Chapter 3246: Bloodied New City (Part 6)

"That woodland was actually polluted long ago because a certain chemical plant started illegal discharge about five years ago."

Schiller rummaged through a pile of documents, picked one out, placed it to the side, and said.

"Is this land owned by that chemical plant?"

"No, but you've grasped the key." Schiller flipped through the documents in his hand and said, "In a city like Cat Getan, the value of natural woodland goes without saying. The owner of this land is a real estate developer who originally intended to use this woodland to build a park and then develop a high-end community."

"But the woodland was polluted."

"Yes, actually, there weren't many trees left there three years ago. Soil pollution caused most plants to be unable to survive. His dream of building a park naturally fell through. This was a completely failed investment."

"Since it was already failing three years ago, why sell it now?"

"Of course, it's because no one would buy it at that time, even if the price was very low. No one was willing to take it over because you could buy land with a better location for the same price. The real estate developer wasn't willing to sell either, because he had lost too much. If he even lost the land, he would have ended up with nothing."

"Then why is he willing to sell now?"

"Of course, it's because they found a common enemy." Schiller put down the document, looked at Bruce, and said, "The factory that discharges illegally doesn't want people to know about its illegal discharge, but the withered trees and severely excessive pollutants in the woodland are evidence. If the land falls into the hands of someone with ulterior motives, it's equivalent to the factory owner being caught by the handle."

"The real estate developer doesn't want to lose money, but for various reasons, he doesn't dare to find trouble with the factory owner, so he can only hold onto a piece of wasted land and not know what to do."

"Some people don't want our new mayor and Batman to have an easy time, holding onto the District X15 chemical plant leak accident and wanting them to take out more funds to deal with this matter. The three parties hit it off immediately."

"The people targeting the mayor spend money to buy this plot of land, send the transaction approval terms under the mayor's nose, and use the mayor's kindness to make him find people to test the pollution situation of this land. As long as the mayor goes, he can't ignore it."

"Once he intends to start governance, they can blame the pollution of this land on the leak accident in District X15, because if it wasn't polluted by you, why would you govern it?"

"This will immediately become the best reason to attack the mayor. Even the grassroots people might not necessarily believe the Pale Knight, because these two plots of land are indeed very close and seem to have been polluted at the same time."

"In this way, the people targeting the mayor found a handle, the real estate developer sold it at a pretty good price, and the factory covered up the illegal discharge. They all win."

"And you, although you successfully smashed down the price of the surrounding land through the accident in District X15 and wanted to acquire these plots of land at a low price and then clarify the pollution to let the price rise to earn your first pot of gold, if the situation of the natural woodland is exposed, it will be very difficult for you to clarify that this place is not polluted."

"The key is that the Pale Knight won't allow you to clarify, because the pollution of the woodland is indeed real, and the two are very close. Once the uninformed masses are misled into buying houses here, it may cause harm to their life and health."

Bruce just listened quietly, and then he asked, "Do you think they have already seen through my plan?"

"Not necessarily. It's more likely to be a coincidence. They don't believe District X15 has no pollution at all, because they can't do it with their means, and Batman has no need to do it. They wouldn't think there's an outsider like you who is short of money."

"This is really a bit tricky." Bruce sat down, but he didn't have any panic. He said, "Actually, I also made some preparations, but I didn't expect there to be such an important piece of natural woodland nearby. Once the pollution situation of the woodland is exposed, it will definitely cause public panic, and it will be very difficult to clarify the matter of District X15."

"Exactly, but it's actually a problem within the government after all." Schiller picked up the transaction approval again and said, "If this document isn't sent to the mayor's desk, the mayor won't pay attention to this matter. If he doesn't govern it, it will be difficult for the other party to pin the blame on him."

"I told you, the Pale Knight is like this." Bruce rubbed his temples and said, "If he sees this matter, even if he knows it's a trap, he can't ignore it."

"Kindness is not a shortcoming." Schiller sat back in the mayor's seat and said, "If it weren't for being framed and used, leading to being in a difficult situation, I wouldn't need to come here to clean up the mess for you. This can also be considered creating job opportunities for me."

"What's more, the Pale Knight is not the kind of person who is weak and compromising. Although he might suffer a loss in this matter, he will find a way to get it back. And what I'm here to do is to make sure he doesn't even suffer this loss."

"I understand." Bruce suddenly said, "So you want to abandon the entire City Hall, because this place is equivalent to a huge trap for the Pale Knight, which could harm him at any time."

"Exactly. All the documents sent to his desk could be traps carefully set after layers of screening, using various methods to exploit his kindness. If he is left in such an environment, it will only consume all the resources you have left."

"This is why kindness is always difficult to defeat evil. Once you make a grand vow and decide to be responsible for everyone, someone will definitely exploit this point."

"It sounds like an unsolvable dead end." Bruce's brows never relaxed. He said, "If you want to be responsible for everyone, and your power comes from this, then you absolutely cannot ignore any one of them, otherwise the collapse of power will only take a moment."

Bruce realized where the Pale Knight's difficulty lay.

It wasn't that he had to be a perfect good person, but that his power came from standing on the side of the grassroots people and declaring responsibility for them.

This meant that once it concerned grassroots livelihood, he had to stand up, otherwise, people could take back his power just as they gave it to him.

The Pale Knight and the upper class were already in a situation of life and death. If he lost the support of the grassroots, it would be a complete failure.

So as long as he saw news unfavorable to the grassroots, he had to deal with it, even if there was an abyss of doom ahead, he had to go, even if he only had the ability to take a stance, he still had to go.

Schiller shook his head and said.

"It doesn't matter. This isn't an unprecedented situation. The first thing we have to do is 'start a new stove' so that people don't have the opportunity to use this method to harm him."

"But if he doesn't know, won't it happen?" Bruce asked, "They can also directly expose the news of woodland pollution. At that time, the Pale Knight will still have to go, and he will still be dragged in."

"Then why haven't they exposed it directly now?"

Bruce thought about it and speculated, "Perhaps they are worried about implicating the factory owner and the real estate developer? Perhaps they are also going to expose it, but the timing isn't right yet."

Schiller shook his head and said, "Neither. Because politics is the art of compromise. They want the Pale Knight to compromise, not to die."

"For them, it doesn't matter who is the mayor, as long as they can get money. They are doing this to make the Pale Knight agree to establish a special fund and use more tax revenue to solve the problem in District X15, so they can get more money, rather than fighting the Pale Knight to the death."

Schiller picked up the document in his hand and said, "This is their reminder. If the Pale Knight can see it clearly, he will know what to do, and this matter can naturally be eliminated invisibly."

"The Pale Knight's reputation won't be damaged, and they also got the money they wanted. In their view, no one was hurt this way. Why not?"

"Why not?!" Bruce raised his tone and said, "The precious natural woodland was polluted, and no one is responsible for it. How many such woodlands have been polluted over the years? Isn't Cat Getan becoming the terrible place it is today step by step?"

"In their view, this is not a problem at all. Their villas have the best fresh air systems, air purifiers, and even green rooms that simulate the natural environment. As for whether the grassroots people will be affected by air pollution, what does it have to do with them?"

Bruce hammered the table hard.

"Keep your anger, but keep your head clear." Schiller said, "They are just like this. They won't change because you are angry, so just being angry is useless."

"We already know that the Pale Knight won't compromise. They will definitely take some so-called 'final means' to teach him a lesson. Most people can't resist. They have tamed one politician after another like this."

"In the process of taming, there will definitely be grassroots people harmed. This is a part of their forcing him."

"I let the government shut down and took the Pale Knight out to another environment, more out of consideration for his mental health, because once grassroots people are harmed because of his non-compromise, he will waver and doubt whether his choice is correct."

"In my opinion, he is not the kind of person who can sacrifice a minority to fulfill himself. Since that's the case, don't let him make such a choice."

"But you won't let them succeed." Bruce looked at Schiller full of hope and said, "You will make their final means ineffective, right?"

Schiller smiled and said, "You have quite a lot of confidence in me."

"Of course." Bruce gave him a thumbs up and said, "Their means are not worth mentioning in your eyes."

"You could say that." Schiller nodded and said, "Because their thinking is too shallow. They only think there are two kinds of people in this world: one is their enemy, and one is their dog. They face everyone with 'be my dog or get out.' Such thinking doesn't even need to be defeated; it falls apart with a light poke."

"Is that so? Then do you have any more brilliant insights?"

"Of course there are two kinds of people in this world: one is my enemy, and one is my friend. What I want to do is make my friends more and more, and my enemies fewer and fewer."

Bruce nodded and said, "It sounds easy, but our allies are really not many."

"Then you are still thinking about problems with their thinking, dividing everyone into enemies and friends."

"Isn't that what you said?"

"I said it is indeed divided into enemies and friends, but if divided according to my standards, nine out of ten people are friends."

Bruce made a confused expression.

At this time, his phone rang. The Pale Knight's voice came from the other side, a bit tired, but also revealing a sense of relief.

"Batman agreed. Tomorrow he will send a car to pick me up. Tonight I have to pack up important things."

And Schiller's phone also rang. He said to the other side, "Yes, I am Rodriguez. Okay, Commissioner Gordon, see you tomorrow morning." ===== CHAPTER 3247 =====