PFC Chapter 2980: The Green Trees Are Thick and the Summer Is Long (4)
Chapter 2980: The Green Trees Are Thick and the Summer Is Long (4)
Chapter 2980: The Green Trees Are Thick and the Summer Is Long (XIV)
But Schiller recognized who it was by the voice, and he shouted, "Pamela? Why are you here?"
"Didn't you ask me to come here, Professor?" Pamela's tone revealed doubt. She said, "You said that this largest forest around Gotham was at risk of fire, so I hurried over..."
"Even the grain business with Luther Group has been given up." Pamela added in her heart.
It was only then that Schiller remembered that the location of this boarding school was indeed not far from the forest, but he did not expect that the school was actually built next to the forest.
Pamela came over soon. She was still in her pajamas and it was obvious that she had just received the news and rushed over. She smoothed her red hair and said, "The weather has been too hot recently. The northeast corner of the forest has actually caught fire. Fortunately, it was discovered early and the local residents put out the fire in time. If it really burned, the surrounding towns would be affected."
"Let's talk about this later." Schiller said, "Can you help me see if there have ever been any buildings on this hillside?"
Pamela didn't actually know why Schiller asked this, but she still felt it carefully and said, "It seems that someone has laid a foundation here and left some concrete structures under the ground... Wait, there are some signs of demolition, it seems that the original building has been demolished."
"Demolished?"
"Yes, you can see signs of structural damage."
“Can you tell when it was demolished?”
"It's hard to pinpoint the exact time, but it must have been a few years ago, not recently." Pamela circled around a few times, then said, "Ah, there's a name here... Wait a minute, let me look it up."
Schiller saw the soil on the surface churning, and soon the roots of an unknown plant dug out a piece of cloth from the ground.
Schiller walked over and picked up the piece of cloth with the tip of the umbrella. After turning it over, he found that a small part of it was made of luminous material. Combined with the color of the cloth, it should be part of a safety vest.
The safety clothing worn by these engineering teams would have the name of the engineering team written on it. Schiller found a line of small words at the end of the cloth - "Wardlade Construction Engineering Team".
Pamela seemed to be concentrating on rummaging underground, but suddenly her expression changed, and Schiller looked up at her as if he sensed something.
A vine slowly stretched out from the ground and stopped in front of Schiller. The tip of the vine opened, and Schiller saw a finger bone lying quietly on the green tender leaves.
"It's so unlucky. The level of disgust towards Earthlings has risen again in my heart." Rocket Raccoon sighed and wiped his half-dry hair with a towel. It was obvious that he was very unhappy about being disturbed by Williams' team and losing his interest in playing.
"Well, they've learned their lesson. There's no need to keep bothering with such idiots." Star-Lord said as he flipped the skewers, "Don't forget why we came here."
"Honestly, I don't think there will be any changes in this universe. The stupidity of other races should be about the same." Gamora put away her fishing rod and stamped her feet.
Just as they were preparing to eat barbecue, they suddenly heard a noise coming from the road next to them. Star-Lord turned around and saw a large truck driving with the momentum of a racing car.
Rocket Raccoon also covered his ears. His hearing was much more sensitive than that of humans. Seeing the truck driving into the construction site next to him, Rocket Raccoon sighed and said, "I don't think Dr. Schiller can stand this. He was right not to come back."
"This noise is definitely exceeding the standard." Star-Lord said, "I will go to the city government to report them tomorrow. If no one takes care of it, then we will be the only ones who can take care of it."
"Wait." Xingyun suddenly looked up, glanced around, attracted everyone's attention, and said, "There is a smell of blood."
The others stood up at once, taking a defensive stance. Xingyun shrugged his nose again and said, "Yes, the smell of human blood. I remember it very clearly."
Star-Lord looked at Rocket Raccoon, who narrowed his eyes and said, "Why are you looking at me? I'm a raccoon, not a dog!"
"You didn't admit you were a raccoon before."
"That's because I really didn't know that I looked exactly like a raccoon on Earth. I think this can't be a coincidence. It's better not to let me know which mad scientist came from Earth..."
"Is this the time to discuss this?" Gamora pulled out her weapon and said, "If Nebula can smell it, it's definitely not a small-scale bleeding. This is not a battlefield. If someone bleeds so much, something must have happened."
"Over there." Xingyun raised her chin and pointed in a direction. Everyone followed her movement and saw that it was Williams' construction site.
"Damn it, could someone really have been run over by a tractor?" Rocket Raccoon cursed, but still ran over there quickly, with the others following behind him.
But when he got near the construction site, he didn't hear any noise. Logically, if someone was injured, it would have been very noisy inside, but with Rocket Raccoon's hearing, he didn't hear any commotion.
"Something's wrong." Star-Lord took a deep breath and said, "This guy may have more secrets than we thought."
"What do you mean, rush in?"
"No." Star-Lord is no longer the reckless man he used to be. He said, "If we rush in, it will be an illegal invasion. If we don't catch them, we will go to jail."
"Then rush out of the police station," said Drax.
"You'd better be able to rush out." Rocket Raccoon said to him very rudely: "Don't you know Batman?"
"That's right. The reason why the Guardians of the Galaxy act so cautiously is because they suffered at the hands of Batman in the last battle. Gotham and Batman are bound together. If they dare to cause trouble here, that pointy-eared guy will rush out at any time and throw them into the sun."
Drax was speechless. Although Batman was an ordinary person, he was extremely strong. The combined brains of the Guardians of the Galaxy were not as strong as one of Drax's brain cells. Even if he could gain the upper hand in the first few rounds by relying on his fighting power, he would eventually be controlled.
But the advantage of the Guardians of the Galaxy is that they are flexible and know how to adapt to the situation. It is basic courtesy not to act wildly on other people's territory. On Batman's territory, they are the role models of civilization.
"Someone is coming this way." Helen suddenly said, "The ordinary workers here probably haven't seen me. I tricked them to go to the other side, and you took the opportunity to sneak in."
Star-Lord nodded, and several people took out their weapons.
Helen rushed out and started crying loudly. As expected, the gatekeeper had no idea where the little girl came from and thought she was a child of a nearby resident who couldn't find her home, so he hurried over to ask her.
Drax was left outside because of his large size. Star-Lord, Gamora and Nebula were all good infiltrators and they quickly slipped into the construction site.
Several people quietly moved inside along the wall, but they were soon blocked. The wall created by Star-Lord now blocked them.
Williams was very smart. He dug a tunnel in just a few hours. Although the wall was strong, it was impossible to connect directly to the center of the earth. It only extended one or two meters underground. So many engineering machines were not easy to deal with. It didn't take long for them to bypass the wall underground.
But now there is only one hole that has been dug, and there are people all over the place. Star-Lord and his team cannot get through. But if they climb over the wall, it will be too conspicuous, and the infiltration plan will completely fail.
Nebula can pass through the wall, but Star-Lord and Gamora can't, so the two of them stayed under the wall and Nebula went through alone.
Soon Gamora's communicator received a message from Nebula, who asked the two of them to make some noise outside. Star-Lord picked up a stone from the side and hit a man wearing a white hat on the butt with a whoosh.
With a scream, the crowd began to disperse and there was a commotion outside. Star-Lord and his men led the crowd, circled along the wall, and seized another opportunity to run out.
About ten minutes later, Xingyun came out and brought a series of photos.
Several people gathered together to look at Xingyun's communicator, which showed several workers in safety clothing carrying several large boxes. In the background of the photo, they could see a large pit behind them.
"Are they burying some treasure? Star-Lord was a little confused.
Nebula pointed to a spot on the photo, and Star-Lord's eyes widened immediately, "That box is bleeding."
"Are you kidding me?!" Rocket Raccoon leaned over with his furry face and said, "Are they dumping bodies?!"
"I'm afraid so." Gamora glanced at Nebula and said, "They may have hidden the body in the truck we just saw and secretly transported it to the center of the construction site and buried it."
"That doesn't make sense." Star-Lord shook his head and said, "They want to build a house here, but bury the bodies underground. Aren't they afraid of being discovered?"
"Maybe it won't be discovered this way." Gamora thought for a moment and said, "If it's buried in an ordinary forest, it might be dug out, but if it's buried here and covered with a foundation, no one will ever dig it up."
Everyone was silent for a moment, and Helen said, "This may be a serial murder case. I think it's better for us not to get involved."
Star-Lord looked at her in surprise. Helen had a close relationship with everyone in the Avengers and was greatly influenced by superheroes. Whenever the Guardians of the Galaxy were active, she would always suggest that everyone go and save people. Why did she back off this time?
Helen seemed to see through his thoughts and said, "Things in Gotham are never that simple. A corpse may lead to several shocking cases. It's not that I don't want justice, but I don't think you have the brains to investigate."
"That's a bit harsh." Rocket Raccoon shook his ears in dissatisfaction and said, "Although we are not as good as Batman, we are not that stupid, right?"
"Far below Gotham's average intelligence level," Helen said truthfully.
"Impossible, we have improved a lot." Star-Lord said, "We are no longer the reckless team we used to be."
"Before progress, you are a Gotham paramecium. After progress, you are a Gotham idiot." Helen was still sharp in her words.
"I don't think we can sit idly by." Gamora said, "This case happened around the Schiller family. If we do nothing, they are likely to go further and further and endanger the professor, which could cause a chain reaction."
"I think Helen is right." Xingyun said, which was rare. "Their transportation process is very strict. No one is left alone. This is not a simple matter."
Although Xingyun seldom speaks, he often makes the final decision. At this time, Helen suddenly proposed another possibility.
"Let's go find some other idle people." She glanced in the direction of Schiller's house and said, "Dick and Jason are not very good detectives, but they are definitely better than you. More importantly, Aisha is Batman's daughter, so she must be a good detective."
About an hour later, everyone gathered in the Schiller family's living room. Dick and Jason gathered together to look at the photos taken by Nebula. It was obvious that their ability to read pictures was much higher than that of these people.
Dick noticed that the name of the construction team was written underneath the safety clothing worn by the porters dressed as workers in the photo - "Wardlade Construction Engineering Team".