The Robins all gathered around the bed, while Barbara was holding her head next to her, her eyes full of doubts.
"I really can't figure it out. How could they both fall into coma in just one nap?"
There was indelible self-blame and anxiety in Barbara's tone. Tim stepped forward to comfort her and said, "This shows that the enemy has grasped your weakness and took advantage of it while you were resting."
Nightwing was bandaging the wound. Hearing that something happened to Arkham Knight, he hurried back. As expected, he also encountered a monster in the thick fog. After some entanglement, although he escaped successfully, his arm
It was dislocated and there was a gash in the neck.
The group of Robins in Schiller Universe also felt uncomfortable. Although they decided to stay put for the time being after receiving the information, the thick fog obviously would not let them do so. Then another attack hit. Jason was already injured.
I almost fell into it.
And after waiting for a long time, the dense fog showed no sign of dissipating. They also realized that the pattern of the dense fog may have changed. Even if the three of them were still a little weak in activities together, they should go back to join the others first.
Not to mention that on the way to the rendezvous, all kinds of weird events took place in turn. If they hadn't been strong-willed and quick to react, it would have been difficult to return to the bell tower completely.
In addition to the troublesome wound on Jason's leg, Dick was tripped by a sudden attack during the chase and his foot was sprained, while Tim's arm was bruised and was being disinfected and bandaged.
The three on the main universe side were the least injured, because they had received the most comprehensive training and had the best equipment. With the cooperation of the three of them, only Nightwing was hit by the alien's tail, and his back
His body was a little swollen, but no one else was hurt.
Even so, the two remaining people with full combat power couldn't do much. They simply gathered in the bell tower to rest temporarily, hoping that the dense fog would dissipate before making the next plan.
But as soon as they went upstairs, they saw Barbara's somewhat panicked look.
Barbara had a habit of napping, and she didn't have to keep an eye on Arkham Knight all the time. She planned to take a short nap first to replenish her energy and then continue to provide remote support to the Robins.
But when she woke up and wanted to ask Spider-Man to get up to eat something and give Arkham Knight some water, she found that the two men didn't respond no matter how she called.
Barbara immediately realized that something was wrong, so she quickly called the Robins who hurried back to come up and planned to study what was going on.
The other Robins may not know what's going on, but the Red Hood and Red Robin in the main universe have read a lot of magic books and know something about it. After some inspections, they can only confirm that,
The souls of these two people are missing.
Robin from the Arkham universe also brought the detection device and used scientific methods to reach the same conclusion, that is, there was nothing wrong with the two people's bodies, but there were no brain wave changes and the brains were not working.
The Robins began their own reasoning. Both the main universe and the Arkham universe believed that they might have been attacked by a thick fog, causing their souls to be forced to leave their bodies. It was also possible that the evil god behind the thick fog had absorbed their souls.
But the Robins in Schiller's universe had different ideas. Jason touched his chin and said: "If the dense fog wants our souls to be useful, it cannot absorb souls now. As early as the first arrival, we were still completely
Without preparation, it can already devour every part of us.”
"Before the thick fog changed, the two of them were fine, but after the thick fog changed, their souls disappeared. This shows that this disappearance must be related to the change. The question is what caused the change, and what happened after the change
What."
"I came back from the area around Wayne Tower, and I did find some abnormalities." Nightwing said, "Remember those crazy Robins with their big mouths? They behaved a little strangely."
"Why is it strange?"
"They seem to be a little confused and have no goals. Some are wandering in groups, and some are just standing there in a daze. Is there something wrong with their owners?"
"Yes." At this moment, everyone suddenly realized, "Where is King Robin?"
"He blew up the Capitol Building, gave a speech on TV and said he would be crowned king, and led a large group of monster Robins to Gotham. Why is there no movement?"
"It seems that something happened to King Robin." Red Robin speculated quite reasonably: "He didn't cause the thick fog, but it has been interfering with his plan. Maybe it was King Robin and the thick fog.
After a confrontation, the two of them died together."
"I feel that they will not die together, but they must have been affected by this confrontation. I don't know where King Robin went. He may have been seriously injured and went back to recuperate. The thick fog has also changed, and maybe he was also
King Robin is hurt."
"Does the thick fog need their souls to heal?"
As soon as this speculation came out, everyone felt a little scared. Did the thick fog eat the souls of Spider-Man and Arkham Knight?
"But why the two of them?" Jason asked again: "When it comes to soul energy, we should be much stronger than them, right?"
Everyone's eyes were focused on the face of Arkham Knight. There was no doubt that the person on the hospital bed could not be called healthy. In terms of full soul energy, no one present was stronger than him.
Batman and Batwoman in the police office also speculated on this. If the soul is useful for the thick fog, then since the thick fog has the ability to swallow people's souls silently, then it can find something better.
Healthy, more energy, rather than targeting the sick.
The one piece of information that Batman knows more than Robin is the hole he saw at the original portal that may lead to the dream world.
This clue is very crucial. As long as the keyword "dream" is added, it is not difficult to deduce why it is Arkham Batman and Arkham World's Superman who have lost their souls now.
Because both of them are very weak and need to recuperate. Arkham Batman himself is on the verge of coma due to excessive blood loss. Under Batman's treatment and care, he needs to use sleep to replenish his physical strength. He knows this.
, so it is impossible to resist sleep.
Superman was attacked by kryptonite. Although it was unclear what so many colorful kryptonites were used for, it was obvious that Superman also fell into a half-dream state due to extreme weakness.
Sleep is a prerequisite for dreaming. These two people lost their souls probably because they fell asleep.
After Batman expressed his speculation, he was immediately refuted by Batwoman, "Look at the anesthetized people lying all over the street. How come their brain waves are normal? Aren't they also sleeping?
"
Batman shook his head and said: "I haven't said the conclusion I want to infer yet. Just because everyone is sleeping, but only two of them have lost their souls, it proves that this is not a large-scale dream."
"so……"
"So this may not be caused by the dense fog." Batman deduced: "Although I suspect that the citizens being anesthetized may be related to the dense fog, judging from the current nature of the dense fog, it is not targeting a specific person.
All the abnormal phenomena produced are large-scale, and they have not yet shown the ability to pull people into dreams."
"On the contrary, the hole that appeared at the location of the portal." Batman drew a circle on the map in the police office and said: "This thing appeared much earlier than the fog. According to Poison Ivy,
It first discovered that energy a few months ago."
"This hole is likely to lead to the dream world, which means that a few months before the thick fog appeared, someone had made a plan to pull people into dreams, but they just happened to collide with the thick fog."
Batman paused and quickly overturned his previous conclusion, "No, it might not be a coincidence. He just wants us to think that the explosion of thick fog is the culprit behind these people's dreams, so as to cover up his secret activities behind the scenes.
What you did."
"How did he expect the fog to break out?" Batwoman asked.
"I'm afraid it's not expected." Batman tapped the table with his pen and said, "I'm afraid it was him who caused the thick fog to erupt."
"Think about it, before the large-scale fog erupted, these people were fine, but after the eruption, they were all unconscious. According to common sense, what would you think?"
"Perhaps the thick fog has absorbed the souls of these people." Clark said, "Anyway, if I were to speculate, this is all I can think of."
"I'm afraid this is the purpose of the real mastermind." Batman frowned and stared at the map and said: "He first buried a ball of energy underground in the city, and guided Poison Ivy to detonate it. It seemed like it exploded.
A portal, but the portal and the Robin King who passed through the portal are probably just a cover."
"What Poison Ivy really exploded was not a portal to other universes, but a passage to the dream world. It's just that Robin King acted in a high profile, and the death of Batman attracted everyone's attention.
.”
"At this moment, the mastermind behind the scenes removed the disguise of the portal, revealing the dream world passage that originally appeared there. At the same time, he stimulated the thick fog through some unknown method and caused it to explode."
"Dense fog itself will block vision, block communications, and also significantly reduce the senses of people with superpowers. This is the best sneak protection. He can appear in the thick fog without anyone noticing, and steal secretly.
The soul of the target is transported through the passage to the dream world."
"What people see on the surface is just a sudden eruption of dense fog, and for them, very important people are unconscious at the same time. Combined with the strange state of the dense fog before and the dangerous situation in the dense fog after the outbreak,
Under such circumstances, everyone will regard the fog as the real enemy."
"And the real mastermind behind the scenes can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai." Batwoman followed his train of thought and said, "They can even make this group of people fight to the death with the mysterious being behind the thick fog."
"Do you think they will do this?" Batwoman looked down at the unconscious Arkham Batman. She knew that the so-called group of people referred to Batman's Robins. If they knew about Batman,
If he is unconscious, he will definitely try his best to find the real culprit behind the murder of Batman.
In fact, Batman can't say for sure. He is not completely sure that the Robins will not do this, because he actually sees the secret competition among the Robins.
When Batman was around, due to his majesty, the Robins did not dare to act rashly, but once he was absent, even if it was to compete for his cape and inherit his legacy, these birds would probably take the lead.
Broken blood flow.
As expected, a debate broke out in the clock tower. Robin from the Arkham universe believed that this was probably caused by the thick fog. In order to save Arkham Knight and find Batman who is now missing, they should look for the man behind the thick fog.
secret.
The Robins in the main universe are not so sure, but they also feel that they must find Batman.
Only the Robins in Schiller's universe put forward a different idea. He said: "Since you care about Batman so much, you might as well care about Batman's purpose. Do you remember that phone call before? What Batman wants us to do is
Go find the cape, as Robin, shouldn’t you complete the tasks assigned by Batman first?”