Chapter 3181: The Detective Shall Die (Part 43)

Batman found that the Shiler in front of him seemed to be quite different from most Shilers.

He had known for a long time that this doctor from another universe had a very peculiar form of existence, with many different personality traits, and the differences between them were even greater than the differences between people.

But this new personality trait that appeared in front of him this time still refreshed his view again.

The personality traits that seemed to have no small differences in the past could always find some commonalities, and always carried a special mysterious background color, making them unpredictable. So, no matter how different they performed, they still made people feel that they were the same person.

But the Shiler in front of him didn't seem to possess that mysterious trait. It's possible he hid it, deliberately performing like this, or it's possible he really was different from other Shilers.

Batman didn't know which answer was correct, but he realized he might be in some trouble, because Shiler was very interested in him now.

Although Batman considered Shiler a friend and their cooperation was usually pleasant, he also had to admit that attracting Shiler's interest was not a good thing.

The love and hate of a lunatic are both dangerous, but the most dangerous thing is curiosity and the desire to explore. Batman was clearer about this than anyone else.

Batman knew that in the process of getting to know Pride, he almost never attracted Pride's real interest, because Pride always had some understanding of him beyond the facts, seemingly certain that he wouldn't have any new ideas.

The fact was also like this. Batman never showed any traits similar to a puzzle in front of Pride. He was the same as always, never abnormal, and the logic and style of doing things didn't change because of whether he knew Shiler or not.

Batman had never been a surprise. He wasn't the kind of gift that would be packed in a gift box and jump out at any time to make people exclaim. His friends also felt there was no need to explore and dig into him. This was Batman's deliberate doing.

Saving the world was already tiring enough. He didn't have more energy to deal with the constant exploration and probing of people around him, so he simply let them feel that he didn't know how to change and was always the same, which could avoid a lot of meaningless socializing.

It's just that he miscalculated this time. After he said those words to this new Shiler, it obviously attracted his interest. The other party seemed to urgently want to figure out something. That burning gaze made Batman think of the laser beams emitted from Clark's eyes.

Of course, it also made Batman think of some particularly difficult agents he had dealt with.

When the word "agent" appeared in Batman's mind, he immediately pinned it on the felt board marking important things with a thumbtack. He highly suspected that this new personality trait might have been engaged in work similar to an agent.

What is the most important thing for an agent?

Some people think it's a cautious personality, some think it's superb martial arts, and others think it's reasoning skills similar to a detective, or iron-faced interrogation techniques.

But Batman knew very well that for an agent, the most important thing is actually an approachable temperament.

This allows an agent to lean on a car and chat with a neighbor about today's weather, or pick up a waiter in a cafe, chat with a mall security guard in the gap of parking, or knock on the door of any house in the community in the name of sales.

Although there are indeed many agents who specifically wander among the upper class, attracting others with unique charm and beauty, such as the famous Black Widow Natasha, such agents are ultimately a minority. Most agents' information comes from those ordinary people who seem to be neither influential nor noticeable.

Because ordinary people have no defense, but they are everywhere, which is equivalent to countless cameras that are extremely easy to invade. You don't even need interrogation; just set two sentences to get a lot of useful information. As long as you can get along with ordinary people, there is almost no information you can't get.

Batman felt such an aura on this Shiler. He wasn't as repelling as other Shilers, and if you look closely, there are always some things you can't see clearly.

He seems clear and understandable, you can see the bottom at a glance, and even that kind of inquisitive emotion is not covered up. People with such exposed emotions always make people feel easy to deal with.

In social interaction, there is a "mirroring" theory, which is that the object you are socializing with will unconsciously imitate your behavior. You are rational, he is rational; you are emotional, he is emotional.

The basis of this theory is based on the imitation behavior of the same kind in human gregarious attributes, that is, in order to integrate into the group, humans will instinctively imitate other individuals to make themselves more like a member of the group.

On this basis, when you want to get something from someone, you can actively perform in that direction at the beginning of the social interaction, which will guide the other party to imitate you unconsciously, thereby letting you get what you want.

For example, if you want to know what sad things the other party has recently, you must first appear sensitive and fragile, bringing the conversation into an emotional atmosphere, in order to gradually lead out the other party's sad things.

Batman felt that Shiler was precisely using this principle, or rather, he had once deliberately shaped himself like this to facilitate his acquisition of information. I don't know how many people were led into the ditch by him.

Batman didn't think he would be one of them, because in fact, in his daily life, he is surrounded by such people, but they are not pretending, but really very emotional. The representative figure is Clark Kent.

In the honing of accumulation, Batman has become very good at immunizing against such gazes—provided you don't look at Shiler's appearance.

Wearing the doctor's face and looking at him with Clark's gaze is really too strange. Batman wanted to end this conversation a bit.

But reason told him no, because there were still many things that hadn't been analyzed. Now their situation was already at a disadvantage. If they didn't take this opportunity to formulate a feasible action plan, wanting to turn the tables would be harder than going to heaven.

Batman turned back, but still didn't look at Shiler's eyes, just staring at the screen where the video ended and said, "Joker is not a lunatic. He filmed this video for me, although it was also to let me witness a tragedy, the ultimate goal is not just this."

Shiler took back his gaze and nodded, saying, "Indeed, if it was just to disgust you, there was no need to go to such great lengths. He should want to tell you through this video that Jenny has a problem."

"And I want to know, what did you, who made up the story of the Huff family, originally think? What did you want to use the story of this family for?"

"You are still so sharp." Batman finally returned to the familiar rhythm. He continued, "Originally, there were only two important characters in the Huff family, and that was Huff himself and the marriage partner of his eldest son."

"That woman?" Shiler frowned and said, "Where is her special point?"

"She is an outsider," Batman said, "and not from a nearby town, but from a big city, well-educated, and very clear about the situation of the whole world."

"I understand. You hope to understand this world through her, but how can you be sure she will tell you?"

"Remember? In my setting, I also stayed in a big city and once had a quite extraordinary past."

"You set that woman as one of your old friends?"

"That's right. I guess Greed setting Madeline was for the same purpose. We can write our own background stories, but we can't understand what others have written, so we all need a portal to understand the setting of the whole world. Doris and Madeline play such roles."

"Her name is Doris?"

"Yes."

"But how do you arrange for her to reasonably marry Huff's eldest son? Their classes shouldn't have any intersection, right?"

"Doris is also a person with a story. She was a fairly famous lawyer, but offended a big shot in a case and had to flee to a cruise ship. At that time, Huff's eldest son was working as a sailor on the cruise ship. He saved her life, and the two combined."

"In other words, Doris marrying into this village was actually to avoid disaster."

"Yes, they might have some feelings, but more of it is each taking what they need."

Shiler remembered Doris's death state. Other people in the Huff family could clearly see man-made wounds, only Doris's death state looked a bit strange; her abdomen seemed to have exploded from the inside out.

The fish in her stomach were also very unusual, proving that she was also one of the experimental products of the Siltek company. It seemed that the Transcendent connected the stories of Batman and Greed.

"You only set that Doris offended someone, but didn't set specifically who she offended?" Shiler asked.

Batman obviously thought of the same place as him. He nodded and said, "That's right. Time was limited at the time, I could only say the key points, the details couldn't be set very perfectly, so I suspect that the game controller might have completed the details of Doris's story through Greed's story."

"In other words, the big city where Doris was might also be in Connecticut, she might have offended people from the Siltek Medical Insurance Company." Shiler muttered to himself, falling into thought.

"She might have connected all our stories." Batman made a bolder assumption. He said, "Let every story be connected, and finally string them into a complete clue."

Suddenly Shiler had a flash of inspiration. He stared at Batman and said, "You said Doris is a lawyer???"

Batman nodded.

"If she offended people because of a case, to be precise, offended Siltek, do you think it could be Madeline's case?"

Batman also instantly connected all the clues in his mind. He said, "That peculiar Joker is also a lawyer. Could he also know Doris?"

The two looked at each other, almost simultaneously catching that butterfly that passed by in a storm.

"Many years ago, because her family was harmed, Madeline failed to get the insurance compensation from the Siltek Medical Insurance Company and lived a frugal life. After she went to college, she began to explore the truth of the case that year and wanted to make the Siltek Medical Insurance Company pay the price."

"But she was not a legal professional, and the regulations of most medical insurance companies in the United States can only be understood by professional lawyers. She had to seek legal help. At this time, she found Doris's legal team, hoping to cooperate with them to topple this behemoth."

"Doris took her commission, but discovered the unspeakable secrets of the Siltek Medical Company in the process of investigation. She sought help from the lawyer colleague played by the Pale Knight in the process, but ultimately couldn't withstand the pressure exerted by the medical giant and had to flee temporarily."

"Afterward, she met Huff's eldest son on the cruise ship and came to this unknown small village with her, hoping that life here could take her away from the shadows of the past."

"But Madeline, who still hadn't given up hope, followed the clues investigated in the past and came here, hoping to collect more evidence to expose Siltek or simply teach them a lesson here."

"And the Pale Knight, who had come into contact with this case, came here out of interest in this case, or simply out of interest in Doris..." ===== CHAPTER 3182 =====