It was a rainy day in Gotham, and as soon as the day dawned, it was raining heavily, and the ground in Gotham that had not yet been fully repaired, the potholes were full of water, and in addition to the heavy rain, there was also a strong wind, and the pedestrians on the road were holding umbrellas in front of them, fighting against the bad weather that they were accustomed to.

A gray mist slowly condensed in the room, and in the counseling room of Gotham University, Schiller looked at the umbrella in his hand and shook his head.

This umbrella is so badly broken, originally, it was just missing a part, resulting in a broken umbrella bone, and one side of the umbrella is a little dented, but it can barely be used.

But the more reluctant it was, the faster it deteriorated, and the second and third umbrella bones were broken one after another, and most of the fan was dented, almost completely unable to hold on.

Although the umbrella bone supporting the umbrella surface is broken, the metal pole in the middle of the umbrella is still intact, as long as it is put away, it can also be used as a walking stick, but before, Schiller flashed to the ground and gave the demon an umbrella.

The devil's jaw was not made of cotton, the handle of the umbrella was knocked open and could barely be held, and then it was given to Konstantin, and the handle was completely broken, and now only the metal pipe inside remained, and in general, it had changed from an umbrella to a mallet......

When Alberto walked in, he saw the professor standing behind his desk, holding an umbrella that could no longer be called an umbrella, and his face was full of regret.

The action of him walking in caught Schiller's attention, and Schiller looked up at him and said, "Morning, Alberto, please be seated." ”

"Professor, if you need a new umbrella, I can have someone customize ......"

Schiller shook his head, put the broken umbrella on the side of his chair, and said, "No, soon, I will be able to get a new one." ”

After that, he straightened his coat, sat up straight, looked at Alberto and said, "Has Hawke's funeral already taken place?" ”

"Yes, I communicated with his brother at the funeral, and he expressed his allegiance to me." Alberto, though still as deep as ever, could not be discerned from his tone of voice in which he was now pleasant.

"I told you before that when there are two power cores in a group, they can never be brothers, even if they are really brothers."

"Honestly, they hide it well." Alberto sighed and said, "I have never seen a scene of discord between the Hawke brothers in Ivans' memory, and everyone in the twelve families praised them for their closeness and understanding. ”

"Maybe in the past, it might have been." Schiller stood up, walked over to the coffee machine and began fiddling with it, turning his back to Alberto and saying, "Don't forget, Gotham has changed a lot lately. ”

"As you said, the elder brother of the Hawke brothers is the one who holds the real power in the family, while the younger brother is responsible for handling the housekeeping of the family and is in charge of the details."

"If you've read the part of Evans' memory about what I taught him about psychology, you should understand that it's not just the human mind that directs action to change the environment, but the environment and behavior shape the human mind."

"As the elder brother of the head of the family, he must be tough enough, this is the style of all gang bosses, they must show that they are enterprising, always energetic, and must not be forward-looking and indecisive, otherwise no one will do anything with him......"

"As the younger brother of the housekeeper, he must be thoughtful and thorough, weigh the pros and cons, consider the costs and benefits, and must not act recklessly, otherwise it may lead to the rupture of the capital chain or problems in the network."

"When such two brothers encounter the pains of Gotham reform, there will inevitably be different opinions."

Alberto took the coffee from Schiller, and said: "Indeed, the elder brother of the Hawke brothers told me that they had been at odds for years, and that his younger brother had always cited all sorts of details as an excuse. Hindering the development of gangs, at least in his opinion. ”

"And after Gotham began to reform, their contradictions have become so fierce that they cannot be reconciled, and my brother wants to forge ahead, seize a bigger cake in the reform, and fly to a higher class from the wind......"

"But the younger brother is more cautious, he is not sure whether this reform will change the original situation, he is afraid that the Hawke family will fall because of this, so he is always using various methods to thwart his brother."

Alberto propped his elbows on the table and took a sip of coffee in his other hand, and he said with some emotion: "Professor, I found in Evans's memory that he has a lot of respect for you, I didn't know why before, but now I kind of understand." ”

"Taking the conflict of the Hawke brothers as a starting point, helping the elder brother of the Hawke brothers get rid of the younger brother who has been holding him back, not only can win over the leader of the Hawke family, but also speed up the reform and make the twelve families more united."

"What's more, you can also use the serial murder as a cover, if you blatantly use the old godfather's subordinates, no matter what, you are still hurting your father's face, but if the mysterious serial murderer does all this, then Hawke can only be regarded as unlucky." Schiller concluded.

Alberto's fingers in the coffee cup moved, and he asked tentatively, "I heard that yesterday ......"

"What do you want to ask?" Schiller looked up at him.

Alberto thought for a moment and said, "Richie was killed by the Godfather, right?" ”

"You chose the right question, so I'll answer you, yes."

"And I can also tell you that this is because Richie deliberately designed to let his little daughter meet you and then go to your bed, and the godfather was very unhappy with this, so he chose a very tragic death for him."

Alberto pursed the corners of his lips and said, "Miss Richie is beautiful, but only beautiful, her father did not teach her well, she wrote her purpose on her face, therefore, eight points of beauty can only arouse one point of interest......"

Schiller heard his tone and asked, "You didn't sleep with her?" ”

Alberto shook his head and said, "She's almost written her purpose on her face, how can I be fooled?" Besides, I'm not sure about the Godfather's attitude, and I don't know if he will approve of me getting too close to Richie......"

"You made the right choice because the godfather only treated Richie as a dog."

"But he doesn't really care that you and Miss Richie have slept with her, and she can't be the future godfather and wife anyway, your caution makes you miss an affair, do you regret it?" Schiller said with a smile.

Alberto took another sip of coffee, shook his head and said, "Unexpected encounters can be called erotic encounters, and being designed by someone is not a wonderful encounter." ”

"So, the godfather actually ......" Alberto slid his fingertips over the coffee cup, and he said with some hesitation, "He is willing to solve the ill-intentioned Richie for me, doesn't that mean ......"

"You don't have to hesitate, it's the answer you want."

Schiller put his hands on the table and said, "You have a vendetta against your godfather...... Maybe the two of you don't have a grudge, because it's the Owl Court that has a grudge against the Godfather, and you can only be considered a victim. ”

"Now, the godfather only has two choices, either you or someone else, and if you have an enmity with the godfather, then don't the others have any? Do you expect that the sons and nephews of the Twelve Families will spare the person surnamed Falcone after they ascend to the throne? ”

Alberto shook his head and said, "Of course not, unless we are willing to go into self-imposed exile, such as going back to Italy to retire or something." ”

"Of course, after you take the throne, it is possible that the old godfather will return to Italy to retire, but fortunately, you are also surnamed Falcone, and more importantly, you have the ability to continue to rule Gotham, while the others, in addition to being bad, are stupid."

"As long as the old godfather is not willing to give up his life's hard work, as long as he still wants to continue to be Gotham's underground umbrella, he has only one choice......"

Alberto let out a long sigh of silence as he stared at the foam on the surface of the coffee, and finally he said: "He won't recognize me as his son, so I don't want to recognize him as my father, but in the never-ending vortex of power, there is only the only father-son relationship that can keep the last bit of dignity for us in this war." ”

After Alberto left, Schiller finished his coffee, and after he had finished his last sip of coffee, there was another knock on the door of the consultation room, and Schiller said, "Please come in." ”

Walking in was Copote, who was wearing a large black raincoat and looked like he was walking in a hurry, with rain on the tips of his hair and the corners of his eyebrows.

He walked in, took off his raincoat, Schiller pointed to the coffee machine, he walked over and made himself a cup of coffee, and then walked over to sit down across from Schiller.

Schiller took out his medical notebook and said to him, "Before I get down to business, I still have to routinely ask, how are you and your mother in good spirits?" ”

"It's not bad, she's got a lot better, I took her around the new apartment yesterday and she's happy with the environment there......"

Copote's tone finally had some ups and downs, and it seemed that he had come out of the gloom.

Schiller wrote a few notes on his medical record and said, "Well, have things been going well with the gangsters lately?" Lawrence, Hawke, and Richie are all dead, the Lawrence family is leaderless, the Hawke family has changed their attitude, and Alberto's road to the throne has been smooth, what about you? ”

"Bruce recommended me to Evans, of course, it was just a formality, I had a tacit understanding with Alberto, he had too few people at his disposal, and he was eager to establish his own lineage, and I just met his requirements."

"Originally, Lawrence was the one who was most dissatisfied with me, and Richie was also unhappy with Alberto's people who didn't use him, but now, they are all dead, so I will be Alberto's confidant after he takes the throne."

"It's not surprising that these uncles' family leaders would interfere with the princelings of the Alberto organization, they just don't like you, but if one of them kills decisively, you will have been replaced by their people, and the corpses have been thrown into the sea......"

"What you said earlier...... The deal between us ......" Copote looked at Schiller and said, "You helped me get rid of these people who stood in my way, and I promised you a request...... Are you trying to get me to kill someone? ”

Schiller shook his head and said, "I won't let a child kill for me, and I don't have any enemies, so I have to kill him." ”

"I've always been honest with people, I have a lot of friends, I don't have any opponents in Gotham, and my requirements are very simple, absolutely within your ability."

“…… What is it? ”

In the evening, when the rain finally subsided, at the door of the restaurant at Gotham University, Victor put away his umbrella, then opened the curtain with the tip of the umbrella, and walked in, Schiller followed behind him, and also put the umbrella away.

Victor looked back at Schiller's umbrella and said, "You fixed it?" This umbrella is broken like that, you can actually fix it?? ”

When the two of them were seated, Victor leaned in to take a closer look, and found that the tip of the umbrella had the logo of a Vigin umbrella maker, and he said, "Isn't this the umbrella that Colbert used to have?" Wasn't that what his father left behind? How did you get here? ”

"Because I made a deal with him, and I did something for him, he gave me this umbrella."

"None of you want to be considerate of me, I don't even have an umbrella in Gotham, and I'll have to figure it out myself, but now, thank God, a new umbrella ......"

Schiller narrowed his eyes and looked at the umbrella in his hand repeatedly, as if admiring the fruits of his hard work, and he said with great satisfaction:

"Behold, a beautiful new umbrella."

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