Chapter 3468

There were two more people standing at the end of the corridor. Batman looked over and felt that one of them looked familiar.

"Victor Fries?" Batman called out his name.

The man walked over and shook hands with Batman, saying: "It's me. You must be the Batman from another universe that the Sheriff mentioned, right? I am Victor Fries, teaching in the Physics Department of Cat Getan University."

Batman nodded at him and asked: "You weren't hit?"

Victor shook his head and said: "I didn't eat anything at all, so I wasn't poisoned. But my friend and I drank a lot of wine, and nothing happened. The toxin might not have been put in the wine."

Batman turned his head to look at the friend beside him. In fact, he felt that the temperament of these people was about the same; they were all tall and thin, wearing old-fashioned suits with high shoulders, wearing glasses, and at a glance, they were refined and easy-going intellectuals.

"Schiller Rodriguez," Schiller nodded at him with a smile.

Batman felt that the name sounded a bit familiar, especially the name "Schiller," which seemed to have been mentioned by someone, but he really couldn't remember it carefully.

"I am a professor in the Psychology Department of Cat Getan University, and my office is next to Professor Fries's. We two didn't have classes this afternoon and ate some snacks, so we didn't eat much at the banquet, and neither of us was poisoned."

Batman turned his head to look at Jonathan Crane in the interrogation room again, thinking that since the person was already here and couldn't run away, it was better to get more information from others first, so that when they clashed later, he would have more and more powerful bargaining chips.

So he let Superman guard the door of the interrogation room where Jonathan was, and he went to the reception room next door with the other two professors.

After Schiller sat down, he unbuttoned his suit and took the water cup from the police officer next to him. Victor also sat down on his own, and both of them didn't look very nervous.

However, Batman didn't feel strange either. After all, those who could be professors in Cat Getan could never be timid people. It was normal for people like them to enter the police station like eating and drinking.

"I have a few questions to ask the two professors. You can answer one by one, or you can answer me after discussing it."

"No problem, ask away," Schiller said.

"When did the banquet start?"

"The invitation said 7:30, but in fact, most people arrived at 7:00," Schiller thought for a while and said, "The food was served at about 7:40. Jonathan drank the first glass of wine at about 7:43."

"Your memory is good, Professor."

"I am a psychology professor; this is my old profession," Schiller smiled, then said, "Neither Victor nor I ate the appetizers that were served, but we both drank a glass of pre-dinner wine."

Victor nodded, thought for a while, and said: "I drank orange wine, and he should have drunk some kind of sweet wine."

"Yes, I tasted a little bit of white rum flavor, but I'm not very clear about how it was prepared."

"Which round of food did you eat later?"

"Neither of us ate the main course, but I ate a little bit of the after-dinner salad. Victor ate finger biscuits."

"When did the first victim show symptoms?"

"The banquet was originally scheduled to end at 10:00 in the evening; it was about 9:40 when Professor Hall of the Forensic Science Department started projectile vomiting and had some symptoms of confusion. We immediately called for an ambulance."

"Did you call it?"

"No, it was a professor in the Mathematics Department named Anna. But she also got sick and should be in the hospital now."

"That is to say, when Professor Hall was poisoned, Professor Anna was not only not poisoned, but was also clear-headed enough to call for help. When was Professor Anna poisoned?"

"About three minutes after the call."

"Was anyone poisoned after 10:00?"

"Of course. One after another until nearly 11:00, people were constantly being poisoned."

"Is there any difference in their symptoms?"

Schiller shook his head and said: "According to my observation, there is no difference; basically, they all vomit first, then have gastrointestinal discomfort, followed by dizziness and falling to the ground, and start talking nonsense."

"No aggression?"

"No. But because it was too sudden, some people were pushed to the ground in the panic and should have suffered some minor abrasions."

Batman pondered. Now in his heart, the possibility that Jonathan Crane was the murderer was getting lower and lower.

Not to mention that as the host of the banquet, if such a thing happened at the banquet, he would definitely be the first suspect. Anyone with a brain wouldn't put themselves in this situation.

Just talking about the performance of these people after being poisoned, it didn't look like Scarecrow's level of poisoning.

Scarecrow Jonathan Crane is a world-class chemist. His preparation and use of toxins are far beyond Batman's chemical level, otherwise he wouldn't have so many scenes in Cat Getan, where heroes and villains emerge in large numbers.

If he wanted to, he could completely make everyone poisoned at the same second, or even make some people vomit first, some people delirious first, or even achieve the same effect with the same time and the same dose, with some people having things happen and some people not.

Although it sounds a bit exaggerated, this is Scarecrow's basic level. If he used his best fear gas, the effect could be even better.

If this was done by Jonathan Crane, what was his purpose?

If he wanted to wipe out all the faculty and staff of Cat Getan University in one fell swoop, then spraying fear gas into the banquet hall would ensure that not a single one would survive.

If he just wanted to make them lose their ability to act for a short time, then the original fear gas would do. Scarecrow has also used fear gas to cause group chaos more than once.

If he just wanted to make the crowd make a fool of themselves, so as to attract Batman—not to mention that there is no Batman in this universe—from the scene described by Schiller, because the poisoning time was different, the people in front all had symptoms, the people behind called the police, and the ambulance and police came very quickly, and the situation was significantly controlled.

If he just wanted to make the crowd lose control, then poisoning at the same time would be the best. No one could report the news, and it is estimated that the entire Cat Getan University would become a mess, so that the professors would make a fool of themselves in front of the students.

So whether it is motivation or method, it is not established. But Batman still made a relatively cautious choice. He asked:

"How is Professor Crane's popularity in school?"

"He just came back recently," Victor said, "The last time he worked at Cat Getan University was more than ten years ago. I hadn't come yet, so I don't know how his popularity was."

Batman looked at Schiller again.

"In fact, not very good," Schiller shook his head and said, "Professor Crane has very typical characteristics of antisocial personality, and has certain symptoms of Asperger's syndrome, manifested as severe social maladjustment, over-concentration, and also has certain hysterical manifestations."

"I only worked with him for a very short time, but during that time, I didn't hear which professor was his friend, and his relationship with students was also very average. Later, because of some things, he left the teaching post."

"Because of what?"

"I'm not very clear about this, but I heard that he had a mental breakdown and went to prison, which seemed to have something to do with the Batman at that time."

"The Batman at that time?"

"Yes, at that time Cat Getan still had Batman. Anyway, in the end, it was Batman who sent him to Arkham Asylum."

"Does he have any other intersections with Batman?"

"You probably have to ask Batman about this, or ask yourself, aren't you also Batman?"

"The situation in your universe is a bit different from my universe. As far as you can see, is his relationship with Batman good?"

"I haven't seen him much, and I don't see Batman often," Schiller shook his head and said, "Sorry, I can't provide clues in this regard."

Batman also seemed to feel that it was a bit difficult to ask an ordinary university professor about the affairs of Batman and his teacher, so he changed the question:

"I heard that Bruce Wei En studied at Cat Getan University. How were his grades during his time at school?"

"His grades were relatively average," Schiller said, "It seems that he relied on being a school director of the Wei En Group and didn't take ordinary studies and exams seriously. And Cat Getan University didn't have a principal for a long time, and he didn't care either."

"Do you know about him being Batman?"

"I didn't know at first, but later I knew."

"Is there anything abnormal about Professor Crane when he was in Arkham Asylum? Did he contact any of you? Or does anyone know what he was doing at that time?"

Schiller shook his head and said: "For a long time, Arkham Asylum was not professional enough. I am not sure if Professor Crane received normal mental illness treatment there, but after he came back, he looked a bit better."

Batman became interested and said: "Tell me about it."

"Generally speaking, people like him will not take the initiative to socialize. But after he came back to teach, he sent us invitations and took the initiative to find me, inviting me to attend the banquet."

"It was precisely during the conversation with him that I found that his mental state had become much more stable, and the symptoms of social maladjustment had also improved. If his eyes weren't still a bit erratic, I would almost think he had recovered."

"You should believe his judgment," Victor said, "He is a world-famous psychologist. In your universe, you might have heard his name too."

Batman nodded; he felt that his familiarity with the name "Schiller" might come from seeing it in some psychology articles or academic news.

"Do you think all these changes have anything to do with Bruce?"

"Why do you ask?"

"You said it, Arkham Asylum is not professional enough, and Professor Crane's mental problems cannot improve so quickly if they are not treated. Could it be that Bruce Wei En played an important role in it?"

"I can only say that there is a certain possibility," Schiller said conservatively, "The Wei En Group does have sufficient medical resources, and it is not strange that they can cure people like Professor Crane. But after all, I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so I can't make a final conclusion."

Victor next to him almost couldn't hold his expression: "You haven't made many final conclusions today, have you?"

"Okay, Professor, thank you very much," Batman stood up; he didn't seem to have anything to ask. He said: "Just in case, you'd better stay in a place with police and doctors tonight, otherwise poisoning might cost you your life."

Schiller nodded and stood in place, watching Batman walk toward the interrogation room where Jonathan was.

"You are simply too bad," Victor said in a low voice, "Pushing the title of 'Professor' onto 'Jonathan', and then using Batman's attention to confirm that Jonathan Crane is that mysterious 'Professor'. In this way, no matter who wants to start with the professor later, the one who is unlucky will be Jonathan."

"This can't blame me," Schiller's tone revealed a smile, and he said, "Compared to me who has been working diligently, Jonathan Crane, who has had no movement for more than ten years, looks more like the person who is secretly making trouble behind the scenes, doesn't he?"

"But they should soon find out that Bruce studied psychology."

"Then is his psychology study good?"

Victor was choked.

"Not only is his psychology study not good, but his chemistry study is exceptionally good," Schiller turned and walked toward the door, saying in a low voice, "Doesn't this all match up?"

?? Jonathan: There is a dog

? (End of chapter)