Gotham City.

The Wayne Group, the undisputed leader of Gotham City, is a testament to its extraordinary status as its headquarters towers above all other buildings in the city and its enormous footprint. Not only that, in the new century, Wayne Group is at the forefront of the world in the field of scientific and technological research and development, and is enough to rank among the world's top large companies in terms of economy and technology.

At this time, the Wayne consortium was invited to join an international scientific research project, and at this time, Chairman Bruce Wayne personally came forward and was busy signing contracts with a group of rich old men, which is why Batman's activities are not so active.

Wayne Enterprises, Hospitality Room.

By this point, Eric and Raven had been waiting in the reception room for nearly twenty minutes. The tall and hot secretary who had brought them in had a professional smile on his face and told them to wait here, while he went to report to the boss, and then there was no one to be seen.

In fact, Eric hadn't seen Batman in the watchtower for a while, and he heard that he was busy with the company's contract, so he made a special trip to Wayne to inform him about the discovery of Wayne Tech goods in the smuggling syndicate.

As the minutes ticked by, Eric finally lost his patience and stood up and said, "Okay, it looks like the regular channel doesn't work very well. I said how about we go up to him in a straightforward way? ”

Raven got up with him without saying a word, she was of course at Eric's permission.

However, it was at this moment that the door to the reception room was pushed open again. A well-dressed man with a pair of white-rimmed glasses walked in, giving the impression of being polite, like a college student who had not yet graduated. He smiled politely and slightly apologetically, "I'm sorry, you two, Mr. Wayne went out on official business, and he may not be able to come back today." I'm sorry, but please come back. ”

Eric frowned slightly, but then nodded, "Since Mr. Wayne is not here, there is no way." Then let's go back. ”

Raven knew that he was skeptical of the other party's statement, and seemed to have other plans, so he nodded cooperatively, "Hmm." ”

The man repeatedly expressed his apologies and personally put them on the elevator downstairs. When the elevator doors closed and began to descend, Raven asked, "You're not going to buy his claim, are you?" ”

"Of course." "There are more clever liars than him." And this guy is a little quirky - every employee who enters Wayne Mansion - including Bruce Wayne himself needs a pass, but this guy doesn't. ”

Raven tilted his head and asked, "Maybe he just didn't hang around his neck?" ”

"It's not in his pockets either, I've seen through all his pockets. As far as I know, to get through the door of the hospitality room, you first need a pass. Eric said, noticing Raven's quizzing gaze, and added, "Ah, yes, I can use a small ability like clairvoyance now without wearing armor. ”

"Then aren't we going to leave like this now?"

"As a friend of Bruce Wayne? Of course you have to go. "But as I said, we can go up in a much more straightforward way, and see where the man with glasses is." ”

At this time, after the polite man with glasses saw off the two, he turned around and took the elevator next door. It was a dedicated elevator that led to the boardroom's office on the top floor, which theoretically required a pass with at least board authority. But the man didn't take anything, only stopped in front of the elevator door for a moment, and the door opened on its own.

The man with glasses got on the elevator, and his previous gentle appearance suddenly dissipated, replaced by a stereotypical and monotonous face. It's not ugly, but it's lifeless, expressionless, and it feels like a machine in human skin.

With a crisp stop sound of "ding", the elevator came to the top floor. The man with glasses stepped out of the elevator, but Bruce Wayne was already waiting. He sat behind the large director's desk, sitting in an unnatural position.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Wayne, both of them have been sent away." The man in glasses pushed his glasses, and his tone was as lifeless as his expression, "Now, no one is bothering us. I said it's better to start directly, what do you think? ”

Bruce nodded, his movements rather uncoordinated. He stood up and pressed the button hidden under the desk, and the electronic desk scanned his fingerprints and retinas simultaneously. He then walked over to the chess table on the side of the office and swapped positions for the two pieces on the board. There was a "boom" buzz from the wall, and a secret door was opened.

The man with glasses didn't seem surprised, and the expression on his face was as if "it's basic common sense that there is a secret door hidden in the director's office". He took a step, and naturally walked through the door, with Bruce following closely behind. After the two disappeared into the secret door one after the other, the door closed with a "boom".

As soon as the two of them disappeared behind the door with their front feet, two phantom hind feet appeared in the room. Raven looked in the direction of the door for a long time before frowning and saying, "Mr. Wayne...... Something strange. ”

"Very strange by his standards." Eric checked the desk as he said, "His attention was completely distracted, his gaze barely focused, like his brain wasn't spinning at all, and that clearly didn't look like him." At first I wondered what might be on his mind, but now I seem to have found a better explanation. ”

"How?"

"Robots, made by pure alien technology."

Raven was dazed: "I didn't see anything. ”

"That's natural, because you need electron microscope-level vision to see." Eric pointed to the desk and said, "It's like bacteria, crawling all over the table. I scanned their structures and found that they are designed for the biological brain nervous system, which can interfere with the electrical output of the cranial nerves and cause the brain to give instructions to the body......"

"You mean it's more like a brainwashing machine?"

"Sounds like a brainwashing machine." Eric nodded, "Batman is almost invulnerable, but Bruce Wayne is not. Prepare for the worst, I think he might have been controlled by someone. ”

"So what do we do?"

"The most direct means," Eric said as he walked to the location of the secret door in the wall, armor covering his entire body at the same time, "Let's knock on the door and ask." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he had already kicked at the secret door, but he heard a muffled "boom", and the door panel that seemed to be filled with super-repeated alloy on the back was overwhelmed and fell to the ground in a dull manner, and the hidden passage opened to the two of them. Although Batman's secret passages are very hidden, and all of them are carefully equipped with lead protection so that Eric cannot see through, but this level of brute force is not something that Earth materials can defend against.

The two walked into the dark room, but Eric's face couldn't help but change slightly.

He was convinced that the door they had entered was the only entrance to the dark room, but the two men who were supposed to be inside were gone, and their whereabouts were gone.