Before Gotham became a commercial city, it was a typical industrial city. Year-round pollution has permanently changed the color of the river that spans both ends of the city. Today, no matter how much money people spend on treatment, they can't bring it back.
Back to its original appearance.
Many things in the world are like this. It is easy to go from clear to turbid, but it is difficult to go from turbid to clear. It is easy to go from white to black, but from black to white... it requires a high price.
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The sound of the propeller turning underwater brought with it tiny bits of bubbles floating up to the surface of the river.
In this dark night, no one will notice what is quietly happening in this wide turbid river.
At this moment, a "bat submarine"...if you want to call it that...is slowly moving forward on the river bed.
And the person driving it is naturally Batman.
About an hour ago, after transforming into a taxi driver and raiding Feng Bujue, Wayne entered an underground passage not far from the Pioneer Bridge.
It took him many years to slowly develop this kind of "secret passages" all over the city (the slow progress of the expansion was not due to technical reasons, but simply because he had to try to avoid those that might become subway lines in the next few years.
place), whose entrances are located in every corner of Gotham, and need to be opened by scanning Wayne's own irises.
There are simple tracks and small magnetic levitation mobile cabins in the secret passage, which can help Wayne travel quickly in the city; in addition, there are some "bat equipment" hidden in certain locations in the secret passage in case of emergency.
Of course, these spare "equipment" do not include big things like "submarine".
Therefore, Wayne still had to return to his Batcave, activate the submarine, and then follow the tributary of the river into the Gotham River and drive to the place where his fake taxi sank.
This process undoubtedly took him a lot of time.
If he could successfully find "Jack"'s body in the wreckage of the blown-up car, then the time would be well spent, but...
"This kid... actually escaped?" Looking at the picture on the scanner, Wayne was shocked and confused, and then fell into deep thought, "How did he do it... Judging from Arkham's surveillance video,
Apart from being slightly stronger than ordinary people in terms of physical fitness, he has shown no other special abilities...could it be that his weird accomplice rescued him?" He quickly rejected this speculation, "No...no way.
Yes, to do that, he must have his accomplice waiting under the water in full diving equipment and get him out of the car within one second after it enters the water...unless he knows the precise crash in advance
This arrangement can only be made if there is no error of one meter; but the specific falling point...even I, the driver, cannot grasp..."
The so-called "reasoning" is like walking through a maze, and the exit of the maze is the "truth"; in this maze, when you enter a dead end, you often have to take a few steps back and find another way before you can continue.
It's no big deal to waste time on that dead end, but it's really bad to be stuck there forever.
"So... he broke the window at the last moment and escaped from the car?" Wayne was obviously a veteran in the maze of reasoning. He immediately backed out of the dead end and found another way, "My timing of detonation
It is undoubtedly perfect. One minute earlier, the sound of the explosion cannot be covered by the river water... One minute later, it will give him more reaction and action time... In these few seconds close to the limit, the influx of
The water flow will seriously hinder his movements. Even if he does break the window, he will not have time to escape from the car... The moment the car explodes, he can lean out at most half of his body..."
Thinking of this, Wayne moved his eyes away from the scanning device. He immediately turned the direction of the submarine dozens of degrees and aimed it at the lower reaches of the river.
"So... maybe the shock wave of the explosion pushed his body out. I should look downstream, maybe I can find it..." Wayne thought as he started to refuel the submarine.
"Wait a minute!" But at that second, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed through his mind.
Inspiration was like a hot current, pouring a series of thoughts into his mind.
The gesture Feng Bujue made to the surveillance video, and every word he said before falling into the water... all reappeared in front of Wayne's eyes.
"He wanted to invite me to join the game from the beginning... and he also calculated that I would definitely join the game." Wayne couldn't help but mutter to himself. At this moment, he had to say these words to help himself think more concentratedly, "Fuck me
He had already figured out my identity when we got into the car... He could have pretended not to know, suddenly attacked me from behind without talking to me, or... simply jumped out of the car and ran away." He paused for a moment.
Seconds, he thought again, "Even at that last moment, he still had a chance to escape... He even specifically pointed out that there was a button behind my steering wheel, which meant that he had already anticipated the danger that would follow.
"
Thinking of this, Wayne's resolute and handsome face was soaked with cold sweat under his mask.
"Think about it carefully... This 'Jack' is one step faster than me in every aspect, but he didn't take advantage of that 'one step'... Why?" Wayne felt scared. In "this world", he had never been able to do so before.
So scared.
"Time!" Perhaps fear stimulated his brain, and Wayne's thinking became sharper. Two seconds later, he discovered the correct answer, "He has been 'hiding his ability' from the beginning! I
He guessed what I was going to do before driving the car into the river...or at least had considered this possibility, but he didn't care...because he was ready to face every possibility.
"Not only does he have some kind of special ability that I don't know about yet...but he is also...very strong.
"If he wanted to kill me, I would be dead long ago, but for some reason... he wanted me alive, but at the same time he didn't want me to hinder his actions, so he jumped into my trap... to gain it for himself
……'time'!"
After Wayne solved his doubts, he quickly operated on the panel in front of him and asked his communicator to start receiving the police communication signals.
In less than thirty seconds, he learned the news about the incident at the Twin Towers from the police's call frequency.
"Damn it!" Wayne couldn't calm down anymore. He couldn't help but cursed, then stood up and ran to the back cabin of the submarine.
Due to the Arkham prison break in the afternoon, more than half of the city's police force are still in the suburbs, and these half are elites who usually deal with serious cases. At present, the police officers in Gotham City can maintain the police force in various places.
The basic public security is good, but expecting them to save the mayor... is nothing more than wishful thinking.
Therefore, the only person the mayor and others can count on now is Batman.
"Prepare to start the 'three-point shot' program." Wayne, who walked into the back cabin of the submarine, used very skillful movements to secure himself firmly on a horizontal seat and issued a command to the computer using his voice.
[Sir, based on the results of the last test, the security of this program...] The computer did not immediately execute his command, but instead tried to inform him of the risks of the move.
Wayne didn't let the computer finish what he said, but interrupted directly: "Start the program and target the Twin Towers in the city center, quick!"
【Yes, sir.】
[The "Three-Point Ball" program is started and the target point is being calibrated]
Along with the computer's unemotional voice, a translucent light film was projected from under the metal cabin, covering the seat where Wayne was lying, turning it into a football shape.
cabin-shaped device.
[Calculating the probability of occurrence of obstacles and adjusting the optimal parabola]
[Enter the projection process in five seconds, five, four, three, two, one...]
When the countdown ended, the long-distance "three-point ball" rushed out of a pipe slot above the submarine, broke through the Gotham River, and flew diagonally into the sky...
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At the same time, in the banquet hall on the top floor of the Twin Towers.
"Gentlemen, I know your minds are very confused right now. Let me help you clear your thoughts." Feng Bujue spoke while still approaching, "Anyone of you who shoots at me will have extreme consequences.
There is a high probability that the five of us will die together, and I will shoot you..."
boom
Saying this, he actually fired a shot.
But his shot wasn't aimed at anyone, it just shattered the glass of the building behind the mayor and the others.
Before the shock caused by the gunfire subsided, a gust of "high-rise wind" blew in through the large hole in the glass. Almost all the four people closer to the gap instinctively knelt on the ground and lowered their body's center of gravity...
I was afraid that if I stumbled, I would be carried out of the building by the strong wind.
"Haha... It may not bring worse results, right?" Looking at the reactions of the people in front of him, Feng Bujue opened his arms and faced the cold wind in front of him, smiling wantonly.
"You madman!" Dent pressed his hand on his head that was blown by the wind, and shouted in the wind, "What on earth do you want to do?"
"I just want to...ask you and the mayor...a question..." At this time, Feng Bujue no longer approached the other party, because he knew that if he continued to approach, the two bodyguards would have a certain degree of confidence.
He shot him in the head without touching the bomb, "As long as you answer me truthfully... you will leave without having to do it yourself."
After that, Brother Jue swung his arm and put the gun on his shoulder. Then like a drunken man, he staggered to a table next to him, picked up a glass of champagne on the table, and drank from it.
And finished.
His actions look crazy, but in fact every step has a special meaning. The barrel of the gun on his shoulder, the elusive movements, the exaggerated style when drinking champagne... are all measures to prevent others from aiming at his head; plus
The strong wind had a disruptive effect... Even though all the other guests in the banquet hall had left at this moment, the two bodyguards still couldn't shoot at this madman who was strapped with explosives.
"What do you want to know?" Two seconds later, Mayor Cobot also spoke. Of course, he was shouting at the top of his lungs.
"It's very simple..." Feng Bujue looked sideways at the two people and replied, "Please... please... clearly... say your full names."
This request was a bit inexplicable, but to the four people in front of the window, it didn't matter whether the request made by a madman was logical or not. Since he was in control of the situation now, all he had to do was satisfy him with requests like this.
"I am Oswald Chesterfield Copot." Mayor Copot waited for a second and then announced his name.
"I'm Harvey "Apollo" Dent..." Dent followed suit.
【Task in
After they announced their names personally, Feng Bujue's ears heard the system voice.
At this point, his hidden mission has entered 9/1o. The nine "super villains" whose whereabouts he already knows are:
Harley Quinn is now a psychiatrist and married to Bruce Wayne.
Killer Croc was imprisoned in a secret room in the sewers and died.
Mr. Freeze is now an ordinary scientific researcher.
Poison Ivy is now an ordinary college student.
Scarecrow is currently a psychology professor at Gotham University.
The Riddler is now a bartender suffering from a brain disease.
Zass is now a parolee with a permanent disability.
Penguin is currently the mayor of Gotham.
Two-Face is now a district attorney in Gotham City.
Feng Bujue only needs to find the whereabouts of one more villain to complete the hidden mission. At that time, he will surely reveal some kind of... truth hidden under the surface of this "world without villains".
Bang bang bang bang...
Just when Brother Jue got the response he wanted, the glass of the building at the other end of the banquet hall also broke.
But the glass was not broken by a gun, but by a football-shaped capsule from the outside.
whispering sound
The cabin that had been broken through the window had not completely stopped sliding, and the sound of gas spurting announced that it had been opened.
Then, in a cloud of white smoke, a black figure wearing a cloak slowly emerged...
"Do you know what annoys me the most?" The voice that sounded like terminal laryngeal cancer came as expected, "It's that you can clearly be three steps ahead of me, but you always wait until I'm only one step behind before you leave..."
"Ha!" Feng Bujue looked at the visitor, smiled and threw away the gun in his hand. He quickly took off the fake explosive bag on the inside of his clothes and threw it to the ground. "You think you are only three steps away from me?"
Is there a difference?"
Wayne ignored his provocation and continued: "I can feel... you are enjoying this process. 'Losing' or 'winning'... is not important to you."
"But... that's very important to you." Feng Bujue continued.
"Alas..." Wayne sighed, turned his attention to the mayor's two bodyguards, and asked with a slightly raised voice, "Why don't you shoot?"
The two people were also stunned when he asked.
Wayne's question was indeed on point. Feng Bujue had already thrown away the "explosives" and his back was turned to them. They could have aimed at his back and shot at him. At this distance, no matter how hard it was,
It's said that it's a hundred percent hit, but the hit rate for hitting the torso should be at least 80%.
"He has been disarmed, we should arrest him according to procedure!" A few seconds later, Dent was the first to react and gave such an answer seriously.
"Hmph..." Wayne snorted coldly and said to Brother Jue, "I think... you should understand, right? Why... I want to win, why... I must win."
"I understand," Feng Bujue said, "but I don't agree with it."
"Oh?" Wayne asked suspiciously, "Do you want to say that what I did was wrong?"
"Of course it's wrong." Brother Jue responded.
"Absurd." Wayne commented in a cold tone. He was obviously not shaken by Jue Ge's denial at all.
"I don't expect you to understand right away." Feng Bujue said, "But if I leave this here and one person's principles surpass everything else, it would be an extreme selfishness."
"Oh?" Wayne heard something from the other party's words, "It sounds like you think you can still leave here?"
"I have achieved my goal, why are I still here?" Feng Bujue spread his hands and replied in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Purpose?" Wayne's eyes moved again, looking at Cobot and Dent, "What did he do?"
"He..." Cobot hesitated for a second and replied, "He just asked our names."
"What's your name..." Wayne said, and took steps forward; at this moment, his whole body was ready, and there were more than ten kinds of equipment under his cloak that could help him subdue the man in front of him, even if he left aside those
Due to the equipment factor, he himself is also one of the best fighting masters in the world. In a one-on-one fight, at least in terms of skills, he will never fall behind. "Speaking of which... I seem to have forgotten one very important thing.
Something..." He walked straight towards Brother Jue, "'Jack' is not your real name, right?" He paused, "...and what is your name?"
Feng Bujue did not respond to the other party, because when Wayne started walking, Brother Jue had already turned around...and started running.
His target was obvious, the gap he had just opened with his gun.
In terms of measurement, Bruce Wayne can be compared with the sprint world champion, but Feng Bujue's footsteps are beyond the limits of ordinary people, so... he must be faster.
In an instant, Brother Jue ran past the mayor and the others so fast that the two bodyguards had no time to react.
At the same moment, two batarangs flew out of Wayne's hand, drew two arcs, bypassed Cobot and others, and went straight to Feng Bujue's back.
"I'll be there for you, Batman!"
It was too late, but it was too soon. Just when Brother Jue shouted these words, he turned around and jumped out of the building. After turning around... he steadily caught the two with just one hand.
An incoming batarang.
With his other hand, he took out something from his pocket, a flashlight.
In the few tenths of a second before gravity pulled him down, Feng Bujue turned on the switch of the flashlight and threw it into the building through the opening he jumped out of.
Then, he fell down.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"
His body was falling, but his crazy laughter was rising.
The figure quickly disappeared into the night, but the laughter echoed among the buildings and lingered for a long time...
