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[What about him? 】

【He is temporarily busy】

【No problem, how long will things take】

[Research has entered a bottleneck]

【...I'm not interested in the internal affairs between you, but I hope to get the 'commodity' on time. The buyer has already begun to urge you】

【Don't worry, it will be delivered on time】

[That's good, the new funds will be deposited into the designated account tomorrow, but this is the last time, I want to see the goods next time]

Dick stared at this communication record. Judging from the time, this should be a conversation that happened in the last few days. Judging from the content, the person who talked to Elsa is not the same person as before, and Elsa has nothing to do with it. Concern, all she cares about is the shipment and delivery time.But if the other party is a scarecrow, why do you say that the product is not good?Judging from the poisonous gas samples they have found so far, the poisonous gas has stabilized. So far, the five victims have not shown any signs of recovery, and have been waiting for the development of an antidote. Theoretically speaking, the poisonous gas should have succeeded, or Said that the poisonous gas was only incidental, but did you mean something else?

"Did you find anything?"

Jason asked while eating the snack made by Alfred.

"No... It seems that they have no plans to meet at all. After all, you eat five meals a day, why don't you see any growth?"

Dick has read the records over and over again. There are more contents in the front, but most of them are about the value of this project. It should be Esma’s rhetoric when he hopes to get sponsorship. There was no redundant words in the conversation, it was simple and clear, it was nothing more than asking for money and then goods.

"Ah Fu said that I am growing my body, eating more now is to lay the foundation for growing taller in the future, I will definitely grow taller"

"Oh... is it..."

Dick decided to drop the subject and continue to focus on the information on the computer.

"Even if we didn't meet, we still have to deliver. Didn't you say where to deliver?"

"No……"

Although Dick said so, he still flipped through the chat records, and he was a little concerned about a conversation in the previous records.

"Do you think the Scarecrow is any good in the matter?"

The bored Jason asked another irrelevant question.

"How to say?"

"Hmm... Isn't it rumored that his purpose is to scare people? He doesn't seem to care much about money."

Dick thought about Jason's question too.The whole scene is completely different from the Scarecrow's previous style.No matter how you look at this incident, it looks like a typical black food.The problems that can occur in any part of the United States are simply inconceivable in Gotham. This is not to say that the underworld in Gotham is very moral, but that most of Gotham's underground bosses are lunatics.

Poison Ivy is a crazy and extreme environmentalist, she is obsessed with plants more than anything else; Riddler is a high-intelligence criminal who likes to show off, although he also commits crimes for money, but more out of showing off himself IQ; the Mad Hatter is out of revenge; although the Penguin loves money, he is also out of revenge; It's his nightmare. Speaking of which, Black Mask is the most normal one among Gotham's underground gangsters. At least he does things like smuggling arms and drugs just for money... crazy.

After carefully counting Bruce's opponents, Dick found out tiredly that none of their opponents was a bit normal.

"...And there's a vigilante with a transvestite..."

Dick turned his head to look at Jason who was wrestling with a baguette, and his eyes stayed on Jason's new uniform for a long time. Jason, who had been watching, felt strange and asked him with his eyes, and finally Dick Once again, I came to a conclusion that the entire Gotham is a large mental hospital!

After being decadent for a while, Dick suddenly thought of a question from Black Mask, how big is that thing?

"what happened?"

Jason noticed that Dick suddenly started to fiddle with something on the computer with great energy, and it seemed that he must have discovered something.

"I was thinking, if poisonous gas is a commodity, it needs at least a very large tanker delivery vehicle"

Dick opened the map of Gotham. In the chemical factory that day, he did hear them mention that the Scarecrow would find an opportunity to transport the remaining things away. If his guess is correct, those are the poison gas stock solution that has been produced.The poisonous gas should be what Elsa said.The reason why the scarecrow said that there are still defects is because of the ingredient list that Esma hid, so he can't make a new poisonous gas, so he told Elsa that the research and development has encountered a bottleneck.

But who is the buyer in Elsa's mouth?How does Dick feel that this matter is getting more and more complicated.

Just when Dick was completely in a dead end, Bruce came back.

"What's the receipt?"

Dick asked lazily with the feeling that he would not get an answer.Bruce didn't answer Dick's question, but put on his uniform as if he was going to go out.

"Hey, can you tell me where you are going?"

Although he knew that his protest would only be ignored by this man, Dick couldn't help complaining that he shouldn't believe Superman's words that he would say such nonsense as long as he asked Bruce.

"Go visit Shipton"

"Is there anything to be concerned about?"

"He recently had several multinational businesses"

Bruce put on his gear and walked towards the Batmobile.

"Jason!"

Walking up to the car, Bruce called out to Jason who was sitting beside him and motioned him to follow.Jason jumped out of his chair, made a face at Dick and gleefully hopped on the Batmobile.Seeing the back of the Batmobile disappear, Dick said very dissatisfied:

"He never took the initiative to call me, okay... This distinction is too obvious..."

"Master Jason just won't take the initiative like you, Master Dick."

Alfred came over with a glass of juice and explained for Bruce by the way.

"……I know"

Of course Dick knows this. Jason still doesn’t think he belongs here from the bottom of his heart. The evidence is that the money in the pocket money account that Bruce set up for him only increased but not decreased. Dick wondered why Jason didn’t spend it. After asking side-by-side for a long time, he guessed the general idea from Jason's oblique reasoning.Jason always thought that one day he would have nothing to do with this family, and he had prepared the money for that time.

Dick originally thought that he would worry about spending money for Jason just like Bruce, but he felt that he needed to worry about not spending money for Jason now. That insecure brat has been worrying about it until now One day I will be kicked out from here.

"Hmph, don't tell me you have to wait until Bruce hands him over to his fiancée when he's married?...No, he's not a girl, and he should be his fiancée's father Just hold his fiancée's hand and hand it over to him."

Dick gulped down the juice while whining wildly.

"It's strange, why Shipton's transnational business will send out Batman"

Dick belatedly discovered Bruce's abnormal behavior. Shipton was also a businessman. It is not surprising that he has transnational business. Bruce also has some business cooperation with Shipton and some competition. Interested in Puton's multinational business?Understandable as Bruce, but Batman...

"what!"

"What's the matter, Master Dick?"

"...No...it's nothing, Ah Fu, I remembered something else, I'm leaving first"

After Dick hurriedly packed his things, he rode on his motorcycle and left the Batcave in a hurry.On the way back, Dick picked up Barbara's signal:

"Barbara, help me find out what foreigners Shipton and Elsa have been doing business with recently"

"Is it the Shipton and Elsa I know?"

"Yes, that beautiful snake"

"okay"

Dick went all the way back to his safe house, and immediately turned on the computer. The information Barbara searched for was already quietly lying in his safe mailbox.

"I just wonder why Luthor and the Scarecrow seem to have a relationship but don't seem to have a relationship"

There is only one reason for Batman to pay attention to Shipton's transnational business, that is, this business should have something to do with the Scarecrow, and it should be the "buyer" in Elsa's communication records. relationship people.

The project that Luthor asked Bruce to develop together also had a buyer. Luthor’s purpose was also money, but if nothing else happened, Luthor’s buyer was the military, otherwise he would not persuade the government to invest.

Esma should be the one who cooperates with Luthor, while Scarecrow is the one who cooperates with Elsa. The difference between the two people is likely to be the issue of who will give the goods.

"...No, why did Luthor set up a separate scientific research team and ask Bruce to cooperate?"

Luthor's goal must be money, there is no doubt about it, but he came to cooperate with Bruce under the guise of medical treatment. Of course, Dick would not think that Bruce would really be like a silly rich man who would ask nothing and just sign Well, it means that Luthor's scientific research group is recognized by Bruce, and there are indeed experts in biological neurology that are not inferior to Esma's.

"It's strange. Could it be that Luthor has other purposes, and his relationship with the Scarecrow just happened to look like one?"

Depressed, Dick lay down on the table and flipped through the messages Barbara sent him. His mind was a little bit muddled, and it was hard to guess what that guy Lex Luthor was up to.

"To call or not to call?"

Dick looked at the mobile phone in his hand. Clark's mobile number was on the interface and he only needed to dial it.Clark and Bruce must have made a breakthrough from Luther, otherwise they would not have found out that Shipton might have given the Scarecrow funds. After thinking for a long time, Dick pressed the dial button.

Soon a voice with a Kansas accent came out of the receiver:

"Hi, this is Clark Kent"

"Clark"

"Dick?"

When Clark heard the phone ring, he opened it, but he didn't expect it to be Dick's call.

"what happened?"

"Clark, can you tell me your current progress?"

"Dick, you should..."

"...Bruce told you not to tell me, then you should know that he will definitely not tell me"

Dick's rhetorical question caused the other party to fall into a brief silence.

"Well, what do you want to know"

In the end, Clark compromised and asked.

"The Relationship Between Luthor and the Scarecrow"

"Oh, I thought you were going to ask me where the scarecrow is"

"Have you found it?"

"Not really, but Bruce has drawn up a few areas, do you want to know?"

"... There is a premise"

"Yeah, you can't go alone"

"Then I won't ask, what's the relationship between Luther and the Scarecrow?"

"Luthor actually had nothing to do with the scarecrow at the beginning. When Luthor first started this project, Esma first found him to cooperate, and then Luthor formed a team, but Luthor had his purpose to share the scientific research results. It was sold to the military as her own. But Esma wanted more benefits, so she separated from Luthor."

"With the most critical ingredient list?"

"Yes, it is the part you found, but yours is the perfect part"

"This is commercial espionage."

"No, because Esma and Luther are in a cooperative relationship, and Luthor does not have the ownership of the results, but you know that Luthor has a small mind, so he suppresses Esma everywhere, so it is difficult for Esma to find cooperation in the project. partner"

"So Esma found Elsa? No, it should be the Scarecrow who found Esma and cooperated with Elsa"

"Bruce thinks so too. As for why Esma and the Scarecrow fell out, Bruce also has a rough guess..."

"The purpose of the Scarecrow is to develop a new fear gas based on biological neurology, and Esma is not that bad."

"...Well, that's what Bruce guessed too."

"John...that is, Charlie will deliberately distribute the five envelopes in order to attract the attention of the police or Batman. After all, Esma had disappeared at that time."

"This... I don't know"

"Thanks Clark"

"You're welcome, Dick, but promise me not to mess around alone"

Looking at the phone that had been hung up, Clark sighed, he wondered if Dick had heard it.

Dick thought about it again after hanging up the phone. There were some loopholes in Clark's statement. He knew that Superman would not lie, but Clark Kent would.He must be hiding something, things that Bruce has deliberately told him not to tell him.

"The Scarecrow and Luthor had nothing to do with each other at the beginning, that is to say, there is still something to do later. If I were Luthor, what would I do?"

Dick thought, according to Luthor's brain circuit, the best way to get back lost things is to buy them!

"So it turns out that Luthor wanted to buy back the poisonous gas from the Scarecrow, including the list of ingredients. If Luther was the buyer for the Scarecrow... the closest means of transportation from Gotham to the Metropolis is... a boat, which can transport the poisonous gas at once. Deliver the cargo while avoiding detection by Batman. If transported by ship..."

After looking at Gotham's long coastline for a long time, Dick said:

"Got you"