Soon, the three began to take action. It turned out that the clown was able to gain an advantage in the early stage just because he caught them off guard. Even Bruce did not expect that his old enemy would find this place, so at the beginning, they It was a bit embarrassing being chased by the agents.
But this situation only lasted for a very short period of time. Even if the Joker had a monitoring device like a cheating device, it would still be difficult to resist the cooperation of Bruce, Lex and Clark.
Bruce is both offensive and defensive, Lex is invincible in intelligence, and Clark is invulnerable. Although they are all youth versions that have not fully grown up, when these three people work together, even if ordinary agents have powerful weapons in their hands, it will be difficult to deal with them.
Soon, the agents chasing them were spun around by the delay in surveillance and communication, and most of them were knocked unconscious.
However, getting rid of the agent tracking is not their primary goal. Now they have a common goal, which is to investigate the underground of the manor.
Bruce wants to deal with the Joker, Clark wants to find the source of radiation that will affect him and possibly Metropolis, and Lex wants to find the treasure and what Schiller left behind from the ground. Although the three people have different detailed goals, , but the big goal remains the same, which is to go underground first.
But if you want to go underground, you must first find the entrance. The entrance must be on the ground floor, which is the first floor.
The structure of the first floor of the entire manor is different from the other floors. There is a banquet hall in the middle. Going to both sides are two gates that can shuttle to the central courtyard. However, there are also other buildings on both sides. Among these buildings There are also other rooms that few people have explored.
The main building of the mayor's residence is very large. It is not a private manor. If the three of them wanted to fully explore the place, it would probably take a whole day, so for the sake of efficiency, the three of them decided to split up. action.
This is also well-founded. Most of the agents have been dealt with by them on other floors. The remaining ordinary agents on the first floor are all performing their duties. They did not receive any special orders to deal with anyone. They just Patrolling their respective posts.
Bruce and Lex both have official identities and can get over once they are hit. Not to mention Clark, he is very fast and even the agents may not be able to see him, so even if they split up, they can't. It would be too dangerous.
The only problem is that Bruce and Lex cannot completely trust each other. When making this decision, Bruce first said: "You must promise me that if you find the entrance first, you must notify us instead of going down alone. .”
"Even if I promise, will you believe it? I don't believe you either."
Lex also stared at his face and said that when two extreme skeptics meet together, they do not trust anything the other says or does.
"Please! Is now the time to talk about this?"
"There may be a huge radiation source underground in the largest building in the metropolis! Once it is completely leaked, the entire city will be in danger!" Clark said helplessly.
What the two of them wanted to say, Clark stretched out his hand to stop them, and then said: "Don't forget, that madman is still looking at us. If we start a quarrel here, he will definitely laugh very happily!"
Clark's original intention was just to tell the two of them not to be laughed at by others, and not to hate relatives and hate enemies. However, it has to be said that he has an innate talent in interacting with people. His words It just struck a chord with Bruce.
After knowing that the person might be the Joker, Bruce became more vigilant. He was now a little allergic to the words "crazy" and "laughter" when these two words came out of Clark's hands. , Bruce seemed to hear the crazy laughter ringing in his ears.
He could almost imagine how heartily the clown sitting in the control room would laugh after watching a few people argue. As soon as he thought of this, Bruce felt the corners of his mouth cramp up, and he immediately said:
"We can work together temporarily and start taking action immediately."
After saying that, he turned around and left, as if he didn't want to waste another second. Lex snorted coldly, looked at his leaving figure, and said to Clark in a low tone: "There is an astonishing darkness behind him, even if he No matter how righteous you act, don’t forget that he is from Gotham..."
"Gotham is full of lunatics."
After the words fell, he also left, leaving Clark alone. Clark scratched his head and shrugged, as if he didn't quite understand the hint in Lex's tone.
In fact, he was not used to this kind of communication between smart people, and he didn't want to think carefully about the hints in and out of words. In the process of communicating with Bruce and Lex, Clark always felt a little stupid.
After being separated from the two of them, Clark relaxed a little. He chose a different direction from the two of them and walked through the banquet hall, all the way to the east corridor.
Clark thought that the door to the underground should not be in the corridor, but must be hidden in a certain room, so he planned to use the exhaustive method to check room by room.
He pushed open the door of the first room. It was a very ordinary utility room. No one had opened the door for a long time. When he opened the door, a puff of dust came over. Clark waved his hand and walked in. I checked it later and found nothing.
The same was true for the next few rooms, and Clark couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Moreover, this dark corridor became quieter and quieter as he walked in, with only the cold light coming from the window at the end.
In an extremely quiet atmosphere, people will involuntarily slow down their thinking speed and at the same time strengthen their senses. Just when Clark was also undergoing such a change, suddenly, a piercing phone bell rang from a room in front of him.
Clark frowned and walked over. After opening the door, he saw an empty guest room. At this time, the phone on the phone station was ringing. After Clark picked up the phone, he said to the other end: "Hello... "
"Hello."
After the other person finished speaking, there was silence for a while, and Clark asked with some confusion: "Hello, who are you? Why are you calling?"
"Are you Clark?"
"Uh, I am, what's wrong?"
"Do you know Lex?"
"Who are you?" Clark asked warily.
"I am a resident living on the fifth floor, and I am also a participant invited to this banquet. Listen, Clark..." The tone of the other person's voice was a little low.
"But at the same time, I am also a CIA agent conducting a covert mission. I have encountered some troubles and I hope you can help me."
Clark's brows furrowed as soon as he heard the word agent. As soon as he refused, the person on the other end said, "I know you may have had friction with other agents, but we are not in the same group."
"I came to Metropolis a long time ago and lurked down in order to investigate the anomalies of the Luther Group. We suspect that the serial killings that occurred in Metropolis some time ago may be related to people from the Luther Group."
"Before. Our investigation made no progress. Since Lionel Luther was the organizer of this banquet, I came here to pursue more clues."
"After a night of investigation, we have grasped clues about the murderer. He is most likely Lex Luthor, the son of Lionel Luthor."
"Usually, he appears as an autistic patient just to lower other people's vigilance towards him. In fact, he does not suffer from autism. On the contrary, he is a highly intelligent criminal and an evil genius."
Clark was about to open his mouth to retort, but the person opposite continued to speak quickly: "I know you don't believe it, but we already have the evidence. If you go to the bathroom of the reception room now, you can see Lionel. Luther's body."
"He was killed by his son himself, and Lex also cut his father into pieces with his own hands."
"Now, I hope you can go to that bathroom and take away some of Lyonel's tissue fragments to keep as evidence so that they can be used to charge Lykes with murder in the future."
"How is this possible?" Clark said in a tone of extreme disbelief: "Why did he kill his father? And cut him into pieces? He is not this kind of person."
Clark really didn't believe it. After a brief contact with Lex, he felt that although this man was very conceited, he was worthy of his name. And because Clark grew up in a small town, he didn't know much about serial murders. In his impression, The serial murderers are all perverts with fleshy faces and fangs.
However, Lex is relatively thin and has a childish face. He looks like a child, and his words and actions are basically in line with the logic of a normal person. He does not show any evil or madness. Clark does not think that he is a child at all. Serial murderer.
Not to mention, the person on the phone actually said that Lex killed his biological father and cut him into pieces. How could a high school student do such a cruel thing?
"Clark, you have to know that the reason why many murderers are not easily arrested is because they have very confusing disguises, and that's what I do."
"I said, if you don't believe it, you can go to the scene and have a look. If things are really different from what I said, you don't have to help me, and I can't force you."
The man's tone was very sincere. He said: "When you were fighting with the agents, I heard what you said in the room. You are a hero who is willing to speak out for ordinary people. Therefore, I used the limited time to contact you. you."
"I have checked your information. I know that you are just a college student. You have no obligations or responsibilities to carry out such dangerous work. However, Clark... I beg you to help me."
"Of course, if you really think it's too dangerous, you don't have to go. I won't force a child to go to the battlefield..."
"As far as I know, Lex did not commit the crime alone. He must have accomplices. They will most likely find me soon. I don't have much time... Goodbye, Clark."
After hanging up the phone, Clark had a troubled expression on his face.
He and Lax had only known each other for a short time, and he knew this. Therefore, he was not sure whether Lax had deceived him because of his good acting skills.
The tone of the man opposite him was very normal, and what he said made sense. Clark couldn't help but hesitate a little. He was wondering, if Lex was really a liar, would there be more cases if he was allowed to roam the manor? Ordinary people are at risk?
He hesitated for a while, but finally decided to go upstairs. Clark felt that it would be okay to take a look as the man said. Even if there was a trap waiting for him there, he should be able to get out of it.
With this in mind, he went up the stairs and walked through the corridor to the reception room. The reception room was still in a mess. Cold wind blew into the room from the broken windows. Amid the howling cold wind, Clark walked to the door of the bathroom. He turned the door handle and opened the door.
The first thing his keen senses caught was the strong and disgusting smell of blood. Then, a corpse with its arms cut off came into view, with a saw thrown on the ground next to it.
Just when Clark covered his mouth and wanted to retching, he heard footsteps outside the door of the reception room.
He turned around and saw Lex walking in... and the blood on his trousers.
