Batman crouched on the roof and watched the two men get paid to their satisfaction from the Mad Hatter and leave. The Mad Hatter was left alone in the room, muttering something in place, and even Batman's hearing could only hear intermittent sentences such as "This can't be", "That chip should be there", "The chip is important".

It looks like the one who killed the family of three was the chip in the mad hatter's mouth.

Batman wanted to get closer, but the Mad Hatter was a good hypnotist, and it was dangerous to approach him, so he had to keep watching the madman's every move from outside the room.

Eventually, the Mad Hatter finally stopped his near-convulsions, put on his hat, and left the cabin. Soon a black sedan came from the end of the road, and the Mad Hatter got into the car and left.

Batman pondered for a moment, and instead of chasing after him, he shot a transmitter into the rear of the car, and then watched as the black car disappeared from view.....

"Why did you come back so early today?"

Alfred, who was doing a simple cleaning of the bat cave, watched in amazement as the Batmobile drove into the tunnel, and if he hadn't already suffered from Alzheimer's, he remembered that there should be nothing that needed Bruce today. Wayne attended.

"Hmm"

Answering the old man's question in just a single tone, Bruce jumped out of the car and headed straight for the computer.

Alfred sighed, Bruce had become more silent than before since Jason's death, thinking that it was Mudface or the Joker who stole Jason's body, but it turned out that it wasn't. In order to avoid the situation from getting out of control and not being able to make it public, and then a large-scale city-wide search, it is not easy for Bruce to find a corpse alone, even if Superman is counted, it does not make this matter much easier.

The old man looked at the black back, sighed again, and continued his work.

Bruce was ignorant of Alfred's concerns, and he needed to know the Mad Hatter's purpose even more now. The madman was a nervous system expert who specialized in hypnosis, specializing in the study of human brain waves and telepathy.

If he had put his talents in a good direction, I believe he would have made a good scientist, especially in the field of brain waves and telecardiogram induction, but unfortunately he did not do so.

He used his expertise to manipulate humans with the help of chips, using brain waves and hypnosis. What exactly the chip he was looking for this time was for was worth noting.

The red dot on the tracker on the computer screen kept moving, stopping after passing through most of Gotham, and the position of the red dot never changed since.

Switching the satellite map to live action mode, a lone building with a small footprint appears on the screen.

"St. Lawrence Institute?"

I searched around in my memory and didn't find any relevant memories, so I searched for relevant information about the institute from the Internet.

Judging from the feedback information, this research institute has only recently been established, and its main research direction is life science, which is the specialty of the mad hatter. But one name in the list of grants that came to that stopped Bruce from moving.

"Ah Fu, when did I fund a new scientific research?"

Bruce stared at the name that belonged to him at the number one on the screen, and thought for a long time, but he didn't remember that he had signed the relevant documents.

"Oh, you forgot? Lucius had brought a stack of papers for you to sign."

Alfred dutifully reminded Bruce.

Hearing Alfred's reminder, Bruce's memory was indeed vague at one point, when Lucius personally came to him with a stack of papers and told him that he had a good new project that he hoped he could approve. But he was busy chasing the case at the time, so he put Lucius on his desk, was it a project there?

"Ah Fu, arrange it for me, I'll go tomorrow"

After thinking about it for a while, Bruce decided to use his position as a patron to check on the situation.

"Okay, Master Bruce"

Alfred's efficiency quickly arranged everything the next day when Bruce was in charge. When Wayne stepped into the institute, he was greeted by the director.

"Mr. Wayne, I didn't expect you to come in person"

"I'm sorry for the surprise visit from Mr. Davis"

"How so? Inside please"

For this big financier, Director Davis did not dare to slack off.

"Is there anything important about coming here today?"

Davis struggled with his wording to avoid accidentally angering the financier. This research institute is his life's work, but because the research topic is relatively biased, it is difficult to obtain financial assistance, so he was so happy when Wayne Enterprise agreed to his application.

Bruce's sudden visit made him a little uneasy, and he was worried that the businessman would be here to cut off the funds. However, their research has had some substantial successes and should satisfy the financier.

"Well, it's nothing particularly important, I was just curious when I signed this document, and this time I just came to see it"

Bruce pretended to be casual and looked around, casually answering Davis's question as he figured out where to press the surveillance system.

"Oh, that's it, then I'll show you around"

"Hmm... It's also OK."

Davis took Bruce through each of the labs and told Bruce what they were working on.

Bruce echoed Davis's words as he quickly swept his eyes over everyone in the window.

There's no mad hatter in there, Bruce is pretty sure of that.

"That's right, this is the main product of our institute at the moment"

Finally there was something that could be handled, and Davis's voice was noticeably a few degrees higher than before.

Davis stopped in front of a glass door, through which he could see that only the pillar standing in the middle of the empty room was very conspicuous, like the style of a gemstone showroom.

Davis took off his gloves and scanned the fingerprint lock next to the door, and the door opened, and Bruce followed Davis into the room, carefully looking at the little thing in the glass cover on the pillar.

"Chips?"

"Yes, the chip"

"What's the use of it?"

If Bruce's memory is correct, the Mad Hatter is also missing a chip, and using the chip to control people's brains is that guy's forte.

"Please don't underestimate this chip, it can make a high paraplegic start walking again"

"Oh?"

Seeing that Bruce was very interested, Davis worked harder to introduce the role of this chip.

"This chip is a complete set of chips, the main control chip will be implanted in the brain, it can convert brain waves into its own signals, and the receiving chip can be embedded below the severed spinal cord, receive signals from the main control chip and then control the whole body"

"Oh? It's so much fun."

"Yes, if the research and development is successful, then it is not impossible for a paralyzed person to get up again."

"Successful development? Hasn't it worked out yet? ”

Bruce was keenly aware of the key point in Davis's words.

"No, the chip itself has worked, but we now need to overcome some other minor problems"

Hearing Bruce say this, Davis hurriedly explained.

"Any other minor questions?"

"Well, include such a small problem as battery life"

According to Davis, this chip is equivalent to an artificial bone marrow, replacing the coordination between the spinal cord that does not work properly to connect the brain and limbs, but this kind of thing should be permanently implanted, in which case the battery life is indeed a big problem.

Davis's flip-stitching call it a "minor problem" is no small problem, and Bruce is pretty sure Davis must be hiding a lot of other things.

"Oh, and can I meet the project's lead researchers?"

Bruce pretended to be casual and asked, if he guessed correctly, it must be the work of the Mad Hatter.

"Of course"

Davis rang the call bell, and soon a figure appeared in the doorway.

"What's the matter? Director Davis?"

"Come, let me introduce you, this is Jervis Tage, the person in charge of this project. Jervis, who is the institute's patron, Bruce. Mr. Wayne"

"Oh sure, nice to meet you"

Jervis walked over and held out a friendly hand to Bruce, who shook his hand kindly.

[Sure enough, it's a mad hatter, so I'm afraid this chip is very problematic]

Bruce began to figure out how to get a chip as a sample.

"Then Jervis, you and Mr. Bruce have a good talk about your project. Mr. Bruce, Jervis is the person in charge of this project, and he can answer your questions in more detail than I do, and the lab over there has something to do with me, so I won't accompany you for now."

After Davis introduced Bruce to Jervis, he was called away by the other labs. Bruce looked at the "mad hatter" in front of him, who was not wearing the familiar tuxedo and the conspicuous top hat, and began to think about how to get the clues he needed out of his mouth.