Chapter 2507: Battle for the Cloak (37)

Chapter 2481: The Battle for the Cape (37)

This shop selling bathtub ducks is obviously quite old. From the arrangement of the window, it can be seen that it is the most old-fashioned gift shop. So when you enter, you can see all kinds of shelves placed against the wall, and there are a lot of messy counters in the middle, all of which are piled with all kinds of gifts.

This kind of chaos should have a very lively atmosphere. Peter likes to visit such gift shops very much. However, when he visited such shops in the past, he felt like a thief because he couldn't afford most of the gifts here, and he was worried that he would meet his classmates and be laughed at.

But today he felt a little relieved, and even wanted to come here with excitement, because Jason was following him, and this guy was stronger than Thompson.

Spider-Man secretly thought in his heart that if he met his classmates this time, they would definitely not dare to laugh at him for being a poor guy, at least they would not dare to laugh at him in front of him.

But this time, when they entered the store, what attracted their attention was not the messy goods, but the person behind the messy goods counter.

The man was wearing a shop assistant's apron and was half-kneeling on the ground sorting the goods on the middle shelf. From Spider-Man and Jason's perspective, he only showed his head, but this head alone was impossible to ignore. He was really too handsome.

Jason recognized at a glance that this was the Batman of his universe. Although all Batmans looked very similar, there were some subtle differences in the details. Robins in each universe could also distinguish them well. Jason was especially good at distinguishing them. He felt that the facial features of the Batman in his universe were more three-dimensional than those of other Batmen.

They both shouted at the same time, but the man did not respond. He did not even stand up the first time the two rushed in, but continued to fiddle with the goods on the shelf.

He didn't turn around until he heard the noise behind him. He stood up slowly, looked at the two of them with some doubts and said, "Batman? Are you looking for a new toy with a bat? Well, what do you think of that one?"

The man pointed to the little yellow duck behind Jason. It was the Halloween-style little yellow duck that Jason had seen before. There was a bat on the top of its head and a pumpkin under its butt. It looked a little funny, but the bat was cute.

Spider-Man and Jason looked at each other and realized that something was wrong. Why did Batman pretend not to recognize them? Is there an enemy monitoring nearby?

"Do you really think that one is good-looking?" Spider-Man was a little shaken, and Jason immediately glared at him. Although the bathtub duck with a bat is very good-looking, is that the point?

But just as they were hesitating, the man wiped his hands on his apron, took a doll from the side and introduced it: "How about this one? This is also a Halloween-themed doll. Look, its bow tie is a bat!"

Spider-Man saw that the man was holding a teddy bear in his hand. The teddy bear had a small wizard hat on its head and a pumpkin bowl in its hand. The bow tie was a bat. The overall shape was very cute.

Spider-Man took a step forward and reached out to touch the teddy bear's head. Jason immediately pulled him back and said, "Don't touch it. There may be nano monitors, nano viruses, nano... Anyway, there must be a lot of things on it."

The man holding the bear and Spider-Man looked at Jason with a mentally ill look.

"No, we don't have any gifts." The man shook his head and explained, "Because this is a discounted model, a small Halloween limited pumpkin teddy bear, only $19."

Spider-Man immediately showed a tangled expression. He only had $20 in his hand. If he bought this, he would definitely not be able to buy the bathtub duck, which would cost at least seven or eight dollars.

Compared with Europe, Americans have higher wages and lower basic prices, but that also depends on which city they live in. After all, Spider-Man lives in New York. Even if it is not the most expensive Manhattan area, non-essential items such as gifts are still much more expensive than elsewhere.

Parker's family's financial conditions are not very good. Even in high school, Peter only has $20 in pocket money a week. He is not yet an adult and cannot work. His pocket money is often robbed by those school bullies. He saved up these $20 for almost a month.

Jason's attention is now all on Batman. He instinctively feels that this Batman's eyes are a little bit wrong. If he must describe it, this Batman's eyes are a little too clear.

Batman's beautiful blue eyes always contain lingering haze and storms. No one can see through them. Jason once thought that maybe Batman himself can't do it either. His overly heavy past is piled up on every iris line, weaving into an airtight net. When he looks in the mirror, it also prevents him from figuring out what he is thinking.

If there are enemies spying around now, Batman can pretend to be harmless, but his eyes and his eyes will never look like this.

Jason can even clearly read the eagerness in his eyes, as if he wants to sell more products before Christmas, and Peter looks like a kid with money but nowhere to spend it, but he is not.

"Why is this on sale?" Jason asked pointedly.

The man who looked exactly like Batman immediately showed an embarrassment in his expression, as if he had been exposed. He swallowed a breath and said, "Well... well, the label of this thing was damaged by the vacuum cleaner, so it has no label and can only be sold at a low price."

Jason crossed his arms and said, "In fact, you spent money to buy it because of the damaged label, right? It's just that you think it's useless to hold it, so you want to find a sucker to sell it to him and recover some losses."

The embarrassment on the man's face became stronger. Jason narrowed his eyes and said, "I guess you won't buy it for more than 25 dollars. Are you only going to spend 6 dollars to pay for your mistake? Oh, I was wrong..."

Just as the man was about to speak, Jason said again, "19 is a very unique number. It is close to 20, but it is 1 "It starts with 19.9 yuan, so many stores like to start with it to hint to customers that this thing is only a dozen yuan."

"But these cunning businessmen will not miss the money they can make. They will definitely mark the price as 19.9 yuan, which is no different from 20 yuan, and they can also get 1 yuan at the beginning. Even the stupidest store will not miss this 90 cents."

"If you say that the price of this toy is an integer of 19 yuan, it proves that this is not the price in the store. It may be more like a small concession that some people are willing to make for their insignificant mistakes. Is 1 yuan really enough to fill your conscience?"

The expression on the man's face has completely turned into embarrassment. Jason carefully observed the changes in his expression and found that this was really not an act. Even if it was a casual act, Batman did not have so many rich little expressions. What's going on?

Jason immediately pulled Spider-Man and said, "Something is wrong. I think Batman may..."

As soon as he said this, he turned his head and found that Spider-Man's eyes seemed to be glued to the teddy bear.

And Batman's eyes seemed to be glued to Spider-Man.

Jason sighed and said, "Don't think you can fool us. No one wants to pay so much extra for your mistake. Since you have already bought it, it is a second-hand item. For $10, we will give you a Christmas duck in the window."

"Impossible!" The man raised his voice and said, "The duck alone costs 8 dollars. How can this bear be worth only two dollars?"

"Please, it's not how much the bear is worth, but how much we are willing to pay to make up for your loss. This is obviously out of humanitarian concern, not commodity trading. Anyway, it's useless for you to keep this bear, right?"

The man looked at the bear in his hand with some hesitation. The bear was unwilling to accept the price, so he could only bargain: "15 dollars, bear and duck, how about it?"

"No, that's too high. You know we don't need this bear." Jason stretched out his hand to block Spider-Man's eager eyes and said, "We just want to buy the duck. It only costs 8 dollars. You got into trouble and asked us for help. We are willing to spend two more dollars to help you solve the trouble."

Finally, the two bargained and decided to buy the bear and the Christmas bathtub duck for 12 dollars. In the process, Jason found out a shocking fact that this Batman didn't like bats.

If it was the real Batman, Jason bet that even if the teddy bear with Batman's bow tie had no effect on Batman, he would not sell it. Even if Batman was not the richest man in the world, he would not sell it just because he was short of these two dollars.

Jason had just learned about the fact that Batman simply loves bats. He was almost 30 years old when he received a bat doll that was almost as tall as him at his birthday party. This incident brought him a huge mental shock.

He was confused by Batman's enthusiasm for bats and finally understood a reason that he had never understood before, why is it bats?

Why else? Batman just likes bats. Those sayings that bats are Batman's psychological shadows can't explain why he is obsessed with printing bat patterns on every piece of equipment. Who would print psychological shadows all over the world?

Batman's newly issued US dollars are all bats!

Yes, US dollars. Jason immediately reached out to Spider-Man's pocket. How could Spider-Man rob him? Jason directly took away the banknotes in his hand. It was not even a whole money, but a pile of change.

Jason flipped it open and saw that there was no bat on the dollar, but Franklin, which means that this was the era when Bruce Wayne had not yet become president.

No, it's not that real. This is a dream after all. Anything is possible. This guy could be Batman, or he could just be a passerby in the dream.

Jason decided to test it. He held the money and ignored the eager look in the eyes of this strange Batman. He put one hand on his waist and leaned against the counter with the other hand. He said, "Actually, I'm more curious about how you rolled the toy label in with the vacuum cleaner. Shouldn't this thing be kept close to the ground when cleaning?"

The man's face showed an even more embarrassed expression.