Chapter Fifty-Nine: The First Sight of the Frozen Man
The new principal Sheldon is actually quite capable and experienced, and he has a wide range of contacts, the only problem is that his luck is really a bit bad.
No, it should probably be said to be very bad.
His friends helped him nominate a total of six professors, and one of them happened to meet one of the villains of future Gotham, Victor Freese, the Freezer.
After reviewing their files, Shelton plans to hire three of them, including Victor Freese, the Freezer.
After the invitation was sent, only one professor accepted the offer from Gotham University, and it happened to be Victor Freese, the Freezer.
Gotham University is really ill-fated, just a few demons have been subdued, a few demons have been captured, Jonathan, a scarecrow has just gone, and Victor the frozen man has come.
And Victor seemed to be in great need of this errand, and before Schiller could communicate with Bruce to stop Shelton's hire, the invitation had just been sent out at noon the previous day, and the next afternoon, Victor had already arrived at Gotham University, as if he was running out of food if he didn't do this job.
But fortunately, just like the scarecrow, the current Victor is just an ordinary scholar and professor.
In fact, Schiller knew that even the later Freeze Man was a relatively mild of the Gotham villains, he usually liked to freeze Batman and then talk to him about philosophy and art, most of his paranoia and madness came from his love for his wife, not necessarily against Batman or Gotham.
Schiller's Victor resembles himself, both of them are very typical scholars, Victor is tall, wears a pair of glasses, the collar and cuffs of his suit are meticulously groomed, and although he looks a little haggard, he still looks like a professor with a full stomach.
Each professor has his own private office, but there are also public offices where everyone sits together and chats, and after Jonathan left, his public office was vacant, and this time Victor came, and he happened to sit right next to Jonathan's place, which was Schiller.
In the first chat with Victor, Schiller found that Victor's eyes had been staring at the ring on Schiller's ring finger with some distraction.
After a while, he finally brought the topic to the family, and then asked, "You seem to be married, is your wife also in Gotham now?" ”
In Europe and the United States, it is actually not polite to talk about each other's marital situation when they meet for the first time, and some people may feel that this is an offense to their privacy.
It can be seen that Victor is not in a good state of mind right now, and he seems to be anxious and eager to seek recognition.
Schiller was stunned for a moment when he heard this question, he didn't know how to answer, he couldn't tell the other party that he had a symbiote that had watched too many TV series, right?
Schiller's silence was interpreted by Victor to mean something else.
People are like this, they will always be insecure and extremely anxious, and unconsciously look for their own kind, wanting to find comfort in their own experiences.
Victor thought of Schiller's astonishing resume, and he thought that perhaps among those thrilling detective stories, there might be a more poignant love story than his own.
With this sense of identity that "they are both fallen people at the end of the world", Victor and Schiller quickly became acquainted.
In the subsequent exchanges, Schiller found that he and Victor did have a lot in common, Victor's favorite thing to talk about was ancient philosophy, modern art and religious art, and Schiller also liked theology and philosophy, and the two of them had a lot in common, and they could even talk all afternoon when they were not in class.
Schiller didn't expect that after he crossed over, the first confidant he found was the villain Freeze.
But I have to say that this Mr. Freeze, who has not yet become a villain, is actually very charismatic, he is always gentle and elegant, has a strong ability to empathize, his words are gentle and organized, and he has very unique insights when talking about some issues.
This moderate villain has a pretty good impression, which is something that everyone in the office recognizes.
As the communication with Victor deepened, Schiller also knew about his current situation. Victor had already sealed his wife using cryogenic technology, but it cost a lot of money and required a demanding site.
The institute that originally funded his research was unwilling to provide Victor with a place because of insufficient funds, so Victor hurriedly came to Gotham University, in addition to the fact that the salary given here was not bad, it was for the Wayne family to pay for a cryogenic laboratory built here, where he could ensure that his wife had been in a state of ice and that her condition would not deteriorate.
If combined with the later story of the frozen man, it may make his behavior seem a little perverted, but in fact, most of his colleagues in the office can understand Victor, and in this era, many people have put forward the theory of freezing people with incurable diseases and waiting until the day when medical technology develops to treat them.
And Victor is just a forerunner of them.
Schiller believed that such a Victor Frees, even if he did not accidentally become a frozen man in the experiment, would have been a reliable ally.
Compared with the small bats that have not yet grown up, the frozen people, who have the world's cutting-edge cryogenic technology and are full of knowledge, seem to be more reliable.
If he wants to solve the problem of the frozen man forever, he must first solve the degenerative disease in his wife.
Schiller followed Victor to see the cryogenic chamber where his wife was sealed, and Mrs. Fries, who was not very pretty, was just an ordinary white woman, but Victor always looked at her with love.
Schiller asked the symbiote in his head: "Is there a way?" ”
The symbiote said: "The nerves are atrophied and troublesome. ”
Victor looked at the cryogenic chamber and said: "My wife's neurodegenerative disease is almost incurable, her nerve cells are dying too fast, I only have time to seal her, there is no way to reverse it, even if I can barely control the cell death, immune inflammation will damage her brain......"
Victor crouched down, anyone could hear the desperation in his tone, and perhaps he himself knew that he was just deluding himself by freezing his wife and waiting for a solution that might never come.
Schiller frowned and thought, he thought, although Victor is a villain with a name in Gotham, and he is indeed the world's top cryologist, but professional things have to be left to professional people, for example, a more top-level neurosurgeon.
The next day, Schiller returned to Marvel's New York.
When Strange met Schiller at his home, he threw his freshly taken coat on the hallway next to him and said, "Oh my God, you're all in my house with such a swagger!" ”
"I haven't settled accounts with you yet, you sold my information to an agency."
"That's what they asked me, and I can't help it."
In the process of staring at Schiller, Strange had no choice but to do it, and he said, "Okay, but you can't expect me to say nothing like a trained agent, and it was you who threatened me first." ”
"Don't mention this, I have a way to get rich now, do you want to hear it?"
Strange asked suspiciously, "How to get rich?" If there was such a solution, would you come to me? I heard that you gave that Stark a $1 million an hour for a consultation, and he even agreed! ”
"When I heard the news, I couldn't wait to go back to college to study psychology!"
"Now, there's a lady who has a very serious neurodegenerative disease, and her husband may have a world-only patented low-temperature technology, you know, the kind of technology that can last a lifetime just by royalty."
"If you can cure this lady's illness, then we can share this patent together."
Strange pursed his lips and sighed, "I repeat, I'm a doctor, not a god." ”
"You don't think you can cure this disease?"
"But first, shouldn't you let me see the patient first, instead of you, a second-hand trafficker?"
"For some reason, you're afraid you won't be able to see her, but I have all of her pathology here."
As he spoke, Schiller conjured up a large pile of paper out of thin air, and Strange took it, took a cursory glance, then shook his head and said, "Impossible, can't be saved, give up." ”
As soon as Schiller wanted to speak, Strange said, "It's not a matter of neuroscience anymore, and if you want her to be fully healthy, it's almost as difficult as turning a piece of roasted bacon into a pig." ”
Then he looked Schiller up and down, and finally his eyes fell on the ring on his ring finger, and Strange said, "...... Well, I was a bit absolute, or you can go find someone else, although I don't think there is a better neurosurgeon in the world than me. ”
"What if you work with Stark?"
Strange wanted to deny it, but after thinking about it, he said, "That Stark may have some research in mechanics, but if his technology is to be applied to neurosurgery, it still needs a lot of research and modification, if you can convince him to put so much effort into researching this technology, then I can also try, but you better prepare a consultation fee that satisfies me." ”
Before Strange could finish speaking, Schiller had already disappeared, remembering the ring he had seen on Schiller's hand just now, and thinking of Schiller's attitude, Strange had obviously misunderstood something, he sighed and said to himself: "Ha, love...... It's stupid. ”
Schiller, who suddenly appeared behind Stark, startled him a lot, and then he shouted, "I know you have this magical magic!" But that's not a reason to walk more than 30 floors without an elevator! Aren't you afraid of getting stuck in the wall? ”
Schiller said, "What nonsense are you talking about? How could a magic teleportation get stuck in a wall? That's stupid too. ”
"Hopefully I won't get a call from a maintenance guy one day telling me that there's a humanoid hole in one of the walls of Stark Tower."
"Alright, I'm here to get you on business."
Schiller pulled out another pile of materials.
Ten minutes later, Stark said, "Actually, you've really found the right person, I still have some research in neuroscience." ”
He walked around the table with his pen and said, "You know, last time I got a lot of biomechanical information from Obadiah's database, and there were some techniques for adapting the nervous system to mechanical control. ”
"Although these technologies are dangerous, it cannot be denied that if successful, they will allow the human body to control the mecha to an unprecedented level of sophistication."
"If the machine can receive commands directly from the nerve center, then the time required for all secondary operations is eliminated, and all warframes can be truly armed."
"So you can do it?"
"No, not yet, Obadia's research on this technology is also stuck in the bottleneck period, and there is a key technical threshold that needs to be broken, and we don't have any ideas yet."