The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

Coppert looked around for a week. He first looked at the gun on Gordon's waist, then at the cold aura around Batman that hadn't dissipated, and then at his broken bones that hadn't healed yet and was tied to the armrest of the hospital bed. right arm, he sighed and said:

It is true that I killed the old umbrella maker Viking, but I am not a thief or a robber. This umbrella should have been mine.

Accompanied by Copperpot's voice, the mystery is gradually revealed.

My father, Old Coppert, used to be the head of one of the four major families in the East District. At that time, the East District was still very prosperous, and the four major families controlled dozens of streets in the entire East District. The most central street , even on Green Street next to Living Hell, our old house was once spacious and luxurious.

I heard Brock mention this history. Gordon leaned on the table and said, But what does it have to do with you killing an innocent umbrella maker?

Innocent? He's not innocent!

Coppert snorted coldly and said, Then, you should also know that a few years ago, the old umbrella general Wiggin was the only handmade umbrella maker in Gotham City.

It's still the same until now. Gordon looked at Schiller and said, This kind of occupation doesn't need too many people, and few people will spend a lot of money to buy a handmade umbrella.

But at that time, the gangsters in the East District would go to the Weijin Umbrella Store to order a handmade umbrella.

You may think that this is just a pursuit of handmade products, or to show your status...

Isn't that the case? Because of the long production cycle, slow speed, and small output of handmade products, they will be fired at high prices, but in fact, its quality is not better than mechanically produced products. Batman also dropped his gaze. On Schiller.

Coppert shook his head and said, You don't understand.

My father also went to the Weijin Umbrella Store to order an umbrella, but the umbrella maker broke the contract. He took my father's money, but he didn't give him the umbrella on time, so my father was caught in the rain and died of pneumonia...

This is ridiculous! Gordon looked at Cobblepot like a madman and said, You can't say that you killed the umbrella maker to avenge your father?

He stretched out his hand and said, Okay, I admit, it's his fault that the old umbrella maker took the money but didn't deliver the goods on time, but your father is only waiting for this umbrella?? Would rather get in the rain than hold an umbrella???

Copperpot stared sullenly at Gordon and said, That's why I say you don't understand anything.

Who said my father didn't bring an umbrella when he went out? He did, but those umbrellas didn't work.

Gordon looked at Cobblepot like he was looking at a lunatic, but Copott didn't care. He closed his eyes, as if remembering something, and said: My father knows something that others don't know. He investigated These things, that's something I can't describe...

Then he opened his eyes, looked firmly into Gordon's eyes and said, There is a problem with the rain in Gotham.

That's what he told me, when you need an umbrella for the rainy days in Gotham, you'd better buy one from Viking Umbrella, or it won't work.

Gordon frowned and asked suspiciously: What do you mean? You mean...only the umbrellas sold in the Viking Umbrella Store can block the rain in Gotham?? What kind of theory is this? The umbrellas produced by the factory are better than those What’s wrong with handmade umbrellas? Don’t they all just need to block the body?”

Schiller and Batman heard a different meaning, they looked at each other, and Batman asked: You mean, there is a problem with the rain in Gotham, and only the umbrellas sold in Viking Umbrella Store can really block those rains? rain?

Copper nodded and said: I don't know if you have heard that not everyone can buy the umbrellas in the Viking Umbrella Store. Some people can buy them, but some people can't.

That means someone wants to keep some people out of the rain and someone else wants to get some people out of it.

But what's the point? Gordon still didn't understand that the issues they were talking about were completely inconsistent with his three views, more like some mysterious code.

Schiller put his finger on his chin and asked, Then what happened to your father? Why did he buy an umbrella and still get caught in the rain?

I don't know. Cobbot replied very simply: I only know that he didn't get the umbrella on the day he was supposed to receive it, but something forced him to go out. He knew in his heart that this It could be dangerous, but he had to go anyway.

What's that?

The eldest son of the old godfather is dead, and my father is going to the funeral.

Do you think your father died because he didn't have an umbrella to really block the rain?

That's right, that's why I said, the umbrella was supposed to be mine, my father paid for it, he didn't receive it and he paid with his life for it.

Schiller frowned, and he and Batman looked at each other again. Obviously, they both thought of the same thing.

So, you killed the Umbrellasmith just to avenge your father? Gordon asked Copperpot.

Before Cobblepot could answer, Batman said, No, he's not, he's not out for revenge.

Gordon looked back at Batman, and before he could ask, Schiller poked Gordon with his umbrella and said, Don't ask, you just need to know that he is an absolute expert in revenge. , that’s enough.”

Then he turned to Cobblepot and said, You are indeed not a personality with revenge traits. In your opinion, things that can bring you tangible benefits are more important.

Coppert breathed out through his nose and said, That's right, I'm not for my father, but for my mother.

That's why I keep asking you, doctor, can this disease really be cured?

What do you mean?

Coppert said gloomily, I suspect that my mother's illness may be... a curse.

Curse? Tell me in detail.

Before my mother got sick for the first time, she called for help, I don't remember what she said, but at that time, she was conscious and kept calling for help.

Finally, on the eve of her madness, she said to me, umbrella, take back the umbrella, you must bring the umbrella...

I had known about my father's research for a long time, but until then, I realized that his death was probably not just an accident, he was the one who was abandoned, did not get an umbrella, did not block If it rains, you won’t be able to survive.”

My mother was crazy. As soon as I mentioned anything about my father to her, she would start to twitch and hide in fear, unable to say any useful information.

You suspect that your father and mother may have known something, so that one was killed and the other cursed, don't you?

Did your father tell you there's something wrong with the rain in Gotham? Batman asked Copperpot.

He mentioned it, but more importantly, I corroborated all of this. Coppert tried to get up straight from the bed, and he said: You group of upper-class people and rich people will not find the changes in the living hell.

Didn't you realize that the order there has improved a lot?

Of course it was discovered, Gordon said. The frequency of homicides there has dropped a lot, because people's living conditions have improved...

Stop talking nonsense, there are still few rich and bad people in Gotham? Cobblepot interrupted Gordon, and he said: In the past, the residents of Living Hell used wells to drink water. You know, it's the kind of open-air well.

But now it's different. After the renovation is completed, their drinking water has to go through the water purifier buried in the ground...

That's the crux of the problem. Cobbot looked at Schiller and said, I don't know any psychological theory, but I know that it is difficult to change a person's bad habits. If all the residents of Living Hell are The natural bad species, the improvement of living conditions, it is impossible to change them so completely.

I have seen with my own eyes how chaotic and crazy the people there are, but since the transformation of the living hell was completed, they seem to have changed. Although they still follow the gangsters, they are obviously much more normal.

You think it might have got Gotham rainwater in their drinking water? Batman asked.

That's right, in fact, with the help of Fish, I tried to investigate the water purifier several times, but I didn't succeed. The thing is too complicated. I can't figure out what it is just based on some descriptions of its appearance. How it works.

Schiller looked at Batman, and he could see that Batman was thinking. As a time traveler, he knew that this might be the truth. At least in some comics, it was mentioned that the reason why Gotham is so chaotic is because there are special substances in the water cycle can drive people crazy.

But he cannot say this directly, he must reason. So he knocked on the table to attract everyone's attention, and said, Let's analyze this logical chain.

Oswald said that there is a problem with the rain in Gotham, which will change people's character. The umbrella sold by the umbrella maker Viking is the only tool that can effectively block the rain.

Assuming this is true, then the umbrella maker Viking has the ability to make an umbrella that can withstand this kind of rain, but he sells it to some people and rejects others. What is his purpose?

Maybe he just can't do it? Gordon guessed: After all, it should be quite slow to make an umbrella by hand?

There weren't many people who bought umbrellas. Cobblepot said, It's so expensive, how many people can afford it? Ten years ago, it cost tens of thousands of dollars, and only the top gangsters in the East District could afford it. If he can afford it, even if he makes one a month, it will be enough to equip all the gang bosses in the East District with an umbrella in one year.

So he is for screening. Batman's voice came: Such logic forms a closed loop.

The people behind the scenes somehow made Gotham rain problematic, and then controlled an umbrella maker to sell useful umbrellas to some people, so that some people could hold umbrellas and others would get wet... What will this lead to?

He said to himself: Some people are trying to maintain order, while others are falling into chaos and madness...

Or rather... Schiller sighed and said: One group of people is creating wealth for them, while the other group is making this city never peaceful and forever shrouded in darkness.

There is only one question left now, who are they? Coppert's tone was very cold. Even if he is not a revenge-driven person like Batman, in Penguin's view, this organization that ruined his family must pay cost.

At this time, Schiller walked to the hospital bed with an umbrella in his hand, looked at Coppert, and showed a creepy smile, saying:

No wonder they know that I caused all the changes, so they have been eyeing me for a long time.

Coppert stared at him silently, Schiller turned the umbrella in his hand, then held the middle, handed the handle to Coppert, and said, Mr. Copott...

It's called the Court of Owls, grab your umbrella and kill 'em.

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