Chapter 1268: Lonely Shadows in Pairs (8)
Before evening, an uninvited guest, who was not written in the yellow pages of the telephone, visited Schiller's new home.
Gordon looked at the furnishings in the living room through the crack in Schiller's open door, and said, "Congratulations, Professor, the set of harness I brought back from a trip to Texas is not very valuable, but I think you will like it." ”
Gordon handed over a box, and Schiller looked at the material of the box, and saw the delicate hardware, so he opened the door a little wider, and invited Gordon in.
But Gordon was not the only one who walked in, he was followed by a little girl, Gordon pushed the little girl in front of Schiller and said: "This is Nemosini, five years ago, her parents were unfortunately killed, she was adopted by the Beccasan Welfare Home, and later went to the Andrio Orphanage. ”
"Some time ago, Erim's charitable foundation came to the Andrio Orphanage and selected Nemosini to be one of the three lucky children to find a new adoptive family."
"Unfortunately, Nemosinee's family has a history of hereditary mental illness, and in the adoptive family, she became ill, and the adoptive family decided that they were not capable of treating her, so she was retired, yes, she was the last child to be retired, and the other two have returned to the orphanage."
"Andrio Orphanage is an ordinary orphanage, there is no psychiatrist, in Gotham, only the Beccasan Orphanage can accommodate mentally challenged children, I asked Nemosini if she would like to go back, she refused."
"Now she's in my house for the time being, but the child is really not in good spirits, Barbara and I don't know much about this expertise, and we can't send her to Arkham Asylum, but I only know you as a psychiatrist other than that, can you give this poor child a little advice on psychiatric treatment?"
Schiller glanced down at the child who followed Gordon, a little girl of seven or eight years old, wearing a washed and slightly whitish denim suspender skirt, and her red hair was tied into two braids, which looked carefully groomed.
She had brown eyes, and she stared at Schiller with exceptional concentration, a look that is one of the more recognizable traits of the mentally ill, overly focused, aloof, and neurotic.
"She's not doing well." Schiller took a pen from the pocket of his suit, turned it around lightly in his hand, and said, "Come in." ”
Gordon breathed a sigh of relief and pushed Nemosinee's back to make her go to the couch in the living room, but the little girl remained silent and Gordon pulled her to sit down on the couch.
Schiller asked about basic information, such as age, family situation, living environment, etc., and most of the time Gordon answered, while Nemosini just sat there in silence.
Almost as he asked, Schiller said to Gordon: "Generally speaking, such a young child cannot be treated with medication, and her situation does not need to take medicine, and the family environment has a great influence on them, and the frequent change of environment is not conducive to their sense of security." ”
"My advice is that you'd better take her back, take good care of her, don't let her change the environment again in a short time, if she has some symptoms of stress to the new environment, you can call me and I will give you advice according to the situation."
After speaking, Schiller glanced up at the phone placed upstairs, shook his head and said, "You have to ask Batman for the phone number, I don't know." ”
Suddenly, both of them froze, as they noticed that Nemosini was shaking when she heard the word "Batman".
Gordon was about to crouch down immediately, Schiller immediately gave him a look, Gordon's movements froze, but he managed to control himself and didn't react too much.
Then Schiller quietly cast his gaze on Nemosini's face, and then saw the little girl's relieved expression, as if she was glad that no one had noticed her abnormality.
The name Batman is a household name in some areas, but these areas certainly do not include orphanages, and the Dark Knight does not work to help orphans, and even if he saves children, he will not reveal his name.
The children in the orphanage can't see the newspapers, and they live in a completely closed environment, so they can't know about Batman, and Nemosini must have heard of someone who said it.
At this moment, Gordon understood that he had found the clue he wanted, and sure enough, Batman expected it well, in this case, the little girl is the key person, and so is Schiller, and when they meet, they will definitely provide new clues.
Before coming, Gordon actually had some doubts, he felt that it was a very risky decision to take such a little girl to meet a madman in an unstable situation.
But now, Gordon finds that everything is still under Batman's control, and Schiller is not the same kind of person as the uncontrolled crazy killers, he is more like Batman.
So, Gordon decided to take a risk, he stepped forward, looked at Schiller and said, "Even though companionship is important, I feel that professional therapy and guidance are necessary, can I make an appointment to take her to psychotherapy at a fixed time?" ”
Schiller thought for a moment and then said, "Yes, we can make an appointment every Tuesday afternoon, 24 hours in advance, and if I don't call to confirm, I will call two hours before the appointment time." ”
Gordon nodded, signaling that he understood, and the little girl Nimosini glanced at Schiller before leaving, her lips moving, but in the end she didn't say anything.
Schiller went to a nearby restaurant for dinner, and as he walked through the garage door into his new home, the phone rang from time to time.
Schiller walked up to the second floor and picked up the phone, and it was Batman's voice on the other side: "Tomorrow night, there will be a celebrity banquet held at the Gotham Grand Theater, and Bruce Wayne will fund it to bring Gotham investors closer together." ”
"The nature of the banquet is more private, but there are people I suspect among the attendees, and I may make some noise in the ball, and I hope you will cooperate with me as a participant."
"Bruce Wayne is going too?"
"Bruce Wayne goes too."
Schiller was silent and did not answer, while Batman said on the other end of the phone: "The new clothes for the prom will be placed on the balcony on the third floor tomorrow morning, and there is a laundry room across the street where you can iron clothes, and watches and accessories will be placed on the rightmost shelf in the garage, and the gifts will be prepared by yourself." ”
"Okay." Schiller replied.
"Wait a minute." Barry, who was in front of the theater seat, suddenly stood up, held out a hand and said, "I find that they have overlooked one of the most important things." ”
Everyone looked up at him, and Barry looked around and said, "Private banquet, how is Schiller going to get in?" He fell from mid-air and didn't know anyone, how could he be part of the Gotham Investor's Banquet? ”
"Actually, I'm a little curious." Hal touched his chin and said, "It looks a bit like Batman's test of Schiller's abilities, but it doesn't seem to be that simple, they seem to be hinting at something?" ”
"The object of suspicion." Bruce opened his mouth to say that after breaking free from his emotions, Bruce was able to look at what happened from a more objective perspective, so he analyzed: "It's still the same way I was thinking before, Batman wants to know how much Schiller resembles him." ”
"If the collection in that room was meant to judge Schiller's aesthetic by observing his whereabouts and stays as he sorted out the collection, then this time, Batman wanted to see if Schiller could think of a spot with him when reasoning."
"There are not enough clues." Diana frowned tightly, and the princess with a gorgeous face, with two slender eyebrows furrowed, with an extra flair, said in a deep tone: "That corpse alone is not at all enough to determine who did it." ”
"There can't be only celebrities in the banquet, waiters, security guards, umbrella boys and even parking attendants may be Batman's targets, at most only one day and one night, how can Schiller investigate?" Konstantin narrowed his eyes slightly, he was known as a detective in hell, although he didn't have many detectives, but he did have the intuition of a detective.
"Unless, in their conversation, Batman gave some other clues." Jason said with a finger out.
"Oh, I see." Harley suddenly exclaimed, "The key is new clothes, watches, and accessories!" Batman was saying that he wanted Schiller to have a prominent social presence at the banquet. ”
"When my dad was still alive, he took me to some banquets, some banquets, I had to wear beautiful dresses, gorgeous jewelry, and dress as eye-catching as possible, but some banquets needed to be dressed modestly, in order not to steal the limelight from others."
"My mom told me that the way you dress at a banquet depends on the social status you want to achieve at the banquet, and if you want to be a heartthrob and the center of the conversation, you must be well-dressed, ladies should wear gorgeous long dresses, shawls embellished with precious stones, custom headdress necklaces and bracelets, and even shoes hidden under long skirts should not be sloppy, otherwise they will be timid."
"Gentlemen should wear suits of expensive and well-cut fabrics, waistcoats and belts should be arranged according to the occasion, watch cufflinks and badges should be a priority, and beards and sideburns should be properly trimmed to suit their personal style, and never look sloppy." Diana continued Harry's words.
Obviously, the two of them are in different social classes, and although Hallie's family is still relatively wealthy, they are still not old money, and sometimes they need to pretend not to steal the limelight, or sell themselves at the right opportunity, so they pay more attention to the dress of their gender.
And because Diana is a member of the royal family, she is of noble birth and has strong personal ability, so she has an attitude of scrutinizing and even staring at the opposite sex at the banquet, and has developed the habit of appreciating the opposite sex.
Jason nodded and said, "In this way, you can exclude people like waiters, if Batman is targeting this kind of people, then there is no need for Schiller to appear at the banquet so solemnly." ”
"On the flip side, he needs a new face with a pivotal position to appear at the banquet and attract attention, and that's exactly what Batman gave Schiller, so to speak."
Several people nodded, feeling that this analysis was very reasonable, and Barry frowned and looked a little worried, and said:
"But there is only one day and one night left, where is Schiller going to take a decisive position? He is completely a visitor in this universe, and he has no reliance at all, how can he get himself the identity of a celebrity in such a short period of time? ”
Diana was obviously familiar with the situation, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and the beautiful princess stroked her hair and said, "Perhaps, he doesn't need to make up for the identity of a celebrity, or rather, someone will give him such an identity." ”
"Who?"
"Whoever has a weak heart is whoever he is."
(End of chapter)