Chapter 2164: Battle of Two Cities! (31)

What is Batman doing now?

In fact, he has not followed Gotham since it went to hell, but this is certainly not because his condition has improved and he no longer has such a strong desire to control Gotham, but because he really can't come back.

On the one hand, in the New 52 universe, the Green Lantern Corps and the Apocalypse Corps are fighting fiercely. After Wonder Woman and Superman joined the war, they had to ask Batman about almost every step. As the brain of the Justice League, even if he did not go to the front line in person, he had to sit in the Justice League headquarters to supervise the battle to prevent the two big fists of the Justice League from going astray in a fit of excitement.

On the other hand, the main reason why Batman stayed in the New 52 Earth was that Thomas and Martha needed him to take over the industries left by the Wayne Group on Earth, and at the same time help the two families speculate in real estate in the New Gotham.

In fact, the last one is the most important, because speculating in real estate is really too profitable. Batman is a mental patient, but he is now a mental patient with parents.

This means that if the Waynes ask the psychiatric hospital to issue a diagnosis report of mental illness to Batman, Batman will become a person with incomplete behavioral capacity, and the Waynes will become his guardians. From a legal point of view, they have the right to put Batman in Arkham Asylum.

If they really do this, Batman will certainly not resist, but the most important thing is that with his speed of speaking, which is almost the same as that of a sloth, he really can't argue with Thomas, Martha, Robin and Alfred.

So he can only stay obediently and help his parents manage the family business.

Of course, some people will say that Gotham is a coastal city. After the sky city Gotham flew up, it took away about tens of meters of foundation. Although it doesn't sound much, a coastal city's altitude drop of tens of meters is also very fatal, and it will definitely be submerged by sea water.

But if you want to be submerged by the sea, you have to ask the sea if it is willing. The sea said it was very unwilling.

In order not to speculate in real estate, Batman went to find Aquaman Arthur, who is the culprit for Gotham not being submerged by the sea.

After Gotham flew into the sky, the seawater around it did not follow the rules of physics, but solidified there in a posture that Newton could split the coffin lid, forming a unique water wall.

Batman asked Arthur his question, and Arthur shook his head and said that for the sake of friendly relations between land and sea, they were even willing to let the seawater in Gotham retreat more than 200 meters and sign a treaty that Gotham would never be submerged.

Just kidding, the fish in Gotham have also seen the world. Gotham people dare to put anything into the sea. The fish here have finally filled up their anti-toxic and anti-drug resistance. Now you want us to rush straight to the center of the cesspool. The moment Gotham took off, the fish within 200 miles of the sea ran away overnight carrying reefs.

So Batman can only stay to deal with the messy industrial relocation and real estate development business.

These tasks were annoying enough, but Wonder Woman and Superman, who were fighting in the universe, still treated him like a turtle in a wishing well, wishing to ask Batman if he was flying in the right posture every time he flew forward one meter.

Even with Batman's willpower, he was a little fed up with this kind of life. During the phone calls with Robin, he hinted countless times to let Robin call him back.

But for some reason, it was either Jason or Damian who answered the phone, and the birds in the Batcave who could barely be called considerate never answered the phone.

Batman knew that it was definitely those cunning birds who cheated in the "Who will answer Batman's phone call" game, and in the end only Damian and Jason, who had a more straightforward temper and personality, lost the game and answered his phone.

This day Batman was huddled in the office again, reading a large number of Gotham New City urban planning reports sent by the mayor of Metropolis.

How should Batman summarize the level of urban planning? Even now, he has to say that "letting the Court of Owls do a much better job than them."

Just as he was digging for gold in this municipal planning map, his communicator suddenly rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Dick calling him.

"Hello?" Batman rarely spoke after answering the phone. He and Dick had not called each other for a long time. Recently, Jason was the one he contacted.

"Uh, Batman, are you free now? I want to tell you something." Dick's steady voice came from the other side, "The Joker wants you to come back."

Batman frowned immediately, because he had emphasized to the Robins countless times that they should never get close to the Joker. He was about to say something when he heard Dick say.

"Don't worry, I'm definitely not kidnapped or manipulated. I'm completely awake now. Well... this is probably the case..."

Dick summarized the recent situation in Gotham and told Batman, and then talked about how the Red Hood and Red Robin who went down to investigate brought the Joker back.

Although Dick did not describe what the Joker encountered, Batman could imagine that there was probably a big mess in the merged city, and the Joker wanted to see his fun again.

Accepting the Joker's invitation was not a good thing, but Batman was indeed worried about the current situation in Gotham. He thought about it and decided to go back and take a look.

At this moment, the secretary knocked on the door and came in. Batman put down the phone and signaled her to speak if she had anything to say. The secretary nodded and said, "Mr. Mayor violated our agreement and did not choose the bid of Kane Group in the bidding for the Reed Bay development project. Instead, he chose a metropolitan enterprise."

"According to our investigation, the controlling shareholder of this company is the mayor's nephew. The company was registered in the past month. It claims to have 40 employees, but in fact there are only three people, two assistants and an accountant."

Batman pressed his fingers between his eyebrows. Let’s not talk about what kind of Hedong Lion Roar Thomas and Martha will use on themselves after learning about this result. Simply handing over the development of the Reedy Bay area to a leather company is something that Batman will never allow.

As a result, another special assistant walked in at this time. After knocking on the door, he pushed up his glasses and looked at Batman and said, "Sir, the FBI has blocked all entrances and exits of Gotham's underground maze and arrested 6 foreigners." Star ruins fans and blocked all media information.”

"What did Congress say?" Batman asked.

"They said it was either made by aliens or made by China."

Batman covered his forehead.

"And they don't care who built it, they only care who can get it in the end." The female secretary also pushed up her glasses and said: "They all have different opinions on the development of this giant maze, but there is no doubt that Yes, everyone wants to get this land because it will definitely be a popular attraction in the future.”

"This is very dangerous," Batman said.

What they want is danger.

Batman pursed his lips and remained silent. Of course he knew that what the tourism industry needed most was heat. It would be best if a few explorers died in it to make the world truly famous.

The FBI's blockade must have been ordered by someone else. The purpose was to heat up the huge underground maze of the Court of Owls, so that no matter who got the maze, it would be a huge golden pimple.

"We can't let them do this." Batman continued: "Prepare a plane for me, I want to go to Capitol Hill myself."

After the two left, Batman stood up. He must fight for the land left in Gotham, because this is his hope to rebuild a new Gotham.

Batman certainly knows about Gotham's curse. Although he doesn't know the specific principle, he understands that this curse is actually entangled in the city rather than the land.

Now that the city is gone and only the land is left, does it mean that if a new city called Gotham is built on this land, there will no longer be troubled by those inexplicable curses, and there will be real change for the better? possible?

Just as Batman was thinking about this, his movements paused. If he chooses to stay here and go to Washington, it means that he will definitely not be able to return to Gotham in a short time.

Taking back the development rights of Gotham land is destined to be a long tug-of-war. The hyenas in Congress will not let go easily, and Batman does not want them to bite off a piece of meat, so he will never give in.

This means that they will have to spend at least two months to negotiate. Although Batman is sure to win, two months have passed, and no matter what happened in Gotham, the day lily has gone cold.

How to choose?

Batman stood at the table and thought for a long time. In the end, his desire to rebuild a beautiful new Gotham defeated his desire to play games with the Joker. He only played games with the Joker to save Gotham, so it would be better to spend his energy on the ultimate goal. .

But it doesn't mean that we have to save the old Gotham if we want to rebuild the new Gotham. The troubles in the new city where Joker and Sky City Gotham merged also have to be solved, but I can't appear in two places at the same time, which is a bit of a headache. .

While thinking about a solution, Batman received another call, again from Dick, but this time his voice was more childish and younger.

"Well, hello, Batman, I'm Richard Wayne."

When Batman heard Dick say this name, he felt like he was in another world, and then he remembered that Dick, one of the younger Robins from other universes, had changed his surname to Wayne.

"I have something to discuss with you. Oswald just called and wanted you to come back, but your Nightwing went to find his friends, so I answered the call."

"It sounds like the situation on his side is not optimistic. I just watched the TV news report. There is a lot of chaos in the city below us. The Brooklyn Bridge flew up, and a large number of things hanging on it hit it. Stark Tower, and many, many more.”

“I don’t know why, but the Batman of their universe didn’t show up. Although I don’t really like the tone of Oswald of this universe on the phone, but I think if you are free, you should come back and take care of it, what do you think? "

"Indeed." Batman softened his tone, not because Dick was younger, but because his words and tone were gentler and more polite.

Although his Robins all had this age at one time or another, children always grew up quickly, and birds that left their nests always grew stronger, harder and silent after a flight.

Thinking of this, Batman had an idea.

"Yes, Dick, I do think someone should take charge, but it doesn't have to be me."

"But who else can take care of it?" Dick said with a hint of doubt in his tone: "You don't know what kind of chaos the city is in now. This trouble is not something ordinary people can solve."

"And you happen to know someone extraordinary, don't you?"