Chapter 6: Chauffeur: Oswald
"Why would they give you so much money?"
In the car, Selina pulled out her brand-new bills and examined them one by one against the light.
Ryan looked ahead, "Why do you have so many problems?"
"Because I don't know you." Selina was right.
Since leaving Wayne Manor, her questions have hardly stopped.
Ryan didn't understand it at first, but then he slowly understood.
He's not a child, but Selina is.
Maybe she is a little more mature than her peers, but the lack of experience in her bones is irrevocable.
She'd be by Ryan's side out of fear, but Ryan wasn't really a bloody butcher or murderer, and with last night's light, it wasn't unusual for her to be a little bolder.
In addition, children are always curious about the world.
Thinking of this, Ryan calmed down a lot.
"Because the clues I gave them, the words I said to Bruce, and my very existence was valuable." He replied succinctly.
Selina put down the banknote, turned her head and said in surprise, "Do you really have a clue to the murderer?"
"Not only that, but I also know who did it, and I also know who is the mastermind."
"But I didn't see you."
"Who told you you you had to be there to find out who it was?" Ryan glanced at her.
Selina was silent for a moment, then raised the window and whispered, "Actually, I didn't see what that person looked like."
"It doesn't matter."
"yes, of course it doesn't matter now, you know everything." She couldn't help but be discouraged, so she turned her head to look out the window.
After a while, she frowned slightly, "Where are we going now?"
"Go back to Gotham and save people."
"Yes...... Are you going the other way around?"
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Moment.
The car turned around, and Selina covered her mouth and couldn't hold it anymore.
"Laugh, the old driver will inevitably miss sometimes."
Suddenly, Selina's unbridled laughter rang out in the car.
Ryan couldn't help laughing, I don't know why, maybe it's because after his body became smaller, Ryan's perspective on the world and even his emotions have also changed a little. The most noticeable change is that his own smile has changed.
And seeing Ryan's smile, the fear in Selena's heart also melted a lot.
Outside the car window, the overcast sky seems to be no longer so oppressive.
With Gotham still miles away, Selina pointed to the lane ahead.
"Eh, look at that man, he walks in such a weird way."
Ryan cast his gaze, his eyes moving slightly.
Selena: "He's looking embarrassed, he's stopping the car...... Wait, we can't park, don't forget there's so much money in the trunk!"
It's not that she's not empathetic, it's because it's Gotham.
"Don't worry." Ryan soothed, sped forward, and stopped the car.
Outside the window, a thin man wears a tattered suit, and his most striking feature, apart from his walking posture, is his long, sharp nose. His posture is strange, his hairstyle is strange, but his expression looks very well-behaved.
He leaned down close to the window to try to see the people inside, a flattering smile on his face.
Selina looked at him in surprise, then looked back at Ryan.
But Ryan had already gotten out of the car, which made her feel insecure.
Ryan, who got out of the car, stood up straight and asked with a smile, "Do you know how to drive?"
Seeing his face, the man's face suddenly couldn't hide his stunnedness, and after being stunned for a few seconds, he suddenly put away his smile, took two steps back, and said a little indifferently, "Let's go."
Then, ignoring the two of them, he staggered forward like a penguin.
"What's wrong?" Selina asked in the car.
Ryan waved at her, then continued to shout, "I just need a driver."
The man's footsteps paused.
Ryan curled the corners of his mouth, "I'll pay you."
The other party hesitated for a moment, then turned around, squeezing out a smile on his face: "I can drive."
Ryan nodded and called Selina to the back seat.
After a while, the vehicle set off again.
"Thank you, sir." The man drove the car and smiled at the two men in the rearview mirror.
Ryan laughed, "It's me who should thank you, or we wouldn't have been able to get into the city." As he spoke, Ryan extended his hand to Selena.
Selina looked puzzled, "What?"
"Money."
"Didn't you give it to me?"
"I'll give it back to you later."
"Oh."
Selina answered, put her hand in her pocket, and paused, "How much?"
When asked, she also took a special look at the driver's seat.
"All." Ryan didn't think twice.
Selina frowned, her eyes full of reminders.
Although she knew that Ryan was very powerful, her idea at this time was also very simple, that is, not to cause too much trouble.
Ryan understood her thoughts, but still insisted, "Trust me."
In desperation, Selina could only take out a stack of new bills from her pocket.
This scene was seen by the man, his eyes flashed with surprise, and then he looked at the road in a daze.
Ryan smiled and pulled out the money one by one, slowly, as if thinking about how much to pay.
Ahead, the temporary driver's lips were pursed, and his hands holding the steering wheel trembled slightly, as if he was also struggling and entangled.
"What's your name?" Ryan spoke suddenly.
"Ah, I, my name is Oswald, sir."
"Full name?"
"Oswald Chesterfield Copote."
"Ryan Lee."
He smiled, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Lee."
"Me too." Ryan replied, stacking all the scattered bills in his hand and tying them up, then reaching forward and shoving them into Oswald's pocket.
Oswald watched his movements, inhaling and his lips trembling slightly.
Ryan patted his pocket and smiled and asked, "Should that be enough?"
"Of course!" He nodded repeatedly, but then shook his head again, "No, sir, I think...... I think it seems like too much."
"Not much."
"Mr. ......"
Ryan shook his head and interrupted, "You also saw the situation between me and Selina, and there are some things that may need help from someone as mature and trustworthy as you."
Hearing this, Oswald's eyes widened, his mouth opened, and he looked at Ryan steadily. The sparkle in his eyes was both grateful and puzzled.
"So, are you interested in being a full-time driver?" Ryan asked.
Oswald was stunned for a moment.
Selina also secretly pulled Lane's clothes, and Lane gently patted her hand to soothe her.
After a while, he gritted his teeth regretfully: "I'm sorry, sir, I may not be able to accept your offer."
"Why?"
"I'm ......" After thinking about it, he shook his head with a wry smile, "Sir, I don't want to trouble you."
He expected Ryan to continue to ask, but he didn't expect Ryan to pause for a moment and respond, "Okay, everyone has their own ambitions."
Hearing this, Oswald was both relieved and a little disappointed.
Not long after, the vehicle enters Gotham.
"Where are we going, sir?"
"The police station."
Oswald's body shook for a moment.
Ryan ignored it and continued to look out the window.
Selina asked suspiciously, "Didn't you want to save people, why did you go to the police station?"
"Originally, I didn't need to
But I now think he's probably dead."
"Dead?" Selina looked at Ryan's indifferent expression, and became more and more puzzled: "Who is the person you want to save?"
"You don't know."
"If you don't say it, how do you know I don't know?"
"Well, his name is Mario Pepper."
In an instant, Oswald jerked his head up and looked in the rearview mirror, and then, an unconcealable horror appeared in his eyes, and a cold air seemed to suddenly rush from the soles of his feet to the heavens, stirring up the hairs around his body to stand on end!
Because, when he raised his eyes, he happened to meet Ryan's gaze.
There is no doubt that Ryan has been waiting for him for a long time.
The next moment, even though he was about to shake the steering wheel and crash into other cars to cause chaos, Ryan took the lead.
"Colbert, do you know this man?"
Hearing Ryan's voice, his restless emotions were suddenly suppressed, and he laughed twice, he shook his head and said, "Sir, I don't know."
"Oh."
Ryan's response was always more than his reaction, so much so that the thoughts in his head became more and more chaotic.
Selina was very smart and keenly saw something, but she didn't speak.
A short time later, the vehicle came near the police station.
After parking, Oswald licked his lips and tried to speak.
"Copote, can you wait for me for a moment?"
"Okay, no problem." Oswald nodded without thinking about it, but then his eyes sharpened again.
Getting out of the car, Selina couldn't help but look at the trunk.
Ryan didn't care, but led him up the steps.
Along the way, Selina turned back several times.
"Aren't you afraid he'll drive away?"
"Don't be afraid."
"Ten million!" Selina leaned in to Ryan and whispered.
Ryan looked at her as he walked, "You think ten million is a lot?"
"Isn't it much?"
"You like money?"
"Who doesn't like that?"
"Then you take care of the money."
"Huh?" Selina froze in place, as if a pink atomic bomb had suddenly exploded in her head, and the mushroom cloud that rose next was made up of banknotes.
By the time she had come to her senses, Ryan had already reached the gate of the police station above the steps.
She rubbed her suddenly hot cheeks, glanced back at the car, and then quickly followed.
In the car.
Oswald pulled out the money in his pocket, looked at it for a moment, looked up at the police station, and caught a glimpse of Ryan and Selina walking through the door.
In an instant, he set the car on fire.
But just before he started, his movements suddenly stopped.
So he frowned and gritted his teeth, his expression extremely entangled.
His mind seemed to flash through the child's eyes again.
Rubbing the banknote in his hand, his breathing became shorter.
For a moment, he was ready to leave at any moment, his eyes fixed on the door, and the words in his mouth.
The police and citizens who came and went seemed to have become a kind of reference in his mouth.
"Kill him...... Don't kill him...... Kill him......