Chapter 458: A New Riddle
Following.
Riddler Event Countdown: 3 days.
Gotham Central, Green Street.
The Lord teamed up with Gordon to secretly surround the "Little Black Room" suspected of being the Riddler's stronghold.
The "little black house" that Harley Quinn refers to best fits an old black villa on Green Street.
Witnesses in the vicinity said they had seen the figure with Edward. A tall, thin man resembling Nigma enters and exits the villa.
At this time, Luo Yang was tasting expensive seafood barbecue in the night market in Chinatown. Capture Edward. Nigma's operation, Royan was not involved at all. He is only following the progress through the police communication channel.
A tall, thin man in a brown trench coat and glasses hurried to Green Street. He opened the door to the black villa and slipped inside.
As soon as Edward Nigmar's suit appeared, Gordon and Bruce also took action!
The two of them took 3 GCPD special police officers and quietly sneaked into the villa from the window on the first floor!
Thermal imaging of the bat eyepiece shows that Edward. Nigma is in the great room on the second floor.
The lord asked Gordon to take the people to stay where they were first, and arranged for the GCPD police to keep an eye on every window and door.
Quietly, he jumped upstairs.
Outside the door, the old man picked up the tranquilizer gun and quietly stepped into the room.
Edward. Nigma has three old-fashioned computer screens in front of her, showing real-time images of several landmarks in Gotham City.
"Safety." οΌClear.οΌ
After confirming that the room was secure, Batman motioned for Gordon to bring someone up.
Gordon and the SWAT officers approached Edward with guns in hand. Nigma.
Nigma didn't look back, staring at the Gotham city. Almost the whole person was intoxicated by the dim gas light.
"I'm curious." Nigma whispered, "The sheriff and the Gotham vigilantes have the power to trespass on private homes?" β
Gordon's muzzle was aimed at Nygma.
"Riddler. You're under arrest. β
"What does capturing the Riddler have to do with my Nigma?" Edward Nigma said calmly.
[Voice of the Void: What does the arrest of Zhou Shuren have to do with me Lu Xun??? γ
"Don't move, raise your hands!" Gordon stepped forward and pressed the muzzle of his gun to the back of Nygma's head.
"Let me turn around and don't shoot," Nygma's voice was tinged with a hint of horror.
Crunch...
The old, moldy swivel chair made an eerie mechanical sound as it swirled.
The man in the swivel chair, with his hands raised above his head, turned around.
SWAT turned on the assault rifle's illuminated light, illuminating his face.
A thin white face. Stubble, glasses, well-defined features.
Much like the Riddler, but not him.
Batman could tell at a glance that this was definitely not the guy with the purple blindfold.
He pushed Gordon away, picked up "Nygma" from the swivel chair, and slammed it on the table!
Tong!
"Edward. Where is Nygma? The old man roared angrily!
"I don't know..."
"Say!"
The Nigma stand-in was silent.
Batman punched him in the chest!
"Tell me!!"
Gordon reached out to stop Batman: "Looks like he probably doesn't know." β
The stand-in man trembled and said, "I really don't know where he is... The real Mr. Nygma, though... There's also a riddle for Mr. Bartman. β
"A riddle for Batman??" Gordon asked, confused.
Batman let go of the stand-in man: "Say." β
Nygma's stand-in whispered, "What is yours, but someone else uses it more than you?" β
Two seconds later, Batman found out. "Name."
"Well, that's all I have to say."
Gordon said angrily, "Take him away and bring everything here back to the police station." Then he went to Batman, "What does this riddle mean?" β
"He wants us to focus on names."
Batman scanned the room.
And a few books in front of the computer caught his attention.
Those books are "The Wizard of Oz", "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Little Princess". Three well-known books of children's literature.
Gordon and the old man carried three books to another empty room.
"In addition to that riddle, the riddler left these three books, which is another puzzle." The old man said coldly.
After carefully studying the three books, Gordon analyzed: 'All three books have one thing in common. Long-form children's literature with a girl as the main character. β
"Dorothy, Alice, and Sarah. Crewe. The old man analyzed, "Are the names of these three protagonists something we should pay attention to?" β
Gordon shrugged helplessly: "In Gotham City, there are too many Dorothys and Alice... Perhaps only Sarah, surnamed Crewe, can be found. β
"Try it, all over Gotham, maybe we can find Sarah. Crewe. β
Gordon recalled, "The Mad Hatter, who once kidnapped a girl named Alice. Those girls are documented in the GCPD, and I can bring them all to the police station for protection. β
"Okay. I'd rather we work a little harder than let the Riddler get his way. The old man said in a deep voice.
Gordon hung his head: "What a price we have to pay for this guy." β
Batman patted Gordon on the shoulder, "I'll keep tracking him down." β
...............
Two days later, at night.
Riddler Event Countdown: 1 day.
Chinatown. The top of the Xingrong Building.
Luo Yang, dressed in the Purifier armor, came to the platform. This time it was Batman who came first.
"How's the investigation going? Did you find Nygma?" Luo Yang asked.
Bruce replied, "Haven't found the Riddler Nigma yet." β
"And what about the 'most beautiful girl', got a clue?"
"Impossible, looking for a needle in a haystack."
"That is, now you have nothing. Contact me, what's the matter? Luo Yang was stunned.
Bruce said with a little smugness, "Tomorrow is the day the Riddler will do it." I have to ask you to be there. β
"The tallest building in Gotham City, you've figured out this puzzle?"
"Yes."
Batman turned around and quietly shoved a bat dart into Royan's hand.
On the dart, a location in Gotham City is inscribed.
"Are you sure it's here?"
"Sure. Tomorrow I will uncover this mystery in the presence of the Riddler. Batman said, patting the railing.
Royan asked contemplatively, "Those three books correspond to three names, Dorothy, Alice, and Sarah. Do you think the Riddler will target girls with these names? β
"It's unlikely. The Riddler will also set off smoke grenades. Batman sighed, "He's smart. He is the smartest of my opponents. He is a Gotham native himself and knows the city incomparably. I'm afraid, the Joker can't compare to his layout in Gotham. β
"It seems that the day before yesterday, he deliberately showed his horse's feet and asked Harley Quinn to tell us clues, and then buried another clue in the clues," Royan added the bat dart to his collection, and said indifferently, "Tomorrow, we will end all this." β