Bat Cave.

Bruce is stripped of his shirt and lying on a hospital bed in the Batcave, covered in bruises. Under the operating lamp, his solid muscles were covered with all kinds of scars, like a general who had just come out of the battlefield.

Alfred took off his leather gloves and grimaced. He had worked as a military doctor and had experience in dealing with all kinds of injuries, but even he felt powerless at this level.

"How many fractures there are on the master's body, don't mention it." He told Roy and Barbara, who were watching from behind, "But the most serious part was a crack in his skull." It's not a level I can handle, I have to go to the hospital...... Later, I'll hit the Rolls-Royce in the old garage, disguise a car accident scene, make up a ~pig ~ pig ~ island ~ small ~ say ~ traffic accident and other reasons, and then transfer him to Gotham Hospital for surgery ......"

"Wait," Roy paused, "listen." ”

Lying half-awake on the hospital bed, Bruce seemed to have exhausted all his strength, tapping his knuckles on the edge of the bed, repeating a certain seemingly fixed beat over and over again.

"Morse code." Roy Road.

Several people came to the bed and pricked up their ears for a moment.

"Thomas......" Barbara whispered, "...... Elliot? ”

Neither Roy nor Barbara had ever heard the name, but it was readable from Alfred's expression that he knew the name.

Ten minutes later, Alfred made a cup of tea for each of them, sat down at the table, and slowly talked about the past.

"Dr. Thomas Elliott,

He is now one of the most well-known surgeons in the country. Alfred's old face showed a look of remembrance, "But Lord Bruce knew him long before he became famous. They grew up together...... Friend. ”

Barbara was surprised: "Then how could Bruce never mention it so far?" ”

Indeed, in the minds of everyone who is familiar with Bruce, he should have been the mold of the lonely Dark Knight since he was a child. Everyone intuitively felt that he should have not had a friend since he was a child.

"When Lord Bruce was still in school, because of his family's prominence, children of his age were as reluctant to get along with him as if they were avoiding the plague god, except for Thomas Elliott, whom Bruce called Tommy," said Alfred. He mentioned that the Wayne family's fortune was just an understatement, and he was the only friend who could get along happily with Master Bruce. Moreover. He was a very smart, gifted kid, I must say. ”

After a moment's recollection, he continued: "I once saw them play chess when they were seven years old. At that time, little Tommy's chess skills are still fresh in my memory, he is like ...... I can always anticipate the next many moves, and I am good at strategizing. Master Bruce is said to have never won a single set. ”

Barbara was surprised, "You say Bruce? Just kidding, right? ”

Alfred smiled wryly: "No, at that time, the master was just a gifted child, not yet 'the best detective in the world'. But little Tommy's mature mind really impressed me. ”

"They have always had a good relationship. Until...... An accident. Alfred took a sip of his tea and said, "It was a car accident." It just so happened that Elliott's family didn't hire a driver to drive it that day, and it was Mr. Elliott who drove it himself. Thankfully, Tommy only suffered a few skin injuries, but his parents were not so lucky. Lord Bruce's father, who was also my former employer, has done his best as the best surgeon in Gotham City. But only Tommy's mother was saved, and his mother was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Since then. Mr. Wayne Sr. decided to give little Tommy his lost fatherly love until ......"

"Until Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne were shot in Crime Alley." Barbara roughly understood.

"Yes." Alfred let out a long sigh, "Later, after some time, Master Bruce went out to travel the world, and Tommy, who grew up, left Gotham to study surgery, and they never saw each other again. Mr. Tommy Elliott once made it his life goal to be the best surgeon available, Thomas Wayne. If Lord Thomas had seen what he had achieved in the Heavenly Spirit, I think he would have been happy as well. ”

After so many years, Bruce can still think of this childhood friend at the critical moment of his life, and no one can say why. Maybe. This is predestined by God.

Billionaire Bruce Wayne was in a traffic accident and his life was quickly spread throughout Gotham, and the whole city was talking about it. Thomas Elliott, a famous surgeon, has been invited back to Gotham to serve as Bruce's attending physician, and he has already rushed to Gotham as soon as possible.

But that's not Roy's concern. Now, he was in the colony, and on the table in front of him lay a rope gun, a half-cut bat cord, a bullet-ridden batsuit, and a black cloak.

He folded his palms together and faced the things on the table, like an ancient Zen master meditating.

Barbara pulled a chair, sat down across from him, and asked, "What do you see?" ”

Roy first handed the bat cord to Barbara.

Barbara looked at it for a moment and said, "With a special throwing knife, the bat rope is not so easy to cut. ”

"Unless you've studied Batman and know how to cut with that knife." Roy said, pointing to the batsuit, "Two bullet holes on the front and three bullet holes on the back, which coincide with the three bullet holes in the cloak." ”

Then, www.uuknsh.他掀起了斗篷: "Such a hole can only be left when the cloak is open and gliding under the force of the wind." Also, did you notice that he had a shoulder injury? ”

"Hmm...... It seemed to me that he was covered in wounds. ”

Roy shook his head: "No, he dislocated his shoulder, it was a bone injury that could only be caused by being pulled by a huge force, and it wouldn't have been broken." So I think it's something like this: somebody cut his bat cord in mid-air, and then shot him again to stop his attempt when he tried to slow down with the help of his cloak. Finally, when he tried to slow down by holding on to a part of the building, he dislocated his shoulder and fell into Crime Alley. ”

"Wait, you mean ......"

"I mean, I rarely think about the word 'coincidence.'" Roy said, "Killer crocodiles will choose kidnapping, it's not his style, we're pretty sure someone taught him to do that." Besides, Catwoman never steals the ransom of kidnapping, and most of her targets are jewelry. As I said, I don't believe this is a coincidence, so it was probably all planned by someone. If that's really the case......"

He paused at this point and said with a serious expression: "That person has probably laid a net against Batman, and we have been caught in the net. (To be continued.) )