With the opening of the Chocolat device, the atomized anti-human bat agent soon spread throughout Gotham.

As many as hundreds of thousands of people infected with the human bat virus have gradually recovered into human beings.

The recovered people all fell into a deep coma, which seemed very dangerous, because most mutant human bats flew tens or even hundreds of meters in the air, and they could easily fall to their deaths if they suddenly returned to human form.

However, the anti-human bat reagent is not intended to take effect instantly, and it takes more than ten seconds to tens of seconds to transform from a mutant human bat to a human, and in this process, the mutant human bat will not immediately lose its flight instinct, and it should be satisfying to fall to the ground staggeringly.

What's more, in order to cover the entire range of Gotham, the Chokrat device must dilute the anti-human bat reagent to a certain extent, so the time left for the mutant human bat to land will be longer.

Of course, there will definitely be people who are not very lucky, who will be killed or injured in the process of falling from a height.

Although it will take a lot of manpower and time to get everyone unconscious on the street, on the rooftop, and on the telephone pole to the hospital, it will be a long time before Gotham can fully recover to its original state.

But these are just minor flaws, and the loss and trouble at the moment are nothing compared to the ending of millions of people in Gotham who were all infected with the virus and fell into a city of human bats.

The dark cloud of human bats that had shrouded Gotham all night was finally completely dispelled at this moment.

The person who dispersed it was not the Batman that people imagined, but the monster thief Kidd that no one expected.

He really followed his promise and "stole" the virus that threatened people's lives!

Kidd the Thief's virtual live broadcast room was also shut down after the successful activation of the Jokerat device, and the last image one saw in the live broadcast room was Kidd the Thief bowing as usual.

No one knows when Kidd the Monster Thief left Wayne Tower, or the identity of the mysterious girl next to him.

On the other side, in an open space more than ten kilometers away from Wayne Tower, Batman carefully controlled the Batfighter to land safely, and during the entire landing process, the fuselage did not have a single vibration that was even slightly stronger.

Because the top of the Bat Fighter was full of people who had recovered from the mutant bat state, the Bat Fighter was surrounded by countless mutant human bats, and many of them did not have time to leave, and directly turned back into humans on the top of the Bat Fighter.

In order to prevent these people from being thrown out of the air due to the tremor of the fuselage, falling to the ground and dying, Batman had to control the Batfighter in this gentle way.

After moving all the people hanging on the Batfighter to the ground, Batman piloted the Batfighter back to the Batcave.

Batgirl and Robin had been waiting for him there for a long time.

"Did you read the news sixteen minutes ago, Batman? Kidd the Thief is now a big hero in Gotham, and many citizens have called on the city government online to pardon Kidd the Thief for theft. ”

Seeing Batman return, Robin held up his phone and said to him.

"I need you to investigate the results of the Penguins, what does the Penguin have to do with the human bat virus leak?"

Batman ignored Robin's words and asked about their investigation.

"It's a bit ...... Complex. ”

The bat girl on the side took Batman's words and replied.

Hearing this, Batman's eyes suddenly narrowed.

"The Penguin Man is missing."

At this time, Robin walked over and said with a solemn face.

"When the human bat virus was spreading, the penguin team was chased by a group of mutant bats, and they accidentally had a car accident while fleeing for their lives to the iceberg club, and all the penguins were killed at that time, and his whereabouts were unknown, and his life and death were unknown."

"It's just that when I went to the scene of the car accident with the bat girl to investigate, it was already a mess of mutant bats, and there was not even a complete corpse left......"

"Maybe the penguin man got away with it, maybe he's become food for the mutant bats."

Robin's tone was heavy, and the bat girl's face was not very good-looking, and it was hard to imagine what kind of miserable situation they saw at that time.

"The penguins fled to be seen by many witnesses, and some of the well-documented surveillance cameras recorded the footage, which can confirm this."

The more he listened, the tighter Batman's brow furrowed.

In the beginning, the Penguin brought a lot of his men to fight with the Black Masked Mask Society, and if he planned the leak of the human bat virus, then the penguin people must have the means to control the mutant human bats, or the antidote to the human bat virus.

Because the Penguin Man can't want a ruined city full of uncontrolled mutant human bats, that kind of sight is definitely not what the Penguin Man wants, he needs Gotham that can bring him power and wealth.

Not to mention that the penguin man was also attacked by the mutant human bats and was killed by the conspiracy he planned, such a brain-dead behavior is not at all in line with Batman's perception of the penguin.

There is no doubt that the person who kidnapped Francine and threatened Kurt Langstone came from the Penguins.

Unless...... The so-called hunt is actually part of the penguin's plan!

He actually has a way to control mutant human bats, and he deliberately acted out this play just to clear his suspicions, making people think that he penguin people are also one of the victims.

It sounds ridiculous, but in Batman's opinion, this is really something that the penguin man can do, and the only question is why he did it?

There are other possibilities, and that someone in the Penguin Gang is hiding from the Penguins that they are planning everything, or that ...... The Penguin gang member who threatened Kurt has another identity hidden!

He's not from the Penguins, he just wants to splash dirty water on the Penguins.

"The Penguin's whereabouts are unknown, but what about his gang?"

Batman asked suddenly.

With a large gang like the Penguin Gang, the sudden disappearance of the boss and the suspicion of death, it is impossible for the boss to remain the same without change, right?

"The current manager of the Iceberg Club is called Ignatius O'Kilvie, he used to be the secretary of the Penguins, and he is considered the second-in-command of the Penguins."

The Batgirl replied.

"Since the Penguin's disappearance, it's this Okilvi who has been stabilizing the gang's overall situation."

Okilvie?

Batman suddenly remembered the last time he went to the Penguin, the man who tried to stop himself from being kicked by him.

If he remembered correctly, that man should have been O'Kilvie.

How long has it been, and Batman thought he was still lying in the hospital, but he didn't expect to come out and take the penguin's class?

Intuition tells Batman that there must be something wrong with this guy named Okilvie.

Whoever is behind the spread of the human bat virus must be hidden in the Penguins.

"I'm going to meet this Okilvie now."

With that, Batman was about to turn around and leave the Batcave, less than five minutes after he returned.

"Wait, Master Bruce!"

Suddenly, Alfred rushed out of nowhere and stopped Batman, still holding a box in his hand.

"You've been on the road all night, and you've just been through such a tough battle, you should rest before continuing."

"No, Alfred, I'm not so tired that I need to rest."

Without looking back, Batman walked towards the Batfighter that was parked not far away.

"Don't forget, Francine Langstone hasn't been released, she's still being kidnapped, we don't even know if she's still alive, she needs to be rescued, and it's desperate!"

"I don't have time to rest until I rescue Francine and catch the culprits."

Speaking of this, Batman suddenly paused, turned to look at Robin and Batgirl, "You don't have time to rest either!" ”

"We weren't going to rest."

Robin and Batgirl said in unison, "According to the information provided by Kurt, the place where Francine was kidnapped was an enclosed space with no light source, and even the photos used to threaten him were lit with flashlights, and they looked like some kind of warehouse. ”

"The place was able to get a cell phone signal because the kidnappers had Kurt talk to Francine on the phone."

They returned to the Batcave ahead of Batman, using the Batcomputer to investigate how many eligible locations there were in Gotham.

Given the customs of Gotham, the number of such warehouses is indeed a bit large, and even after investigating the nearby surveillance footage and screening out the locations where suspicious people or vehicles pass by, there are still a lot of left.

It was definitely a physical job, but it was what they had to do.

"In fact, if you hadn't returned, we'd have left the Batcave long ago."

Robin said, looking at Batman.

"I knew you would say that, so I didn't expect you to get some rest, but at least...... Gotta eat something. ”

Seeing the attitudes of several people, Alfred sighed helplessly, and then raised the box he was carrying.

"Cheese & Bacon Pizza, being hungry won't help you in your work of saving others."

——

Wayne Building, southeast, on the roof of an empty house.

Due to last night's Gotham Riot and the Mutant Manbat Incident, the buildings or facilities in this vicinity are almost in ruins, and all the surveillance cameras that can shine on this side have been destroyed.

Normally, no one would want to hang out here, but there were two people.

One of them was a petite girl dressed in black, holding a full-coverage gas mask that she looked to have taken off not long ago.

The other was a young man in a white suit and top hat.

The two men stood facing each other, staring at each other.

Kassandra's eyes widened as she scanned the body of Kidd the Monster Thief across from her, and the more she looked, the more she felt like Dean in front of her.

Exactly, it can't be described as like, but the same thing that Kidd's body tells Kassandra is exactly the same as Dean's body.

Although she had known this for a long time, no matter how many times she watched it, Kassandra would still feel incredulous in her heart.

This phenomenon is so rare that if Dean and Kidd the Thief are really two people, she even suspects that Kidd and Dean are the only ones in the world who have the same body language.

After all, this phenomenon is a little too bizarre.

Kassandra also wondered if she might have mistaken it in the first place, because it was too far away from the audience at the Cavaliers' Stadium and it would be a little distorted from the screen, so she confused Kidd's body language with Dean.

Maybe the two of them are just a little similar.

But now that Kassandra came face to face with Kidd the Monster Thief, she was able to be sure she was right.

And this also made Kassandra's heart rise again the question that had always haunted her heart.

Isn't Dean really the thief Kidd?

With that in mind, Kassandra slowly lifted something from behind her and placed it in front of Kidd, the thief.

It was a piece of paper, and on it was a straight sentence written on it.

"You...... It should be Dean Suston, right? ”

The writing on the paper was sloppy, and each letter was crooked, looking like it had been written by a child who had just begun to write.

The good news is that although the text is sloppy, it is easily legible.

Kidd the Thief understood what Kassandra meant at a glance.

And he didn't say a word, just answered with actions.

Kidd the thief reached out and grabbed the collar of his coat, then pulled it down, and he ripped off his white suit along with his cloak and top hat.

With a brush, the monster thief's uniform was taken off and replaced by a very common casual suit.

The true face of Kidd, the strange thief that countless Gotham people had dreamed of seeing, was displayed in front of Kassandra in such a blatant manner.

The moment she saw the man's face, Kassandra's pupils shrank instantly.

Because the true identity of the thief Kidd is none other than Dean Suston, whom she had seen a long time ago!

On the other side, Dean's heart was unfazed, and when he spied on Kassandra's abilities with his true eye, he knew that sooner or later such a day would come.

I didn't expect it to be such an opportunity, but now is not a bad time.

At this moment, he chose to take the initiative to reveal his true identity, not exactly because he wanted to do it, but because he had to.

Because Dean is well aware of Kassandra's abilities, when Kassandra asks if she is Dean, no matter what Dean answers, it will only be an acknowledgment in Kassandra's eyes.

It's a completely different question than asking him if he's the thief Kidd.

Even if he tried to deceive his heart on the grounds that he was a time-traveler and not really Dean Suston, it would be useless.

Because he is Dean, not simply playing, Dean's life is his life, and he can't fool himself.

If you can't even fool your own heart, it's even more impossible to fool Kassandra's eyes.

(I don't know what everyone thinks of Kassandra's problem of recognizing the protagonist, but the fact is that she can definitely see it, although I wrote before that the protagonist was confused, it was only a delay in the time of being recognized and not really concealed it, with Kassan's ability, as long as she saw the protagonist, she would definitely recognize the protagonist's identity, unless the protagonist was schizophrenic or forcibly modified Kassan's consciousness to make her unrecognizable)

(End of chapter)