Chapter 3834: The Nameless Bat (15)

"Where is the nearest back door here?!" Luthor rushed out from behind the counter, grabbed Stagg by the collar and asked, "The kind of back door that leads to a small path!"

Stagg was completely out of the situation, but he still instinctively pointed to a path next to the elevator and said: "That way."

Luthor was originally walking quickly toward that side, but he heard a series of heavy footsteps coming from the stairwell next to him. He had just walked past the fire safety door when he saw several people wearing FBI-marked windbreakers rush out of the safety door.

Luthor gritted his teeth and cursed, running quickly toward the back door. And that group of FBI also ran in this direction.

Luthor rushed out of the back door hurriedly, looked left and right, chose a direction with more plants and denser tree shade, and ran over. But when he rushed to the middle of the road, a car suddenly darted out from the corner.

"Bang!"

Luthor was directly hit and flew out, falling at least three meters away. The FBI agent who had been chasing behind him slammed on the brakes and stopped on the side of the road. Schiller got out of the car, checked Luthor's situation on the ground, and said: "Assaulting an officer, obstructing official business, interfering with the handling of a case. Take him away."

Returning to the base, Schiller took off his windbreaker, straightened his shirt collar, went to the coffee machine to make a cup of coffee, and took the coffee to Wonder Woman's interrogation room. He didn't go in, just leaned against the door, and said to the three people playing cards: "Done."

The three turned to look at him in unison.

"Figured out what's going on?" Seeing Natasha asked.

"Rumors cleared?" Superman asked.

"Can I go out?" Wonder Woman asked.

"None of these are done." Schiller said.

"Then what did you get done?" The three asked in unison.

"Lex Luthor."

"What?!" Superman was the first to stand up and say, "What happened to Luthor? Did he do something bad again?"

"He's been arrested." Schiller took a sip of coffee and said, "He will be charged with obstructing official business and assaulting an officer."

Superman widened his eyes and said: "Assaulting an officer?! You mean, he attacked you?!"

"We were in pursuit of a fugitive, and he rushed into the middle of the road to interfere with official vehicles. Although he was hit and flew out himself, as long as he didn't die, we won't withdraw the charges against him."

Superman looked as if he had heard some Arabian Nights, and he said: "You mean, he was hit by you when crossing the road, and then you want to charge him with assaulting an officer?!"

Superman gestured in mid-air, finally clenching his fist and waving it hard, saying: "Although this guy Luthor is quite bad, you guys can't turn black into white like this, right?"

"Why don't you ask him why he wanted to cross the road?"

"Is, is it illegal to cross the road in Cat Getan?" Superman was a bit confused.

"Allow me to remind you, Mr. Superman. He was crossing the road, and it was a forced crossing in a situation where it was completely unnecessary, and he just happened to hit an official vehicle. No matter how you look at it, there is a suspicion of intentionally obstructing official business, right?"

"Is there?" Superman was also a bit lost.

Thinking for a while, he scratched his head and said: "Yeah, this guy Luthor is very cautious. He almost never appears in non-secure areas that haven't been blocked off, and no matter where he goes, he takes a secure vehicle. I've dealt with him for so long, and I've never seen him cross the road. Why did he suddenly rush to the middle of the road?"

"Oh, I understand. He was just obstructing official business. This is his conspiracy. He didn't want your things to be done, but he also wanted to clear his own suspicion, so he deliberately made himself a victim. That way you guys wouldn't be able to hold him accountable."

Schiller snapped his fingers and said: "Perfect deduction, sir."

"Then where is he now?" Superman asked.

"In the base's medical center." Schiller said, "I know you might want to see your old friend, but it's not appropriate now. You are both detainees, so just stay honestly. Seeing Natasha, come with me."

Seeing Natasha walked out of the room. Schiller closed the door, and this room became a completely enclosed sealed room again, isolating Superman and Wonder Woman's senses.

"So what exactly is going on?" Seeing Natasha asked.

"Just a little scheme." Schiller shook his head and said, "Luthor is a very smart person, cautious and cunning. But in my career, I have often dealt with such people instead. I know how to make them smart but be mistaken by their own cleverness."

"Tell me in detail." Seeing Natasha seemed very interested.

"The news we got was that Luthor came by helicopter. But this is actually very abnormal, because it's too high-profile. Everyone in the world knows that Cat Getan is Wei En's territory. If Luthor really wanted to cause trouble here, he should have come sneakily, instead of taking a helicopter with the Luthor Group logo and landing somewhere in a swaggering manner."

"So he was notifying Wei En that he had come."

"Yes. I think this is a test. He wants to know what Mr. President's attitude toward him is. Or rather, he anticipated an attitude and wanted to come over to verify if it was true."

"What attitude?"

"Of course, it's that Wei En wants to get rid of him."

This actually isn't strange. The power of this Arkham Batman President is too great; since he took office, the number of big sharks he has toppled is countless. Although the Luthor Group is fine for the time being, it doesn't mean it will be fine in the future.

Luthor chose to come to Cat Getan in a high-profile manner at this time, and he must have had the intention of testing. He just wanted to see if Bruce Wei En would take action against him.

Or one could make a more malicious speculation. The scandal between Batman and Seeing Natasha was concocted by Luthor. If Seeing Natasha was lured over and had a conflict with Luthor, Luthor could slander Batman for sending an agent to kill him. Under the filming of many media reporters, Batman wouldn't be able to deny it even if he wanted to.

If news of an assassination spread, then if anything happened to Luthor in the future, people would be the first to suspect Batman. Batman would find it very difficult to take action against Luthor again.

Luthor would definitely make full preparations for this kind of plan of risking his own life. He wouldn't trust anyone, including Stagg who was used by him. It was precisely through this point that Schiller deduced that if Stagg were to go to other places with Luthor, Luthor would absolutely not use Stagg's car. And his secure vehicle wouldn't be parked in Stagg's underground parking garage, to prevent Stagg from doing anything. Then the secure vehicle must be parked in a random parking lot nearby.

So, Schiller first let his subordinates use cars to occupy all the parking spaces around. That place on Diamond Street isn't big, and people have a weak sense of law, and are relatively rich. Most people, when they find there are no parking spaces, won't bother to drive several miles to find a parking space, and will mostly park casually. If they get fined, they get fined; anyway, they aren't short of that little money.

You park, I park; the originally spacious lanes were blocked into one. Plus the patrol police patrolling and writing tickets, Diamond Street would soon be blocked from beginning to end. Luthor's prepared secure vehicle couldn't get through at all.

Then he could also walk to find the secure vehicle. But walking is risky. Not to mention that it's messy outside, many patrol police have guns, and he doesn't know which one is Wei En's person. Just the reflection of the sniper scope simulated by Schiller on the roof of the building was enough for Luthor to be unable to bear.

Unlike that young greenhorn Stagg, Luthor has been through his fair share of storms. He is well-versed in various assassination methods, especially the reflection from a sniper scope. Although it is only a very faint beam of light, it is enough to make him keep his distance.

As soon as he retreated back into the building, Schiller triggered the smoke alarm, creating a false impression that Wei En was going to burn the building. He dialed the fire alarm, but deliberately let the fire truck be blocked at the street corner and unable to come over. Luthor was even more likely to think that this was Wei En wanting his life, blocking all rescue means.

And just when he planned to retreat from the back door, Schiller let his subordinates rush down in a hurry, making it look like they were chasing him. Luthor naturally thought that the group of agents who ran down were arranged by Wei En to take his dog life.

Although Luthor is very smart, his physical fitness is just average. Even if he specifically found someone to train, he couldn't compare to a professional agent. He must have known he couldn't outrun a professional agent.

Then he could only find another way. And after going out the back door, there were two streets left and right; that street with denser tree shade had more people, and he only needed to run over there to call for help. So he would definitely run toward that side. And Schiller had long been waiting in the car.

Overall, it was Schiller using some small agent tricks to make Luthor think the President had already set up a net for him, and then guiding his escape route, letting him just happen to be hit by the car, and then bringing the person to justice.

As for why he didn't rush in and catch him directly, the reason was also very simple. On one hand, this guy is cunning like a rabbit with three burrows and might not be caught; Schiller didn't have enough manpower and might let him run away. On the other hand, this guy doesn't show flaws, and it's hard to fabricate charges. If he didn't do anything actively, but the agent organization fabricated it out of thin air, then the litigation team of the Luthor Group isn't a vegetarian either, and it's very likely they wouldn't win the lawsuit.

So Schiller simply solved the problem from the root, forcing him to do something actively. No matter what he specifically did, as long as he had action, he could definitely be pinned with a charge.

And because Luthor didn't know this was actually an evil agent acting on his own, and thought Wei En had long ago seen through his conspiracy and used the advantage of local combat to turn the tables on him. Schiller could also shirk that he was just an executor, thereby cleverly getting out.

However, Schiller was more willing to use this information gap to talk to Luthor, and maybe he could have some unexpected gains.

Schiller came to the medical center. Don't look at that hit sending Luthor flying quite far, but Schiller knew it in his heart. Luthor wasn't hurt badly, and didn't hurt any important organs, at most breaking a few ribs.

When he went, Luthor had already woken up. Schiller walked over and placed a cup of coffee on his bedside, took out his credentials and said: "Mr. Luthor, long admired. Agent Rodriguez sends his regards."

Luthor narrowed his eyes, staring at Schiller. All his reason told him that the person in front of him was that kind of very typical notorious FBI agent, experienced, cunning and difficult to deal with, and cursing him as a "blue-skinned dog" wasn't wronging him at all.

But his intuition told him it wasn't that simple. Those gray eyes shrouded in shadow seemed to hide more dangerous secrets.

"Want to talk, Mr. Luthor?" Schiller asked.

For the sake of insurance, Luthor didn't refuse. He prepared to take the initiative: "Who do you work for? The President?"

"I work for the Federation, sir." Schiller showed a smile and said.