On this day, not only Gotham, but the whole country was plunged into near-eternal darkness. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

An hour earlier, the Speedmaster, claiming to be from another world known as the "Crime Syndicate", had stormed the moon and pushed it between the Earth and the Sun, causing an artificial solar eclipse and creating eternal night.

Before that, they had shot down all the satellites in Earth orbit and disabled the entire planet's communications system. The grid then took over every active computer on the planet and took away the world's electricity. Most of the world's most important cities have been visited by syndicates, who have ensured that most of them are overrun by homegrown supercriminals, and have established their prestige and strengthened their dominance.

However, they seem to have missed Gotham, intentionally or unintentionally. Ever since Arkham, the Brain of the Super Queen, knocked the Winged Knight through a wall into the water, no syndicate has visited Gotham.

But that doesn't mean things are rosy in Gotham.

After the massive rally on the wreckage of the Justice League watchtower in Happy Harbor, Bane did not go straight back to Gotham with his "fellow countrymen". He made a special trip to the island of Santa Plisca, where he had a foundation and some secret weapons that he had always prepared. Once he was ready, he returned to Gotham at midnight, and now Gotham looked like midnight at every turn.

While most of Bane's men landed, he himself led a small group from the water to approach the Black Gate Prison. He tore open the fence of the sewage pipe with brute force, which normally carries high voltage, but at this point it is difficult to find a few live things in the world, so this is not a problem.

Bane had spent a long time in the Black Gate Prison, and he knew the place as well as his own back garden. He's been planning for a long time, and it's part of his overall plan. Coincidentally, just a few hours before midnight, a full-scale prison break broke out at Blackgate, so when Bane rushed inside through the pipe, he was just in time for the climax of the.

"That's all the information, Director Gordon." On the roof of the Gotham Police Station, Agent Pierce of the Crime Squad worriedly said, "Everything in this city is crumbling...... And there is nothing we can do about it. To tell the truth, it was a blessing to be able to grasp the movements of the Black Gate, and none of the people we sent to the Black Gate returned. The Riddler talked to the two Gotham Electricians for a long time, and it was only after they got lucky enough to take out the Riddler's territory that we were able to learn this information. There has been no news of the interim warden of Black Gate Prison for several hours now. ”

Gordon tossed his snuffed cigarette butt between the piles of cigarette butts on the roof, pulled out his lighter and lit a new one.

"If I know the city, I'm afraid it's not like it at all, Detective Pierce." He took a breath of smoke and sighed, "When the city was full of traitors, police and power, I thought it was rotten to the bone and couldn't get any worse." Now, I'm starting to miss the 'easy days' when I had to deal with gangsters and corrupt officials. ”

"When I became a police detective last year, you told me that the key to fitting in here is not to be shocked anymore, to anticipate everything, to envision everything." Inspector Pierce said.

Gordon looked at the piles of firewood burning in the messy neighborhood below, and said, "See what we all know now?" Someone moved the damn moon to block out the sun, the Justice League was dead, and the lights went out. Gotham has been divided between a dozen bloodthirsty Arkham outlaws, and our secret weapon, which is said to have been thrown out of Arkham by Wonder Woman from another world, has not been heard from since, and may never return. Bane brought an entire team of well-trained mercenaries and took down all of our SWAT, so now, what do we have left to do? ”

He finished another cigarette, and the butt slowly rolled to the huge searchlight on the roof, the glass of which was already shattered.

After falling from the outer wall of Arkham, Roy felt his consciousness sink beneath the depths of the water, drifting aimlessly with the current, surrounded by eternal darkness.

The only remaining consciousness of survival drove him to swim in a daze, and when he finally touched the ground after struggling in the water for a long time, he immediately lost his strength. Tiredness and pain came over him, and his consciousness fell asleep.

If we continue like this, we will really sleep here forever and never wake up again.

Until a familiar, crisp and anxious cry came from a distant place in my ears, and there was a faint smell of wetness.

After violently coughing up the water in his lungs, Roy awoke suddenly, an icy chill coming in from all directions.

After the pupils were successfully focused, Barbra and Kassandra's concerned and anxious faces appeared in the field of vision, one left and one right.

He struggled to his feet, gasping for breath, "Why is it like a ...... I'm dead like ......"

"Bastard!" Barbara exclaimed with red eyes, "Did you know that your heart rate stopped just now, I thought ...... I thought it was ......"

After Roy was stunned for a while, he gently hugged her and said, "I'm sorry." ”

Barbara wiped the corners of her eyes lightly and said, "Although there is still a lot to say, now is really not a good time...... You're missing out on a lot of things. ”

"I bet too." Roy looked at the dark city and asked, "How bad is it?" ”

"Very bad." Barbara shook her head and said, "The Justice League is dead, and a pseudo-Justice League has sprung up out of nowhere to take over. And now, Bane has entered Gotham with a large army. According to the latest update, it seems that he has distributed Titan Venom to his backbone to create an invincible Titan army. Bane has captured the Black Gate and most of the surrounding area, but he still has a big appetite, and he seems to want to dominate all of Gotham, and it seems that no force can resist his army of Titan Venom. So the remaining Arkham outlaws are now united, forming a temporary alliance ready to bring down Bane. ”

"War." Roy frowned.

"Yes." Barbara said worriedly, "Gotham is about to go to war. Nightwing organized the rest of the family to act like firefighters and try to save as many civilians as they rowed out of Gotham, the Gotham Police Station that had recently fallen. Now the communication is completely cut off, and I still haven't heard from my father......"

Barbara bit her lip: "But he'll be fine...... He has to be fine......"

"Why don't you go to him?"

Barbara glared at him.

"It's not because of you! Someone outside said conclusively that the Winged Knight was killed by that Wonder Woman from another world! I thought ......"

Roy was speechless.

"I'm sorry." He whispered, "Now, let's go find out where Director Gordon is, shall we?" (To be continued.) )