When all the board members had left, Bruce's eyes flashed with imperceptible tiredness, but it was quickly replaced by a determined look.

He sat in his chair and waited for a while.

Soon, Lucius Fox pushed open the door to the conference room and walked in.

"I just noticed that the directors left with ugly faces, and you quarreled with them again?"

Lucius asked with a natural expression, as if he had seen the scene many times.

"No, this time the plan went much smoother than usual, and it didn't take much effort to convince them."

Bruce said lightly.

"Are there any plans for the development of the hilly terrain northwest of the Ortisburg district? I guess they'll agree because they see a huge business opportunity hidden inside. ”

As the chief CEO of Wayne Corporation and an ally of Batman, Lucius has a clear idea of all the projects Bruce wants to do.

"Heh, how could those old vampires agree to this project so easily?"

Bruce smiled disdainfully and said, "They thought they could make a profit from it, but I would never let them get away with it." ”

"I think they're probably doing something in the shadows, and you can't keep an eye on that side all the time, because there's so much you have to do."

Lucius said.

"So, I decided to leave the entire development plan to you."

Bruce said rightfully.

"Ha, I knew it."

Lucius shook his head helplessly.

"I'm guessing you haven't counted how much mess you've thrown at me to be responsible."

"It's because I believe you'll be able to do it all, Lucius."

Bruce smiled slightly.

"Wait, sooner or later I'll get all their shares back, and then we'll be able to do a lot of things."

"Truth be told, if a friend went to their house every night to talk to them, maybe you'd already achieved your goal."

Hearing this, Bruce frowned and said, "Batman is not a robber, Lucius, it is very easy to take away equity by illegal means, but he won't do that, and he shouldn't do that." ”

"I know, but sometimes I think, how long are you going to have to hold on like this to get there?"

Lucius was not surprised by Bruce's reaction, and sighed softly.

"I'll hold on until the day I can't hold on anymore."

Bruce cut the railroad.

"Alright, that's the end of the gossip, there's a friend waiting for us to go to the appointment tonight."

Then, Bruce ended the conversation.

"Lucius, are you ready for everything I asked you to prepare yesterday?"

"Of course, checks are always welcome."

Lucius nodded.

"Then let's get going."

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Tata Tata Tata!

In the Knights Stadium, several helicopters circled back and forth in the sky, and the high-speed rotating propellers made a loud sound that echoed in the sky.

Three of them were police helicopters from GCPD, and the rest were special planes from Gotham's major media companies.

Although Bruce has set up a circle with a live camera in the middle of the stadium lawn, he can broadcast the whole process of Kidd's theft in all directions, and theoretically does not need the media to come and broadcast it.

But if such a big hot event is not reported in real time on the front line, can it still be called a journalist?

Since the Wayne Group had already done the live broadcast on the ground, they took a different approach and filmed the whole process from a top-down perspective.

Anyway, during the previous rehearsal, the white fog in the sky seemed to be a key link in Kidd's technique, and it was just right to see what was going on from the air.

Of the several media helicopters, the most conspicuous one was from the Gotham Communiqué, the largest.

Naturally, our old friend, Gotham's premier star journalist, Vicky Vale.

"Hello fellow spectators, I'm Vicky Vale and I'm over the Cavaliers Stadium."

In the helicopter's cabin, Vicky said to the camera with the microphone.

"As you can see, the Cavaliers Stadium is almost full at this time, showing the strong interest of the people of Gotham in Bruce Wayne challenging Kidd the Monster Thief."

"From this phenomenon, we can get a glimpse of the existence of Kidd the Strange Thief in Gotham, it seems that the existence of Gotham is not as simple as a criminal, he seems to have become a strange cultural symbol, and to some extent, it also shows a huge star effect."

"We have to admit that Kidd the Monster Thief is indeed an extremely charismatic supercriminal, he is not as crazy as Two-Face, not as cunning as Penguin, not as paranoid as Riddler, not as vicious as Killer Crocodile, not as incomprehensible as Joker, and not even like any other criminal in the world."

"Stealing is like a medium for him to put on a magic show, not just a crime, and I'm not exonerating Kidd the thief, he's a criminal, there's no doubt about it, but you have to say, it's really cool!"

"He's intelligent, courteous, humorous and gentlemanly, and romanticism from his dress to his temperament, oh, not to mention he's still so handsome, I'm sure no one wouldn't like Kidd the Thief."

"Given that Kidd the Monster Thief stole the Batlantern, a special thing in the rehearsal three days ago, some people think that this may be the trigger for the first conflict between Batman and Kidd the Thief."

"Now, there is only an hour and a half left before Kidd the Monster Thief's last rehearsal, so let's wait and see if this showdown is another miracle shown by Kidd the Thief, or the last sound!"

As time progresses, it gets closer and closer to the time when Kidd the Monster Thief appears.

Everyone in the Cavaliers Stadium cheered up, for fear of missing a single moment.

At that time, Bruce Wayne, Jim Gordon and others were standing on the perimeter of the camera, staring at the bat lamp inside.

There was also a circle of GCPD guards standing around, all well-armed, eyeing the monster thief Kidd.

These dozen or so guards are the team that Gordon has led hand in hand over the years, and they are the most trusted group of people in the GCPD.

By bringing them here, Gordon strengthened his determination to arrest Kidd.

The venue this time can be said to be quite favorable to the GCPD, the previous few actions of the monster thief Kidd were in a confined space, and there were a large number of civilians, making it inconvenient for Gordon to order the shooting.

But now that all the civilians are in the spectators, and there is not a single citizen on the lawn the size of a football field, there is no need to worry about accidental injury.

However, Gordon still hasn't changed his opinion about Kidd the Monster Thief, guilty but not dead, and he doesn't plan to kill Kidd if he can.

So the guards were not equipped with live ammunition, but with tranquilizer rounds.

"The time is almost up."

At this time, Bruce looked at his watch and said intently.

(End of chapter)