Chapter 4123: Chapter 3232: The Detective Will Die (46)

In Silterk's laboratory, others were piecing together the truth of the main storyline by listening to the dialogue between Prime Universe Batman and Shiller. They too had entered a battle state to facilitate free conversation.

"Since we already knew so much information, why don't we be more open and honest with each other?" The Pale Knight said, "I must admit, due to my lack of experience with this type of game, the background story I created for myself has little to do with the main storyline you're investigating. Whether the game manipulator has made any modifications to it, I do not know."

"What was your actual reason for coming here then?" Bruce asked.

"Because I encountered something strange in another case," The Pale Knight said. "Someone in that case was very important to me, and I had no choice but to find reasons to help him win the defense, that's why I took the risk of coming here."

"Are all the characters in this case unrelated to what we know so far?" Bruce asked again.

"Correct," The Pale Knight nodded. "Because there's simply no space for a lawyer to make a difference in this village. My story took place in a big city and so far, I see no impact on the current main storyline."

"Do you know Doris?"

"No, but in my background story, I graduated from the law school of a prestigious university and had worked within well-known legal and public relations teams. I'm not sure if I've ever had such a colleague."

Greed was mulling over on the side. The Transcendent would not alter what they had personally stated, nor would create a story line related to their background stories without their permission. However, it could enrich details that they had briefly mentioned.

The Pale Knight had set himself up as a lawyer, destined to have many lawyer friends. It was impossible for him to name all these people, naturally giving room for the Transcendent to play.

This also meant that the Transcendent could do the same with others, enhancing unnoticed details in their background stories to interconnect them all.

If Doris was indeed a former colleague of The Pale Knight, it meant that the story of Hoff's family, devised by Batman, was connected to The Pale Knight's background story.

And if Doris and Madeline also knew each other, it would link the stories of The Pale Knight, Prime Universe Batman, and Greed.

Now, that left only Shiller, Joker, Night Owl, and Bruce's background stories not yet involved in the main storyline.

Shiller's background story was related to the Church, Joker seemed to be involved in the truth behind a strange case, both traceable, keeping their background stories the most hidden so far.

"I think you two need to show some sincerity," Greed looked at Night Owl and Bruce.

Bruce was about to say something, but Night Owl shook his head, "It's similar to his situation, I'm not very familiar with this type of game, my created background story has little to do with the main storyline in the village."

"Really? But shouldn't you be the sheriff of the neighboring town?" Greed pressed on, "Did you come here because your superior asked you to?"

Night Owl shook his head again, "Indeed it was my superior who sent me here, but my goal was not to provide support. He didn't want things here to spread too severe. You should understand what I mean."

Greed looked up slightly. He knew that Night Owl wouldn't have set himself as a paragon of justice; Night Owl's aversion to justice was genuine. Even pretending to be a justice-serving officer would sicken him, so setting himself as a cop tasked with silencing would not be surprising.

But things were not so simple, for the key to Evil Batman was not wickedness. Each Batman stuck to their own principles.

For the antisocialists, every action was for profit, and the core interest of Evil Batman was to spread their distinct philosophy.

"It's not that simple, is it?" Greed probed further. "Getting involved in a strange incident is very dangerous. Nobody genuinely wants to come here."

"Yes, Night Owl admitted as well," he said. "A few months ago, I got into trouble, and my superior cleaned it up for me. To completely erase its impact, I agreed to come here for him."

Greed raised an eyebrow but said nothing, as he knew this was definitely not the whole truth. Given Night Owl's degree of wickedness, if his superior had cleaned up a mess for him, it's more likely that Night Owl had silenced his boss to lay low here for a while.

There were many aspects of this story that could be developed, even if Night Owl detailed the trouble he had stirred up, his adversary could still stand behind some power in the main storyline.

Sure enough, Night Owl began, "About a few months ago, there was a murder case in my jurisdiction, a Mob vendetta. After the murder suspect was arrested, he was quickly bailed out, but they felt my actions of arresting them greatly offended their dignity, so they wanted to trouble me."

"In self-defense, I killed one of them, but the other escaped. The Mob boss knew he couldn't resolve me that way, so he contacted another colleague of mine and framed me, saying I had wiped out a family of three."

"Wait," Greed interrupted Night Owl and asked, "They framed you for a triple homicide? Do you have any details involving that case?"

Night Owl paused, then said, "None, because the key is not in the triple homicide. The key is that my superior intervened, suppressed the remarks against me, to completely pass this case's impact, I agreed to come here for him."

"Are you sure you didn't do the triple murder?"

"It seems you're biased against me," Night Owl frowned, looking at Greed.

"Because I am biased against him," Greed, however, looked at Bruce, saying, "I don't know you, but I know him, and those who deal with him usually aren't the good guys."

"If you two want to chat, just chat, why bring me into this?" Bruce said very dissatisfied, "What does this have to do with me?"

Night Owl didn't want to quibble over this question, and he simply said, "I am very sure that in the story I designed, the annihilation of a household wasn't my doing."

"Is your boss still alive?"

Night Owl's silence proved that Greed had touched on a key point. Greed folded his arms and looked at Night Owl, saying, "I assume that it wasn't actually your boss who stepped in to help you out of trouble, but rather you became an imitator. In the presence of an alibi, you massacred your boss's family, in order to prove your own innocence."

"That wouldn't explain why I would come here," Night Owl retorted. "After all, I had already proved my innocence and could have stayed at the police station."

Meanwhile, Bruce thought, "It's over; you should just listen to whatever Shiller says, instead of disputing with him. Once he performs his Mind Reading Technique, you'd be obedient."

"So, it seems the purpose of your storytelling was to get yourself here," Shiller caught a flaw in his words and said, "Anyway, once the game is over, you won't stay here, so it doesn't matter whether you are wanted or being hunted, as long as there's a reason for you to come to this small village."

"What's wrong with my original reason?"

"There are too many problems," Greed said, placing his arms on the armrest, "Since none of us knows the conditions for winning the game, there isn't a standard for victory. So, there remains only one standard, and that is to be stronger than everyone else."

"The Joker and Batman don't play games just to collect 21 points faster than the other or because the dice happen to roll a higher number. This only proves that he is luckier today, far from proving that he has beaten Batman."

"He wants to prove that his ideology is correct; the game is just a means. The only way he can prove he is stronger than Batman is by making Batman acknowledge his ideology through the game."

"The same goes for this game. It is not about having better Points in one or two aspects, but how you play the game in every aspect according to your own style, acting according to your ideology, and doing it better than everyone else. Only then can you prove your ideology is more correct than others. That is the real victory."

"Every person in this game, including you, has a core story background tied to their own ideologies."

"My ideology?" squinted Night Owl.

"You are an anarchist. You hate government institutions and subconsciously don't want them to function normally and healthily."

"Is sending police to kill and silence people to reduce the impact considered healthy?"

"To a normal person, no, but for a conspiratorial anarchist, it's far too unimaginative. As for an anarchist Batman, the conspiracy you concoct should be a hundred times more bloody and violent."

"Then, what do you think it is?"

"You could completely blame the government, claiming the current situation in the village is due to governmental inaction."

"Isn't it?"

"A Monster too powerful and a government too weak are actually contradictions. If the Monster really is that strong, it's only natural that law enforcement agencies can't cope. If you want to put all the blame on law enforcement, you can't make the Monster too powerful."

"Conversely, if the Monster is actually harmless, but the government and law enforcement just sit by and do nothing, that would fit your anarchist theory."

"So your purpose here is clear, to uncover the truth behind the Monster attacks, to reveal the so-called powerful Monster as just a government conspiracy to control people's hearts and unjustly interfere with citizens."

"If the preamble of the story could have been changed, you might have flatly denied the Monster's existence, turning it all into a government-constructed conspiracy."

"But unfortunately, with the Wandering's prior appearance, you're not sure if you can completely negate the Monster's existence. You had to settle for second best by setting up a few fake Monster attacks as man-made disasters in your backstory and wanted to use this bizarre incident as evidence of the government's inaction and exaggeration."

"What you said about Mob vendettas and the truth behind the massacre, the ultimate outcome should be that human killers escape punishment by using the Monster's name, and you are being hunted because you found out the truth."

Greed paused for a moment, his gaze becoming focused as if delving into a deeper analysis, and he said,

"You deliberately told us you're a corrupt cop because you knew someone among us would know you are not a righteous Batman. No one would believe it if you portrayed yourself as a hero with a sense of justice."

"Instead, if you say you are a corrupt cop coming to silence those in the know, it fits better with our impression of you, keeping us from pursuing details. This allows you to reveal as little as possible about yourself, maintaining a lead in intelligence."

"This could also cover your actions in contacting informants. To us, your purpose seems to be silencing, so contacting any survivors immediately after their discovery is only to be expected."

"But to prove your anarchist views, what you need to do is not silence, but rather to have more witnesses join your side. The chance to contact more survivors makes this easier for you to achieve. As long as you prove your case, you naturally win the game."

"What's going on?" Bruce mumbled to himself, "How come what he's saying is so easy to understand?"

"Because this part is also behavioral analysis," said Arrogant. "Don't doubt yourself. Anything you can understand definitely isn't Spiritual Analysis."

"So what is your conclusion from Spiritual Analysis, Professor?" Bruce pressed on.

"If I told you, you wouldn't understand."

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