Chapter 3258: Blood-Spattered New City (18)

Catwoman's tracking skills were indeed very superb. Her operations while following the car were all very natural, and she even pried open a car to change vehicles halfway. If Schiller didn't have gray mist, he would have easily lost her.

Old Gun's vigilance was high enough. He circled the city a few times, but still couldn't shake off Catwoman. Soon he stopped at the back door of a building and walked around a few corners. Catwoman kept following behind him, while Schiller followed behind Catwoman.

Old Gun circled into the underground parking lot of a building and took the elevator upstairs. Catwoman glanced at the location of the elevator, came out of the underground parking lot again, circled to the side of the building, and counted the floors of the building.

Soon the lights in the corridor on the 32nd floor turned on. Catwoman circled half a circle again, took the freight elevator to the 32nd floor, and Schiller followed closely behind.

Old Gun walked through the corridor and came to the door of a lab. A fat black woman walked out of the lab and took the capsules from the other party's hand.

Catwoman stood at the corner of the corridor watching this scene, using her phone's camera to photograph them handing over the goods.

And what she didn't know was that Schiller was standing on the side of another corridor witnessing all this.

And because of the gray mist, his hearing was much better than Catwoman's. After Old Gun left, he heard Lu Si walking into the lab while on the phone.

"Okay, I know. I will arrange for someone to pick them up at the airport tomorrow morning. We don't have time for a welcome banquet. Let them come directly to the lab. I want results within a week."

Schiller waited for the rabbit at the lab until morning.

Not long after dawn, footsteps came from the corridor. Several people rushed into the lab. Besides Lu Si, there were several guys who looked like scientists.

After Lu Si left, Schiller said to the gray mist in his heart: "How is it? Is this the pharmaceutical expert you are looking for?"

It didn't look like there was any movement. After the gray mist was silent for a while, it said: "Done, I have a train of thought, but I still need to collect some ingredients. This seems to be a chemical research center, let's go find them."

The gray mist searched the building and felt it was about enough. Schiller left. Before leaving, he glanced at the sign at the entrance—"Charabanc Chemical Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd."

Batman also returned to the manor at about this time, with the Pale Knight following behind him.

He had a bloody smell on him, and there was a very obvious wound on his shoulder, which had been simply bandaged, but the blood kept flowing.

Then the two of them saw the Bruce ice statue placed at the back door.

"Let me out!" Bruce said.

Batman and the Pale Knight could be described as both being dumbfounded.

"What happened to you?" The Pale Knight couldn't help but step forward and knock on the surface of the ice cube, then said: "You were frozen by someone, but how can you still talk?"

Batman was more familiar with this technology than him. He frowned and said: "How could the Freeze appear in my manor?"

"That's a long story." Bruce sighed and said: "You guys find a way to let me out first, I have a very important piece of intelligence to tell you."

"We don't have to let you out for you to tell us." The Pale Knight said: "You tell us first."

Batman rarely didn't refute him. Bruce had no choice but to say: "The one who froze me here wasn't the Freeze, but Schiller. I don't know where he got an ice generation device. The two of them are very likely cooperating."

"Why did he freeze you here?"

"Uh... don't get angry after I say it." Bruce tried to make an innocent expression. He said: "He forced me to crack your manor's defense system."

"You cracked my manor's defense system?"

"He forced me to do it! I wasn't willing, but he wouldn't let me out."

"Then isn't he still not letting you out now?" The Pale Knight said.

Bruce was speechless. He couldn't tell Batman and the Pale Knight that he was a vampire, and the other party had a high-power ultraviolet lamp. If he didn't cooperate, he wouldn't even have a place to run and would be burned to ashes.

He used his vampire ability to control the madmen in Arkham Asylum, which was his trump card. Greed must have seen that he would never easily speak out, so he placed him here.

Just then, there was a knock at the door. Batman and the Pale Knight turned their heads together and saw Schiller standing outside the door.

"I left too hurriedly last night, and something was left here. Can I come back and take it?"

The Pale Knight looked back at the ice sculpture Bruce, then said: "The thing you're talking about wouldn't be this thing, would it?"

"Uh, no, he's a gift for you guys." Schiller pointed to the kitchen and said: "There's a bottle of wine there, I forgot to take it. Can you give it to me?"

Batman looked in the direction he pointed and saw the red wine and the capsules scattered on the island.

On the way here just now, he saw the Pale Knight taking medicine, and these capsules were exactly the same as the ones he took.

Batman walked over, picked up the red wine bottle and looked at it, finding that what was inside seemed to be ordinary red wine.

The Pale Knight, however, discovered something wrong. He remembered Bruce telling him that Schiller fed him something magical, calling it a way to check his physical condition.

He picked up those capsules and found they were the ones from his medicine bottle. So Schiller replaced the medicine powder in the capsules with red wine and fed it to him? What's special about this red wine?

The Pale Knight looked at Batman, and understood that he was also thinking about this question.

"Hey, give me the wine quickly." Schiller said: "By the way, give me those capsules too, I still have use for them."

Batman didn't say much, took the red wine to the door, handed the wine to Schiller through the gap in the fence, and also gave him those capsules.

But the Pale Knight very keenly discovered that the number of capsules didn't match; Batman must have kept one for himself.

Schiller took back the wine and capsules and sat back in the car, then drove away, seemingly without any intention of staying.

Batman also seemed to have lost interest in the ice sculpture Bruce and hurried to the Batcave. The Pale Knight thought he might be going to study the contents of the capsules.

He was also very curious about what was in the capsules, but Batman couldn't let him go to the Batcave, so he had to settle for the next best thing and ask Bruce.

"I suggest you guys don't study that thing." Bruce said: "That thing is very, very, very, very dangerous."

"Where is the danger?"

Bruce opened his mouth and said: "Remember our last game?"

The Pale Knight frowned.

"That thing was given to him by Nyarlathotep. I don't know what specific effect it has, but in any case, it certainly won't be anything good."

"Isn't that a prop in the game? Can it be brought out?"

"Anyway, he can. Who knows what his relationship with Nyarlathotep is." Bruce said while thinking: "Things related to that guy are very dangerous. You'd better go and persuade Batman."

"The one least likely to be persuaded by me is him." The Pale Knight took out his phone and said: "Now we have to find a way to solve your problem. James and Professor Fries have a good relationship. If you are sent to him, you should be able to regain your freedom soon."

Bruce had no choice but to follow the Pale Knight's arrangement. The Pale Knight drove him to the Cat Getan Police Station.

And then guess what, when the door opened, it was still Schiller.

Seeing the frozen Bruce, Gordon was obviously taken aback, but he soon discovered that the person in the ice sculpture seemed different from the Bruce Wei En he knew.

"Things are complicated, there's no way to explain. Let's let Professor Fries open it first."

The Pale Knight thought Gordon would make a call, but he didn't expect another person to walk out of the room, and it was Victor Fries.

"So you are that thief?" Victor said in disbelief: "Is there anything in this world that you need to steal? Mr. Wei En? And you were actually caught?"

Schiller nudged Victor with his elbow and said: "That's not the key. The key is how much he is willing to pay for your defrosting technology."

Victor raised his eyebrows, coughed twice, and said: "I'm not the kind of person who values money very much..."

"500,000." Bruce said: "After defrosting, I will sign the check."

The Pale Knight signaled to him with his eyes "Where did you get so much money?", and Bruce replied with his eyes "This is Bruce Wei En's money."

The Pale Knight looked disapproving and was about to open his mouth to dissuade him, when he heard Schiller say to Victor: "It's good to have this money, you don't have to sell the freeze cannon."

The Pale Knight's eyes widened immediately, looking at Victor. Victor nodded and said: "Yeah, it's not easy to send this thing to an auction house. I don't even know how that Maria transported it to such a remote mountain ditch."

"What did you say? You are going to sell the freeze cannon?!" The Pale Knight raised his voice in disbelief: "That's a terrifying weapon that can freeze all of Cat Getan!!!"

"Yes, but all the patent rights for this thing are in Professor Fries's hands." Schiller nodded and said: "He enjoys complete technological monopoly, he has the right to sell."

"Is this a matter of whether he has the right or not?!" The Pale Knight looked at Schiller with wide eyes: "Such a dangerous weapon cannot fall into private hands!!"

"Oh, so that's how it is." Schiller nodded and said: "Then who holds the private code to start the cannon now?"

The Pale Knight was stunned, then slowly turned his head to look at Bruce.

"Why look at me? I changed the code to grab this thing from Maria's hands. It's better in my hands than in Maria's, right?! What reason do I have to freeze Cat Getan?"

"You have no reason to freeze Cat Getan, but I have reason to keep you frozen forever." Schiller smiled and said: "If you never come out, then it's impossible to unseal the cannon, and others can't crack the code. The dangerous weapon is equivalent to being sealed forever. This is truly a blessing for the people of Cat Getan."

The Pale Knight reacted after being stunned for a while. That's right, since this thing isn't safe in anyone's hands, then in the hands of an ice cube with no mobility, at least it can ensure Cat Getan won't be suddenly frozen.

He looked at Bruce with a slightly apologetic look.

"What kind of look is that?!" Bruce shouted very dissatisfied: "I said, I won't use the cannon casually! Do you guys want me to stay frozen here forever?"

"Of course not. If you are willing to give Professor Fries some money, then he can help you unfreeze." Schiller looked at Victor. Victor nodded.

"No!" The Pale Knight's face became serious. He said: "I order you as Mayor not to do this. James, arrange for people to come over immediately."

Soon, young police officers rushed in. Looking at the dark muzzles in their hands, Victor had to spread his hands to show he was powerless.

"This is a bit unreasonable, Mr. Mayor." Schiller suddenly said: "Originally Professor Fries could earn 500,000 from this business. Even if you are the Mayor, you can't compete with the people for profit, right?"

The Pale Knight showed a troubled expression. At this time, Victor said: "Don't be like this, Professor Rodriguez. I know the Mayor is also kind, worried that this dangerous weapon will be used at will without restraint. I fully understand him."

The Pale Knight showed a grateful look.

"However, I also envy you a little." Victor changed the subject, scanned the room full of police officers, and then said: "You can mobilize so many police officers to protect the safety of you and your property."

"I wasn't so lucky. Yesterday my lab was broken into by terrifying kidnappers, destroying many of my precious research results. I was also kidnapped and almost lost my life..."

"Originally I wanted to hire more people to protect my lab after getting this money, so as to avoid bad people like Maria from invading here and using my technology to build dangerous weapons. But if it doesn't work, I can only endure it."

Upon hearing this, the Pale Knight's face became more serious. He turned to look at Gordon and said: "What's going on? How could Professor Fries be kidnapped? With his academic level, once threatened, wouldn't he have to build more destructive weapons?"

Then he turned to Victor and said: "Sorry, Professor, I am absolutely not saying that you are an accomplice. I know you were forced to do it. Knowledge is always innocent. What is guilty are those criminals who abuse knowledge to do evil!"

"Sorry, our conventional police force is really insufficient to..." Gordon looked troubled.

"Isn't there GTO?" The Pale Knight said: "Since Professor Fries can research such a powerful weapon as the freeze cannon, there must be more dangerous goods in his lab. If they are snatched by kidnappers, wouldn't it endanger civilians again? I think this kind of incident is enough to reach the level of the special anti-terrorist squad!"

Gordon was even more helpless. He said: "The police station is communicating with many investors about the investment in GTO. Maybe this squad will not be led by us soon."

"That won't do. You go and tell those investors now that they must write such a clause in the contract. Even if they obtain the mobilization authority of the squad, they must protect Professor Fries's low-temperature lab. If anyone disagrees, then don't invest!"

Schiller gave Victor a look, and as soon as the Pale Knight turned around, Victor gave Schiller a thumbs up. ===== CHAPTER 3259 =====