Chapter 3849

"Oswald Cobblepot, you can also call me Penguin." The person who broke in said expressionlessly, "Nice to meet you, Professor Rodriguez. I heard you once worked as a professor for a spy organization for a period of time, is this title okay?"

Schiller nodded, he looked at the Penguin and said: "I heard you were once the Mayor, then can I also call you Mr. Mayor?"

"That's all old news." Penguin walked inside expressionlessly, he looked up at the interior decoration, and said, "I only served that term, and stepped down soon after, just a poor loser who failed the election."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Schiller sat on the sofa and said, "Cat Getan returned to the gang era, most people would choose you, but you suddenly lost the election. And the three mayors after you, none lived to the end of their term. Why do you think this is?"

"You didn't come to me for this, did you?"

"I want to know who that damn Eden Killer is, and where he ran to now. You are Batman's friend and have been to the crime scene, you can give me an answer, right?"

"Can I ask why you want to find him?"

"If he only went to kill those johns and bitches, I wouldn't bother with him. But he shouldn't have moved the Mayor; everyone who died in that position deserves it, and they must live to the Judgment Day. If anyone can kill them casually, Cat Getan will be in chaos."

"You became the Mayor, but found that this matter was not as easy as you thought. You have too much to do, too many dangers to face, so you chose another path, which is to retreat in the face of difficulties, hide behind the scenes, and push the scapegoat to the front. Is your scapegoat reserve not enough?"

"Tell me, where is the Eden Killer."

"Give me the camera." Schiller said.

Penguin glanced at him and waved at his subordinate. The bodyguard took out a small camera and placed it in Schiller's hand.

"Thanks to this lady, we have roughly figured out the truth of this serial murder case. In short, it wasn't the Eden Killer who attacked the Mayor, but a copycat."

"Copycat?"

"Yes, someone is imitating the Eden Killer to commit crimes."

"Do you think he is deliberately targeting the Mayor, or is it just that the Mayor is a bastard who loves soliciting prostitutes, so he entered his range of crimes?"

"Of course it's the former." Schiller looked at the few people and said, "If the selection condition is so simple, it wouldn't be the Mayor's turn even after a few years, he can only be targeting the Mayor."

"But why does he want to do this?"

"Targeting the Mayor is targeting you; he must want to disturb you, distract your attention, and make you have a headache because the political situation has become chaotic again after the Mayor's death. As for the others, I don't know."

"You still didn't tell me where he is."

"What you want is the Eden Killer's whereabouts; I can only tell you that the Eden Killer is not one person either; to be precise, he manipulated two people, now one is in the intensive care unit, and one is already dead. As for his real whereabouts, no one knows, and I don't know either."

"What about the copycat who killed the murderer?"

"Mnemosyne." Schiller turned his head to look at Mnemosyne and said, "Tell this gentleman what you saw."

Mnemosyne still couldn't recover, because the moment Schiller opened the door and the Penguin appeared, she realized that her behavior was completely under Schiller's control, and it was she who facilitated the current situation.

Why would the Penguin come to the door?

Because he wanted to know the information about the crime scene.

Why would the Penguin want to know the information about the crime scene?

Because the Mayor died, and he had that camera that could be used as evidence, he wanted to find the murderer who killed the Mayor.

Where did the camera come from?

It was what he got from Ross.

Why would he go to Ross?

Because of herself. Because she suggested telling the Penguin Ross's whereabouts, so they could fight each other.

And the reason the Penguin wanted to investigate the Mayor's case was that he didn't know the specific situation of the Eden Killer, and didn't know Cowens was dead.

Then why didn't he know?

Because his informant in the police station was controlled.

Why was the informant controlled?

Still because of herself. Because she told Gordon that someone would take the camera from Cowens, let him ambush in advance, gave Ross a chance to frame the big guy informant, so the Penguin's informant was caught, leading to him not being able to know the situation inside the police station.

In other words, the reason the Penguin would find the door now is entirely because of her two suggestions.

But now, Mnemosyne realized that those reasonings and suggestions she thought were successful were not from her own thoughts at all; she was so easily induced and manipulated by Schiller.

She realized the camera problem because Schiller told her an absurd conclusion through some psychoanalysis, and then let her deduce through this conclusion. She wanted the Penguin to drive the tiger to swallow the wolf, also because Schiller said to let Gordon send police to protect Ross, and she thought of it following this logic.

The one who really wanted the Penguin to find the door was Schiller, but Schiller did nothing, making it all look like a coincidence.

And now, he let her deduce the copycat to the Penguin, he knew clearly that she couldn't say anything, because if she talked about the letter opener, Schiller would be hard to avoid suspicion. If the Penguin suspected he was a copycat, what would they do?

Mnemosyne felt this was a trap; even if she told the truth to the Penguin, the Penguin couldn't do anything to Schiller, and it would be her who was unlucky in the end. She could only choose to hide it.

Mnemosyne gave the Penguin the physical characteristics, which were the same as the information given to Gordon, omitting the part about the letter opener, and then the Penguin left.

Mnemosyne was completely confused. So why did Schiller call the Penguin over? They didn't reach a deal, didn't talk about conditions, didn't talk about any secrets, and the Penguin just left like that.

No, they still reached a deal. Mnemosyne looked at Schiller, who was holding a small camera in his hand. So, Schiller just wanted this camera?

Mnemosyne couldn't help but feel absurd; she even felt for a moment that Schiller was the Eden Killer, wanting to get pleasure from the murder scene recorded in the camera, but she knew it wasn't like that. Then what did Schiller want this thing for?

And the Penguin, it seems, he wanted to find trouble with the copycat, not because he wanted to threaten him to kill, but just didn't want big figures like the Mayor to die again. Damn it, when did this gang boss become so upright?

"Sit down, Miss. You must have a lot of curiosity about the Penguin, right?"

Mnemosyne actually wanted to say I have more curiosity about you, but considering the current situation, she didn't say anything, just sat opposite Schiller, wanting to hear what he had to say.

"The Mayor of Cat Getan is not so easy to be; the Penguin realized this problem not long after he became Mayor. He looked very glorious, but in fact, various assassinations and terrorist attacks emerged one after another, so he chose to move into the dark, pushing out a few puppets to help him solve this problem, and the current Mayor is one of them."

"So far, except for the current Mayor, every one of his puppets can live until they are no longer needed. But the copycat killed the current Mayor, and might kill other big figures. Some of them are also the Penguin's puppets, and the Penguin doesn't want to see such things happen, so he must solve this copycat."

Mnemosyne easily figured it out; she thought the Penguin was a gang boss eager to move up, but in fact, he is the uncrowned king of Cat Getan, and the behavioral logic of these two people is different.

The new generation seeks opportunities to move up, while the ruler only wants stability. If the Penguin is the latter, then the only reason he stopped the killer is that he doesn't want Cat Getan to be in chaos, and only stability can continue his rule.

So he didn't care about that camera at all; he wasn't Batman, he didn't need evidence to sentence others to death. As long as he found the specific location, he wouldn't let that killer walk out of the room alive, so he handed the camera to Schiller so easily to exchange for some clues about the killer.

Any reasoning has limitations, and the limitations mainly come from the knowledge reserve and vision of the reasoner. Facing the same thing, even if the IQ is the same, the truth reasoned by an elementary school student and Batman might be completely different, just because the gap in knowledge reserve between the former and the latter is too large.

So this is still a lack of knowledge reserve. Mnemosyne sighed in her heart; she was just an orphan abandoned by a foster family, where would she know the Penguin's true status?

No, Mnemosyne thought, she could actually know, as long as she asked James Gordon. This Commissioner has been in Cat Getan for decades, even the Penguin can only rely on informants to understand his territory, and can't do anything hard.

And she only treated Gordon as a stupid, long-winded, brain-not-turning old stubborn before.

Or there is another chance, which is to listen to Schiller finish his first meeting with Batman, although she might not hear the Penguin's information, she could probably infer some things through the situation of Cat Getan's upper society.

However, she only cared about cracking the new case, not only didn't finish listening to the story, but also didn't carefully observe Schiller as a person, didn't even notice that there were no vases in the house, and didn't hear his previous induction in his words, leading to all the black pots being buckled on her head now.

Mnemosyne sighed long, sat on the sofa listlessly and said nothing.

Then, she saw Schiller take out a computer and was importing the image files from the camera into the computer. From the reflection of his glasses, it could be seen that the image file was playing, and Schiller was expressionless.

This proves that he is indeed not the Eden Killer, at least not a pervert who likes to watch crime scenes. If not, what does he want this thing for?

Countless clues circled in Mnemosyne's mind, constantly colliding, breaking, and combining. Realizing her arrogance, she couldn't help but recall the conversation between Gordon and Schiller she heard before.

"Loneliness and learning." She whispered, "The Eden Killer needs crime images to learn..."

Crime images are useless to Schiller, but he had to go through such a big detour to get the images. Is he trying to send the images to the Eden Killer to let him learn?

Mnemosyne felt her cold sweat come down in an instant. Damn it, Schiller wouldn't like to cultivate killers, right?

Mnemosyne associated it with her own encounter; the moment she chose to hide the murder clues from Gordon, she was no longer innocent. A person's bottom line can be constantly lowered; from hiding, to helping, to doing it, I'm afraid it won't take too long.

Originally there was still a glimmer of life, but just now she also chose to hide it from the Penguin; once the truth is known, after being forced to a dead end by this underground king, can she really not commit a crime?

If this is really the case, what else can she do?

Who else can she rely on?

Who can she call for help?

Who can help her?

At this moment, Mnemosyne clearly heard the name echoing in her heart—"Batman".

?? Schiller: Smile