mtl008 Chapter 3275 Bloody New City (24)
Chapter 3275 Bloody New City (24)
Chapter 3275 Bloodshed in New City (Twenty-four)
In a spacious and bright office, Schiller was leisurely drinking coffee and admiring the rain view outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. Two people opposite him were busy, one was flipping through various documents, and the other was checking information on the computer.
Although the man who was looking through the documents was wearing a suit, half of his face looked like it was burned, which looked very scary. But even though his face was like this, it was still obvious that he didn't look very well.
Harvey Two-Face is one of the lucky few Gotham villains who was not transformed into a vampire by Bruce, and the Penguin is another one, because neither of them is the kind of person who would cause trouble openly, and even if they committed a crime, they would do everything they can to evade accountability.
Because they are professional enough, even Batman finds it difficult to send them to a mental hospital with a legitimate reason. Those who stay in the mental hospital for a long time are martial artists like Bane and Killer Croc. Intelligent and rational characters are not permanent players.
The Pale Knight never used Clayface to control Two-Face in the first place, because there was no point in controlling him. Two-Face was just an ordinary person. He could not wreak havoc like Bane, nor did he have the ability to control other people's minds like the Mad Hatter. Controlling him was of no use other than taking up a backpack slot.
This resulted in him not falling into Maria's hands, nor into Bruce's hands. It was Schiller who personally invited him over.
He looked unhappy now, mainly because of Schiller. The will that Schiller wanted him to notarize was forged.
And just now, Schiller forced Two-Face's friend in the notary office to call the Pale Knight and ask them to come over immediately to confirm the will. Although the notary office is far away from Wayne Manor and there is a traffic jam in Gotham, they only have an hour at most to forge the will.
Schiller crossed his legs and watched from the side, saying, "Hurry up! Don't think I don't know. You have done this kind of thing many times. Do you still want to waste time to fool me? No way!"
"Let me tell you, our mayor is with Batman right now. What do you think will happen if they find out you're playing a trick on them?"
"You asked us to do this!" said the Two-Faced Man gritting his teeth.
"Then you agree, don't you? If you are determined not to do it, can I still point a gun at you?"
The two-faced man felt guilty and deflated, because Schiller hit the nail on the head and that was exactly what he did.
After Two-Face became a criminal, he could no longer work as a regular lawyer, but the villain who used to be a lawyer is different, as he has plenty of connections in the upper class.
Normally, he makes money to support himself by helping wealthy people solve legal problems. However, if it is a formal legal issue, the other party has his own legal team, so the cases that come to him are naturally informal.
He was very skilled in tax avoidance, secret contracts, forged wills and other businesses, so when Schiller came to him, he thought it was just an ordinary transaction, so he agreed to it and took the money.
But when he saw the contents of the will, he was dumbfounded.
The news outside is all about the tragic explosion at the Charabang chemical plant. And now you present a will, saying that you want to inherit the estate of the leader of the Charabang family. Doesn't this clearly show that you are the murderer of the chemical plant explosion?
The two-faced man didn't want to be involved in such things at all, but Schiller gave him a lot, so he wanted to delay for a while and avoid the limelight first.
As a result, Schiller found his hiding place and asked him to help find a friend in the notary office to notarize the will today.
The situation was stronger than the man, and the Two-Face Man had no choice but to find an old friend. He originally wanted to delay for time, at least until the news died down a bit, but Schiller ended up calling the Pale Knight.
When Two-Face thought about facing Batman next, he realized that forging this will was a mistake. No matter how absurd the logic of the will was, he had to replicate it 100%.
That's why they say pressure is the driving force for progress. Normally, it would take at least a whole week to forge a complex will for such a large group, but Two-Face used his strong business ability to complete it within two minutes before the Pale Knight and Batman arrived.
The Pale Knight was a little speechless when looking at this freshly-made will. The ink hasn’t even dried yet, who are you trying to fool?
Schiller shook his head and said, "The priority of wills is a law they made, so we can naturally use this law."
“But they’ll expose you.”
"The key is not what they are going to do, but what we can do." Schiller looked at the Pale Knight and said, "If we can shut everyone up, then this will is real. Even if it goes to God, Charaban will sign it."
The Pale Knight frowned.
"What is going on? What do you want to do?"
Schiller walked up to him, looked him in the eye and said, "Now you have a chance."
"what chance?"
“A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye.”
The Pale Knight looked at him, and Schiller walked around the table and came to the bookcase in the office. He picked up a book and flipped through it, saying, "They can use the natural disaster fund to empty the Wayne Group, and we can naturally use the natural forest protection fund to empty Charabong."
Batman looked up at him suddenly.
"If I'm not mistaken, the natural disaster fund spends more than 30 billion every year, and the various hidden expenses can reach at least billion. That's why the Wayne Group's cash flow has been tightened to such an extent."
The Pale Knight goes to see Batman, who has no emotion on his face, but the Pale Knight realizes that Schiller may be right.
Fund projects are a kind of financial means, and as long as it is financial, there are many things that can be done. A fund established within a company can even use various means to short the company, and draining cash flow is not a problem.
The Pale Knight didn't quite understand this, so he looked at Batman and said, "Why is this happening? If you just don't allocate funds, what can they do to you?"
Batman turned his head and looked at him, as if to say that he was naive. Without him saying anything, Two-Face said directly: "Before becoming mayor, I suggest you go to college first, Mr. Napier."
"The Natural Disaster Fund was established by the Wayne Group to repair the damage caused by Batman. Suppose a building is destroyed and now needs to be rebuilt. The Natural Disaster Fund needs to pay for it, right?"
The Pale Knight nodded. According to his understanding, this was how the process should be.
"But, no." Two-Face said as he flipped through the information, "Wayne Group has an engineering group under it, and it's the best engineering group in Gotham. Wouldn't it be better to let Wayne Engineering Group build it directly?"
The Pale Knight nodded again. It was better to keep the money within the family, so he said, "But the Natural Disaster Fund will also pay."
Two-Face shook his head and said, "No, they won't pay. To be more precise, they will default on the payment."
The Pale Knight's brows slowly furrowed.
"There is also the purchase of raw materials. The Wayne Group produces a certain raw material. They need this material to repair the building, so they apply to buy it, but they continue to default on the payment for the purchase."
"Then why don't you just not give them next time?"
"If we don't give them money, they won't buy it from other places." The two-faced man sneered and said, "Either they say the cost is too high, or the supply is insufficient. In any case, they have to buy it from home."
"Our great philanthropist Bruce Wayne would think that the restoration work is of the utmost importance and cannot be delayed. Since it is already funded, it is not impossible to use the raw materials and the labor of the engineering team to fund it."
"But then there would be no need to ask for so much from the natural disaster fund," the Pale Knight said. "Why not give a little less?"
"If you give less, there will be more damage." Batman suddenly said, "Then the Wayne Group's engineering team will be too busy to handle it, and the raw materials will not be fully available. They will have to purchase them from outside, which costs money."
The Pale Knight's eyebrows were twisted tighter and tighter, almost twisted together. He now understood more deeply why those rich people said that committing crimes in Gotham was the best investment.
If Batman only gives money but no supplies, they will keep dragging it out until Batman can no longer wait and thus allocates supplies over. If Batman only gives supplies but no money, they will increase the crime rate until Batman can no longer allocate enough supplies and has to give them money.
"What a lousy fund." The Pale Knight said, "Just disband it."
“If the crime doesn’t stop and the fund is disbanded, who will repair the damage?” Schiller asked.
"Then stop the crime," the Pale Knight replied.
"How will crime stop if Batman doesn't fight it?"
"Then go fight crime!"
“That would cause damage and require funds to repair!”
“Then set up a fund!”
"The Foundation emptied out the Wayne Group!"
“Then dissolve the fund!”
"Who will repair the damage then?"
The Pale Knight was speechless.
"What exactly do you want to say?" he asked, looking at Schiller.
"I want to say that you have no money." Schiller stood next to the bookshelf and looked at the two and said, "Not only you, but Batman and the Wayne Group also have no money."
"so what?"
"Now there is an opportunity for you to become rich. That is to use the natural forest protection fund to empty Chalabang. You may think this is ridiculous, but I happen to have an effective method."
"What are you going to do?"
Schiller put down his book and walked over and said, "The key is what you are going to do."
The Pale Knight wanted to ask more questions, but Batman had already understood what Schiller meant. He said, "What you are going to do is illegal, but you don't want to take the responsibility, so you need our consent."
"No, no, no, you're wrong. What I'm trying to do is completely legal, but the person I'm looking for may be slightly illegal."
"Who are you looking for?"
"Penguin."
Schiller set his sights on the Pale Knight, finally revealing his true purpose. He said, "The Penguin was once your greatest rival and the biggest obstacle to the implementation of the Napier Act, but he disappeared after you became mayor. Where did you take him?"
The Pale Knight stared at Schiller without saying anything. After a long while, he spoke: "You don't understand. He is the sharpest knife in Gotham's upper class. He is too dangerous. He must never appear in Gotham again."
The Pale Knight waited for Schiller to retort, but all he heard was, "Okay."
Schiller seemed to feel that there was nothing more to talk about, so he turned around and walked away. The Pale Knight stretched out his arm and held him, and Schiller turned around to look at him.
"Promise me that you won't go find the Penguin. Giving him any hope will be the worst decision you've ever made."
Schiller lowered his eyes and smiled, "Mr. Mayor, I hope you understand that what I want to do will never be impossible because of the lack of someone. All your obstacles to me will eventually make things beyond your control, not mine."
After saying that, Schiller opened his umbrella and walked out of the notary office. The Pale Knight stared at his back.
"I think he's right." Batman said, "If you give him the Penguin, at least we can roughly guess what he's going to do. If he finds another one, we will be as passive as we are today."
"In your opinion, Cobolt has not caused much damage to the city, but in fact, his evil wisdom has damaged the foundation of the city. The elites cannot afford another lackey with such sharp teeth."
Batman sighed and said, "You still don't understand."
"what?"
He said it was not Batman who answered him, but Bruce who had just walked in in the rain.
"Being wary of no one is more important than being wary of Schiller himself."
Bruce shook his umbrella and continued.
"Bad news. Schiller made Gordon an offer he couldn't refuse on behalf of the Charaban Group. The GTO belongs to them."
The Pale Knight's breath hitched.
Serial greedy trap plan
(End of this chapter)