After the three people, or the two giants, negotiated and Victor just stood by, Superman finally did not take direct action.
Because Master Wei said very calmly: "No one knows Joker better than me. If you take action directly, you will only step into his trap and cause worse consequences. Then you will find that you are forced into a desperate situation step by step."
Superman was speechless.
Because Gotham is Mr. Wei's territory, as a tacit understanding between the two giants, they rarely entered each other's city to do anything - mainly in fighting crime, Superman has no problem saving people all over the world.
On the other hand, the public security in Metropolis is obviously much better than that in Gotham, and the happiness level of the lower class is at least several times higher.
To a certain extent, Gotham has diverted a large portion of the bad guys and scum from Metropolis.
Although Batman breaks people's bones when they disagree with him, it is much better than Superman who eavesdrops on the whole city and destroys businesses at will.
Superman has no intention of killing everyone. Lack of money is the breeding ground for crime.
Taking many factors into consideration, Superman doesn't know much about the super villains in Gotham City.
But he still knew about the years of entanglement between Batman and Joker.
There were several times when Batman was hung in the air by Joker, forcing him to make a choice. I still remember that scene clearly.
Anyway, Superman feels that if he were Batman, he would probably have to retire after just one visit.
Joker's manipulation of human nature is truly unsolvable.
Just like the famous question of "Who should I save between my mother and my girlfriend?", once you make a choice, there will definitely be no good ending - whoever you save will die, and no matter what you choose, you will be criticized for being inhumane.
This is not a moral issue of the selector, but the malice of the question setter.
Because both choices are wrong, no matter what you do, it will be wrong and you are destined to get zero points.
For example, if we change the question to "Who would you save first, parent?" or "Who would you save first, child?", the logic becomes obvious.
Mr. Wei didn’t know why, but he had been in a much calmer state of mind recently: Emmm, it seemed like it was not long after I met someone
In the past, when he encountered such a situation, he would get excited and anxious, and then try hard to think about how to deal with the joker.
Now, he still has the leisure to "explain" to Superman and Victor: "You see, originally, no matter how this matter turned out, it had nothing to do with us, but Joker came out on live TV and said that this was all to deal with me. It's obvious that he wants to drag me into the game. With his habits, he won't let me get away with it. He must have more tricks waiting to be used."
Superman and Victor both nodded silently.
There are indeed some idiot-like super villains, but Joker is definitely not one of them.
After Master Wei said this, they also detached themselves from the matter itself and had a clearer view of the overall situation.
"The later I show up, the less room Joker has to maneuver." Master Wei casually checked his equipment: "So, Superman, you continue to save people. I will let Victor notify you when we really need you."
At this point, he looked up and smiled: "Don't forget, Barry is already on the fighter plane and will be here in half an hour at most. Bell is also coming back from Europe, and the journey will not take more than two hours."
Walking to the driver's seat and sitting down, Master Wei closed the front hatch: "Time is on our side, so don't rush."
Superman: "... Then why don't you let me get out first and then close the hatch?"
Master Wei curled his lips and pressed a button: "I told you, you can go through the rear hatch."
Superman looked at the open rear hatch: "…Thanks for the reminder."
…
On the streets of downtown Gotham, a gangster wearing a clown mask approached Joker: "Boss, the convoy over there is blocked again."
Joker stood on the steps in front of a building at the corner of the street, looking at the people around him shopping for free, and said indifferently: "Why this time?"
Bandit: "I saw two groups of people fighting, and they burned several cars, blocking the road."
Joker rubbed one of his toes lightly on the smooth marble floor: "What a coincidence."
After saying this, his eyes became empty and he was silent for a long while.
The bandits didn't dare to say anything and just stood there quietly.
Suddenly, Joker sighed: "Batman, you are not obedient at all."
Gangster: …
Joker: "Go ahead and clear the way with those little treasures you stole."
The gangster: "Okay, boss." Then he turned and left.
A moment later, with a rumbling sound, two bulldozers drove out from the nearby street and headed straight towards the celebrity convoy.
Joker moved sideways up and down the stairs, like dancing: "It's the best of times, it's the worst of times, Bruce baby, come and have fun with me..."
Dozens of clown-masked men around the steps turned a blind eye to their boss's behavior.
Don't worry about what your boss does, just ask what you want him to do! This is their rule.
Those who do not follow this rule will die quickly.
…
On the Batplane, Victor had just opened fire and blew up several cars, creating a traffic jam.
Now, he looked down from above and did not forget to inform: "Bruce, I have tried my best, but it seems that Joker is well prepared. They are coming with a bulldozer. Do you want me to destroy it?"
Master Wei looked at the Joker dancing diagonally below him and said, "No, he will use more extreme means to force me out, which is not in line with our plan to delay time."
Victor: "But... letting the convoy in won't delay the time, right?"
Hearing this, Master Wei's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a cold smile: "More than 200 rich people are also part of delaying time."
This dark topic made the mechanical Victor shudder: "Are you sure? What if he starts killing people?"
Mr. Wei's smile became even colder: "If he kills too many, then why should I go out? Batman will also be late, and it is impossible for him to prevent all crimes."
Victor suddenly remembered a sentence Luke mentioned in a previous class: "The more you do, the more mistakes you make; the less you do, the better," and he began to understand a little.
If Joker kills too many celebrities when Master Wei is not present, it would be tantamount to taking the blame on himself.
After that, no matter how much Joker throws dirty water on Mr. Wei, it will be ineffective.
This is like in many hostage-taking cases, where the criminals always kill the hostages one by one instead of massacring them.
The life of every hostage is a bargaining chip in the game.
Every time a hostage dies, the police have one less bargaining chip, and their counterattack will be more fierce.
The reasonable approach is to use as few bargaining chips as possible to force the police to make concessions.
This is a psychological game.
But the difference is that Joker and Batman are not ordinary people, and human life is not that important to them.
If Joker's opponent was Superman, maybe he would succeed.
Unfortunately, Joker's "favorite" is always Batman, and he has no interest in the monotonous and boring saint like Superman.
It's like many industry experts are too lazy to compete with rookies, because rookies will only greatly lower the technical requirements of the competition, and the experts won't have any fun at all.
Joker and Batman are both technical players, so they are well matched, so they can have a good time playing together.