Chapter 50: The Warehouse
Jason rode on a tree and nibbled on a burger while using a telescope to observe the warehouse not far away. This was one of several possible locations that Bruce had identified as the penguin's hiding device, and he was in charge of keeping an eye on this one, while Bruce had other things to do at the moment.
"What's going on?"
Jason's voice from the communicator startled Jason, and although he had heard it many times, Jason was still uncomfortable with the sudden hoarse voice. Jason wondered how Bruce managed to make such a low, husky sound, which was so low that it didn't look like a human could produce it.
"No, warehouse.. It looks like everything is working fine at the moment"
Jason hurriedly swallowed the last bite of the burger and wiped his mouth as he spoke.
"Observe carefully, and respond immediately if there is movement"
"Got it"
After the communication was cut off, Jason once again turned his attention to the warehouse he was monitoring.
Outside the warehouse, a few people who looked like security guards were walking back and forth, but from the window, the warehouse was pitch black. Bruce says the penguin people most likely hid their equipment here.
Jason stared at the warehouse boredly while thinking nonsense, the penguin man had obtained the equipment, so his next step was the Holy Heart gem that could be used as energy? Why didn't Bruce mention the gem? Wouldn't it be better to go to that store and squat? Or did Bruce have other plans?
While Jason was thinking, a black sedan approaching from far and near caught his attention. The focus of the telescope was on the car, but after seeing the people in the back seat of the car clearly, he could only be stunned in shock:
"Riddler? Isn't he still in Arkham Asylum? ”
Jason hurriedly connected to Bruce's communicator:
"Cloth .. Batman! The Riddler has escaped from Arkham"
"Are you sure?"
"I'm pretty sure, I can't be wrong"
With that snarky and self-righteous face, Jason felt that he would never forget it in his life.
"Stay where you are! Keep in touch! Wait for me to come! ”
Bruce said without a moment's pause, and Jason's telescope followed the black sedan until it stopped at the main entrance of the warehouse, and the Riddler got down from it and said something to the janitor before entering the dark warehouse and disappearing from Jason's vision.
Jason stared at the warehouse that had returned to its previous state for a long time, thinking with some dissatisfaction:
[Can I just wait here where I can't do anything?] What would Dick do? 】
Jason didn't need to be consulted to be sure that Dick would have run into the warehouse at such a time, or at least try to get a bug inside. And you can only wait here for Bruce to come? After thinking about it, Jason whispered:
"Batman, the Riddler has entered the warehouse, I'll go over and take a look"
Then, without waiting for feedback from Bruce, he cut off the communication without permission, and then took advantage of the cover of night, and Jason quietly approached the warehouse.
Bruce, who was in the Batmobile, suddenly received a signal from Jason, and before he could react, Jason unilaterally cut off the communication.
"Damn it!"
Bruce could only increase his speed and drive faster towards his destination.
Jason used the cover of the moonlight to sneak up on the warehouse, which was not difficult for him, and he was already familiar with this kind of thing even if he hadn't been trained by Bruce.
There were only six men guarding the outside of the warehouse, two guarding the front door, three on patrol, and one who seemed to be in command.
The warehouse occupies a large area, and there will definitely be a gap in the patrol of only three people. Taking advantage of the gap in patrol, Jason cleverly evaded the security guards and found a suitable position to slip into the warehouse through a half-open window, and the moment he slipped into the warehouse, Jason realized how ignorant he was about the warehouse.
From the outside, the warehouse looks very large, but after entering the warehouse, I find that there is a hole in the warehouse, and a deep hole has been dug here that is only slightly smaller than the outer wall of the warehouse, at least Jason has not immediately seen the state of the ground floor through those intricate steel stairs, and Jason, who turned in from an abnormal channel, almost fell directly without warning.
After barely finding a place to stay, Jason was able to take a closer look at the large machine in the burrow.
“... Strange, this device is so big? ”
Jason thought back to the institute he and Bruce went to, and the size of the warehouse was so large from the outside, but there was no such huge hole in the warehouse. With the help of the rope, Jason climbed to the mechanical steel corridor.
“... This pit is more than ten meters long."
Looking down from above, it was pitch black below, and Jason had the idea of returning the way he came.
There was a slight jolt from the steel connecting beam, telling Jason that someone was coming. Jason quickly found a corner and hid it, and two heavily armed men stepped down from the corridor above.
"No wonder there are few people patrolling outside, it turns out that there are inside"
After looking around for a while, Jason felt that he needed to find the Riddler's whereabouts quickly, but where to start in this dark environment?
Turning on the mask's night vision function, Jason carefully followed the mechanical shell to the lowest floor, only to find that there was a separate room on the wall here, and a faint light seeped through the crack in the door.
Jason cautiously walked towards the room, and when he was about to reach the door, the door of the room suddenly opened, and Jason had to hide in a hurry. A security-looking man walked out of it, he left the place without closing the door, the sudden light made Jason's eyes with night vision devices sting, and it took a while to turn off the night vision function and hide in the dark to relieve the discomfort in his eyes.
Jason looked carefully into the room, it was just a very ordinary room, with a sofa and a table, and a few cups on the table, which should be the rest room for security personnel.
Defeated, Jason left the ground floor and began to look upwards, his light weight was an advantage for Jason in this environment, and the vibration from his walk on the steel makeshift staircase and covered bridge was negligible. And the weight of the patrol door became Jason's natural alarm. With the help of the complex mechanical structure, he cleverly dodged the patrols, and Jason searched the web along the stairs layer by layer....
"Hey! What are you doing here! ”
A voice came from above Jason's head, and the man's roar was particularly noticeable in the dark and empty space.
"Tsk! It's been discovered! ”