"Oswald Cobblepot. You can also call me Penguin." The man who barged in spoke expressionlessly. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Professor Rodriguez. I heard you worked as a professor for an agent organization for some time. You don't mind the title, do you?"
Schiller nodded and looked at Penguin. "I heard you used to be Mayor. Then may I call you Mr. Mayor?"
"That's ancient history." Penguin walked farther inside without expression, looking up at the interior decor. "I only served that one term, and I was voted out soon afterward. I was just a pitiful loser in an election."
"I'm afraid it wasn't that simple." Schiller sat down on the sofa. "When Gotham returned to the age of gangs, most people would have chosen you, yet you suddenly lost. And of the three Mayors after you, not one lived to finish his term. Why do you think that was?"
"You didn't come looking for me because of that, did you?"
"I want to know who that damned Garden of Eden Killer is, and where he's gone now. You're Batman's friend, and you've been to the crime scene. You can give me an answer, can't you?"
"May I ask why you're looking for him?"
"If he only killed johns and whores, I couldn't care less. But he shouldn't have touched the Mayor. Everyone who dies in that position deserves it, but they still have to live until Judgment Day. If anyone can just kill them whenever they please, Gotham will fall into chaos."
"You became Mayor, only to discover that it wasn't as easy as you'd imagined. There was too much to do and too much danger to face, so you chose another path—retreating while the current was strong, hiding behind the scenes, and putting scapegoats out front. Running