The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

Gotham's traffic has improved more in the last year than in the past ten years combined.

First of all, the new mayor's new official took office and burned the traffic problem. The Traffic Civilization Day for several consecutive days, although it almost reduced the Gotham Central Roundabout to ruins, but it further showed that the new mayor Ning But even if we want to destroy the world, we must also be determined to control transportation.

Then there is the phenomenon of logistics problems affecting the development of the gang industry, which makes the vast majority of gang bosses realize that they cannot catch all the money, they must build first to make profits. No one is willing to contribute money and effort, and the final result is that everyone is blocked together. No one can make money.

Although these gang bosses have not read any books, their desire to make money is very high. Driven by interests, they not only actively participate in Traffic Civilization Day, but also provide sufficient information for traffic police and policemen. Fire support, while also spending a lot of money to hire a variety of professionals to reorganize Gotham's transportation network, and even sincerely invite some outstanding traffic police to come to the city to help them maintain traffic.

Drivers who were originally grumpy and illiterate also found that only when the roads became clearer, they would have more opportunities to choose from. With developed logistics, there would be more cars, and they could no longer rigidly work for a low-wage gang. , but can go look for a better job, so although they still curse, most people finally learned to obey simple traffic rules.

With so many measures taken together, Gotham's traffic has improved a lot, but if we have to pick a typical example, the most chaotic area is actually the central carousel area.

This place has been a transportation hub for a long time. It was built by the first Europeans who landed here. At that time, it was just an ordinary town square. Later, some families in Gotham retained the original structure when building here. , building it into a roundabout hub with the largest number of vehicles in the central area of ​​Gotham.

The problem is that when the Europeans built this place, they assumed that only they would walk here, and they all knew the traffic rules. However, the subsequent users were not these Europeans, but the vast majority who did not. A truck driver who reads books but has a bad temper.

Because the traffic here was so bad, Gordon had to borrow his high-power Bat-Light from Batman to use it as a traffic light. Later, Schiller asked a group of Marvel heroes to increase the power of the traffic light. Power, turning it into the brightest light ball that can illuminate Gotham.

Coupled with the traffic police with rocket launchers on the central observation tower to supervise traffic rules, and the Gotham University interns responsible for towing tickets, the traffic situation on the central roundabout finally improved.

Drivers can finally clearly see the huge four-way traffic light, and basically understand what the different lights on it mean. For example, if you see a red light, you have to stop, and if you see a green light, you can go. You can turn when the light is on, but you must stop and wait when the light is on.

This is indeed a good phenomenon, but it cannot conceal the irritability of the drivers. They always feel that the green light time in the direction they are walking in is too short, while the green light time of others seems to be very long, so you can often hear various kinds of commotion in the central turntable area. This kind of war of words even promoted the development of Gotham's hip-hop rap culture circle.

After all, you don't even need to buy a ticket, you just need a car and the courage to plunge into the central turntable congestion area, and you can listen to a rap concert for free that is full of witty words and covers all English and English slang and swear words.

But fortunately, even if the green light time is short, there is still a green light. Waiting will only make them irritable and impatient, and will not let them start fighting. This situation has lasted for a long time, and the overall traffic situation is moving towards a benign state. developed.

Until one day, a large green light bulb that could be seen very clearly from all four directions fell on top of the entire traffic light.

If you look down at the central turntable from a high altitude, you will find that when this huge green light bulb suddenly lights up, all the cars press the accelerator almost without thinking, and in an instant they say pop!, ta!, Bang!, Boom!...

Then there’s the rap concert, and da da da da da da…

In fact, it’s not like the central turntable has never experienced being reduced to rubble. Most people just fired a few shots at the car to vent their anger. If they really attack other people, it means that the two parties have already had a fight. Hatred just broke out through this reason. As soon as the police entered the scene, the riot would soon subside.

But the only problem is that, unfortunately, there was a very innocent university professor who participated in this chaos, or was forced to participate in this chaos, and that was Schiller.

Originally, Schiller was in a good mood when he returned to DC, because university professors have vacations. He didn't take the vacation last year, so he could take it all together this year. Originally, he planned to finish teaching the part he was teaching now. Then I assigned a paper and went on vacation.

Today is his last day at work before going on vacation.

Schiller didn't have any grand vacation plans. He just wanted to see the scenery in the surrounding Bludhaven, which has now become an emerging tourist destination on the East Coast. Many middle-class people in Gotham are staying there for a few days. s Choice.

However, there is no room for taking a train or plane at this distance. Americans also prefer to travel by car, so Schiller originally planned to drive there by himself.

But now, he was standing on the side of the road, looking at his old Ford car whose front bumper was almost completely smashed and both rear wheels completely flying off, and he sighed deeply.

The thing is, when all the drivers saw the green light turn on, they all stepped on the accelerator and rushed out, because these drivers were already impatient to wait and they were unwilling to judge the light on the lamp post. Whether the light was really green or not, Schiller knew that it was not really a green light, so he did not step on the accelerator immediately.

As a result, the car behind him that stepped on the accelerator directly hit his car and hit the pickup truck in front.

As we all know, in such rear-end collisions, the car in the middle suffers the most serious damage. If Schiller hadn't had his spider sense and teleported out at the moment of the car accident, he might have been hit by the airbag at this moment. Pressed on the seat.

Just when Schiller was thinking about who to call for such a thing, a very familiar figure came over. Evans said hello to Schiller, glanced at Schiller, and then looked at Schiller's car. , stopped wanting to come over, and silently took two steps back.

He said, Good morning, Professor.

Why are you standing so far away? Schiller looked at him and asked, then waved to him and said: Come here, who should I call in this situation? You know, I am a foreigner, there is a tow truck company here and so on Of?

Evans had no intention of stepping forward. He just stood there, pursed his lips and said, Yes, yes, it's just...

At this moment, another group of people came over. A man in a suit held a notebook. He looked Schiller up and down, then looked at his car and said, Severely damaged vehicles, there will be an additional 20 towing fee. % of the cost, Bol, go get his car taken care of, Doyle Towing Company thanks you for your business.

Schiller sighed, reached into his suit pocket, took out his wallet, and said while thumbing through, Okay, how much does a tow cost?

$120, sir.

Schiller looked him up and down and said incredulously: What did you say? 120 US dollars?

The situation is special, sir, can't you still see it? We are waiting for someone now. If you don't come to us, that guy from Layton will charge more money. He dares to ask you for 200 US dollars!

Schiller shook his head. If this were New York in the 21st century in the Marvel world, this price would be acceptable, but now is 1988, and most consumer units are still cents.

At this time, Evans came up and wanted to help Schiller, but Schiller gave him a look to stop him, took out two bills from his wallet and said, Here.

Doyle took the money and whistled, because he found that he had received an extra ten dollars. He immediately waved to the other side of the car and said: Boll, be gentle, this is our big customer!

He flicked the money with his fingers and said: In Gotham, there are not many people who tip. Thank you, sir. We will ensure that your car reaches the designated location safely. Doyle Company is the most professional towing company. We will see you next time. If you need it, come to us!

Evans looked at Schiller, shrugged and said, At least the service attitude is pretty good, right?

Schiller calmly put away his wallet and put it back in his pocket, then looked around at the chaotic situation. Just as Doyle said just now, most of the cars on the field are broken down. The central carousel was blocked again, and the roundabout in the middle was reduced to ruins.

Then Schiller raised his head and looked toward the sky.

So, where is the Green Lantern, or Green Lantern Hal, who just landed?

He was now floating several hundred meters in the air, watching everything happening below in horror.

Before, he thought that Gotham's folk customs were simple and honest. Now, he knew that Gotham's folk customs were truly simple and simple.

He wanted to do something to remedy all this, but his hunch told him that it was better not to go down now.

It turns out that Hal's intuition was very accurate, because it was not just Schiller who suffered this time, but also the Batman family.

Before Green Lantern stopped at the lamppost, Bruce drove Selina, Elsa, Dick and the old butler Alfred, who wanted to go to the hospital for a physical examination.

It's not that Bruce wants to give them a physical examination, but that the old butler Alfred wants to ensure that Bruce's strange life trajectory during this period does not cause any physical problems to him. Although it is okay to invite a doctor to the house, Alfred hopes Everyone is getting a more thorough check-up, so it's better to go to the hospital.

They made an appointment for a physical examination in the morning, so early in the morning, Bruce drove everyone to the hospital. Originally, they were prepared to be stuck in the center carousel for a while, but they didn't expect that the jam would last for a whole day. sky.

Bruce's experience was the same as Schiller's. When all the drivers thought it was a green light, he discovered that it was not actually a green light, but Green Lantern Hal, so he did not step on the accelerator.

But fortunately, the cars he drove were all safety vehicles, which were much better than the old Ford car, so the two cars in front and behind him suffered more heavy losses, while Bruce's car was unscathed.

But that didn't mean he wasn't angry. Bruce was proud of the improvement in Gotham's traffic situation, which also provided him with a lot of convenience. But why did this guy with the green light all over his body couldn't figure out why he had to come? Making trouble here?

The one who was even more angry than him was the old butler Alfred. At that moment, Alfred also saw Hal's appearance.

A few days ago, he actually discovered this guy with green light all over his body. Not only was he suspected of following Elsa, he also seemed to be following Batman.

The old butler squinted his eyes and looked up into the sky. Among the dense clouds in Gotham, he keenly captured the inconspicuous green light.

At this time, Hal shivered violently.

Everyone look at me! I have an announcement!

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(Also, the Black Robe extra has been moved to the previous volume. You can see it by scrolling forward in the table of contents, otherwise I won’t remind you when I update the text.)