Chapter 217: Batman's path to growth
When Bruce Wayne first received Levi's call, he was still worried that something had happened to the patients in Arkham Asylum, and he was relieved to hear Levi say that it was not Arkham Asylum that had happened.
But when Levi finished saying what he really had to say, Bruce's newly relieved heart had to be lifted again.
Bruce wayne:......
It's better that the "patient" of Arkham Asylum is in trouble!
Now my hospital is going to be bombed, this is a stolen home!
But when Bruce asked Levi what was going on, the answer Levi could give him was only that he didn't know.
"I only know that someone in Gotham City is planning to blow up your hospital, as for the specific plan of action, and who it is, I don't know, and you have to find out the rest."
Levi's answer left Bruce speechless.
Theoretically speaking, Levi can call and inform himself, and Levi can't find anything wrong with what he has done.
Bruce couldn't find anything to blame Levi, but this feeling of knowing that someone was targeting him, but not having the slightest clue at all, was so torturous!
But Bruce didn't have any reason to ask Levi for more, and this feeling made him want to vomit blood.
But Bruce didn't say anything more, but after thanking Levi, he hung up.
He wasn't a person who liked to rely on others in the first place, Bruce didn't believe it, and now that he knew the news in advance, couldn't he find the mastermind behind it on his own!
Just do it, and after Bruce hung up the phone, he immediately began to investigate.
Although Bruce's heart is full of ambition, when he really starts to investigate, he realizes that he seems to have no idea where to start.
This is also the first time that Bruce has suffered Waterloo in his so far smooth Batman career after his debut.
According to Levi, there should be a criminal or group of criminals who are planning to blow up the hospital under the Wayne Group recently, so they must be using explosives.
It stands to reason that as long as Bruce continues to follow the clue of Gotham's explosives, he will definitely be able to find that gang of criminals!
But as soon as Bruce told his butler Ah Fu about his idea, he learned an answer from the butler Ah Fu that he did not expect at all.
"Young Master, I know what you mean, but unfortunately, if you want to follow the trail of explosives, then I'm afraid you'll have to check most of the people in the whole of Gotham."
Alfred said helplessly.
Although his own young master has grown a lot, he even has a tendency to be able to take charge of himself.
But his own young master still has too little experience.
He may know how to follow up on clues, but he doesn't know Gotham.
Not to mention the gangsters and underground forces, even in the hands of the civilians of Gotham, there may be many people who have controlled weapons and explosives.
With the Wayne family's ability, it is true that many people in possession of explosives can be traced, but it is absolutely impossible to leave nothing missing.
Moreover, even if it is found, it is completely impossible to find accurate clues in such a huge number in a short period of time, which is no less than a fool's dream.
Bruce's face was a little ugly, and it was clear that he had thought of this as well.
The only known clue has been blocked, so where to start.
Bruce had a headache.
It suddenly occurred to him that he should form his own intelligence channel, at least to be able to control what was happening in Gotham.
Just like Dean Levi did......
"Ah Fu." Bruce, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, "I think I should build my own intelligence system."
Ah Fu glanced at his young master in surprise at this time.
He had long known that intelligence was one of his young master's weaknesses, but he didn't expect that his young master would find out about this so quickly.
"Yes, young master, how do you want to form it?" Ah Fu bowed to Bruce.
Bruce was silent for a while.
Forming an intelligence system, he has two options.
One is the traditional personnel intelligence system, which needs to be deployed in various industries.
However, this traditional intelligence system of personnel not only requires a large number of intelligence personnel as a foundation, but it is also difficult to ensure that no one will defect.
It's not for the blues either.
After all, there are many people, and the more people who know Batman's identity, the more danger there is to be exposed.
After a few days of heroism in Gotham City, Bruce is more and more determined to hide his identity.
Because he also did not dare to guarantee that those criminals who were sanctioned by himself or will be sanctioned in the future will not transfer the target of revenge to Ah Fu after knowing their true identity.
So after only a brief period of thought, the traditional intelligence network of intelligence operatives was abandoned by Bruce.
Then there is only one last option left, which is to use the power of technology to monitor the entire music scene.
Surveillance cameras?
Bruce shook his head just thinking about it.
Those criminals are not stupid or blind, how can they not check for possible cameras.
Moreover, even with the capabilities of the Wayne Group, there is no way to install cameras in every corner of Gotham.
It's not about money.
It's like in the penguin Copote's lair, and the other party will definitely not allow Bruce to install a camera.
Bruce fell silent, but his brain was racing.
Soon he thinks of the animal he feared in his childhood, and the image he now uses to disguise his identity - bats!
Bats can use ultrasound pulses to perform echolocation to obtain a more accurate "field of view" than visual sight.
At the same time, ultrasonic pulses are a frequency that is completely imperceptible to human hearing, and they are far more subtle than bright cameras!
By means of ultrasonic pulses for echolocation, the image feedback obtained is not limited by the building!
All Bruce lacks now is the equipment to make and receive ultrasonic pulses!
Bruce told Ah Fu his thoughts, and even though Ah Fu and Bruce have been together for so many years, they were shocked by Bruce's whimsy.
But, don't say it, the feasibility is really not low!
The only thing that is lacking at the moment is the ultrasonic pulse device!
For this, Bruce enlisted his technical advisor, Lucius, who was indeed a tech genius.
Soon, just one afternoon, he came up with the possibility of making such a device!
Even a preliminary design drawing was given!
The ultrasonic pulse device designed by Lucius is integrated with the receiving device, and the size of the device is not large because of the need to consider concealment.
Naturally, the power and coverage are also not large.
It only covers an area of about 100 meters, which is pitifully small compared to the huge area of Gotham City.
However, this shortcoming is nothing short of nothing for Bruce!
Small coverage area?
Then build a few more!
Is it a problem for the Wayne Group, which has the ability to make money, to build a miniature statue with the Wayne Group logo on every street in Gotham?
Lucius designed the ultrasound pulses to be hidden in these miniature sculptures.
After all, the Wayne Group is the backbone of Gotham City, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the jobs and tax revenue provided for Gotham are the financiers of Gotham City Hall.
It didn't even take Bruce to step in personally, he just asked Lucius to make a phone call to the town hall on behalf of the Wayne Group, and the "publicity" plan was passed by the town hall en masse.
The Wayne Group wanted to do some publicity, and they had no reason to disagree, they could swear that the plan had nothing to do with a donation from the Wayne Group to City Hall!
It's just about building a good Gotham.
However, after the plan was passed, Bruce did something else.
That is to take out the supercomputer that his father left in the "bat cave" as a relay server for these ultrasonic pulses, and the supercomputer will centralize the images returned by the ultrasonic pulses.
This way Bruce will have access to a map and surveillance of the entire Gotham City!
Levi saw everything Bruce did.
When he saw that Bruce was preparing to work on the intelligence system, Levi finally smiled with relief.
Now it's one more piece of Bruce that has completely become Batman!
The reason why he didn't directly tell Bruce about the identity and plans of Jerome and the others was because he didn't want to completely betray Jerome and the others, and on the other hand, he was also guiding Bruce.
For Bruce, like his old enemy, the group of people in the criminal alliance led by Jerome, have been strengthened by Levi and given a hero template, and their hard power is too much better than Bruce's!
Even if Bruce is strong now, it is only within the scope of ordinary mortals, but the strength of those hero template carriers has long surpassed that of ordinary mortals.
Despite Levi's orders, the villains who loaded the hero template didn't really want Bruce's life.
But Bruce really wants to compete with them, and even if Levi gives him the power of the hero template in the future, he will need to use the power of money and technology to reduce some of the gaps.
Sure enough, it's still a familiar recipe and a familiar taste.
The only difference is that in the original story, Bruce's intelligence system throughout Gotham was a bat statue in the streets, and now it has been replaced with a logo representing the Wayne family
It doesn't matter, though.
Bruce is moving step by step towards the Batman path that Levi has planned for him.
Over the next few days, Levi and Arkham Asylum gradually calmed down.
But Gotham City has once again caused waves.
The reason for this was a proposal submitted by Wayne Group to City Hall for a pavement lighting project
To be precise, it was Bruce who submitted the proposal.
Bruce is willing to replace and install new street lighting for almost all of Gotham City's streets for free.
Naturally, the town hall didn't have any opinion on this, and now that the Wayne Group was willing to pay for the maintenance of Gotham's municipal facilities, how could they refuse.
And the other forces did not oppose it either.
After investigating, they found that all the road lighting equipment sponsored by the Wayne Group had the logo of the Wayne Group.
They didn't think much about it, they just thought that the young master Bruce wanted to do some publicity about the Venn Group.
For this young master's generosity, it has already spread in Gotham, and no one is surprised.
Only a few people, such as Levy, Bruce Wayne, Lucius, and Ah Fu, the housekeeper of Wayne Manor, know the truth.
The ultrasonic pulse device that Lucius built for Bruce is hidden in these pavement lighting installations.
They plan to take advantage of the opportunity to install these pavement lighting facilities throughout Gotham, and at the same time, they can also cover the whole of Gotham with ultrasonic pulse equipment.
Bruce's lighting installation work went without incidents.
With the support of the Wayne Group's deep pockets, not only a large number of ultrasonic pulse devices have been manufactured, but also these lighting facilities are rapidly spreading throughout Gotham!
Not a single street was missed.
The cost of the lighting installation project that covered the entire Gotham, including the installation and the equipment itself, has definitely reached an astronomical level for ordinary people.
That is, the Wayne Group has a lot of money, otherwise let alone other businessmen, even the city hall may not be able to support this scale of funds!
In particular, Bruce Wayne also deliberately emphasized the pursuit of installation speed, and did not hesitate to invest a lot of money to invite a large number of engineering teams to install.
As for tracking down the criminals who wanted to bomb his hospital, Bruce naturally didn't forget it.
It's just that if you want to find clues now, you can only wait for the ultrasonic pulse devices hidden in the street lights to cover the whole of Gotham.
But by chance, Bruce's "charity" did cause some trouble to Jerome and other members of the crime alliance.
Because the engineering team that Bruce hired to do the installation work also didn't miss the neighborhood where their warehouse was located.
In order not to attract the attention of others before the explosion was carried out, members of the criminal alliance such as Jerome had to slow down their preparations during the installation, and Ian, who was the maker of the specially made high-explosive bomb, also suspended the progress of the construction.
Because the explosives that are used as raw materials cannot be brought in at all.
But fortunately, most of the special high-explosive bombs have already been prepared, and the installation of the entire road lighting facilities has only lasted less than three days under the banknote capacity of the Wayne Group, and it has been completed.
As soon as the three days passed, the construction team left the block, and Jerome and the others immediately began to prepare for the operation again.
At the same time, as the last section of the line was connected, the screen of the supercomputer lit up in the bat cave under Wayne Manor.
10%……
20%……
50%……
Progress on the computer screen is increasing rapidly.
When the progress is fully converted to 100%, the entire Gotham map will appear on the computer screen!
As Bruce zooms in on the map, dots begin to appear on the map, exactly what is happening in all corners of Gotham City at this time!
It's even clearer than in the original story!
Among them, of course, were members of the criminal alliance who were making explosives in warehouses......