Chapter 213: The Riddler Is Damn Shameless

It was obvious that the Riddler had already discovered Ma Ma Zhaodi's weakness.

"Triple the bonus."

"No problem, this mission is mine."

Although he had subconsciously accepted the Riddler's mission, Ma Ma Zhaodi still let out a sigh.

"Boss, it's not that I don't trust you, but the Mad Hatter is simply too dangerous; I want to bring some people."

"No, the operation must be secret."

"Then can I make some preparations first?"

"No problem."

"Give me the bonus first; the preparations need this money."

"No problem."

"Send it to me immediately, right now."

"It's a deal."

The Riddler clapped his hands happily: "Go on, go collect your bonus; by tomorrow morning, I want to hear the news that the Mad Hatter has been defeated."

Something was wrong, damn wrong.

As Ma Ma Zhaodi walked out of the hall, he silently cursed in his heart; this bargaining negotiation was damn too smooth, and after he agreed to carry out this mission, the Riddler suddenly became very easy to talk to.

If there were no tricks in this mission, he would twist his own head off and give it to the Riddler to kick like a ball—actually, regarding the Riddler's arrangement for him to go out and deal with the Mad Hatter, he already had a slight guess.

"Sigh." He silently sighed: "The Riddler is damn shameless."

On the other side, inside the hall, a calm smile appeared on the Riddler's face.

He had already figured out the usage patterns of the Perverted Bicycle Hero.

"You have all heard the recording and know how shameless Sol is—when there are teammates around, he can always escape by selling out his teammates; since that is the case, as long as he has no teammates to sacrifice, then everyone doesn't need to worry anymore."

"Now, we can finally make some reliable arrangements while excluding that jinx, Clayface."

"Boss, you called me?"

Upon hearing the two words "Boss," the Riddler subconsciously rubbed his forehead.

"Basil Karlo, don't damn speak like that loser Sol!"

"Sorry, Boss."

"Get lost! Tonight you go deal with that idiot Solomon! You two are equally matched!"

"Okay, Boss."

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"Karlo, don't go acting like an idiot." Poison Ivy spoke up: "That will turn you into an idiot yourself—do you still remember who you are, right?"

In the room, the burly but not-so-smart-looking strong man's body began to change, eventually turning into a mud man composed entirely of mud.

"I-I am Clayface."

"Don't call me Basil Karlo; Karlo is already dead."

After reverting to the fierce-looking mud man, he seemed to stop playing the role of that not-so-bright big fool, and even his tone became fierce and dull.

Poison Ivy replied, however: "Harvey once told me that being able to recognize who you are is a very lucky thing—you can turn into anyone, can't you? After gaining this ability to change a thousand ways, how long has it been since you turned back into your original self? How long has it been since you looked your own face straight in the mirror? If no one reminds you, sooner or later you will forget your name one day."

"I know very well who I am." Clayface replied: "I am Clayface now, and I will always be Clayface in the future; who I am doesn't matter at all; what matters is that there is only one Clayface in this world who can play anyone."

Poison Ivy looked at Clayface and shook her head helplessly; she didn't know if it was due to the influence of superpowers, but the other party's brain had become a bit not-so-smart now.

At this moment, the Riddler spoke again.

"Clayface, I have one more thing to entrust to you; because you are Clayface, I feel safe letting you do this thing—you must act on Solomon a bit earlier tonight, the bigger the commotion the better, and you must lure Batman over."

Poison Ivy's pupils suddenly contracted; she immediately understood the Riddler's idea.

"What if Batman doesn't come?"

"You don't need to worry about that point." The Riddler continued: "You just need to know that if Batman really appears, your first mission changes from dealing with Solomon to stalling time; you must stall Batman."

"And then?"

"Then wait for notification; at most one hour, and you will receive the retreat order; achieving both stalling and escaping in front of Batman—this mission shouldn't be too difficult for you."

Clayface shrugged.

The moon rose and the sun set; time quickly reached evening, but Ma Ma Zhaodi actually didn't do any real preparations; actually, the reason he directly asked the Riddler for triple the bonus was that he had a premonition—this might be the last fleece he could pull from the Riddler.

"Let me see what's going on."

Ma Ma Zhaodi casually opened the system panel; during this time working as a mole under the Riddler, he had also been selling intelligence to the Joker, so during this period he had obtained a full four hundred thousand dollars in asset points, which made him have to sigh at the generosity of the two bosses.

But this money wasn't saved either; it was all used to upgrade the "I Didn't Kill Anyone" skill; after investing a total of five hundred thousand asset points, the skill's slots increased to six, the cooldown decreased to three hours, and the activation time could now be freely adjusted from one second to twenty-four hours.

The low casualties during this period were certainly partly due to the Kite Man saving many people, but this skill could also be said to have contributed greatly.

When Ma Ma Zhaodi had nothing to do in the base, he would go one by one and apply this skill to the patrol teams going out on patrol that day, as well as other superhero criminal teammates, and he would also use his upgraded to Master-level Stealth to quietly sneak into the Joker's territory to apply this skill.

Since buying the Stealth skill, this skill had been his most frequently used skill, even more frequent than the use of firearms; plus he had learned with Batman and Slade for a while, so Ma Ma Zhaodi's Stealth skill rose to Master level through frequent practice after joining the group.

Other skills were not upgraded; Ma Ma Zhaodi guessed that it was probably the combination of high-level theoretical knowledge and frequent practice that allowed skills to upgrade—at most adding a bit of talent.

After all, his cooking and English were used much more often than Stealth, but there had been no changes so far.

"This triple bonus is almost twenty thousand; wow, after Wayne's sponsorship, the Riddler has really become quite wealthy."

He looked at the Intermediate Mental Resistance in the shop; it required a full three hundred thousand, even more expensive than some cheap Master-level skills, so Ma Ma Zhaodi temporarily put aside the idea of buying it—dealing with the Mad Hatter wasn't worth spending so many asset points.

Besides, he didn't have three hundred thousand anyway.

But fortunately, he found another choice in the system Shangcheng.

【Beret

Price: 50,000 dollars asset points

Note: Hoo-hoo, hum, hmm, good taste; this hat is very warm; it only costs 50 hoo-hoo coins.

——by the Pigman Owner of the Mother Pig Ear Hat Shop

Note 2: No, I did not buy it for warmth.

——by Viller】

(End of this chapter)