Chapter 4121: When the Pumpkins Ripen (14)

The thank-you performance ended without any danger. When Arrogance and Greed returned home, the time was already approaching midnight. And Arrogance was still typing on his phone asking: "There is surveillance in the theater, didn't you capture any abnormalities?"

"That is the problem. They didn't simply block the surveillance signal, but had a way to make the surveillance have no abnormalities at all."

"What do you mean?"

"In the video captured by the surveillance, the little girl walked out by herself, walked to the surveillance blind spot, and then disappeared. But she couldn't have walked out by herself; this child is very timid, whether at school or at home, she has never had any behavior of running around. During the process of watching the performance, she was also tightly sticking to her mother."

"You mean someone tampered with the surveillance video? Who has this ability?"

"Currently, the only one I've encountered is Batman."

"You know this is impossible."

"Yes, before the Main Universe Batman arrived, the case had already happened. If it wasn't him, then it should be someone with a similar level."

"Who do you think it would be?"

"Do you think that after the enemies who invaded Earth before were beaten back by me, they would just give up?"

"You mean aliens?"

"Only they have such a level of technology. Although I have tried hard to innovate Earth's electronic equipment, the generation gap cannot be made up in a short time. For example, Blue Beetle, he can use holographic simulation technology to imitate realistic images to interfere with the judgment of surveillance equipment, which I currently cannot crack."

"Who do you suspect more?"

"Darkseid. According to the information on the multiverse war uploaded by Bruce, Darkseid has ascended, which means that the Darkseid of the entire multiverse has become the same one. And this Darkseid just suffered a big loss at the hands of Batman; it is very normal for him to take action within the scope of the multiverse."

"But all kinds of evidence prove that this guy had premeditated this, and might have even started acting a few years ago."

"This is not strange; if he didn't have designs on Earth early on, you couldn't have lured him here. I suspect he already had arrangements on Earth, and now I am trying hard to dig out the forces he hid on Earth."

"Is it that difficult?"

"He has a technological advantage, and I also have to consider not hurting ordinary people. And, if the investigation speed is too fast, forcing him into a corner, he might carry out terrorist attacks."

"Considering seeking Batman's help?"

"At the necessary moment, I will."

It was another busy night for the police and the FBI. The light of the police lights flickered all night, and the entire block was turned upside down. People from the Behavioral Science Analysis Unit also checked every piece of wall skin in the theater. Those audience members who came to watch the thank-you performance also welcomed Halloween in anxiety.

Schiller slept exceptionally well this night. Without the wind howling all night, the entire community was very quiet, and it only rained a little when he woke up in the morning. The chill drilled in from the window cracks, and the world was cold and damp.

When Arrogance walked downstairs, Greed had just taken the newspaper from the mailbox, and at the same time, there was freshly baked bread, which seemed to have been bought from the community restaurant.

Today's breakfast was still pumpkin, but it was very simple pumpkin yellow mustard salty sauce spread on bread. Greed spread the bread while opening the newspaper, and soon saw the news about the theater child kidnapping case yesterday.

The news wasn't exaggerated, and was even somewhat restrained; perhaps considering not wanting to create panic, Brainiac just described it as an accidental event.

"What do you think?" Greed asked.

"The key now is whether the two people caught can say anything. If they are Darkseid's lackeys, I'm afraid it won't be that easy to get information."

"Even with more advanced technology, someone has to use it. If they didn't carry those devices with them, then how did they interfere with the cameras? Remote signal transmission?"

"This is the matter Batman has to investigate." Arrogance shook his head and said, "I heard the laboratories on the Wayne Manor side have stopped work; it seems Brainiac has made up his mind to catch the culprits first."

They were chatting when a sound came from the door. Greed walked over and opened the courtyard gate; Gordon looked dusty and tired.

When he came in, Arrogance served him a cup of hot coffee. Gordon drank the coffee in one gulp, his mouth steaming, and then said: "Good news."

"The culprit confessed?"

"Uh, no." Gordon said somewhat embarrassedly, "Your approval report regarding transplanting the chestnut tree has been approved. However, there are some items in the transplant suggestions given by Brainiac that you need to look at carefully. I left the document here."

After speaking, he took a file bag out of his bosom and placed it on the coffee table, then said: "I still have some things to do, I'll go first."

Gordon came in a hurry and left in a hurry, not even having time to eat breakfast. Arrogance picked up the file bag he sent and was surprised to find that there were over 100 pages of paper inside.

He picked up a few sheets and looked at them, "Jesus."

"What's wrong?"

"It says here that if I want to transplant such a precious tree, I need to follow about 200 environmental protection regulations to renovate my existing land, courtyard, and house property."

"In order to accommodate a squirrel?"

"Even squirrels aren't this troublesome." Arrogance sat down, flipping through those regulations page by page, and then said, "So Brainiac means that if I want this chestnut tree, I have to take good care of it, even at the expense of my own living environment."

"Including what?"

"Testing soil quality, groundwater quality, lawn nutrient absorption, air quality, light duration, I even have to fertilize irregularly to ensure the tree can bear enough fruit for rare animals to eat."

"Only these?"

"Isn't this enough?" Arrogance looked at Greed and asked.

"This is already very little," Greed said, "When my asylum moved, the environmental protection regulations sent by the regional council had about 2000 items. I even had to be responsible for the shape of the roadbed stones a mile away."

"And you agreed?"

"How is that possible. I skipped about 1600 useless ones and focused my energy on those items that are truly beneficial to environmental protection. For example, I do have to ensure that the mentally ill in the asylum don't use slingshots to hit birds."

"So among the regulations I received, which ones are useful?"

"The ones you mentioned are all useful. You do have to test soil quality, water quality, air quality, etc."

"But this tree lived less than two miles away from me before."

"Performing these tests is not to protect the tree, but to protect you. If the tree dies in your courtyard after transplanting, these test results can help you avoid prosecution."

Arrogance opened his mouth, really not knowing what to say. Greed put down the document and said: "Considering you must have raised quite a few plants to death, this step is very necessary. Cat Getan is becoming more and more normal, so you always have to adapt to civilized society."

"Alright, then how do I do these tests?"

"Hire a professional agency. But first, you have to say hello to the forest police. Although this tree doesn't belong to the natural woodland trees, because your house is very close to the natural woodland, you have to let them know that this isn't something you dug back from the woodland." Greed paused and continued, "Then send an email to the local council, requesting them to send experts to perform the tests. And before they come, we need to tidy up the courtyard to prevent them from rejecting the application on the grounds of lack of feeding conditions."

"I think Brainiac is taking revenge for personal grudges."

"I am not," Brainiac reminded, "I have fulfilled the responsibility of reminding you not to steal chestnuts. But you didn't listen to me at all."

"What does this have to do with transplanting a chestnut tree?"

"You now need to prove to me that you are not a person who gets something for nothing, because only diligent people can take good care of protected trees. Considering you stole chestnuts before, I need some more solid and powerful written evidence to prove that you are willing to make efforts for environmental protection."

"That's just a chestnut tree!"

"It is a North American chestnut tree, as you said—a precious tree that once covered the East Coast but is now almost extinct. It would be a pity to chop it down."

Arrogance couldn't help but cover his eyes. Greed didn't take it seriously and said: "Brainiac's efficiency is still quite high, at least he is willing to tell you the reason. And the 100+ inspections my asylum accepted within a year, 80% of them had no reason at all. The council won't tell you why they want to come and inspect."

"To make it look like they have work to do."

"Actually, they can also prove they have work to do by sitting in the office. They aren't even doing it for money; they might just enjoy finding trouble for others. By comparison, Brainiac is still quite pragmatic."

Greed took out the document and said: "This document gives very detailed suggestions. For example, the fence in front of the house is too high now; I bet you haven't trimmed the fence for more than half a year. And there is a piece of turf missing in the southeast corner; I wanted to say it when I first came. And that vegetable patch in your backyard, no matter what you plant, you need to make it look like you have carefully managed it and watered it every day."

"But Merkel used to water it every day and watered most of the plants in the garden to death."

"Don't water at noon. And vegetable patches and flower fields are different. If possible, I suggest you set up a drip irrigation system, which can also provide water for birds and rodents and enrich the ecosystem in your backyard."

"This is the problem. First, I don't have that much money, and second, you can't buy things here even with money. Where am I supposed to get a drip irrigation system?"

"You have to ask Brainiac about this. If he cannot provide you with these conditions, then these regulations are unreasonable, and you can refuse to execute them."

"And then we dig the chestnut tree over tonight?"

"Of course not. Putting the vegetable patch aside, you haven't tested the soil yet. If heavy metals exceed the standard and kill this protected tree, you will definitely go to court."

"I suddenly don't want to eat chestnuts that much." Arrogance sighed.

"You can't always give up." Greed shrugged and said, "You have to truly possess something."

"Alright, then where do we start?"

"First, we have to fill in the turf in the southeast corner of the front yard. Even if you don't transplant the chestnut tree, if this is seen by your neighbors or church people, you will also receive complaints. This will seriously affect the community image. You can ask Brainiac where to buy turf."

"Compared to where to buy turf, I want to know more about how that piece of turf disappeared." Arrogance said while opening Brainiac's software to start querying.

Greed went out for a turn and said: "Your fence is built too high, the fences in two directions overlap, causing that corner to never be exposed to the sun. And you didn't use finished turf, but grass seeds; without sunlight, they won't sprout."

"God. Cat Getan didn't have any sunlight all year round before."

"Fun fact, cloudy days don't mean there is no ultraviolet light. Moreover, plants will react to changes in the natural environment faster than people. Sunlight inflation, they will also ask for a raise."

"I found it, we have to go." ===== CHAPTER 4122 =====