I'm the villain in Gotham

Since what happened in the Batcave that day, Erberist hasn't seen Batman for two full days, and even at the inevitable dinner table, he speaks much less than before.

Tim was the first to realize the anomaly, followed by Dick and Damian, and given what Batman had done before, and his vexing skepticism and stubbornness, the three of them within a meal could pretty much guess what was going on. .In this regard, the three people (mainly Dick and Tim) expressed their helplessness, and in fact had already guessed.

The three looked at each other for a while, and finally Dick sighed and took over this difficult task.

After lunch, Dick stopped Erberister at the foot of the stairs: "Shall we talk?"

Erberist rejected him with no expression: "No."

He tried to move past Dick, and Dick leaned against the banister of the stairs, and didn't try to stop him, just said, "You know Batman, he's always been like that. Actually, maybe you can't believe it, but there's something in the Batcomputer." We more or less can't stand him for the whole set of conditioning programs for the few of us. But," he paused uncomfortably, "he's still a good father to me."

Erberist paused in his forward steps, but said nothing, and then continued to walk farther.

Dick watched Erberist's back from behind, shrugged helplessly, and only hoped that he could listen to his own words, even a little bit.

Two days later, Erberist finally reappeared in front of Batman.His tone and actions seemed a little alienated compared to before, obviously he hadn't come out of the previous shadow, but Dick's words finally made him think a little bit more clearly.It wasn't the first day he knew that Batman would have plans to attack his friends, and he had imagined a situation where Batman didn't completely trust him.

He just felt angry and aggrieved because he didn't get an equal return after giving, but... It seems that for human beings, if you pay, you will definitely get it.

Then, thinks Uberister, for the sake of his being my recognized master, I can forgive him once and give him hope again.

Batman didn't bother to deal with Urberist's emotions, and after realizing that even if he did, Urberister's response was nothing more than sulking and one-sided cold war without the force he had been wary of. He puts it aside for a moment and focuses on finding who's behind the chaos in Gotham.

Finally he finds the manipulative murderer, one of his many old rivals, his mortal enemy - the clown.

After some wits with the Joker, Batman finally caught him.

"Oh, my dear little bat, what made you so angry?" The clown was beaten bruised and bloody, but he was still laughing: "Look, this is just a little game. Found me. It's not even an appetizer in our usual interactions, but it's far more relaxing than the previous games."

Batman grabbed his collar and stared at him fiercely: "You're framing Erberist."

"Who are you talking about? The magic little dragon? Oh, yes, hahahaha, yes!" The clown laughed, and said in a cadenced tone: "Oh, my dear little bat, because I found out, you You have less trust with him than with your goddamn birds. Why is that? Because he's not human? Ha! As I said earlier, I'm the only one you should pay attention to, and now I'm in help you!"

"Let's get rid of this monster between you and me first, and then your little birds..." His strange green eyes were tightly closed, and the pupils were always the size of pinheads, laughing crazily Said: "After that, the whole Gotham will be our playground! Look, little bat, when you play with me is the happiest time for you, come and smile with me!"

Batman couldn't take it anymore, he grabbed his hair and pressed it into the wall, his nosebleeds spurted out instantly.The Joker doesn't speak anymore, but he's still laughing, his maniacal laughter echoing through the dark night of Gotham, churning out a crazy air.

Batman assists Arkham's guards to lock the Joker in again, and returns to the Batcave.When he saw Erberist again, he told him the reason for this incident.

Just like Batman imagined, Erberist didn't have much reaction. He didn't care who framed him, only whether Batman had the same suspicion of him.

After saying this, Batman informs Urberist that he has restored his night watch qualifications and raised his level of use of the Batcomputer.Of course, this cannot be Batman's sudden whim. After half a year of investigation, and the recent reaction of Erberist to his doubts, Batman's danger rating for him has been lowered again, and finally he can rest assured I want to give him some less important secrets.

Erberister was taken aback for a moment, then put his fingers on his chest, and bowed slightly: "Yes, master." He asked, "What do you need me to do?"

"Not now." Batman said in a deep voice, "I will call you when the time comes."

"Okay," Eberist nodded, indicating that he understood: "Then I'll go back first."

Batman frowned slightly, and nodded silently.

Since then, Erberist's attitude towards Batman has gradually improved, and he has done all the work that Batman told him to do, and gradually resumed his occasional arrogance.But at the same time, Batman also found that he began to avoid some things carefully, and became cautious in some small things.

It was only after the old butler's sighing reminder that day that Batman discovered that Erberister wouldn't even enter the Batcave in his absence unless he told him to.The upgrade of the level seems to be dispensable to Erberist, and he doesn't even touch the huge thing very much, unless Batman wants him to help find some information.But even so, after the task is completed, he usually doesn't stay in the Batcave for too long, and most of them choose to leave immediately.

Batman realized that this seemed to be an evasive behavior by Erberist, and the reason was self-evident, of course, from the accident that happened in the Batcave that day.It was detrimental to future actions, and Batman had talked to Erberist about it—if he thought it was a conversation, it hadn't worked.

Erberist was certainly aware of his own problems, and he tried to force himself to forget what he saw on the Batcomputer that day, and Batman's scathing suspicions.But as the number and time of his participation in Batman operations increased, whenever he felt like he was about to forget, similar things happened again.Batman doesn't doubt that he's going to kill anymore, but anything else, big or small...those are doubts.

Erberist gave trust and hope time and time again, but only got disappointment and blow every time.By the end, he couldn't help but wonder if he had done something wrong in the first place.He shouldn't have provoked the Justice League from the very beginning, shouldn't have forcibly invaded Batman's memory, let alone forced a contract with him, forcing him to become his own master.

If none of this happened, will Batman treat him differently now, will he trust him as he imagined, and regard him as his most loyal partner and servant?

He never knew again.

With the deepening of his understanding of Batman, Erberist gradually realized that Batman rarely smiled, and he was not a person who would thank and praise people.And when this happens, usually he has other agendas, ulterior motives.

Gradually, Erberist found that being straightforward in many cases could not achieve the results he wanted. Perhaps a slight change in the way of speaking could make the situation much better.He's also used to Batman's cold gaze, the occasional scrutiny and scrutiny.Sometimes he would protest about it, and they would argue, but even when he was annoyed, Erberist couldn't help thinking that maybe I wasn't doing well enough, that if I tried harder, one day, he would You can trust me completely, as I trust him completely.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, Erberist had been on Earth for a long time.Batman doesn't take him with him every time he goes into action, but sometimes he is in danger due to the lack of certain items in his universal belt.Although Erberist never knew why those small bags could hold so many props, it was obvious that he couldn't put everything in it.

Erberist had to help him with a small upgrade.

When Batman came down from the study to the Batcave, he saw Urberister fiddle with his Universal Belt.He raised his eyebrows and asked, "What are you doing?"

After realizing that this was just an ordinary inquiry, Erberist handed the belt to Batman as if taking credit: "I have expanded the space in the belt for you," he said with a hint of showing off on his face." From now on you will never have to worry about lack of space as there is room for everything you need, including, of course, bat repellent.”

Batman took it and experimented for a while in front of Erberist.Obviously, this change helped him a lot, and perhaps solved his urgent needs. Batman had a smile on his face for the first time, and praised: "Good job."

The smile on Erberist's face froze.

He was at a loss for a while, before remembering to explain for himself: "Master, this is just, just a small, very simple magic. It...it has no other effect."

Hearing this, Batman paused for checking the universal belt, and raised his head to look at Erberist.

There might have been a little doubt in his eyes, but he didn't say it in the end, he just gave a faint "hmm".