Chapter 1761

Shiler stood by the edge of the pool, watching Talia, who looked like a drowned rat in the water, and tapped his fingers lightly on the back of his other hand, revealing a look of realization.

Generally speaking, no matter who the enemy Shiler faces is, taking action directly is not his style, but after discovering that the person might be Talia, Shiler once again sprouted the idea of conducting an academic experiment.

Last night, Bruce, who had been plucked from a tree branch, said he wanted to stay at the Rodriguez Manor for a few days. Shiler asked him the reason, and Bruce only said he was avoiding a troublesome woman. At that time, Shiler did not delve into it, thinking it might be another romantic trouble Bruce had gotten himself into.

But when Pamela said the person was very likely in the basement of the Cat Getan Cathedral, Shiler was certain that the person was highly likely from the League of Assassins, because the Lazarus Pit used by the League of Assassins is actually a Wine Pool, and the ingredients inside are all Dionysian factors. Apart from people from the League of Assassins, no one else would be able to find the Wine Pool under Cat Getan so accurately.

Combining this with what Bruce said earlier about a woman causing him trouble, Shiler immediately associated it with Talia al Ghul, who is the daughter of the Master of Assassins Ra's al Ghul and the biological mother of Damian in other universes.

Shiler turned into gray mist without a sound and knocked Talia into the pool with his umbrella, which was actually for observation. If Batman's attention can create a Joker, then can Batman's avoidance prevent others from becoming a Joker?

The League of Assassins' research on Dionysian factors is not considered very deep. They only use the Lazarus Pit for extending life and healing injuries, and have no research on the relationship between Batman and the Joker. But then again, even if Ra's al Ghul had studied the Batman-Joker Law, he could not possibly create madmen in his own base.

Shiler is not sure if today is a bad day for Talia, but the concentration of Dionysian factors in Cat Getan's Wine Pool should be higher than that of the Lazarus Pit. After an ordinary person jumps in, although they may not directly become a Joker, it is very easy to have some Joker characteristics after absorbing a large amount of crazy Dionysian factors.

When Alberto jumped into the pool back then, he also became like the Joker, laughing crazily, but Batman did not choose him, so he did not become a real Joker. And at that time, it was just that Batman did not choose him; now Batman is very repulsed by Talia. Will she be completely immune to the Dionysian factors?

Judging from the results, yes. Now, what is on Talia's face is not a crazy smile, but coldness and anger, which shows that she was not affected by the Dionysian factors at all. Theoretically speaking, this is impossible, so the only explanation is that because Batman has no interest in Talia at all, even if there are more Dionysian factors, they cannot affect Talia.

In other words, as long as Batman has absolutely no interest in a person, or even feels inwardly repulsed, then even if she takes a bath in the Dionysian factor pool every day, she will be fine. Looking at it from another angle, this can also be considered one of the few positive applications of the Joker-Batman Law.

A black shadow flashed before Shiler's eyes, and a thin, pale hand with pitch-black nails reached toward Shiler's ear, while Shiler stood where he was without moving.

Meeting Talia's cold gaze, Shiler spoke: "You are a smart person, Ms. Talia. You will not choose to fight me here, because you just didn't notice at all how I appeared behind you and attacked you. You will not deal with a target whose intelligence is completely unknown."

"Deathstroke was right, you are hard to deal with." Talia slowly retracted her hand. She wrung her hair, which had been soaked by the pool water, to one side and said in a voice that was hoarse to the point of being sharp: "But I guess you won't be so meddlesome either, Professor Rodriguez. I am just pursuing your student."

"Although I think your definition of the act of pursuing is too broad, I have no interest in your personal affairs. What are you doing at Cat Getan University?"

"Looking for Bruce Wei En, of course." Talia wiped the water stains on her cheek with her finger and said: "You two, teacher and student, are equally difficult to deal with. He has a very accurate grasp of my movements and can always run away before I find him. If I cannot reach the place he wants to go one step ahead of him, I will never catch up to him."

"I said I have no interest in the little game of chase you are playing, but you rushed into the botany laboratory, destroyed a student's thesis material, and caused trauma to his spirit."

"There is a rumor that Bruce Wei En is very close to Pamela Isley of the Botany Department. I want to try and see if I approach Pamela, will Bruce jump out to play the hero saving the beauty?"

Shiler turned his head to look at Pamela behind him. Pamela sighed deeply and said: "That Lant is completely to blame, because this scandal was spread by him. Just because he saw Bruce entering and leaving the laboratory I am in, he joked with other students that our funding wouldn't be a problem. As a result, they thought I really had something going on with Bruce."

Talia raised one eyebrow. She looked Pamela up and down, shook her head, and said: "You are not the type he likes. Batman has nothing unique in terms of aesthetics; like all men, he likes to seek excitement."

The moment Pamela sneered, Talia turned around, the cold light of a dagger flashed, and a vine that was whipping toward her was slashed down.

The next second, countless thick plant roots burst out of the ground. Talia used her agile figure to jump several times with the help of the wall and hung on the ceiling above the Wine Pool. Her other hand toyed with the dagger and said: "I am not your enemy. All I need is Batman's genes. If he is really interested in you, we can cooperate. You give me what I want, and I will give you a reward that satisfies you."

Pamela crossed her arms, the vines lifting her to hang in mid-air. She curled her lips and said: "That fat cat is indeed quite handsome, but I have no interest in men. Compensate for the losses of the Botany Department, and then get back to where you came from!"

Talia smiled charmingly. Pamela only felt the wind coming from behind her head, black nails pressing against her cheek, and the hot air exhaled by red lips made her ears itch: "Does sleeping with you count as compensation? Little girl, we can have some fun first."

The vine whip lashed backward violently. Talia flew backward to retreat. Pamela raised her hand, and vertical strips of thorns with spikes rolled toward Talia like a storm.

Shiler's figure condensed behind the Wine Pool. He looked at the two women fighting together, sighed in his heart, and then said: "Stop fighting, otherwise you two will compensate for the losses of the Cathedral together."

Pamela stared tightly at Talia's figure, but she knew that she was at a disadvantage in this fight.

Although she could freely control plants, the woman opposite was obviously a veteran of a hundred battles. The longer the time dragged on, the more the opponent could grasp her fighting style, and the easier it would be to gain an advantage. And she herself had no combat experience and could not see through the opponent's methods. Either she would disregard everything and cause large-scale destruction to achieve a crushing victory, or she could only trade injury for injury until the opponent retreated.

Talia also did not want to fight. She was not a violent maniac, just a female assassin. An assassin must be driven by profit to take action. Pamela was not her target, and the two had no conflict of interest. No matter how she fought, she would have a negative return.

What's more, there was still Shiler standing in the distance. Talia could not figure out what Shiler meant by not taking action. Rashly attacking and wasting physical strength was the most stupid approach.

So she was the first to soften her attitude and said: "I am looking for Batman only for personal matters. Breaking into Cat Getan University was just an accident, but the aggressive plants you researched also caused me quite a bit of trouble, to the point that I had to come here to use the Holy Spring to heal my wounds."

"This is not a Holy Spring." An old voice sounded at the entrance of the underground passage. The old priest walked down, looked at Talia, and said: "You are Ra's al Ghul's daughter, right?"

"You know my father." Talia frowned.

"I saved him." The old priest said.

"Impossible, he is..."

"He was insatiably greedy and harmed himself." The old priest looked directly into Talia's eyes without fear and said: "He gained eternal life in the Lazarus Pit, so he searched for more Holy Springs on his journey around the world."

"He came to Cat Getan and discovered a Wine Pool extremely similar to the Lazarus Pit under Cat Getan. He thought this would bring him more powerful strength, so he jumped in."

"But Cat Getan has always only had madness. The wine seeped into his blood, almost making him lose his mind. If I hadn't changed his blood, he would never have been able to leave Cat Getan."

Alarm bells rang in Talia's heart. She looked at the three people standing in three directions staring at her, knowing that today would probably not end well. In the end, she could only ask for help from the only person who might be able to communicate rationally with her.

"Professor Shiler, I have no other intentions, I just hope Bruce Wei En can leave with me for a trip. I will show him the truth of this world. I don't care about love, and even leaving offspring is just my father's will, but I need his help."

"I said I would not interfere in your personal affairs. If he is willing to leave with you, no one can stop him."

Talia took a deep breath, paying extremely careful attention to every expression of Shiler. Suddenly, she relaxed her body, looked at Shiler, smiled, and said: "I did cause some trouble at Cat Getan University, and for that, I express my deepest apologies, Professor Rodriguez. However, I have also seen the level of the Botany Department at Cat Getan University."

"The League of Assassins has some friends all over the world. The New Jersey senator has some cooperation with the pharmaceutical company owned by the League of Assassins. Perhaps in next year's cooperation negotiations, we can let them see the style of the students from the Botany Department of Cat Getan University. What do you think?"

Shiler withdrew his gaze from Talia, nodded, and said: "I believe that will be a very good social practice opportunity. Then leave your email address for this young lady."

Talia threw a wink at Pamela. Pamela took out her mobile phone reluctantly, and the vines rolled the phone and threw it to Talia.

Talia skillfully typed on the keyboard, entered a string of email addresses, and when she threw the phone back to Pamela, she smiled and said: "I wasn't lying about having fun. I'll wait for your reply, Ms. Isley."

After saying this, she nodded to the old priest and left through the passage, and no one went to chase her.

Pamela sighed with some annoyance. She was mainly angry that she had been teased, but when she thought about Bruce being troubled by such a crazy woman next, Pamela became happy again.

Pamela lowered her head to fiddle with her phone, as if she was about to send a message to Talia immediately, but at this time Shiler had already walked to Pamela's side.

"Where are we going next?" Pamela keenly sensed that Shiler did not intend to return to school yet, so she asked.

"To Arkham Asylum."