Chapter 1143: Professor (24)

After leaving Wayne Manor, Shiler stopped by Rodriguez Manor, took another part of his luggage, and then came to the Cat Getan Police Department, where he stayed in a guest room under Gordon's arrangement.

The Cat Getan Police Department was a comprehensive office space, just like Arkham Asylum. Besides office space, there were also accommodation facilities, and the renovated Cat Getan Police Department had even more luxurious accommodation standards.

The guest room where Shiler was staying was not inferior to a luxury suite in a hotel. More importantly, unlike Arkham Asylum by the sea on the peninsula, the Cat Getan Police Department was closer to the city center and built on the mountainside, with good scenery and not so damp, which could be said to be an excellent choice for recuperation.

On the first day Shiler moved in, he felt that he had made a correct choice because it was simply too safe here. The triple-gate guard and the large-caliber weapons set up at all gates made all the gangs who wanted to approach tremble with fear. He didn't even hear any gunshots for a whole day.

Shiler slept well for a day and left the police station at about dusk, preparing to find a job.

Don't misunderstand. He wasn't going to create employment positions, just wanted to find a job more leisurely than a professor and a doctor.

After all, returning to Cat Getan University to be a professor would inevitably mean facing Bruce's thesis, and being a doctor at Arkham Asylum was even busier, with his heels hitting the back of his head.

As an ordinary person, Shiler needed a job, but at the same time, like all ordinary people, he hoped the job would be leisurely, with regular working hours, and the salary shouldn't be too low.

In Cat Getan, such a job was not easy to find. Most industries related to gangs didn't have fixed working hours. Even if one went to be a crime consultant, one had to endure 24-hour phone harassment. Wanting to find an ordinary job was simply harder than ascending to heaven.

However, Shiler knew where to consult to get job opportunities. He came to a bar not far from the Cat Getan Police Department.

Bars near the center of Cat Getan were actually not chaotic. Most people who came here to play had proper jobs. Because of the high level of consumption, the level of wine and bartenders was not bad.

At dusk, it happened to be the peak period of the bar. Shiler even queued for a while before walking in. The person in front of him was a burly man covered in tattoos. When he walked in, the bartender didn't even look at him.

But when Shiler, wearing a long trench coat, wrapped in a scarf, and wearing glasses, walked in, the bartender gave a look to the person beside him with some vigilance.

After a while, a person walked out of the bar's preparation room. Seeing it was Shiler, he greeted him very enthusiastically, "It's actually Professor Shiler? What wind blew you here?"

"You know me?" Shiler asked while untying his scarf.

"Don't you remember me? I'm a student who graduated from Cat Getan Technical College." The young man revealed a simple and honest smile and then said, "Now I'm following Boss Cobblepot, doing the liquor import business."

Shiler raised an eyebrow, looked him up and down, and discovered that he was indeed very young. He looked like he shouldn't be an adult yet. So he smiled gently and said, "I guess your grades should be good, and your arithmetic should be especially good, for you to be selected."

That young man immediately smiled until his teeth were exposed. Clearly, what Shiler said scratched his itch. So he asked very enthusiastically, "Professor, what would you like to drink? A Golden Coast? Or a Godfather? Or a Negroni?"

"Any recommendations?" Shiler asked. He said, "My work is quite busy, and I rarely have time to come to a bar. Give me a specialty of yours."

"I think you should have a 'Sunrise'. You will like it very much." A voice came from behind Shiler.

Shiler turned his head and was stunned. Immediately afterward, he discovered that it was Constantine's face, but the temperament was completely different from Constantine's. He looked somewhat melancholy and vicissitudinous, but not decadent, lacking a trace of rogue temperament, and looked more elegant.

The man, also wearing a trench coat, sat down beside Shiler, but as if it were their first time meeting, said, "Long time no see, Professor Shiler."

Shiler paused, recalled slightly for a while, and then said, "Thomas Constantine?"

Thomas nodded, took out a business card from his trench coat pocket, and handed it to Shiler. Shiler glanced at the business card. On it was written Thomas Constantine's name in fancy English, and at the same time, a string of small characters was written—"Hardcover & Collectibles & Book Importer".

Shiler raised an eyebrow with some surprise. He looked up at Thomas. Thomas seemed to have read the information in his eyes. He smiled somewhat awkwardly and said, "I know, a book dealer appearing in Cat Getan is an absurd thing."

Thomas rubbed his hands and said, "Americans have a relatively stereotypical impression of European literature. Several other cities don't accept book dealers like me. It is precisely because Cat Getan people almost have no habit of reading that I hope to develop this market."

"I take the liberty to ask, where does your import channel come from..." Shiler hadn't forgotten that this Thomas was actually a personality created by John Constantine. He actually wasn't a book dealer at all. So for such a long time, hadn't he discovered this point?

Thomas was slightly stunned and then said, "We are a family business. I inherited some channels from my father. Although they are not considered very high-end, supporting a few bookstores is still no problem."

Shiler suddenly became somewhat interested and asked, "Are there any bookstores in Cat Getan?"

Thomas shook his head gently and said, "As far as I know, there are no regular bookstores, but there are quite a few newsstands. But they only sell some picture books and comics. I would like to let them develop the business of selling hardcover books, but they feel that this will definitely lose money, so no one is interested."

Shiler nodded, took the glass of wine handed over by the bartender, looked at Thomas, and said, "I want to find something to do recently. The working hours of a doctor and a professor are too unfree, and taking leave depends on other people's faces. But in Cat Getan, there is no leisurely work, so I thought about it and could only open a shop myself."

"I really don't have any cooking talent, and I can't manage a restaurant or a bakery. I have no involvement with gangs, and hotels and nightclubs are also excluded."

The more Shiler said, the brighter Thomas's eyes became. Shiler continued to describe, "Everyone hopes that the shop they open will have good business, but if it's too busy, I might as well go back to being a university teacher. But if there is no business at all, the rent in Cat Getan is too expensive, and I have had a headache for several days."

Thomas immediately understood Shiler's meaning. So he also took a glass of wine from the bartender, clinked glasses with Shiler gently, and then said, "Of course, I can understand you. For a clear and noble scholar like you, if you want to step into the business sea or engage in some side jobs, naturally you don't have to take profit as the first priority..."

Shiler revealed a smile, chatted with Thomas about some details of the bookstore, and immediately afterward, talked about topics such as the land price in the center of Cat Getan, the consumption habits of the rich in the South District and the gang bosses in the North District, etc.

After Thomas left, Shiler's wine was almost finished. Just as he intended to leave, a crisp female voice came from behind him: "You actually intend to open a bookstore in this city? Is your money too much to spend?"

Shiler turned around and actually saw Zatanna's figure. He said with some surprise, "Zatanna, why haven't you left yet?"

Zatanna, dressed as a magician, put her hands on her hips and said, "Why haven't I left? You might as well ask, how can I leave? With Constantine's current situation, can I leave?"

"Are you following him here?" Shiler asked.

"Of course." Zatanna nodded and said, "Although he doesn't remember anything himself, he still has many enemies in the human world!"

"Although the black magicians who came in last time are almost all dead, it's hard to avoid a few fish that slipped through the net. If I don't follow him, he would have been beaten to death long ago."

Shiler revealed a teasing smile and said, "Are you sure you are following him just to protect him, and not to rekindle old feelings or something?"

Zatanna rolled her eyes and said, "I don't even know this current Constantine, so how can I rekindle old feelings?"

"Then you can also develop from the beginning."

Zatanna sneered and said, "I'm not those social butterflies who can't live without men. However, I am indeed entrusted by others. Bruce hopes I can stay here to help him find out the problem of metal in Cat Getan's buildings. By the way, I also want to investigate my father's affairs, so I naturally stayed until now."

After speaking, the magician lady turned around, waved at Shiler, and said, "Thank you for giving Thomas a job, otherwise, I would have to provide for him."

After Zatanna left, Shiler shook his head helplessly. But after thinking about it, Constantine's affairs weren't caused by him, and the trouble didn't belong to him, so he was instantly relieved.

The next morning, Shiler started looking for a house. He intended to open a bookstore in the center of Cat Getan or a place slightly further from the city center.

This kind of work was both leisurely and noble, perfectly meeting Shiler's needs. However, the premise was that he had to find a good place; otherwise, those fools wouldn't be willing to pay three times the price to buy a hardcover book.

After shopping for a day, Shiler really found a good location. It happened to be at the end of one of the eight commercial streets extending from the central turntable. In a semi-circular building at the corner, a gift shop was subletting.

The geographical location here was quite good. It was the center of Cat Getan's prosperous commercial area, and this was also one of the first commercial area buildings in Cat Getan to accept the Wayne Group's renovation. The building was very new, and the security was very good.

More importantly, this gift shop located at the corner had a very large arc-shaped floor-to-ceiling window at the corner, which was very much in line with Shiler's preferences.