In the hallway, Kidd the Monster Thief crouched between two human bats and looked down at them.

After confirming that they would not wake up anytime soon, he withdrew the high-voltage shocker he was holding in both hands.

It can be seen that on his hands holding the electric shocker, in addition to the original white gloves, there is another layer of red gloves at this time, and the gloves are covered with dense suction cup-like objects.

Just now, Kidd the Monster Thief used this pair of sucker gloves to fix himself to the ceiling and set up an ambush for the human bats.

As for the monster thief Kidd running in front of him, he was actually just a stiff puppet, a decoy used to attract human bats.

As we all know, bats generally have a dull sense of sight and smell, and even some species of bats are basically equivalent to no vision.

Although most bats can actually see objects with their eyes, but they do not rely on vision, when the DNA of bats is mixed with that of humans, the advantages and disadvantages of both creatures are magnified.

Kurt Langstone's serum has more human parts, so he is able to retain his sanity and memory, and the sensitivity of his five senses is closer to that of humans, while the current human bat virus is undoubtedly the opposite.

Mutants infected with the virus are more bloodthirsty and more deadly to humans, but they lack reason, and although their hearing is developed, their other senses are less than satisfactory.

To make it easier to distinguish, Kidd the Monster Thief refers to the latter as a mutant manbat.

In terms of sight and smell alone, mutant human bats that have mutated through the human bat virus are not much different from highly myopic humans with rhinitis, and it is almost impossible to expect them to perceive the presence of other people by looking or smelling.

It was precisely because of this that Kidd the Strange Thief came up with the bait plan just now.

The tightrope that the two mutant bats almost hit when they turned the corner actually didn't expect to use it to deal with the enemy from the beginning.

His real purpose was to keep the mutant bats flying low, because the monster thief Kidd had been fixed to the ceiling with sucker gloves, and if the mutant bats flew too high and could be touched directly, then the ambush would be pointless.

When Kidd was fixed to the ceiling, he wrapped his figure in a cloak.

Even if a mutant manbat scanned something on the ceiling with acoustic positioning, it would only be a strangely shaped object, not knowing that it was a person.

Coupled with the fact that there was a "human" running away in front of them, the concept of thinking did not exist in the minds of mutant human bats, and they would not have thought that there was a person hidden on the ceiling.

In fact, even if the wire is not used, the monster thief Kidd is quietly hiding on the ceiling, and the mutant human bat will most likely not be able to find him, but just in case, the wire is still installed.

In order to prevent the other human bats that might exist in the Wayne Building from being attracted to them, the thief Kidd tied up the two mutant human bats with ropes, threw them into the office at the end of the hallway, and left the place as fast as he could.

Follow the route straight to the control room in the Wayne Building.

Along the way, Kidd also bumps into three mutant bats, each found in a different location.

However, these times are different from the previous one, there is only one way to go, there are other routes to bypass, and there is no need to face to face with them.

Kidd didn't want to waste his time fighting mutant bats, so he didn't hesitate to go that way as long as there were other forks in the road.

I don't know if it's because Batman often walks through the ventilation ducts, so he knows the risks, and the vents in Wayne's Building are very small, not to mention adults, and even babies are difficult to crawl in them.

This also gives Kidd the Thief one less shortcut.

Just as the strange thief Kidd hurried to the monitoring room of Wayne Building, on the other side, Batman, who was piloting a bat fighter to lure away countless mutant human bats, smelled something unusual.

"During this time, Kidd the Strange Thief should have joined Lucius, but Lucius didn't send me a signal ......"

Batman's eyes froze, and the suspicion in his heart suddenly rose.

"Am I being deceived by Kidd? Or did Lucius have an accident? ”

He tried to call Lucius' communication device, but received no response.

"Something is wrong...... I told Lucius to notify me as soon as he saw Kidd the Thief, and I didn't tell the Thief Kidd Lucius where he was, the Wayne Building's surveillance system was able to monitor every corner, and Lucius should have spotted Kidd the Thief before he was found, unless...... Kidd the Thief hacked into Wayne Tower's surveillance system, but there was no reason for him to do so. ”

Batman's brows furrowed, and the doubts in his heart deepened.

"Could it be that a large number of human bats have burst into Wayne Tower? But there is no bat outside the building, and the employees in the group have already been evacuated, so there shouldn't be anyone inside except Lucius. ”

"What the hell is going on at Wayne Tower?"

Despite his apprehension, Batman couldn't go to Wayne Tower to find out at this time.

There were so many mutant bats that he had attracted with ultrasound that even with the power of the bat fighter, it was difficult to break out of the encirclement, and the hard outer armor was already covered with scratches.

Although it can't cause much damage for the time being, after a long time, I'm afraid that the Bat fighter will not be able to withstand the attack of these tens of thousands of mutant human bats.

Suddenly, a communication signal reached the Batfighter.

The source of the signal is the Bat Girl!

Batman immediately received the signal.

"Batman, Francine Langstone is missing!"

In the next second, the bat girl's eager voice rang out.

"When?"

Batman then asked.

"About a month ago!"

"A month! Haven't anyone found out for so long? What about her neighbors? Isn't Francine working at a subsidiary of the Wayne Group, and isn't it at all strange that an employee has disappeared for a whole month, and her colleagues and bosses have disappeared? ”

Hearing this, Batman's face sank.

"I've got in touch with the manager of Wayne's biological lab, and he said that Francine called him a month ago to ask for a long vacation, and given her husband's affairs, he thought it would be a good thing to let Francine recuperate for a while, so he agreed without much thought."

The Batgirl replied.

"As for Francine's neighbors, I asked them one by one, and they only knew that no one had been in or out of her house for a long time, and they didn't know when she disappeared, and five out of ten surveillance cameras in the neighborhood were broken, and it was impossible to determine how Francine disappeared, but she definitely didn't leave voluntarily."

"Because her door was pried open, but not a single item was missing, and there was no record of Francine booking a ticket on a flight, ferry or rail system a month ago, I'm sure she was kidnapped before she entered the house."

Batman thought for a moment, and then said: "The reason why Francine was kidnapped could only be the human bat serum, but she herself doesn't know the information of the serum, so the purpose of those people kidnapping her is only ......"

"To threaten Kurt Langstone!"

Batgirl followed Batman's words.

"I'm just waiting for news from Robin, I hope he can find some clues in Arkham Asylum."

It didn't take long for the Batfighter's communication receiver to ring again, this time from Robin.

"Batman, Francine Langstone has been kidnapped!"

As soon as the signal was answered, Robin's anxious voice came out.

"yes, can you tell us something we don't know?"

The bat girl asked, but Robin didn't expect her to be in the communication channel and was taken aback.

"Bat Girl? Are your findings out? ”

"That's right."

"That means you've roughly guessed the whole story of Francine's kidnapping, so I'll be brief."

After receiving an affirmative answer, Robin continued.

"A month ago, someone approached Kurt Langstone under the guise of visiting a prison and showed him pictures of Francine's abduction, so that he could get the formula for human bat serum."

"Kurt had anticipated that this might happen before he completed his research on the human bat serum, so he hid a backup of the human bat serum research elsewhere early on, and he told the kidnappers where the backup was hidden."

"Through the information from the Arkham guards, I have found out that the person who visited Kurt was a nobody in the Penguins, apparently instructed by the higher authorities to threaten Kurt Langstone."

Robin told all the information he had found during this time in one go.

"Penguin Gang ......"

Batman's eyes gradually sharpened, could it be that the Penguin Man was behind everything?

Recall that a few hours ago, the Penguin people led people to fight fiercely with the Kamen Club, as if they were fighting for the righteousness and crime of Gotham, but now it is found out that the human bat virus is suspected to be related to the Penguin Gang?

But the question is, what is the reason for the penguin people to spread the human bat virus? He had no motivation to do so!

If it was the group of psychopathic criminals in Arkham Asylum, it would be difficult to understand their motives, but it is absolutely impossible for the Penguins to do things for no reason.

Things are getting more and more confusing.

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Wayne Building.

Kidd, the thief, finally arrived outside the door of the surveillance room after a lot of hard work.

As soon as he arrived, he was attracted by the long trail of horrific blood on the ground.

Judging from the traces, it seems that someone was dragging a bleeding body in the direction of the monitoring room not long ago.

On the ground next to the door of the monitoring room, a mutant human bat fell to the ground, its body charred and black, and it had long since lost its breath.

There were more than a dozen broken holes in the ceiling, and in one of them hung a thick wire, which had been cut off and was just touching the mutant bat's body.

Even now, the broken wire is still flashing with dazzling electric light, and you can tell with your eyes that the voltage is not ordinarily high.

Sou!

Kidd the Monster Thief took out his card gun and fired a sharp playing card at the wire on the ceiling, instantly cutting off the broken wire that hung down, and the electric light suddenly went out.

After all, the blood on the ground also conducts electricity, and Kidd the Monster Thief doesn't want to be hit by the high-voltage electricity.

"It wasn't long ago that someone must have entered the monitoring room."

Kidd, the strange thief, leaned down, dipped his gloves in the blood on the ground, and said to himself.

He walked straight over and opened the door to the surveillance room, which, as expected, was locked.

The door to the monitoring room is also an electronic door and cannot be picked.

But this is not to blame the thief Kidd, I saw him flick his hand, and an ID card appeared in his hand.

This ID card, which was found in the same office where he had slid through the window and entered, was supposed to be a spare card.

Sweeping the card over the sensor, the door of the monitoring room was indeed opened.

Kidd the Monster Thief pushed open the door and walked inside.

Immediately afterward, he saw a middle-aged man lying on the ground in the monitoring room, only two meters away from the door, and the blood stains under his body were extending backwards.

It was clear that this man was the source of the blood stains outside.

And when the thief Kidd turned this man over, he was shocked to find that he was the Lucius Fox he was looking for!

He came to the monitoring room to find Lucius's location through surveillance, but it turned out that Lucius happened to be in the monitoring room, which was really a coincidence and a coincidence.

After some time......

"Hey! Hey! Mr. Fawkes, time is running out, wake up! ”

What was that?

In a deep coma, Lucius faintly heard someone's voice.

Is anyone calling themselves?

Isn't it possible, I'm not dead......

"Mr. Fawkes?"

Suddenly! Lucius's eyes widened, and he woke up from his coma.

Immediately, a figure wearing a white top hat and monocle caught his eye.

"Kidd the Thief?"

Lucius muttered.

He sat up and found himself covered in bandages and the bleeding from his wounds.

"Do you feel okay? I'm not proficient in medicine, but I just helped you stop the bleeding simply. ”

Kidd the Strange Thief asked.

It feels good!

This was Lucius's true thoughts, although the injuries on his body were still not light, but they were out of danger, and he could barely feel the pain.

It's definitely not as simple as the thief Kidd said, "simply stopped the bleeding".

Indeed, when Kidd came in, Lucius's situation was not optimistic, and he was completely endangered.

The huge amount of blood loss almost took his life, and if Kidd the Thief had been two or three minutes late, he would have died.

Waking up Lucius in this state is not much different from a race against death, how can it be just a mere hemostasis?

Kidd the Monster Thief used the recovery potion exchanged in the system, and although the effect was far less powerful than the flesh and bones of the living dead, it was not a big problem to restore the blood color of Lucius's body that had lost too much blood.

"Mr. Fawkes, I know you're seriously injured right now, but I'm here on a more urgent mission, so I have to wake you up."

Looking at Lucius, the strange thief Kidd said solemnly.

(Have you had any problems writing lately, guys?) You can say anything you have in mind, and in addition, two-in-one means that the words of the previous two chapters are combined into one chapter)

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