amaotonovel Chapter 3854 The Nameless Bat (24)
Chapter 3854 The Nameless Bat (24)
Chapter 3854 The Nameless Bat (Twenty-Four)
"She's regained her ability to walk?" Natasha said instinctively. Then she realized that this was what Schiller had told her to wait for.
Schiller took the report and looked at it. The photos of the six footprints were normal; they looked like the tracks left by a normal person walking. But what was abnormal was that the footprints belonged to Barbara Gordon.
Barbara is unable to walk and is confined to a wheelchair. Therefore, the presence of her walking footprints on the ground suggests only two possibilities: either her legs have recovered, or someone has forged the footprints.
Schiller picked up the hair and said to the technician, "Get a genetic test done, even though I already know the results."
Natasha looked at him. Schiller said, "Think about it, when we discover that the person behind the emails has extremely advanced cyber technology, what would a normal person think? Would they really think of electronic life?"
Natasha slowly shook her head and said, "The reason we came here is because we have an electronic life form in our lives. Jarvis is our friend, so he was the first person we thought of. If it were a normal person, they would probably think he was a very skilled hacker."
“Yes, didn’t I just have my suspicions?” Schiller said. “Barbara is a hacker who can rival Batman, and there are few top hackers like her in the world. If there really is an email source that neither Wayne Enterprises nor Luther Enterprises can trace, she would be a prime suspect.”
"Just when we were beginning to suspect her because of emails from an unknown source, we found her footprints in a room with her hair. We would have instinctively thought: she has regained her mobility, but just hasn't told anyone."
"Then we think of Abedonis's red-haired lover. When we learned from Abedonis's wife that this red-haired lover could walk freely, we just happened to 'guess' that Barbara had regained her mobility. So, is there anyone else who is as suspicious as her?"
"In other words, the people who sent the emails and left their hair and footprints wanted us to think that Barbara Gordon had been behind all this all along."
"Yes, it's just that we got the wrong idea from the start because we knew Jarvis. Plus, the conclusions drawn by greed prevented us from thinking like normal people, so we only started to suspect Barbara now."
“What a grand scheme,” Natasha exclaimed. “Could it be that the scandalous photos of me and the president were also a way to expose the cameras belonging to the Oracle System on the Arkham Knights?”
“Perhaps,” Schiller nodded. “Although it’s a bit roundabout, it’s not impossible. The mastermind is very clever and doesn’t hesitate to use a huge event to cover up the tiny ‘clues’ behind it. It’s certainly a formidable opponent.”
"What do we do now? Where is Barbara?"
“She’s probably being controlled by them. We can’t alert them. You need to find a way to convince Gordon to issue an arrest warrant for Barbara Gordon, so that the mastermind thinks everything is going according to his plan. We’ll find a way to lure him out.”
Natasha nodded and went to arrange the work. She quickly returned, and Schiller was still standing there, deep in thought.
"What are you thinking about?" Natasha asked.
Who is the red-haired woman?
"Do you really believe such a person exists?"
"Yes, she is very likely the mastermind. First, she sowed discord between the Abeddonis and their husbands, which led to the murder. Then, she used her appearance to frame Barbara Gordon for everything."
“Remember our previous theory?” Natasha said, “Could it be a Black Widow from another universe?”
Do you think this is your style of doing things?
Natasha was taken aback for a moment, then shook her head and said, "Of course not. I'm an agent, not a politician or a schemer. I really don't think anyone from any universe would do something in such a complicated way."
“I don’t think so either, so our previous inferences may not be accurate. He’s targeting you, not necessarily because you’re from another world.”
"What's that for?"
"Because you have red hair, just like her."
"What?" Natasha asked, puzzled.
“Abnormal psychology,” Schiller said. “She doesn’t want anyone to be like her, especially when she’s weaving a huge conspiracy that includes both Luther and Wayne. She won’t allow anyone to be so much like her.”
Natasha opened her mouth, still somewhat unable to understand. All she could say was, "Fine, even so. But she still hired those lowlifes to kill me."
“Because she looks down on you,” Schiller said. “She thinks you’re just a brainless agent who only knows how to charge in headfirst. To be precise, she thinks you don’t deserve her attention.”
“It’s like something out of a fairy tale,” Natasha said.
“In a twisted world, anything is possible.” Schiller took off his gloves, walked to the window, and looked at the scene outside. “Whether she chose to frame Barbara or had someone attack you, it proves that she doesn’t like this kind of woman.”
"In the theory of sex psychology, people usually release pheromones in response to a certain type of person. This represents their preferences and choices. There are certain natural reasons for liking a certain type of person, but disliking a certain type of person is often a rational decision."
"Disliking a certain type of person might be because you've been hurt by them in the past, or because there's an adversarial relationship between them. But another possibility is that they're too similar. Those madwomen with extreme self-awareness wouldn't allow anyone in this world to be similar to them."
“Barbara and I are both very similar to the mastermind,” Natasha said, “but we only have one thing in common: red hair.”
Schiller shook his head and said, "It's not that simple. You don't know Barbara, and neither do I. But you must have some kind of intellectual similarity. For example..."
"for example?"
“Idealism,” Schiller said. “Independent, strong, and never lacking in love.”
"Why I think the last point is the key point."
“Because that’s what I mean,” Schiller said. “It’s often those who are not lacking in love who develop the other traits mentioned above.”
"Do you think the mastermind behind everything also needs people to love them?"
"On the contrary, she is different from you only in this respect, or rather, she is inferior to you. She desperately wants to see those who love you abandon you, so she fabricated the scandal between you and the president to distance yourself from Arkham Batman, and then framed Barbara Gordon to make her universally hated."
“That’s enough,” Natasha said. “I have no interest in the psychopathic nature of these lunatics. Tell me how to catch her.”
“It’s actually quite simple,” Schiller said. “How did you and Batman fall out?”
Natasha paused in her work. She said, "Because he invited me to a dinner party, and I declined…wait, why did he insist on inviting me to the dinner party?"
"You're only realizing it now?" Schiller chuckled. "He's the president, after all. Does he lack female companions? And do you think he wouldn't know that you don't like to appear in public, that you were carrying a knife, and that you were in contact at the time?"
"I was wondering why he was acting like a lunatic that day, constantly going on and on about this. Could it be that he already suspected something?"
“I told you, Batman always notices things sooner than you think. For example, someone is stirring up trouble between the US and Amazon, or the thoughts and psychology of the mastermind behind it all.”
“Wait a minute,” Natasha said. “Could it be that he’s targeting Amazon because he’s targeting Wonder Woman? But Wonder Woman isn’t Redhead.”
"Yes, but she is also brave, confident, and full of love. Although Batman never reciprocated her feelings, he has always protected her through his actions."
"Why do I think the key is Batman?" Natasha said, propping her head up with her fingers. "Barbara Gordon is a member of the Bat-Family and is highly trusted by Batman; I'm Batman's lover and have been entrusted with important tasks by him; Wonder Woman is Batman's good friend and staunch supporter. Could the reason the mastermind is targeting us be because she likes Batman?"
“It’s hard to interpret this as simple liking; I’d rather call it a morbid infatuation,” Schiller said.
"So, Batman invited me to the dinner party to use me as bait to lure out the mastermind behind his infatuation?"
“That’s very likely,” Schiller said. “So now, after all this, you still have to go to the dinner with the president. Only then will the mastermind be able to come forward when his guard is down.”
“To break her down, we shouldn’t have issued an arrest warrant for Barbara,” Natasha said, having completely changed her tune. “We should have claimed that Barbara was missing and everyone was searching for her. That way, she’d know we hadn’t given up on Barbara, wouldn’t that make her even angrier?”
“No,” Schiller shook his head. “You and Barbara are handled in two different ways. Issuing an arrest warrant for Barbara is to show the mastermind that we’ve given up on her. Because Barbara is now in her hands and has virtually no ability to resist. If we provoke the mastermind further, Barbara might be in danger.”
"But you're different. You're still perfectly fine, and your fighting skills are far superior to Barbara's. You could even hold your own against Batman. And you'll be teaming up with Batman later, so the combined fighting skills of the two of you will be even more formidable. Even if the mastermind goes crazy with anger, she can't beat you two, which is why she needs to use you to provoke her."
“I see,” Natasha said. “But how could she dare to show herself if she couldn’t beat us?”
“She doesn’t know how strong you are,” Schiller said. “Not to mention in this world, even in our universe, you’ve never really fought anyone. If anyone knows your fighting level, it’s probably me. How would anyone else know?”
"Therefore, the enraged mastermind is more likely to separate you from Batman and then target you when you're alone. And if nothing unexpected happens, she might even meet with you in person. Just take advantage of that opportunity to take her down."
“It’s one way to do it,” Natasha said. “After being photographed having an affair, who knows what kind of uproar it would cause by appearing in public with the president.”
"so?"
"So I have to pick out a beautiful dress so that even if they attack the air around me, they can't attack my appearance. They'll praise how well Bruce Wayne and I match, and make that mastermind furious."
After saying that, Natasha left. But after she left, Schiller slowly frowned. The rhythmic tapping of his fingertips on the table sounded like raindrops falling from the clouds before a storm.
Currently, it uses a dual narrative structure, encompassing the main universe and the Arkham universe. If you don't understand it, just start reading from each episode and watch them all at once. Sometimes you might forget what's going on if you're following a series of episodes.