Chapter 45: The Riddler

"Hurry up!"

The Riddler is directing his men in the jewelry store, quickly collecting the finished trinkets that are displayed in the windows into their pockets.

"Boss, the safe is open"

The Riddler's own targets are the rough stones that have not yet been crafted into trinkets stored in underground safes.

He had to hurry, and although he tried to tell himself not to leave any clues or any notices, he still couldn't bear to stay in the previous "hunting ground" and leave clues about this operation. He had no doubt that Batman would arrive soon, and the Riddler knew full well that his riddle had never stumped the man.

Now that the jewelry store's safe has been opened, he just needs to find what he's looking for and get out of here quickly, this time he must not leave any clues that would make it possible for Batman to track down his next operation. There will be no clues left this time!

But as the Riddler turned, there was a sound of glass breaking from above the jewelry store, and the skylight above the store's protruding veranda suddenly cracked, and a thin figure in his familiar tricolor jumped from the cracked skylight, and trampled the poor creature directly below him.

The Riddler paused for a moment, then quickly commanded:

"Catch him!"

Although he hadn't seen the black bat shadow yet, from what he knew about the man, he must have been in some corner of the place.

The Riddler was so sure of that that might be an opportunity for him to get out of here.

After hearing the Riddler's order, several people rushed up to grab the thin figure.

Robin, however, seemed to be completely unconcerned about this, and easily dodged the arm of the man who came to grab him, and slipped out of the crotch of the other two people through the smooth floor, and after tripping one guy with a sweep of his legs, Robin jumped up, and easily jumped into the air with the man's fallen body, ready to turn over the encirclement of several people.

A reactive guy aimed at Robin, who was still in the air, and threw a lasso to capture him while he was unable to move in the air, but the rope was easily cut by Robin before it could be tightened, and he flipped in the air, and Robin jumped out of the circle of several people.

When the minions turned around and were about to capture Robin again, a huge lasso fell from the sky and put several people together, and the guys, who couldn't remember to stop their actions, fell into a ball.

A black man who almost blended in with the darkness around him stepped out of the shadows with the other end of the rope, and after tying up the guys and letting go of a fish that slipped through the net, Batman and Robin set their sights on the Riddler.

"Damn it!"

It all happened so fast that the Riddler didn't have time to react otherwise. And now the only thing he could do was turn around and get out of here through the back door of the shop.

Before Batman could do anything, Robin had already pulled out his hook gun and shot it to the ceiling, and with the drag of the hook rope, he easily stopped on the road between the Riddler and the back door of the store:

"Na! What is it when red and yellow are overlaid with green? ”

Robin looked up and questioned the megalomaniac who liked to solve puzzles.

"Fuck off! Gremlin! ”

The Riddler angrily attacked the imp with the cane in his hand. Robin rolled forward and easily dodged the Riddler's attack, kicked the Riddler in the crotch hard, then jumped on the Riddler who lost his balance and fell to the ground, and then said after giving him a kick in the face:

"The answer is when Robin tramples the Riddler under his feet"

Robin's weight wasn't very heavy, and one of the main reasons why the Riddler couldn't resist was that he had been kicked so hard before.

Batman walked over unhurriedly, lifted the Riddler from the ground and asked:

"I thought you were more interested in antiques and art, when did you become interested in jewelry?"

A low, hoarse voice echoed through the dark space, enough to scare the faint of heart, but it meant nothing to the Riddler.

"Just need money"

Because of the indescribable pain somewhere, the Riddler is squeezing this sentence out between his teeth, because the tone of the Riddler of Pain has become a little strange.

Batman narrowed his eyes and looked quietly at the Riddler's face distorted by pain, and it wasn't long before a shrill siren from outside the window interrupted the silence.

After Batman tied up the Riddler and the other minions, he left the jewelry store with Robin through the skylight where they had entered, and the rest was the work of the police.

On the way back to the city, Bruce was silent the whole time, until Jason couldn't stand the silence and asked:

"What are you thinking?"

"The motives of the Riddler"

"Motivation??"

The Riddler robbed the jewelry store, they caught the Riddler red-handed, what more motive did the Riddler have??

"The Riddler usually does not rob jewelry stores, his targets are usually priceless antiques or works of art, he has always regarded crime as an art, and money and jewelry are usually not his targets"

“... Why? ”

Jason doesn't quite understand, isn't crime just about money?

"Because he thinks it's too off-class to target these two vulgar things."

“... Can't understand"

Jason still doesn't quite understand what Bruce's so-called drop-off means, probably the Riddler is the same as Catwoman, Catwoman also has an inexplicable fanaticism for jewelry, and she doesn't seem to be interested in money. The Riddler is probably a fan of art and stuff.

Back in the Batcave, Bruce doesn't know what clues he's searching for. Jason sat bored, looking at the Riddler's file.

Before being picked up by Bruce, Jason had always thought that there was one reason for all crimes - money.

But after becoming Robin, Jason realizes that it seems that everyone has different reasons for sinning.

Catwoman is an avid jewelry lover, and she is more obsessed with jewelry than she is with Bruce, at least that's how Dick describes it.

The Scarecrow is a madman who likes to develop all kinds of fear gases to get revenge on people, and money is just his means - a necessity for conducting scientific research projects.

Poison Ivy is an avid plant lover, Jason always thought that she was called Poison Ivy Girl just because she liked plants, but what he didn't expect was that there were really people in this world who could manipulate plants.

Clown... A pure lunatic.

And this riddler is a conceited maniac who likes to use crime to show off his intelligence....