Chapter 16: Gordon in Confusion
In the setting of PokΓ©mon anime and games, Pikachu is far from being a powerful PokΓ©mon, and its popularity is more due to its cute appearance.
Whether it's in anime or games, Pikachu is absolutely cute, and his combat ability is actually very average. Especially in the game, it can even be said to be a warehouse management, compared with those powerful and gorgeous beasts, Pikachu is indeed cute, but it only has the advantage of cuteness.
But the Pikachu that Schiller encountered was far more than that, it had an IQ similar to that of humans, or even higher than most humans, with Pikachu's electrical skills, and seemed to have some other skills.
It was immune to Schiller's telepathy, and the fear gas only caused it to fall on its head. In terms of volume, the dose of fear gas that Schiller used to set the trap that day was enough to drive a small creature like Pikachu crazy, but Pikachu only sneezed a few more times.
And he was able to pick open the lock of his door and run to his bed while Schiller was sleeping. With Pikachu's height, he couldn't even reach the doorknob of the door when he jumped, and if he wanted to pick the lock, he had to at least move a chair over.
No one knows how this round creature, which was no more than the height of a man's calf and had very short hands, carried a chair in the middle of the night, jumped on the chair to pick the lock, opened the door, and then ran to Schiller's side without him noticing.
However, this Pikachu is obviously much more cunning than Schiller imagined, and more importantly, Schiller can't be as serious as he is to Batman when he listens to his Deadpool voice. Without looking at Pikachu's face, he always felt that there was a person in a black and red bodysuit, chattering next to him, and this scene simply made him shudder.
Soon, however, Schiller didn't have much time to worry about Pikachu, and Gordon sent him a text message informing him that they had conclusive evidence of Jonathan's crime and were about to arrest him.
It wasn't Schiller's business to capture Jonathan, he was more worried that no one would provide him with fear gas in the future, so he had to hurry up and take Jonathan's stock.
Jonathan, the future scarecrow, he's really unlucky.
When he knew that Jonathan was about to be caught, it was basically as much as he did Schiller, and the young scarecrow didn't have any sense of anti-detection, he was really devastated, who would come and steal his fear gas?
With Schiller's ability to teleport, stealing the Dread Gas became much easier. He only needs to be more than a hundred meters away from the chapel in the Mawson neighborhood, directly flash into the underground of the chapel in succession, and leave immediately after taking it, not even a shadow will be left.
Batman, of course, was also involved in the arrest, and he returned to the lab with his superb infiltration ability, and he found that Jonathan had made the fear gas jet gun, and he suggested that Gordon should arrest Jonathan, otherwise the gas blast gun could drive all the police officers involved in the operation and the residents of the Mawson neighborhood crazy.
Gordon doesn't trust the tight-clad freak much, but he also has his own struggles.
The Gotham Police Department is full of talents, except for him, they are basically all 10,000-year-old salted fish essences, and they are the last to arrive at the scene when something happens, and they can't be counted on anything.
Needless to say, a gas jet gun is enough to take down most of the police station.
Don't expect his boss to give him any help, Gordon has already seen through it, the current director is colluding with some underworld forces, he doesn't want to have one more trouble, it's just that dozens of civilians have died, where can he delay his great cause of making money?
Gordon was helpless and powerless. So the only person he can count on is Batman.
Although the current Batman is immature, the scarecrow is obviously not much stronger. The two of them belonged to the rookie pecking each other, and in the end, it was obviously Batman who won.
He subdued Jonathan with an anesthetic needle while he was doing experiments in the lab.
And the camera on his batsuit clearly captures how Jonathan committed the crime.
In the face of this kind of case with conclusive evidence, Gordon, who was soft-spoken, was kicked out, and Gordon's immediate boss took over the case, and quickly filed the case and opened the trial, which can be regarded as a good political achievement.
A university professor turned out to be the mastermind of dozens of murders? This would be a bizarre case that would have dominated the front pages of the newspaper for a few days in any other region, but in Gotham, although it is still a small case, it only occupies a section on the main board of the newspaper.
Seeing that the names of Gordon and Batman did not appear in the newspapers, but were all praise for Gordon's boss, Schiller knew that this dark city had another sad person who could not be aspired.
Gordon, this good cop, still has a long way to go.
To Schiller's surprise, Gordon quickly found him.
In the counseling room at Gotham University, Schiller pours Gordon a cup of coffee. The young detective looked very tired, and he took a sip of hot coffee and looked much better.
He said, "I know that my visit is a bit presumptuous, Mr. Professor. But Jonathan's case ......"
Gordon seemed to be speechless, and Schiller said: "Let me guess, the trial may have gone well, but when it came to the trial, something went wrong, right?" β
Gordon put his hands into fists on the table, and he said with a gloomy face, "That damn murderer is a doctor of chemistry, you should know what that means in Gotham, someone doesn't want to sentence him to death, but wants to exonerate him on the grounds that he is mentally ill, and then make him work for them." β
Schiller sat across from him and said, "Indeed, if a genius-like doctor of chemistry can make even a new type of hallucinogenic drug, then the person who employs him will make a fortune." β
Gordon shook his head and said, "It's much more than that, the drug they want Jonathan to develop may be even more dangerous than that." β
"If they invent drugs, they can just make a little money from those addicts. But if they really invent a virus that can make the whole of Gotham under their control, there is no need to say how much wealth they can get. Gordon said.
"Someone leaked something about Fear Gas?" Schiller asked. The effect of this poison gas is outstanding, which is why some people realize Jonathan's power.
Gordon looked at him, hesitated, and said, "I don't mean to offend, but I want to confirm, have you seen any suspicious people recently?" β
"I can tell you very clearly that I haven't told anyone about it, and it doesn't do me any good. As a university professor, it's already disgraceful to have a colleague who is a murderer. If I had any other connection with him, it would have had a big impact on my career. Schiller said.
"So......" Gordon folded his hands and said, "that night, I heard you call that tights weirdo Bruce, he was Bruce Wayne, right?" β
"I can't tell you anything on this subject, you should go to him yourself for verification, not come to me."
"I know what you're worried about." "As Gotham City's biggest business magnate, Bruce Wayne doesn't necessarily have nothing to do with the dirty deals," Schiller said. And if he finds out that you're investigating this, you're going to die an ugly death. That's what you think, right? β
"Jonathan said in his confession that there had been one person who had stolen most of his fear gas," Gordon said. That tight-clad freak was the object of my suspicions, he was so suspicious. β
Schiller sighed a little that the content that did not appear in the comics now seems to be interesting. Gordon and Batman, the old duo, did not trust each other from the beginning, and Gordon was even very suspicious of Batman, a grotesque vigilante.
It's not surprising, and no normal person would have accepted it at first, that someone wearing a black bodysuit with two pointed ears running around Gotham in the middle of the night really doesn't look like a good person.
Schiller said, "Have you ever thought that he actually doubted you so much? β
Gordon sighed, he said: "Actually, he has more reason to doubt me, if he is really Bruce Wayne, I know that the children of the Wayne family have not given up on pursuing the case of the year, the death of the Waynes is very strange, I have turned over the file of the case, there are too many things wrong." If little Wayne is Batman. Then of course he wouldn't trust any policeman, including me. β
"The police in Gotham City ......," Gordon said with some sighs, "I know that the police in this city are like ornaments, and I can't count on them for anything." He looked a little depressed, sighed, took a sip of his coffee, and then fell silent.
Schiller said, "As a stone in the mire, you are hard enough. You can't expect anyone to get you out, it's better to get bigger and bigger, and when you occupy the whole quagmire, it's no different from an asphalt road. β
"Do you think so? Do you think I should continue on this path? Gordon also looked a little lost.
No wonder he is so depressed, he took a huge risk and spent countless energy to solve the case, even if the credit was robbed, Gordon was just to get justice, but now someone has to spare even the murderer who slaughtered dozens of civilians for the sake of profit, which is really a big blow to Gordon.
Schiller smiled and said, "Detective Gordon, it seems that you need a psychiatrist, but it just so happens that I also happen to be a psychiatrist, and I don't charge for it." β
Gordon smiled reluctantly, and said, "I've seen your resume on file, Professor Schiller, and having a well-known psychologist like you do psychotherapy for me should be my year-end bonus, no matter what, thank you." β
Schiller said: "No thanks, it's an honor to be able to help a good cop in Gotham. β
Gordon's smile was even more forced, and he said as if he sighed, "Good cop? Perhaps......"