The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman - Chapter 3478 Research on Cats and Dogs (26)

The Pale Knight's expression eased a little, and it was unclear whether he accepted Superman's statement or was satisfied with their proactive attitude of apology, but at least he no longer had a stern face.

"As the mayor, I must say that Gotham welcomes every visitor. I hope you can have fun here, but the premise is that you don't break the law, make too much noise, and create safety hazards."

All the words were good, but it was too strange for someone with this face to say them. Batman, who was used to observing micro-expressions to gather information, would rather look down at the food on his plate and didn't want to even glance at the Pale Knight.

Superman is of course better, after all, he doesn't have to face the Joker every day, and the Pale Knight doesn't wear that kind of scary makeup, so he accepts it well.

This situation certainly made Batman feel extremely awkward, but he didn't know why he felt awkward. Anyway, he had no taste for the meal.

When the meeting was almost over, the White Knight stood up to answer a phone call. Batman quickly nudged Superman with his elbow.

Superman understood what he meant. Batman wanted him to use his super hearing to listen to the content of the Pale Knight's call.

"...What? Why is this happening? Inspector Gordon has already gone. Okay, remind him to preserve the physical samples. I will arrange for people to block the road so that the ambulance can arrive as soon as possible."

"It seems that this strange mayor is in some trouble." Batman said to Superman, "and solving troubles happens to be what we are good at."

"Are you sure?" Superman looked at him and asked, "Don't care about Metropolis?"

"It seems that Metropolis doesn't need us very much." Batman stood up, but quickly sat down again and said, "I think Gotham needs us more."

Superman saw that he was trying to get back at Mayor Joker, but he didn't expose him. Instead, he smiled and nodded and said, "Okay, he will definitely come to you for help later. After all, you are Batman after all."

He hurried back with his phone, and was about to say something but stopped, then looked at Batman and said, "Well, Mr. Batman, your travel plans need to be put on hold for a while. We've run into some trouble and may need your help."

Batman adjusted his collar - the bat suit he was wearing was lined with a tights and had no collar to adjust, but he still completed the entire set of movements and nodded reservedly.

The food was taken away, and several people were still sitting at the table. Batman was the first to speak: "Let me tell you what happened first."

"Just now, I received a call from the president of Gotham University. He told me that nearly half of the faculty and staff had symptoms of food poisoning at tonight's dinner. In addition to vomiting and diarrhea, they also had confusion, delirium, and talking nonsense. They are now on the way to the hospital."

Batman's focus was obviously different from everyone else's. He said, "Dinner? Today is not a holiday. Why is there a dinner party at school?"

"It was a professor who used to work at Gotham University. He returned to the university and held a thank-you dinner personally."

"Professor..." Batman repeated the word.

He suddenly remembered that when he heard the Justice League of this universe chatting before, they seemed to have mentioned a certain "professor". Could it be this person?

"Jonathan Crane."

To be honest, this name didn't surprise Batman much. After all, the Joker was already standing in front of him as the mayor, so what was wrong with Scarecrow becoming a professor at Gotham University?

In other words, it seems that Scarecrow was originally a professor, so it is normal for him to work at Gotham University now.

But a case of food poisoning? That doesn't sound very straw man-like.

Judging from the tone of the Justice League before, this so-called professor has a good relationship with them, and seems to be the teacher of Bruce Wayne in this universe, and is very familiar with Diana and Clark.

In this world, the Joker can turn over a new leaf and become the mayor, so it doesn't seem too unusual that the Scarecrow would become a mentor and friend to the Justice League.

And based on Batman's understanding of Scarecrow, he usually wouldn't resort to such a simple and despicable method as poisoning food.

In fact, from the perspective of ordinary people, poisoning food or drinking water is the simplest way of poisoning. The probability of the other party being infected is very high, and once infected, it is not easy to rescue.

But the reason why the Scarecrow kept using this method was because he was a conceited genius. He felt that if he could use the most difficult and impractical method to poison, and still poison the greatest detective in the world, that would be amazing.

That's why he has been concentrating on studying fear gas instead of studying how to poison the food and drinking water in the restaurant.

Assuming that the Scarecrow in this universe is the same, he would never choose such a method, which he himself thinks is boring, to deal with a group of university professors who are neither superheroes nor special characters.

Batman tends to believe that Jonathan may have been wronged, and someone deliberately used chemical poisoning to frame him, but because his level is not high enough, he cannot make a counterfeit of fear gas, so he can only resort to the relatively simple method of poisoning food and water.

The fact that the invaders haven't shown up for such a long time means that they should have given up on a head-on attack, or they don't plan to start a decisive battle right from the start. Instead, they want to do things secretly and weaken the Justice League's combat effectiveness to the minimum before taking action.

In addition to provoking divisions within the Justice League, adding more external troubles to the Justice League is also one of the methods.

Batman could tell from Diana's attitude before that the so-called professor was very difficult to deal with. Even Clark was planning to apologize. He was indeed the perfect choice for an external enemy.

Also, if he is indeed close to the members of the Justice League, and is even Bruce's mentor, then if something happens to him, it will definitely affect the emotions of the members of the Justice League and disrupt their judgment.

Thinking of this, Batman couldn't sit still any longer. He stood up and said to the Pale Knight, "Where is Professor Crane now?"

"Gotham Police Department. He is to blame for what happened at his invitation dinner. Commissioner Gordon has taken him to the police station first."

"I'm going to the police station." Batman said, "Please call Commissioner Gordon and tell him our identities and ask him to cooperate with my investigation."

The Pale Knight thought that Batman always knew Scarecrow, and if he interrogated him, he would definitely be able to find out more, so he nodded and said, "Okay, James will cooperate with you."

Batman nodded and left with Superman.

About 20 minutes later, they arrived at the entrance of the Gotham Police Department. There were rows of police cars parked in front of the door, each with heavy weapons mounted on it. The firepower was so great that even Batman was dumbfounded.

Batman has long been aware that there are other forces that are constantly transforming the city into what it is today, and upgrading Gotham's police force is clearly one of the most important things he has done, ensuring that no criminal can survive such firepower, which must have greatly improved Gotham's security.

Unfortunately, his Gotham cannot use this method. The police will take anyone's dirty money, but when facing the Wayne Group, they show that they are loyal defenders and will never take a single needle or thread from the people.

Batman pulled Superman over and said, "When you go in through the main entrance, tell them you want to see a certain professor and tangle with them for a while. I'll have Commissioner Gordon call you up later."

Superman nodded and turned to walk out the front door, while Batman jumped onto the second-floor balcony and tiptoed into the office.

Gordon was shocked when he turned around and saw the dark shadow in the corner.

"God!!!"

"I want to meet Professor Crane." Batman got straight to the point.

"No problem. Mayor Napier has already told me. There will only be two of you in the interrogation room. No one will spread what you say or do."

This surprised Batman a little. Gordon had obviously done this kind of thing many times before, and he was much more flexible than the people in their universe.

Gordon said a few words on the intercom, and then took Batman downstairs. Batman pulled Superman, who was talking to the police officer, over, and the three of them walked towards the interrogation room together.

This Professor Klein was indeed different from the Scarecrow he knew. At least he did not look that crazy on the surface. He was tall, with thin cheeks, and wore a pair of silver metal-framed glasses. He even looked gentle and refined, and did not look like a super criminal at all.

(End of this chapter)