Chapter 42: Greetings
In the evening, the light in the room became dimmer as the sun went down. In the quiet room, there was only one man lying on his bed, asleep.
When the light in the room darkened, the man moved slightly, slowly opened his eyes, and was stunned for a few seconds before getting up from his original position.
After moving a little stiff neck and numb arms, he walked to the window, looked at the street outside that was already lit up, and narrowed his eyes:
"It's time to go and say hello"
It's half past eight in the evening, there are still a lot of pedestrians on the road, people are walking on the road in a hurry, and most of the shops have begun to prepare for proofing. Fast food restaurants are open a little later but try not to go past nine o'clock, and people who have just finished work and don't plan to go home to cook here buy their own dinner, or settle it in the restaurant, and more often take it home to eat. This is Gotham, and the time of the night is not the law.
The wind chimes hanging on the door rang softly, announcing the arrival of a new guest. The few guests and the service staff in the fast-food restaurant looked up at the guest who had just entered.
The man was a strong man, wearing a sky-blue baseball cap and a pair of sunglasses that covered most of his face, and a coffee-colored biker jacket with a gray leotard underneath, or just a plain gray T-shirt that he wore to the effect of a straitjacket, carrying a long bag that looked like it was used to hold golf clubs.
The man walked to the front desk, and the feeling of oppression he caused made the waiter swallow with some uneasiness.
“... What do you need? Sir"
Unconsciously the waiter used honorifics for him.
"Have a beef double burger and a cup of coffee"
The voice was unexpectedly young, but the oppressive effect it had on him did not lessen much. This is Gotham, and the fast food restaurants start to prepare for work as much as possible around 8 o'clock in the evening, and there are unexpectedly many customers tonight, so they are a little later than the scheduled time to get off work, otherwise they have already started to clean up the backstage and tidy up the store at this point. God knows who the people who came in to eat at this point in time were.
"That.. Sorry sir, there are no beef patties anymore..."
The waiter in charge of the order carefully answered the man's request. The man's gaze shifted from the menu behind the waiter to the waiter, scaring the little guy who had just been on duty for a few days.
"And what else?"
"Uh... And the fish and shrimp burgers"
"Then bring me a big fish burger and coffee"
"Well... Okay, may I like to eat here or take it away? ”
Jason was going to answer for eating here, but he looked at the clock on the wall and said:
"Take Away"
After receiving the order, the fast food he ordered was quickly packed. The waiter handed him the packed recipe with his hands and feet, and then watched the man leave the shop.
Jason rode his motorcycle with the packed food towards his intended target.
Parking the locomotive in an inconspicuous corner, Jason sat on the locomotive and worked out his dinner tonight while looking at the building directly opposite the target, the office on the top floor, to be exact. The building belonged to Black Mask, and his office was on the top floor of the building.
There were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road, and eventually only vehicles remained, still shuttling on the road. Nine o'clock seems to have become an unspoken rule in the city.
All of them avoided being alone on the road after this time as much as possible. Ordinary people try to avoid entering that lawless time period by themselves. After a while, even the vehicles will be much less.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Jason shoved the last bite of burger and coffee into his mouth, sorted out the garbage and threw it into the bin behind him. Park the locomotive in a secluded spot, and walk with the long bag on his back towards the building facing the Black Mask Building.
The building, which is facing the Black Mask Building, is a building under construction, the main body of which has been completed, but the original owner of the building has fallen into bankruptcy and cannot be delivered, and now only a few site security guards will come to patrol it.
Jason quickly took the elevator to the top floor, got out of the elevator and climbed another safety staircase, and finally reached the roof of this building, and the wind was particularly strong tonight.
"Okay, let me find a better location"
Walked to the edge, looked through the binoculars into the building that wasn't very close, and found the guy he was looking for on the predetermined floor.
"It seems to be a tantrum in what is"
It's easy to see through the binoculars what's going on in the room opposite, and Black Mask seems to be throwing a tantrum at something else. His poor bodyguards were beaten to the ground one by one. Black Mask's hideous expression from his fury made Jason feel his anger even if he couldn't hear anything.
"It's really nice to see you like this."
Putting down the binoculars, he opened the long bag and pulled out a shoulder-fired rocket, held it over his shoulder, and aimed the scope at the guy who was standing by the window opposite.
“.. Okay, which one is better? ”
Jason searches for the bullseye on Black Mask's body that satisfies him. The advantage of using an infrared sight is that it will definitely not miss the target, is it a disadvantage? Too easy to spot.
Through the sniper rifle scope, Jason knew that Black Mask had spotted him and what he was about to do, and waved his hand to say hello.
"Humph! Pretty fast"
Pressing the wrench, the strong legs supported the recoil of the rocket launcher, and the shell burst out of the muzzle and flew towards the target with green smoke. Jason's gaze accurately entered the target room, and then with a bang, the originally gorgeous office instantly fell into flames.
"I've got you back your rocket launcher..."
Looking at the room that was caught in flames, Jason turned and left. He just came to say hello today, and by the way, he asked for some medical expenses for the back wound that took him a few days to treat.
Fortunately, the body's conditioned reflex to avoid it was only a little skin trauma, and if the hyena's paw was caught firmly, I am afraid that even the spine would have to be pulled out.
"Are you alright, sir?"
After the explosion, the fire-fighting facilities in the building were automatically turned on, and the working sprinklers began to spray clean water in an attempt to extinguish the man-made fire. The secretary of the black mask asked as he stood beside the black mask.
"Not at all"
Black Mask felt his neck and looked at the wooden door embedded in the wall, if he had squatted a little slower just now, this wooden door would have cut off his neck directly.
"What about the kid?"
Black Mask, recovering from his fear, asks the culprit who caused everything.
"There's no second one, it shouldn't be in the original location, just in case I've asked people to search the building opposite."
Black Mask was silent, his competent secretary had done his best, but he still couldn't be satisfied. Red Hood began to provoke him head-on, a sign of his declaration of war.
"What do we do now?"
The secretary looked at the black mask and asked about his next move.
“... If you want to deal with a madman, you can only find a madman."
“... What do you mean? ”
“... I need to talk to that man about working together...."
"But it sounds like you're worried, isn't that a good decision?"
"Good decision? Hum! This is the craziest decision and I will definitely regret it.... Definitely...."