With a sharp crack, the gun in Lex's hand was knocked away. The tip of the umbrella pressed against his brow. He took two steps back, raised both hands, and looked at Schiller, who had struck him.
Selene rolled over, caught the gun Schiller had knocked away, and raised it. But for a moment, she had no idea whom she should aim at.
Selene was definitely on Bruce's side, but Schiller had been the one arguing with Bruce earlier. By all logic, she should have aimed the gun at Schiller.
But Schiller was also from Gotham, and he was Bruce's teacher. The two of them had only argued verbally and had not come to blows, while Lex had fired at Bruce. So she turned the gun toward Lex instead.
However, without his gun, Lex was just an unarmed teenager. If it came down to who posed the greater threat, Schiller was still more dangerous. Selene stood there hesitating for a long while, her gun wavering back and forth, until Bruce stepped forward and pressed her arm down.
Everyone present was somewhat stunned. In their eyes, Lex's behavior made no sense at all. He was from Metropolis and had never been involved in Gotham's tangled grudges. Even if he had met Bruce before, they had no enmity. Why had he fired?
Combined with his earlier attack on Benjamin, he looked like a lunatic ready to attack anyone at any moment. Just as Lex was about to say something, Schiller extended his umbrella slightly and narrowed his eyes. "Back up."
He was highly wary of Lex because he knew that, in the comics, Lex possessed extraordinary intelligence and was one of the smartest people in the entire DC world. People like that were the hardest to deal with. You never knew whether