The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman - Chapter 3477 Research on Cats and Dogs (25)

After seeing Barry off, Schiller picked up his cigar again, walked back into the restaurant, walked through the crowd and sat down next to Victor who was cracking finger biscuits.

"What's wrong?" Victor asked.

Schiller shook his head and asked the waiter to bring a new knife and fork. He tied his napkin and said, "Nothing. Did you see the breaking news just now?"

"Are you talking about the explosion in Metropolitan Commercial Street? Wasn't it said that it was caused by a gas explosion in a merchant?"

Although Schiller took the tableware, he did not take many dishes. He just ordered some vegetable salad and spent most of the time drinking.

Victor looked to the side and said in a low voice, "Jonathan is an absolute unstable factor. I don't know why the principal agreed to let him come back."

"The lack of teaching staff in the Department of Chemistry has seriously affected Gotham University's ratings and rankings. In addition, the rapidly developing chemical industry also needs more talent reserves. Jonathan's expertise is worthy of recognition."

Victor studied Schiller's expression; he didn't look like he was saying one thing and thinking another.

"Sociopaths have their uses," Schiller said with a smile. "There are two new superheroes in town, so what's a good thing without some super criminals to oppose them?"

"Who are you talking about, the new superhero?"

"Of course it's Batman and Superman." Schiller also lowered his voice and said, "If I'm not mistaken, someone should have noticed their existence."

In the mayor's office of Gotham City Government, the Pale Knight stared at a photo in a daze. The secretary stood by and waited for him to speak.

"Not yet," the secretary replied. "It is no taller than the tall buildings near the beach. It can only be seen a little through the gaps between the tall buildings. There is no risk of damaging the skyline at present."

"Then leave it alone for now," the Pale Knight said, "and don't demolish it. Just think of it as a new project of the Tourism Administration."

The secretary turned his eyes back to the photo. On the beach of Gotham, a sand castle more than ten meters high stood majestically. Tourists gathered around the castle to visit, obviously feeling very curious about it.

However, they were just standing at the bottom, while two figures were standing on the balcony on the second floor of the sand castle. If you zoom in on the photo, you will see that both of them are familiar faces: one is Bruce Wayne, and the other is Clark Kent.

"They should be staying at the Wayne Hotel, which is not far from the beach. But for some reason, they did not use the hotel's private beach, but went to the public beach. Later, they returned to the hotel. According to witnesses, they brought a little girl with them."

"That should be Aisha, Bruce's daughter. This Bruce Wayne is obviously not... Never mind. Get someone to keep an eye on the hotel. If they come out, send a car to pick them up here."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."

Night is about to fall, and Batman has also changed into his equipment. Although he has fun during the day, he still has to do some serious work at night.

Most importantly, Wayne Tower uses facial recognition devices, which allows him to scan his face to get in. If he goes to Wayne Manor, Alfred will definitely recognize that he is not the local Batman.

Superman went with him, but he didn't plan to go in with him. He just stood outside the building to keep watch. To avoid being too conspicuous, he didn't wear Superman's uniform, but a sports jacket over his short-sleeved shirt during the day.

The two of them walked out the door in a nondescript manner. When they were about to reach the underground parking lot, Superman couldn't help but say, "We are like the worst kind of comic convention partners: one is fully armed, and the other doesn't take it seriously at all."

"You're actually going to the comic convention." Batman turned around and said, "Next time we can go together. I'll dress up as Batman and you as Superman."

"I've been in your costume before," Batman said. "Zatanna was performing a magic trick on stage and something went wrong. To save the situation, I put on your costume..."

"What? Which show? The Best Magicians on Tour?"

"It seems so. The Met special. A lot of people saw it, and it was on the news. Didn't you see it?"

"I'm not the kind of person who searches for my code name on the Internet and responds to every nasty comment."

"Of course you didn't, because you even responded to the positive review." Superman seemed to have thought of something interesting, and he said, "You also liked Diana's blog review of the Justice League with your big account."

"Because I'm Batman's patron, OK?"

Just as they said this, a black business car stopped in front of them. A man and a woman in formal attire got out of the car.

"Hello, Mr. Bruce Wayne and Mr. Clark Kent. We are city government staff. The mayor would like to invite you two to dinner. Please come with us."

Although he really wanted to emphasize "calling the position when outside", after all, the Batman of this universe had quit long ago, and it was reasonable that the other party could not meet Batman's need to conceal his identity.

But since you call yourselves city government workers, could you please not dress like the agents in Men in Black?

Moreover, those who know you are city government staff and the mayor came to invite them to dinner; those who don’t know you think you are sent by the Godfather. What is the difference between your tone and that of the gangsters?In fact, there is no difference. Because under Roy's leadership, Gotham City's municipal team is indeed a large-scale gang. Even if it is gradually whitewashing, it will not be able to get rid of gangster habits for a while.

There is one advantage to this style, which is that it basically does not allow the other party to refuse. Even if the other party is Batman or Superman, you have to consider whether the other party will make you an offer that you cannot refuse if you do not go.

"Okay, the code of silence. I understand." Batman sighed and whispered, "At least you have to tell me what we're having for dinner tonight?"

"The city government's private banquet hall has prepared a sumptuous dinner for you, so you don't have to worry about it." The woman finally spoke.

But when Batman further brought up related topics such as "what did the mayor want him for?", the woman became silent again.

This made Batman realize that the other party was quite well-trained and did not look like a city government employee, but more like an FBI agent.

It wasn't until he got out of the car and was led into the city hall banquet hall that Batman realized that this chaotic and perverse feeling was not an illusion.

Because standing behind the long table waiting for them was the clown.

Of course, the Pale Knight has long stopped wearing clown makeup. But Jack Napier is basically the template for the most common clown in each universe. Even the local clown Jack in this universe uses this template. After washing off the clown makeup, he also looks very similar to the Pale Knight.

It is not surprising that the Joker in Batman's universe also looks like this. Although the clown makeup partially blurs the face, it obviously cannot fool Batman, let alone Superman with his super vision.

But what made Batman take a step back was not just Jack Napier's face, but the Joker, who was supposed to use this face to make all kinds of crazy laughing expressions, was now looking at them seriously with a look of disapproval on his face.

It's scary to see a clown laughing every day, but it's even scarier if he stops laughing one day, because you can't help but wonder what could have stopped the clown from laughing.

And why does his taut lips and downturned mouth look so familiar? You are Batman and I am Batman?Fortunately, before Batman could think too much, the Pale Knight said, "Welcome. Please sit down first."

At this time Batman realized that the person who came to pick him up said that the mayor invited him to dinner, so the Mr. Napier in front of him was the mayor?The world has finally gone crazy.

"First of all, on behalf of the citizens of Gotham, I welcome you both. However, the masterpiece you created today on the beach in Gotham has caused quite a stir. Although it is a public area, it will still pose a safety hazard if it attracts a large number of citizens to watch..."

Batman and Superman looked at each other, both feeling a little guilty. It was impossible for Elsa to build such a big castle by herself. The sand castle was indeed mainly the work of the two of them.

"I'm sorry." Superman spoke first, because he knew Batman would never be willing to apologize to the Joker, so he said first, "We got a little carried away when we were having fun. But this is also because your city has beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, which greatly inspired our creation. This kind of public space art is displayed in major cities around the world. Although the audience is enthusiastic and curious, most of them are also sensible. I believe in the quality of your citizens..."

This is why you need to have a reporter with you wherever you go, Batman thought. Clark Kent is the best reporter in the world.