Chapter 39: Appraisal

Bruce sat in front of the computer, quietly waiting for the results of the computer's tests. The blood stains on the hyena's paws were not only red hooded but also vertigo, but he had already purified the sample for the first time, and the purification level of the bat cave was not in doubt, and the test results should not be too biased.

Looking at the slow-filling progress bar on the screen, Bruce pondered and guessed all the possible consequences.

Maybe it doesn't have anything to do with Jason, that's for the best, find out how he caught him, interrogate him and find out how he knew everything about them.

What would he tell them?

He met Jason, and then Jason told him? Then he needs to ask where Jason is now.

Will he tell them that he is actually Jason's undead possession?

If he dared to say that, then he would definitely make him regret it.

Or will he know where Jason's body is?

It would be nice if he knew where Jason's body was, and this time it would find the boy's body and lay it in peace. And he's going to beat the guy who stole the body in the first place, hard! The kind that broke every bone in his body.

But what if that guy doesn't know about Jason?

Or maybe he just looked at them for a long time and then summed up the experience. He's a very good guy, like Tim got to the Batcave with a few video footage and an old geological map of the whole of Gotham.

If that's the case, see if you can reverse his perception. He should be very young, maybe Dick can try, he is not good at persuasion, but Dick is very good at speaking.

If he could be on his side, it would be an absolutely devastating blow to the sins of Gotham.

Red Hood might even know the shady guys of Gotham better than he does.

But what if you can't?

That's a shame, he can't let such a dangerous guy roam Gotham, he has to put him in jail. He would have his mental state evaluated by a professional agency, and once it was determined that this guy met the criteria to enter Arkham, then he would definitely build him a special cell inside to make sure that he would never come out again.

But what if the results are the most unlikely?

Would he have expected this outcome, so prepared Jason's DNA in advance? No, when the hyena tore open his back, he could see it very clearly, unless he had made a prosthetic sandwich between his back and his clothes.

No... That's impossible, the hyena has a big tear, and from the tattered wound, you can clearly see that the contraction of the man's muscles when exercising is very obvious, so it can't be fake.

What if it's true? How many reasons could be for this?

The answer is: two!

First: This body is Jason's corpse.

The second: he is a perfect clone.

Who will it be? With this cloning technology? Luther? Luthor's genetic technology is indeed good, but he doesn't know his identity, and cloning the adopted son of a business competitor is a loss-making business at first glance, which is not like him.

Unless Luthor has the rotten idea of annexing the Wayne Group after Jason inherits the Wayne Group.

No, that's not possible, Luthor isn't interested in Batman, his entire attention is on Superman. Batman was just a minor nuisance to him, a tiny kind.

Luthor was arrogant, he didn't want to act like he was greedy, but he was. He didn't have the patience to wait for Jason to take over the Wayne Group, Bruce. Wayne is now in the prime of life, and even if he would hand over all of the Wayne Group to Jason, it would be decades later, and that man didn't have the patience.

What's more, the Red Hood appears as an acquaintance of Batman. He knows Batman and all of Batman's modes of action.

I have never heard of cloning a clone that inherits the memories of the original at the same time. If so, where is he going to get Jason Memory? Extracting memories from dead brain cells is like extracting electricity from a wire that has no current, and it is simply impossible. Even extracting signals from living cells is extremely incomplete.

An incomplete memory signal is like an incomplete encrypted cipher, and the rules and specified logic directions cannot be found at all.

So who else but him has this cloning technology?

If it's not cloning, is it possible to be magic. If you want to do magic, you need to go to Zatana to see if she can tell if it's black magic. See if she can track down the caster through these magical remnants.

But what about the purpose of the caster? Bruce was convinced that the vast majority of his few magical enemies were coming for Zatana and Constantine. He and Zatana are friends, but they can be called enemies with Konstantin. He wasn't very willing to work with that guy unless it was absolutely necessary.

They don't have much to do with each other, so why would the other party hit Jason's idea?

On the computer screen, a blue glow flickered in the cave. Bruce raised his head and frowned and looked at the screen seriously, the results of the instrument's identification had come out. That 100% match was what he wanted most, but at the same time he was most afraid to see. So... What's next?

The sound of falling plates behind him woke up the man who was immersed in his thoughts, and the crisp sound of impact kept echoing in the huge cave, and the original owners of the cave were scattered in a panic.

Looking back, Alfred watched in shock at the results on the screen, oblivious to the crumbs of cookies and coffee cups scattered all over the floor. This usually suave and polite English gentleman leaked a gaffe.

After a long time, Alfred seemed to finally come to his senses, and asked in a trembling voice:

"Is that him?"

“.... Yes.... At least this body is ......"

Bruce replied as he stared at the conclusion on the screen.

Who the hell is this man? Whose soul is in control of that familiar skin? Why did he come? Why? Who is behind him? What is the purpose? Is it black magic? Or is there some other purpose?

Bruce walked over to the display case where Jason's uniform was kept, staring at the tattered uniform, he had to guess, he had to think of all the possibilities, and then rule it out, he had to do it, or the feelings would have made him lose the fight, and it would be a fatal defeat. He couldn't be sure of the other party's purpose or why he did it.

The Red Hood doesn't look like it's coming for him, it's coming for all of Gotham. But this can't rule out whether actions will be taken against him when he finishes cleaning up the others and grows to a certain level.

“... Do you need me to remove this uniform? ”

Alfred looked worriedly at the man standing in front of the display case.

“..... No, it won't solve anything."

Bruce picked up his helmet and looked like he was ready to go out.

"What about Dick and Tim?"

"Master Tim is in the room looking at the financial statements, and there is a shareholders' meeting tomorrow. Master Dick went to spy on Two-Face and hasn't come back yet."

"I'll go out for a while"

Bruce walked over to the computer and deleted all the records he had just made, Tim was a computer genius, and he couldn't hide anything that was hidden and encrypted for too long, and he had to be deleted if he wanted to hide it.

It was time for him to go to Zatana's.