Chapter 2072: Knight's Terrifying Night (Part 14) _2

It was hard to put into words the terrifying authority Batman exerted.

"Relax." Nightwing kindly reminded him, "Adjust your heart rate, don't be scared, he won't hurt us."

Indeed, he wouldn't hurt you. Peter thought in his heart, whether he would hurt me or not depended on whether Poison Ivy would confess.

Indeed, I relied too much on the spider-sense, Peter thought. Dr. Shiller had plainly said before that one had to examine from multiple angles and make a comprehensive judgement, relying on danger-sensing would eventually lead to a mishap.

Batman could make countless mistakes, but he could only make one.

Wait, if Batman had anticipated that Poison Ivy would come, what led him to this conclusion?

Batman knew everything about every villain in Gotham, so he must know that Poison Ivy didn't have the guts to attack the Batcave.

If he had anticipated that Poison Ivy had a reason to come to the Batcave and pretended to leave only to make a surprise attack, it meant he had a hunch about the reason Poison Ivy had to come, and he must have believed the reason held up, which led him to set a trap.

What could be the reason for Poison Ivy to come?

There were only three people in the Batcave, and two of them were as close as father and son. Who else could be the traitor?

Peter thought with some bitterness, was Batman's will made of vibranium? He had fluctuated at least ten times in half a night; it only took him half an hour to get his thoughts straight and reverse the situation.

Peter thought carefully about his actions and found no errors, every time point was just right.

Whether it was manipulating emotions, creating clues, or guiding actions, everything was perfect, including his performance. Why did it become like this?

Suddenly, Peter remembered the words of Shiller - "...Peter, you always need to remember, death is not always the best revenge, you have more ways to turn it into a gift. When things start to become dull, maybe you should be more daring."

Was he not being daring enough?

Peter began to seriously think about Shiller's words, because he knew that the person who gave these words was not the unfamiliar Dr. Shiller, but the professor.

Peter learned about Batman and their stories from the professor's words. Undoubtedly, the professor knew Batman very well, so these words could not be so simple.

Wait a moment, Peter's sharp intuition told him something was wrong. The focus of the statement didn't seem to be on "daring".

If the professor was telling him to be more aggressive, there was no need to say the first sentence. He could've just directly said the last sentence. As far as Peter understood, the professor didn't like to babble.

"Death is never the best revenge, you have many ways to turn it into a gift."

Peter pondered these words over and over in his mind, feeling that he was gradually getting a gauge on it, yet something still seemed to be missing.

At first, Peter thought that these words meant there were many things in the world more painful than death, and he could certainly achieve these with his ability. Therefore, he could completely fear not killing, and even turn death into a gift of ending suffering.

But on second thought, that didn't seem right. Professor Shiller was a master of psychology, he should know that he didn't kill people, and he had no motive to persuade him to kill either.

After all, if he wanted to lead the Spider Legion, most of Spider Man would not kill. He couldn't turn all the Spider Men into killers, right? This was completely a matter of going out of one's way, it made no sense.

If these words were not hinting at him to drop his baseline of not killing, then what were they pointing to?

Just as Peter was thinking carefully, he saw the apologetic look in Poison Ivy's eyes through the cage. The emotional impact interrupted his train of thought.

For the first time, Peter felt this emotion called "fear" very directly.

In the past, he had his Spider-sense, and the vast majority of dangers were expected. Even if he couldn't avoid them, he could at least be mentally prepared.

But Peter really didn't know what Batman would do to him.

Peter felt his heart begin to race, his breathing became rapid, and cold sweat soaked his back.

Then he understood that even if Poison Ivy didn't reveal him, his reaction would make Batman realize he was holding a bag full of silver coins.

Peter began to desperately control his physical signs, then he realized that he had been too dependent on the Symbiont before.

He vaguely remembered Steve telling him how to forcibly control his heartbeat, keep his physical indicators stable in the face of combat, and Natasha telling him how an Agent should remain calm when being interrogated, not showing any flaws.

He remembered all the theory, but he had never really had the chance to put it into practice. Now, when he was really applying it, Peter found that it wasn't that the method was not effective, rather, Batman was just too oppressive.

Batman wasn't even looking at Poison Ivy anymore. He directly turned his head to look at Peter, staring at him and then proceeded towards him.

The heavy footsteps were like the countdown to execution, the silence in the air instantly became a sharpened blade hanging over his head, and the glance slid over him like the knife that severed the chains on the guillotine.

Thump, thump, thump...

His heartbeat began to synchronize with the dull sound, but when Batman's voice rang out, it had a playful twist that didn't belong there, like a cat teasing a mouse.

"What's the matter, Peter?"

Peter felt every pore on his back turn into a waterfall, and after the cold sweat flowed out, it turned into ice spikes piercing his back.

"Stop! Bring him back!"

Greed suddenly stood up and walked towards the outside of the theater, ready to operate the Doujie System subconsciously and pull Peter back.

At that moment, Arrogance grabbed his arm. Greed looked back at him, and Arrogance shook his head: "You know, there is no progress without pressure."

"But that's Batman." Greed's face became serious, he said: "Nobody dares to say they can completely control a situation where Batman is present, not even you, right?"

"I completely agree with the Heir facing trials. Blood and tears have to be shed sooner or later, but everything must be under control."

"Anything related to Batman is extraordinarily dangerous and unpredictable, we can't ensure that anyone in such a situation won't get truly hurt."

"High risk, high reward, this is something you often say." Arrogance didn't let go, but continued to say: "Facing Batman is extremely terrifying for any intelligent being, because he embodies fear, and this one in front of us is no exception, even in the face of that embodiment of fear."

"Such great pressure can shatter anyone's mindset. We all know that even with the bonus of solitude, facing the Batman of the Prime Universe, we can't completely say that we didn't feel the pressure. Let alone Peter."

Greed looked at Arrogance somewhat puzzled, and Arrogance continued: "But if Peter can get through this, the gains he makes will be astonishing."

"You anticipated this, didn't you? That's why you gave him that hint." Greed sighed, but didn't continue forward, and said: "You should have been clearer."

"Peter is very smart." Arrogance shook his head slightly: "And enormous pressure will be the catalyst for his wisdom. Once he overcomes this hurdle, no one knows how far he will grow."

Afterwards, he looked directly at Greed and said: "Just like you said, we planted a seed but we don't know what kind of flower it will grow into."

"Maybe one day, I will be surprised to find a flower stem stretching over here on the third floor balcony, and that would be your gift to me, wouldn't it?"