Chapter 393: Three Ghosts
"What? I remember the name of this project. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 🔥 Bruce has been involved in this project. ”
Dick's words took both of them by surprise.
"Bruce?" Barbara asked, "What would he have to do with this kind of plan?" ”
"To be exact, it's not Bruce, it's Batman who participated." Dick shrugged.
Roy asked, "Tell us about the plan." ”
"I don't know the specifics." Dick struggled to remember, "That was many years ago. Bruce volunteered for the project as Batman, but he wouldn't give me the details, no matter how much I asked at the time. All I know is that this project is about the brain, and it seems to be a test of human reaction by altering the memory of the human brain to put the subject in a special environment, convincing him that the simulated things around him are real. ”
"Why haven't I ever heard of this?" Barbara asked.
"You hadn't shown up at that time, it was just me and him." "Actually, I hadn't been Robin for a long time, and I was just a rookie. I often listened to what he said, and I didn't dare to get to the bottom of what he wouldn't tell me. ”
"And then?" Roy asked.
"We went with us on that experiment because Bruce had to make sure that no one took the opportunity to take off his mask during the experiment." Dick continued, "I'll never forget that it was the first time I remember seeing him in such pain. ”
"Pain?"
"Yes." Dick nodded, "Even though his consciousness is in the virtual world, his painful struggles can be seen from the outside. No matter what kind of experience he simulated that time, it must be something that a normal person would never want to try. ”
Barbara was puzzled, "Then why is he participating in this?" What is the purpose of this project? ”
"It's said they needed Batman's willpower, because he had a strong will, which was rare in the world, and that project needed it." "But then when I asked Bruce, he told me I was just taking it to test myself." But no matter how much I asked, he wouldn't tell me a word. ”
Barbara rubbed her chin, "So whatever happened there has something to do with Bruce's experience in the virtual environment?" ”
"What do you remember?" Roy continued, "Whatever it is." Where is that location? Where did you see who at that time? ”
"I can tell you the location, it's in Gotham, Ryker Heights. But I don't think you'll find anything, and it wasn't long after the project was shut down that the base was abandoned. ”
"What about people? You've got to see the person in charge or something, right? ”
Dick nodded: "There are two officers...... But I didn't know them, and I can't remember them after so much time. Sorry but I may not be able to help ......."
At this, he paused as if he had suddenly remembered something.
"Wait, Bruce may have mentioned that possibility...... About the imposters you encountered. Dick said, "That was after I became Nightwing." ”
"The Joker hid three bombs in Bloomhaven, and Batman followed him to Bloomhaven, and we met on the rooftop."
"It rained so hard that it was going to flood the whole city. Now I'm not sure if it's a rendering of the environment, but at the time I felt like he seemed very gloomy. Sure, I know Bruce has always been gloomy, but ...... How so? It was especially severe that day. ”
"He asked me coldly, 'Dick, did you ever think that one day I would degenerate into the same way that fellow?' I knew that 'that guy' he was referring to was the clown. ”
"Of course I told him right away that it would never happen because he wasn't the Joker, fundamentally different. But he said, 'I'm not so sure anymore. ’”
"'It's a dream, Dick.' That's what he told me. I know what you guys think, because at the time I also thought it was incredible, could Batman be disturbed by a dream? But he told me that the dream was so real that even when you woke up, you seemed to be stuck in a nightmare. ”
Roy asked, "What dream?" ”
Dick picked up the copycat photo of Batman thrown on his computer desk.
"This is it." "Bruce dreamed of three alternate versions of Batman, and he thought they were three versions of himself and called them 'The Three Ghosts.'" One of them is Batman, the killer with a gun, is a man who has no rules and morals and punishes evil in the most brutal way; There is also a heavy Batman who has taken strength-enhancing drugs and has savage strength; And the last one ...... The last one betrayed his soul to the demon. ”
Roy frowned: "What do you mean?" ”
"I don't understand." "But that's what he said." At the end of the dream, the entire Gotham was destroyed in flames, and the city was completely torn apart. ”
Roy and Barbara looked at each other.
Dick said: "He thinks those are his hallucinations, the ones he might become, the ones he might become." But now ......"
"Now the illusion is true." Roy said, "This means that these may not be hallucinations, but fragments of memories buried deep in the subconscious." The two guys that have recently appeared in Gotham are the strongest proof of this - these are true. At least we can be sure that the three Batman 'ghosts' are closely related to the project that has been completely erased. Data can be erased, but people cannot. Next, I'll compare the information of the old cops in the Bat Computer with the Gotham Police Department's internal database to see if I can find ......"
He was interrupted by a frantically flashing alarm.
"It's an alert from Skynet!" After a quick check, Barbara said, "In Black Gate Prison, the alert level is the highest!" ”
"Inform all members at once, and we'll go to the Black Gate now." Dick Road.
In a crowded black room.
"Attention all units...... Attention to all units...... Black Gate Prison Attacked by Outside, Highest Alert ......"
The pager was repeated over and over again in the police channel. A black shadow put on black gloves and buckled up a shiny belt, and inserted the jet-black pistol to the sides of his waist, the metal grinding with a pleasant sound.
A warrior dressed in pitch black walked slowly to the window, silent in the face of the dark night.
"After a lifetime of struggle, the only thing that proves in the end is that everything is meaningless?" He said to himself, "But it's okay, Bruce. I'll find the right way to do what you can't. ”
With a wave of his arm, he put on a long black cloak.
"Because now, I'm Batman." (To be continued.) )