Forking Out, Self-slander and Being Slandered

However, that wasn't the only reason Eddie was so determined to join the PDD.

Eddie had paid close attention to the battle between the Dark Knight and the Joker, and to the death of Carlton, the villain.

When Black Cat came to recruit him, the Dark Knight had already gone to deal with Carlton Drake, and just happened to run into the Joker, who had his eye on Carlton as well.

What embarrassed Eddie was that when he saw Knight throw the rope dart to save Carlton, he had actually been hoping that Knight would fail.

When the Joker successfully stopped Knight from rescuing Carlton, Eddie couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.

As a reporter, he knew too well how troublesome it was to deal with a rich and unscrupulous bigshot like this.

As long as Carlton was alive, Eddie had to worry about himself and even Anne.