The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 3020 Mercury Notes (6)

Chapter 3020 Mercury (VI)

"Are you all right, Professor?"

Edward was wearing a suit and a top hat. Although he was still a little thin, he looked particularly energetic.

After he came in, there was a figure standing behind him. It was Cobert. Cobert handed something in his hand to Schiller and said, "Edward was discharged from the hospital today. I rented a house for him, but when he heard that you were in the hospital, he wanted to come and see you first."

"Come in." Schiller took the things from Cobert's hand and said.

"How do you feel?" Schiller asked Edward as he sat opposite him.

"Very good, professor. Doctor Brand said I have fully recovered, but I still need to continue taking medicine for a while to consolidate my recovery."

"That's great. Where is your new house?"

"It's on Edmarin Street in the South District. When I officially move in, I'll send invitations to everyone and invite you to attend the housewarming party."

"Then I'll wait for your invitation." Schiller said with a smile.

"By the way, Professor, how are you? Why are you suddenly hospitalized?"

"Nothing, this matter is a bit complicated to explain, it's not entirely my personal fault."

"If there's anything we can do to help, please contact us," Cobert said.

"I see. How is your mother?"

"Her mental state has improved recently. I guess the snowdrops are working, but the real medicine is still being extracted. Now we are just maintaining the status quo."

"What about you? Have you been feeling low lately?"

"No, I guess it was because the weather was too hot some time ago, and I was always worried about my mother, so I was a little depressed. Recently, my mother's condition has improved, and I have time to go to the company to handle work. I am much better now."

"I think you can wait for good news about the new drug. Judging from Pamela's condition, she should be very confident this time. She also needs this drug to boost her reputation."

"That would be perfect."

At this time, Edward was staring at the photo on the table. Schiller looked at him and said, "Any comments?"

Edward shook his head, and Schiller continued, "I heard you have some knowledge of riddles."

Edward smiled shyly, looking particularly bashful, then nodded and said, "I am indeed very interested in this area. I plan to go to college."

"Which university?"

"I don't really want to go out of town, so maybe it will be Gotham University."

"What do you want to study?"

"Literature, preferably classical literature."

"Then you and Jason are in the same department. I will write you a letter of recommendation and you can take it to Professor Hans. He has made great achievements in both classical literature and cryptography."

"Really?" Edward still trembled slightly when he was excited, and he stared at Schiller with wide eyes.

Schiller nodded and said, "You are very smart and focused. I think Professor Hans will definitely like you."

Edward was very happy and even hummed a little tune. Schiller then said, "My doctoral student just encountered a code that is difficult to crack. Can you help him?"

Edward immediately walked towards Bruce, who complained without even looking up, "Hey, Professor, this is also my strong point. I can do it myself."

"You've been cracking it for more than ten minutes. Do you plan to stay here until next year?"

"It's almost there!" said Bruce.

But he was soon exposed by Killer Croc. Killer Croc said while eating snacks: "Come on, you opened a webpage full of numbers at the beginning, and then you kept chatting with your girlfriend. I am almost fed up with you."

Bruce pushed Killer Croc away.

Soon Edward sat down at the table, took a look at the string of numbers and said, "This is the Caesar cipher. Just push all the letters forward 4 places, and then you can get another string of letters."

"Of course I know." Bruce kept nodding.

Edward quickly wrote down the password he derived, but the string of letters he got didn't have any pattern. Edward looked at it carefully and said, "This is a website."

Bruce entered the string of numbers into the URL bar and pressed the Enter key. Sure enough, a web page popped up. He took a look and found that it seemed to be the official website of a high school.

Bruce glanced at it casually, then clicked on the list of previous graduates. A long string of names appeared on the list. Bruce picked out all the letters according to the method of four horizontally and four vertically, and formed a disordered string of letters.

But Bruce, who was proficient in programming, immediately realized that this was a program. He entered the code into Notepad, pressed the Enter key to run it, and more code appeared.

At this point, everyone else was silent. Bruce snorted smugly and said, "This program can generate four non-repeating random numbers, but once I ran it, I fell into his trap because there was no clue in the numbers at all."

Bruce made some modifications to the program so that the generated random numbers turned into random letters. He gently hit the Enter key, and four letters appeared on the screen, namely "A", "R", "E", and "S".

These four letters form a name in English - Ares.

That’s right, it’s the famous god of war Ares.

Bruce frowned and thought of Wonder Woman. Could this murder case be related to the Olympian family?

Bruce began to think deeply about the connection between them. When Schiller heard these four letters, he seemed to be thinking about something. After a while, he shook his head and smiled.

Soon Edward and Cobblepot left. Bruce did not sit in front of the computer again, but sat back opposite Schiller and said, "I heard from Gordon that as long as you take snowdrops, you will not be affected by the curse, but you didn't do that, professor."

"Yes, I soaked it in water and drank it."

"Don't tell me it's because this stuff tastes terrible."

"Of course not, otherwise I wouldn't be able to drink the water." Schiller said: "This curse makes me and Circe have a connection. To be precise, it is connected to the witch's moment in her body. I believe she can also feel this connection, so she will definitely come back to find me."

"You want to fish her out?"

"Yes, if she completely abandons everything in Gotham, it will be difficult to catch her again. But if she doesn't want to, she will need an opportunity to come back here, and she will definitely come to me."

"Because she thinks she can control you with the curse."

"Because she thought I wanted to lift the curse. Any normal person would think so. Being turned into a snake is not a good experience, not now. She thought I would be eager to lift the curse and cooperate with her."

"And you want to trick her?"

"I need to find out Hecate's status through her. I believe she has partially recovered, but it is important to know how long it will take her to fully recover and what she wants to do next."

"Are you sure Circe won't do anything to you?" Bruce was a little worried. He said, "I feel like this woman is mentally unstable."

"When have you ever been right about your feelings?" Schiller said mercilessly, "If she was really a lunatic, she wouldn't have been able to escape from Scarlet Witch. Whether she was eager for success or hated men, it was most likely a disguise. Her purpose was to make people think there was a better way to deal with her than to find Snowdrop."

"Because Snowdrop's weakness is too fatal?"

"Not really. After all, she is a witch who can fly and teleport. She can also control people's minds. It would be difficult to defend against her sneak attacks with just flowers."

"But it's always a good idea to plant more snowdrops. I'll ask the mayor to distribute seeds to the citizens. It would be best to make it difficult for her to come." Bruce said, "Since she will definitely come, how about we set a trap for her?"

"She won't be fooled so easily." Schiller shook his head and said, "Once she finds out that my position is not safe enough, she won't show up easily. She is not in good condition right now, and she is also worried about being killed by someone."

Bruce thought for a moment and said, "How about we increase the stakes and add Diana?"

"I had a private meeting with Diana the other day, and if she was going to show up, that would be it."

"But you were drinking Snowdrop's tea at that time, so it wasn't a good time to do it." Bruce said, "If you want her to let her guard down, you have to stay as far away from Snowdrop as possible."

"You mean..."

"How's Mercury?"

"You seem to have the words 'this is a trap' written all over your face." Schiller obviously disagreed. He said: "I traveled so far with Wonder Woman, everyone knew there was a problem."

"But she can only take a gamble, because if you stay in Gotham, there will be more and more snowdrops in Gotham, and she will never have a chance. At least we can't let the snowdrops spread on Mercury."

"Are you betting that she doesn't know about the situation at the Mercury base?"

"No one could have imagined it." Bruce shook his head and said, "Human technology has not developed to that level. This entire Mercury base is a product that is ahead of its time. Before seeing it with their own eyes, everyone would have thought that it might be a crude creation like the Mars rover."

"You let her think this is her last chance and she has no choice but to take action." Schiller thought for a moment, then said, "The possibility of her running away is too great."

"She ran away in the last witch duel. I think it was because the Scarlet Witch was inexperienced. But that won't happen this time. Don't forget where Mercury is closest to."

"You want to throw her into the sun?"

"This is the best way to destroy the body. Clark can take her directly to the center of the sun and ensure that her soul and body are burned together without leaving any residue."

Now Schiller began to really think about the feasibility of this plan. Although there was still an element of gambling, he knew that in the magic world the sun had mysterious properties that could not only burn the body but also the soul. If he wanted to fundamentally eliminate this troublesome witch, throwing her into the sun was indeed a good choice.

But if we take her from the Earth to fly to the Sun, it would be a bit too far. Even Superman cannot guarantee that he can control her throughout the journey. If there is any mistake, she will run away again.

But it was different from Mercury. Mercury was too close to the sun. For Clark, this distance was like walking from the bedroom to the bathroom. It only took one step to get there, and the possibility of success was much greater.

Even if Circe doesn't come, they won't lose anything. Even if she chooses to use this time to awaken Hecate on Earth, the Justice League can also use this time to develop. A Justice League with all its members present will not lose to anyone in terms of development.

After thinking for a while, Schiller nodded and said, "Okay, I can stay at the Mercury base for a while, but the time I can move around is limited."

"Don't worry, Oliver and you haven't seen each other for a long time, and he has been wanting to talk to you."

"By the way, I heard you're recruiting young students? Have you found the Wonder Twins? Jenna is a very smart girl."

"Hal sent us information about all the spacecraft that crashed on Earth in recent years. They should be found soon. You don't want her to study psychology again, do you?"

"She's very talented," Schiller said. "I'll teach her some practical skills as much as possible, so you don't have to call me when you have problems. I strictly follow the 40-hour work system. Outside of working hours, don't contact me even if the sky falls."

I fell and broke my foot. Luckily I didn't need stitches, but it bled a lot. Everyone should be careful in the bathroom.

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