Chapter 3856: The Nameless Bat (37)

"Skip those headache-inducing professional terms, just tell me your discovery." Schiller stared tightly at Barbara's face and said.

"You will definitely find it incredible," Barbara said, "I have absolutely no need to hide anything for the killer, let alone he might have kidnapped me. But I really have my own reasons for doing so. I..."

"Relax, Miss." Schiller let his subordinate pour a glass of water for Barbara. But this clearly didn't make Barbara relax. Her fingers kept tapping the cup, looking very anxious.

"In fact, during that time, my worldview was completely shattered; I didn't even know there were people in this world who could have such technology. This is simply incredible..."

Barbara's language logic was a bit broken, but Schiller still understood what she meant, so he pursued: "Are you saying you investigated a hacker with very powerful technology following the email?"

"Maybe." Barbara's tone was full of uncertainty, "I don't even know if he really exists, because I didn't find any real evidence. Even if you lock me up for another year, I can't produce anything. But I just have an intuition. I didn't tell you because it's too absurd..."

"It doesn't matter, Miss, you just need to say your own feeling. Whether it's really the case, I have my own judgment."

"Fine. Just like you know, not long ago, to be precise, not long after the scandal photos of the President and Mrs. Romanoff were exposed, I wanted to trace who exposed the photos. Just at that time, I received an email in my inbox; he hoped I wouldn't investigate this matter anymore."

"I have received many such threatening emails, so I didn't pay much attention to it. However, considering that following this email might directly find the mastermind, I still tried to check the source of the email, but found nothing."

"This is normal, after all, daring to expose the President's news, how could they not have some skills? But precisely because I found this person's technology was good, it aroused my competitive spirit. I thought at the time, I must see how much ability this guy has, so I started searching extensively."

"Did you find anything?"

"It's strange precisely because I couldn't find anything," Barbara said, "Don't look at the short history of the human internet, but the data inside is as vast as the sea, covering an extremely wide range, and can spread to the field of all electronic communication equipment. There are very few things I can't find at all; this guy who sent me the email is one of them."

"This is what I told you, I can't even be sure if he really exists, because there are indeed no traces of him on the internet. He is like a ghost; you can't find half his shadow in the real world."

"I understand," Schiller nodded and said, "Then why on earth did you hide this matter?"

Barbara pursed her lips, her expression a bit unnatural, then looked at Schiller and said: "You have to guarantee that you won't take what I say next as testimony."

"You know this is unlikely, Miss. I hope you consider your situation; now everyone who is still active outside can do more things than you. Instead of worrying about them, you'd better worry about yourself."

"Fine." Barbara sighed heavily and said, "If you must have me name someone who could possibly do this, then I would say Batman."

Schiller raised his eyebrows. Barbara continued: "Part of my computer technology was learned from Batman. He said my talent in this area is better than his, but clearly, his knowledge reserve in mechanical engineering is much stronger than mine, as well as electronic communication, signal science, etc.; these aspects are all connected to network technology engineering. So I think his hacking technology is above mine."

"Speaking of which, it might be a bit absurd, but the end of network intrusion is physical intrusion. Batman is clearly very good at this aspect, and I am not. So if there is anyone who can do what the email sender did without leaving any traces, then it can only be Batman."

"Have you considered 'non-human'?"

"Non-human? Are you talking about people like Superman or Wonder Woman? But this also has a problem; most non-humans don't understand the human internet either. They might be able to use magic to erase some traces, but they will always leave others, and might even be less rigorous than ordinary hackers, because the purely logical thing of the network itself conflicts with magic. I think they can't do it."

"Have you learned about electronic life?"

"Artificial intelligence?" Barbara frowned slightly and said, "Forgive my bluntness, all those advertisements about artificial intelligence you see in the Diamond Street financial reports are scams. Judging by the current level of human artificial intelligence, it is impossible for true strong artificial intelligence to appear within 200 years."

"What if it wasn't invented by humans, but came from outer space?"

"Then he should go to Metropolis, not Cat Getan."

Schiller looked at her without speaking. Barbara also seemed to feel that her words were a bit absurd, so she had to explain: "Although I don't know why, aliens don't favor Cat Getan. To be precise, this city of Cat Getan is their black box, or it can be said to be Pandora's box, which won't be opened easily. And because of Superman's existence, the possibility of Metropolis attracting aliens is greater."

"Do you know what role the Luthor siblings played in this whole incident?"

"I can probably imagine," Barbara said, "Because Superman came to Cat Getan, so they came too. The aliens chasing them might also have come."

"Do you think the possibility of Batman is greater or the possibility of aliens is greater?"

"Seriously, I don't see the necessity for Batman and aliens to do this. He already has such technology; why just choose to expose the President's scandal? Can't he just invade Earth directly?"

"Because Superman can't deal with this type of alien." Schiller shook his head and said, "If it really is an electronic life from outer space, then his opponent will eventually be Batman. Isn't it logical for him to choose to weaken Batman first?"

"No wonder," Barbara said, "It seems this guy is very cunning, knowing the principle of catching the thief first, and will keep hiding himself without showing up until he has weakened Batman to a certain extent."

"That's not necessarily true." Schiller smiled and said, "Just now, I forced him to show a flaw once. I fired a shot at Lex Luthor with a sniper rifle, and he controlled Luthor's car to honk to save his life. This should make Luthor realize his existence."

Barbara widened her eyes, raised her tone, and said: "You fired a shot at Luthor?! Aren't you afraid of really killing him?!"

"If I really killed him, I would have another half-year administrative leave plus a special bonus awarded to me by the President." Schiller said.

"Oh, God, the thing I can't stand the most is you agents not taking human life seriously!" Barbara grabbed her hair hard. But she also knew her situation wasn't good, so she was too lazy to argue about these problems, and instead thought for a while and said: "You said the car honked to save him; did you find anything in the car?"

"This is exactly what I want to show you." Schiller had his subordinate give the document he showed Luthor before to Barbara, and then said, "With our technical means, we really can't check anything. Luthor might not have a way either, so I'm afraid I need your help."

Barbara took the document and looked at it carefully, then shook her head and said: "It's useless to just look at this; I have to go to the scene to check, preferably being able to access local cameras or the shop's network."

"We will satisfy all your needs, Miss. However, for safety reasons, you must stay here until this matter is over."

"No," Barbara said, "I have to go back to the Zhong Lou base, and I also have to go say hello to James. My father will be very worried about me!"

"You can rest assured in this regard; everything in your Zhong Lou base has been moved here. And I will tell Commissioner Gordon that you have been found, just participating in a witness protection program and temporarily unable to show up. You can make a phone call to your father under the surveillance of agents."

"Can I say? You are already considered the more humane one among agents." Barbara said helplessly.

"Thanks for the compliment." Schiller smiled at her and said, "However, I must correct you, Miss. This isn't being humane, but my experience tells me that forcing your helpers usually only backfires; working for you sincerely is efficient."

Schiller said while walking over, personally helping Barbara unlock the handcuffs, pulling open the safety chair, and supporting her out of the interrogation room with his hand. Barbara shook her head and said: "If you hadn't told me before that you fired a shot directly at Luthor, perhaps I would believe this."

"There are different methods for different people; flexibility is the basic quality of an agent." Schiller handed Barbara to the subordinates waiting outside and instructed: "Ensure Miss Gordon's safety and high quality of life, and don't put too much pressure on her."

Standing in the corridor, Schiller looked at Barbara and said: "Of course, the mastermind hasn't made any moves for a few days; the time until the next move won't be too long, and I'm afraid they won't use gentle means like destroying diplomacy and exposing photos again. How long it takes to find clues is entirely up to you, dear Miss."

When Barbara left, she even walked in front of the agents, almost running all the way to the technical department. Schiller took out his phone again, dialed a number, and said: "How is the Justice League side? Has the base been built? Good, I know."

Schiller walked into the office quickly, waved his hand, and said: "All field personnel follow me."

They took the elevator downstairs at the fastest speed, got into five cars separately, drove all the way toward the Justice League's new Cat Getan base, and then dispersed at a distance of 1-2 miles from the League.

Schiller, sitting in the car, picked up the walkie-talkie and said: "Keep an eye on all shops providing takeout nearby, find the rider who wants to deliver a meal for 6-7 people with the Justice League's new base as the target, knock him out and lock him in the car, then notify me."

About a few minutes later, a voice with a slight crackle came from the walkie-talkie: "Boss, found him, Morgan Time Pizza Shop. I've marked it for you."

Schiller turned the steering wheel to drive out of the parking space and drove toward the red dot marked on the phone. That was a pizza shop about a mile southwest of the new base. The agent's car was parked under the shade of a tree.

Schiller pulled the car over and stopped, walked out of the car, changed to another car, and looked back to see the already unconscious delivery man.

"Small dose of anesthetic, won't have any impact on his health, but it will take about 5 hours to fully wake up." The female agent driving said, "If necessary, it can also be extended."

"Not for now." Schiller looked back at the delivery man; the delivery men here didn't wear uniforms, and most of them drove to deliver goods, and there wouldn't be any special traces of wind and sun on their bodies, and because the new base was built next to a beach resort, far away from black and Mexican communities, most of the delivery men were white, and the one lying in the back seat was just an ordinary white male.

"Where is the pizza?" Schiller asked.

"In the trunk of his car, haven't had time to take it out yet." The female agent pointed to another car beside it.

"Car keys?"

"Also in the car."

Schiller nodded, pushed the door and got out, first took out a half-long brown curly wig from the car he was originally driving, put a duckbill cap on the wig, then put on a mask with graffiti decoration, took off the original windbreaker jacket, changed into a jacket, and pulled the zipper of the jacket to the very top.

Then, he sat into the delivery man's car and turned the key to start it. The car soon arrived at the main entrance of the new base. ===== CHAPTER 3857 =====