Chapter 3160: The Detective Shall Die (22)

Shiler finished the food in his hand. He could feel his HP rising, and his mental health had also improved to a certain extent. His vision was no longer so hazy.

However, Shiler felt that this recovery might only apply to those who weren't so seriously injured. For a heavy patient like the main-universe Batman, there should be no chance to eat anything.

The most urgent problem to solve now wasn't the life or death of the main-universe Batman, but that suddenly color-changing dice.

Before this, Shiler had basically summarized the rules for the appearance of the dice. Under normal circumstances, actions that could be made within the normal range of humans didn't need to roll dice.

For example, now they were eating, so they didn't need to roll dice to judge if they would succeed. They were walking, and they didn't need to roll dice to judge how they walked.

Going a bit deeper, like checking the thickness of the snow before, although this was also an action that normal humans could easily make, whether they could infer clues from it was related to personal ability.

Everyone could eat and walk, so they didn't need to be smart, but to infer how long the snow had been falling from the thickness of the snow and the current snowfall required a certain IQ, so naturally, they had to roll dice.

Then there was the most difficult, such as bandaging and treating Batman's wounds before. This, in addition to having professional medical skills, also required rolling dice, which was the strictest of all situations.

However, what made Shiler feel somewhat confused was that at that time, so many of them were hitting a swaying corpse and had to enter turn-based combat, and had to roll dice when dodging. So why didn't he need to when he hit the dogs?

Shiler felt that if it wasn't his problem, then it should be the dogs' problem. Maybe hitting people required a check, but hitting dogs didn't?

But Shiler felt there was another possibility, which was that only hitting things possessed by abnormalities needed to enter combat normally, while this group of dogs, although they might have been affected by the strangeness, didn't have any abnormalities on them and didn't look mutated, so maybe they didn't need to enter combat.

But these weren't urgent now. The key was that the dice had a problem.

Shiler felt that although their luck couldn't be called good, throwing several critical failures in a row was too bad. This shouldn't be a matter of luck anymore, but someone had tampered with the dice.

Shiler remembered the doorplate "1913" that fell from mid-air. Shiler's memory bank was shared, so he naturally knew the Bishop's encounter in that mysterious hotel. The doorplate looked exactly the same as the one in the hotel.

Since then, they had never heard the Beyonder's voice again, and the color of the dice had changed from red to black-gold. And mentioning black-gold, it was easy to associate it with Nyarlathotep.

But Shiler felt it was wrong.

Although all the evidence now pointed to Nyarlathotep, it was a bit too obvious, so he felt it was a frame-up.

Shiler sorted out the known information in his mind, the most important of which was the skills of several people.

Because they couldn't say words that didn't fit the character's persona, terms like skills couldn't be mentioned, so everyone just went along with it and didn't communicate what kind of abilities they had.

Skills and knowledge that fit the identity were different. For example, Shiler was a member of the clergy, he could preach the Bible to others, and others would feel that what he said was right. This wasn't his skill, just an ability brought by his identity.

Bruce was the same. He could check the main-universe Batman's wounds, but this was because he was a medical student, not because his initial skill was treatment.

Shiler's initial skill was Soul Soothing, which could improve his or others' mental health. Apart from that, the specific skills of the others were currently unclear.

Shiler suspected that the wind blade might be Greed's initial skill because his identity didn't have any advantages, and the occupational ability attached to the photographer was too little, so it was normal for the skill to be relatively strong.

But being able to release wind blades had nothing to do with the photographer's occupational identity, so Shiler felt Greed's profession wasn't a photographer. Of course, it wasn't some rich second-generation heir either. He might also be a magic-type character similar to the clergy.

The Pale Knight said his initial skill was Persuasion, but when he showed his Persuasion skill, he had already gained two skill points. Shiler had seen skills similar to Persuasion in the skill list, so it was possible that it was a skill he added later, not an initial skill.

Owlman was a policeman, currently not very present, and basically hadn't exposed any skills. Bruce had a doctor's identity, and he said his skill was medical, which couldn't be refuted.

And the Joker, he was a painter, like the photographer, this identity itself didn't have any advantages. It was impossible to draw a picture for the monster and have it let you go, so his skill should also be quite strong.

Speaking of the painter, Shiler suddenly thought, the dice changed color, would it have anything to do with the painter?

Shiler felt that if it was really Nyarlathotep making trouble behind the scenes, he shouldn't be so high-profile, throwing doorplates and changing the dice to his exclusive color. Such an old, cunning existence, if he wanted to pit people, definitely wouldn't be so grand, but would try his best to maintain the status quo and give a fatal blow at a critical moment.

Following this line of thought, Shiler suddenly understood a bit. The doorplate might have been written into the background story by Greed specifically to frame Nyarlathotep, and the dice might have been tampered with by the Joker.

Someone would definitely ask what Greed was trying to do. Under normal circumstances, Greed knew Pride very well, so he naturally knew that he hadn't participated in the game many times, didn't know much about the rules, and the story he wrote was definitely conservative, not necessarily able to associate with using the background story to provide convenience for himself.

And if Pride hadn't left, he might have been kept in the dark. At first, he would feel that the abnormality was caused by the monster, and later, as things got more and more wrong, he would only feel that it might be Nyarlathotep participating in the game and making trouble for them. This kind of misleading might cause Pride to make a serious misjudgment.

Simply put, it was to make Pride have bad luck.

And the Joker didn't need more reasons to make Batman have bad luck.

It was just why it was such a coincidence that it was black-gold? Shiler didn't believe there were so many coincidences. Could these two have discussed it?

If this was the Joker's skill, it shouldn't be manipulating the dice as he pleased, but replacing the dice with this unlucky dice that could only throw critical failures. As long as it was thrown, it was definitely a critical failure.

To change the dice back, they had to let them eat their own bitter fruit. Shiler thought for a while and said: "Now there are dangerous reeds under the cave entrance, and there is heavy snow outside after going out. The only place we can find clues is inside the lighthouse. I plan to explore it again later. What do you think?"

"I'll go with you," the silent Owlman suddenly spoke. Shiler shook his head and said: "No, your condition is not good, you'd better stay and rest. Those in better condition go with me."

After speaking, he looked at Greed, the Joker, and the Pale Knight, and said: "The doctor needs to stay here to look after the wounded. How about you three go with me?"

And the three of them clearly had their own thoughts.

The Pale Knight nodded first and said: "No problem, but I'm not strong enough and don't have any professional skills. I hope I won't hold you back."

The Joker thought for a while and said: "I have no problem either, but my body is not very good, and my courage is also very small. If I encounter any monsters, don't blame me if I leave you and run away."

Greed shook his head and said: "I have already accompanied you once, I can't always be the one taking risks. You go next time. I'll stay here to look after the wounded."

Shiler naturally wouldn't let him go. He said: "Aren't you a photographer? Can you also look after the wounded?"

"I'm not going to treat them, just guard this place. Don't forget, Jeff just rushed in here. If I go with you, there will only be one doctor and two patients here. What if there are invaders again?"

Shiler gave Bruce a look. Very unfortunately, Bruce couldn't see the look at all. He was really empty-eyed now.

"I'll go with you," Bruce suddenly said. "I can't treat anyone in my current situation. Going out for a walk might be beneficial to my mental state."

Shiler just wanted to continue saying something, but he saw Bruce give him a look. It was hard for him to find the target in this situation.

But what did Bruce want to do? Shiler was a bit confused. He didn't believe Bruce didn't see Greed was ill-intentioned. Was it really okay to leave Greed alone with the dying main-universe Batman?

At this time, Shiler suddenly remembered that when they were dodging the reeds, these three Batmen didn't know how they ran to the back. Logically speaking, this was impossible.

It was said before that actions like walking and running didn't need to roll dice. The speed of running basically depended on personal athletic quality. The Batmen's bodies in this dungeon might not be that strong, but they definitely knew what posture to run the fastest and most energy-efficient. Logically speaking, they shouldn't fall behind.

Currently, the two Jokers on the field were not very strong. It seemed that their body type and strength points were not high enough, and the main-universe Batman was a hunter. No matter what, he shouldn't be unable to outrun a painter and a lawyer, right?

Did someone do something at that time?

Broken, Shiler thought, Bruce might be in the same group as Greed.

First of all, the three professions of photographer, painter, and doctor couldn't come from the poor class. To achieve success in these fields, they must have spent a lot of effort and a lot of money to cultivate. They were people of the same class.

And Greed, Joker, and Bruce, who knew their professions, definitely considered this point when writing their background stories. They shouldn't deliberately write a character who struggled from the bottom, but use their class advantages to add luster to their background stories.

In this case, the background stories of the three of them might have intersections, and maybe they had common interests. It was not impossible to want to join forces to kill the Hunter played by the main-universe Batman.

In this case, the lawyer played by the Pale Knight might also defect to them, because it was not easy to engage in the legal profession in the United States, and most lawyers had good backgrounds and served the upper class all their lives.

But after thinking about it, Shiler felt it was wrong. In addition to looking at the professional identity, you also have to look at what kind of person they were.

The main-universe Batman naturally didn't need to say much. No matter how many people criticized him for not doing enough, he had always been doing it, trying his best to be a good hero.

He was a real hero, and he would naturally try his best to arrange a heroic background story for himself. The Pale Knight was the same.

The Pale Knight was a real hero who climbed up from the bottom, experienced the most desperate and crazy moments, but like a lightning bolt breaking through the dark night, brought a glimmer of light to that sinful city.

Such a person, when writing his background story, probably wouldn't write a shyster image who dared to do anything for money, but should be more inclined to a good lawyer who climbed up from the bottom but never changed his original intention and tried to uphold justice.

The Pale Knight was a target that could be fought for. However, in a moment, Shiler made a decision. ===== CHAPTER 3161 =====