Chapter 3478: Research on Cats and Dogs (Part 37)

Schiller was standing in the office of the Cat Getan Police Commissioner. Gordon put down a large pile of documents in his hand, took out a hard drive from the other side of the desk, and handed it to Schiller.

"Inside is the surveillance video you wanted. However, we don't have more manpower to screen it. If you want to watch the content inside at original speed, it will probably take about three months. Are you sure you want to do it yourself?"

"Has this thing ever been deleted?"

"Rest assured. The surveillance system currently used in Cat Getan has been updated. Even if there is permission to modify it, the modification record will be sent to the virtual server. The other party, not knowing this, cannot be on guard. But the server records show no modifications."

Schiller picked up the hard drive and left, sat in his car, and picked up his phone to call Victor.

"I've already got the surveillance video. Are you and Nora in the office? Good, I'll be there right away."

Schiller returned to Cat Getan University with the hard drive and found the Fries couple waiting in Victor's office.

Schiller handed over the hard drive and said: "Sorry to trouble you. Contact me as soon as you find anything unusual. By the way, help me copy a version; I still need to go to the principal's office."

Victor nodded and said: "No problem. I'm worried the other party has more advanced transportation, so I won't find anything unusual in the highway surveillance video. But I will try my best to look carefully."

"That's not a problem. If we really can't find anything unusual, we can confirm that he does have more advanced transportation, so we don't have to spend time on the highway."

"It's hard to imagine you would choose such an inefficient way to investigate." Nora frowned slightly and said, "You should have better ways to determine the other party's base."

"I do. But that's what Batman should do." Schiller smiled and said.

"Your going to the police station to retrieve surveillance probably won't be hidden from Batman. How do you plan to explain it to him?"

Schiller shook his head and said: "He won't come to ask me at all. Why should I explain it to him?"

"That's not very likely." Victor also frowned, "What would a university professor want with recent highway surveillance videos? Even a normal person would be suspicious, let alone Batman."

"Whether it's lucky or unfortunate, the Batman we encountered is a normal person. Perhaps he will be suspicious, but he won't let his suspicious psychology take the upper hand. He understands what the most important thing to do right now is."

"He will definitely go to investigate Jonathan's whereabouts. To some extent, your plan can be considered a success. If Jonathan is really safe and sound, Batman will definitely think he is the Professor."

"So we have to help Jonathan." Schiller tapped the hard drive with his fingertip and said, "We must make the murderer realize that the value of the Professor being alive is greater than him being dead."

"What do you want to do?" Victor asked, "I saw you having breakfast with Sivana this morning. What are you two plotting again?"

"You know that Cat Getan University is going to host two football invitational tournaments in the next quarter, right?" Schiller suddenly changed the subject.

Victor looked at him suspiciously, but still nodded: "The school has already started doing warm-up activities; basically no faculty member doesn't know about this."

"In the new campus, we have a brand new stadium, and the viewing conditions are very good. We want everyone to know this. Besides bringing in more ticket revenue, it can also better enhance the reputation of Cat Getan University."

"Of course. I hope so too." Victor said, "This tournament should allow many students from surrounding cities to come and visit Cat Getan University, which can also increase their willingness to apply and improve the quality of our overall student source. But what does this have to do with Jonathan?"

"The murderer kidnapped the Professor because they wanted to disrupt the Justice League of Metropolis, let the Justice League divert a portion of their energy to Cat Getan, and then relax Metropolis's defense, allowing them to take advantage of the situation."

"If this is the case, they have now kidnapped Jonathan, so either they kill Jonathan, or they tell the Justice League that the Professor has been kidnapped, so they can be distracted and rescue him. But they haven't done so."

Victor paused, looking slightly puzzled, and said: "That's right, they've taken Jonathan for over ten hours, why is there no movement? Could it be that Jonathan killed them?"

"The probability of that is not high." Schiller shook his head gently; he knew that if Jonathan's fear toxin hadn't been taken away by him, he would indeed have a certain possibility of counter-killing the other party. But now, it was basically impossible for Jonathan to eliminate the other party on a physical level.

"This can only mean that Jonathan found a way to stall them. Then what method he thought of is worth pondering."

"You said the Professor has value, so maybe Jonathan told them he possessed some important information... oh, I get it, could it be that a psychic is walking through a maze in his brain?"

"Exactly. The best way to stall them is to tell them he possesses important information, and if he dies, they will never be able to know the Justice League's weaknesses. Even if the other party might guess this is his trick, they will still try to find out."

"Can Jonathan really block them?"

"Definitely not, he's not a super-powered person. Although his psychology level is high, his mental strength is insufficient, and he can't persist for too long. Or rather, even if he could, he wouldn't persist forever."

"Why?"

"Don't forget why he followed the other party. He wanted to use the other party's psychic abilities to deal with me. Then what do you think he would design the so-called secret in his brain to be?"

"Related to you?"

Schiller nodded and said: "Exactly, he went to such great lengths just to pit me, so he would definitely find a way to lead that so-called secret that the Professor could possess toward me."

"Then why doesn't he just expose that you are the Professor?"

"Then how is he going to survive?"

Victor nodded knowingly and said: "Also true. He has to find a way to survive and find a way to pit you, so he definitely can't expose you directly. It would be troublesome if he were silenced."

"However, if the other party digs out the secret, it's also possible they will silence him, right? After all, they originally wanted to rely on killing the Professor to affect the Justice League."

"That depends on the weight of the secret they dig out." Schiller said, "If this is really a secret that can seriously affect the Justice League or even the stability of the two cities, they will never easily kill Jonathan, because they are still counting on digging out more."

"People are always greedy, and aliens are the same." Victor said, "But I still don't quite understand what this has to do with Cat Getan University."

"If he leads them directly to me, that would be a bit too obvious." Schiller said, "After all, we two still have a bit of a grudge. If the aliens find out that Jonathan wants to use them as a knife, then Jonathan is finished."

"With Jonathan's level of intelligence, it's impossible for him to do it so obviously. Not specifying a certain person, but defining a scope is the safest. And because I stay at Cat Getan University, his target is probably Cat Getan University."

"Wait a minute." Nora suddenly spoke up, "The students are all on vacation, and the faculty members are in the hospital due to food poisoning; now Cat Getan University has almost no one. You wouldn't have been prepared from the beginning, would you?"

Schiller just smiled and didn't speak. Victor sighed and said: "No wonder you would condone Jonathan poisoning the faculty members; it turns out you were waiting for him here."

"Will the other party attack Cat Getan University?" Nora asked with some concern. She looked left and right, seemingly calculating the value of the experimental equipment in her heart.

"They might not launch a large-scale attack, but they should send some people over to probe, investigating sneakily first."

"But you said Cat Getan University is going to host a tournament. If they make a mess of the campus at this time... ah, you want to delay the tournament time?"

Schiller finally sighed and said: "Our school's football team is lacking in successors. After the last batch graduated, two starting main players left, and the two players promoted are both freshmen who only enrolled a few months ago; they haven't trained for long at all, how could they possibly beat a veteran powerhouse?"

"And, promotion also takes time. The schedule for this quarter was finalized too late, and the time we started promoting also became late. Currently, besides some rumors in Cat Getan, even Metropolis hasn't heard much. This definitely won't work."

"I remember now." Nora said—she actually pays more attention to sports than Victor—"The contract for the invitational tournament says that only if force majeure is encountered can the tournament time be postponed. Like hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, etc., and it has to be the kind where the venue is completely destroyed..."

"My God, our stadium is new!" Victor stared at Schiller and said, "You wouldn't want to tear it down like this, would you?"

"Of course not, we don't have more funds to rebuild it." Schiller said immediately, "It's just that we need to let people know we've been invaded by aliens. This can also be considered one of the force majeures, so we can naturally take this opportunity to postpone the tournament time."

Victor pursed his lips, speechless. He said: "Just to postpone the tournament time, you took such a big detour; it would be better to just let Arthur trigger a tsunami."

"That won't do, we can't endanger our image as a tourist city." Schiller waved his hand and said, "If a tsunami happened here, who would still dare to go play on the beach?"

"But are you sure they won't make too much of a mess in the school?" Nora asked with some concern, "Even damaging some buildings is a huge loss."

"This brings us to the good partner Batman brought." Schiller said, "With Superman here, the small fries they send are simply not worth fearing. And once they find out Superman is protecting Cat Getan University, they will feel even more that there is some secret here, and thus try every means to attack here."

Victor looked at the hard drive on the table again and said: "Then you checking the traffic surveillance video isn't just to find out where Jonathan was taken, right?"

"Yes, that's just incidental. Sivana needs to judge whether the promotion for the football tournament is effective by the number and destination of foreign vehicles over the past month. You know, the statistics bureau's data is simply not credible; he has to check it himself."

Victor clicked his tongue and said: "Then he won't be able to fast-forward. With so many surveillance videos, when will he finish checking?"

"You don't have to worry about that. Participating in statistical activities adds half a credit; the students are scrambling for it, so it's estimated they'll finish checking in two or three days."

"How could I forget about this trick." Victor also laughed and said, "Ever since he became principal, credits have become harder and harder to accumulate. All the students have become his free labor."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 3479 =====