Chapter 283: The First Superhero to Hang Up
After entering the main mansion, which had been changed beyond recognition, Zorro took Skye and went straight to the room on the second floor. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Didn't you say there were some housekeepers here, and Catwoman? Now ......" Skye frowned, unable to bear to think about it.
Zorro's expression was still so solemn.
You must know that Catwoman, Nightwing, and Night Stalker, who were injured by Jason Toth's version of Arkham Knight before, are all recuperating here, not to mention the old butler Ah Fu. None of them were in the room, though. In addition, their room is as good as ever, with simple clothes and personal belongings. Well, it felt like the attack had happened after they had left, and there was no trace of a fight in there. And if there was no fight, it was the attackers who deliberately destroyed Wayne Manor...... Why?
This was already the only useful clue Zorro had found in the various rooms of the main mansion, and it was still a question sentence.
"Don't worry too much. As long as you haven't seen their bodies yet, it's not too bad. ”
Reassuring Skye, Zorro began to look at the rest of the main house.
He led Skye to the first-floor study, where he pored over the equally damaged piano in the corner. Then Skye learned from him that when a few of the piano's keys were struck in a special rhythm, a bookshelf next to it would open, revealing a secret door behind it. But there was no need for that now, for the secret door was open before they came.
It's a bit inappropriate to say "open". In fact, the secret door was cut through the middle. As for the bookshelf that was supposed to cover the secret door, it was forcibly removed, and the wreckage was next to it.
Seeing this, Skye clenched his fists. It's not that nervous, after all, it's not the first time she's experienced this kind of thing, and she's been out on the field many times when she's in S.H.I.E.L.D. She was a little worried about Zorro's mood. Now there are signs that the situation is worse than Zorro said. No, this is the secret passage through the bat cave, and it is obviously known to the attackers. According to the traces seen on the other side of the room before, Catwoman and the others did not leave in a hurry, which means that the attacker did not follow them to discover this secret passage......
Zorro discovered this earlier than Skye. He didn't have the emotions Skye feared - at least not yet. His attention wasn't on that, though.
"Under what circumstances do you choose to break into the door with violence when you have the key?" He said something suddenly.
Hearing that Zorro's voice was still steady, Skye was temporarily relieved. But what he asked made her stunned.
"Uh, when I'm in a hurry to go to the bathroom?"
"Then how anxious are you to do such a thing!" Zorro pursed his lips and smiled, shaking his head. "It's not the same. This man is not in a hurry at all. He sat unhurriedly in front of the piano for a while, and asked the people he brought with him to tear down the secret door and the bookshelf where it was hidden, even though he knew how to open it. I can't figure out the logic behind this. ”
Skye thought for a moment, then shook his head.
"But how do you know that the attacker knows how to open the secret door?" She frowned and asked, "Also, sitting at the piano?" ”
"He, or she, left a mark on the piano." After replying to this sentence as a matter of course, Zorro's tone became a little regretful, "It's a pity that it's not a fingerprint." The other party is wearing gloves. ”
With no more clues to be found in the main mansion for the time being, Zorro led Skye into the dark passage and headed to the Batcave. To be honest, he wasn't sure if he wanted to move on. In the case of the main house, the chances of a useful clue in the bat cave are really not high.
As soon as I entered the bat cave, I saw the scene similar to Zorro's imagination. The cupboards containing the suits of the members of the Bat family were all smashed, and the supercomputer console was destroyed. Then, Zorro finally found traces of battle, right on the training ground, but not much. Considering that Catwoman, Nightwing, and Nightslash were seriously injured, Batgirl was also injured, which is understandable. It probably didn't take long for them to hold out and be defeated. They didn't expect the attackers to enter the bat cave so quickly. Thankfully, there was no blood left at the scene, which means they ......
"Zorro, I think you should take a look!"
Skye's words interrupted Zorro's train of thought. It's just that he didn't have the heart to care. He could hear the solemnity in Skye's voice.
Following the sound, Skye is in the second chamber of the Batcave. There is a runway that connects the Batcave directly to the outside, and it is through there that the Batmobile goes out. There are also parking spaces for various bat vehicles. Skye is right in the middle of the park. And she's not alone - and night stalkers.
"He's not dead." Skye said softly.
Although he said that he was not dead, he was not far from death. At this time, the night owl's hands were tied from the wrist position, and he was hung on a specially erected shelf, and his toes were three or four feet above the ground. Not to mention the bruises on his face, his naked upper body was densely covered with all kinds of scars. There are fist marks, arrow wounds, and knife marks......
Zorro hurriedly put the night stalker down. In the process, he recognized the shelf from which the night owl was hanging—or the material of the shelf. It was a stand removed from the Night Stalker's own design and construction of the Archimedes!
When Night Stalker arrives in Gotham at the height of the "Batman Missing" rumors, the first thing he does is stop the Black Mask and the Riddler from fighting. Not only was it not a good one, not only was he captured along with Nightwing, who he felt later, but his Archimedes was almost completely destroyed. At that time, the Archimedes was taken away by a few thugs under Black Mask, and after a while, it was crippled and thrown into the garbage dump, and then went to the scrap recycling center. Eventually, the Night Stalker, who had temporarily joined Nightwing's team, retrieved it piece by piece and brought it to the Batcave, intending to fix it.
As far as Zorro knows, the restoration process is about 75% complete. But now......
Well, Zorro looked deeper into the cavern and found most of the Archimedes' parts except for the bracket used to hold the night owls...... fragments. This time, there is no possibility of repairing it.
It's nothing else, it's just a personal vendetta. The question is, who will come to Wayne Manor and the Bat Cave to get revenge on the night owls? Or rather, what guy who has a life-and-death feud with a night stalker would know about Wayne Manor and the Batcave?
At this time, Skye's voice rang out: "Zorro, he seems to be about to say something to you. ”
Zorro nodded, strode over, and leaned over to the night owl. Then, he heard the Night Stalker's last words.
It's a very old-fashioned scene, the injured person hangs up after saying a word or something. But Zorro was in no mood to complain at all. He took the body of the Night Stalker from Skye's hand, lowered him-it slowly, and closed his eyes for him.
This was the first superhero death Zorro experienced. After a minute of silence for the Night Stalker with Skye in silent mourning, he opened his eyes again, and he was already full of murderous intent.
Seeing him like this, Skye was very heartbroken. Not knowing how to comfort Zorro, she had to find a way to divert his attention.
"What did the Night Stalker say to you? He told you who the attacker was? ”
Zorro shook his head slowly, looking at Skye with his peripheral vision, trying not to startle her with the terrifyingly sharp eyes he was looking at at her.
"Nope. He told us to leave as soon as possible. At this point, he paused, and when he spoke again, his voice was already terrifyingly cold. He said it was a trap -- a trap for me. ”