The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 156 Party and Umbrella ([-])

Schiller heard from Copperpot the whole process of his climb to the top of the North Side.

I have to admit that Cobbot is a genius, especially in terms of tactics. His planning is meticulous, his thinking is clear, his execution is strong, and his acting skills are also very good. He can always play the right image at the right time, and then deceive everyone. .

In Fish's time, he had acted as mortal to the invading mob bosses as if he were an aborigine steadfastly guarding his territory.

But after he moved to Kevin, he began to talk about Fish's inhumanity, claiming that the gang boss's land grabbing behavior was extremely just, and that he was in dire straits to save the citizens of hell.

Fish learned of his betrayal, of course he was very angry, but Copperpot provided the group of gangsters with an excuse of justice and plunder. The better, to show that under their rule, even a cigarette peddler who can't lift his shoulders or hands can gain status and power, to prove that Fish's rule of living hell has no way out.

Coppert made himself a typical example for the gang bosses to set. Not only did he have a bright future, but he also made the relationship between Fish and the gang bosses more and more tense, almost on the verge of breaking out.

"Then what? What did you do? Make Kevin start to be afraid of you?" Schiller asked Cobblepot. Before Copott answered, Schiller added: "In your last version of the story, Kevin Wen was worried that you would take his place, but there's a catch here..."

"This group of single-minded gangsters rarely fear a civil servant. Most of them feel that they are threatening only if they have guns in their hands, but you? You are not strong enough, and you don't have armed forces, Kevin. This kind of traditional gang boss who only looks at the size of his fist will not fear you for no reason."

Coppert opened his mouth. Instead of answering Schiller's question directly, he asked him, "Compared to this, why do you know them so well?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you..." Schiller turned around, picked up a notebook from the table behind him, flipped it over and said, "Let me see..."

"Among the current gang bosses in Living Hell, only one has no admission record, and the other five were all patients here, including that Kevin. I saw him in the corridor..."

"Isn't this a psychiatric hospital?" Cobbot said with eyes widened.

"Then do you think they are not mentally ill?"

Coppert took a breath, and he found himself speechless. What Schiller said made sense, in Gotham, you are not mentally ill, and you still want to be the boss of a gangster?

"Okay, let me go on..."

"From the beginning, my purpose was to accumulate capital, because even if I got rid of the godfather's control, I couldn't go back to wandering on the streets, right? I can't build a gang from scratch, so I can only steal a ready-made ..."

"I started to win hearts and minds in Kevin's gang. Using my computing power, I always charged more water bills than other places, but it was undetectable. I used some petty profits to buy the bottom people, Get convenience, make more money, and then use a bigger price to buy a lot of middle and high-level people..."

"I didn't want to do it so early, but there was a fool who didn't handle the matter strictly. When he reported to Kevin, he let him know that I withheld a lot of extra water bills."

"Like you said, the mob bosses don't care about people without guns, but they care about money."

"Knowing that I was greedy for water bills, Kevin was very angry. He threatened to kill me. It was a few high-level officials who were bribed by me to change things, so he didn't let him explode immediately."

"But I know that I have to do it in advance, and Kevin won't bear me for too long."

"Looks like you don't have enough experience," Schiller concluded. "In Gotham, don't count on other people, they can't get anything done, they will only cause trouble."

"I understand that now." Coppert snorted coldly.

"But even so, there is no need for you to return to Fish's command. Can't you kill Kevin yourself? You should have a chance."

"But that doesn't solve the problem."

Coppert's tone became a little helpless. He said: "It's a mud pit. Once I kill Kevin and take over, such a big change of leader will make the gang very unstable."

"There are still a few evil wolves watching around. Once something happens within the gang, they will swarm up and carve up the gang's territory."

"I can kill a Kevin with a smart plan, but I can't kill everyone. If I want to be in power, I can stabilize the gang and deter them. I have to rely on external forces."

"So you went back to Fish?"

"That's right, Fish was able to communicate back then, and she wasn't that crazy yet. I confessed to her, and then offered to help her out."

"At this time, Fish was still very irritable, but she was still clear-headed. She was moved by the possible benefits, so we started to cooperate."

In this scene, the initial light comes from the mirror, in which Cobbot puts on a new suit and tie, becoming more like the gangsters of Gotham.

His figure wandered among the Munich gang and other gangsters. One second he was still spouting various suggestions and plans to Fish, and the next second he was making false claims with Kevin.

Above the living hell, the immature face of the Penguin appeared. He stretched out his hand, and a few puppets were hung on his fingers with a thin thread. His moving fingers made the puppets dance in this weird and strange building. Come on, it's like a spooky party.

"Afterwards, I found an excuse to lure Kevin out of the Living Hell, and Fish killed him in an alley not far from the Living Hell." Copperpot's voice sounded again.

"According to what we agreed, Fish made a disturbance and dragged the bosses of several other gangsters, and I took advantage of this gap to take over Kevin's territory."

"What happened after that?" Schiller pushed his glasses and said to Copperpot, "Kevin died, you took over the site, and everything went well..."

Coppert shook his head and said, "That's not the case at all."

"I can't stand the recoil of any powerful firearms. I can only use a pistol. I don't have any specialties in fighting. I can't rely on force to make a living."

"But the gangsters in Gotham rely on force to make a living, especially these low-level gangsters. Too many people refuse to accept my status. I have to endure Fish. I need her to get rid of those thorns."

"But she's getting more and more crazy, she's crazy, do you understand?" Copperpot looked at Schiller and said, "This woman has completely lost her mind and turned into a monster who can only abuse and beat others!"

"Then you endure her abuse like this?"

"Of course not..." Coppert's facial muscles trembled a little, which made his expression look very fierce. He said, "It's better if she's crazy. She has no brains, so she can only be manipulated by me."

"She kept beating me, but it didn't matter. When he went crazy, he would fall into the fear that everyone would kill her. Only I could communicate with her."

"I can let her kill anyone, just tell her quietly that that person betrayed her." Coppert made a series of titters.

In the middle of the stage, Fish sits on a crate, her eyes are bloodshot, her lips are chapped, and she looks like a stiff puppet.

Coppert's face was full of bruises, but he showed no fear at all. Instead, he approached Fish's ear with a sneer, and read out names one after another. Fish's arms began to tremble continuously. This crazy woman had been crushed. The delusion of being murdered in her mind was driving her crazy, and she vowed to kill everyone who betrayed her.

The sound of gunshots was remembered one after another, and one after another black shadows fell at Copperpot's feet, blood flowed to the soles of his feet, he reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, raised his head, his eyes were full of crazy complacency.

"But then why did you change your strategy?"

"I'm not lying," Cobbot said, looking Schiller in the eye. "Maroney approached me, even though I didn't know who he was at the time."

"He told me that he had attacked several godfather properties before, and had become a deadly enemy with the Falcone family. He didn't want to watch the Falcone family transform Gotham, so he wanted to sabotage the reform. first step."

"He knew that I was controlling the water system in the North District, so he found me and hoped that I would poison the water source of the living hell."

Coppert's tone became more and more cold: "At that time, Fish had already started to go crazy, and she was almost useless."

"Together we devised a plan to kill Fish and plant it on Falcone Jr."

"It's illogical." Schiller asked Copperpot, "Your purpose is not to offend the Godfather, but not to control him. Don't tell me that you think you can defeat the Godfather and gain freedom by doing this."

"Of course not, how could I be so stupid."

"Maroney?" Cobbot snorted coldly, and he continued, "Does he think I will cooperate with him sincerely? Of course not, I see that he is a shameless hyena."

"We have a plan, but beyond that, I have a plan of my own."

"I think, next, we will talk about you and your mother?"

"Yes."

The curtain was opened again, and with Coppert's narration, the perspective returned to the old house of Coppert's family.

The thin Cobbot was panting heavily, sitting slumped in the middle of the living room, facing the mess.

And Mrs. Coppert was holding a chair and smashing it to the ground frantically, muttering indistinctly.

Coppert took the rope and tried to tie up his mother who had a sudden illness, but Mrs. Copott pushed him to the ground at once. Copott hit the table, and he let out a scream. Madam picked up the chair and gave him a touch of his right arm.

Coppert rolled over on the ground and knocked over the cabinet again, scattering items to the floor.

But he still struggled to get up, knelt on the spot and thought for a while, then staggered into the room, took out the sleeping pills, bypassed Mrs. Coppert who was smashing on the spot, and walked to the coffee table in the living room, Throw the drug into the water, then hide in the corner and wait.

After about a whole night, Mrs. Coppert finally relieved from the state of excitement. The exhaustion and hunger surged up when the excitement subsided. She followed her instinct to find water to drink, and filled the large pot of water with sleeping pills Drank it down.

It took another 10 minutes until the drug took effect and Mrs. Coppert collapsed on the sofa and fell asleep. Coppert walked up and dragged her away from the sofa.

Schiller covered his forehead and interrupted Copperpot's narration. He said: "Obviously, your mother is catatonic schizophrenia just like you... Forget it, I can't expect you to have any knowledge in this area." .”

"I can only say that you haven't done anything. Even if you don't use sleeping pills, the patients after the hyperactivity will fall asleep due to exhaustion."

Coppert suddenly became a little nervous, tried his best to lift his upper body, leaned on the pillow, looked at Schiller, and asked him, "Can this disease really be cured?"

"I said yes." Schiller paused for a moment, and then added: "However, it is for you, because you are relatively young, if it is your mother..."

He shook his head, and continued: "It's impossible to be completely cured. You can only guarantee a normal life most of the time. Once you get sick, you still have to be hospitalized."

Coppert breathed a sigh of relief, and before Schiller continued to ask, he said, "As you expected, it was indeed not the scene of a kidnapping case, or in other words, I kidnapped my mother myself."

"It was part of my plan to send my mother away myself and put the blame on Maroney."

"I saved a lot of money and rented a new apartment. I don't need to take anything from the old house, but my mother just won't leave..."

"We had a quarrel, she became more and more agitated, and then started to go crazy, I can't help it..."

Coppert gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know what happened to her at all. Although she was occasionally delirious before, it was not as serious as this time."

"She was completely crazy, out of control, and even picked up a fruit knife and stabbed herself. I was afraid that she would hurt myself, so I had to let her fall into a coma, and then forcibly took her into the new apartment."

"Why not take it to the hospital?"

"I don't have time," Copperpot said sullenly. "My mother and I argued all day, and she went crazy all night, and I was using it to set up the scene."

"The time agreed with Maroni has arrived. I have to carry out the plan. I haven't had time to clean up my house, and my arm has no time to deal with it. I can only rush there..."

"Okay, so why on earth are you making up a lie about Maroney kidnapping your mother?"

"That's exactly my plan. I'm not really going to work with that hyena. Don't forget what my end is. I want to be free."

"So what exactly is your plan?"

Suddenly, Coppert changed the subject, and he said: "Just a few days ago, I found out that there is a strange person in action in the living hell. Of course, I have heard his name before. His name is Batman... ..."

(End of this chapter)