Starting from scratch, Batman crushed my dream of getting rich

Chapter 403 How to Make a Bet

"Why are you here?" Xiao Na looked at Ma Zhaodi, who was giving the man emergency first aid, and suddenly felt a sense of relief, like finding a community in a time of crisis. "And why do you know first aid? You seem so skilled at it."

"I was originally going home after setting up my stall, but I received an alarm here, so I came to check it out."

This is a lie. In reality, he followed Snart and Mick directly to the vicinity of the bank to set up a stall. At that moment, Snart and the others were quietly watching the situation inside the bank from their car across the street.

Their original plan was to pick Roy up in their car after the robbery and invite him to join them in tomorrow's criminal activities, so the three of them could take down the Flash together and carry out their grand scheme. Of course, seeing that Roy's criminal scheme seemed to have collapsed before it even got off the ground, the two of them had to abandon their original plan.

Outside the bank, an inconspicuous gray car quietly drove off the street and disappeared unnoticed.

"What should we do now?"

Inside the car, Mick asked Snatt, "It seems like all the people you're looking for are done for. One of them was even hired by the cops."

"Nothing to do."

Driving calmly, Snart said, "It's just a painting. The two of us are enough. The police in the Central City Police Department and the Rutherwells' private bodyguards can't stop us."

"In fact, the reason we were looking for people wasn't because of the painting. It wasn't worth me specifically looking for other teammates. We were looking for people just to make sure we could defeat the Flash."

"But we can't find anyone now."

"The Flash didn't even show up this time. Instead, it was Shauna who came out to deal with Roy. Why do you think that is?"

"Is The Flash finished? He really can't run anymore?"

Snart shrugged.

"I guess we're going to be bored for a while."

Meanwhile, Ma Zhaodi noticed that Snart had left outside the bank, but he did not run out to stop him. Instead, he calmly tended to the wound on the man's stomach.

“I’ve always known first aid,” he casually answered Shawna’s question. “The people over there are generally very martial. If you don’t know first aid, firearms, hand-to-hand combat, car chases, psychology, criminology, and the like, it will be very difficult to live there.”

"Did you really live in the United States before? Not in Afghanistan or the Middle East or something like that?"

"Midtown people don't lie to Midtown people."

Having finished bandaging himself, Ma Zhaodi stood up and walked straight outside.

"Wait a minute, let me save this person first." Xiao Na quickly pulled out the tranquilizer gun and waved it: "Kai, everyone says this gun has a healing effect."

"Don't worry, this person will pull through. The bullet only hit the intestines and didn't damage the spine or other internal organs. Besides, the ambulance is on its way."

"Let's get out of here as soon as possible. Don't reveal your hand too much. There's more than just this one person you need to deal with."

Ma Zhaodi pointed to Roy, who was sleeping soundly on the ground. At that moment, Roy was being brutally beaten by a burly man. Blood was flying from his nose and his front teeth were flying everywhere. If he continued to be beaten, it felt like he wouldn't see the sun tomorrow.

Shauna nodded subconsciously. She quickly went to Roy's side and disappeared into the bank with him in an instant, leaving the big man sitting there dumbfounded, pounding the ground.

The collaboration between the lab and Shauna was a resounding success in its first battle, with a fairly good result. Although one person was injured during the operation, their life was not in danger, and overall the scale of the operation was brought under control.

The follow-up work was no different from before. Roy was locked in the superpower prison below the laboratory, and the Rainbow Thief's red eyes were no longer effective due to the unique black technology of the Star Lab. "You helped Central City avoid a bloody conflict in time. As far as the first battle went—well done, Miss Shauna."

Wells smiled and said, "Congratulations. How does it feel to be a hero?"

“Not good.” Shawna carefully recalled the feeling of seeing the man shot and fall to the ground: “I’m not feeling well, I can’t breathe. The title of hero is a bit too heavy. I never thought that being a hero would be so troublesome.”

"It's okay, you did a great job."

Wells continued, "Old Ma called again and talked to us. He saved the patent information and parameters to a USB drive in advance and asked us to hand it over to you."

Shauna took the USB drive from Wells, but her expression remained unchanged. She wanted to be happy, but she just couldn't.

She remembered what Ma Zhaodi had said before.

"Once you commit your first major theft for him, it will be easy to commit it a second time. You will never be satisfied with petty theft again. The thrill of taking shortcuts will make you lose your normal concept of money. Think about it carefully: when you can get a lot of money just by reaching out, why should you live like a normal person?"

"This approach poses no risk to him, but it is extremely dangerous to you. You should know your own abilities well. You can teleport, but you are not invincible. You also have weaknesses. Even if you don't mind taking this risk, don't you care about his attitude towards you?"

“Shauna, let’s make a bet, shall we? If I win, you can go back to a normal life. If I lose, Star Labs and The Flash will never come after you again, and you’ll have two fewer rivals in your criminal activities in Central City.”

When faced with Ma Zhaodi's bet, Xiao Na also hesitated.

"Shauna? Shauna?"

Wells raised his voice slightly, pulling Shawna out of her reverie: "You don't have to wait any longer. You can go directly to your boyfriend to apply for a patent and get out of prison."

"Aren't you afraid I'll just take the stuff and leave? If that happens, Snart will be left without anyone to deal with him."

“A certain level of trust is the foundation of cooperation,” Wells replied. “That’s what Old Ma said, and I think there’s some truth to it.”

So Shauna left Star Lab with mixed feelings, but instead of registering right away, she called Barry directly.

Ten minutes later, Joe drove her all the way to the prison.

"You're Shauna, aren't you?"

At the prison gate, Joe solemnly instructed her, "Your time inside will be limited, so say what you need to say quickly and don't dawdle."

Shauna nodded.

Led by a prison guard, the two walked through the corridors and cells, until finally, the guard pointed to the cell at the very back.

"This was specially prepared. Let's finish this quickly so I can move him back to his room."

Qiao thanked the guard and pulled him aside to smoke, while Xiao Na walked alone to the cell.

"Corey, how are you?"

"Shauna?!"

(End of this chapter)