Batman left in a hurry after obtaining crucial information from Schiller.
Compared to the possibility that Dick had suddenly become so difficult to communicate with because he had entered a rebellious phase, it was more likely that he had been affected by hypnosis.
After all, less than a month ago, Dick had still been clinging to him to learn detective investigation techniques. Yet after just over twenty days, he had become like an enemy. No matter how one looked at it, the change had come far too quickly.
After Batman left, Schiller did not immediately go to sleep, because he realized he had not brought enough changes of clothes.
The set dirtied during the surgery had been washed but had not dried yet, and the set he was wearing had gotten dirty as well. Once he changed into clean clothes, he would have no spares left.
Schiller had originally wanted to call Rodriguez Manor and have Merkel bring him some clothes, but when he came to stay at the hospital, he had driven away in their only car. Whether tonight or tomorrow morning, Merkel would have to take a cab to get here, and hailing a cab in Gotham was not so simple.
Although his butler was quite capable in a fight, Schiller truly did not want to bail him out of a police station, so he decided to drive back himself and bring several more sets of clothes.
Although driving at night in Gotham was extremely dangerous, as long as one avoided those dangerous neighborhoods, there generally would not be much Big Trouble. Schiller took the route he used most often, and sure enough, he made it back without incident.
However, the moment Schiller stepped through the manor gates, he heard movement in the back garden. When he went