"I think I have a rough idea of what's going on." Batman looked at the device in front of him and said, "We're one step late. We weren't first."
He turned to the somewhat bewildered Superman and said, "This is a moral game-theory puzzle, Clark. What I'm about to say may be very important, and you'll probably need to listen carefully, so you don't think what I'm about to do is insane."
That last sentence made Superman shiver. Usually, when Batman said something like that, whatever he did next was definitely going to look insane—and not just ordinary insane. It would look like he was trying to get himself killed.
"We got here very quickly, which proves we work well together and have quite a spirit of sacrifice. And the key to this moral game-theory puzzle is using moral coercion to squeeze enough blood out of the people who arrive first."
"For every immoral villain behind us in line, we need to give one extra portion of blood and bear one extra share of the cost for them. Otherwise, it will trigger a chain collapse, and the game will fail."
"From what I can tell, we should be second or third. Judging from the amount of blood in this basin, third is more likely, but that's still near the front. In other words, we have to draw enough blood to let the people behind us see hope of victory."
"However, if we split it evenly, the result will be that both of us lose most of our ability to act, and neither of us will be able to save the other. This level won't end here. There will be many dangers afterward, so doing that is the least advantageous option."
"The best method is for us to divide the work