Luke and Richard talked earnestly for half an hour.
Sure enough, the man sensed his sincerity and was very willing to work for the Dark Knight.
Yes, Richard was only responsible to the Dark Knight and the black catgirl, and didn't have any contact with the rest of Team Bat.
It wasn't that Luke didn't trust his teammates, but that Richard's ability was too hateful.
Luke named this ability Cyber Spirit, and it was still one of the abilities that he couldn't learn.
It allowed Richard to send part of his consciousness into the network, and he could do so unimpeded in most places.
There were many disadvantages to this ability, including the fact that his consciousness couldn't be transmitted wirelessly or over powerful wires.
Also, it was very difficult for it to break into corporate servers with all kinds of hardware and software protection. Even highly skilled hackers might not be able to get in.
Even if they could, it would consume a lot of Richard's mental strength, which would slow down his operation and reduce the duration of the ability.
But this ability was still so good that it was cheating.
He couldn't break through corporate defenses, but he could break through the personal network defenses of most people in a corporation.
He couldn't transmit wirelessly, but he could hack into routers and signal towers to intercept data.
For Richard, 99.99% of the electrical networks in the world were wide avenues that he could come and go as he pleased.
If he really wanted to target someone, he would just have to take a detour, which would be a little more troublesome.
The few people who couldn't do anything at all were special people like Tony and Luke, who didn't care about money.
This also meant that the secrets of most people in the world weren't secrets to Richard.
As long as he was sure who he wanted to investigate, he would be able to find out more or less about them. At most, it would take time and effort, but compared to the rewards, it might not be worth it.
Thus, it was too easy for this ability to arouse suspicion and lead to disaster.
When Amanda controlled Richard, she kept his identity and abilities a secret, and considered him her "personal tool."
When a crisis arose and she might not be able to control Richard, she would immediately kill him.
Luke had taken advantage of this to recruit Richard.
The Dark Knight's title only made Richard less resistant to negotiations.
What really moved Richard was the job requirements and pay.
After working for Luke, he would still be an intelligence spy, and only had to abide by safety regulations.
There were ten "guaranteed commissions" every year, and he had to accept them without any conditions. The rest of the commissions were up to him.
He would be paid for any commission he completed, and he would get nothing if he didn't.
Correspondingly, the Dark Knights would protect Richard's personal safety, and they would selectively accept Richard's personal requests.
After the Dark Knight completed the task, Richard would also have to pay him.
Richard was already very satisfied with this kind of deal with a "guarantee" clause.
Amanda, that female chimpanzee, had been treating Richard as a mere tool ever since she caught him. She could use him as she pleased.
Eating and drinking was fine, but freedom and rejection were not allowed.
Whatever information she wanted him to find out, he had to do it as soon as she gave him an order. If he didn't complete it or didn't complete it well, a pile of suffering would await him.
One of the reasons why Richard scolded Amanda Gorilla was that she was an inhumane animal with a black heart and a black face.
Secondly, he felt like he was being treated as a chimpanzee in an acrobatic troupe, while Amanda was the animal trainer.
Although she gave him food and drink, she also locked him in a cage, and if he resisted, she would beat him up.
On the other hand, the Dark Knight's moral bottom line was too high.
The mandatory terms of the deal between the two were equivalent. In essence, they were in a cooperative relationship of equals.
As for the Dark Knight's threat of "I'll keep an eye on you. Don't do anything bad," Richard wasn't angry.
The Dark Knight was a super cosplayer who had inherited Batman's beliefs. If he wanted to talk about equality with bad guys, that would be a betrayal of Batman's beliefs.
Richard could only rejoice that all the bad things he had done in the past were basically Amanda's fault, and that his ability was still useful to the Dark Knight.
Otherwise, if the Dark Knight blamed him for all the bad things, he would be paralyzed at best.
As a partner and not a prisoner, Richard wasn't stopped from living in California's Silicon Valley.
Luke also came to Los Angeles to check on him. He hypnotized Richard to make sure that he didn't get carried away.
The guy had swindled a huge sum of money out of Amanda's treasury, but the money hadn't been laundered properly, and Luke didn't dare use it carelessly.
After getting on the Dark Knight's good side, Luke had him start an internet technology company, and then laundered the millions of dollars back to him through financing. He didn't even charge Richard any fees.
Luke had expressed great sincerity, and Richard had to prove his worth as a partner to avoid being underestimated.
Over the past few months, he had helped Luke complete many involuntary investigations, and earned hundreds of credit points and more than a million bonuses.
If things continued like this, he could use his identity as the boss of an internet company to openly live a luxurious life.
Thus, after Luke met the guy, he was very sure that his partner was emotionally stable and fine.
However, if Richard dared to cross the line, Luke wouldn't mind giving him drugs, hypnosis, and hallucinations.
…
After inspecting Richard, Luke went to look for the stubborn old man, Hank Pym.
He used the identity of the Everything Merchant again, but Dr. Pym still didn't want to sell his technology, and didn't care much about the technology that Luke was offering in exchange.
The old man was set on Luke's Pym particle research, just like how Tony was set on the Iron Man armor. The value of the technology wasn't the most important thing.
Thankfully, the technology that the bigshot offered Dr. Pym wasn't as arrogant as last time.
They proved that the bigshot didn't just control money or power, but also technology.
The only thing that Dr. Pym truly respected was technology. He hated capitalists the most.
The bigshot settled for the next best thing, and asked to buy Pym particles directly from Dr. Pym.
Dr. Pym didn't want to agree at first, but Luke mentioned that Daron, the CEO of Pym Technologies, was selling Pym particles at a high price.
If that went on, Pym Technologies would be able to develop Pym particles faster with the support of a huge amount of cash.
Dr. Pym's face immediately darkened.
He knew that Luke wasn't threatening him, but telling him the truth: Your student who betrayed you was exchanging your results for money to strengthen himself.
If Dr. Pym didn't sell it, Daron would benefit from everything.
With the addition and subtraction, it was obvious who had suffered a great loss.
Luke also said that he could provide capital, raw materials, equipment, and intelligence in exchange.
After considering it for a few months, Dr. Pym finally agreed to provide Pym particles, but not much.
The old man wasn't stupid.
While he was considering, he found out that Daron's Pym particles actually sold very little, and wouldn't be available for at least a few years.
Therefore, he only provided half of Daron's total supply of Pym particles, and the price was even higher.
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