Chapter 2054: A Knight

Batman's thoughts were like lightning.

"Took away our power to choose to turn a blind eye to certain transactions"—this sentence could analyze too much information.

Batman was of course very clear about the rules of this country's operation. In the United States, the principle of all law enforcement agencies was to maintain order, not to uphold justice.

This could also basically be translated as: American law enforcement agencies maintain the interests of the country's beneficiaries, because social order was their most important interest.

The people they maintained would naturally endow them with power, but this power was not used to arrest them, so the FBI's arrest targets had an absolute whitelist. Above this line, it was inviolable.

But since there was a line, there must be some room for fluctuation up and down. Since there was room for fluctuation, there must be people who used this to gain greater power.

And the way to gain such power was not to arrest anyone, but to choose who not to arrest, turning a blind eye to certain things hovering on the edge of the bottom line.

But the premise of doing this was that they had the ability to arrest the other party but didn't.

Just like a senior colleague who had the ability and evidence to report you for slacking off at work, but chose to do nothing, you would naturally accept this favor.

But if it were a newcomer or someone unpopular, whose words the boss wouldn't believe, if he didn't report you, you would just feel it was taken for granted.

So, the most important factor in ensuring that you could gain the power in this room for fluctuation was the prestige of having the ability to arrest everyone.

Americans were accustomed to the FBI's rude and reckless breaking into everything and arresting everyone. Sometimes the FBI would even do this deliberately, just to emphasize their absolute law enforcement power and establish this prestige.

At this moment, Batman realized that the far-reaching impact of this disaster in Cat Getan was much greater than he had imagined.

Because the FBI paid attention for the first time, but achieved nothing. They came, but left in a sorry state.

In fact, the FBI had always avoided talking about places like Cat Getan, which had already aroused the suspicion of many people. But as long as it wasn't made public, it could be said that the matter wasn't serious yet or we didn't care.

But the problem with doing this was that you either ignore it completely and treat it as non-existent, or as long as you manage it, it must have an effect, otherwise it's showing weakness.

This time, the FBI could be considered to have completely shown weakness.

Amanda made a wrong decision. When Peter provided her with clues, she chose to send people over. Of course, they knew they wanted to catch the military's little tail, but others didn't know.

What they saw was just that the FBI sent planes over, explored, and left without saying anything. Afterward, they didn't send a bunch of agents to rush into Cat Getan frantically to arrest everyone related to it, like they used to do.

This was like a signal of showing weakness, and everything related to Cat Getan could not tolerate showing weakness.

This was also like a mockery of those who handed over benefits to the FBI as protection money. You were fierce in front of us, threatening us in various ways, saying that as long as we gave enough benefits, you could turn a blind eye.

But now? It turns out there is a place within the country where we don't have to pay anything, and you can't manage it? So smart people all went there, and only we are the suckers?

The Penguin's propaganda was quite successful. He had solid evidence. The images of the FBI helicopter that Batman forced to stop and those agents appearing in the Batcave were like fatal bullets, finally shooting through the giant's head.

Then what about the shareholders of Wei En Enterprises? Batman thought, in this situation, how would they react?

Seeking profit was the nature of businessmen, not to mention that many of them were not just businessmen.

If many people now realized that Cat Getan was actually a lawless place within the United States, not just a paradise for those low-end criminal murderers, but also a paradise for their black money transactions, official money transactions, and power exchanges, what would they do?

Yes, they would come, but they were afraid of death. Someone must guarantee that there was still order here, and then they would dare to come.

And what would they bring after they came?

This was a question Batman didn't even need to think about. There was always an FBI in the world, so why couldn't it be the local conscientious enterprise Wei En Enterprises?

The temptation to set the rules was too great.

If Cat Getan became the home field for gray transactions across the United States, especially those involving power transactions, even a spoonful of soup could make a person fat in one bite.

So those shareholders who had one foot in the grave, even if they were dead and buried, would have to lift the coffin lid, dig open the accumulated yellow soil, and shout loudly: Bruce Wei En, you did a good job!

Batman wanted to say this wasn't done by him.

But he really wasn't very good at speaking, let alone explaining, and he knew that since Amanda had already said this, explaining was meaningless.

Looking at Bruce Wei En, who remained silent, Amanda said somewhat brokenly: "You don't want to say you don't want to pay any price, do you?"

Batman continued to be silent, but it was because he didn't know what to say. He was still thinking about how things got to this point.

Amanda nodded while retreating two steps, spread her arms, and said: "You know what will happen to me if I get nothing from you, right?"

Batman finally opened his mouth: "You can go to Cat Getan."

Amanda froze.

She stared at the man in front of her in disbelief. She had never looked at his face so carefully as she did today.

Bruce Wei En was very handsome, but now he looked even more terrifying.

In fact, in the hearts of Amanda and everyone else who learned the news and intended to participate, there would be no second person besides Bruce Wei En who could plan such a heaven-defying feat.

But this could also be traced, couldn't it? Wei En was so successful in business, the whole world knew how genius he was, so it was understandable that he didn't want to be just a scientist and businessman, but wanted to control this country and the world more closely.

If this was a game that the super genius Bruce Wei En had carefully planned for twenty years, then besides enjoying it, what else could they do?

Amanda's arms hung at her sides. She said: "It's not that simple, Bruce. You know it's not that simple."

"I can let you leave here alive."

It sounded very tempting, Amanda thought. It sounded like it couldn't be refused. From the moment she was tempted, Batman had calculated all this.

As the first lamb to step into the trap, she had nowhere to go now, because it was she who violated the FBI's consistent style of ignoring Cat Getan, and it was her greed that caused the current situation.

Power could make people crazy, and losing power would make people even crazier. Amanda didn't doubt at all that her boss would take her life, so living became a sufficiently tempting option.

"Don't treat me like a beggar, Bruce." Amanda stepped forward, very close to Bruce Wei En, looked directly into his eyes, and said: "Tell me my position. At least my mistake became the last piece of your plan's puzzle. You have no right to leave me in an empty space."

Batman, who had gradually understood everything, understood what was most tempting to Amanda. Besides living, she only wanted to catch super-criminals.

Amanda heard Wei En say this: "The United States will have a supernatural management department become a direct department of the United Nations."

Amanda widened her eyes immediately. She looked like she was meeting Bruce Wei En for the first time, or rather, realizing for the first time that Wei En possessed this world. He should have been like this.

As a true helmsman, deciding the future and destiny of all things so easily, from the direction the lighthouse shines to the origin and destination of individuals.

Or perhaps he had always been like this, just hiding these ambitions under crazy actions, until one move decided the outcome.

Amanda took a deep breath, turned her head to the side, and her submissive attitude indicated that she accepted such an arrangement. She turned around, her fingers still lingering on the desktop, and said: "This is just the beginning, Bruce. The one who had the biggest cake cut away is the military. If you can't withstand their pressure, everything will be in vain."

Batman remained silent. Amanda finally couldn't help but look at Bruce Wei En's expression, but it remained unpredictable, obscure.

Sure enough, Amanda thought somewhat desperately, playfulness was just a facade, and everyone was deceived.

Batman of course knew he shouldn't show Batman's posture with Bruce Wei En's face, but Bruce Wei En had nothing to say in this situation. This was clearly not an occasion that could be fooled by telling a risqué joke.

Playing dumb didn't work, and there was no time for him to adjust his persona to find a way to solve the problem without destroying his image, so he could only adopt the most conservative strategy: keep a cold face and say nothing.

Batman thought this was fine, but he clearly underestimated human associative ability.

"Alright, arrogant guy." Amanda sighed and said: "If you have a way, I wouldn't be self-indulgent."

"But I emphasize to you again, some people's transactions are conducted under the protection of the military, and the military does not have domestic law enforcement power on the surface like us, so they value this more, and their means are definitely more vicious and radical."

"Think about whether you have any weaknesses, Mr. Wei En. I hope my first trip to Cat Getan is not to attend a funeral."

This time, Batman considered this problem only ten seconds faster than Amanda.

He must have moved many people's cakes this time. Although Batman didn't know how he moved them for the time being, what was undoubtedly certain was that not everyone was a toothless tiger.

Batman asked Amanda to find him a safe room. He made a phone call to Gordon there. As a result, as soon as he opened the phone, he heard a crackling sound, the sound of wind, the sound of artillery fire, all entering his ears.

"What's wrong? Gordon?... Gordon?"

"Sorry! Batman! I'm not very convenient right now!" Gordon was almost roaring.

Batman's heart tightened.

"Tell me what's wrong now! Gordon!"

"It's hard for me to explain to you!" Batman heard Gordon take a deep breath, and then the angry roar of this usually gentle sheriff came from the receiver.

"Now! Your assistants! Are robbing your cape in Cat Getan City!!!!!"