"I'm not a Gothamite."
Schiller's first rule of fabrication: nine points true and one point false, or nine points false and one point true.
"I come from a very far away place, and we only met because Batman and I were on a cross-universe journey at the same time."
"That place is far beyond the imagination of time and space and cannot be reached by any conventional means. The reason why I appear here is naturally because I was invited by Batman."
Peter's voice echoed in the empty lower level of the Batcave. Batman remained silent because he also wanted to know what Peter's plan was.
But he will soon regret his decision, because the second rule of Schiller's law of fabrication: the fault can be anyone, but it is definitely not me.
Batman would make this decision naturally because he had a plan in mind, and every elaborate plan Batman makes begins with the Joker's conspiracy.
Peter's brain was spinning rapidly, connecting every clue he learned. In addition to adding his own understanding, there was also a certain amount of fabrication and association.
Because the third rule of Schiller’s random fabrication is: in addition to being rigorous, it must also be exciting.
"Before I came here, the city had just experienced chaos. The culprit was naturally the notorious super criminal The Joker. He got his hands on a poison called Titanaxin and claimed to use it to destroy Gotham."
But no one except Batman knows that his fanfare is just a cover for another evil conspiracy.
Sure enough, the three people in the cage frowned, and Jason didn't even realize that he was constantly leaning forward to listen to what Peter said with an attitude of excessive attention.
Peter relaxed a little, and it worked really well. Schiller made up the fourth rule: don't lie, just change the narrative method to create enough suspense.
"This evil plan against Batman began not months ago, but about a year ago."
Peter stared at Jason's face, and Jason looked a little dazed by him. Peter said in a deep voice: "The Joker needs a knife to cut through the hard bat armor and cause real mental damage to Batman."
"He knows that Batman has an extremely strong willpower, and ordinary disasters cannot break through his iron-clad defenses. Then the Joker has only one option left - to take away a father's child."
"The candidate needs to have the following characteristics: close relationship with Batman, following Batman all year round, lack of vigilance, and unstable mental state."
Jason glared at Peter. He knew that Peter was talking about him. Just as he was about to refute, Peter interrupted him.
"Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't meet these characteristics. Whoever leaves the warm and safe nest voluntarily will be unlucky."
Jason pursed his lips and stopped talking.
How could he not have regretted it? I was so angry that when I left, I not only didn’t take any weapons with me, I didn’t even put a communicator or beacon on me. This was no longer just running away from home without any money, but not even wearing any clothes.
"The clown succeeded." Peter raised his head slightly and said, "But he will always succeed. As long as he waits long enough, there will always be careless young people who make mistakes."
The fierce emotions that had just surged in Jason's heart calmed down a little, and he felt that what Peter said made sense.
If his kidnapping was indeed a long-planned conspiracy by the Joker, then it would be someone else if it wasn't him. He has a thousand days to be a thief, but there is no thousand days to guard against thieves.
Batman frowned slightly. He did have some understanding of some of the Joker's conspiracies, but at that time he did not connect Jason's disappearance with other things.
"The assistant is missing, and Batman will definitely look for it." At this moment, Peter had an idea and connected another thing with what he was talking about.
"Of course it's impossible for the Joker to let Batman find his missing assistant. He will hide him very well, but at the same time he will let Batman find other people, some bombs he has buried long ago - people infected with the Joker virus. .”
"This is not unexpected. Batman was just on his way to find his Robin and accidentally discovered some mental patients with unknown symptoms. After analysis, he found that their symptoms were somewhat similar to a certain aspect of the Joker."
"Batman would be wary of anything related to the Joker, so he took them away, which played into the Joker's hands."
Batman was not surprised by this analysis, because he was not afraid to speculate on the Joker with the greatest malice. In his confrontation with the Joker, any seemingly accidental events may have been carefully arranged, and both of them took it upon themselves to do so. People are naturally reasonable.
"Batman brought these patients back to the base, but it was impossible to do anything to them. Although they were infected with the Joker virus, they were still victims. Batman would not use any inhumane means to treat them."
"But he also can't solve the Joker virus, or he can solve it, but it just takes time, and the Joker will not give Batman time, and the Titan virus plan is launched."
Jason frowned deeply. He found that there was a hidden thread that he had never thought about carefully, which seemed to be surrounding the city and affecting everyone.
"The Joker deliberately made a big fuss, and in order to prevent the Joker from actually using the Titan virus to create more evil criminals or causing the city to fall into injustice, Batman could only choose to stop the Joker's actions first."
"The next step is the biggest trap - the Joker is dead."
Both Penguin and Scarecrow frowned. Penguin raised his eyebrows and was about to make a sarcastic comment. Scarecrow grabbed the prison railing with one hand and said: "I was thinking at that time, that guy will not die so easily. All the things in his body are..." We have a certain virus that has very peculiar properties.”
"So when I heard about his death, I went to find his ashes to see if I could get rid of the virus."
"Of course you can't get it, because the virus has been transferred." Peter sighed and speculated half-seriously: "There can be many clown viruses, but there can only be one clown."
"On the other hand, anyone infected with the clown virus may become a clown."
"So the clown prepared several virus-infected bodies for himself to resurrect." Penguin said with some surprise: "Why is he going around in such a big circle? Either don't die from the beginning, what's the point of resurrecting after death? significance?"
"Those infected with the Joker virus are indeed the bodies he prepared, but they are not his best choice." Peter stopped and turned to look at Batman.
Batman's expression told everyone present that their suspicions at this time were correct.
"Batman is the Joker's favorite resurrection body."
Jason felt suffocated for a moment, and then a greater fear struck him. He rushed to the railing, grabbed the railing with both hands and looked at Batman and asked: "Is he inside you? Can you see him? Right? That’s why you know that I...I..."
Facing Jason's sad and angry eyes, Batman nodded slowly and looked towards the darkness behind Jason, where a pale hand stretched out and was constantly tracing the letters on Jason's face.
And Batman also clearly felt the urge to do this.
Jason closed his eyes in pain, and the fingers gripping the railing began to turn blue and white from blood loss.
"What did you say?" Scarecrow said in disbelief: "The Joker wants to be resurrected in Batman's body? He is crazy..."
"Don't you want to?" Peter hit the point.
The Scarecrow choked.
The Penguin rolled his eyes, cleared his throat and said, "We all know how powerful Batman is, but we won't choose to do this, because we know that if we enter Batman's body, what will be left is It’s Batman.”
"But it may not be the case for the Joker, so it is worth a try, but the conditions are not sufficient." Peter shook his head and said: "To defeat Batman on a spiritual level, virus infection alone is not enough, he needs at least two Become an assistant."
"First of all, fear gas." Peter snapped his fingers, then pointed at the Scarecrow and said: "This is also a poison that can affect the human spirit and disintegrate people's willpower, which can give the clown a greater spiritual advantage. "
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Scarecrow raised his voice and said, "I infected Batman with fear gas. What does it have to do with the Joker?"
"How do you know you're not under his influence?" Peter spread his hands and said, "Why couldn't the disaster you provoked be the knife that the Joker had planned to use to stab Batman?"
"How is that possible?!" the Scarecrow roared: "This is the plan I designed and I executed it..."
"Stop putting so much money on your face." Penguin mocked disdainfully: "How many times have you been fooled by that lunatic? How many times have you made wedding dresses for others."
"Besides, did you execute the plan yourself? Just by your shabby laboratory, or by your two twisted arms that are not as thick as Batman's eyelashes?"
Scarecrow glared at Penguin.
"No matter what, the fear of gas disaster must be within the clown's expectation. As I said, sooner or later, as long as he is willing to wait, such a day will come."
Peter continued: "The fear gas gives Batman internal pressure, while the destruction of Gotham City gives him external pressure."
"Using the memory of torturing Batman's assistant as a knife, and with the help of constant pressure from multiple parties, the Joker's purpose is to torture Batman."
"If Batman's spirit breaks down, then the Joker can complete his rebirth. If he doesn't collapse immediately, then the Joker will continue to interfere and torture him, making him unable to concentrate on dealing with real-life disasters until he makes a mistake. That day."
"In this city, the disasters are endless and the pressure is endless. No matter how tough the string is, one day it will be worn out. Batman also knows this."
"So how to solve it?" Peter asked, and Schiller made up the fifth rule: tell less facts and ask more questions. The imagination of others is the best answer.
Penguin snorted twice and said: "Of course he has a way to solve it, but he has a room full of unlucky people infected with the Joker virus. As long as one of them is resurrected as a Joker, wouldn't Batman's crisis be solved?"
"You idiot, you only thought about the first level." Scarecrow immediately seized the opportunity to taunt: "Didn't the Joker think of this? He just wanted Batman to do this."
"Kill others to save yourself." Scarecrow showed a sneer and said: "If Batman really does this, then stop calling him a superhero or the Dark Knight and go to Arkham Asylum."
Jason's Adam's apple moved and he looked up at Batman. He never believed that Batman would do this.
"Of course Batman didn't do that," Peter said firmly.
Just when Jason felt relieved, Peter drawled and continued.
"In fact, Batman had a perfect plan as early as the Joker's first move, and when I came here as the last piece of the puzzle, the plan could finally begin."
(End of chapter)
