DC Gotham, Iceberg Restaurant.
"Hello, this is Wayne Manor. I'm not at home right now. Please leave a message after the beep."
"drop"
"Hey! Bruce!" Penguin held an umbrella in his hand and said in an exaggerated tone to the landline phone: "Today, there is a great party at the Iceberg Restaurant. The young masters and ladies from all the families in Gotham will come, except for one. No one was invited, guess who?”
"You hahahaha!" Even when speaking to an unanswered answering machine, this obese man with a hooked nose in a tuxedo and dressed like a penguin was still laughing wildly. .
Until he was kicked to the ground by Batman who broke through the window.
"Hey! You're too petty, Bu Ke, I mean." After getting up unsteadily, Penguin changed his words mid-sentence: "This is not the guardian of Gotham, the Dark Knight, the mysterious and unknown Batman. Why? Why do you have time to come to Iceberg Restaurant? I'm really sorry, our reservation has been scheduled until next week, and even a weirdo wearing a bat suit can't jump in the queue."
"I need information about Killer Croc, Kier Croc." Batman said in a low, hoarse voice.
"What's a killer?" Penguin pushed up his monocle: "I know many killers, but I have never heard of this name."
"You supported Maroni in his fight with Falcone for control of the Gotham gang, and Falcone explicitly warned his men not to enter the sewers to avoid encountering sewer crocodiles," Batman said, "so you must know him. where."
"Okay, I did hear that Maroni hired a strange-looking thug from outside to fight against Falcone. Was he originally called Killer Croc?" Penguin shook his head: "If I remember correctly, he "It should be" mid-sentence, Penguin suddenly raised the umbrella in his hand to Batman: "Here!" Bang!
winter! Batman slapped away the umbrella with one hand before anything could spray out. With the other hand, he directly grabbed Penguin's collar and lifted him up and pressed him against the wall.
"Where?" he continued to ask.
"Damn it! I surrender! Put me down and I'll tell you!" Penguin screamed. Batman let go of his hand and let Penguin fall to the ground.
"Haha! You've been fooled! My weapons are not just umbrellas!" Penguin yelled while quickly touching other equipment on his body.
Peng! Peng! Katcha! Wow! As if he had rehearsed in advance, Batman knocked away Penguin's hat, bow tie, boots and monocle in turn when he reached out. Some equipment was lifeless, while others were meaninglessly activated after flying out.
"Why do you know about my special equipment and their uses?" The completely disarmed Penguin now looked like a bankrupt gentleman and asked unwillingly.
"" Batman was silent for two seconds, and then replied in a deep voice: "Because I am Batman." After getting
Following the intelligence that "Killer Croc" was haunting the sewer mouth near the mouth of the Gotham River, Batman quickly left before the Penguin's men arrived.
Batman could care less about the current heir to the Cobblepot family, but Bruce Wayne would have to consider the consequences of completely pissing him off.
He wants to stop Gotham
"chaos" instead of creating it
"confusion". However, many of the planned plans had not had time to be implemented, and the Penguin was solved by a more convenient solution.
Although Penguin is fat and ugly, he is very confident in his own intelligence and technology. If he were to use even one of those gadgets today, it would be much more difficult to obtain information from him.
If I were to answer his question about the equipment honestly because I already knew what functions you would attach to what parts and what the specific activation sequence would be.
What? Where did you know that? In a dream. This may sound like a provocation, but it's true.
Ever since he dreamed that his parents were saved by three crazy women in Crime Alley, Bruce's occasional dreams have become coherent episodes.
They opened a restaurant with strange rules
"Sea Restaurant", together with the Wayne family, Cobot family and Falcone, intends to eliminate those who secretly control Gotham.
"The Court of Owls." Then he picked up the mermaid princess who fell from the sky, which was the most dream-like development, and then prepared to go to war with Atlantis.
Bruce really wants to know what his parents in the dream are thinking. Has Gotham become so powerful?
Who else are you going to fight? alien? Of course, what he wanted to know more was the specific data on the armor developed by his parents, the cryogenic scientist named Victor, and the mermaid princess named Atlanna.
The time that Bruce enters the dream is not fixed each time, but he will definitely appear next to his childhood self and be restrained within a certain distance that is not too far away from little Bruce.
This resulted in that although he had seen some armor parameters and designs intermittently from various devices when he had the opportunity, because he could not interfere with the dream and let the computer display the complete file, he always maintained a low level of completion in recreating it in reality. degree.
During this period, the conflict between the teenage Penguin, Oswald Coport Jr., and Bruce Wayne Jr. was an important reason that interfered with his learning of technology.
It was during this kind of fight between children that Bruce wrote down all Oswald's little tricks, and then discovered that,
"Reality
"Penguin" tricks and
It is exactly the same in "dream", and
"Iceberg Restaurant" and location selection are also the same
"Sea Restaurant" is exactly the same. Bruce didn't feel happy about it or would
Everything in the "dream" is taken seriously. After all, if this dream is deliberately guided by his enemies, the day he fully believes it is when he falls into a trap.
However, this possibility can be said to be slim, because this strange dream seems to deliberately show that it is related to
"Reality" is different. Needless to say, there is a huge difference in the survival of his parents. Falcone does not control all the gangs in Gotham like reality. The Penguin's gang leader named Maroni is competing with him in all aspects.
There is no cryogenic scientist named Victor Fries, and there is no lighthouse keeper named Thomas Curry in Port Mercy. As for Atlantis and the mysterious mermaid, there are even no rumors.
if not from
The technology taken out “in a dream” is
If "reality" can actually be realized, Bruce might have to use his knowledge of psychology to give himself a diagnosis of trauma and delusion.
Those things can be put aside for now. Batman stopped at a tall building near the mouth of the Gotham River, narrowing his eyes slightly and looking at the green monster that had just gotten into the sewer.
I got you, you little rat. DC Gotham, Sea Restaurant Conference Room.
"I've got you, hidden rat." Thomas Wayne nailed a thumbtack on the map of Gotham City at the mouth of the Gotham River.
Around the push pin, there are several arrows pointing to this location, and at the end of these arrows are some short reports and pictures, all of which were taken or mentioned.
"Mysterious Man in a Cloak"
"Claw".
"Although it's reasonable, it's a little unbelievable." Tucker Corbot adjusted his tie: "If I secretly control a city, I will never put my base in the sewer. Maybe the Romans Gentleman would approve of that.”
"Indeed," Falcone nodded, and then added: "But only if I am the only one in control."
"Oh? What do you mean?"
"The Court of Owls is an organization, and no organization can be monolithic. Rather, there is a high possibility of conflicts among its members." Falcone folded his fingers on the table: "In a relatively It makes sense to gather in locations that are secretive, difficult to track or identify each other, and easy to get to and escape from.”
"You said it yourself, easy to reach and escape," Thomas Wayne turned to look at him: "If we go to catch people in a big way, they will find out in advance. If we only send a small number of elites, they may escape."
"Perhaps, we can send someone who they think doesn't need to escape at all, but who has the ability to catch them all?" Falcone looked at Thomas Curry.
"Judging from the combat effectiveness of those claws, they should not be a match for the Sea King Armor." Thomas Curry nodded.
"Yeah. Is their secret gathering place near the mouth of the sea?" Atlanna interjected: "Although I don't have the Trident of the Sea King, I can still control water to a certain extent. If the seawater is allowed to pour in, not only can it be blocked Their escape route will also allow Thomas' armor, which is built for underwater combat, to move more freely."
"Just right," Victor Fries grinned: "A battle of sufficient intensity wearing that armor can help me update the data." Everyone present looked at each other, as if to confirm with each other whether there were any problems. Finally, Together they set their sights on Jin Jing, who was wandering in the sky.
"Miss Bai, what do you think?" Thomas Wayne asked.
"I have no objections," Jin Jing turned her attention away from the business simulation game and briefly recalled what they had just said: "The only requirement is that my two companions and I participate in this operation."
"Oh? Why?" Thomas Wayne demanded, while Tucko Porter and Falcone grew thoughtful.
Why? Do you want to say that there has been no progress at all in the side missions so far? The job and the house were settled, and I also met a guy
"Neptune", but he can't just go looking for trouble
"Beat" him. In addition, the other members of this small group are not superheroes, and they are not a superhero team themselves, except for solving casual problems.
"Crime Stoppers" and Not Knowing How
Apart from "acquiring superpowers", there is only
You can try to complete the "participation in big events" section.
"Why? Are you asking seriously? Mr. Wayne?" After Jin Jing thought briefly, she decided to let these crazy people think for themselves: "Do you think the Brando family sent the second heir here just to help? Did Gotham eliminate the person behind the scenes?"
"Well"
"Second pick"
"I see." Wayne and Cobot were indeed lost in thought. The Neptune couple were a little confused, while Falcone showed a knowing smile.
"Don't show off, Roman," Cobot frowned and stared at Falcone: "Is this a slang that only the gang understands?"
"No, it's not that complicated," Falcone shook his finger: "Suppose, Cobot, suppose you have two sons, and you only have an estate that cannot be divided, and you are going to leave it to one of them. How can I compensate the other person?"
"Money? Connections? No." Cobot raised his eyebrows: "Before I finally unload my burden, I will create enough opportunities for children who cannot obtain inheritances to develop on their own. In other words," think briefly and get their own benefits. The allies who had an answer once again turned their attention to Jin Jing.
Although the two roommates were entertaining the children outside, Jin Jing had already made up, ahem, deduced based on his experience in the world of One Piece.
The Purpose of "The Brando Family."
"We call it Super Divine Water," Jin Jing said, "It's exactly what Atlanna sensed, something that smells like alcohol and can make people go crazy." She looked at a pair of
Attendees looked like "It's true." She continued to write it down smoothly.
"Although there are rumors of magical springs and magical lakes all over the world, most of them are false. Occasionally, there are some real ones that are controlled by huge forces." Jin Jing entered the state and made the story more and more real. : "About Gotham, there is also supernatural water. It's just our speculation based on the climate and environment. I originally planned to conduct a long-term investigation, but it was an unexpected surprise to encounter Atlanna who is familiar with the water conditions."
"I see."
"No wonder it's a restaurant."
"Judging from the actions of those sharp claws, are they very strong and agile, but their IQ seems to be very low?" Jin Jing simply stood up and walked to the information board and pointed: "If nothing else, they are owls. The individuals who initially succeeded in the forensic application experiment were specifically used to kill people who knew about or were close to the supernatural water. This also proves that they have not fully understood how to use it until now, and can only obtain it through water circulation and continuous accidents. So, gentlemen and ladies, where do you think these super magical waters will be hidden?"
"The Du family of the sewer system has mastered the method of applying these, uh, super magical waters? Even the Court of Owls has not figured it out yet."
"They are just timid," Jin Jing pointed to herself, and then gestured to the two roommates outside the door: "Soaking, drinking and injecting, there is always a way that will work."
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