Chapter 59: First Encounter with Mr. Freeze

The new president, Seldon, is actually quite capable and experienced, and has a wide network of contacts. The only problem is that his luck is really bad.

No, maybe it should be said that it is very bad.

His friends nominated a total of six professors for him, and one of them happened to be one of the future villains of Gotham, Mr. Freeze, Victor Freese.

After checking their files, Seldon planned to hire three of them, including Mr. Freeze.

After the invitation letter was sent out, only one professor accepted the offer from Gotham University, and that was Mr. Freeze.

Gotham University is really unlucky. It just subdued a few demons and captured a few more monsters. Just as Jonathan the Scarecrow left, Mr. Freeze Victor came.

And Victor seemed to need this job very much. Before Schiller communicated with Bruce to stop Seldon's hiring, the invitation letter was just sent out at noon the day before, and Victor arrived at Gotham University the next afternoon. This speed seemed that he would have no food to eat if he didn't do this job.

Fortunately, just like the scarecrow, Victor is now just an ordinary scholar and professor.

In fact, Schiller knew that even the later Mr. Freeze was considered a relatively mild villain in Gotham. He usually liked to freeze Batman and then talk to him about philosophy and art. Most of his paranoia and madness came from his love for his wife, not necessarily against Batman or Gotham.

The Victor Schiller saw was very similar to himself. They both had very typical scholar images. Victor had an upright figure, wore a pair of glasses, and the collar and cuffs of his suit were meticulously groomed. Although he looked a little haggard, he still looked like a well-educated professor.

Each professor has his own independent office, but there are also public offices where everyone sits together for activities and chats. After Jonathan left, his public office was vacant. This time Victor came and sat right next to Schiller, where Jonathan used to be.

During the first chat with Victor, Schiller found that Victor's eyes were always staring at the ring on Schiller's ring finger.

After a while, he finally brought the topic to family, and asked, "You seem to be married. Is your wife also in Gotham now?"

In European and American countries, it is actually not polite to talk about the other party's marriage situation when you first meet. Some people may feel that this offends their privacy.

It can be seen that Victor is not in a good mental state now. He seems to be very anxious and wants to seek recognition.

Schiller was stunned for a moment after hearing this question. He didn't know how to answer. He couldn't tell the other party that he had a symbiote who watched too many TV series, right?

Schiller's silence was understood by Victor as another meaning.

People are like this. When they feel insecure and extremely anxious, they will unconsciously look for people of the same kind, and want to find comfort from their experiences like their own.

Victor thought of Schiller's somewhat amazing resume, and he thought that perhaps among those thrilling detective stories, there might be a love story that is more poignant than his.

With this sense of identity of "being the same as the wanderers in the world", Victor and Schiller quickly became familiar with each other.

In the subsequent exchanges, Schiller found that he and Victor did have a lot in common. Victor's favorite topics were ancient philosophy, modern art and religious art, and Schiller also liked theology and philosophy. The two of them had a lot in common, and they could even chat for a whole afternoon when they had no classes.

Schiller didn't expect that the first close friend he found after crossing over was the villain Mr. Freeze.

But it must be said that Mr. Freeze, who has not yet become a villain, is actually very charismatic. He is always gentle, empathetic, gentle and methodical, and has unique insights when discussing some issues. Chatting with him reminds Schiller of his debates with experts in the same field in his previous life, which always sparks countless thoughts.

This moderate villain gives people a very good impression, which is also recognized by everyone in the office.

As the communication with Victor deepened, Schiller also knew his current situation. Victor has used cryogenic technology to seal his wife, but this technology costs a lot of money and requires a site with harsh conditions.

The research institute that originally funded his research was unwilling to provide a site for Victor because of insufficient funds, so Victor hurried to Gotham University. In addition to the good salary here, it is for the Wayne family to pay for a cryogenic laboratory built here, where he can ensure that his wife is always in a frozen state and her condition will not worsen.

If we combine the story of Mr. Freeze later, his behavior may seem a little abnormal, but in fact, most of the colleagues in the office can understand Victor. In this era, many people have proposed the theory of freezing people with incurable diseases and waiting for the day when medical technology develops to treat them.

And Victor is just a pioneer among them.

Schiller believes that such a Victor Freese, even if he did not encounter an experimental accident and become Mr. Freeze later, is a very reliable ally.

Compared with the little bat that has not grown up yet, Mr. Freeze, who has the world's cutting-edge cryogenic technology and a head full of knowledge, seems more reliable.

If you want to solve Mr. Freeze's troubles forever, you still have to solve his wife's degenerative disease first.

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Schiller followed Victor to visit the cryogenic chamber where his wife was sealed. Mrs. Frith was not very beautiful, just an ordinary white woman, but Victor always looked at her with love in his eyes.

Schiller asked the symbiote in his mind: "Is there a way?"

The symbiote said: "The nerves are atrophied, which is very troublesome."

Victor looked at the cryogenic warehouse and said: "My wife's neurodegenerative disease is almost incurable. Her nerve cells died so fast. I only had time to seal her up. It is impossible to reverse it. Even if it can be barely controlled, Cell death and immune inflammation can also damage her brain..."

Victor squatted down, and anyone could hear the despair in his voice. Perhaps he himself knew that by freezing his wife and waiting for a solution that might never come, he was actually just deceiving himself.

Schiller frowned and thought. He thought that although Victor was one of Gotham's most famous villains and indeed the world's top cryogenic scientist, professional matters had to be left to professionals. For example, a certain A top neurosurgeon.

Schiller returned to Marvel's New York the next day.

When Strange saw Schiller at his home, he threw the coat he had just taken off on the porch next to him, and then said: "Oh my God, you just showed up at my house like this!"

"I haven't settled the accounts with you yet. You sold my information to an organization."

"That's what they asked me, and there's nothing I can do about it."

In the process of staring at Schiller, Strange had no choice but to stop. He said: "Okay, but you can't expect me to do anything like a well-trained agent." Said, and it was indeed you who threatened me first.”

"Let's not talk about it anymore. Now I have a way to make a fortune. Do you want to hear about it?"

Strange asked suspiciously: "How to make a fortune? If there is such a way, would you come to me? I heard that you gave that Stark a consultation fee of 1 million US dollars per hour, and he actually paid agreed!"

"When I heard the news, I couldn't wait to go back to college to study psychology!"

"Now, there is a lady who suffers from a very serious neurodegenerative disease, and her husband may have the world's only patented low-temperature technology. You know, the kind of technology that can last a lifetime just by relying on patent fees."

"If you can cure this lady's disease, then we can share this patent together."

Strange pursed his lips and sighed and said, "I'll say it again, I'm a doctor, not God."

"Do you think you can't cure this disease?"

"But first, shouldn't you let me see the patient first instead of you, a second-rate dealer?"

"Due to some reasons, I'm afraid you can't see her, but I have all her pathological information here."

As he spoke, Schiller conjured a large pile of paper out of thin air. Strange took it and took a few cursory glances before shaking his head and saying, "It's impossible. It can't be saved. Just give up."

Just when Schiller was about to speak, Strange said: "This is no longer a matter of neuroscience. If you want to restore her to full health, the difficulty is almost equivalent to restoring a piece of cooked bacon to a pig. ”

Then he looked Schiller up and down, and finally his eyes fell on the ring on his ring finger. Strange said: "...Well, my wording just now was a bit absolute, otherwise you can find someone else. Although I don’t think there is a better neurosurgeon in the world.”

"What if you teamed up with Stark?"

Strange was about to deny it, but he thought for a while and said: "That Stark may have some research on mechanics, but if his technology is to be applied to neurosurgery, it still requires a lot of research and transformation. If you can If you convince him to put in so much effort into researching this technology, then I can give it a try, but you’d better prepare a medical fee that satisfies me.”

Before Strange finished speaking, Schiller had already disappeared. Thinking of the ring he saw on Schiller's hand just now, and thinking of Schiller's attitude, Strange had obviously misunderstood something. He sighed, Said to himself: "Ha, love... is really stupid."

Schiller suddenly appeared behind Stark, startling him, and then he shouted loudly: "I know you have this kind of magic! But it's not like you can walk up to a 30-story building without using an elevator. Reason! Aren’t you afraid of being stuck in the wall?”

Schiller said: "What nonsense are you talking about? How can the magic teleportation be stuck in the wall? That's too stupid."

"I hope I don't get a call from a maintenance guy one day telling me there's a human-shaped hole in one of the walls of Stark Tower."

"Okay, I came to see you on business."

Schiller took out the pile of information again.

Ten minutes later, Stark said: "Actually, you have found the right person. I have some research on neurology."

He walked around the table with his pen and said as he walked: "You know, last time I got a lot of biomechanical information from Obadiah's database, which included some techniques for transforming the nervous system to adapt to mechanical control. "

"Although these technologies are dangerous, it cannot be denied that if successful, it will allow the human body to control mechas with greater precision than ever before."

"If the machine can receive commands directly from the nerve center, it will eliminate the time required for all secondary operations, and all armor can be truly used as if they were your own arms."

"So you can do it?"

"No, not yet. Obadiah's research on this technology has also stopped at a bottleneck period. There is a key technical threshold that needs to be broken through, and we have no idea yet."