[Comprehensive] Happy to be a father

The light from the crystal chandelier shone in the majestic hall. The guests attending the ball were dressed in bright clothes. They held tall and clear wine glasses in their hands, and they were talking to each other in low voices. Floating, this is a gathering place for the upper class at night in Gotham City.

It's no different than usual.

The enthusiasm for Bruce Wayne's return has gradually subsided in the city. The new owner of the Wayne family is different from his previous generation. He is not keen on business, nor does he interfere with the company's management. Like a playboy who came back to inherit a huge family fortune, he travels with luxury cars and girls, and his hobbies are travel and adventure. The most frequent news is that he waved the money and bought a certain hotel and club. News, and the purpose is only to win the smile of his girlfriend.

Oh, of course, there is also the rumor that he was bitten by a sea snake while diving in the Teletskoye Lake in Siberia last time. For this reason, he did not show up for a whole week, and it is said that he was in the middle of recuperation.

God knows why such a wealthy owner like him would go swimming in such a ghostly place like Siberia?

But these are just some jokes among the upper class.Compared with the owner of Wayne, who has not been seen recently, they are more interested in discussing, but it is the black-clothed bat that is said to be parading in the night|over the sky of Gotham. He is elusive and moves like a ghost. Several transactions of the Erken gang were defeated by this terrifying monster in the night, and many of their cadres were stunned and thrown at the gate of the Gotham police station. For a while, the dark world was in turmoil .

People have mixed feelings about it.

Langston Hicks didn't have much interest in the topic brought up by another wealthy businessman. He just casually agreed with a few of his points of view. This guy is related to a recent business deal of the Hicks family, so there is no need to Because some verbal issues caused disputes, for him, Bruce Wayne didn't intervene in the affairs of the group as soon as he came back. That might be considered a good thing, and he didn't have to worry too much To deal with the new round of business storm in Gotham City caused by the change of this behemoth, as for fighting crime and so on, it has little to do with him.

The banquet soon came to an end. Langston walked out of the hotel. Waiting for him outside the door was the old butler who had already opened the car door. He straightened his cuffs and then got into the car. He also He didn't ask why the other party was here, or why the driver who came to pick him up didn't see him, but said lightly: "Go back!"

The old housekeeper sighed, he started the car's engine, and finally asked again: "Today is the anniversary of the master's death, don't you really want to visit?"

Langston said with a rare sneer on his face: "Everyone is dead, what are you doing in the past? What's more, it's been so many years, are you still repenting for what happened back then?"

The old butler remained silent. He turned the steering wheel and turned another lane.

"Even if you really repent," Langston said, "it should be me who killed him in the first place. At most, you helped set that fire in the end and helped me hide all the evidence. That's all."

The butler sighed, and then said: "I'm probably old. In the past few days, the closer the master's death day is, the more I can think of things from many years ago..."

After a short silence, Langston finally said: "I will never forget the contemptuous words he uttered when talking about my mother's death. If it wasn't for him, why would her life be like this?"

Different from the outside rumors of illness and death, the legendary cause of Mrs. Hicks' death was actually lying in a bathtub full of water and cutting her wrists in the midst of painful and lonely madness, while Langston died He was the first person to discover the scene.

The car became quiet again, and the old butler finally stopped persuading. Every time the two of them talked about this, Mrs. Hicks was an unavoidable hurdle, although sometimes, the old butler didn't care too much. I understand, in this case, why did Master Langston agree to keep the young master left by the master outside?

Probably, maybe it's because both of them are children abandoned by their mothers, right?

After returning to calmness, another subtle voice finally pierced through. Langston was a little puzzled at first, but soon he quickly became alert: "What is there?"

The butler was a little confused.

Langston quickly found the source of the sound. He opened the middle storage compartment, and what caught his eyes was a round smiling face that popped up high, and a note was pasted on the Below: "Mr. Salvatore asked me to say hello to you~"

"Drip-"

Langston's pupils constricted instantly.

"Boom!" A loud bang exploded on the street. The cover of the blue car Langston was riding in was blown off, and the body was also toppled by the huge force. Flames and smoke Rising up, like a licking Balrog, about to roar from the car window!

Behind the driveway, one vehicle after another quickly braked to a stop, and one after another high beam headlights searched over, many noisy voices poured into his ears intermittently like chaotic ravings, the ground was very cold, Indistinctly, there seemed to be the sound of a police car siren approaching from far and near. He blinked, and then crawled a short distance away. Thick liquid slipped from his forehead into his eye sockets, and At the same time, too much darkness undoubtedly overwhelmed him, eliminating what little clarity he had left.

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He opened his eyes a little bewilderedly.

It seemed that after centuries of deep sleep, there was a large blank in his mind, and it took him a long time to recall his identity and what happened to him.

What greeted his eyes was a pure white ceiling, the surrounding lights were also very soft, the curtain on the left was drawn, his body was covered with bandages, and no wind could pass through it...

"The doctor said that you'd better not see the sun now." As if noticing his sight, a very familiar voice sounded slowly beside him: "He thinks you can survive such an explosion, yes It was a very lucky thing, so I specifically entrusted me to take good care of you."

He turned his head, and what he saw was an equally familiar face. Su Ye was standing on the other side of his bed, holding a sharp knife in his hand, peeling apples at a leisurely pace, accompanying him very steadily. With such force, a whole strip of apple peel fell onto the fruit plate.

"Lian, you..." Suddenly, the toy-like sphere painted with a smiling face broke into his memory, "You ask me what's so special about the bomb I found?" The previous memories also followed. Being awakened was the conversation when he asked about the details of the dangerous things he found in the university. How did Ryan answer him at that time?

"There's an ugly smiling face." That's right, that's his answer.

However, unlike the danger estimated by the police, the one who was in danger was actually himself.And all of this has nothing to do with Ryan breaking his layout in the school, it's Salvatore!It was Maloney, who had been suppressing the Hicks family overtly and secretly, and the current controller of the Falcon gang!

"Where's the police?" He asked dryly, feeling as if a knife had been cut across his throat, but this couldn't conceal his extreme urgency.

Su Ye glanced at him, he put down the knife in his hand, and walked out of the room, Langston could hear his voice lowered slightly: "...Yes, he has woken up... yes, sanity Very sober... seems to have some clues...you can come in..."

Jim Gordon came in with a notebook. He had just searched out some new case clues from the former principal's house in Gotham. Not long after, he was dispatched to deal with another car bombing, which made him Unexpectedly, the victim this time would be Langston Hicks who had met several times before, that is, the brother of Ryan Hicks who had talked with him before!

"Haven't you found out yet?" Langston questioned extremely gloomyly.

Gordon, who was questioned like this as soon as he entered the door, was stunned, and he quickly began to explain: "There are almost no clues left at the scene of the explosion, and in addition to the urgent time, the only survivor, Mr. Hicks, has not been found yet." Waking up from a coma..."

"I'm talking about the bomb case at Gotham University!" Langston interrupted him impatiently.

Gordon, who was even more confused, couldn't figure out why Langston suddenly asked about the case that happened before, but soon, he realized a little...

"Did the same person do it?" Su Ye closed the door of the ward casually, and asked what Gordon was thinking.

Langston let out a deep breath: "I see the same sign."

"Of course." He glanced at Su Ye, and then said, "It was written by my business enemy."

So, Gordon couldn't help but understand, he sighed and said, "It's a hired killer. The message displayed after Harrison's computer was cracked was probably for the competition for the position of principal back then. He found such a message on the Internet. A 'professional killer', this time, it's probably your enemy's method."

"And," Gordon said, "you were lucky to survive this time, and it is very likely that he will continue to carry out the second attack..."

"It's not luck," Langston's voice was cold and hoarse, he interrupted Gordon's words, his pale eyes seemed to be covered with something, and he said in a heavy tone: "It's Butler Anthony, it's him who jumped When the bomb hits, I have a chance to survive."

The timing of the discovery was too late, the distance was too short, and the car itself was dangerous after the explosion... At that moment, there was no chance of hesitation in everything. It all happened so fast...

After a long silence, Langston heard Police Officer Gordon say again: "Then you should protect yourself and live."

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