Back in Gotham, Jason is back in his old life, and that glamorous Gotham baby has once again become Jason's memory, leaving only the dark and gloomy Batman.

The business went so well that as Dick had said, the old fox had plucked Luther's hands so hard that he couldn't find any thorns.

Now this cooperation project Wayne Enterprises, Lex Group and State Investment presents a three-legged situation, plus all other channels of investment funds, this project is no longer decided by Lex Group or the state.

Lex Luthor did get a share of what he expected, and the national share was heavily diluted. But the ending was certainly not what he wanted, although Jason couldn't tell from the shiny head that it wasn't pleasant.

Bruce's side has become more troublesome, and after talking about a big deal, Gotham Baby is naturally going to enjoy his life. This is the public's impression of Bruce, and Bruce is indeed not as happy as everyone expects to enjoy his life - the life of Batman.

The case is not going well, there are no valuable new clues, the night in Gotham is always so chaotic, and Bruce has beaten the robber a lot harder in the past two days.

The only thing that makes Jason happy is that his martial arts skills have improved dramatically, as Bruce now spends a lot of time at home, so Jason's training level has improved dramatically.

"Master Bruce, Miss Barbara is here"

Jason later learns that Barbara doesn't happen to have the same last name as the police chief, but that she is Sheriff Gordon's daughter, but Sheriff Gordon doesn't know anything about her becoming a Batgirl.

And Barbara used this identity to secretly provide Bruce with clues that Sheriff Gordon would not give to Bruce.

Jason always thought that Sheriff Gordon and Batman were mutual trust partners, but the clues he got from Barbara proved that Gordon didn't really trust the masked vigilante very much, just like Batman didn't trust Sheriff Gordon very much, after all, it wasn't James who got Batman's trust. Gordon, but Barbara. Gordon.

"Here's what the police department got recently."

Bruce took the stacks of papers from Barbara's hand and looked at them.

"Isn't there a more valuable clue?"

"I'm sorry, the body was obviously moved when it was found, there was nothing of value on it, your guess was right, DNA was docked, it was indeed the professor of biological neuroscience"

"The first person to be discovered was a homeless man"

"Yes, that's where he sleeps every night, and he thinks who's taking his place"

"Did he do anything?"

"Hmm... Kicked the corpse a few times, saw that he didn't react, turned over and found that it was a corpse, and quickly called the police"

"What's there to doubt about him?"

"It's just a homeless man, after the police have recorded a few confessions from him, they haven't found anything suspicious, and there is no case in the case, you can go to him and ask him, but I think he should change places after this incident, oh yes, his confessions are all in it"

Bruce was reading the page of the homeless man's confession, a very small page, nothing to pay attention to, half of a piece of paper was full of where the homeless man went to find a drink and then staggered back to the place where he used to spend the night, and there was no valuable clue about the corpse with a simple sentence of 'I found it, and then I ran away to call the police if I was afraid'.

"Are you sure he didn't search the body?"

"The police also suspected, but there is no evidence that he has"

"What about the surroundings?"

Batman can hack into any system to get the clues he wants, or analyze the evidence with state-of-the-art instruments, or he can get the information he wants by intimidating people in the know, but Batman is definitely not an identity suitable for getting the clues he needs by visiting crowds around a crime scene. In this case, he can only share the criminal investigation system of the police.

"Nothing has been found at the moment, and Sheriff Gordon is anxious, but so far there is not a single witness"

“... Yes, not necessarily."

The people of Gotham, especially those living at the bottom, understand the importance of the phrase "Wise Protection" more than anywhere else.

So even if they sometimes find something and know something, they will choose to remain silent out of concern for their own safety.

“... That's true, that's the hardest part."

"What are you looking for?"

Jason finally raised his own question, the identity of the corpse has been determined, hasn't it? Bruce had been looking for something.

"There are so few clues on hand right now, and Bruce wants to start with Professor Esma's body to see if he can find some clues that can prove where he has been"

Barbara answered Jason's question instead of Bruce, and Jason certainly didn't expect Bruce to answer.

"Why are you so sure there must be something?"

Killing people and throwing corpses or something, even the appearance is ruined, just to avoid being recognized, what is on the body is generally dealt with.

"Usually all that is deliberately destroyed is something that can prove identity, such as documents and the like. And some daily necessities are generally not deliberately disposed of, mainly because the time for throwing the body is too short, and they generally do not search the body from head to toe first."

"Well... But wouldn't it be difficult if you weren't sure what you were looking for? ”

"Watch"

Bruce, who had been silent, opened his mouth to answer Jason's question.

Enlarged a picture on the screen, and then deliberately enlarged the wrist part and said:

"Professor Esma's left wrist has an obvious watch strangulation mark, and the blood stain in the strangulation mark was suddenly broken, indicating that there was a watch here before his blood dried up, and judging from the degree of strangulation, it should have been removed from the wrist after the ossification reaction occurred after death."

"Can you find that watch?"

"I don't know, I can't know until I find it"

Jason looked at Bruce's busy back and thought for a moment and said:

"I can probably guess who took it"

Jason's words successfully attracted both Bruce and Barbara's attention.

"Are you sure?"

Barbara asked incredulously.

"Hmm... If you judge that it was not lost by a murderer, or taken by a homeless man, then there is only one kind of person I can think of."

Jason lives at the bottom of Gotham, he has done a lot of things in order to survive, theft is basically commonplace, and it is not less to touch things on drunk people, since he can touch things from drunks, then he can naturally touch things from corpses, but Jason knows that it is better to touch things on corpses less, because you don't know if it will be something important and kill you, and what he is talking about now is naturally those children who live at the bottom of Gotham like him.

"Is that him?"

Bruce crouched on the roof and looked at the guy in the shabby room opposite, a little stubber, slightly fat, and the action of getting up from the couch to get the remote control on the coffee table showed that his legs and feet should not be very normal.

"That's right, the generation where the body was found is his territory, and he manages most of the street children here"

Bruce turned the camera around, and sure enough, he saw a few skinny children busy cleaning up the room in the humble room.

Humans are hierarchical animals, and they are still divided into upper and lower classes again, regardless of the class. Just like the upper class society where Bruce is, there will still be such a division in the bottom society where Jason is located.

The man is the one who belongs to the upper class of street children, who controls many street children and provides them with food and shelter, but in turn the children will naturally pay tribute to what they steal, rob or touch.

"Jason"

"Huh?"

Bruce's title made Jason a little strange, and he didn't call Jason by his name when he was wearing a Batman uniform.

“... Forget it, let's go back and talk about it."

Bruce turned his attention back to the room, and several children walked into the room from another room, carrying a large pot of things, presumably rice.

The man shouted something, and then the children put down their work and gathered around the humble round table to prepare for dinner, only one child still cleaning the floor.

"He should have not completed the proceeds scheduled for today, and was punished for not being able to eat dinner"

Before Bruce could ask, Jason explained the reason for the kid's exception.

“... Have you been punished too? ”

"Me? No, I'm not attached to such people, so I don't need to make offerings."

Jason said, looking at the group of children in the room.

"Generally, the children who will be attached to this kind of person are completely homeless, and even some of them were abandoned when they were babies and then picked up by them to raise, although the old man is very hateful, but at least I have a place to go back, so I don't need to be attached to this kind of person......"

Bruce looked at Jason's side face, although Jason said he didn't, but he knew that the man was also squeezing Jason, if Jason didn't find the money, although he wouldn't be punished, but being beaten was indispensable, but Jason was indeed a little better than these children, at least the man didn't care about Jason's life or death, but he also didn't care about Jason's departure.

"What's his name?"

"They're usually called daddy, or mom if it's a woman."

"Sounds like a pimp's name"

"Pretty much, they do sell some good-looking kids to underground brothels"

"Will everything be given to him?"

"Well, if you are found to be in possession, you will be punished very badly, and no child should have the courage to hide that expensive watch"

“... Isn't it..."