At the moment when "Joker" appeared.

In the noisy Gotham, there was a moment of silence!

It is estimated that there is not a single person in Gotham who does not know the existence of "Joker".

Twenty years ago, he was the Dark King who brought fear to Gotham City.

And he's also a very popular madman.

“Joker！”

"How could it be him!"

"The madman?"

"Didn't he die with Batman twenty years ago?"

"Wait!"

The chatter from all over Gotham City, all of which came together, almost tore over the clouds in the sky.

James Gordon Jr. had just finished searching the clock tower and was standing at the bottom of the bell tower, wondering where the riddle gentleman had gone, when he happened to witness the "return of the clown".

In an instant, his face changed dramatically.

No way!

Clown...... It's dead!

That year, old Gordon witnessed the clown's corpse with his own eyes!

No way!

No way!

No way!

He screamed frantically in his heart.

But the clown phantom in the sky, that crazy posture, is clearly the same as the original clown!

Although James Gordon Jr. was still young twenty years ago, he still has precious video materials from his father, Gordon Sr.

Batman once violently "interrogated" the Joker in the Gotham Police Department.

In different parts of Gotham City.

Burnley District.

Everyone's attention was drawn to the image in the sky.

Zhu Yun'er hid in the shadows.

Look up at the sky.

Although others didn't recognize it, in the Arkham nursing home, Zhu Yun'er had heard Pan Zhengyi's laughter and recognized Pan Zhengyi at a glance.

"What the hell is that guy doing?"

Su Xiaosu silently kicked and shattered a wall, also looking at the influence in the sky, thoughtful.

At this time, Zhu Yun'er turned her head and smiled at Su Xiaosu: "Thank you, Sister Susu, if you hadn't saved me, I might have died a long time ago." ”

Thinking of the scene when the streets suddenly burst into artillery fire during the day, she still can't help but feel a little palpitating when she thinks about it now.

Luckily -

"Hmph, but because of that, I finally got ......"

Zhu Yun'er suddenly smiled coldly, and she looked at her body.

Originally, she was extremely badly injured and had bullet holes all over her body.

But now, all her injuries have healed, even the bullet holes on her skin have recovered as before, her skin is fair and smooth, and there is not even a single scar left.

Naturally, health was restored to full strength.

Su Xiaosu's combat effectiveness is indeed terrifying.

was able to take her with a wounded person and rush out of the rain of bullets.

This body of muscles...... Really.

Zhu Yuner silently opened the "crime list" and took a look.

This look.

Her pupils shrank slightly.

……

【Crime List】

Gotham Guilt: 54845/1000000(5.48%)

【Irin】51723(5.17%)

【Zhu Yuner】1120(0.11%)

【Li Erfat】912(0.09%)

【Su Xiaosu】840(0.08%)

【Pan Zhengyi】250(0.02%)

……

At first, Zhu Yuner thought that she was recovering from a serious injury, losing too much blood and was a little dazzled.

Probably a majority of zeros.

But look closer.

Originally...... Not really!

It's really more than 50,000 sin values!

The guy ...... Did you break the rules of heaven?

How can you accumulate so many sin points in a short period of time!

If human lives are deducted, this is equivalent to more than 5,000 human lives.

Even if Zhu Yun'er is asked to cut wheat piece by piece, she will have to kill it for a long time.

Not to mention...... The citizens of Gotham City are not as easy to kill as they imagined.

Zhu Yun'er has personally experienced this.

I was deeply touched.

"Wait, ......"

Zhu Yun'er frowned.

I thought about it for a few minutes.

Suddenly, the frowning brow furrowed.

"Crime...... It doesn't have to be murder! He was one step ahead! Hmph, will you sin? Sister Susu, let's go! You can't lose to that guy! Don't forget, in the nursing home, he helped Na Pan Zhengyi and robbed us of the elixir of youth! ”

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuner actually held a grudge against a small matter until now.

But it was originally Pan Zhengyi's pot, and Zhu Yun'er put the pot on Yi Rin's head by the way.

Zhu Yun'er's eyes flashed with a cold light that was not angry and self-threatening.

At that moment, she walked on the road, with a bit of majesty like an emperor going out on patrol.

In the Dragon Country...... No one can offend the Zhu family!

What's more, just a nobody!

……

……

"Whew-"

The fat man held a large bag of fragrant fried chicken thighs in one hand and ran through the dark path.

He turned his head to look at Pan Zhengyi in the sky, and although he was shocked, he quickly calmed down.

"Isn't it cosplay...... Who wouldn't? But that guy is dressed up quite realistically...... Fat man, I almost thought it was a clown reality show...... This guy can't be a senior two-thorn ape, right? ”

The fat man devoured a large bag of fried chicken thighs like a date.

Li Erpang patted his bulging belly, he was full of food and drink, fat and fat, and finally had a sense of security.

The entire city of Gotham fell into a brief confusion because of the return of the "Joker".

Li Erpang finally escaped from the pursuit of the "good citizen" temporarily, and took advantage of the night to smash the window of one of the houses with one palm, and hid inside to rest for a while.

In Gotham City today, seventy or eighty percent of the citizens are outside.

Carrying guns and cannons.

As the old saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place.

Now the fat man is out of sight of the citizens and hides in the house, but instead he has won a respite.

Li Erpang rested for a while.

I opened the "Sin List" and took a look.

Eyes widened instantly.

Although it was not visible on the surface, his eyes did widen slightly.

A little bit.

Squinting is a family inheritance, and he is also helpless.

He suddenly remembered the prompt he had received after robbing the old man's fast-food restaurant.

"In other words, is there any other way to accumulate sin points more quickly than robbery?"

Thinking of this, Li Erpang gritted his teeth and sent a string of messages to Yi Rin.

But it was automatically replied: The apostle is busy, do not disturb!

"it!"

Li Erpang has no culture, so he can only shout a word to show his mood.

Irin is not very kind!

Say yes and team up!

Say yes and fly together!

Secretly leave the fat man in the park and ignore it, the fat man doesn't care about his rough skin, and he doesn't even shout if there is a way to brush points?

What a squeak!

said that we would go to Baitou together, but you quietly baked the oil!

But.

Li Erpang just complained about it in his mouth and heart.

After going through several world trials and getting mixed up at this level, he was not so naïve.

Yi Rin was able to give him a "youth potion" in the nursing home, which already made Li Erpang feel that there were still good people among the apostles.

After all, in the mission, the apostolic relationship is complicated.

Even if it is a team task, there is a secret relationship.

No one will admit defeat.

If you don't want to die, you should burn high incense.

Everyone wants to get a higher rating for clearing the game.

"Uh-huh...... In that case......

Li Erpang silently made up his mind.

……

Meanwhile.

The skies of Gotham City.

The "clown" is still laughing wildly.

Laughing maniacally.

"Boom, Boom—"

Laughter doesn't mean anything.

There aren't any lines either.

But it's this crazy laugh that seems to cast a shadow over Gotham City.

Nobody knows.

Meanwhile.

Top floor of Wayne Building.

Wayne Tower is one of Gotham City's most famous landmarks.

It is also the tallest building.

In fact, with today's state of technology, Gotham City is not unable to build taller and more spectacular buildings than the Wayne Tower.

But don't dare.

Because, as we all know, in all of Gotham City, Bruce Wayne is the richest.

No one dares to try the supreme power of money ability.

This room on the top floor of the Wayne Building is made of clear glass on three sides.

In the room, there is a spacious round bed.

An old man with gray hair but a straight back opened his eyes and sat up from the bed.

Beside the old man, there was a young woman with a hot body, wrapped around the old man like an octopus.

The moment the old man sat up, in the dark, the woman's expression flushed even more, and she got under the quilt and squirmed silently.

The old man looked out the window.

I don't know if it's a coincidence.

The huge "clown" phantom suddenly turned his head.

As if through the transparent glass on the top floor of the Wayne Building, after the hideous clown painted, a pair of chaotic eyes looked at the white-haired old man on the bed.

"Uh-huh-"

There was a strange sound from under the quilt.

The girl muttered the old man's name.

Bruce ...... Bruce ......"

Bruce wayne.

His name.

The corners of Bruce Wayne's mouth curled slightly.

I don't know what it means.

“Duang！”

Suddenly!

A Q-bomb snapped from Gotham's city-wide radio.

It's like something has been smashed.

Zizizi——

The phantom of the "clown" in the sky suddenly became distorted and blurred.

"Quick! That's that pervert! ”

"How dare you rob the GBC broadcaster?"

"Hastily, kill him!"

"Looking for—"

Tutu Tu –

Gunshots rang out in a row.

The figure of the "clown" in the sky...... Hugging the head of the rat.

Outside of broadcasting.

Once again, the entire city of Gotham fell into an eerie dead silence.

Bruce Wayne: "......"

Gotham: "......"

Li Erpang: "......"

Gordon & Sons: "......"

Dr. Jack: "......"

Zhu Yuner and Su Xiaosu: "......"

Irin: "Hehe, that's the guy's style. ”

……

……

Gotham City.

Late at night.

Tonight is a celebration.

Everyone is destined to have sleepless nights.

"Don't bother with that 'clown'."

James Gordon Jr. smiled coldly.

He still kept the riddle gentleman's teaser letter.

If the first two sentences are lies, then the next few sentences may be the information that indicates when and where the real crime was committed.

[I divide the world into two, and I will meet the midnight bell and step towards the first light of Gotham. A half-human, half-beast god has descended, and I will twist off the god's horned head and use it to carry the second fireworks of Gotham, igniting the torrent from winter to summer. 】

Sign-off——

[The "Riddle Gentleman" with a fiery heart, Edward Rin, respectfully]

"What the hell does that mean?"

James Gordon Jr. felt a sneering pain in his head.

It's not just the back of the head.

It should have been overthinking and touching the wound in the back of the head.

James Gordon Jr. always felt that the tone of the riddle gentleman in this riddle was a little strange.

But for a while, he couldn't tell what was wrong.

It's always a little weird.

He found that the young riddler gentleman was different from the Riddler man of twenty years ago.

If the Riddler of twenty years ago was wise but crazy.

Then the feeling that this riddle gentleman gave him was indeed extremely calm, and reasonable, as if everything was in his chest.

In comparison, the Riddler Gentleman is more difficult to deal with than the Riddler.

In the best-selling book The Riddler Saga several times it is recorded that Batman defeats the Riddler.

In addition to Batman's intelligence, the Riddler has lost several times, all because of Batman's agitation.

Under the anger, the flaws were revealed.

The Riddler's weakness is obvious...... His wisdom cannot be despised with contempt.

Twenty years ago, the Riddler, although also terrifying, was also an opponent who ate routines.

In "The Legend of Batman", a lot of experience in dealing with Riddlers has also been summed up.

But James Gordon Jr. found that the experience of dealing with the Riddler was completely useless for the "Riddler Gentleman".

James Gordon Jr. silently glanced at his watch.

Time is ......

【23:35】。

Wait a minute!

Midnight is coming!

Sheriff Gordon, who frantically searches for the Riddle Gentleman in Gotham City, unknowingly consumes so much time.

The fat man and the other two eccentric female criminals had long since been forgotten by Sheriff Gordon.

Fake clowns?

Even more so don't bother at all.

His mind was full of the damn puzzle at the moment.

and the elegant but terrible riddle gentleman.

"Time is running out."

James Gordon Jr. suddenly gritted his teeth and dialed a number from his mobile phone.

Soon, the call was connected.

There was silence on the other end of the line.

But James Gordon Jr. shouted-

"Dad!"

……

……

【23:40】

Top floor of Wayne Building.

It's still that room.

The bathroom lights are on.

The translucent glass reveals a beautiful back, and the flesh is hidden.

Bruce Wayne shook his wine glass elegantly, sipping the expensive wine in the glass with a satisfied expression.

The night is too beautiful, no matter how dangerous it is, there are always people who stay up all night with dark eyes.

But it's not very expensive.

Lafite in 1869 only.

Well...... In fact, the taste is average.

It's just that Bruce couldn't find a better wine.

There is no way, but to settle.

Bruce Wayne decided to drink half of it and use the remaining half to rinse his mouth.

There can be no waste.

At this moment, on the round bed bedside table, the mobile phone vibrated silently.

Bruce Wayne has never used a mobile phone ringtone in his life, and it was all vibrating.

There is no special reason, get used to it.

A bat flashed on the screen of the phone.

Bruce's brow furrowed slightly.

He glanced back in the direction of the bathroom.

The girl inside is still humming, uh-huh, yes, it's very pleasant.

Bruce silently walked to the floor-to-ceiling bed, overlooking the chaotic Gotham City, and answered the phone.

"Old man."

When Bruce answered the phone, he couldn't help but smile slightly.

In Gotham, the only person who will contact him with this number is that person.

"Trouble? You know, I've been retired for a long time. Now Gotham no longer needs masked riders flying in the dark. ”

Bruce smiled self-deprecatingly, making a joke in passing.

"Wait, puzzle? Is the Riddler? Wait a minute...... What did you say? Riddle gentleman? Very young? ”

Bruce Wayne's cloudy eyes lit up slightly.

"Interesting ......"

……

……

"Damn it!"

James Gordon Jr. hung up the phone with a gloomy face.

"Sir, what's wrong?"

"It's the Aparo highway! That damn 'riddle gentleman' is going to blow up the Aparo Highway at 00:22! ”

When the surrounding Gotham police officers heard this, they all looked confused.

Although they do not have a high IQ, they also participate in solving riddles in the spirit of "everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high".

"I don't have time to explain! Come on! Get in! ”

James Gordon Jr. didn't say a word, and got into the police car directly, planning to fly the car himself.

"But sir, it's at least 1 hour to get to the Aparo Highway here, and we only have 40 minutes left until 00:22! If you add a traffic jam—"

"From here to the Aparo Highway, all traffic is off! Immediately! Get everyone moving! ”

"But sir, speeding is a crime......

"We're trying to eliminate criminals as fast as we can! It's not called speeding! ”

James Gordon Jr. stepped on the accelerator to the end, and the tachometer instantly reached 5,000 rpm, and two pillars of black smoke erupted from the exhaust pipe of the police car, and the police car rushed out with a roar.

Only then did the other police officers react and drove to follow.

James Gordon Jr. went straight to 160 km/h.

It's not speeding.

While racing like crazy, his father's words still echoed in his head.

Originally, he just had the mentality of giving it a try, and asked for help from the previous Gotham sheriff...... James Gordon.

That is, old Gordon.

He is also the current mayor of Gotham City.

Unexpectedly, in a few minutes, he really let his father solve the answer to the puzzle.

My dad is worthy of my dad!

When the answer was known, James Gordon Jr. suddenly realized that the answer to the puzzle was so simple.

……

The first two sentences, "dividing the world in two" and "facing the bell at midnight", actually refer to the moment.

Divide the 24-hour day into two parts, starting at midnight, which is midnight.

[The first ray of light towards Gotham] can also be regarded as a supplementary hint to the previous two sentences.

And the latter [a half-human, half-beast god descends] actually refers to the "Capricorn" in the twelve zodiac signs.

Because in the legend, "Capricorn" is a half-human, half-beast god with goat's horns.

The corresponding dates for Capricorn are December 22 to January 19.

Corresponds to the moment is ...... After midnight, 00:22 to 01:19!

And the meaning of "I will break the head of the god with ram's horns" is clear.

The time of the crime indicated by the Riddle Gentleman is - 00:22!

The second firework alludes to the way the riddle gentleman is about to commit a crime...... Explode.

Same fate as Gotham Police Department.

And the last sentence is what makes James Gordon Jr. feel weird.

To describe "Winter", the Riddle Gentleman uses the word "Heavy", and in the final inscription, the word "Hot" is used.

"Heavy" is mostly used to depict snow, but it is used by the Riddle Gentleman to depict winter, and it is no wonder that James Gordon Jr. found this grammar a bit strange.

I feel that the "riddle gentleman" is not very good at English.

It turns out -

The riddle gentleman is not a bad Englishman, but he has something else!

Another meaning of "heavy" is to refer to the traffic jam.

And the word "Hot", in addition to the meaning of "hot", is also often used to describe the "hot" figure of a girl.

As for "Summer" and "Hot", it reminds people of a place at the first time!

That's ...... Port Miller Beach!

The whole sentence is combined, and it really refers to only one place, passing the most congested traffic on the beach of Port Miller!

That is-

Aparo Highway!

Why is it so associative?

Because it is clearly written in "Gotham City Travel Guide" -

"Yo! Summer is here! Welcome to the pristine city of Gotham! On the beach of Port Miller, there are blue skies, white clouds, and hot bikini girls, the heart is not as good as action, and the action is not as good as the bird, what are you waiting for! Yo yo Chek trouble! ”

That damn riddle gentleman is definitely very familiar with Gotham City's tourism industry, bastard!

It's not summer!

Could it be that damn guy who had already been in Gotham City in the summer?

By the way, you enjoyed a hot bikini babe?

"But ......"

The corners of James Gordon Jr.'s mouth curled into a confident sneer.

The riddle gentleman underestimates his own driving skills too much.

40 minutes, enough for him to get to the port of Miller!

He has seen the truth!

There is only one truth to the puzzle -

The Riddle Gentleman will detonate the Aparo Highway in Port Miller at 00:22.

That's a viaduct!

Rush Rush!

James Gordon Jr. galloped wildly.

Behind his police car, followed by a large convoy of equally crazy gallops.

Mighty!