Reincarnated as Gotham's beauty trash

The clerk of the bookstore told me that this book was a gift that Bruce called the bookstore and specially ordered to pack it for me.

He readily paid more than the price of the book, and romantically asked the clerk to help write a blessing card and put it in the book package.

"Dear Lucy, I'm sorry for everything I've done, I miss you so much and our family every moment I'm away from you. I don't want the cold war to ruin our relationship, it's time to fix it Problem."

Ignore this very Brussian message for now.Bruce contacted the bookstore by phone, explaining that he did not have enough time and conditions to go to the bookstore in person to hand over the greeting card to the clerk at that time, so he had to ask the clerk to write it for him.

The point is not the message, but the book.

Wayne Manor has the book "Gotham City Planning".Bruce has a slum-renovating Gotham construction plan, and the book is not only used, it's even on his desk.

I noticed that the color of the cover of the "Gotham City Planning" he sent seemed to be slightly different from the one at home.I turned to the inside page and noticed that the co-editor and deputy editor-in-chief of this book were not the two I was familiar with.It seems to be older than that.

If Bruce has any clues to use this book to remind me, it should be the difference between the old and new editions.

I put away the book, pinched the bridge of my nose, and said to Dick who was winking at me next to me, "Please call Kassan and Jason down, I have something to tell you."

With Bruce's personality, he probably didn't want me to tell the kids about it.The three children, Dick, Jason and Kashan have very different personalities, and it is hard to predict what actions they will take after learning of Bruce's disappearance.

Just concealing it to avoid trouble, the existence of the family is meaningless.

After all three children entered the Batcave, I took a deep breath, took advantage of Ah Fu's presence, and announced to them the fact that Bruce was missing, and at the same time announced the progress of all current investigations.

The three children had different expressions, and I nestled in the chair Bruce used to sit in, and said to them, "I hope you understand that the main reason I tell you this is to prevent you from acting alone. "

"Bruce's situation is unknown now. I had a direct confrontation with Talon once during the investigation, and the possibility of a second large-scale confrontation cannot be ruled out. Everyone must protect themselves, keep in touch with others, and avoid acting alone."

Dick had a better mentality than Jason and Kashan. While Jason frowned and Kashan unconsciously lowered his head, he asked calmly, "Is there anything we can do to help?"

Good question, I put the "Gotham City Planning" sent by Bruce into his hand, and placed a heavy burden on his shoulder.

"The task of comparing two books and finding the differences is left to you."

Dick looked at me and then at the book, "You don't just want to escape the tedious comparison work, do you?"

"I have more important things to do." I looked between Jason and Kashan repeatedly, "Which one of you would like to go to the sewer with me?"

Gotham's sewer is the dirtiest part of the whole city, where garbage, desire and sin are deposited.

Wearing a gas mask, I stepped on the muddy water on the ground and looked around.A shadow scurried into the corner at the edge of my field of vision, I swept over with my flashlight, and a gray mouse fled in panic among the lampposts.

Kassan, wearing a smaller gas mask, walked beside me, intently searching for possible clues.Out of consideration for literacy and fighting ability, she took Jason's place.And Jason stayed at Wayne Manor, comparing the differences between the two "Gotham City Planning" with Dick.

Bruce's signal was finally located in an alley in Gotham.After he disappeared, Ah Fu searched the alley several times, including the sewers, but unfortunately he did not find any clues.

After seeing Talon moving through the sewers, I thought the sewers should be searched further.

Gotham's sewers are really crowded.Killer Croc and Solomon Grundy occupy a relatively spacious part of the sewer as their lair.Bruce converted part of the sewers for emergency access.Arkham criminals who have escaped from prison often choose this place or the abandoned buildings in the East End as their hideouts.

There are still a bunch of owl-headed killers running through the sewers, and the Gotham sewers have taken too much.

Kassan was silent, and the girl was feeling down before I told them Bruce was missing.Thinking about it now, she might have had a premonition back then.

I'm standing in the middle of the sewage, it's my second day of searching the sewers with Kashan.We still have no news from Bruce.

I had the feeling that I had nowhere to go, that something huge in the shadows of Gotham was stalking me.And I don't know their purpose and means, and I don't even know the composition of their members.

This feeling of being the enemy from the dark is really too bad.I'm not cut out to be a vigilante, and I'm certainly less adept at taking that kind of pressure than Bruce is.

In thinking, Kashan and I followed the flow of sewage to the drain unknowingly.

With sharp eyes, I noticed a dark bundle was blocking the iron grate of the drain.I used the trekking pole in my hand to hook the burden, and twisted the wet cloth to observe.

This is something I'm familiar with, strictly speaking, it's Batman's cape, and it's the same material as my throw pillow.

My heart tightened, and I held my breath to unpack the burden.Inside are bat darts, smoke bombs, breathing filters and other bat-related small props. The universal belt is cut off from the middle by a sharp weapon, and these small props are stuffed into a small package wrapped in a cloak.

Because of the waterproofness of the cloak fabric, not only did the package not sink into the sewage, but instead flowed downstream, leaving the place where it was originally discarded, until it was stopped here by the iron fence in front of the drain.

This proves that Bruce was held hostage unarmed, and his situation is worse than we thought.

I was holding the broken universal belt, momentarily dazed, a child's hand covered the back of my hand.

Only then did I realize that I unconsciously squeezed my palm tightly, leaving shallow marks on the glove.

Kashan patted the back of my hand, motioning for me to let go.She can't speak, and I can't see her eyes through the gas mask.

As if thinking that this would not be a good way to convey her feelings to me, the girl stepped forward and hugged me a little strangely.The little black head leaned against my chest, like a small animal comforting each other with its own kind.

The tight string in my mind seemed to have been knocked heavily, and the soreness behind my eyes was almost unbearable.

Fortunately, I am an adult who can control my emotions.Mature adults should not put all their emotional stress on their children.

"On the bright side, we have some clues." I smiled bitterly at Kashan, "If those round-faced chickens think that they can defeat him, then they are very wrong."

In addition to the abandoned gear that Kassan and I found in the sewers, Dick and Jason also found some.

The difference between the two editions of "Gotham City Planning" is that the old edition that was quickly recycled after publication listed thirteen floors that did not exist in Gotham.

There are rumors that our grandparents were in the period of rapid development of Gotham, with many high-rise buildings, and many landmark buildings of Gotham, such as Wayne Tower, were built at that time.These high-rise buildings will deliberately leave a thirteenth floor that does not exist. In the old version of "Gotham City Planning", these buildings with thirteenth floors were marked one by one.

Not only that, Dick and Jason also found out that the editor of the old version of the book died in a murder a few years ago. His body was stabbed several times, and the bones were densely covered with knife marks.The murderer has not found relevant clues so far, so this case has become an unsolved case.

The thirteenth floor and sewers left unattended in different buildings, this is the space where the claws hide.

After thinking about it for a while, I probably have a plan in mind.

After discussing with Ah Fu and the three children, we decided to proceed with the revised plan.

Before acting, I called a friend.

Unlike Bruce, I am a person who is very good at asking for help. I admit my weakness and I am not stingy about borrowing the power of the outside world.

In our confrontation with the Court of Owls, our first goal was to find Bruce, and our second was to bring him out safely.

As for how to deal with the owl court, it is not our most urgent task.

Batman disappeared in Gotham for nearly a week, and many rumors began to spread.

At this critical time point, the news that Batman reappeared to fight criminals at night dispelled all speculation about his departure or death.

Sure enough, someone couldn't sit still in the dark, and the shadows hidden in the darkness were just about to move.The man in the bat armor once again appeared in the alleys of the East End.

The man who had just stopped a robbery seemed to feel something and looked back. The wall behind him was either squatting or standing, and the wall was densely packed with killers in strange clothes.They wore owl masks, and the glass eye masks showed bloody crimson under the street lamps, like a group of emotionless beasts.

At the same time, I put on my full-body gear and walked through the sewer, complaining to the person on the other end of the communication, "I didn't learn to dive to swim in the sewer."

"Okay, okay, when you go back, how about asking Agent A to help you fill the bathtub and add a few little yellow ducks?"

"I'll cut my hair short when I go back, I can't have my hair anymore." I whispered.

Jason, who was on the communication channel, finally couldn't stand our chatter, "Let's get down to business, all the claws on the thirteenth floor of Wayne Tower have been mobilized."

"According to the monitoring results of the sewer monitoring device, a considerable part of the claws come from the sewer drain." Dick sympathized, "I hope you can hold your breath."

"Remember to help Daredevil, don't let others suffer unnecessary beatings." I resigned my fate.

Ah Fu and Kashan are in the rear ready to support us.

Jason is responsible for monitoring the situation of the claws on the thirteenth floor of the building, and after confirming that all members of the claws are dispatched, they search the claws' base of operations.

While Matt was helping us fish and enforce the law in the form of Batman, Dick used the monitoring equipment we installed in the hidden sewer to monitor the action routes of the Talons, looking for the entrance and exit of their activities.

Based on the information provided by Dick, I sneaked in through the entrance and exit of the claws when Matt attracted their attention.

I'm the best person for infiltration, and I can leave whenever I want because of the portal.The opening condition of the portal is to be able to imagine the local scene when concentrating. In theory, as long as it is a place I have been to, I can unconditionally open the portal to that location.

I never thought that the base of operations of these claws is hidden in the sewage deep in the sewers, which means that those round-faced chicken killers have to swim in the sewage underground in Gotham every time they are dispatched.

Nausea.

For the fifth time, I confirmed that the mask tightly covered my eyes, mouth and nose, and the joy of victory was basically diluted by the imminent close contact with sewage.

My heart sank and I jumped into the blackened and smelly gutter.