Days as a Spiritual Mentor in American Comics-Chapter 4602 - 3682: Reversed Interrogation (Part 1)

Baltimore, an important city in the Northeastern United States. The climate and geographical conditions are not much different from New York. However, it was once called "the most dangerous city in the world" due to its terrible security situation. But things have improved a lot now.

Currently, Baltimore is an important air transportation hub in the Northeast of the Federation, and it is the second-largest logistics center in the Northeast, after New York. The city's construction and security situation have greatly improved, and now the city is bustling with a scene of stability and activity.

Baltimore's most famous university is not Johns Hopkins, but rather Morgan State University—that was the first Black university, which has made outstanding contributions in immigration integration and against discrimination.

Johns Hopkins University is also the first research university in the world and the first to integrate academic research and teaching, maintaining this model to this day, achieving many academic accomplishments and enjoying a worldwide reputation.

The research institute of the Johns Hopkins University Medical School, which is Hopkins Hospital, was ranked as the best hospital in All America for 20 consecutive years. It has extremely comprehensive diagnostic and treatment methods and very high medical technology, making it a jewel in the entire Federation's medical community. Every year, countless doctors come here to exchange and learn, and Shiller is one of them.

In fact, he hasn't been here for several years because, compared to exchanges and learning, the annual seminar is more like a reunion, with basically no academic research presentations, just a chance to chat and make an appearance.

This year, he chose to participate mainly because his sanatorium was newly renovated. He needed to come over to promote it, and maybe he could hire a few excellent doctors.

Of course, the big bosses participating in the exchange are unlikely to work in such a small private sanatorium, but they have many outstanding students and young doctors under them, which are Shiller's targets.

And this time, Shiller has an additional goal, which is to find an old classmate who had studied at Harvard and ask him to help find an expert to analyze the environmental issues in the Graylock area.

The venue of the exchange was very lively, with teachers and students introducing themselves to one another, chatting at the tables. The young medical students gathered around the snack table, quietly exchanging, and swiftly cleared all the snacks.

As soon as the time for free discussion started, Shiller stood up from the table and signaled to two people opposite him. A man and a woman also stood up from the table and left the meeting room through the back door.

"Long time no see, Albert. And you, Andriel. How have you been lately?"

"We'll make it short," Albert said, "I've contacted the geology and environmental science experts you asked for. Just send the samples to the address I gave you. But I'm a bit puzzled, what environmental issues could building a sanatorium cause?"

"I'm not building a sanatorium." Shiller shook his head and said, "I'm building a school."

"Are you planning to change careers and become a teacher?" Andriel smiled and said, "I guess you'll be late more often than the students."

"Oh, don't say that." Shiller shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm not interested in teaching, otherwise I wouldn't have opened a sanatorium myself. In fact, a friend of mine wants to build a school, and it's quite large. The local senator intends to use environmental issues as a reason to use their veto power at next week's meeting."

"You want to produce solid evidence to prove there are no environmental issues?"

"No, I want to know if there really will be any environmental issues."

"Come on," Albert said, "if the senator says the issue is environmental, then it definitely isn't. Rather than getting tangled up with the environment, you should investigate that guy's background."

Shiller, somewhat helpless, said, "I don't care about him. My friend doesn't either. We genuinely care about the environment type."

"That sounds a bit strange." Andriel said, folding her arms. "Since you're not concerned about political issues, then you should be aware that building a school is unlikely to cause any pollution. So what problem could there be?"

"Well, not necessarily." Shiller said, "We're building a magical school." freewēbnoveℓ.com

"God." Albert said, "Even though the media has reported it many times, hearing it from someone familiar is a different feeling. How did you get involved with magic?"

"My friend is a magician, and happens to be the most powerful one. He wants to open a magical school. Although the environment is the least important issue, I still think it's better to figure it out first."

"I see. Actually, I don't think magic would generate any pollution, but that's just my opinion. What you need to do is find evidence to prove it."

"Exactly. Not everyone is well-educated; in their view, magic is more likely related to heresy. They may think magicians are all heretics and that approaching magicians might get them cursed by devils."

Albert nodded and said, "I think I've seen similar comments online, but most people are still friendly and full of aspirations for magic."

"That's actually not a good trend. Magic is neither good nor bad; it's just a tool. But I also know it's impossible for everyone to handle this thing with a normal attitude." Shiller shrugged and said, "We do need evidence, but more for persuading ourselves. You can consider it 'paying for peace of mind.'

"Alright," Albert nodded and said, "so the sample you want to send is a magical item?"

"It's encapsulated magic energy, stored in a certain medium. We are sure it won't harm ordinary people, but to be safe, it's better to treat it as if it were a radioactive material."

"Then you can't just find a geology expert. I'll ask my old classmates if they know any experts in nuclear power and nuclear physics, as well as energy and energistics. But I can't guarantee efficiency, as many experts in this field are either at the Star Port or on Mercury, and they may not be able to return for a while."

"It's great that you're willing to help." Shiller nodded and said, "I didn't expect to solve this problem quickly, because evidently, environmental issues are the least significant obstacle they face."

"Unimaginable." Albert shook his head while heading towards the conference room, "I mean, you've already become an unimaginably important person for us."

"You're wrong about that." Shiller followed behind him and said, "Have you ever seen a big shot who genuinely cares about the environment?"

The three of them laughed. By the time Shiller returned to the conference room, the snack table had been replaced with a new batch of snacks. Throughout the entire meeting that followed, he was busy snatching small pastries from the mouths of the young academic Taoties, without generating any real academic value.

Shiller stayed in Baltimore for one night, chatted with other classmates about Wanda's internship, and then returned to New York. By the time the plane landed, it was already morning. Shiller rested for a while, and then at noon, he went to the Holy Sanctuary.

Strange was running around busy, having to make magical items for ordinary people to study, discuss the market deployment of magical plants with a certain Eastern Great Nation, prepare for a congressional inquiry three days later, and write recent medical reports. Seeing Shiller was like seeing a savior.

"Quick, help me write this." Strange waved his hand, and the cloak rolled up a pile of files and tossed them in front of Shiller.

"Knew you couldn't handle it all." Shiller didn't refuse either, and sat on the other side of the table, started helping Strange with the medical reports.

"But speaking of which," Shiller said while writing, "With all this busyness, can't you take a few days off from Elders Council Hospital? Aren't you going to perform surgery an hour before the congressional inquiry?"

"Of course, I will." Strange said, "I would love to just go to the inquiry in my surgical gown; this way the journalists will definitely be on my side, and ordinary people will sympathize with me."

"Seems like you understand politics pretty well."

"Nick's suggestion." Strange said without looking up, "I've already planned to perform one more surgery on that day and then go half an hour late. When they question me why I'm late, I'll explain to them what 'saving lives, doctors' benevolence' means."

Shiller gave him a thumbs up with his non-writing hand.

"Ah." Strange paused his hand and then said, "I've heard something big happened in the universe next door?"

"There are many universes next door, which one do you mean?"

"The one you often spend time in." Strange picked up the water cup and took a sip.

"Oh, yeah, something happened, but it's not a big deal." Shiller shook his head and said, "Artificial intelligence united Earth, organized it into a wartime planned economy, repelled alien invaders, and plans to maintain this mode of development."

"Cough cough cough!" Strange almost choked. He said, "This time has passed so soon? Even if the time flow rate there is different from ours, isn't it a bit exaggerated?"

"Their place is more chaotic, with a faster entropy increase rate. And you know, certain key nodes appear in an instant, by the time you react, everything is completed."

"Difficult to comprehend." Strange said, "I see several public channels on Battleworld discussing this. What's your take?"

"Me? I'm just sitting next door watching." Shiller poured himself a glass of water and then said, "Do you think uniting Earth is a good thing?"

Strange seemed intent on taking a break. He leaned back on the chair and sighed, "I don't know either. But I think an Earth unified by artificial intelligence might not be too good."

"Human race supremacy?"

"Not entirely." Strange gently shook his head and said, "Have you been paying attention to recent happenings in the cosmos?"

"Three Great Empires? Have they finished their war?"

"Far from it. Isn't the Kree Empire a civilization ruled by super artificial intelligence? Do you think they're doing well?"

"Probably not too bad, at least they're much stronger than humans in warfare. Even if the technological gap is leveled, their mobilization speed and organizational capabilities are better than Earth."

"Indeed, but they were forced into this. The millennia war with the Skrull Empire has evolved them into a race almost entirely serving warfare, hence they're more skilled at fighting."

"From what you're saying, you don't think it's very good?"

"In this war, the Three Great Empires could be described as making one blunder after another. Odin and Thor from Asgard participated in a war simulation a few days ago and concluded that the Supreme Wisdom seems to have lost its senses, the Skrull Emperor is not very clear-headed, and the best performer was Lilandra of the Shi'ar Empire. The cosmos remains bleak."