Chapter 3843

"She recovered her ability to walk?" Seeing Natasha said subconsciously. Then she reacted; this was what Schiller had asked her to wait for.

Schiller took the report and looked at it. The photos of the six footprints had nothing unusual; they looked like traces left by a normal person walking. But what was unusual was that these footprints belonged to Barbara Gordon.

Barbara had no way to walk; she could only sit in a wheelchair. So, the appearance of walking-shaped footprints belonging to her on the ground could only mean two possibilities: either her legs had recovered, or someone had forged the footprints.

Schiller picked up the hair and said to the technician: "Go and do a genetic test, although I already know the result."

Seeing Natasha looked at him. Schiller said: "Think about it, when we discovered that the mastermind sending the emails had extremely brilliant internet technology, what would normal people think? Would they really think of an electronic life form?"

Seeing Natasha shook her head slowly and said: "We thought of it because we have an electronic life form around us. Because Jarvis is our friend, we thought of him at the first opportunity. If it were normal people, they would probably think the other party is a very powerful hacker."

"Yes, didn't I just have doubts earlier?" Schiller said, "Barbara is a hacker who can rival Batman, and there are not many top hackers like her in the world. If there really is an email source that neither Wei En Enterprises nor LexCorp can trace, her suspicion would be very high."

"Just when we suspected her because of the unknown source of the emails, we found her walking footprints in the room where her hair was. We would definitely subconsciously think: she recovered her ability to move, just didn't tell anyone."

"Then we would associate it with Abidonis's red-haired lover. When we learned from Mrs. Abidonis that this red-haired lover could walk freely, we happened to 'guess' that Barbara had recovered her ability to move. Then is there a second person who would have such high suspicion like her?"

"In other words, the person who sent the emails and left the hair and footprints wants us to think that it has always been Barbara Gordon pushing all this behind the scenes."

"Yes, it's just that because we know Jarvis, we thought wrong from the beginning. Plus the conclusion given by Greed made us not think in the direction of normal people, so we only suspected Barbara until now."

"What a huge setup." Seeing Natasha sighed, "Then could it be that the scandal photos of me and the President were also to lure out the camera belonging to the Oracle system on Arkham Knight?"

"Perhaps so." Schiller nodded and said, "Although there are a few too many twists and turns, it's not impossible. The mastermind is very smart and doesn't hesitate to use a huge event to cover up the tiny 'clues' behind it. It is indeed a difficult opponent."

"What now? Where could Barbara be?"

"She is probably controlled by the other party. We can't alert the enemy. You find a way to convince Gordon to issue a wanted notice for Barbara Gordon, making the mastermind think everything is running as he wishes. We'll find a way to lure him out."

Seeing Natasha nodded and went to arrange the work. Soon she returned, and Schiller was still standing there thinking.

"What are you thinking about?" Seeing Natasha asked.

"Who could the red-haired woman be?"

"Do you really think there is such a person?"

"Yes, she is very likely the mastermind. First, she provoked the relationship between the Abidonis couple, leading to the subsequent murder case, and then used her appearance to frame all this on Barbara Gordon."

"Remember our previous reasoning?" Seeing Natasha said, "Could it be Black Widow from another universe?"

"Do you think this is your style of doing things?"

Seeing Natasha was choked for a moment, then shook her head and said: "Of course not. I am a spy, not a politician or a conspirator. I really don't think any version of me in any universe would use such a complicated way to do something."

"I don't think so either, so our previous reasoning might not be accurate. She targeted you, not necessarily because you are a visitor from another world."

"Then why?"

"Because you have red hair like her."

"What?" Seeing Natasha was a bit puzzled.

"Abnormal psychology." Schiller said, "She doesn't want anyone to be similar to her, especially when she has woven a huge conspiracy that wraps both Lex and Wei En into it. She doesn't allow anyone to be so similar to her."

Seeing Natasha opened her mouth, still a bit unable to understand. She could only say: "Fine, even so. But she still found those low-class people to kill me."

"Because she looks down on you." Schiller said, "She thinks you are just a spy without brains who only knows how to fight hard. To be precise, she thinks you are not worth her spending more effort."

"It's like a fantasy." Seeing Natasha said.

"In the world of perverts, everything is possible." Schiller took off his gloves and walked to the window, looking at the scene outside and saying, "Whether it's choosing to frame Barbara or getting people to attack you, it proves she doesn't like women with this image."

"In the theory of sexual psychology, people usually release pheromones toward a certain type of person. This represents their preferences and choices. There are certain natural reasons for liking a type of person, but disliking a type of person is often a rational decision."

"Disliking a certain type of person might be because they have been hurt by this type of person before, and there is an adversarial relationship between them. But there is another situation, which is that they are too similar. Those lunatics with extreme self-awareness do not allow people similar to her to exist in this world."

"Both Barbara and I are very similar to the mastermind." Seeing Natasha said, "But we only have red hair as a similarity."

Schiller shook his head and said: "It's not that simple. You don't understand Barbara, and I don't really understand her either. But you must have some mental similarities. For example..."

"For example?"

"Idealism." Schiller said, "Independent, strong, never lacking people to love."

"Why do I feel the last point is the key."

"Because that's what I meant." Schiller said, "Often, it's people who don't lack love who can cultivate the other traits mentioned above."

"Do you think the mastermind also doesn't lack love?"

"On the contrary, she is different from you only in this point; to be precise, she is not as good as you. She desperately wants to see those who love you abandon you, so she concocted the scandal between you and the President, wanting to make Arkham Batman draw a line with you, and then frame Barbara Gordon, wanting to make her hated by everyone."

"That's enough." Seeing Natasha said, "I'm not interested in the perverted psychology of these lunatics, tell me how to catch her."

"Actually, it's quite simple." Schiller said, "How did you and Batman fall out?"

Seeing Natasha's hand paused. She said: "Because he invited me to a banquet, and I refused... wait a minute, why did he have to invite me to a banquet?"

"You only realized it now?" Schiller laughed and said, "He is the President, would he lack a female companion? And would he not know that you don't want to appear in public, that you carry a knife, and that you were still in a connected state at that time?"

"I said why he was like a mental patient that day, insisting on rambling about this matter. Could it be that he had already sensed something?"

"I told you, Batman senses everything earlier than you imagine. For example, someone provoking the relationship between the United States and the Amazon behind the scenes, and also the mastermind's thoughts and psychology."

"Wait." Seeing Natasha said, "Could it be that his targeting of the Amazon was also to target Wonder Woman? But Wonder Woman is not a redhead."

"Yes, but she is also brave, confident, and doesn't lack love. Although Batman hasn't responded to her, he has been using practical actions to protect her."

"Why do I feel the key is Batman?" Seeing Natasha said, supporting her head with her fingers, "Barbara Gordon is a member of the Bat-family and is trusted by Batman; I am Batman's lover and have been entrusted with important tasks by him; Wonder Woman is even Batman's good friend and his firm supporter. Could the reason the mastermind targets us be because she likes Batman?"

"It's hard for you to interpret this as simple liking; I prefer to call it pathological obsession." Schiller said.

"So before, Batman invited me to attend the banquet to use me as bait to lure out this mastermind who is obsessed with him?"

"It's very likely." Schiller said, "So now, after going around in circles, you still have to accompany the President to the banquet. Because only in this way can the mastermind possibly be provoked into standing out."

"To make her break her defense, we shouldn't issue a wanted notice for Barbara." Seeing Natasha completely turned around and said, "We should claim that Barbara is missing and everyone is searching for her with all their might. That way she will know we haven't given up on Barbara, wouldn't she be even more annoyed?"

"No." Schiller shook his head and said, "Targeting you and Barbara are two different ways of handling things. Issuing a wanted notice for Barbara is to show the mastermind that we have given up on her. Because Barbara is now in her hands and basically has no ability to resist. If we go to provoke the mastermind again, Barbara might be in danger."

"But you are different; you are still fine now, and your combat level is much higher than Barbara's, even being able to trade blows with Batman. And you will be Batman's partner later, so the combined combat level of you two is even more incredible. Even if the mastermind is driven crazy, she can't beat you, so that's why we have to use you to provoke her."

"I see." Seeing Natasha said, "But if she can't beat us, how would she dare to show up?"

"She doesn't know how strong you are." Schiller said, "Not to mention in this world, even in our universe, you haven't really fought anyone. If anyone knows your combat level, it's probably me. Where would others know?"

"So, the driven-crazy mastermind is more likely to separate you from Batman and then attack you when you are alone. And if nothing goes wrong, she might see you in person. You just take the opportunity to take her down."

"That's one way." Seeing Natasha said, "After being photographed in a scandal, appearing in public with the President, I don't know what kind of uproar that will cause."

"So?"

"So I have to go pick a beautiful dress, so that even if they attack the air around me, they can't attack my appearance, and praise how well I match Bruce Wei En, to piss that mastermind off to death."

After speaking, Seeing Natasha left. But after she left, Schiller frowned slowly. The rhythmic sound of his fingertips tapping on the desk sounded like raindrops falling from the clouds before a storm.

?? Currently, it's a dual-line narrative of the main universe and the Arkham universe. If you don't understand, just start from the unit and read it in one go. Sometimes you forget when chasing updates.