Roy and Barbara's residence.

It was dark, all the curtains were tightly closed, and not even the slightest light from the street lamps could leak in. In the room, of course, there were no lights on. In the darkness, where you couldn't see her fingers at all, all you could hear was Barbara's whispered voice.

"Hold your breath, gather your breath, slow down your heartbeat, and let yourself become one with the darkness"

Roy stood motionless in the dark, feeling like an angler who didn't dare to come out while waiting for the fish to take the bait.

Finally, the lights came on.

Roy breathed a sigh of relief, and Barbara's smiling face appeared in front of him.

"You're a quick learner." "Faster than we do," she said. ”

"'We'?" Roy sat down with a sigh of relief and asked.

"yes." Barbara nodded and said, "Bruce has taught many people his skills, such as the 'Nightwing' who is now active in Bruhaven, who is Batman's most proud disciple. ”

"You're talking about 'we.'" Roy asked, "That means you're counting yourself." ”

After a pause, he continued, "You also studied with him, right?" ”

Barbara was silent.

Her expression was a little strange, and Roy could read the loss, the unease, and even the panic. It's like being awakened with some very bad memories.

"yes." "Before I can move my legs," she said. ”

Realizing that this was a huge trauma to her psyche, Roy stopped asking and said, "Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to bring up your sadness. ”

"It's okay." "I'm also trying to come out of the shadows, and that's why I moved out of my home and separated from my father." He always felt that it was his responsibility, and before I knew it, it would always infect me. And staying in that home always brings back terrible memories of that time. ”

So whatever that horrible thing was, it took her legs, and it happened in her own home. Director Gordon thinks it's his responsibility, so it's all about being the director. Is it the revenge of some crazy criminal against him?

Roy didn't ask any further, and changed the subject: "Do all the bats have to learn this stealth technique?" ”

"Of course, hiding your body in the dark is a basic skill." "You're always dealing with multiple enemies with guns, and you can't always go up and plug the muzzle with your chest," Barbara said. ”

At this time, Roy's phone made a short, crisp sound, which was the sound of a text message reminder. Roy glanced at it and said, "Oh, I asked Alfred to help me test the green liquid I found from the theft site of the Wayne Enterprise, and it looks like it's going to work." ”

After browsing the test results sent by text message, Roy thoughtfully locked the screen of his phone and played with it in his hand, while closing his eyes slightly and pondering.

Barbara didn't bother him, just waited.

"It's a hallucinogen." Roy said suddenly.

"What?"

"The liquid I found in the ventilation ducts on site was some kind of hallucinogen, which numbed nerves." Roy explained, "According to Alfred, the agent may cause the ingested human body to hallucinate to see things that are not there. I reckon that a certain ninja accidentally fell off and broke the bottle while climbing the ventilation duct, so that's why we left this. ”

An idea swept through Barbara's brain like a bolt of lightning, and she said in a tone, "Wait, could it be that my father was drugged with this kind of drug, so he hallucinated while chasing the prisoner, and his mistake caused such an accident?" ”

"You can assume so." Roy said, "But whatever the Assassins' purpose in coming to Gotham, I don't think they had any incentive to go to such great lengths to bring down a police chief." If you speculate on the motives, I still think Falcone is more suspicious. ”

Barbara's thinking was also extremely fast, and she quickly caught up with Roy's thoughts.

"You mean"

"Thinking about it this way, after the news of Falcone's comeback came out, didn't it feel like things were coming one by one very coincidentally? What kind of assassin alliance suddenly appeared at this juncture? Roy said in a low tone, "Besides, why did Falcone not move for so long, and chose this opportunity to return to Gotham?" What did he get? Or did he see a good opportunity for him to start? Or did he get some kind of strong foreign help? ”

"Like the League of Assassins." Barbara said worriedly, "Now it's okay, the villains are starting to play strong combinations." ”

"Just guessing." Roy said, "But to test our guesses, we'll have to start with your father first. ”

"How?" Barbara asked.

"The easiest and most direct way is to take a blood sample for antibody testing."

"But my dad is in Gotham Central Prison right now." Barbara said with annoyance, "Not to mention, even if you're an advisor to the Gotham Police Department, you won't get permission to see him, not to mention that you were fired not long ago." Forbes bastard, I applied to visit my father twice as a family member, and he denied it. ”

"That's why I'm not going to go through the normal process." Roy smiled slightly, "When did the people of the Bat House go through the normal procedure?" ”

Barbara was stunned for a moment, and then immediately said: "No, you haven't received enough training, you know that if you miss, you will also be caught by the police, I can't watch you be caught in again." ”

"Easy, Babs, it won't be hard." Roy said lightly, "And I haven't worn the outfit that Bruce gave me, and I haven't worn it once." Plus, I have your help, don't I? ”

Barbara let out a long sigh.

"Okay. But," she said earnestly, staring straight at Roy with her blue pupils, "be careful! ”