In the evening, Gotham, where it is rare to find the sun for a day, is about to enter the night, and the setting sun hanging on the sea level will shed the last rays of sunlight between the buildings of the city. And the pedestrians on the street hurried through the street as if they had received a signal from the sun to hurry home.

Then, with coughs that shouldn't have been present in the season, Gotham enters the night again, and the first day of what Thomas Elliott calls Batman and Gotham comes to an end. The self-proclaimed world's number one doctor, who had worked in the hospital for a day and even had time to fight Curwen once, was on his manor and played chess with the new god of the Apocalypse, Dissad, and gradually won the chess game with his extraordinary intelligence.

"Bruce Wayne, Batman, billionaire, the Dark Knight who guards the city, the brain of the Justice League who protects Earth. I don't know why you want him to collapse, and at the same time involve that guy called Kamen Rider, but, if you want this dark knight to collapse, you have to make him understand that all the justice he is insisting on now is false, whether it is his family mission or everything he thinks he has dedicated to the city, this is a trial called the past~"

As he spoke, Elliott moved his pawn and captured Dissad's white chess piece as well, leaving only one last move to finish the general.

"So, does that have anything to do with what you did tonight?" Disard looked at the chess pieces that had already appeared, gave up the struggle, and asked curiously.

"Because, you have to create enough mysteries for him, one mystery after another waiting to be solved, one by one difficulties in the mystery, failure, doing everything you can, just to verify your own rightness, but in the end, after being defeated by the reality of the past, that feeling, you can't imagine at all, General."

Answering Dissad's words, Elliott completely checkmate Dissad's chess, and then stood up bored and stretched. At the same time, he also stepped on this alien strategist in his heart, and what about the new god of the Apocalypse, the god has such a brain? Then I'm still comfortable playing this kind of brain-burning game in Gotham, at least I won't get Alzheimer's when I'm old. After simply tidying up his clothes, Elliott picked up the briefcase that had been placed next to the chair and prepared to leave.

"What are you going to do here?"

"Calculate the time, he should also be aware of the problems in the hospital, as the world's number one doctor, should I do something in line with the doctor's personality?"

Looking at the watch on his wrist, Elliott also left his manor, got into the car, and drove in the direction of Wayne Manor. Only Dissad was left looking out the window at the cars that were drifting away. The owl's eyes narrowed slightly, because he felt as if things were out of his control, and in this case, he couldn't press down the uneasiness in his heart and contact Steppenwolf in New York.

"Are you sure the news is out, I always feel that this guy will make a big move, don't lure the rest of the Justice League over at that time, even if someone is secretly confusing the timeline and confusing the memory. But as long as he comes to the rescue, with the character of the guys in the Justice League, he will definitely detect that something is wrong, and take a step back, even if he doesn't, with his performance, he will clear his suspicion as a murderer. ”

"There's no need to be so nervous, Dissad, just cooperate with the target you have chosen, Phase 2, it's not just your actions in Gotham City, it's also against the Justice League. No matter what happens, they won't come to Gotham, just be yours. ”

Closing the communication with Dissad, Steppenwolf also looked at the mother box floating in front of him, and at this time, the new gods of the Apocalypse Star who were assigned to various places also started to act against the members of the Justice League who were in charge of him.

As for Gotham, it was after dark and entered another world. On the outskirts of Gotham City, at Wayne Manor, the old butler Alfred is handing the brewed black tea to the Bat Cave, in front of Barbara Gordon, who is working at the desk.

"Miss Barbara, you need to take a break."

"Not yet, Alfred, I don't believe my father died like this. Moreover, the unknown virus extracted from Batman, I haven't found a vaccine yet, they can do the first experiment in Arkham Asylum, and they can do it in Gotham for the second time, I can't see anyone die because of this virus, absolutely not! ”

Sitting in a wheelchair, Barbara was still there constantly dispensing, remaking a specific drug, or vaccine, that could target the virus, and completely ignored Alfred's dissuasion. Just as Alfred sighed, Batman's familiar voice came from inside the Batcave.

"I'm afraid they've already started, Barbara."

"Lord Bruce? You should be lying in the hospital. ”

Seeing Bruce coming down wearing a mask, Alfred was also surprised and said there.

"I'm fine, the virus doesn't affect me much, and I'm the one who has survived the virus, and there are some things that need me to be here to do it."

Declining Alfred's support, Bruce looked around the Batcave and asked, "What about the others?" ”

"Busy finding out the mastermind behind the scenes, Master Dick They also know that there is another person behind the clown, and they have locked up a suspect, Professor Pig Face, and the intelligence shows that he should still be in Gotham. I'm looking for the Professor's whereabouts throughout Gotham. ”

For Alfred's answer, Bruce did not answer immediately, but walked to his brother's eye computer, and after a few operations, the picture was brought up, and then he turned to Alfred and said, "Then Thomas Elliott, why didn't you anyone investigate." ”

Alfred was about to explain, but a shock in his chest interrupted his words, and he pulled out the phone in his arms, and only after answering the call did he answer.

"I'm afraid, this needs to be investigated by Lord Bruce yourself, Lord Elliot is on his way here, obviously, you didn't say goodbye in his hospital, which made him very angry, a patient who didn't listen to the doctor's instructions, or his friend, you may have to go up and talk to him, I hope you can find the clues you want."

Alfred didn't have a good face about his old man's putting the suspect on a friend who grew up with him, he could tolerate other ridiculous things that his old man did, but it was indeed too much to target his suspicion on his friend. Bruce couldn't say much about it, so he could only turn around and leave the Batcave and return to Wayne Manor above, playing his role as Bruce Wayne.

On the other side, in the safe house of the League of Assassins in Gotham, Knell, who had been investigating the baby for a day, also came back, and saw Ke Wen sitting on the sofa, embarrassed, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"You're going to get Batman in trouble and get beaten?"

"I thought, don't talk about it, how is your investigation going, and is there any clue in Lhasa Luchi."

"Nothing, and I'm sure the guy who stole the Lhasalus pool has already used it, but I don't know who he is."

"Oh, then why don't you go to the hospital and check it out?"

Listening to Deathknell's nagging, Ke Wen also sat there and suggested a direction for him to find clues.

"Reason."

"You know the effect of Lhasa Luchi, unless you have a mortal disease, the kind that cannot be saved by medicine, or you are already dead. However, according to the situation you told me before, the latter possibility can be ruled out, and he can run away directly after soaking in Nandarbat, after all, he can come in under your nose, and it won't be a problem to go out.

And in Gotham, there aren't many guys who know the secrets of the Assassin League, and if you go to the hospital, you might be able to find some clues, after all, if you don't go to the hospital, no one knows if you can save it, right? ”

After a reasoned and well-founded analysis, Knell glanced at Ke Wengao, quietly walked to the room, and after watching his two children fall asleep, he looked at Ke Wen and asked, "So, what are you going to exchange this information for me?" ”

"Come out with me, I've got to confirm something."

With a wave of his hand, the bat armor he had picked up from the Assassin League was put on him, and Curwen jumped out of the window. Knell followed, and the two of them also moved towards an area of Gotham.

And the area where Cowen moves with the death knell is Gotham's Diamond District, an area called Diamond, but actually the Gotham Slum. At this time, in this area, Dick, Jason, Tim, and Damian are all concentrated here, because they have found the location of the suspect Professor Pig Face, and after torturing all the gangs that had contact with Professor Pig Mask before, they finally determined that Professor Pig Face was hiding in this private house, and what they had to do was to catch him and find clues about the Joker from him.

The four of them infiltrated the house in their own way, and saw a short, stocky guy with a pig mask with his back to them. This is Professor Pig Noodles, a perverted guy obsessed with the modification of human organs, but they have all touched someone's lair, and this old friend is still facing away from them, as if he doesn't know anything.

With some doubts, Dick and the four of them glanced at each other, and slowly walked in front of Professor Pig Noodles, only to see that the Pig Noodles Professor he had worked so hard to find had already been dead for a long time. The reason why he kept his back to them was because his feet were nailed to the ground, and steel bars were pierced through the soles of his feet, nailing him alive to the ground!

In his neck, a wound that almost cut off his head was his fatal wound, and the blood stains that had long since dried up also showed that the pig-faced professor had been dead for a long time. At the same time, on the neck of Professor Pig-Face, there is also a familiar ghost card, and the smile on it is undoubtedly a mockery of the four Dicks.

"Joker!"

Jason, who was tormented by the clown, couldn't help but curse when he saw this ghost card with a bloody smile. Although they were all enemies in life, Jason, who was once beaten to death by the clown, also felt a wave of sympathy after seeing Professor Pig-Face's death, and subconsciously touched Professor Pig-Face's corpse to give him a decent death.

However, just as Jason ran into Professor Pig-Faced and was about to pull him out of the ground, a subtle voice rang in the ears of the four Dicks. At the moment of this voice, the only thing Dick could do was to throw the youngest Damian out the window, and at the same time he and Tim grabbed Jason by his side and quickly broke away from Professor Pigface.

Although it was done correctly, it was still a step too late. Nailed there, the motionless Professor Pig Face exploded like this, and the strong power directly swallowed Professor Pig Face, and the flames of the explosion also devoured Dick who was in a hurry to escape, just in an instant, the house was completely engulfed by the explosion and turned into ruins, and the rising fire could be seen by the entire Diamond District, and it was in the center of the explosion.

With a roar in his ears and a distant call that could only be seen in the shape of his mouth, Dick slowly regained consciousness from the explosion, and beside him, Jason fell into a coma, and a wooden plank was plunged directly into his lungs during the explosion, leaving his life and death unknown. Red Robin Tim was not too seriously injured because of the protection of his high-tech feather cloak, but the severely deformed hands also showed that Tim would not be able to fight in the following period.

The burning fire, as well as the constant roar in his ears, made Dick keep standing up and falling, and it was a blessing that the explosion didn't take his life, and he should be the least injured of the three, that is, the seven orifices bleed. Together with Damian, he dragged the unconscious Jason and Tim out of the burning house, and a dull breath came from the darkness.

"Whew, hiss, hiss, hiss."

Dick and Damian looked in the direction where the breathing sound came from, and saw that in the darkness, Bane's huge size came out, and at the same time, several old acquaintances of Gotham, the Clayface, the Scary Scarecrow, and a bunch of armed men with guns, surrounded Dick and the four of them. At this moment, Dick also understood that he and the others had been ambushed by Bane, and at the same time, he also determined one thing, there was more than one person behind the Joker's prison escape.

"Bane!"

"It's me, I was taken care of by you and Batman before, but now, Batman doesn't seem to be able to take care of himself, so you can help him settle the debt first."

Forgetting the memory that he still has the ability to transform, but he has the physique that he has continuously combined with Kewen to improve before, and he has just faced a big explosion, even Dick can't leave with his three younger brothers surrounded by a Bane with a fierce poison potion, and a few good hands and a group of militants, and the situation became serious at the moment when Bane appeared.

The burning houses, the flames lit up the faces of Dick and Damian at this time, looking at the situation around him, so that he could not escape, Dick also understood that he had a big problem this time. But before Dick could think of a way to get Damian to escape, a circular object arced through the air and appeared in Bane's air.

The sudden appearance of the object drew the attention of the militants who were the first line of blockade and looked up, and for a mercenary like Bane, who was experienced in combat, he understood what it was the moment this thing appeared.

The first to lean down, close their eyes, and do the same thing were Dick and Damian. Just after the three of them made evasive actions for the first time, the circle exploded, and violent light and strong sound were released from the circle, turning the area into daylight, and for a moment of daylight, it also made these militants scream and cover their eyes and retreat.

But the sound of their screams was like this stun bomb, it only sounded for a moment, and then it stopped abruptly, and when the vision was restored, Dick and Damian saw that there were corpses all around them, and Deathbell, the world's number one mercenary, stood in front of them, facing Bane.

"Knell?" Three voices of surprise rang out at the same time, and Dick looked at the teacher who had taught him, surprised at his appearance. Bane was surprised that the world's No. 1 mercenary would be able to wade into such troubled waters.

"They're your people?"

Wiping away the blood stained on his mask, he pointed the big sword in his hand behind Bane, and whispered, "No, it's his people." ”

Looking in the direction pointed by the Death Knell Greatsword, you can see that Curvin, who is wearing an armor that looks like Batman, is standing in the dark, allowing Bane and Dick to call out their names for the first time.

"Batman?!"

"No, it's Knight Arkham!"

With a soft drink, Kewen also rushed out of the darkness, even if he didn't transform, relying on his superhuman physique that had grown, he grabbed Bane's throat and rushed towards another uninhabited area with him. Deathknell, on the other hand, targets the other two people Bane brought over, the Clayface and the Scarecrow, and fights them to give Dick and them a chance to escape.

That night, at Wayne Manor, Bruce, who had come up from the Batcave, also received his friend Dr. Thomas Elliott who had come from home to count him down.

"Are you crazy! Bruce, you know what you're like running around right now, I forgot what I told you about this morning? I can directly discharge you from the hospital because I can save you, and now this situation, once something goes wrong, it is absolutely fatal, are you planning to let me go to the funeral of the last heir of the Wayne family? ”

For Elliott, who did not reveal his true colors at this time, the worry and words he showed made Bruce unable to refute, and he even felt guilty in his heart for listing him as a helping joker behind him. I could only respond with a smiling face.

"I'm sorry, Tom, but you know I'm a playboy, and I usually only make a little money, and I don't pay much attention to the common sense of medicine. Sorry, I'll go back to the hospital tomorrow for a follow-up. ”

beckoned Elliott to sit down, and Alfred, who was on the side, poured tea for the two of them. It's just that this is not the reason why Elliot came over this time, he just started his own plan after taking a sip of tea.

"Forget it, you don't have to go to the hospital, just stay at home, I'll just come over and check you every day when the time comes." You also have to give the consultation fee, as well as the medical equipment, you have to be prepared here, and it is more dangerous to go to the hospital. ”

"What's going on, Tom."

Hearing Elliott's story, Bruce frowned, thinking back to the scene he had seen in the morning, and couldn't help but ask.

"Something isn't quite right, Bruce, as I told you before, more people are coming to my hospital for outpatient visits today. I just did a comparison and found a terrible problem. ”

"What is it?"

"There's an unknown virus wreaking havoc in Gotham City!"

As soon as the words came out, Bruce also understood that everything he feared in his heart had become a reality, and glanced up at Alfred, who pretended not to know anything. After a moment of silence, Bruce also made a decision in his heart, looked into Elliott's eyes and said.

"Can I trust you? Tom! ”

"I've never bothered to ask all your secrets, Bruce, and if you want to say it, I'll listen to it, and I'll act like I don't know anything, and you don't want to say it, and it won't affect our friendship."

"Well, come with me, there's something you need to see."

Getting up, Bruce led Elliott in the direction of the study, which was one of the traps used by Wayne Manor to get to the underground Bat Cave!