Chapter 39: Harvey Dent

Regardless, the new principal's campus prohibition was still being pushed forward in an orderly manner.

Any vehicle or shop selling alcoholic beverages was not allowed to appear near Cat Getan University. All parties and gatherings would be checked, and dormitories would be searched. However, they wouldn't confiscate high-power appliances, but would turn out all the alcohol and severely punish the students.

Of course, these students had no ability to resist. Although Cat Getan University produced a big villain like the Scarecrow, most of the students were still obedient.

However, it was clear that this also touched the cake of another group of people.

Everyone knew what kind of city Cat Getan was. The drunks here didn't start drinking only after they started working.

The tens of thousands of drunks in Cat Getan City supported countless bars and shops selling alcohol here. The annual sales of tobacco and alcohol were a major part of tax revenue.

You could certainly not let students drink, but if they didn't have an addiction to alcohol, who would the liquor merchants sell their alcohol to?

Students were just too easy to fool. Any hobby they picked up during this period might accompany them for life, and drinking was no exception.

If they started drinking at 20, they would spend tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars on alcohol in their lifetime. Every drunk would spend more than half of his salary on various kinds of alcohol.

And the profits from selling alcohol were scraped away by those monopolists. They used these profits to continue production, then opened larger factories, hired that group of drunks with lower wages, and the price was just providing them with two bottles of inferior alcohol after work.

What a perfect industrial chain this was. And all they needed to do was to dump some delicious beer at a low price near Cat Getan University, regardless of profit. Of course, start with beer, then distilled spirits, then hard liquor.

For hundreds of years, Cat Getan City had operated this way. If you didn't let that group of people corrupt the students, wouldn't Cat Getan have long ago become a civilized city with simple folk customs?

Shiler knew this very well, so he never intended to be a dutiful good teacher here. This city didn't allow any clean seedlings to grow, because only villains and criminals could survive here.

Build Cat Getan University into a utopia? Stop joking, those naive graduates wouldn't survive a year in Cat Getan City.

This was just a big vortex, nested with countless small vortices. No one could escape.

Since Shiler sent an expulsion notice to Bulusi, the principal rarely talked about letting him participate in this matter, but having touched the chain of interests, he was under great pressure and had to find another helper for himself.

"Hello, my name is Harvey, Harvey Dent, a lawyer. My main direction is criminal litigation and adjudication."

Shiler shook hands with Harvey. Before Shiler could speak, Harvey said, "I've heard of you. You did a great job in the city of Yochong. That damn serial killer was brought to justice and is still in prison now."

He spoke very fast, very much like a lawyer. And his tone was steady, his tone firm, and then he continued, "But I must say, you haven't performed as well in pushing the Cat Getan University prohibition as you did in those big cases. I think saving the future of this city is as important as catching criminals, isn't it?"

Shiler just let go of his hand. He pursed his lips and said, "Perhaps."

Harvey heard the reluctance in his tone. He frowned and said, "I've heard some of your deeds in the south, but it seems you aren't as hateful of evil as the rumors say."

"Compared to this, I'm more curious, who is spreading my deeds?"

Harvey was stunned for a moment and said, "Isn't it what you said yourself?"

He looked Shiler up and down. Shiler didn't look like a shrewd and brave detective, nor an impartial judge. He looked very gentle, very much in line with his professional temperament.

Harvey was very smart. He said, "You mean someone is deliberately spreading your deeds? But why would they do that? To make you famous? What's the benefit of this?"

Shiler invited Harvey to sit down, and he sat opposite. He said, "Perhaps you only know the first half of this story. Later, I was plotted against by others in a case in Metropolis. Otherwise, why would I come to Cat Getan? That wasn't a good thing. Clearly, this group of people still doesn't want to let me go."

Harvey was stunned and said, "Sorry, then you really shouldn't be in the limelight. But it doesn't matter. I am now the legal advisor of Cat Getan University. I strongly support this prohibition. Drinking a little is actually fine. Of course, I drink too, but drinking heavily in student days, that won't do."

When Harvey spoke, he was always clear, logical, and his tone was very firm, giving people a sense of security unconsciously. If it weren't for the fact that Shiler already knew he was the later Two-Face, he would never have associated him with that lunatic who flipped coins.

Two-Face was a very complex villain. He was also the only villain Batman had tried to save. Batman tried many times, but didn't succeed. Perhaps the frustration this brought him was even stronger than being defeated by the Joker.

Because Harvey Dent was truly a good man, the White Knight of Cat Getan City.

Batman was influenced too deeply by him. Maroni hurt Harvey in court and drove him crazy. This incident made Batman completely realize that without violent execution, without authority, law and judgment were nothing.

A despicable and dirty criminal hurt an impartial prosecutor in public, but he didn't have to pay any price, and no one dared to judge him again.

Shiler put his hands on the table. He looked into Harvey's eyes and said, "Mr. Harvey, I think you know the situation here better than that new principal. You should be clear about how many people's interests this will offend."

"I know, but I don't care," Harvey said.

Shiler sighed. He took off his glasses and began to wipe them with a cloth. He said while wiping, "Perhaps you are really prepared to accept the price of upholding justice?"

"Sounds like you feel deeply about it."

"Of course, because I have a big life."

"Then I believe I am the same," Harvey said, but he was still very empathetic. He said, "I won't blame those who give up on this road because of various dangers, because they have actually done their best. I don't know how far I can go on this road, but in this world, it's not that you have to reach the end to be considered a winner."

Shiler didn't answer again. He shook hands with Harvey again, and Harvey left. For the first time, Shiler didn't try to use words to interfere with the other party, or insist on convincing the other party.

Shiler had once heard a very reasonable sentence: Don't try to remind someone who has been walking in the dark; the other party isn't blind.

So Shiler wouldn't try to correct Harvey's thoughts, wouldn't try to tell him that your actions were useless to Cat Getan. Every thing Harvey did was right, every choice he made was just, was correct, but it was a pity, this was Cat Getan.

The White Knight couldn't save Cat Getan, and the Dark Knight might not either.

Harvey was indeed a very infectious person. Unlike Daredevil Luo De, who liked to fight alone, he was very good at using all the resources he could reach, getting along well with teachers and students. Even all kinds of staff praised him. Mrs. Mafi praised him more than ten times a day and wanted to introduce her youngest daughter to him.

Even the vast majority of students, although they didn't like their hidden alcohol being confiscated, still admired Harvey and felt he was the kind of elite person who was successful in his career and very kind.

Harvey hadn't been at Cat Getan University for many days before he was welcomed by the vast majority of people.

The new principal, Xie Dun, was even more depressed. He was looking for someone to be a gun, not to turn himself into a gun. He just wanted to find a scapegoat, let the scapegoat charge in front, and he could gain both fame and fortune.

But just like Shiler's excessive toughness, Harvey was really too popular, so much so that he stole almost all his limelight.

Not many people knew the new principal's name, but almost everyone knew the new legal advisor, Harvey Dent, a high-educated, high-income, and enthusiastic elite lawyer.

And among those who got along well with him, there were also the most difficult Shiler and Bulusi. Shiler was willing to chat with him about life ideals, because their education levels were similar, and they were both alumni of Columbia University, so they could recall their campus time together.

And Bulusi, he felt he was particularly compatible with Harvey. They could talk about everything together. In terms of justice, Harvey gave him many different perspectives, which inspired Batman a lot.

In the past, Shiler's dialogue style, which relied entirely on comprehension, had already made Batman used to being stimulated first and then going back to think silently.

But Harvey was different. Harvey would answer all of Bulusi's questions in as much detail as possible. When Bulusi put forward different views, he wouldn't mockingly refute, wouldn't disrupt the rhythm of his speech, but would listen quietly, express his own views, and then carefully analyze the differences between his views and his. If they couldn't reach an agreement, they would keep their own views and talk again next time.

No one wouldn't like such a friend, wise, sophisticated, enthusiastic, empathetic, and knowledgeable. This was much better than being angered by Shiler for ten years.

Shiler was also very happy, because with Harvey, Bulusi finally wouldn't come to bother him every day, and the psychological clinic was finally quiet.

Except for Gedeng who came once in the next few days, almost no one appeared here again.

Gedeng came to send him an invitation. After all, he was promoted, and it was a jump of several levels. This was a great thing worth celebrating.

Gedeng didn't have many friends. His colleagues at the police station were a bit jealous of him, and it wasn't convenient for him to invite them, so he planned to invite Shiler and Bulusi for a small gathering.

Bulusi introduced Harvey to this police officer, and the two hit it off. In a sense, Harvey and Gedeng were the best partners. They were really similar, except that Harvey was more radical, and Gedeng was more conservative.

These two were getting along very well, and Bulusi was left out in the cold. Shiler held a wine glass and looked speechlessly at Bulusi standing outside the door of the psychological clinic. He said, "Let me see, this homeless stray dog finally remembered the garbage dump he used to live in. Should I feel honored?"

"Hey, don't say that," Bulusi said. "Although Harvey is good, I think you are stronger in terms of professional ability, Professor."

"Thanks for the compliment, but your credits for this semester must be deducted completely." ===== CHAPTER 40 =====