Chapter 3272

"You want me to pay to fish Balk out?" Batman narrowed his eyes and looked at Shiler opposite, "Why do you think I would do this?"

Shiler shook his head and said, "You have no reason to fish Balk out, but you have reason to save the GTO that is about to be dissolved by the State Legislature."

"You should know that I have always disapproved of the establishment of the GTO, right?"

"Yes, because this is the Pale Knight's idea. And he once framed you for imprisonment, and the Joker in his body is out of control."

"Now neither of these is a problem," Batman said, "I disapprove of the GTO because this is not a sustainable operation method. Once it messes up, it will be a disaster."

"Very visionary, sir. But do you intend to sit by and watch it be dissolved?"

"Why not?"

"Yes, you can do so." Shiler nodded again.

Batman found that talking to Shiler was very difficult.

Shiler was not a contrarian. He wasn't the kind of person who instinctively refuted all the other side's views when trying to convince others.

But he went to another extreme, which was an affirmative personality. When trying to convince others, he instead affirmed the other side's point of view. This made you unable to even find a point to refute him.

Others said you were right, how could you refute it?

What's even more terrible is that in negotiations, expressing resistance is to talk about conditions, not really intending to refuse. But Shiler's attitude seemed to treat every sit-down price increase as a real refusal.

How can this be talked about?

If it were someone else, this negotiation wouldn't have to be talked about. But Batman had already discovered that Shiler's action mode was probably like this:

He would come to talk to you first, but in fact, he didn't really want to talk. The negotiation mode he recognized was that he opened the price, you agreed directly, completely omitting the process of "talking," and there was no room for bargaining.

If you didn't agree to the conditions he first opened, he would treat it as you didn't want to negotiate with him. Then he would naturally start using means outside of negotiation to achieve his goal.

Usually, it wouldn't be any pleasant means.

Shiler coming to talk to someone was more like saying: "I have prepared a surprising big plan for you, now just wait for the negotiation to break down, so I can put it into practice."

The internal logic of this behavior was actually to shift all responsibility to others.

"I came to you to talk about martial virtue, following the principle of courtesy before soldiers, is a very good person. You refused me, it's your ignorance. Then whatever happens later can't blame me."

Such logic made Batman have a headache.

If Shiler opened the price, he agreed, then the other side would definitely want more and more, and finally open his mouth like a lion.

But if he wanted to bargain, he had to be reluctant, but in the stage of "reluctance," the other side would directly throw the burden and not talk, and turn around to make a big surprise.

Refusing is not, not refusing is not. Since the Joker became the Pale Knight, Batman hadn't experienced such a dilemma for a long time.

Since neither choice was right, Batman had to break the jar. He asked directly: "If I don't agree, what do you intend to do?"

He didn't think Shiler would say it, because everyone knew that if Batman knew your plan, it would be very difficult to complete it. Batman was already prepared to listen to some perfunctory words.

As a result, Shiler really introduced his plan to him very seriously.

"If you really don't intend to help, I have to let the situation continue to develop. In that case, the GTO will definitely be forced to the edge of dissolution."

"If this team is still in the predicament of having no money to maintain operation, team members may have complaints, but will still accept reality. Cat Getan City citizens are also like this."

"But now, the GTO has obtained a large sum of money. Not only that, the Charabong family has no threat either. They have both freedom and money at the same time, it's simply a great situation."

"But at this time, it suddenly spread that it was going to be dissolved. No one will let it go. Team members, and citizens who have been helped by the team, will feel very puzzled and angry."

"This emotion urgently needs an outlet. The State Legislature is a good choice, but it's a bit far, they have no way to vent. Batman is different."

"Soon many people will know that you have always disapproved of the establishment of the GTO and have always held an opposing attitude towards this. And the criminal evidence that you were framed for imprisonment is still widely circulated among the people and has not been completely clarified."

"I believe you still remember, those are the criminal evidence that says you are the running dog of the upper class. Reporters won't let go of the opportunity to link these two things together and hype up the heat again. At that time, the reputation you just accumulated will fall to the bottom again."

"Do you think I care?" Batman said, "If I wanted reputation, I wouldn't be a masked hero."

"Oh? Is that so? Your dear foster son Nightwing also misunderstood you like this, don't you care either?"

Batman's face sank instantly.

"He won't believe those hearsay rumors." Batman said, "He has known my true identity from beginning to end, and knows the truth about the Cat Getan Natural Disaster Fund."

"Then why didn't he stay by your side, but joined the GTO?"

Batman was silent.

"You are always puzzled, why he chose the Joker. But he didn't choose the Joker, he just didn't want to choose you." Shiler looked at Batman opposite and said, "He thinks you can't protect him, he just wants to protect himself."

Batman's fists clenched instantly. Because he knew why Dick felt he couldn't protect him. Jason Todd, this boy didn't even come to his dreams once. He must be very resentful of him. And Dick was just afraid of repeating the same mistakes.

"Nightwing will know that you have an opportunity to save the GTO, but you didn't do so. He may not be able to understand your various considerations. He will feel that your prejudice against the Joker is even greater than your worry about Cat Getan's public order."

"This will make you become very selfish in his eyes. He may even think that you are this masked vigilante, just to vent your overly exuberant violent desire on super criminals like the Joker, rather than really wanting to save this city."

"You won't explain, because you are disappointed that he doesn't understand and trust you enough. He won't listen to your explanation either, because he feels regret for his past aiding and abetting."

"This will create an irreparable rift between father and son. Even if the GTO is not dissolved in the end, everything will not go back."

Shiler held the coffee cup, looked at Batman's black-as-a-pot-bottom eyes, and said with a smile: "Do you like this story?"

"Has anyone told you that you are very despicable?"

"There are not many people willing to praise me so sincerely. If you become one of them, I feel extremely honored."

Batman was silent, but more like he couldn't speak. He had no way to deal with shameless people.

No, he actually had a trump card.

"Do you think you can safely walk out of here and implement your evil plan?" Batman asked.

"Oh, yes. You still have this move." Shiler smiled again and said, "Have you noticed that my efficiency in doing things is particularly high? I can travel back and forth between every corner of Cat Getan several times a day. Is it because the traffic situation in this city is too good?"

Batman heard his hint. The moment he reached out to grab Shiler's shoulder, he only saw thick fog rushing towards him. The next second, Shiler, who should have been directly opposite him, appeared behind him.

"Sorry, super criminal, committing crimes at any time." Shiler's voice with a smile appeared behind Batman.

"This is the worst result." Batman thought, "It's time to call Superman."

"Do you want to call your little partner over? That's just right. I must tell him about the benefits the GTO has brought to the people of Cat Getan, and the best use of the money you prepared."

Batman instantly pressed the hang-up button on the communicator, and thought in his heart: "Sorry, Clark, just pretend I pressed the wrong one."

The death of Alfred led to Batman's silence, and the impact was much greater than imagined. He hadn't made any plans recently, and even felt a headache as soon as he started thinking. Otherwise, he wouldn't have to call Superman when facing a super-powered criminal.

But now even Superman couldn't be called. Based on Batman's understanding of Clark, this small-town youth might also be puzzled why he had money but didn't save an organization that had a positive impact on Cat Getan's public order.

Once Superman was also wrapped in by Shiler, then before losing his foster son's support, he might lose his friend and ally's support. Becoming an island meant complete failure.

"Perhaps you can try to win Bruce's support." Shiler gave his suggestion and said, "Although he is not Batman, he still has the same wisdom as you. Maybe he can think of some way."

Batman hesitated slightly.

"How much money do you need?" Batman asked.

Shiler was also a bit surprised and said: "You would rather agree directly than go to Bruce to try?"

"You are right, he is not Batman." Batman opened his mouth and said, "I know better than you, if Bruce Wei En is not Batman, then what he will be. I would rather cooperate with the Joker."

"Are you a bit too extreme? He didn't offend you, right?" Shiler walked back to the chair and sat down, then said, "Besides being useless, he is not very special."

"Compared to you, it is indeed useless." Batman regretted saying this sentence.

"For the sake of your being so sensible, I can give you a discount." Shiler put his hand on the table, leaned forward, and looked at Batman and said, "You pay half, and take the other half to manage the pollution of the natural forest land."

Batman hadn't spoken yet, Shiler continued: "I know you want to improve the environmental pollution situation in the X15 district, because you participated in the matter at that time, and you feel that you are responsible for this."

"But in fact, it was not polluted there, it was just a trap made by Bruce to pit the real estate developer. But since you have money to manage, the pollution near the natural forest land is the same. The plan can be used by changing the details."

Batman frowned. He really didn't investigate the X15 district. During that period, he was exhausted and really didn't have the energy to investigate carefully.

Then Batman suddenly realized that he was like a pendulum, constantly swinging between the two goals of taking the GTO and managing the X15 district. If one side didn't work, he swung to the other side.

But this kind of swinging was not naturally produced, but someone was constantly applying thrust, letting him give up this side to go to that side at just the right time, and then give up that side to go to this side.

This kind of swinging led to him not touching either side, but he had been very busy.

Others hang carrots in front of the donkey, urging the donkey to move forward. Shiler hangs carrots on the donkey's butt, making the donkey spin in place.

When this metaphor appeared in Batman's mind, he felt that the whole person was not good.

Because he suddenly realized that everyone who had contact with Shiler was like this. They were busy spinning around, doing a lot of work they thought was very effective, but in fact, what they achieved was not the purpose they wanted to achieve, but the purpose Shiler wanted to achieve.

Batman almost felt this was his worst day.

But facts proved that there was no unluckiest, only unluckier.

Two seconds after Batman realized this fact, a red and blue figure appeared outside the floor-to-ceiling window of the reception room of Wei En Manor.

Batman now just wanted to sneer—the donkey with the greatest strength came.