[Zhongyingmei] Can drawing cards save the world?

After another half a month, they were getting closer and closer to their goal, and finally there was only one day apart.

Bruce had had their clothes ordered for the evening early on—no protection, just some fabric to prevent marks.The two have special systems, and neither is easy to be killed.

The banquet was held in the center of Gotham City, and countless celebrities and nobles, as well as the founding families of Gotham City, all attended one after another.The atmosphere was very harmonious - until Elaine and Bruce arrived, the atmosphere suddenly changed.

Elaine was wearing dark purple—the color she had chosen without hesitation when Bruce asked.In order to match her, Bruce also chose a tie of the same color. He pulled Elaine out of the car and stepped on the red carpet in front of the banquet hall.

While hugging the waist, it seems to be affectionate, but it is actually observing the nearby security guards and the crowd's position.

The Hoberts didn't come, but the Byrons, who had always been friends with the Hoberts, came, and the moment Elaine got off the car, they could feel their strange atmosphere.

"Are you going?" Elaine asked softly.

"No rush." ​​Bruce pulled her, walked to the other side, and chatted with several other families naturally, discussing who the mayor's candidate might be by the way.

Elaine pricked up her ears to listen to the words of the people around her, while coping with a smirk.

"How did Wayne find such a shameless..."

"mediocre--"

"Any news about the candidate?"

"What purpose does he have?"

purpose?

Elaine listened deeply and tugged on Labrus' sleeve.

"The candidacy will be announced in two days. This time, Steven Cole must be elected." The man continued, "I don't care what Wayne's purpose is, just don't let him get involved in our affairs."

"But isn't the wealth and power of the Wayne family very useful to us?" Another person said.

"That depends on his sincerity—"

Elaine raised her eyebrows, trying to know who was speaking, but Bruce squeezed his hand tightly.

Someone is watching them.

more than one.

This is not beyond their expectations, Bruce has long expected that someone will observe their every word and deed at this banquet, perhaps for investigation, or perhaps out of disgust for them, it is possible.

"So, how did you know each other?" the wife of the congressman among the chatting crowd asked curiously.

Bruce said: "It's in a bar." He squinted his eyes, trying to make an expression of memory, intoxicated.

Elaine made a sweet look cooperatively, "He fell in love with me at first sight."

Wasn't it love at first sight?

Although it was Dick's eyes, it did make Bruce notice her.

"This is really Bruce Wayne's style of finding a partner." The congressman teased, "I thought you could just play around, but I didn't expect marriage to be such a thing."

Elaine's face froze and she didn't speak, but tried to calm herself down, not thinking too much about other things so that she couldn't hear the speech of the person next to her.

Bruce was obviously also displeased. He said, "I'm afraid you've been too busy recently, and you're still bothering me to care about my marriage. It seems that checking the bills of Hobert's house isn't enough for you?"

The man choked, and immediately turned his face away, and said, "I didn't expect Bruce Wayne to watch the news? Then maybe you have also seen your wife's affairs with many men before?"

Now Elaine had to react. She grabbed Bruce's arm and said, "Bruce—let's go."

Bruce's face sank, and he took Elaine to the vicinity of the eavesdropper.

The closer it is, the easier it is to eavesdrop.

"...that wife of his seems to be easy to deal with, and you can try from her."

Hearing this, Elaine raised her eyebrows, holding back a bitter smile.

"Wayne hasn't expressed his desire to participate in our affairs for a long time. How can we judge that he can really join?"

"Since he wanted to join two years ago, I don't believe that he just wanted to have fun and didn't want to join—as far as I can see, the stories about his wife in the newspapers are all true."

"That's too much fun."

Hearing this, Elaine already roughly knew what their underground industry was about.

He motioned for Bruce to go away for a while, leaving her alone for a while so he could get something else.

Bruce squeezed her hand before leaving, and then walked to the other side.

Elaine stood by the self-service bar, seemingly a little cramped and lonely, but she was actually waiting for someone to take the bait.

She took a glass of champagne casually and took a sip when a man in an expensive suit came over.

"Fresh face, ma'am," he said.

Elaine raised her eyebrows and shook her hand at him.

Said he was married.

The man didn't seem to care much, and continued to talk: "I see you are bored, do you want to have some fun?"

"Fun?" Elaine raised her eyebrows, "What do you mean?"

She turned around slightly, leaned over, and shook the champagne in her hand, expressing that she was very interesting, but the other hand holding her chest expressed her distrust.

"Although I don't know which wife you are, maybe you know some rumors about Gotham?" The man was mysterious.

"You mean—" Elaine made a thoughtful gesture, "Batman?"

The man's original smile froze, and he explained embarrassingly, "Of course Gotham's entertainment activities and customs are very different-where is your hometown?"

"New York." Elaine said.

"That's right, I knew you were a New Yorker at a glance—" the man continued to approach, "I'm a native of Gotham, and I know the way of it."

"So, what's the fun?" Elaine took another sip of champagne, showing an impatient look.

The man took out a pen from his suit pocket, took a tissue on the bar, wrote something, and handed it to her.

"Just this once—the time is right."

Elaine looked at the address above and only found it funny.

Sometimes, it really depends on this way of contacting each other to leave no trace.

However, everything passed through electronic communication and letters will be found out. This kind of paper note passing between people in ancient times, coupled with changing places at a time, is really not easy to be found out.

But the way this person strikes up a conversation is too childish.

She continued to stand there for a while before Bruce came back to her.

"People connecting with people?" Bruce said, "That's quite hidden."

"Yeah, unless that person can continue to get in touch with the next location, they will never be able to find out." Elaine put away the tissue.

"So this cycle is longer." Bruce said, "You have to act for a while."

"I'm enjoying it."

Elaine smiled, responded, and walked to the inner end of the banquet hall with him.Inside is also a small meeting place. On the wall is a list of the founders of Gotham City framed by photos. Elaine saw "Wayne" in the first list of names at a glance.

"Wayne!" Suddenly, someone came over and said hello, "Long time no see!"

Bruce was sure he hadn't seen him.

"Do we know each other?" he asked.

"Oh—look at my impatience, of course you haven't seen me." The man straightened the folds of his clothes, and stretched out his hand to Bruce, "John Staines, one of the candidates for mayor."

Bruce remembered.

He has heard this name more than once in today's speech, and it is also considered the most likely to be elected.

"What's the matter?" Bruce asked directly.

Elaine speculated that this should be the man that the crowd wanted him to be mayor.

"That's right, Mr. Wayne." He took out a business card, "May I have a chance to meet you somewhere else? About Gotham."

Bruce took it without making any promises.

Stans was a little embarrassed, wiped his palms, and was about to leave, "It's okay if you really don't have time, I know you must have a lot of wedding affairs, but this is just a small invitation. I still hope you will appreciate it."

After speaking, he walked out of the small hall.

"A gang." Elaine said, "Although there is no proof, that's what I think."

"Then both will." Bruce stuffed the business card into his pocket.

The author has something to say:

Regarding Elaine's age, the outside world can only find Elaine's middle school records, so the age is naturally considered young.

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