The cool rain of late autumn in Gotham drifts down, causing a dim fog to float under the lit street lamps, and the cold light of the headlights gradually spreads from the corner, illuminating the end of the dark alley.

The colorful colors of the neon lights reflected on the black body, the doors opened, and the driver walked down with a black umbrella and went to the back seat to open the door.

The waiters at the door of the mansion, all dressed in white shirts and champagne-colored vests, ran over quickly, spread the carpet under the door, stepped on the carpet with leather shoes, and Schiller held on to the door and walked out of the car.

As soon as he stood up straight, he saw a guest in front of him who walked in and threw a huge umbrella into the arms of a thin umbrella boy, and the large amount of water on the umbrella directly made the umbrella boy soaking wet, and the waiters next to the gate laughed at him in a low voice.

Schiller took his umbrella and walked to the door, where a blonde manager came out enthusiastically and said, "It's Professor Rodriguez, right?" His Excellency the Godfather is already waiting for you. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Evans came down the stairs, hugged Schiller warmly, and said, "Thank you, Professor Schiller, that my bar mig-rae ceremony is not worth the trouble you have to make. ”

"Nothing, happy birthday."

The two were talking, and out of the corner of Schiller's eye he caught a glimpse of the umbrella boy holding a huge umbrella, he should have looked about the same age as Evans, but his body was thin and small, with a hooked nose, and his eyes were a little gloomy, which did not look pleasant, and he was trying to put the huge umbrella in his arms away, but because he was very thin, his movements looked a little funny.

Schiller noticed that the cufflinks on his wrists were meticulously linked, more like a dignitary who came to a party than a waiter.

Seeing that Schiller was still carrying the umbrella himself, Evans was a little unhappy, he also turned his head to look at the umbrella boy, the manager was very good at reading words, he walked up, patted the umbrella boy on the back of the head, and then asked the person next to him to take the huge umbrella.

The umbrella in Schiller's hand itself had been folded, he took the middle part of the umbrella, handed the handle to the umbrella boy, the man rolled his somewhat cloudy eyes upward, glanced at Schiller, and then took the umbrella with his head down.

This little episode didn't affect Evans' birthday party in the slightest, and somewhat surprisingly, Bruce also came.

Of course, after all, they are classmates, and they are of a similar class, and they are all in the upper class of Gotham.

Schiller was talking to Evans about the club with a glass of wine, and soon the protagonist of the banquet was called away by his father, and Bruce came and said, "Won't you eat something first?" Professor? ”

Schiller shook his head and asked, "Last time you said you wanted to be the head of the society?" It's a real surprise. ”

As soon as Bruce was about to speak, he heard Schiller say again: "Judging by the level of the paper you have handed in, let alone being the head of the club, you may not be very suitable for studying psychology." ”

"Don't do that, of course you know why I did it."

"But that's not a reason for you to pollute my eyes with a pile of academic garbage."

"Well, how much of a club's tour fee will make you shake your academic adherence a little? Is $200 million enough? ”

Schiller scolded in his heart, but he still said: "I suggest you change your disguise, this way of mixing in the rotten pile all day long, can you really afford it?" ”

"I always use ginger ale instead of alcoholic beverages, and the powder that burns is just ordinary spices."

Schiller didn't speak, just silently lowered his eyes to his waist, and Bruce said, "Well, there's something wrong with that. ”

As he spoke, the lights in the center of the ballroom turned on one after another, and Falcone led Evans down the central staircase.

This is an important part of the coming-of-age ceremony, where the elders introduce their children to their social circles to show that they are able to participate in social activities normally and take on the mission of inheriting the family estate.

Later, Schiller, along with the other elders, gave Evans some encouragement, and finally Evans himself, who first drew a cross on his chest with great reverence, and then thanked God.

As Evans spoke, Schiller noticed that in the shadow of the heavy curtain on his right, there seemed to be a thin figure hidden.

When the crowd gathered in the center dispersed, the figure was gone.

After that, it was time for the normal dance party and banquet process, with the lights shining, the cups and lamps staggered, and the golden banquet hall where people were talking with their hearts.

But as Schiller was treated at S.H.I.E.L.D., few people would come and talk to him, everyone knew about his amazing resume, and no one wanted to stay too long in front of someone who might be able to see through their inner secrets.

After a while, the banquet came to an end, and Schiller was feeling a little hungry, and he was about to go to the nearby dining table to get something to eat, when he heard some noise behind the stairs on the right, and soon a lady in a gorgeous dress ran out screaming, and she shouted, "Old Edward!! He collapsed in the bathroom!! ”

Everyone around them dispersed in a hurry, and Falcone said in a calm voice, "Be quiet, Andy, you go and see what's going on." ”

One of the people next to the godfather walked away, and soon, he came back and whispered a few words in Falcone's ear, Falcone's eyes swept over everyone present, forced by his momentum, and no one dared to speak.

Falcone said: "Old Edward is dead, at my son's bar mig. ”

In the banquet hall of hundreds of people, it was quiet as if nothing existed, and no one even dared to breathe loudly, and everyone was thinking, who was so bold to smash the field on the Godfather's territory?

Falcone took the cane and said, "What about little Edward?" Let him come and see me, his uncle died here, he has to come over. ”

"Also, go to the police station and ask them to send someone over to investigate, Evans, you help me entertain the hospitables, and don't make them feel neglected."

After that, Falcone gave his assistant Andy a look and then turned away.

Bruce stood next to Schiller and asked, "You saw that too, right?" ”

"Yes, but it has nothing to do with me."

Bruce said: "It seems that little Edward has won, and the situation at the docks is going to be chaotic." ”

"Do you think little Edward did it?"

"He's the one who makes the most money, doesn't he?"

Schiller shook his head and said, "I think that the Edward family is the biggest loser, and if the old Edward dies, everyone will think that it was his nephew's hand." And if such an incident happened at the coming-of-age ceremony of the godfather's only son, it is not too much for the godfather to take revenge on the Edward family after that. ”

"Do you think Falcone directed and acted himself?"

"He's smarter than you think."

Bruce glanced back, the banquet hall that had been bustling just now had been completely deserted, most of the people had left, they didn't dare to stay here in the godfather's anger, and the remaining scraps looked even more desolate under the light of the still brilliant lights.

When Schiller was about to leave, it was the assistant next to the godfather who returned the umbrella to him, and Andy said, "I'm sorry, professor, the godfather asked me to convey my apologies on his behalf, we didn't expect this to happen at the first banquet we invited you to." ”

"yes, we didn't expect that."

Schiller glanced down at his umbrella, all the water on it had dried up, and he stood under the porch, and saw a group of people carrying a box at the side door of the mansion, which was supposed to be the corpse of old Edward.

They loaded the box into the car, and looking at the direction in which the car was going, his body should have been thrown into the sea.

Schiller stood at the door for a while, and soon the police lights flashed in the rainy night, and the police car drove in, yes, Gotham is like that, they don't wait for the police to come when they dispose of the body.

Gordon came to the scene of a crime where neither the victim nor the murderer had any traces, and they had even wiped the blood clean, but he was very adaptable, methodically directing a few police officers under him, and began to wander around the bathroom.

And he himself, neither handling the case nor taking notes, but went to see Falcone under the guidance of others.

The outcome of the investigation in this case does not depend on what exactly happened in the bathroom, or what the police can find, but only on the attitude of one person, the host of the banquet, Falcone.

Gotham is like this, when a gang member kills another gang member, the situation of the police will become very embarrassing, Gordon deeply understands this truth, in Gotham, as a police officer, psychological quality is much more important than the method of solving the case.

After a while, Evans came out with an umbrella, and he hurriedly ran in the direction of Schiller and said, "Professor, I heard that you haven't left yet, is there anything else you have to do?" ”

"No, nothing special, you know, I'm more interested in these cases."

Evans gave a somewhat embarrassed look and said, "Ugh...... It's just a small case, not a serial murder, but if you're interested, you can go inside and check it out. ”

Schiller shook his head, but he handed the umbrella in his hand to Evans and said, "Help me bring it to the godfather." ”

Evans took the umbrella, feeling a little inexplicable.

After Schiller left, Falcone took Schiller's black umbrella from Evans and said, "It seems that he will indeed be your longest-lived governess." ”

And sitting in the car on the way back, Schiller, listening to the sound of the rain crashing on the window, remembered the thin and timid umbrella boy, the guest who had gone in before him and teased the umbrella boy with a huge umbrella, it was none other than old Edward.

As soon as Schiller returned to the apartment, he heard movement on the balcony, Batman was standing there, Schiller did not look back, Batman said, "I'm going to investigate the case of old Edward." ”

"Why? Gangsters fighting each other are also under your jurisdiction? ”

"He used to be the head of Park Street."

Schiller didn't answer him, but Batman said to himself, "He knows who killed my parents." ”