Batman's eyebrows furrowed deeply.
"Sorry, this is one of the gifts I brought." Peter shrugged his shoulders and said to Jason, "This is a kind of special product in my hometown. They are benevolent parasites, or rather, whether they are benevolent or not is decided by their last host."
"Sorry, but Jason, you couldn't hide the base construction from Batman, you should know you can't fool him, right?"
But Jason didn't rush up at him, he was somewhat terrified, cowering in the corner, staring at Batman and saying, "You're going to monitor me from inside my brain, huh?! You... you..."
When a parent breaks the lock on a child's bedroom door without permission, the child gets angry. But when a parent opens a child's skull and implants a tracking chip, the child probably only feels fear.
Jason was somewhat scared now.
It's said that one's perspective of a person can change drastically in three days. What had Batman been through in the year he wasn't there?
"But that's not the end of it." Peter continued.
"Despite allowing the fear gas disaster to break out was indeed part of Batman's plan, he needed to add an extra layer of insurance."
"So, even though he knew in advance that you were going to team up with Scarecrow, he did not stop you, because as long as you were there, all of Scarecrow's actions could not escape his sight."
"Despicable! Batman! You actually resort to such a lowly spy tactic! You are a disgrace to superheroes!" The Scarecrow gnashed his teeth.
"Batman also knew that if he pushed you too hard, the gas explosion that would engulf the city would still cause some confusion, so he didn't arrest you right away."
"On the contrary, he let me pretend to be kidnapped by Arkham Knight, who you were working with. By the way, the kidnapping process was done by altering the Symbiont's memory."
Peter looked at Jason and said, "If you think about it, you should remember that I strangled you with a spider web, and not the other way around."
Rule Eight of Shiller's Fabrication Laws: the fact doesn't change, but the timing does.
In actuality, Peter strangled the Arkham Knight and then put the Symbiont in his body. But Peter's description hinted that the Symbiont had been in Jason's body, placed there by Batman to keep an eye on Jason's actions.
Jason was indeed fooled. He propped himself up against the wall, his whole body stiffened as he looked at Batman and asked incredulously, "You altered my memory?!"
"Because if I didn't, it would be tough to trick Scarecrow," Peter shrugged and walked back behind Batman, continuing, "And it worked quite well, as Scarecrow fell for it."
"I then escaped halfway, of course, also under Batman's instruction, as this would make Scarecrow lose even more confidence and grow an increasingly restless, starting to feel scared."
"Without city-wide hostages, you would still rely on the hostages you kidnapped. But if these hostages were gone, you couldn't let Batman catch you, and even more so, couldn't let him capture you. That's what you were thinking, right?"
Peter spread his arms and said, "Look, you were caught by him, and what next? Batman does not kill, even if you are put in prison by Batman, there would still be a chance for you to escape."
"Even if Batman doesn't kill you, he would definitely show mercy, and you could have taken advantage of that to escape from his grasp using fear gas. There was no need to panic."
"But that's the pressure Batman wants to give you, as long as you focus on escaping, you won't have the time to threaten others."
"With his instructions, I was able to regroup the remaining Batman Family members in the city and deny you and the other villains the chance to kidnap those close to him, like Barbara, Gordon, Nightwing…"
"While you were busy escaping, I led Poison Ivy to them, knocked them out, and moved them to a safe place using a truck. When it was only you and Batman left in the city, you no longer had any advantage."
Penguin Man shrunk his neck, aware that Peter was correct. The majority of Gotham Villains have chosen to kidnap those close to Batman, a move that's worked time and time again.
But then he thought, if Batman had recognized this point long ago and had the ability to move them in advance like this time, why hadn't he done this earlier?
Or, was this actually a trap? The Penguin man frowned. They believed that kidnapping hostages was the last safety net, so, even in a disadvantageous situation, they did not leave Gotham. Instead, they played the game to the end, eventually leading themselves into the Batcave.
Penguin closed his eyes in realization that Batman was even more cunning than he thought. This strategy fooled them into relaxing their guard. Actually, as soon as the chaotic situation that Scarecrow promised did not occur, they should have withdrawn.
But Scarecrow still didn't understand. He clung to the railing, pressing his head against it as if he wanted to bite Batman, looking at Batman and saying, "You attacked us when Penguin and I were having a disagreement..."
"Have you ever considered why you and Penguin would have a disagreement?" Peter, still hiding behind Batman, just poked his head out and said, "I can tell you the reason is that Batman allowed me, posing as your student, to find Penguin. I opened his chest and stuffed two fear gas concentrated capsules into his lung pipe."