Chapter-71 | The genius is on the left, the madman is on the right... (2)

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The change in Arkham Asylum was watched by the various gangs in Gotham, and some of them were not without greed for this piece of meat, but all the plans against Schiller were cracked by his ability to use the complicated relationships between various gangs to his advantage.

Compared to Schiller, the gangs that used to be a headache for Bruce now seemed a bit dumb. Their first idea was assassination, which they were familiar with, even the smallest gangs could find one or two hitmen. But Schiller's deal with Falcone brought the Godfather unexpected wealth.

The Godfather is old and urgently wants to leave more capital for his descendants, so this sudden harvest made him highly valued, if this system could continue to operate, then Irving's industry from his hand would be more stable. Therefore, the entire Arkham Asylum is guarded by the Godfather, Schiller is his key protection object, for this he is willing to hire the top security personnel at a high price.

The irreplaceability of Schiller lies in the fact that Falcone sees the possibility of creating a new order from him. If this professor truly brings more changes to Gotham, then the Falcone family will seize the opportunity and occupy the most important position in these new orders.

Among the snakes, the biggest one is determined to protect Schiller, and the other small snakes have no way to do anything about it. Falcone has ruled the underground world of Gotham for so many years, and even though he is old, he still has a lot of power. The mafia is already weakened and cannot compete with this Godfather.

Of course, if they can't kill Schiller, they can also try to figure out a way to get him away, and then replace him with their own people. Not everyone has Falcone's vision, they only think that if they sit in this position, the profits here will be amazing. Even without the wealth that may come from the rules that Schiller creates, having control of a place like this can make their power inflate several times overnight.

They really don't dare to face Falcone head-on, and they don't dare to snatch it from the tiger's mouth, but they can still do some small moves.

Gotham also has a lot of talented people in its underworld, and of course, there are some smart ones among them. They found Sheldon, the president of Gotham University.

Sheldon is also an unlucky guy. He originally wanted to recruit some new professors to balance Schiller, but he didn't expect that the new professor he recruited, Viktor, not only didn't agree with him, but also quickly became friends with Schiller. In no time, the two became close friends and Sheldon's plans failed again.

He hadn't settled down for long when he was found by the mafia again.

Sheldon is from out of town and has no power in Gotham, but the rule in Gotham is that you need to have at least one mafia behind you to be able to speak with authority. Sheldon didn't understand this and so, the day after he refused those mafias, he was shot on his way home from work.

[ShaneFreak: WTF..?]

They kept him alive because he was still useful, so they didn't want his life. When Sheldon saw those gang leaders in the hospital, he understood Gotham's biggest rule of survival - if you have a gun, then you'd better have more bullets than others, if you don't have a gun, then shut up and obey.

Sheldon could call Schiller back to school with a legitimate excuse, after all, he is the president and it's normal for school staff to handle academic affairs. But if the professor refuses these normal work arrangements, then he's not playing by the rules.

[ShaneFreak: Playing by rules... you are in Gotham not Huaxia...]

Sheldon found a random excuse, he thought it doesn't matter if Schiller doesn't come back, this way he could find an excuse to trouble him. But he was worried about not having a valid excuse.

However, Schiller returned smoothly the next day after he received Sheldon's call, his attitude was extremely good, his actions were timely, and Sheldon couldn't find any faults when he saw him in the president's office.

The excuse Sheldon used to call Schiller back was just some miscellaneous tasks like handling files. Schiller worked in the file room while remotely controlling the situation at Arkham Asylum.

Sheldon had always liked to monitor Schiller's classes, and after Schiller returned, he continued to monitor him.

Then, Schiller let him truly experience what it means to be a straightforward and honest Gotham citizen.

In the following days, Sheldon heard the names of the twelve biggest mafia families in Gotham from the content of Schiller's phone calls. Schiller asked about them at least a hundred times in three days. Along with the names of the mafia leaders, either various illegal goods or black market locations were mentioned.

Among these, what made Sheldon most frightened was that they repeatedly mentioned controlling the police, judges and juries in their conversation, as casually as discussing what to eat in the evening.

The most important thing is that, one day, Sheldon heard him casually say: "If this mayor doesn't work out, then replace him. The terrible traffic situation in Gotham is partly his responsibility. If he can't handle it, then he doesn't deserve to live..."

Sheldon immediately wanted to pack his bags and leave this cursed city. As time went on, Schiller's conversations became increasingly bizarre and included details about the Falcone family's secret business, including their secretive smuggling routes and profitable plantation industries.

Sheldon was increasingly shocked, as although he wasn't a native of Gotham, his political instincts were sharp from his years in other cities. At this point, Sheldon knew that this psychology professor, Rodreguez, was definitely not just a professor.

[ShaneFreak: I can't stop commenting today, I am loving it... XD...]

When something exceeds a person's understanding, people tend to use their own associative abilities to fill in the gaps and make sense of it. The brain automatically searches through memories for details that match this inference, and Sheldon is no different.

He thinks that it's no wonder that Professor Schiller dared to issue a dismissal letter to Bruce so directly, he is utterly fearless, this psychology professor may be the biggest behind-the-scenes power in Gotham, manipulating all twelve of the gangs, and the reason why the situation in Gotham is so chaotic.

Sheldon thinks that he is getting closer to the truth. Is he a person or an organization? Who does he represent? What is he doing? What kind of outcome does he want?

Sheldon's thoughts of these questions scared himself. In his logic, it was normal for the organized crime to be rampant in Gotham and for university professors to have connections with them, just like in this school, most of the teachers and professors, more or less, had connections with the organized crime, either through relatives and friends working in the criminal groups, or by providing professional services to them in exchange for safety and extra income.

But, it wasn't a reason for a professor to have contacts with all the biggest organized crime families in Gotham and participate in the secret business of the Godfather. The evidence that made Sheldon most determined in his thoughts was the tone of Schiller's speech on the phone, which wasn't fearful and flattering like other people's, but calm, as if everything was under control. Sheldon could tell that Schiller was the one in charge of the organized crime groups, not the other way around.

Sheldon felt himself getting caught up in a huge problem. Schiller had the ability to influence the biggest gangs in Gotham, but he still chose to continue teaching at Gotham University. He even seemed to consider this job very important.

From Sheldon's perspective, if he had so much power, why not go buy a villa in one of Gotham's wealthy neighborhoods instead of squeezing into a teacher's apartment at Gotham University? The only possible explanation, Sheldon thought, was that Schiller staying at the university was profitable, or that there must be something in the university that Sheldon did not know about that was attracting this mad professor.

Sheldon thought Schiller was a complete madman. Gangs are not gentle creatures, especially the biggest ones in Gotham.

The city is teeming with evil and almost everyone who has been afloat in this sea of evil for years has been contaminated by it. To stand at the top of this dark city, in such an environment, as one of the top players and to cooperate with any of them, is tantamount to collaborating with the devil.

But Schiller not only cooperates with them, he even attempts to control them. Sheldon, who just met the ruthless gang, would naturally think Schiller's behavior is crazy. This is like cutting the deadliest wire among hundreds of tangled wires, once the wrong one is cut, the wolves who are used to eating flesh and blood will swarm and devour the man who is so daring.

Sheldon starts to regret his decision, why couldn't he just let Schiller stay in Arkham Asylum? He finally got out, why did he have to bring him back? It's like he threw out a time bomb and picked it back up again for no reason. Now, Sheldon is frantically praying that Schiller's little game won't cause any problems and if it does, it better not involve Gotham University and definitely not himself. But Sheldon has a bit of street smarts, he knows this can't continue and he must take action.

One morning, Schiller goes to the archives room as usual, planning to do some work and remotely control things at the same time.

As soon as he arrived, he found that at least two-thirds of the remaining unarchived files from the day before had been organized and he was filled with confusion, he checked and found that all the work had been completed.

What's going on?

Could it be Mrs. Murphy?

But since the work was done, there was no need to stay there anymore, Schiller walked down with a confused mind, just as he reached the ground floor, he ran into the Dean Sheldon, Schiller greeted him by holding up the coffee in his hand, but Sheldon gave him a dark look and walked away without saying a word.

Alright, Schiller thought, it seems the Dean still doesn't like him, but he's used to it, after all, since he sent Bruce a withdrawal notice, the Dean hasn't given him a good look.

But the only strange thing was that the principal, who usually liked to make himself look spirited, looked a little haggard today and had two big dark circles under his eyes.

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