In the bat cave under Wayne's house, tonight will be another sleepless night.

Standing in front of the huge supercomputer, Batman is summarizing all the clues he got from Akarim Prison:

One piece of information was summarized by him, and one question after another was answered by him. The names, photos and abilities of the members of Team X who participated in this operation are now neatly arranged on one side of the screen, and at the same time, an arrow points to Amanda Waller's The photo, and below it, is a photo of the Riddler with a red cross on it.

But on the other side of the screen, under the photo of a black-haired girl, behind the name and resume, there was a big question mark.

Looking at the information on the screen, Batman crossed his chest with one hand and his chin with the other, thinking.

But his thoughts were quickly interrupted, and Alfred came to the room with Superman.

"Hey Bruce, you need a break."

Superman came to stand beside Batman and said with concern:

"I heard from Mr. Alfred that you haven't had a good rest for three days."

"It's not the time yet, don't you know what happened in Gotham?"

Batman moved slightly to face Superman, pointed to the photos in the Akarim Mental Hospital on the screen and said:

"They captured Akarim!

Dozens of prisoners were mercilessly killed by them without any resistance, and the clown's cell was left with mottled blood!

At this time, you let me go to rest? "

"I know this, but... hey..."

When the words came to his lips, countless words turned into a sigh, and Superman asked:

"Okay, is there anything I can do to help?"

"No thanks, I'll take care of everything."

Batman resolutely rejected Superman's kindness. He has always been reluctant to have outsiders intervene in Gotham's affairs, even if the problem would be much simpler.

But when he turned around and started to look at the information again, he added another sentence:

"Even if you recommended Luther to that girl."

Superman is not surprised at all. As the best detective in the world, he may not be one of them. It is not surprising that Batman can deduce these situations from the girl's whereabouts and his own personality.

But there are some things that he feels must be known to the friends in front of him:

"So Bruce, do you know why that girl came to me?"

"From the point of view that you will let her go to Luther, it should be harmless to me, but it will make me unacceptable and inconvenient for you to help."

Without looking back, Batman answered Superman calmly - he knew Superman as he knew himself.

"Probably because it is difficult to define right from wrong, such as revenge for wronged people, and wandering on the edge of good and evil, Clark, you are always soft-hearted in this regard..."

"Bruce, you're right."

Superman nodded at Batman.

"She was trying to grant a wish for a dead friend."

"I investigated her detailed resume. At least after she came to Gotham, no one who could be called a 'friend' was killed."

Batman didn't agree with Superman's statement. He was very confident in his intelligence capabilities. If this kind of thing happened, he would definitely not be ignorant.

"Just like you know her body is full of little military habits?"

Although he doesn't often show it, Superman is definitely not stupid. On the contrary, he is one of the smartest beings on this planet.

"...I'll find out."

This time Batman hesitated in his answer, and this doubt was indeed a mystery he hadn't solved yet.

Although he suspected Amanda Waller for a while, he couldn't figure out if it was really Amanda's subordinate, what did she want to do when she joined the Wayne Group?

If she has any purpose, what can a guy who is the lowest-level employee on the first day of work, leave early and absent from work after just over an hour to get familiar with everyone?

——Batman couldn't find any relevant information on the girl's messy resume fabricated by the aliens. ——

"But she wasn't lying - my super hearing, my super vision and my heart told me she wasn't lying."

Superman pointed to himself and said slowly, his ability is the guarantee of his reputation:

"Bruce, the wish she wants to fulfill is to save Gotham City."

"...can you tell me the details of the conversation between you?"

After hearing this answer, the originally calm Batman finally turned his head and asked seriously.

"of course."

At the same time, the top floor of Lex Group

Tang Xuening was not dissatisfied at all when she got the acquisition agreement that Luther offered at most [-]% of the market price.

Yes, instead of leaving those super criminals' technology products in their hands and not knowing what to do with them, let alone who to sell them to—whom they can sell them to (Note 1), Luthor's approach is not too much.

——At least he left the part of the technology that is easiest for civilian use and mass production to the girl in the form of blueprints.

On the other hand, it seems that as compensation, how he will cooperate with his partners and how he will share them.A series of issues such as how to divide the management scope and supervision mechanism were drafted into a memorandum, which can be regarded as a solution to the big problem of young girls who don't know anything about it.

But now, as the chairman in name, in fact, all the preparations, site selection, formalities, etc. are left to the partner, and even the supervision is sent by Luthor. Second lesson:

A lesson on how to reverse Gotham's social atmosphere, reduce crime and reduce costs after solving the employment problem.

"Okay, let me talk about your views on how to reduce the crime rate."

As always, Luthor wanted his subjects to think for themselves.

"Hmm... ban on guns?"

The girl answered.

"Violation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, even if you do it, do you know what will happen?"

Hearing this answer, Luthor almost didn't laugh. He looked at the girl with a mocking look of "the ignorant are always fearless":

"The NRA will fight you to the death—they're the ones I wouldn't take lightly."

"Higher detection rate?"

The girl frowned and changed her answer.

"It can be regarded as grasping a little edge, the question is how do you improve the detection rate?"

Luther asked noncommittal.

"... Install a surveillance system covering the whole city? Increase the police force?"

Well, the girl thought about how she would do it in the original world.

"Let's not talk about whether the Owl Council will agree with your actions that obviously endanger their interests. Even if it is possible, you have not repaired the factory yet. How can you get so much liquidity for the Gotham government to let them improve?"

Luther actually showed a wry smile. It seems that he has a deep understanding of bureaucracy, and he must have been tortured to death.

"And if you don't pay for it, the long review process of the Gotham City Council can drag your proposal to the next century. Even if it is passed by then, due to various reasons, it is estimated that it will not be completed until the next century."

"Um……"

Well, Tang Xuening feels like a fool now.

After long thinking, she finally gave up.

"I'm lost, so what's your opinion?"

"To save Gotham, you need to start from two aspects:"

Luthor said to the girl with a beating smile on his face:

"On the one hand, you need to increase the cost of crime. When the robbery is just likely to be beaten up by Batman, and then it will be released soon because of insufficient evidence (Note 2), the benefits of success far outweigh the benefits of failure. possible loss. The low cost of crime is one of the root causes of all the excesses of crime."

"You mean me to find someone to lobby the governor to change the law?"

After listening, the girl showed a bitter face.

"My political performance has always been poor... Can you introduce some congressmen? I will try my best."

"Your approach is to fight against the Council of Owls and Batman at the same time - you can't win."

Luther waved his hand exaggeratedly, his expression conveyed the contempt of "who do you think you are" very appropriately.

"No legislator from this state will go against the Wayne Group."

"Then what do you mean?"

Tang Xuening went blind.

"I feel that if I follow my method, I will be kicked out by Batman as 'person not welcome in Gotham' soon!"

"This is the homework I left for you, I can give you a little hint:

— Just as I need to follow the rules set by Superman to defeat him, you also need to learn to use the rules set by them~”

Luther smiled maliciously.

"And then, there's the other side -- you need to lower the cost of justice."

"The cost of justice?"

The girl asked puzzledly.

"It is difficult for a construction worker who is already exhausted to maintain his family's livelihood to show a sense of justice - there is no other reason, what will his wife and children do if he is injured or dies?

There is still such a hard work waiting for me tomorrow, what if I am exhausted from fighting the gangsters and get fired tomorrow? "

Luther explained to the girl:

"So, apart from being born with or accidentally possessing superpowers due to certain external factors, 'mortal heroes' can only be a game for rich people with money and leisure. At worst, you need to find a sponsor like the Wayne Group.

This is also the reason why there are only a handful of "mortals" in the entire Justice League, so there are not many people who have money and leisure and good luck and believe that they must rely on themselves to maintain "justice" instead of using their money and rights to promote reforms.

So if you want to change Gotham, you must make it profitable for the hero to do justice!

Otherwise, people who can uphold justice without asking for anything in return can never be ordinary people. "

"But those who join because of profit are probably just chasing profit."

Tang Xuening felt that this plan made her feel very uncomfortable.

It felt like she knew that the mousse cake she liked very much was also called artificial gelatin cream cake.

Although the taste is still the taste in memory, but I can no longer "enjoy" this taste like before.

"But their actions were just, that's enough, isn't it?"

Luther asked back.

——Yes, it is not enough to have the correct result, but also to expect the correct process, that is the prerogative of the strong. ——

When the girl was silent, Luther spoke again, but this time it was another "reminder" that made the girl feel headache:

"The next thing is my extracurricular tutoring-reminder: the two aspects I just mentioned can be done together through one thing."

"..."

The girl who gave up the treatment began to think about the feasibility of making all the plans out of Luther.

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