As soon as Schiller went out, he saw the clown standing under the street lamp. He was wearing an ordinary jacket. He was standing there a little crookedly and seemed to be playing with a lighter in his hand.
At this time, drizzle was already falling in the sky. Schiller opened his umbrella and walked over and said: "You won't get what you want if you keep pestering me now. The man who provided you with the plan for the Batman of the Universe will not be able to get what you want."
not me."
"So that's not what I have to worry about now." The clown kept flipping the lighter in his hand and said: "The other me came to me. He said he wanted to form a team of some kind. I thought it was boring, but I
Still wondering why he did it."
"I'm afraid you don't want to know the answer," Schiller said, adding mentally that not everyone wants to get their hands on shit.
"Then let's talk about that plan." The clown walked over with a smile and said: "The day after tomorrow I will plan another big bank robbery to make up for the shortfall caused by your damn plan.
How about just choosing the bank on the next street?”
"I'm actually very curious about one thing." Facing the Joker, Schiller finally restored his overly sharp language style and said, "How on earth did you accurately collect so many stupid thieves in Gotham?
Is this what is called dividing people by groups?”
The clown laughed and seemed to be very satisfied with Schiller's joke. He said: "Not only can I find so many stupid thieves, but I can also find more. Stupid people are always self-righteous, but they are easier to control. I
Like them very much.”
"You want them to be shot or kill each other, and then leave blood all over the floor." Schiller sighed, shook his head and said, "Sure enough, I still can't accept this style, but if you are willing to do it
If so, what reason do I have to stop you?"
"If this happens tomorrow, then your housewarming party the day after tomorrow will have a very hot topic." The clown closed the lighter with a click and said: "You don't even have to do anything, just open the door to welcome the guests, and then they will
We talked for hours about this brutal crime that happened not far from our neighborhood.”
"They will start to worry about the safety of the community, hope that someone will come out to seek justice, and will complain, and then talk about the recent sluggish economic situation. In this way, you will be completely liberated from social interaction and just cater to a few people.
Just one sentence will do."
The clown walked up to Schiller, deliberately stuck his head in front of Schiller's eyes and said, "I'm very good at making trouble. You know my skills, so do you want me to do this?"
The Joker accurately stated what Schiller was thinking, "A perfect escape opportunity is more effective than all the trivial things you are doing now, and you actually don't care at all about how many people will die, and there is no universal world at all."
Morality."
"As long as you move the time of the incident one day forward, all the anxiety you are facing will be solved. Do you want to do this? Professor."
Schiller remained silent, and the clown continued: "Actually, you can obviously do this on your own. You know that as long as you commit a major crime in the community, you will be asked to buy a ton of decorations and think about the topic for the whole day.
"
"You have this ability. You also said that there are not no geniuses among ordinary people. You can also be a talented ordinary person. In this case, do you still have to choose the stupid way? Then what are you and those stupid thieves?
What's the difference?"
The clown retreated flexibly to avoid the umbrella swung by Schiller. He could see that Schiller didn't really want to hit him, but just wanted him to stay away.
"I said, I just can't accept the way you committed the crime." Schiller pursed his lips and said, "It's too ugly."
"Really?" The clown began to become a little dissatisfied, he said: "Don't you think it's funny to watch those people kill each other for those useless pieces of paper?"
"But it's too noisy." Schiller showed an expression of obvious disgust. He said: "It will last for at least three days. When they start, the police will use the loudspeaker to shout back and forth. If someone dies, the ambulance will
We came several times with sirens, and reporters with microphones would swarm in."
"They will not only interview bank employees, but also nearby residents. If the security guards don't let them in, you will see them shouting at the gate of the community, saying that the government deliberately conceals the truth."
"People will feel unlucky because of the death in the bank, so they will take detours to go to banks farther away, so they will choose to drive. The community entrance will be blocked, and everyone will complain and argue."
The more Schiller talked about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He said: "Neighborhood relations will quickly deteriorate. In order to retaliate against their neighbors, people will start to stop taking care of their front lawns and park indiscriminately. Then the community value will rapidly decline...etc.
Wait, you can’t do this!”
"Why?"
"Because it will drive home prices down."
"What????"
"I mean, it's going to affect the value of our community, it's going to depreciate the value of the house I just bought," Schiller stressed. "The chaos you're causing is going to depreciate the value of my house."
The clown's eyes widened and he looked at Schiller in disbelief. He almost rushed over, but was blocked by Schiller's umbrella.
"Didn't you say you don't like the way I commit crimes? If you don't like the excitement, then shouldn't you talk about your ideal quiet way of committing crimes?"
In fact, Schiller was also thinking about this. According to the development of the topic just now, after Schiller talked about the chaotic consequences that the clown's way of committing crimes may bring, it is time to talk about the art form he advocates.
But the problem is that the chaotic consequences of the clown's way of committing the crime are too serious. The house he bought just a few days ago is now going to depreciate in value?
It is true that he bought the house at a price far lower than the market price, but because of this, he may have made $500,000 by buying it at this price, but if the house price fell, he would have made $400,000.
Really? Doesn’t that mean he lost 100,000 in three days?
Compare this to the academic reward that only gives a bonus of more than 1,000 US dollars for writing a paper. Doesn't this 100,000 dollars equal more than 100 papers? God knows how much he will lose writing these papers or tutoring his graduate students and Ph.D.s to write so many papers.
hair.
"You can't do this." Schiller emphasized again: "If you dare to cause trouble in a nearby bank, I will give the Batman of your universe a more terrifying plan."
"You just said it wasn't you!"
"Yes, so it's a more terrifying plan." Schiller said: "You don't want to know what the Batman of my universe has done."
The clown narrowed his eyes.
"I think you can look at the recent entertainment news." Schiller continued: "Especially the talk show part. There is a big star there."
"No, I don't care about them, I just want to say..."
"If you still don't understand the consequences of your actions, I can settle the account for you, but I need to go back to get my house purchase contract, so don't wait here..."
The clown turned and walked away.
As he walked, he cursed and cursed, who wanted to hear about the house purchase contract and the depreciation of house prices? Is he here to hear this?
The clown didn't pay attention to Schiller behind him. He angrily walked into an alley, leaned against the wall, and spat out some broken words nervously.
"This damn monster... a monster in human skin... is vulgar, stinky, boring, and uninteresting..."
It had been like this from the first time they met. The clown just wanted to peel off Schiller's skin, and the same was true for his purpose of coming tonight.
Schiller said that he should be an ordinary person. Ordinary people have a lot of troubles, and it is easy to figure out the specific troubles. The clown followed Schiller to the night market and saw that he bought so many weird decorations, and his body and
His facial expression shows that he is anxious, which means that he has encountered certain problems.
Then the clown attacked the postman and found a letter from Schiller in the postman's bag that he had sent to other people asking for allergen information. He knew that he wanted to have a party, so he bought so many weird things and felt that
It’s obvious why I’m anxious
Topic, a thing that can be seen everywhere but is precious to ordinary people, for this group of social creatures who can only survive by relying on others and tremble once they are alone, having no common topics with their companions is simply hell.
And if the organizer of a social event fails to find enough common topics for the guests and the entire party comes to a standstill, it will be a complete social disaster.
Schiller is destined not to be good at this, because he just wears a layer of human skin, which does not mean that he is really like those vulgar and boring ordinary people who indulge in unfounded worries every day, and from this he can develop countless communication topics.
Clowns know very well that the way of thinking of people like them is extremely efficient, so they almost never speak without thinking. This also results in them having no redundancy in thinking, and naturally they will not talk nonsense.
But all social needs are nonsense, there is no use worrying, there is no use worrying, this is the daily life of ordinary people, if everything is under control, it is destined to raise a mute, such as Batman.
The clown believed that the measures Schiller took, such as preparing food and buying all kinds of strange decorations, were useless. The time ordinary people spent on such exchanges would be very short, and their interest would come and go without a trace.
The only thing that allows them to communicate in large quantities is fear.
So the clown prepares a gift for Schiller to celebrate his housewarming party - a bloody case that can cause panic among the lambs.
Once they feel fear, they will talk endlessly with their peers. In this way, even if the organizer of the banquet does nothing, the entire banquet will never be deserted. They may even want to rely on the professor because of fear.
If you don't leave the yard, you may even end up electing him as the talker of the entire community, asking him to find ways to ensure their safety.
This will allow Schiller to quickly integrate into this community and almost perfectly achieve his goal of becoming an ordinary person. The only price is to sacrifice a few hostages and police officers.
How could the clown's gift not have a trap? What he gives is always a scare box. If Schiller chooses to do this, the clown will have a way to peel off a corner of his skin.
The letter asking about allergens that the clown got in the postman's bag had the name and address of the other party. Although it was not all the guests, it was also a large part of the neighbors.
The clown now has money in his hands, and the stupid robbers who escaped with Schiller's help finally fell into his hands and brought him a lot of income.
Tonight or tomorrow, these neighbors who have received the letter will get a windfall. Everyone is not well-off these days, and no one will refuse a pie from the sky. However, if the pie is in cash, you have to go to the bank to deposit it.
Get up?
Because the crime rate is too high, people in Gotham do not have the habit of storing cash at home. If they leave too much money at home and have nightmares, they will definitely go to the bank as soon as possible.
There will be a power outage in the bank in the morning, and they will be told that they cannot deposit money, so they will have to go all the way in the afternoon. Unfortunately, brutal robbers will kidnap bank customers in the afternoon in order to negotiate with the police, and
Kill them brutally.
The Joker believed that the shrewd police chief or Batman would soon discover that the deceased had a common characteristic. They both received Schiller's letter at almost the same time.
This is not conclusive evidence. The housewarming party and the letter asking about allergens have nothing to do with going to the bank to deposit money, so it is impossible to convict based on this.
But reporters don't care about this. They only care about whether there is enough news with gimmicks. As long as they use some tricks, other residents of the community will soon realize this common feature.
The clown wants to burn a hole in Schiller's perfect human skin. As long as there is this hole, someone will always find out what kind of monster lives under the human skin.
