that they want me to stay away from him and judge him as a mental patient." Schiller shook his head and said, "A bunch of illiterates."
“Why don’t they let you contact him?” Wanda immediately sensed something was wrong, and then she reacted and said, “Oh, because you have the ability to read minds, right? They are worried that the secrets in this person’s mind may threaten them, so they want you to send him to a mental hospital, but they don’t want you to contact him.”
Wanda shook her head and said, "Have they ever thought about the possibility that you are like Professor Charles and can read minds without any contact?"
"That's not the point. This person is also locked up here now."
Wanda immediately laughed and said, "You just have to touch him."
"Because he does have a secret in his mind."
"Why did they turn him into a psychopath?"
"They said it was to exonerate him, but it's obviously not that simple. I'm more inclined to think that they just want to turn him into a lunatic so that the secrets in his mind will never see the light of day again."
Wanda narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "Maybe I can find this person and take you to see him."
Schiller shook his head again and said, "It's not that simple. Before they knew I could read minds, they wanted me to meet him. In other words, they thought that as long as I met him, I would diagnose him as a mental patient, which would prove that this person's mental state was no longer normal."
"Even if such a person goes to court, he cannot serve as a witness. Without me, other psychiatrists will judge him as a mental patient, and his testimony will be invalid."
"What should I do?"
"It would be great if we can find him. If not, there must be evidence here."
"Evidence of their evil deeds?"
"Yes, but I didn't expect you to come."
Wanda frowned because of this. She said, "Do you think I will cause more trouble? I won't. I am already a mother of two children. I will never do anything wrong!"
"No." Schiller refused, and then said: "Either you stay here, or I will find a way to contact Jarvis and ask him to come pick you up."
"No! I'm almost suffocating taking care of the kids at home every day!" After realizing that this trick didn't work, Wanda started to act like a spoiled child and said, "Professor, you can't do this to me! How could you leave me alone in such a dangerous place? A doctor would never do that!"
"Dangerous?" Schiller snorted coldly and said, "You are the most dangerous person on the entire earth right now."
"But it's dark and cold here..."
Schiller didn't listen to what she said. He pried the door open in a few seconds and his figure quickly disappeared at the end of the dark corridor. Wanda gritted her teeth and stood up.
You want to stop me with this broken prison? Wanda thought to herself, just wait, I will definitely find evidence before you!
Wanda's body flashed red and she came to the outside of the prison railings. After turning the corner, she walked quietly towards the depths. When she came over, she saw that there seemed to be more rooms over there.
It is hidden so deeply, there must be something shady inside. If I find it, I will use magic to move it all away. I don’t have to worry about them denying it.
Wanda's figure slowly walked towards the depths and gradually disappeared into the thick, indissoluble darkness.
In the ward of Gotham City Central Hospital, Gordon stood in front of the bed with his arms folded and said, "I have to say, we really didn't know you were still alive. This was a mistake in our judgment. We are very sorry, but we really can't give you more compensation."
"No, I don't mean to blame you at all." Mr. Nygma, who was lying on the bed, pushed his glasses and said, "On the contrary, I admire your diligence and responsibility. I came to you just to tell you the clues."
"It seems that you have seen the murderer who hurt you?" Gordon did not be polite to him. After all, he was not the mayor now, but just a candidate for mayor. Gordon was the real chief of the Gotham Police Department, and his position was much higher than his.
Nygma showed a sad expression on his face. He said, "It's my nephew, my brother's son. He was sent to a mental hospital a few years ago and never recovered. I don't know why he escaped again this time and almost killed me."
"Your nephew? What's his name?"
"Edward Nygma, he is my brother's only son. He and his wife died in an accident, leaving him alone. He was very cute when he was a child, but I don't know when his mental state became a little abnormal. His parents also mentioned it to me, but I didn't expect..."
Gordon narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "We will investigate, but you'd better be prepared. If he is indeed a mental patient and has been hospitalized in a mental hospital for a long time, it will be difficult for us to send him to prison..."
"I didn't ask you to do this." Nygma showed a painful expression and said, "This child is already very pitiful. Only by staying in the hospital can his mental state remain stable. He can't accept any more stimulation."
"Okay, one more question, do you know what this thing is?" Gordon said as he took out the refrigeration device.
Nygma looked at the thing in Gordon's hand with some confusion. He shook his head and said, "I have never seen this thing before. Did you find it around me?"
Gordon immediately realized something was wrong. He said, "Although we may not be able to sentence your nephew, I still hope you can understand that we need to write a report. Can you tell us in detail how he hurt you?"
Nygma showed a painful expression again. He leaned weakly on the pillow of the hospital bed, put his hand on his abdomen and said: "He suddenly appeared in my office and stabbed me in the stomach. You should have seen the wound. After that, I didn't know anything..."
Gordon restrained his expression to prevent himself from showing any sarcasm or contempt. This guy named Nygma was being played around by others the whole time, but he himself was not aware of it at all.
When Nygma was sent to the police station, there were no external injuries on his body. The wounds he said were caused by his nephew were actually drawn by the forensic doctor. He must have made up such a lie after he woke up and heard the medical staff describe the condition of his wounds.
Wait, was it really a lie? Gordon had other ideas. Maybe he really thought it was his nephew who stabbed him?
"Why did he come to your office?" Gordon asked.
"I don't know either." Nygma shook his head.
Gordon left the two police officers to continue questioning him for details, while he walked out of the room and made a phone call to Arkham Asylum.
"Hello, Dr. Brand? Has a man named Nygma come here recently? ... Did he call?"
"Okay...he asked to speak to Edward? Do you know what they said? I completely understand confidentiality, but do you know how long they talked? And how did Edward react afterwards?"
"You mean after they finished talking, Edward went to find Cobert? Okay, I see. Thank you."
After hanging up the phone, Gordon roughly understood what was going on.