Chapter 50: The Apartment of Fear

Looking at the drizzle outside the window, Bruce had mixed feelings.

The scarecrow that he didn't catch face-to-face, Depp actually deduced the real murderer with just one sentence!

It's incredible!

Bruce was even a little skeptical at this time, was Depp too wicked, or was there something wrong with his IQ?

This question bothered Bruce for 0.5 seconds, he was sure that his IQ was absolutely fine, it must be that Depp was too demonic!

"How the hell did you deduce that Jonathan was a scarecrow?" Bruce finally couldn't hold back and asked.

Depp organized the language, went through the pretext that he had prepared in his heart, and then asked rhetorically: "Do you remember the last charity dinner?" ”

"Charity dinner?" Bruce asked, "Which one are you referring to?" ”

Depend on! Forget about the fact that this product has to attend various dinners and aristocratic events almost every day!

Depp said again: "It was that Selena invitation, and I also participated in the charity dinner. ”

Bruce recalled, "I remembered! That dinner... Indeed, Jonathan and Hugo came to represent Gotham University. But what does this have to do with your reasoning? ”

Depp explained: "Because at that time Selena introduced me to Jonathan and Hugo, and I introduced Joseph to a friend of mine who was having an academic problem. Jonathan, in his interactions with him, has repeatedly mentioned that he can try to use fear as an emotion. ”

"So you deduce that the scarecrow who used the fear gas is most likely Jonathan?" Bruce replied.

Although Depp's explanation is a bit far-fetched, it is not unreasonable, Bruce thought, maybe some people can connect these details that ordinary people can't notice, and then deduce the truth.

Depp was also relieved to see that Bruce believed his words: "That's right, that's it." ”

I reasoned entirely from existing clues, not from comics, to know who the scarecrow was.

While the two were communicating, they were also checking from room to room.

Walking to the group of rooms on the left, Depp suddenly heard a faint moan.

He glanced at Bruce, who was clearly aware of it.

As I followed the sound inside, the moaning grew louder and louder, and it was in the innermost room on the left!

The rooms were locked, and Bruce crouched down again to become the lock king.

The door to the first room was opened, and there were only seven or eight beds and an infusion stand next to the bed.

On each bed, there was an old man, who was tied to the bed with thick duct tape and rope.

Most of the old people tied to the bed had calm faces, as if they were used to life here.

There were only a few old people with infusion bottles hanging on their bodies, their eyes were full of fear, and they were constantly struggling, they were obviously trapped in the deepest fear of their consciousness, unable to break free.

And because they were tied to the bed, even if they struggled with all their might, these old people who were injected with fear venom couldn't move their bodies for half a minute.

They can only watch what they fear the most, approaching them step by step, and they can't even resist.

Even if you close your eyes, you can't block out those things.

Seeing this, Bruce said, "How can that guy do this to the old man, is he really inhumane at all?" ”

As he spoke, he took out some ether from the bench outside the house, intending to make the old men faint to ward off the attack of fear.

Watching Bruce's operation, Depp said: "I think this thing may not be useful, even in a comatose state, the things that make them afraid will turn into nightmares and continue to torment them until the fear venom wears off." ”

"But I'll have to try." Bruce said, smearing the ether that had been repeatedly confirmed to be measured and concentrated on the tips of the old men's noses.

Moments later, the old men fell asleep.

Just when Bruce thought he had succeeded, the sleeping old people began to struggle even more violently than before, and those nightmares seemed to be more powerful in the dream.

"I said so, Bruce."

"Well, I was wrong again."

After that, the doors of the rooms were opened, and the adult male, adult female, and child were locked inside.

There were eight people in each room, three of whom were injected with fear venom.

"This damn scarecrow!" Bruce said, untying the ropes with Depp for those who weren't injected with fear venom.

Depp touched the child's hair on the bed and said, "Go home quickly!" Before the scarecrow returns, get out of here. ”

The rescued people scattered, and only those who had fallen into fear were still trembling in place.

But these people won't be able to take them all away for a while, because Depp and Bruce have another mission - to destroy the remaining fear gas here.

Looking at the cans of fear gas and bottles of fear venom in the warehouse, Bruce was in trouble.

Although he was a genius, the field of chemistry was obviously not his specialty, and he said helplessly: "What to do with these things?" Maybe... Can you take these things out and burn them? ”

Depp covered his head when he heard this and said, "Burn it? Do you want the whole city to have a blast together? Not everyone in Gotham has the same poison-proof bat mask as you. ”

Depp turned around and walked to the test bench, knowing how the first version of Dread Gas was made, he naturally knew how to destroy these unused Dread gases.

Although there is no way to detoxify the fear gas that has been used in the human body, the fear gas that has not been used has a way to neutralize it.

Bruce watched Depp work on the test bench, but he couldn't help at all, and he was a little discouraged.

In his heart, Depp has also become more mysterious and powerful.

"How can this guy do anything? Looks like I'm going to have to brush up on chemistry when I go back. ”

While Depp was busy making the fear gas neutralizer, he didn't know that Bruce was preparing to really delve into chemistry because of himself.

Ten minutes later, Depp returned to the warehouse with a clear bucket of neutralizer, he picked up the syringe in his hand, pumped the liquid inside, and then injected one by one into these containers containing fear gas and fear venom.

Watching the yellowish fear gas in the jar be neutralized into a transparent colorless color by the liquid infusion, Bruce immediately relieved his heart.

The first barrel of neutralizer was quickly used up, but the dreadgas and venom in the warehouse neutralized less than a tenth.

"I'll have to go back and make a little more."

Bruce, who had seen Depp make it once, said: "I think I can help this time." ”

"Thank you very much, my assistant Batman."

While the two were in full swing to concoct the neutralizer, Jonathan also returned to the apartment building.

"Damn taxi driver, why do you have to pay an extra dollar to come to Naho Island?!"

Jonathan complained about the driver's indiscriminate charges, and habitually glanced up in front of the apartment building.

The lights on his floor were on, and two black figures were reflected by the window, which made Jonathan's face change dramatically!

The main thing is that the person who sneaks into his own house is not an ordinary thief.

After all, no thief would put two spiky bat ears on top of his head, and only one person in the whole of Gotham was dressed up like this.

"Die, Batman! I will plunge you into the deepest fear with this apartment! ”

Jonathan cursed, took out the scarecrow mask from his briefcase and put it on, then took out a controller with a red button and pressed it.

As the controller pressed, all the high-concentration fear gases filled in the warehouse erupted at this moment!