The house number 125 Kazsovo, swaying gently in the night breeze, looked along the vapor-covered wall, the dim light shining through the window, and the two figures sat opposite each other, seemingly close together, but far away like two worlds.

“…… Teaching trainee agents is not an easy job, or working in an environment like that, you always have to be careful because there are so many pairs of eyes on you. ”

Schiller took a sip of his wine, sighed softly and said, "But I have no choice, that mistake when I was young has removed me from this society, and I have to work for violent law enforcement agencies, which they call 'atonement'." ”

"I'm sorry, Professor." March shook his head lightly and said, "I have no intention of questioning the federal justice system, but if a free citizen has paid enough for his mistakes, no one can force him to do a job." ”

"Coercion or restriction, the FBI doesn't want me to go deep into this society, but I'm also human, and I need to come out and breathe, so they can only choose the lesser of two evils and throw me into this so-called most chaotic and dark city."

March's gaze froze for a moment, as if he had thought of something, but then he heard Schiller say with some emotion: "I used to be in Chicago when I was younger, and at that time, James Gordon was still in Chicago police academy, and I had a relationship with him, but I didn't expect to meet him again this time." ”

"From Mr. Wayne, I heard about Sheriff Gordon's fame, who led the officers of the Gotham Police Department to solve one murder after another, arrest countless criminals, and even the most difficult madmen to deal with."

"I don't know when Gordon got that talent." Schiller's fingertips kept tapping lightly on the arm of the chair, and he exhaled slightly and said, "I used to think he was an ordinary person, and I still think so." ”

March raised his eyes to Schiller, pondered for a moment, and said, "Maybe you're new here, and you don't know it, but the city of Gotham has another specialty, they call him 'the world's greatest detective Batman'. ”

"Maybe Gordon doesn't have that talent to call the rain in this dark city, but Batman can, and you've dealt with him, haven't you?"

"Yes, I met him, the so-called Dark Knight when Gordon asked me to help him solve the recent serial murders."

"How do you feel?"

"I don't know how to say it." Schiller shook his head slightly, but March continued to lean forward, stared into Schiller's eyes and said, "I'm curious about him, so I want to hear what everyone thinks of him, including yours, you can speak freely." ”

"I don't like him." Schiller first gave an emotional conclusion, and then said: "But the dead are innocent, and if the world's greatest detective can really help the detective a little, his eccentric style of dressing and taciturn way of communicating are not unacceptable." ”

"IMHO, what does he think of the recent serial killings?"

"He's in too much of a hurry." Konstantin frowned and said: "Even I can see that every eyebrow of his excitement is shaking, and it can be said that his eyebrows are flying, which is really terrible." ”

At this point, the nerves of everyone in the theater tensed, because they were more familiar with Schiller, and Schiller's current body movements were a prelude to the display of aggression.

But at this moment, with a "whew", the flame in the fireplace in the hall on the first floor was extinguished, and the original fire was already very weak, so it did not bring much change in light when it was extinguished, but Schiller still immediately turned his head and looked at the dark fireplace.

"Pardon my rudeness, Mr. March, wait a minute."

Schiller immediately stood up and walked downstairs, and March didn't even have time to hold him, he stared at Schiller's back as he hurried downstairs, frowning deeply, and the excitement and excitement that was about to reach its peak were suddenly interrupted, and the pain was indescribable.

Schiller walked briskly to the fireplace, and he reached out and picked up the half-burned wood from the edge of the fireplace.

When Schiller's gaze focused on the firewood, Barry in the theater stared at him and said in a voice that was not like his own: "The firewood has been manipulated. ”

"Judging from the color of the cut surface, the skin is very dry, but the inside is very wet, it should be soaked and then dried by special means to keep the wood dry on the outside and wet on the inside."

"In this way, the initial flame will be very fierce and can be extinguished quickly, and someone has designed the burning time of the fireplace by such means...... Why did Batman do this? Did he already anticipate Schiller's conversation with March? ”

"No, it's more like a guide." Bruce also said quickly.

Suddenly, the atmosphere on and off the screen became anxious, like a movie reaching its climax, and the camera began to switch quickly, everyone with different expressions and thoughts.

Schiller's gaze swept over the place where the timber was stacked next to the fireplace, and he immediately walked over, and after picking up the first untouched piece of wood, he saw a metal handle peeking out between the timber and the wall.

Schiller immediately turned to the side, leaned his arm against the wall to block the gap, and looked down to see that in the gap was an axe for chopping wood, just the right length and a sharp blade.

Suddenly, there was a noise from upstairs, and when Schiller turned around, he saw March on the second floor holding the railing, staring at him with bloodshot eyes, and his aggression was fully revealed.

Konstantin stood up directly from the chair in the theater, slapped his hand on the back of the chair in the front row and said, "Batman expected everything." ”

"Bruce Wayne of this universe has been in contact with Lincoln March and knows that he is an idiot who does not know etiquette, so he deliberately took Schiller to see the corpse, not to hear Schiller analyze something, but to let March go to Schiller."

He knew that March's rudeness would anger Schiller, but it wasn't enough, and Batman needed to add another fire.

"He has seen that Schiller is a person who is strict enough to have obsessive-compulsive disorder, and he must be accustomed to controlling all sounds and lights during psychological treatment, and never allowing the atmosphere to be beyond his control."

"A fireplace goes out means a darker light, which threatens to drag the conversation into a darker atmosphere, and this strict professor will not allow such an out-of-control scenario, he will definitely go and light the fireplace first."

"Batman chose to extinguish the fireplace just when March was about to get what he wanted most, and Schiller's departure would definitely make him angry."

"As soon as March is the first to show aggression on Schiller's turf, Schiller will fight back, and he will not allow a mad fool to provoke him again and again, and he will provide Schiller with timing, motives, and even the murder weapon, just waiting for the professor to do it."

"Batman wants to see these two ruthless murderers shed their elegant disguises and reveal their aggressive true colors, fighting with anger and violence to bleed and show their ugliness."

"Then he came down like a god, not only to crush them physically, but also to set off their ugliness with his godlike majesty, so that they knew that there is no madman in this world who can always remain graceful and calm, but a beast, and should return to barbarism."

"And let them know what the Dark Knight is."

As Konstantin's words fell, the atmosphere in the theater froze, and Barry gently closed his eyes and said, "If you had faced him, you would have known." Why is he not a policeman, not a judge, not even a hero, but a dark knight of a dark city. ”

"Not only because of his solemnity and majesty, which is intimidating, but more importantly, because he is always more restrained, self-controlled, calm and graceful than anyone else."

Barry's voice is more like a narration between camera cuts, and as the intonation rises, the atmosphere in Kazsovo's room 125 reaches its most solidified moment.

With the sharp logging axe at Schiller's hand, March was able to walk down the stairs with his feet, blocking the only way Schiller could leave.

But apart from the first glance, Schiller's gaze was never on such a perfect murder weapon, he just stared at March, staring at his bloodshot eyes.

"Jingle bell!"

The moment the piercing phone rang, even the people in the theater broke out in a cold sweat.

Schiller looked up at the phone on the second floor, he didn't pay any attention to March's aggressive stance, walked up to him, past him, walked up the stairs, and came to the side of the phone to pick up the phone.

"Hello? Yes, I'm Rodriguez across the street...... Yes, I hope that the tie will be delivered to Kazsovo 125 by tomorrow morning, wrapped in oiled paper, and placed in my mailbox. ”

"Yes, I understand that 'red wine stains' are a relatively difficult stain to deal with, and it is a bit of a hassle to wash them completely, but not by 5pm tomorrow at the latest...... No, I'm not in a hurry to use it, but it's better to hurry. ”

At this time, Schiller looked down, and March, who appeared in his field of vision, suddenly relaxed his shoulders and lowered his arms, and the obvious aggression disappeared.

"I don't understand, how he broke the game." Diana said very bluntly: "This should be an unsolvable dead end, Schiller doesn't do it, March will do it, Schiller in order to protect himself, either fight back or dodge, either will look very embarrassed." ”

"The key is to appease March." Konstantin crossed his arms, sighed slowly, and said, "Schiller sent the tie to the laundry across the street in advance...... Wait, was it Batman who told him there was a laundry across the street, could it have anything to do with it? ”

"It has to be." Bruce came to a conclusion and went on to explain: "I don't like to say anything superfluous, and since it has been emphasized that the new clothes for the party will be ironed and sent over, there is no point in emphasizing that there is a laundromat across the street, and that tomorrow the party will be held, and there is no need to wash and iron a set of clothes twice." ”

"Here's another hint from Batman." Bruce said expressionlessly: "Again, he didn't want to kill Schiller with this game or Lincoln March, he knew it couldn't be done, he still wanted to see how well Schiller knew him." ”

In other words, the laundromat was actually a reminder that Schiller should send the soiled tie over. Barry's brow furrowed, and his fast-paced brain couldn't keep up, so he had to ask, "If Schiller understood this prompt and sent the tie over, the call from the laundry would have been just there, but how did this call stop March from doing it?" ”

"Red wine stains." Bruce has the answer.

"The red wine stain represents Schiller's staining of his tie, and following the logic of pushing back, why did Schiller stain his tie? Because he had a quarrel with someone, at least in March's opinion. ”

"The red wine stain reminds March that Schiller is likely to have a conflict with Batman, that Schiller and Batman are opposites, not on the same side, and that they are rivals rather than allies."

"So......" Diana also felt that her train of thought was a little too much to keep up, so far the brain could still run at full speed and sort out all the logic, only Bruce remained, so he said:

So, a multiple-choice question is in front of March, whether to continue to indulge in the thrill of provoking the police, or to solve the urgent crisis that could be discovered and arrested by Batman.

"I don't understand at all." Hal said.

"Originally, Schiller's meaning to March was just a tool to convey Batman's evaluation, or a toy to satisfy the fun of provoking the police after his crime."

"But after March realized that Schiller was an enemy of Batman, Schiller's significance to March became a temporary ally who could attract Batman's attention."

"The essence of this choice lies in how much March is afraid of Batman, and if he is afraid enough, he will definitely not give up the alliance with Schiller, and he will not give up letting Schiller divert Batman's attention."

"Since we want to form an alliance, we can't do it, but we should talk about it, and naturally there will be no violent conflict."

Bruce took a deep breath and summed it up from the beginning: "Batman used March to interfere with Schiller, the essence was to test whether Schiller could understand his hints, Schiller understood his hints and sent the tie to the laundry, so when the conflict broke out, the keyword 'red wine stains' was introduced, which made March feel that Schiller could be used and gave up attacking him." ”

"To put it simply, Batman came up with a problem, and it seems that there are many solutions, but the optimal solution is only hidden in one sentence, Schiller found the optimal solution, answered the question according to the answer, and they completed another round of testing."

"As a result, it seems that Batman is in a high position, but Schiller has no flaws, Batman gets the answer, and Schiller gets an ally who can provide him with an identity."

The syllable of the last letter fell, and everyone let out a sigh of relief.

Barry gently covered his eyes with his hands, and Clark was more blunt, he raised his head and exhaled, exhaling a word:

"Help......

(End of chapter)