Chapter 46: Protection Fee Reduced "I didn't expect there would be an extra one in the restaurant..."
"I didn't expect there would be flying rats in the restaurant." Red Hood pointed a gun at Batman - the Joker behind him.
He stood at the hole and walked in with his back to the light.
They started fighting, Liu Shu watched as Red Hood, who wanted to kill the Joker, and Batman, who was walking out but still stubbornly saying he wouldn't kill, started fighting.
She looked back at Robin. What should she do now?
Robin raised his gun and shot the Joker as he was walking outside.
"ah?"
"Quencher gun."
This explanation was very timely. Liu Shu almost thought that he wanted to avenge his brother and solve the source of the problem.
The small commotion here did not affect the two people fighting. Liu Shu found that Red Hood was at a disadvantage.
It is best not to stop them at this time. Wait until they have had enough and then talk based on the situation.
"Where's Nightwing?" Why is Robin the only one here? Liu Shu doesn't think he will miss what happens tonight.
"Look." Robin raised his chin towards the two people who were fighting over there, one standing and the other sitting.
"Jason..."
"Why!"
As a normal person, Liu Shu knew that she could not intervene in this situation.
"Stop fighting...are you done?" Sherlock walked out of the hole in the wall and dusted off his hands. Although he had Nightwing's help, he was still a little embarrassed because he had no experience climbing up and down buildings.
He had a conversation with Wayne Manor's butler today that was the final piece to all of Gotham's puzzles.
These vigilantes now have no secrets in front of him, and Sherlock just feels refreshed. He thinks this is the biggest gain from coming to Gotham.
When Liu Shu saw the British detective who was more conspicuous than them, she decided to do something more important.
"What's wrong?" The tranquilizer gun in Robin's hand was taken away.
"Is it still usable?"
"Of course, a tranquilizer gun."
Liu Shu shot the clown twice more.
"No more." Robin stopped the person who wanted to continue.
"It just feels useless." She looked at the clown who was still breathing.
Yes, this is a tranquilizer gun. The more you shoot, the longer you sleep, not the more deeply you sleep.
"What are you fighting about?" Sherlock was still trying to stop the fight, recalling what Watson had said to him.
It's obvious that an outsider's words can't reconcile Batman and Red Hood.
Unless he knows the background of these two people.
"You were so anxious when the Child Protective Services took him away and didn't let you raise him..."
Batman threw a flashing batarang at Sherlock's feet.
He couldn't be allowed to continue.
Red Hood staggered to his feet against the wall and looked at Sherlock in confusion. What nonsense was he talking about?
"All day." Sherlock closed his eyes and turned his back. He had not yet noticed the rising shame of an old father present.
"There is such a thing? You never told us." Nightwing stuck his head out of the cave, did a backflip to Sherlock's side, and kicked the still glowing bat dart away with his foot.
So that's how the batarangs in the city came from. Liu Shu looked at the free batarang through the goggles. When the flashing batarang appeared in Batman's hand, Robin put it on her.
“NO.”
"I didn't even respond to Gordon's signal in the middle of the night." This addition was even funnier than the previous denial.
All eyes were on Batman.
The next paragraph is... Sherlock opened his mouth and hesitated for a moment.
Watson told him what to say and what not to say, and patted him on the shoulder encouragingly as he set off.
Liu Shu is looking forward to his future performance.
But there were too many people now, and she looked at the clown lying on the ground.
"Take him with you," she said to Robin, pointing at the Joker.
"Um?"
"We have to give them two some space." Liu Shu waved to Nightwing who was not far away.
"What?" He quickly reached them. "What's wrong? Do you need my help?"
"I have a difficult task for you."
Robin dragged the Joker to the middle of the road.
"Let's go out first."
Liu Shu looked at the two people who didn't want to leave. She tugged at Robin's cloak and said, "Hurry up——"
She looked back at Nightwing.
"OK." He spread his hands, seemingly without any objection.
Before leaving, Ryushu threw something at Red Hood.
"What did you give him?" Robin and Nightwing dragged the Joker by one leg each, without any regard for the feelings of the villain who was about to be bruised by the stairs.
"Shielding device, everything you left behind is useless." This way there is a 50% chance that they can say something.
The other fifty percent is them fighting again.
"Huh?" Robin let go of his hand, "Why?"
“…” Liu Shu didn’t say anything and ran up the stairs.
But he was caught up after running a few steps.
"Why—" He moved closer to Ryushu.
Nightwing looked at Robin with a look of doubt in his eyes as he left him alone to move the Joker, but this level of protest was only ignored. Finally, he shook his head helplessly and continued to work.
"You don't want someone watching you say 'You're awesome' or 'I admire you so much' to your brother, do you?"
"What are you talking about? How could I say such a thing?" Robin's ears turned red.
"I was just making an analogy," Liu Shu said with a triumphant smile, "So that's what you really think."
"No." Robin quickly calmed down and looked back. He didn't hear it, right?
Nightwing walked up the last staircase.
"So? What's the mission?" He looked at Robin who was getting angry at Ryushu for some reason.
"Many strange shadows have appeared in the city. I need you to find and drive them away."
"Shadow?" What a strange description. It sounded like an NPC's mission. Nightwing hugged Robin who was by the window. "What's wrong with you?"
"It's okay." Robin wanted to push him away, but wouldn't that make him look guilty? But if he didn't push him away, it would be too...
Liu Shu took out a piece of paper and said, "I'll have someone catch them during the day, so you guys can do it at night."
"Won't Red Hood punish you if you just cooperate with us like this?" Nightwing took the folded paper and placed it in Robin's hand, then asked the question he wanted to ask.
"Who punishes whom?" He didn't think she was Red Hood's subordinate, did he? Liu Shu looked up unhappily.
"I don't know why Red Hood doesn't use his men to attack Batman, but that's Red Hood's problem, not mine." There was something behind her words. This comment on Red Hood meant that the relationship between them was equal.
"But if you are not his subordinate, why are you working for him?" Nightwing understood.
Ryushu turned away from them, "Don't you think he's doing a great job? Crime Alley needs him, and so does Gotham."
"Huh?" Robin didn't know what this had to do with her helping with work.
"I like my job, okay?" Liu Shu looked back at him.
"Really? Then help me too."
Seeing that the topic had turned to Wayne Tower, Nightwing placed his elbow on Robin's shoulder, "What's that shadow? What's written on that piece of paper?"
Robin didn't show it to him, he had already put the paper with the apology written on it away.
"Go find it quickly. Although I haven't told you anything, as long as you know about this, you can start, right?" Liu Shu helped them open the window.
After flying away with the criminal, Liu Shu stood silently at the window.
"I hope to see Mr. Malone take you home before I go back," Sherlock stepped closer, "Miss Wu."
"Do you think his house is an orphanage?" Catching children everywhere, Liu Shu looked up. She knew that she couldn't hide it for long, but this happened too quickly. It was all Batman's fault. It must have been because of him that she was exposed.
"How did you do that?" Sherlock was not truly sure until he got her personal admission.
“Technology changes life?”
"Are you sure you don't want to tell him about this? He seems to be raising you as his own child."
"No." That's why I didn't want to tell him. No one wants to suddenly have another parent, right? Liu Shu shook his head.
She didn't want to be Robin.
Sherlock really couldn't understand the emotional disputes in the Wayne family, and he didn't understand Liu Shu's behavior and actions.
But he'd learned one thing since coming to Gotham.
"Okay, I won't tell him." Be understanding and respectful and keep everything confidential.
Liu Shu was sent back home by the Red Hood Gang.
She thought she was just going out for a walk today, but she didn't expect to experience so much.
I hope this won’t happen again—
"Hey! Boy, you don't know the rules here, do you?"
"I..." The cashier at the counter raised his hands and stepped back tremblingly.
"Brother, you are here. This is a new guy who doesn't know much. Please don't bother with him." The store manager came out and pushed the cashier behind him.
"This month..."
"I understand, I understand."
Is this the scene of paying protection fees? Liu Shu stood at the door of the store with her puppet. She turned her head and looked at Dick. Why didn't he stop it?
"What's wrong?" Dick looked at her puzzled.
"You're not going?" That's not within his job scope, right?
Liu Shu watched as the Red Hood gang member took the protection money and left.
She found a bench and sat down.
"Shouldn't you be going to beat someone up? Why are you following me?" Early this morning, Yanou was assigned to protect himself.
She was brought to her doorstep by Dick.
Liu Shu was really confused when she opened the door. She didn't know why such a bizarre thing happened to her.
"Although the people you helped..."
"Not 'you', I didn't join the Red Hood gang." Liu Shu corrected the mistake in his words.
"Well, although the Red Hood gang collects protection fees, they only collect them from Wayne's businesses."
"Isn't this targeting you?" You should take action.
"That figure alone is indeed very expensive, but after Bruce's calculations, comparing the monthly protection fee with the losses caused by robberies, it turned out to be no loss at all, and even a considerable profit." Bruce's original words were, 'Take it if you want.'
Dick smiled and said that he didn't have much of an opinion on this matter. After all, it was his half-brother's property, and the Red Hood gang was really good at robbing.
Liu Shu listened calmly. She found that the protection fee set before was still too low. She remembered that the proposer of the plan said that it had tripled.
They didn't have much idea about the size of the Wayne Group and didn't even know how to collect the money.
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