The news about Batman immediately became the main topic of conversation on the streets and alleys today.

"Hey, you say, is Batman really a threat?"

"Of course! I don't want to live in a city guarded by outlaws all the time! ”

"Those people in the Gotham Police Department, if they really do something, they won't be led by Batman!"

Discussions like this continue to be played out in the streets and among the people.

Depp, who found out about the contents of today's newspaper, immediately called Bruce.

"Hey, Bruce, did you read today's paper?"

"What newspaper?" Bruce wondered.

At this time, he was wearing a wide and comfortable nightgown, and his hair was like a knotted bird's nest.

Having a half-drunk espresso at hand is hand.

Bruce hadn't slept since last night, so he looked rather emaciated and tired now.

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Because he had been busy with the Owl Court, Bruce had no time to pay attention to today's Gotham Daily News.

Therefore, I don't know that the discussion about whether Batman should exist is spreading in the streets and alleys.

"It's today's Gotham Daily, about Operation Talon last night, and Batman, all of which were published in the newspaper!"

Hearing Depp's words, Bruce shouted, "Alfred, bring today's paper." ”

Moments later, Alfred walked into Bruce's room with today's Gotham Daily Journal.

His hands were clutching the Gotham Journal today, and it was clear that Alfred was very angry right now,

Because he has already seen what is outside today's number, this is simply nonsense!

How could Master Bruce be Talon?

This is nothing short of blatant slander!

Alfred handed the newspaper to Bruce and said, "Master Bruce, if today's newspaper makes you feel unpleasant, I think you can just shred it." ”

Alfred's words spoke his true thoughts, and if Bruce hadn't been in a hurry to read it, he would have tore the damn newspaper to shreds.

Bruce's brow furrowed as he watched the newspaper read.

"Why are these guys making such strange news?"

Bruce took another sip of coffee and said with some puzzlement.

When Depp heard this, he expressed his guess:

But their views are very inflammatory, and they are also supported by basic logic. Operation Talon had just failed last night, and today's news is such that it's hard not to suspect that it's all the work of the Owl Court. ”

"It sounds like that, those guys who hide in the shadows really like to play yin!" Bruce's eyes were half-open, and he said, "But what can this be? They don't think I care if people support me, do they? ”

Bruce obviously didn't care about this, and whether the public supported Batman or not didn't matter to Bruce at all.

He just wants to do what feels right for him, not what the masses expect Batman to do.

"Fighting the evil of this city, protecting the city, protecting the people, protecting the country, and even protecting the world, is just my own idea. Batman's beliefs will not change in the slightest because the people do not support them. ”

Listening to Bruce's words, Depp was not as optimistic as him.

After all, Batman can not care what the people think, but not the Gotham Police Department, and neither can James Gordon.

Depp said: "Bruce, this public opinion war they launched is not just against you! I think that the report to the Gotham Police Department and James may be seen in the evening. ”

When Bruce heard this, he immediately understood what Depp meant, and his brows furrowed even deeper.

"You mean... Will they use Batman to slander the Gotham Police Department and James, thereby putting their credibility with the populace at risk? ”

"That's right, after all, James has never captured Batman." Depp said helplessly: "Even if Batman broke the bones of those criminals without permission and destroyed countless gangster groups without permission. ”

"Broken bones? Isn't that what you taught me! Bruce said.

Depp interrupted: "It doesn't matter, Bruce! Now, there is even a legend circulating that the Gotham Police Department is nothing more than Batman's lackeys, and some of its actions are to help and cooperate with Batman. This made the people feel uneasy and provoked their revolt. ”

Yes, with the spirit of rebellion in the bones of the people of Gotham.

Once they think that the relationship between Gotham Police Department and Batman is not clean, they will definitely launch round after round of rebellion!

When the time comes, in the face of these ordinary people, whether it is Batman or James, it will be difficult to shoot at them.

"These damn guys, Owl Court... I'm going to catch them all! ”

Bruce gritted his teeth, then lowered his head to cover his forehead.

He suddenly felt a little dizzy, and the long hours of highly concentrated work made him a little dizzy.

After all, he is just an ordinary person, and now, both physically and mentally, he is close to his limit.

Seeing this, Alfred immediately said with concern: "Young Master Bruce, you need to rest, go to bed first, and wait for the rest to be talked about in the evening." ”

Bruce pressed his hands on the table, propped himself up, and said, "That's right, I should take a break." Depp, we'll talk again in the evening. ”

When Depp heard this, he quipped, "Go to sleep, you poor nocturnal creature!" ”

Hanging up the phone, Depp looked at the report again.

His eyes were now fixed on the writer of the report.

William Kohler.

Depp sent a message to Alfred and asked him to help check this guy's information.

Soon, Alfred's reply arrived.

William Kohler, graduated from Gotham University with a degree in journalism and is currently an intern at the Gotham Daily News.

Before that, he didn't have any well-known reports, and almost all of them did some odd jobs in the newspaper.

Looking at this guy's resume, Depp fell into thought.

A handyman who had never been in the news before suddenly published the news about Talon and Batman.

This is clearly not reasonable!

In particular, the news describes yesterday's Talon attack in a bit too much detail.

It felt like the guy was the one who planned the assassinations.

"There's definitely something wrong with this guy!"

Truth be told, if everything here is the same as in the comics, then Depp actually knows who the nominal supreme leader of the Owl Court is.

Joseph Powers of the Powers family, and his wife, Maria Powers.

They are the owners of the most luxurious hotel in Gotham City right now, the true leader of the Bowers family.

But Depp doesn't have any evidence of all this now.

He couldn't go directly to Powers' house and tell them he had discovered their identity.

What's more, the current point in time doesn't match the number in the comics at all, about ten years earlier.

Ten years ago, it was uncertain whether the leaders of the Owl Court were these two couples.

If you go rashly, it is very easy to startle the snake.

After thinking about it, Depp decided to start with this newspaper employee named William Kohler.

He immediately put on his special suit and turned on stealth mode.

Depp, who came to the newspaper office, immediately locked on William, who looked cowering.

This guy's office is on the twelfth floor of the building.

Time passed bit by bit, and in addition to chatting and farting with those girls in the newspaper, this guy was serving tea and water to the editor-in-chief.

As described in the resume, this guy is completely marginal.

Even with the sensational news just released, he still didn't have any intention of getting ahead.

But all this is a bit too deliberate in Depp's eyes.

No one can be a dogleg like before after just publishing a piece of city-wide news, this guy is a little too deliberate.

At half past five in the afternoon, it was time for Gotham Daily to get off work.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the earth through the dark clouds, as if to see off people who have been tired from a long day.

William picked up his briefcase and prepared to go home from work after seeing off the newspaper owner.

At this moment, a guy wearing a clawed suit walked towards him step by step with a double knife.

The talon seemed to have dodged everyone who had just left from work, and his target was William.

William, who was targeted by the claws, did not panic at all, and the moment he saw the claws, the flattery in his eyes disappeared immediately, and was replaced by an aura of superiority that could not be hidden.

"There's a lot of people here, there's a lot of surveillance, I think you can come back to the office with me."

William said to Talon, "Remember to avoid surveillance and follow from the dead end." ”

With that, William walked towards his office without looking back.

He believed that the claws could perfectly evade surveillance, a fundamental quality of an Assassin.

The Talon nodded, and then followed William in extremely strange postures and positions.

Just as William thought, Talon dodged all the cameras and followed his office from the dead end.

And in his office, the power of the surveillance camera has long been unplugged by himself.

"William Cobb, you've been gone all day."

William stared at the sharp talon, and said with a sharp eye: "If you don't come back today, the Owl Court will give up your place to someone else." ”

When the claw heard this, he immediately said, "But I'm back, aren't I?" ”

His voice is indeed the same as William Cobb!

William sneered and said, "Is it just you?" What about your lovely great-grandson, Dick Grayson? You don't seem to have brought him, don't tell me your mission failed, can't even a small child be caught by the strongest claws? ”

When William Cobb heard this, he clenched his fists and said, "That night, someone was protecting him, and I was not that guy's opponent... Not at all. ”

"Even you're not an opponent?" William, visibly surprised, asked, "Is it Batman?" Dick Grayson is in foster care at Wayne Manor, is it possible... Is Bruce Wayne Batman? ”

Hearing this, William Cobb was obviously startled and immediately explained: "No, it's not Batman!" I've never seen that guy before, but he's lightning fast, and it's not even like a normal human can do, and I can't even see how he strikes. ”

Hearing this, William sneered: "Your reason is really clumsy, aren't you a non-human warrior yourself?" ”

Seeing William Cobb in front of him silent, William continued: "No matter what, you have to go back with me to stand trial. I think you'd better have actually encountered a thorny enemy than have compassion for your great-grandson. ”

As soon as William finished speaking, he immediately took out a strangely shaped pistol from the drawer of the desk in front of him.

After taking out the pistol, he immediately pulled the trigger on William Cobb in front of him.

The pistol was not shot from a bullet, but a familiar cryo ray.

Although the claws have extremely perverted self-healing abilities and an undead physique, low temperature is their biggest weakness.

At sub-zero temperatures, they become unusually sluggish, and will gradually fall into a dormant state as the temperature continues to drop.

William's cryo gun can instantly bring the body temperature of a talon warrior below minus 20 degrees.

It can put the Talon Warrior into a dormant state in a matter of seconds.

That's why he's not afraid of claws.

Looking at William Cobb, who was in a dormant state in front of him, William took the rope from his desk and tied it up, then gently pressed the button under the table.

Click!

On the wall behind the desk, a secret door opened!

Then, William picked up the tied William Cobb and walked into the secret door.

Click!

The secret door closed again, and the empty newspaper office fell silent, as if there had never been any secret passage or claw.

"You damn thing, why are you so heavy?"

William, who was carrying William Cobb on his back, panted and scolded.

Carrying a heavily armed claw warrior on his back made him feel very heavy, and every step seemed as if he was draining his strength!

He walked up the steps in the passageway, put his hand into his bosom, and pulled out a white round mask.

Putting the mask on his face, William at this time revealed an indescribable strange temperament.

It had two crooked, round eyes, and a pointed nose like an owl's beak.

Eventually, William made it up the last staircase and into the thirteenth floor, which had never existed at all.

In Gotham, thirteen is considered an extremely unlucky number.

Therefore, many buildings and buildings have deliberately erased the thirteenth floor.

After the twelfth floor, the fourteenth layer is often connected.

No one could have imagined that the thirteenth floor had not disappeared, but had been hidden.

And all the hidden thirteenth floors are where the owl's nest is located.

Hidden in a low-walled attic, he lived with him in his home, and he also existed in his bed and bed.

All members of the Owl Court know that this nursery rhyme is not an exaggeration, but a completely true situation.