Chapter 775

In the corridor, Bruce held a stack of papers and walked quickly toward the office. He knew that if he were two minutes late, his thesis probably wouldn't pass today.

Bruce stood in front of the door and knocked, but the sound coming from inside the room was the sound of high heels. The person who opened the door was Anna, who taught mathematics. Bruce glanced into the room and said, "Is Professor Shiler not here?"

"He has something to do this afternoon. Are you here to find him to look at your thesis?" Anna glanced at her watch and said, "You might have to come back after seven in the evening. At that time, he should be back to pick up some things."

Bruce froze there and said, "After seven? But it's only two in the afternoon. Where did Professor Shiler go?"

Anna shook her head and said, "I don't know. After he finished lunch, he came back in a hurry to pick up two books on basic psychology and then left. Why don't you go to the library or somewhere like that to find him?"

"The library?" Bruce said in surprise, but seeing Anna's expression, he didn't ask any more questions, but turned and left with his thesis.

Standing downstairs in the office building, Bruce felt a bit lost. He suddenly realized that he really didn't know where to find Shiler.

As far as he knew, Shiler usually didn't go to the library because the Cat Getan University library was relatively old, had few seats, and even though the librarian was strict, it was inevitably a bit noisy. Shiler usually wrote his thesis in his own manor.

After all, Cat Getan University didn't have a president, and no one would check attendance. After the morning and afternoon classes were over, even if these professors wanted to leave, no one would stop them. So the professors at Cat Getan University were very free; if they had no class in the afternoon, they could go home.

Bruce thought for a while, then came to the parking lot, got into his car, and drove to the Rodriguez Manor. After arriving at the manor, it was Merkel who opened the door for him. Merkel was a bit surprised by Bruce's arrival and said, "Mr. Wayne? What wind blew you here?"

"I'm here to find Professor Shiler. Is he here?" Bruce asked.

Merkel froze for a moment and said, "No, he has been living at school recently and hasn't been back for a few days. You can go to the school to look for him."

Bruce just wanted to say that he had just come from the school, but after thinking about it, he didn't say anything else, got into the car, and returned to the school.

Then he went to the faculty dormitory, but the dormitory manager told him that Shiler had gone out early in the morning and hadn't returned to his room all day. Then he went to the classroom where psychology was usually taught and the experimental building, but he couldn't find Shiler's figure anywhere.

Finally, Bruce chose to call Gordon to ask if he had seen Shiler. When the answer he got was still no, Bruce began to feel a headache.

If there was still any iron law in Cat Getan now, it was that when Shiler was quiet, he must be up to something.

All of this was very abnormal. In the past few days, Bruce had to be on high alert every second, fearing that he would miss Shiler's call. If that really happened, he wouldn't be able to pass his thesis today, and it was very likely to be sent back for rewriting.

The process of discussing the thesis often took hours, often starting before lunch was completely over and lasting until dinner time. Moreover, Shiler expressed great dissatisfaction with the fact that Bruce needed to eat, and even suggested that he create a life-support armor to reduce the time spent on solving physiological needs.

After racing against time for so long, the time saved might not be as long as the time wasted this afternoon. Bruce didn't think Shiler would disappear for no reason. It was more likely that he had encountered something more troublesome, so he had to solve it.

But what could possibly make Shiler feel troubled?

Thinking of this, Bruce had to be on 120,000% alert. If there really was something that made this professor have to spend several hours solving it when he was in urgent need of time, then I'm afraid it might threaten the life and death of Cat Getan and even the entire East Coast.

Thinking of this, Bruce immediately drove to the Batcave and activated the surveillance system he had deployed in Cat Getan.

Batman's surveillance covered every corner of Cat Getan. After several technical iterations, the cameras had become very hard, difficult to destroy, and more concealed. The entire Cat Getan City was under Batman's surveillance.

Before turning on the screen, Bruce hoped to see Shiler's shadow on these screens, because if Shiler wasn't in Cat Getan City, things might become more troublesome.

But when he turned on the screen, before finding Shiler, Bruce first discovered another uninvited guest, because his attire was too peculiar, so it immediately attracted Bruce's attention.

This person was wearing a black bodysuit, with a green cloak on the outside, holding a flute in his hand, and a gun hanging on his leg.

At this time, this person was on a main street not far from Cat Getan University. Bruce saw that he seemed to have just come out of a music store, still holding two records in his hand.

Bruce wanted to investigate, but now, the more urgent matter was to find Shiler's location.

He continued to look at the surveillance screen and found that Shiler had actually been at Cat Getan University all along, but he was in an empty classroom on the top floor of the teaching building, and sitting opposite him was Jason Todd, the kid who had stolen Bruce's tires.

Zooming in on the surveillance angle, Bruce found that Shiler was holding a book on basic psychology, pointing to the text on it and explaining it to Jason, while Jason was listening with full attention.

Just as Bruce intended to listen to what Shiler was talking about, an anomaly on another surveillance screen caught Bruce's attention.

That strange man in the green hood attacked a gang member on the street, or it couldn't be called an attack. The strange man took out a flute and started playing, and the gang member across the street from him suddenly started dancing.

But the next second, he was surrounded by heavily armed gang thugs. Bruce stood up quickly, put on his Batman gear, and rushed to the scene at the fastest speed.

Fortunately, the strange man still had one breath left, and it was just that there were seven or eight holes all over his body.

Batman was very sure that he was an outsider, because a local would not wear strange clothes and stand on the street at the intersection of three gang territories. This was like holding a megaphone and shouting, "There's a good target for shooting practice here."

Taking advantage of the gang members' inattention, Batman dragged the strange man into the car, then brought him to the Batcave, performed a simple surgery on him, bandaged him up, and waited for him to wake up.

A few dozen minutes later, the strange man in the green hood finally woke up. In the haze, he saw Batman's face and instinctively turned over to run, but the severe pain made him unable to get up. He heard Batman ask:

"Who are you? What are you doing in Cat Getan?"

The person in the green hood was just about to speak when Batman picked up the scalpel he had just used from the side and wiped it with paper. The strange man in the green hood swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "You can call me the Pied Piper..."

"What are you doing in Cat Getan?" Batman asked again.

"I... I'm here for a trip..." As soon as the Pied Piper finished speaking, he saw a Batarang land next to his ear. He moved his head to the side and said, "Alright, I'm here to save people."

"Save who?"

"Just... Mirror Master and the others."

"Mirror Master?" Batman narrowed his eyes, showing a suspicious expression, and then continued to ask: "Who else?"

"And... and Captain Cold." The Pied Piper took a deep breath. The pain made his mind a bit dazed, and being scared by Batman, he began to blurt out everything without restraint:

"Savage, the Great King, he wants to use Cat Getan as a foothold on the East Coast. He sent Mirror Master and Captain Cold here to scout the way, but they were both trapped. They were trapped in Cat Getan University. There is a professor there, and they can't deal with him..."

"Savage received their distress signal and asked me to come and meet them. I originally wanted to go directly to Cat Getan University, but the music store next to it happened to be playing music I like, so I went in and bought two records..."

Batman turned his gaze to the flute on the side and said, "Can you control others through this flute?"

"Yes." The Pied Piper said, "That's why I'm called the Pied Piper..."

"Tell me in detail about the Great King."

Just as Batman was forcing information out of the Pied Piper, Shiler was explaining the basic concepts of psychology to Jason in the empty classroom. He said:

"... Of course, this subject cannot completely answer your doubts, but you can also take philosophy and social engineering, and a part of the content is covered in economics. However, these subjects are different from the techniques you have learned before."

"They won't teach you a specific craft; they are more like a summary of human thinking achievements. Compared with some technical majors, they have disadvantages and advantages."

"If you are not sure whether you like these courses, you can finish reading these books first." Shiler handed Jason a few books. In addition to basic psychological knowledge, there were also introductory textbooks on philosophy and economics.

Jason was holding the book on basic psychology that Shiler had just handed him, reading it with full attention, while Shiler was also reading the economics book he had just borrowed from the library.

The atmosphere in the room quieted down. After a while, Jason rubbed his eyes, let out a long breath, and said, "This is really amazing. I never thought that people's thoughts could be explained like this..."

Shiler took the book from his hand and said, "Where did you read to? Have you read this part?"

Jason looked at the place Shiler pointed to and said, "Finished reading, and the unit after that is also finished."

"The unit after that..." Shiler flipped backward and found that the part after that took up a full twelve pages, and unlike the simple exposition of basic concepts before, it was mixed with some content about brain science.

Shiler frowned and looked at Jason, asking, "Have you understood all the content before?"

Jason hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm not sure, but at least, I've memorized them all."

Shiler opened his eyes wide and asked, "What did you say? You memorized them all???"

Jason nodded and then began to recite from the beginning.

As everyone knows, the tone and rhythm of reciting a text can actually show whether the other person really understands the content. If it's rote memorization or lack of proficiency, there will be problems with the phrasing of certain sentences, and pauses will be needed to think in the middle.

But Jason didn't have this problem at all. He recited very fluently. Shiler, who had already taught this content to students of many grades many times, knew that he had not only memorized it but also understood more than half of it.

Accompanied by Jason's recitation, Shiler's eyes became brighter and brighter, but just then, the phone by the podium suddenly rang.

Jason was startled, and the recitation stopped. Shiler stood up, walked to the phone, picked it up, and said:

"Hello? Who?... Bruce?"

"Who is Bruce?"