mtl008 Chapter 3010: The Green Trees Are Thick and the Summer Is Long (44)
Chapter 3010: The Green Trees Are Thick and the Summer Is Long (44)
Chapter 3010: The Green Trees Are Thick and the Summer Is Long (Forty-four)
However, Schiller still turned to look at the nurse. He saw a somewhat familiar face, but he could only say that he had an impression of it but could not remember its specific name.
The nurse immediately became a little shy and said, "Don't you remember me? My last name is Goethe, and I graduated from the nursing department of Gotham Vocational and Technical College..."
Schiller seemed to have some impression. He remembered that Miss Goethe's mother seemed to have caused a disturbance. Later, she was not able to adapt after entering Gotham Vocational and Technical College. But it seemed that she should have graduated now.
"In fact, I have graduated four years ago, Professor," Miss Goethe said somewhat awkwardly, "and now I am considered an old nurse in the hospital."
To be honest, Schiller is quite pleased. The children trained by Gotham Vocational and Technical College now seem to have become the backbone of various industries. To some extent, they have changed the fate of a generation.
"Uh, let me help you check the IV first... Oh my god, this needle... I mean, doesn't it hurt for snakes to get an injection?"
Few animals have as developed a sense of pain as humans. Schiller turned his head and looked at the needle in his neck.
His current snake body is actually only as long as a human arm, so the syringe used to give injections to humans is very thick for him, but he actually doesn't feel any pain.
The beast transformation magic of the witch Circe is really amazing. It not only changes the appearance, but also changes the life form. It can be said that it completely turns a person into some kind of animal. Even under the most advanced X-ray, it cannot be distinguished. It is very different from the appearance disguise magic of some magicians.
Schiller felt that this might be the difference between witchcraft and magic. If Brand had not been so noble that he recognized him at a glance and used his magic to give him the ability to speak, most people would probably have thought that he was just an ordinary snake.
This move is extremely lethal to ordinary people, because you don't even have the chance to argue and end up being treated like an animal...
Suddenly, Schiller thought of other uses for this trick.
But he had to find a way to adjust his condition first and avoid heatstroke again. Now he began to miss his umbrella a little.
While Schiller was receiving the infusion, Helen went to Victor's place under his instruction and brought back another unfinished portable cooling device. The cooling area of this device was just about half an arm. As long as Helen held it in her hand, Schiller, who was wrapped around his arm, would be completely covered.
Helen brought Schiller to Williams, where Pari's husband Hekman was standing. When Schiller walked over, he found that Williams was just tied to a tree with several wounds on his face, which were obviously caused by fists.
"It looks like you guys are having a great time."
Hekman was startled when Schiller made the sound, but as a Gotham man, he quickly accepted the reality of the sudden transformation.
"He kept yelling and screaming, so I had to punch him a few times. I probably knocked out a few of his teeth, but that shouldn't have any effect, right?"
"It's okay. I didn't expect you to be so restrained. I thought you would do more."
Heckman frowned and said, "When I saw him, I wanted to kill him. It's not that I don't have the courage, but I know that if I do it, he will die soon, and that would be unfair to all the children."
Schiller nodded. He could understand Hekman. He was an engineer, not a doctor. Even if he had the courage of a Gotham man, he would mostly kill people with a gun or a knife, and all of them were intended to be fatal.
Although there are many bad guys in Gotham, talented perverts are a minority after all. Most Gotham people like Heckman are just reckless and have neither talent nor acquired skills, so it is too difficult for them to engage in body art.
Moreover, Schiller felt that Heckman might know some means of torture, but theory is just theory, and there are still certain psychological barriers to carrying out the torture.
People always think that being tortured must be very difficult, but in fact in psychology, most torturers do not enjoy it. Instead, they suffer from intense mental torture, and sometimes they themselves are not even aware of it.
Except for a few psychopaths, most humans have an instinctive sympathy for their own kind. When they see their fellow human beings bleeding, crying and screaming, their instincts of survival and rescue will be activated, prompting them to forget everything and lend a helping hand.
Torturers have to fight against this instinct all year round. Not only do they have to ignore it, they even have to force themselves to get excited and concentrate on experiencing this pain. Over time, they themselves will face extreme mental pressure.
In daily life, many people feel very painful because of the mental torture by their elders or friends, but often the people who torture them do not feel much better, and their mental state may even be worse than theirs.
Essentially, this is a relationship of torture and being tortured. They are constantly violating the human instinct to rescue their own kind, and the excessive mental pressure they have accumulated causes them to collapse at the same time.
But they can't stop because they think that by torturing others they can relieve the pressure and make themselves feel better, but in fact it doesn't, and it forms a vicious cycle.
The same is true for Hekman. He could decisively kill Williams with one blow and send this damned criminal to hell. However, if he tortured him for as long as possible, he would face great mental pressure and might even cause damage to his mental health. It could be said that both sides would suffer.
Schiller glanced at Williams, who actually still had the energy to glare at him, but Schiller quickly retracted his gaze. Helen took out an injection from her pocket.
Hekman took the injection and found that it was an anesthetic. The concentration was not very high and should not be enough to completely make a person lose consciousness.
Schiller pointed at Williams with the tip of his tail, and Heckman walked over and injected the medicine without hesitation.
Many people think that once anesthetics are taken, their whole body will feel weak, but in fact this is not the case. Generally, anesthesia is combined with muscle relaxants in clinical practice. Anesthetics alone are not enough.
So although Williams started to feel dizzy after receiving an injection of anesthetic, he still did not give up struggling and even became a little crazy.
Helen walked up to him and raised her hand. As the effect of the anesthetic became stronger and stronger, Williams' eyes became increasingly blurred and he began to sink into some kind of dream.
Schiller wanted to hypnotize him.
As I said before, the hypnosis used by normal psychologists is not that powerful, and is not as weird as many stereotypes suggest.
However, the hypnosis used by abnormal psychologists is indeed somewhat weird.
First of all, this kind of hypnosis must be combined with drugs, and the dosage must be very precise. The anesthetic was made with the help of Miss Goethe. Although the control of anesthetics in American hospitals is also strict, most of them are because they are afraid that you will steal it and sell it for money. As long as it is done cleanly, no one will go to the trouble to investigate.
Secondly, the other party cannot have too strong a will. To be more precise, he cannot guess that you want to hypnotize him before using the drugs. Once he has such psychological defenses, it is basically impossible to succeed.
Finally, it is best if the other party is in an extreme emotion such as fear, anger or sadness. The more intense the emotion, the better. If he is about to lose his mind, the chances of success will be much greater.
Although Williams appeared to be very strong, one could tell at a glance that he was weak inside and out. How could he not panic after being kidnapped?
After all, he was a wealthy man who had lived a life of luxury for many years, and the punches Heckman gave him were enough to make him uncomfortable.
In this case, it would be much easier for Schiller to force hypnosis on him.
However, it is impossible to change common sense or personality, and Schiller did not intend to do so. He just told Williams the truth.
Edgar is a person with super powers. Schiller doesn't believe that he has the ability to modify his memory perfectly. As long as there is any loophole, Schiller can uncover all the truth through this corner.
Once a person like Williams realizes that there is a supernatural power helping him, he will definitely regard the owner of this power as his last straw.
Despite the huge gap between witches and ordinary people, people like Williams have enormous potential in the face of death.
Hypnosis is a very difficult task. Schiller worked on it for more than three hours on and off before he finally completed it.
Schiller asked Hekman to take Williams, whose anesthetic effect was almost wearing off, back to a safe house that Williams had prepared earlier. The location of the safe house was also found in Williams' memory. This should be his most secure base.
This was the only possible solution. All places related to the case were sealed off. Even the high school in the Porokin community was suspended. Williams had almost nowhere to go. Once the arrest warrant was issued, it would be all over.
When he wakes up, he will realize that as an ordinary person, it is impossible for him to reverse this event, and the only person he can turn to is the mysterious witch who once helped him.
After Williams finished, Schiller went to find Miss Richie, who took Bob directly back to her childhood home, which was a very old house not far from the Cobert family's old house. It is no longer an economic center and almost no one goes there.
When Schiller arrived, it was almost dark. The good news was that it was not so hot. The bad news was that Schiller's heat stroke was only relieved, not cured. After the hypnosis that consumed a lot of energy, he began to feel dizzy.
Bob's situation was worse than Williams'. After all, Miss Richie really had a grudge against him. He was obviously beaten badly and his leg was broken. Fortunately, Helen could use Doomsday spores to heal his leg.
Schiller took great pains to convince Miss Richie and got his umbrella back. Unfortunately, he could not lift the umbrella now and had to give it to Helen.
According to Miss Richie, the pattern on the umbrella is not to be looked at. For people with weak willpower, one look at it will make them faint. Bob was caught off guard and fell into the trap.
Schiller suspected that the principle of this umbrella might be similar to that of Cthulhu. The equation of life is simply not something that humans can understand. Just one look at it is equivalent to being indoctrinated with countless knowledge, and of course one will faint.
This time, there was no need for anesthetics. Bob was already half asleep and half awake, so Schiller could just hypnotize him directly.
After completing Bob's hypnosis, Schiller was really exhausted. The main reason was that the snake itself was not very big and its energy storage was not as good as that of humans, so its activity time was naturally greatly shortened.
After releasing Bob, Schiller returned to the ward where Killer Croc was and decided to have a good rest here for the night.