After Batman's third ghost is defeated and the Winged Knight appears in front of the citizens of the city to give a speech and promise, the current situation in Gotham has taken a noticeable turn for the better. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The crime rate has been steadily declining, and the major forces seem to have seen the situation die down one after another.

However, this commotion still had a big impact on the structure of Gotham's underground forces, and the Penguins, who had dominated Gotham for ten years, temporarily left Gotham, while Black Mask made a high-profile appearance in the end of the gang struggle, taking over the Penguin's position and basically unifying the underground forces.

Eventually, however, the neighborhood has returned to its former calmness relative to Gotham, and the streets are safe again. Nightwing's Skynet organization has also disbanded, and Batwing, Black Canary, and Huntress have all left Gotham.

After a busy night, in the apartment.

"Seriously," Barbara said to Roy, who was still busy at his desk at nearly two o'clock, "your great goal is admirable, but you don't have to go 50 hours without sleep, right?" It's time for you to take a break, even by the standards of people like us......"

"Thank you." Roy smiled and said, "But I know my own state." ”

"You say that every time." Barbara said firmly, "I can't leave it to you this time. You have to rest, and if you still stubbornly don't listen, my sister will have to take tough measures. ”

As she spoke, she stretched her slender five fingers, and her joints were pulled to a "click" sound, and she had the meaning of dragging her to bed by force if she was disobedient.

Roy looked at her resolute look, and reluctantly argued, "But you also know that I've been busy...... I just got a case at the police station this morning, and I'm going to call it a day. Tomorrow ......"

"This can be put away." Barbara stubbornly closed the papers spread out on the table, "Now, I'll take care of the rest, you honestly go back and take a shower and sleep for a few hours." Even Batman needs to rest, and even more so you're not. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, Alfred said that Bruce hadn't closed his eyes for more than a hundred hours."

Barbara frowned slightly: "Do you have to force me to use strong methods?" ”

Roy helplessly: "Okay, okay. This case is the finishing touch, and I'll leave it to you. ”

He stretched and stood up, as if he was finally going to take a nap.

However, at this moment, in the dark night sky outside the window, the hellish red bats were reflected in the sky, as if looking down on the entire dark city.

"Oh." Barbara patted her head, "Can't this ghost city be in peace for a while?" ”

Roy shrugged in frustration.

"Go ahead, go ahead," Barbara sat down at the table and pulled the papers in front of her, "I'll take care of that for you." ”

Twenty minutes later.

Director Gordon stood in front of the fiery beam of light and lit a cigarette, looking down at the Sin Capital at past two o'clock in the morning, the fire-colored lights reflecting the swirling smoke.

There were two soft taps from the searchlight, and Gordon turned his head to see that the Winged Knight had appeared next to the lamp at some point.

"It's really time for you to quit, Director." Roy said lightly.

Gordon smiled wryly and snuffed out the cigarette butt.

"After living in this city for so many years, I'm afraid my luck has run out, do I still need to worry about excessive smoking?" After laughing at himself, he turned to say, "Let's get to the point." Sorry to call you out so late, but we have received an urgent report. A girl has been captured, and we are not sure how long we have left, so we have to race against the clock. ”

As he spoke, he handed the document to Roy, who took it and flipped it open.

"Benny Johnson, the accountant of the Perrioli consortium, has been keeping accounts for the consortium for four years." "Just tonight, his daughter was taken away...... It's in your own home. ”

"Specifics?"

"The details are still being investigated, and now our people are in his home, and the scene has been cordoned off." "But based on what we do, our investigators have come up with an approximation. Earlier tonight, Benny Johnson was out socializing and returned home at about one o'clock. Due to the divorce of the couple, only his daughter was home alone before that. It was probably around this time that the kidnappers broke in and kidnapped the little girl. ”

"Motivation?"

"I don't know."

"What about the requirements? Didn't the kidnappers leave a note or ask for anything? ”

"Not yet." "Hell, we haven't had the slightest clue about the kidnappers so far, and now we'll just have to wait for the other party to reach out." Whether it's kidnapping or pure revenge, the other side has to let Mr. Johnson know, and we can only wait until then. ”

"Or they've been connected," Roy said, "it's just that Johnson refuses to share." ”

Gordon shook his head: "This gentleman is really anxious like an ant on a hot pot now, he should know that concealment is not good for the investigation, I think he should share all the useful information with the police." ”

"Not necessarily, there are people you can never understand." Roy said, "I'll try to look into something else." ”

"As soon as possible, I'm not sure how long we have left." Gordon said, habitually pulling out his cigarette case and lighting another cigarette.

Roy walked to the edge of the roof and stepped up to jump.

"Wait a minute," Gordon said, stopping him, "more and more officers have been reinstated this week, and we're getting fewer and fewer street reports a day. It's not just me, but everyone in the city who has bright eyes can see things getting better, and this signal light that comes on every night. ”

Roy was silent.

"Thank you." Gordon said solemnly, "After losing Batman, I thought the city was finished, and now I think I can only thank you for having you." ”

Roy didn't speak, but jumped down with a force under his feet, his body blending into the darkness of the city.

The signal light was on, and Gordon stood there until he finished smoking the new cigarette.

When Roy leaped over the roof, he didn't notice at all that on the eaves, a street width away from him, two black-clad ninjas were half-hunched forward, and the red lenses at the eyes uploaded the Winged Knight's figure simultaneously.

At the top of the three-tower building, luxury housing.

The rich dark green cloak hung from the hanger, and the bishop folded his hands in front of him, looking at the rapidly moving black shadow on the screen, and the corners of his mouth hooked into a smile.

"I've heard you've been doing a good job lately, old friend." He held up a glass of red wine and shook it gently at the screen, "Cheers." (To be continued.) )