Chapter 43: God Bless Gotham
“…… Salr, like his partner, was a bit clever, I remember the first time I met him, it was a hairy boy who had just arrived in Gotham, and he was blackmailing the owner of the cargo ship with a few people at the docks, and it wasn't long before he was caught by Lauren in the red light district, and the redhead took him around that neighborhood and soon bought the first bar, which was more than twenty years ago......"
Falkene sat in his chair, smoking a cigar and recalling, "Sal won't let go of the police chief, even if he wants to get some information out of his mouth, he will die eventually, you can change the conditions, such as what else do you want to kill, or what else do you want to solve?" ”
"My troubles come from the Metropolis, so I won't bother my godfather."
Falcone rolled his eyes slightly, glanced at him and said, "The guys I helped you solve seem to have a lot of background, who did you provoke?" ”
Schiller raised his eyes, and he said, "Your Excellency Godfather, I think I may be your son's longest-lived governess. ”
Falkene tapped the end of his cigar on the table and said, "You do things for me, and of course I won't let trouble find you, but you've been involved in all those strange things, and now you're hiding here......"
"You're not afraid I'll drag the Falcone family into the water?"
Falcone turned his chair back and said:
"When did the Falcone family go ashore? From the day I arrived in Gotham, I knew that we were all rotten wrecks in a shipwreck, and that we would never think about going ashore. ”
Then he sighed slightly.
“…… But my son and I think differently. ”
Falcone Jr., also known as Evans Falcone, is different from the old godfather in that he is passionate and thinks he can put order in order in Gotham on his own.
Yes, although he is the heir to a future gangster family, he does want to restore the order of Gotham, but this order is based on violence, not really a utopia.
To be honest, his thinking may even be more normal than Batman, absolute violence brings absolute authority, absolute authority controls everyone, the question is whether little Falcone has this ability.
After a while, the butler stood outside the door and knocked on the door, Evans stood behind him, and as soon as he walked in and saw Schiller, he was visibly stunned for a moment, and then turned back to the butler and whispered, "Do you remember that I recently mentioned that I forgot to bring my homework, or forgot to hand in my homework?" ”
The butler shook his head, Evans was visibly relieved, and Schiller stood up and said, "Evans? ”
"You know?" Falcone asked.
"Father, this is my university professor, and I remember I mentioned to you that I was going to write a psychology homework."
Before Falcone could say anything, Evans said, "Sorry, Professor, if I have any problems with my recent assignments, it may be that I have been busy lately and neglected, if you are not satisfied, then I can rewrite it immediately." ”
Then he moved his lips, turned to Falcone, and said, "Father, I've been a little busy with the recent events in the East Block, perhaps neglecting my studies, and I'm really sorry that Professor Schiller has come to visit you." ”
Schiller understood that he had misunderstood, thinking that he had come to visit the family, but Evans was now afraid of death.
He had long heard of Schiller's famous murderous name, what kind of serial murderer and stamp collector, scolded Bruce Wayne in class for not turning in his homework, and sent him a notice of withdrawal......
Schiller, a homework maniac, is well-known throughout Gotham University, and no professor has ever been so strict with students turning in their homework, no matter who dares not to turn in their homework, he will definitely get a face-saving sneer in his class, even if you are Bruce Wayne, the president of the board of trustees of Gotham University.
But Evans never expected that he would run to the godfather of the biggest gangster family in Gotham and chase him for his homework!
Evans lamented in his heart, is this professor crazy? No wonder he scolded Bruce Wayne like a reservoir dog, and even the new headmaster, Shelton, walked around him.
As the heir of the gangster family, Evans originally didn't believe in those nonsense rumors, but now he does, but if he doesn't have a little mental problem, who will come to the godfather to visit his family?
It's no wonder that Schiller cares so much about homework, his mentality has not changed in the teaching style of his previous life, you know, many students can't memorize those big books of psychology, and in the final exams, they often can't get a high score, at this time, if you want to pass, you can only rely on the usual score to pull up, but if you don't even write homework, and you don't have the usual score, the passing rate will definitely be terrible.
If the pass rate is too low, his evaluation will definitely be affected, although Gotham University does not have any reliable professor evaluation plan at all, and no one cares about students failing and failing, but Schiller has been used to it in his previous life, and he feels that he has not yet used the three successes, and the students of Gotham University who have been happily educated since childhood have already broken the defense.
If you throw them into the university where Schiller taught in his previous life, just a small essay in the classroom can kill them, you know, those students all write 20,000 small essays, and the big papers are completed according to the standard of book publishing.
So he couldn't understand that a small paper that only requires less than 3,000 words, someone still can't write enough words, and the English paper, the number of words itself is less than the Chinese paper, and the standard paper of 3,000 words is only 2,000 words, how can it not be handed in?
So after Schiller used all kinds of means to chase his homework, three-quarters of his class finally turned in his homework, including Evans, of course, and even he was the better one, basically every article was handed in, the number of words in each article was enough, and the content was not bad, and there were two or three times to get the first place.
Schiller thinks that such a good student should be praised, they are also freshmen, you look at the blues who doesn't learn and don't know how to do it, the two-thousand-word paper, the transition words can account for one-third, the meaningless modification and description can take up one-third, and the rest except for the one is a, other people's dashes only write the distance of two characters, he can write a long row, just like that, he is embarrassed to let Schiller catch him.
Falcone frowned slightly, and he said, "In that case, how is Evans doing in school?" Is there anything wrong with his homework? What about test scores? ”
Evans took a deep breath, and Schiller said, "Actually...... Very good, I heard Anna, who teaches advanced mathematics, also talk to me about Evans's science is quite good, at least I am willing to give him a place in graduate school, he is quite talented in psychology. ”
Evans breathed a sigh of relief, seeing his son's performance like this, Falcone said directly:
"From now on, this Professor Schiller will be your tutor."
Evans was a chill in his back, but he didn't dare to question his father's decision, so he could only say, "Okay, father." ”
Falcone stood up from his chair with his two armrests and said, "Looks like I'm going to have to deal with you, the trouble you've brought from the Metropolis." ”
Schiller shook his head and said, "It's a big trouble, and I don't think it's worth the price I've paid." ”
"It's not enough to be my son's governess, but if you become a friend of the Falcone family, we'll get everything out of trouble for your friend," Falcone said. ”
"There's a huge dark vortex behind Metropolis that no one could have imagined, I escaped from there, but I lost a lot of things, and the people of Gotham don't need to get involved in Met, do they?"
Falcone shook his head, took another puff on his cigar, and said, "You don't know me well enough, sir. Forty years ago, I came to Gotham alone, no one had ever heard of Falcone's name, and thirty years ago, I became the owner of Three Streets, and there was no Falcone family ......"
"I don't want to brag about my exploits, but I ruled Gotham for forty years, ruling the city that was once called hell."
Falcone pressed the tail of his cigar against the table, smoke rising from between his fingers, and he said: "So you just have to answer 'yes' and all the troubles you have suffered will be goodbye to you." ”
Schiller looked at him, and Falcone's expression was calmer than Schiller had imagined.
Schiller thought, this Falcone is obviously not the little minion villain in the comics when Batman was a novice, he is a well-deserved godfather of Gotham, the uncrowned king of Gotham City.
Gotham City was never quiet without Batman, and the godfather ruled the city for forty years, and such a man could not have been as stupid and short-sighted as the comics depicted.
Eventually, Schiller stepped forward, kissed Falcone's right hand and said, "...... God bless Gotham, Godfather. ”
Schiller swirled the accent of the last word in his mouth, and Falcone could hear the subtle difference, but he didn't mind.
No matter how brilliant he has been in the past forty years, the godfather is really old, and the heirs of the Falcone family are far from mature enough.
Falcone thought, perhaps, that Gotham's kingless era was coming.