Chapter 66: Collusion

"Are you sure he's looking for a 'brick wall' to work with?"

He had heard and understood what Batman had just said, but he still wasn't that sure about it.

"Eighty percent sure"

Batman continued to sift through the list he had downloaded from the computer that had been requisitioned by the Red Hood.

The computer was on when they went, and the expressionless face on the brick wall became the desktop of the screen. But that doesn't mean he's the guy Jason wants to woo is him.

"But it's likely that he's just posting pictures of the brick walls to confuse us..."

What Green Arrow said is also part of Batman's concerns, but if you continue to think about it in this way, it will become an endless loop.

Red Hood knew him, so he probably put Brickwall, a guy he didn't plan to work with, on the table. But it is also possible that because you know him, you can guess his way of thinking, and put the guy you want to partner with on the table in order to confuse him into thinking that he will be working with someone else instead of brick wall.

"Well, you're right, if you think about it like this, you'll end up in the trap of thinking that he's set up, but what if we guess wrong?"

"It's okay, give me all the weaknesses of these people"

Batman had the intention of writing down everyone's weaknesses from the beginning, and he didn't intend to be led by the nose by the red hood.

“.. Sure enough, it's your style."

For Batman's way of fighting, Green Arrow could only pout his lips to show his helplessness. This man has an ABCD plan for whatever he does.

"Speaking of which, did you guess what he was going to do?"

He could never guess what the people in the Bat House were thinking, including the man in front of him who was searching for something from his computer with his back to him, and his "sons".

He didn't want to admit it, but it did make him feel terrible, he didn't want to, but it was. He can't guess what the family is having, and they're likely to have made at least three moves or more of the next "pawn" by the time you think you've won.

This is the most important and troublesome thing that this man taught his "sons".

"He's here to trade"

Batman had calculated that after several previous failures, Red Hood's bank account should be in deficit, and he needed money if he wanted to continue to maintain his large underground power. Himself and Tim have already ruined him a few times, intentionally and unintentionally, which may have indirectly accelerated his spending.

He needs money, so he has to make sure this deal goes through.

"What about you?"

"What am I?"

"Have you found a buyer this time?"

"No, there are really few clues this time, I always thought it was the arms business on the other side of the brick wall"

It's a bit ashamed to say, this time it's like a fog, he didn't know who got it from where and where a batch of arms will arrive in Star City from Gotham, the whole thing is like being wrapped in a mist so that people can't see the true face. After he got the news, the matter disappeared like a boiling mist, and the one who gave him the clue was a bartender in the bar under his name, and he would have just heard two men come to the bar one day to discuss the matter, and he hadn't seen them since.

If he could know who the buyer was, he could at least stay on this side without being tricked by that little ghost.

"Didn't you?"

Although he knew that the man was just asking casually, this way of asking still made Oliver a little annoyed.

"Star City has just experienced a major disaster, and all kinds of guys want to take advantage of the opportunity, and it is impossible for me to patronize this illusory clue"

Green Arrow's statement has the meaning of exculpating himself, but it is also true. After the disaster, there are quite a few places that need to be rebuilt in the entire Star City, and he naturally has a lot of work to do as the mayor, and to be honest, if this guy hadn't come to Star City, he probably wouldn't even have noticed that in his opinion, it was just one of several forced transactions.

Once he became mayor, Oliver understood why Bruce had always disguised himself as a good-for-nothing playboy who would just play around all day, so that he could have more time to deal with the energetic criminals in Gotham.

But he couldn't give up this position, he needed this position to get rid of the moths that were entrenched in the upper echelons of Star City. For example, the police chief of that star city....

While Green Arrow and Batman were discussing the possible movement of the Red Hood, in a corner of Star City, the two protagonists they were discussing were standing facing each other at the moment.

"I don't understand, what's in it for me"

The brick wall tossed the red hood in his hand, which he had ripped from the man across from him a few minutes earlier. Before he removed the hood, judging by the man's reach and fighting style, this guy was a veteran in his thirties. After removing the hood, the face that was covered by the mask had a slightly childish air that had not been taken off unexpectedly, and he was in his early twenties at most, but he was still a veteran.

"It's just a cooperation, and if it goes well, of course it can hit the Green Arrow hard"

Red Hood didn't care about the attitude of the brick wall at all, and generously said the promise he could give to the other party, but this promise was not enough to make the brick wall excited. He has just learned the strength of this kid, if this kid has the intention of killing him, then it will not be so easy for him to succeed.

"No"

"You have a deal with Green Arrow."

The brick wall's veto did not come as a surprise to Red Hood, he had even guessed the reason.

"What did you exchange with him, he could allow your existence"

The red hood and green eyes looked playfully at the brick wall through the domino mask. He sifted through all the materials, and the brick-walled information was the most interesting, missing a lot of files, not to mention the most important thing, the things he turned down would make that "Robin Hood" selectively ignore them.

"How do you know?"

"You don't care about that, it's just that I need to remind you that he only made a deal with you because he couldn't take care of that part for the time being, and when he pulled out, it would be settled for you"

Red Hood's rhetoric was clear, and he knew that the agreement was nothing more than a delaying ploy by the Green Arrows.

“......... I don't want to be the deal-breaker, I'm a businessman."

After thinking about it for a long time, Brick Wall said what he wanted.

"Of course, I just need you to help me drag the other guy..."

Red Hood is well aware of Brick Wall's concerns, and he doesn't need him to deal with Green Arrow, he has other purposes.

"Strictly speaking, we are competitors"

The brick wall still shows his distrust of the Red Hood, who is here to sell arms, and he is the arms dealer of the city of Star City.

"I don't think our business is in conflict, you sell your high-tech arms, and my batch of goods is just a little supplement to the other party's needs."

“.... Aren't you a drug seller?"

The brick wall is a little curious, and Gotham's red hood is a very eye-catching newcomer in the entire underground world, making a mess of Gotham's pool.

"Of course, drugs are my main business, but I just happened to have some goods on hand recently, so I sold them."

Brick Wall didn't ask where the Red Hood came from, anyway, according to rumors, it must be the batch that Black Mask had lost.

"One more question.....

"Excuse me"

“... Why do you still have a mask under your hood? ”

“.. Hm... It's just a habit I've been cultivating for a long time....."