Chapter 158 The Riddler and Bane's Conspiracy

Diosburg District, Knight Dome.

Harley Quinn, who came to fight for the Joker, finally left. The Joker had escaped from Arkham Asylum long before Bane arrived, and now no one knows where he ran to.

But according to the Joker's personality, he has not caused any trouble for such a long time, and the villains think that he has probably left Gotham.

But Harley believes that the Joker will not leave Gotham for no reason, so she happily returns to the ACE Chemical Plant to summon members of the "Joker Gang" and search for the Joker's whereabouts everywhere in Gotham.

The Penguin and Black Mask also left immediately.

The villain alliance that Bane wanted to achieve was barely negotiated.

They just waited for Bane to deliver the promised large amount of Wayne-made new weapons to their territory, and they would recognize Bane's hegemony in Gotham.

Now, only Bane and the Riddler were left in the field.

"Is the fusion reactor hidden?"

Bane suddenly asked.

"Don't worry, no one in this world can find it unless he cracks my riddle, but this is absolutely impossible, because the person who can crack it is no longer in Gotham, hahaha..."

The Riddler laughed a few times.

"But, is this really okay?"

After laughing, the Riddler asked Bane.

"What do you mean?"

"Are you really so confident that I can arrange your biggest reliance on controlling Gotham, and kill all the insiders after hiding it."

"Except for me, including yourself, no one else knows the whereabouts of the nuclear bomb."

The Riddler stared at Bane meaningfully.

"Do you really trust me so much that I won't secretly give the nuclear bomb to other gang bosses? You know, they must want to get this nuclear bomb too."

"You did hide the nuclear bomb, right?"

Bane remained calm and didn't care about the threat implied in the Riddler's words.

"That's right."

The Riddler gave an affirmative answer.

"That's enough."

Bane smiled without warning, even though others could only see his hideous facial expression under the effect of the respirator.

But at least the Riddler could feel Bane's happiness.

"It's unbelievable that you would feel happy when I said that. Do you like being threatened by others?"

"Nygma, do you know why I only found you among so many people in the asylum?"

The joy on Bane's face disappeared in a few seconds.

"Oh? I am a little interested in this, maybe because I am smarter than all of them?"

The Riddler is extremely confident in his IQ.

Although he is often defeated by Batman, he always thinks that Batman is not as smart as him.

The reason he failed is just because he left too many clues for Batman.

"No."

Of course, Bane did not seek cooperation with the Riddler because he felt good about himself.

"Because you are fundamentally different from them."

"Whether it is Cobblepot or Cienzos, their power and family are closely connected with this city. The daughter of the Deadshot goes to school here, and the research base of the Scarecrow is all in Gotham."

"What they have in common is that no matter what the reason, they will not give up the city of Gotham, and they will not leave here easily."

"Only you and Deathstroke are different. You do not have an obsession with the city of Gotham, or your obsession with Gotham only exists in one person."

"It's a pity that Deathstroke is unwilling to cooperate with me, but having you here is enough."

Listening to Bane's narration, the Riddler gradually frowned.

He seemed to understand what Bane wanted to do.

"You are really crazy, the Joker might have a lot in common with you."

The Riddler's interest was immediately raised, Bane's idea was too interesting.

"Well... the original riddle was too simple, not worthy of this level of madness, I have to upgrade it."

"This is not madness, but punishment."

Bane opened his hands and shouted.

"Nygma, I don't care where you hide the bomb, nor do I care who you give it to. I just need to make sure it won't be found by anyone outside of Gotham."

"Because I believe that if Cobblepot and Cienzos get the bomb, they will protect it. As long as it's still in Gotham, it doesn't matter who has it."

"Hehe, just rest assured. How could I let others interfere with such a fun thing? No one knows where it is except me."

The Riddler smiled mysteriously.

"There's just one more thing I want to know, Bane, why do you want to destroy Gotham?"

"In order to cleanse our sins, we created plagues to plunder Rome and burned London to the ground. Since ancient times, any land covered by sins cannot escape our sanctions."

"Today it's Gotham's turn."

The Riddler has seen the fact that Bane will definitely detonate the bomb, so Bane doesn't need to hide his motives anymore.

Anyway, the Riddler is always under Bane's nose, and he can kill Nygma at any time.

"We are the Shadow Warrior Alliance."

Liberating prisoners, creating chaos, and keeping the whole city on alert, it seems that Bane wants to make Gotham independent and become a local tyrant.

In fact, all this is just a trick to make others believe that as long as they follow the rules Bane said, he will not detonate a nuclear bomb to destroy Gotham.

Why didn't he destroy Gotham as soon as he arrived?

Part of the reason is that Bane wants the citizens of Gotham, the city of sin, who are bleeding with sin, to fully enjoy the taste of despair.

Another reason is that he can't detonate a nuclear bomb.

That's right, the remote control in Bane's hand is actually useless now.

The fusion reactor developed by Wayne Enterprises was not intended to be weaponized. Even if Dr. Pavel forcibly transforms the reactor into a nuclear bomb, it will take a long time to achieve the transformation.

Conservative estimates show that it will take a month to complete the transformation.

And the moment of completion is when the nuclear bomb automatically detonates.

Although this nuclear bomb is also designed with the function of remote explosion, it needs to be transformed to a certain degree before it can take effect.

It can be remotely detonated after about five days, and the power will be smaller than after the full reaction, and it is impossible to kill everyone in Gotham.

So Bane will not take the initiative to detonate the nuclear bomb unless it is absolutely necessary.

Bane did not tell anyone about this information, and the Riddler did not know it.

"So that's it, Batman was also a member of you before, and then he betrayed you, interesting, this is really interesting."

After listening to Bane's story, the Riddler became more and more interested.

"If you don't mind, I should cooperate with you for a long time, until Batman dies..."

Bane and the Riddler reached a final agreement.