Chapter 20: The Trap
"It's not bad for the first time as a rookie." Roy returned to the apartment, and Barbara commented, "It's still a little worse than the first time my sister put on the uniform, and if my sister is a perfect score of 100, you can give 80 points." ”
Roy took off his mask and placed it on the table, as if thoughtful.
"What's wrong?" Barbara asked.
"No, it's just that you rarely talk about yourself." Roy shrugged and said, "Based on your fighting skills in a wheelchair, your professional-level dart throwing, and the fact that you secretly worked with Batman, I've already confirmed that you should have done this before the accident." ”
After a pause, he added, "It's just that you don't seem to be very willing to mention the past, so I haven't mentioned it." ”
"Yes." Barbara breathed a sigh of relief, "Maybe it's time for me to let go of my baggage." It's been three years, and that terrible event still fills my memories so often, you know, sometimes I even resent my ability to remember that day, it must have been the one that made me remember all the details of that day so clearly."
Roy patted her gently on the shoulder and said, "Everyone will have their own nightmares, but what is past will eventually pass." After all, we live in the present. ”
"yes, live now." Barbara repeated with deep understanding.
It was the sound of a text message on their mobile phone that interrupted their emotion.
Roy picked up his phone and glanced at it, and said, "On the way back, I took the blood sample to the bat cave for Alfred to test, this old man is very efficient." ”
"If you knew Ah Fu, you wouldn't say that, he's the only person in the world who can be Batman's butler." Barbara said, leaning in anxiously, "How's it going?" ”
Roy quickly read the text message and whistled happily: "I'm happy to say that we didn't work in vain. ”
He handed the phone to Barbara, who quickly read the text message and instantly began to flutter with her eyebrows.
The results of the laboratory tests conclusively proved that Director Gordon had a residual presence of this hallucinogenic toxin in his blood, which completely confirmed their suspicions.
"Dad's trial is going to start tomorrow." Barbara excitedly said, "We can catch up!" I'll call his lawyer right now. ”
At the same time, on the other side of the city.
In a richly decorated building with a completely transparent glass top, colorful lights complement each other, and there are surprisingly many security guards at three steps and one post, one step and one sentry, which makes people wonder what kind of noble status the owner of this place is.
Then, suddenly, all the lights went out together.
The black shadow with its wings outstretched was reflected outside the transparent glass dome, and with a crisp sound of glass cracking, the huge humanoid bat spread its wings and fell, and when it landed, its wings folded and wrapped its whole body, and its fierce eyes shot sharply from its dark body.
"It's the damn bat!"
A security guard reacted and quickly drew his gun.
Then, too, he was the first to fall.
Batman's movements are surprisingly fast, and his pitch-black body is covered by a dark environment, coupled with such agility, it is completely impossible to capture his movements.
Several security guards feebly fired a few shots into the darkness, and the brief flame of the muzzle illuminated Batman's pitch-black figure. The cloak flew, and the face under the mask looked even more hideous and terrifying against the backdrop of gunfire.
The fluttering quickly stopped, and it was clear that the men had all been put down. The applause of one man rang out from the darkness.
The lights came back on, illuminating Batman's figure, as well as the black-haired middle-aged man in a white vest with a towel on his shoulder, standing directly across from him. The man's eyes were sharp, and beneath his kind face was the cunning of a demon, and the muscles of his bare arms seemed to explode, and his body was as strong as an athlete.
"Karmin Falcone." Batman pointed at the man in a hoarse but angry voice, "What are you doing in Gotham?" ”
"What? Gotham is my home, won't you allow me to go home? ”
Falcone walked to the table without any fuss, took his glass and filled himself with a glass of dark red wine, shook it gracefully and gently, and sniffed it closer, as if intoxicated.
"Would you like a drink?" He asked, shaking the goblet in his hand.
Batman ignored it, stepped on two steps and shouted, "Jim Gordon was framed and imprisoned, did you do it?" ”
"I'm sorry about Gordon." Falcone took a sip of his glass in one hand and tucked it in his trouser pocket with the other, "But I'm just sorry." I'm not surprised you've found my place, bat, you're as sharp as ever. I admire you, and for the sake of this, I don't care about your trespassing on the house. But at the same time, I also understand that you have been so busy that you have not even locked up a gangster, so even though you have not the slightest evidence in your hand, you still run to me to confront me. But I must remind you that Gotham is my city, you are just a spoiler, and it's time for me to take back what belongs to me. ”
What he said was true. The Gotham Police Station has obviously become an appendage of Falcone, and Batman has been busy for a long time, but no one has been locked up until now, because people don't accept it at all. And although he found Falcone's current residence in Gotham, he had no evidence to bring him to justice.
However, this time Batman came, but it was not completely without a purpose.
"I just want to ask you one question, Falcone." Batman's voice became even more gloomy, "When you come back this time, did you cooperate with the League of Assassins and Lei Xiaogu?" ”
Falcone narrowed his eyes and looked at the cross-dresser in front of him for a moment.
"I haven't heard of it." He said, taking a sip of wine.
"I'm going to warn you, Falcone." Batman said, "Thunder is not someone you can rely on, his purpose is completely different from yours, and you can never and should not think you can use him." Listen to me, or you'll regret it. ”
With that, he turned around and raised his rope gun and fired a shot into the night sky.
"I'll keep an eye on you, Culmin." Batman's figure had risen into the air, "Don't let me catch it." ”
Batman emerged from the broken window of the ceiling he had broken as he entered, but as soon as he climbed onto the roof, the light focused on his feet, and the noise suddenly sounded, and the vertical helicopter propeller blew his cape into a hunting sound.
The voice shouted through the loudspeaker seemed to sound from all directions, surrounding the building: "This is the GCPD (Gotham Police Department)!" Batman, you're surrounded! Don't resist uselessly"
Batman slowly stood up and whispered, "Falcone"
In the room at his feet, Falcone drank the glass of wine.
"Have fun, bat." As he spoke, he walked back to his room without looking back.