After sending Konstantin off, Merkel took a rag and rubbed it up and down several times on the chairs and tables on which he had sit, and the disgust was almost written on her face.

Just as he was done with all this, a second visitor arrived as scheduled, and when Merkel went down to greet him, he saw Bruce standing outside the door of the manor.

Bruce had made an appointment, so Merkel was a lot more enthusiastic, he stepped forward to open the door for Bruce, and after Bruce entered the manor, he still knew the way and went straight to Schiller's study.

When he came to the study, Bruce's eyes fell on the abacus, and he knew what the topic of the day was as he watched Schiller keep turning the abacus against a bill.

"You're here? Sit. Schiller pointed to the chair opposite, and after Bruce sat down, Schiller glanced at him, and just as he was about to speak, Bruce preempted him and said, "My thesis will be finished tomorrow." ”

Schiller sighed and tried to speak again, but Bruce said, "That's enough for 3,000 words." ”

Schiller opened his mouth again, and Bruce said again: "This time there is absolutely no digression, and I have carefully proofread the symbols." ”

Schiller sighed and said, "You'll answer, but that's not what I'm going to talk about today." ”

There was a rare hint of surprise on Bruce's perennially expressionless face, and looking at Schiller's eyes was like looking at a parrot that had grown a second head overnight.

Schiller stretched out his hand to Bruce and said, "As I said on the phone earlier, what about the detailed bill for the reconstruction and compensation of the damaged buildings in Gotham?" ”

Bruce took out a document and handed it to Schiller, who took it, and as soon as he turned the first page, he frowned, and said, "I forgot to tell you that this reimbursement bill is not in dollars, but in green light rings." ”

"You're trying to ask the Green Lantern Corps for compensation?" Bruce immediately understood what Schiller meant, but he shook his head and said, "But they won't compensate, if they really take humans seriously, they wouldn't have come here so recklessly, and then made this place unrecognizable." ”

"It doesn't matter, we just need a name."

"What are you going to do if they don't compensate?"

Schiller sighed and said to Bruce, "I repeat, it's not like I issue a bill to the other side, and then the other side decides whether to pay or not. ”

"If they don't compensate, you're going to make another big fuss, or even blow up their home planet?"

Schiller's expression suddenly paused, and seeing his expression, Bruce's expression also stiffened, staring at him and asking, "Do you really want to blow up?" ”

Schiller lowered his head again and began to think non-stop, Bruce stared into his eyes and said: "I have no objection to you seeking more benefits for mankind in the universe through some means, but if you are too aggressive, it may increase unnecessary losses......"

Schiller coughed twice and changed the subject very stiffly, he said: "I know that the general process is that after we issue a compensation bill, we send it to the other side, and if the other side does not agree, then we will go through the legal process, but the problem is that the other side itself is the court. ”

"There is no third party in the universe that can adjudicate this matter, or even if there is, it is not good for us to contact them too early."

"So, I didn't plan to go through the legal process with them, have you forgotten? There are our people on the other side. ”

"Before, I have researched, the structure of the Green Lantern Corps is very simple, and it can even be said that it is a little rudimentary, the commander of the Green Lantern Corps generally has two assistants, one is responsible for the external military aspect, and the other is responsible for the internal management aspect, and the internal management is mainly personnel arrangement and financial management."

"However, because Senisto suddenly betrayed the Green Lantern Legion before, the current commander of the Green Lantern Legion was ordered to be in danger, and he did not find two adjutants at all, and these two positions were directly unified to one person, and now, it is Hal who holds this position."

"I think you've also discovered that the high degree of unity of responsibilities and the lack of a corresponding supervision system have led to the feasibility of many operations, which can save the process of legal procedures or the threat of force, and can also achieve the goal."

Schiller was staring at him all the time, and after listening to him, he said, "It seems that your anxiety is really serious, it has been serious to the point of splitting personality, who are you?" ”

"I'm Schiller, but if you let the Schiller professor you know listen to you, your final grades will be in jeopardy." Schiller shook his head and said,

Bruce's expression was first surprised, and then the classic skeptical expression, but before he could continue to ask, Schiller took the bill and said, "Even if the price on this is in dollars, the estimate is too conservative." ”

"The central turntable loses a traffic light? The name of the traffic light is not very accurate, have you forgotten? Gordon borrowed your bat lantern and converted it into a traffic light on the center turntable. ”

"What technology do you use for your bat lights? …… Forget it, I don't understand what you said anyway, so let's write about nuclear fusion. ”

Schiller put on his glasses, moved the bill a little away, and continued to look at it with a frown, and soon he added: "The asphalt is damaged...... Well, you call the whole ground being blown down 3.5 meters, which is called the destruction of the road surface? ”

"Let me think about it, your batcave has an underground part, right? Is there a land permit? ”

"Later, you go to the mayor and use the Bat Cave as the common building part of the central turntable, which is counted as the shared area, and report the building fire and the destruction of important equipment, as for what equipment is more important, it depends on you and Victor and other technicians."

"What else? Oh, here, the reconstruction of this part needs to be changed as well. ”

"Didn't you say that when you planned transportation? At the beginning of the establishment of the central turntable, the limitation was too great, because the area was too small, so it limited the traffic flow, just widening it a little. ”

"How much widen?"

"2000 km?"

“…… I'm afraid the USSR will not agree. Bruce replied with a blank face: "If you plan to turn the entire Pacific Ocean into a transportation hub for Gotham, you need to negotiate with the Kremlin first." ”

"That counts the Pacific Ocean as Gotham's shared area...... Okay, let's fix it according to the damaged area, how big is it? ”

"The 1.5 times the diameter has been expanded, as indicated in a joint report by the Urban Planning Authority and the Department of Architecture at Gotham University, which is sufficient."

Schiller sighed deeply, he glanced at Merkel next to him and asked, "Can't we really call the Kremlin?" ”

Bruce just looked at him with that classic expression, and without saying a word, Schiller lowered his head and continued to read the report, and then he pointed to one of them and said, "The part of the warehouse that is damaged is very problematic. ”

Schiller thought for a moment and said, "Do you have a plan to go to the moon recently?" ”

Hearing this question, Bruce's expression changed slightly, and seeing Bruce's expression, Schiller's expression stiffened, and he said, "You don't really have a moon plan, right?" ”

Bruce's face was expressionless, Schiller sighed, continued to look at the bill and said: "The warehouse goods are filled with space engines and their supporting parts, and the goods are reported as damaged, and then the e-waste disposal fee, chemical disposal fee, radiation and dangerous goods disposal fee ......"

"Do you want them to mortgage the planet to you?"

Schiller shook his head and said, "I don't want large planetary garbage, I just need energy." ”

He put down the bill, looked at Bruce and said, "The military asks for military money every year to attack the oil country, and in essence, it is not the desert, but the oil fields under the desert. ”

"The emotional spectrum is equivalent to the oil field in the universe, at present, human beings do not have the strength to develop this oil field on a large scale, at this time, we have two choices, or like I did before, use stupid methods to steal some oil, but this method is dangerous, unsustainable, and really troublesome."

"The other way is to start a war, create a lot of trouble, shuffle them internally, install our own people, gradually shake the leadership, and then make some of them willingly sell us oil, as the military and we are doing at this time."

"So, you're going to ...... next"

Schiller put the bills away, flicked the beads on the abacus, and smiled like Bruce had never seen before.

The next day, in the headquarters of the Green Lantern Corps, in the confinement room, the deputy head of the regiment, Owen, stared at Hal in front of him, but Hal did not speak to him in that angry tone again, but said very calmly:

"I think you should be angry right now, thinking I got everything you deserved, but I have to tell you that anger doesn't work."

"Are you just going to taunt me?!" Owen shouted angrily, but he was deprived of the green light ring, and he was powerless to resist in the face of Hal, who was covered in a rich green light.

"Don't get excited, in a way, I can understand you, don't you think the green light screening mechanism is a bit unreasonable?"

Owen was still staring at Hal coldly, but he could tell that he was waiting for Howl's next words.

Hal turned the ring on his hand and said, "Actually, I am not very good in my hometown, before I got the ring, I was not famous at all, I was paid a small salary, and I did dangerous jobs. ”

"There are too many people in my hometown who are stronger than me, who are smarter than me, who have more foresight than me, but they are blocked from the door of this powerful force just because of an ethereal willpower."

"I guess that's how you should be, right?" Hal looked into Owen's eyes, and Owen turned his head away from him, but it could be seen from the corners of his tightly pursed mouth that Hal was right.

"I think, you should be a good person in your hometown, you have received a good education since childhood, you are quite talented, you have made great achievements when you grow up, you think you are a genius with great wisdom, but the green light did not choose you ......"

"Enough!" Owen suppressed anger in his tone, as if someone had uncovered the scar in his heart, and he said, "If you just came to taunt me, you succeeded, so can you get out of here now?" ”

Hal crossed his arms and said very calmly: "I'm not mocking you from the perspective of a successful person, but I want to tell you that I also think it's very unfair." ”

"I don't think it's fair that my hometown is in a remote area, but there are a lot of geniuses there who are just shut out by the rules of these model lakes, and in contrast, there are more people in certain sectors of prosperity who can access this kind of power."

"If my home planet could produce dozens of lights, maybe it would have flown out of the universe long ago, and since I've come to this position, why can't I do something for myself and my hometown?"

Owen turned his head and looked into Hal's eyes, he didn't see the slightest joke in Hal's eyes, and suddenly, he showed a sneer, and then said, "I know that all those who talk about justice are just pretending." ”

"Tyrone is the Legion Commander, and you're the Deputy Commander, isn't it obvious who to please enough? But again, it's clear who to do business with. ”

"What do you want to do?" Owen asked, staring at Hal.

"I've said ......," Hal approached Owen and looked at him, "whatever you and I used to get to this position, we can join forces and get what we deserve." ”