[Comprehensive British and American] Hacker company in operation

Rosie started to hold her breath the moment she saw the gas. She prepared a gas mask before coming to Gotham, but the mask was placed in the suitcase in the living room.

She didn't know how the scarecrow's fear gas was made, but it was extremely volatile, and Rosie only blinked a few times, and the poison gas had already permeated the entire room.

At this moment, she no longer cared about the scarecrow, turned back and rushed into the bathroom, locked the door behind——

This saved her life!

The bodyguard who was hypnotized also inhaled the poisonous gas. At the moment Rosie locked the door, she heard the gunshots and the screams of the bodyguard. She didn't know what the other party was thinking. The Scarecrow was twitching.

Rosie struggled to turn on the shower, and poured cold water on her head. She knew that she had inhaled a lot of poisonous gas. The Scarecrow probably improved his formula. The whole world before Rosie's eyes was twisting, black There seemed to be some monster hiding behind the lace curtains, she couldn't help shivering, and she had physical reactions such as retching.

The shower fell into the bathtub, the wind came in through the open window, and the night outside the window seemed like a monster devouring people's hearts.

The last remaining rationality made Rosie realize that if she stared at the window again, she might be affected by the poisonous fear gas and jumped out of the window. She folded her arms, trembling and climbed into the bathtub, and closed her eyes forcefully.

……

The scarecrow should know that his scream was really harsh.

After the accident in the hotel, the unconscious guests were sent to the hospital. Police cars and ambulances were downstairs. The police officers shuttled through the hotel to transport the guests who were knocked down by superheroes. They needed to be sent to the hospital for a physical examination. .

In addition, Red Robin Tim Drake also stayed and hypnotized so many guests, indicating that the scarecrow had been arranged in advance at the Wayne Hotel, and investigating the hotel is likely to find clues left by the other party.

As soon as the ear-piercing screams sounded, Red Robin immediately put down what he was doing and ran towards the direction of the screams. He rushed out of the room when he heard gunshots again, as if someone was panicking for a few seconds. The clock just ran out of bullets, it's pretty much... affected by something!

Fear gas!

Putting on a gas mask, Tim rushed to the fifth floor.

He remembered who was on the fifth floor, and he also found out: Rosie hadn't made a sound for a long time in the general channel.

The four bodyguards brought by Rosie were all poisoned by fear gas. Tim suppressed the anxiety in his heart and knocked them down one by one. Then he rushed into the bedroom and found the scarecrow lying on the ground.

The scarecrow was in a bad state, as if he had received a huge mental shock, and Rosie wasn't here.

"Please..." He turned on the thermal imaging camera in the mask, "Where are you?"

If anything happened to Rosie, it was all his fault.

The other party suggested to him to delay the banquet, and he promised that nothing would happen...his promise was too light.

He was downstairs when Rosie was threatened by the scarecrow, and he almost missed it. Tim propped his fingers on the wall, and his fingertips trembled from the force.

—Thermal imaging helped him find Rosie, and he inserted the master key into the bathroom door lock.

……

Rosie curled up in the cold bathtub, shivering.

The new fear gas has more than one phase. At the beginning, the world will be distorted in the eyes of the poisoned person. They will feel that everyone is a terrible monster. The wind is bloody, this is only the first stage, and in the second stage, they will see the real fear in their hearts, the hallucinations will attack their brains, and the hallucinations will also bring them the deepest despair.

Rosie closed her eyes, trying not to think about anything.

She also tried to wake herself up with pain, but it didn't work... She seemed to have fallen into a deeper, deeper darkness.

After a long while, Rosie heard the voice of the staff.

"Little Seven?"

The employees are around, so is it all over?Should it be over?

Obviously, she should feel at ease, but Rosie suddenly felt even more apprehensive.

She tried to open her eyes, and sure enough, she saw the face of 7 of Spades, but that face turned into 5 of Spades for a while, and 8 of Spades for a while...even at a certain moment, it became the one used by 5 of Spades The face of the blond boy.

If Rosie is awake now, she can understand that what she sees are all hallucinations, she was just poisoned by fear gas, but the brain cannot wake up after being poisoned by fear gas——

Unless Rosie goes to learn a little from Batman.

What she saw was all fake, but now she was affected by the poisonous gas and couldn't judge.

Rosie heard Seven of Spades speak: "Are you leaving, boss?"

She was startled: "What?"

"You're leaving, Boss," "7 of Spades" smiled, but the smile looked very sinister, "You have completed the main task, and you are going to leave us and go home."

"Seven of Spades" suddenly split at this moment, from one person to three people, the three same faces distorted for a moment, and became Rosie's three employees, surrounding Rosie in the middle.

Rosie could barely feel her body anymore, she felt light and cold.

"7 of Spades" seemed to stuff something into her arms, it was a cold gun.

"Now you should kill us, if you don't kill us, we will betray you - this is your idea, this is the future you have thought about, you cultivate us, but you are ready to abandon us at any time, Kill our preparations."

"But that doesn't matter, boss, because we don't love you either. You know, no one loves another person unconditionally, dedicates to her unconditionally, dies for her, we are just derivatives of the system, the so-called 'Love' is probably just a program."

"All love is a written program."

Rosie didn't touch the gun. Her thinking is very slow now, but she subconsciously feels that holding a gun is not a good thing.

— She never picked up a gun for the first 18 years of her life.

The phantoms of the three employees surrounded her, using various words to make her hold the gun, and let her know that she would die if she didn't hold the weapon. Rosie gritted her teeth, and buried her head in her knees. Make a little noise.

She didn't want to talk to the "employees", she instinctively didn't like these weird shadows.

Probably because she realized that she couldn't talk to Rosie, the phantom gradually dissipated, and Rosie smelled a musty smell.

This is the third stage of the poison gas of fear, which means that the influence of the poison gas on her five senses becomes deeper——

Rosie moved, and she could smell the scent of inferior cosmetics. She seemed to have pushed something, it was... the bed board!

At this moment, she briefly forgot about the game, as if she had returned to the time period she had just traversed. She was lying under the rented bed in order to avoid debt collectors, and she also saw a dead spider in the corner.

"Darkness is safe," she thought silently, "darkness is safe, just wait, just keep waiting..."

But she didn't see the flashing blue system prompt. Instead, a hand reached out, grabbed her hair and ankle, and pulled her out from under the bed.

At this moment, Rosie finally couldn't help screaming.

——She couldn't think calmly, so naturally she didn't want to understand how one hand could hold her hair and ankle at the same time.

……

Tim pushed open the bathroom door and found Rosie curled up in the bathtub.

There was a layer of stagnant water in the bathtub, and the shower was still spraying water, drenching her skirt, she curled up, covering her face with her arms, the window was open, and the wind came in, making her shiver.

The blond girl had her hairstyle specially done before attending the banquet. Her long hair was loose, she was obviously in a mess, but she was also beautiful.

Obviously, she inhaled an excessive amount of fear gas, Tim can even restore the scene at that time, the fear gas spread out from her position as the center, even though Rosie used all the methods she could think of to reduce the threat of the poison gas, She still couldn't escape in time.

Now she needs to inject an antidote. Before Tim came in, he collected the data of the scarecrow's new gas, and now the computer in the Batcave is developing the formula for the antidote.

He decided to take Rosie to a safe place first. In this room, she was likely to hurt herself.

But just when Tim stretched out one hand to the back of Rosie's head, and the other hand was about to insert her leg to hug her, Rosie, who had been quiet all the time, suddenly struggled violently, and Tim tried to control her, always The girl who couldn't break free finally broke down and screamed.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Tim sprayed a little sedative on the tip of Rosie's nose without hurting her, and then put a gas mask on the girl.

Her body is very cold.

……

Her struggles may or may not have worked.

Rosie's memory was confused, she felt that she was surrounded by employees for a while, and hid under the bed for a while, but now, surrounded by very vague residential buildings, she felt dizzy, as if she could fall asleep standing up.

Ah, she seems to be sitting on the high-speed train in the early morning, and it took several hours to get home.

Going home is so troublesome, she thought in a daze.

But I can't fall asleep at the gate of the community... She shook her head and walked in the direction of home in a daze. She was so sleepy that she could hardly raise her arms when she pressed the elevator button.

The fifth floor... the sixth floor... the seventh floor!

"Fear gas will make you see the real fear," the moment the elevator door opened, a man wearing a strange hood suddenly appeared in front of the elevator door, he said in a voice that Rosie hated, "Facing Be your fear, you will be, and all will—”

Rosie shuddered suddenly, and most of the drowsy feeling was gone.

The whole world began to twist, but for a moment she couldn't remember who this weird guy was.The instant the door opened, she ran out, and then, as she had done a thousand times, she ran to her door, when the hallway behind her began to crumble like a devastating earthquake.

Rosie obviously didn't turn her head to look, but she was sure that she would be destroyed behind her, and the "home" in front of her was the only safe place.

Her thumb immediately pressed on the fingerprint lock, but it turned red.

【input error】

【input error】

【input error】

Rosie was in a hurry, she knocked on the door frantically, as if she had something on her lips, but because of the inexplicable fear that rose from her heart, she couldn't say it, fortunately, a few seconds later, the door opened——

A middle-aged woman with dyed red hair opened the door.

She is about forty years old, not young anymore, but she takes good care of herself and has a gentle temperament. She is dressed in autumn clothes and trousers, and she seems to be about to go to work.

She looked at Rosie in surprise, as if she couldn't see the whole world that was collapsing behind Rosie: "...Who are you looking for?"

"Mother--"

At this moment, Rosie finally remembered what the word she had forgotten was. What she wanted to call was "Mom". After calling out the title, she hurriedly said, "Mom, let me in!"

Why are you blocking the door?

Behind, there is something scary coming from behind, let me go in, save me!

let me go home!

But the woman's expression became even more surprised. She even stretched out her arm to block Rosie, and tried to close the door. Her tone became much more serious: "Wait! Who are you?"

Without waiting for Rosie's answer, she turned her head and said, "Old Lin, come and see—"

"It's me, Mom..." Rosie became more anxious, her hair fluttered, she felt the wind behind her, as if there was a big hole behind her, sucking everything in, including her, she was about to be swallowed .

But at this moment, she saw her golden hair.

It was as if her spirit had suddenly detached from her body, and she saw her own face from a third perspective—the same perspective as the controller in the game.

She saw a distressed and familiar face, a girl with blond hair and gray eyes, Chinese-French mixed race, fair skin and three-dimensional features, but it was not "Rosie".

—but Rosie Spade.

Rosie stared blankly at the woman in front of her, but at this moment she couldn't be sure if she was her mother, could she still remember her face?She doesn't even remember her own face very much.

But she still wanted to hug her, even though it might be a dream, or a hallucination.

She held out her hand, the woman was inside the door, she was outside.

Rosie's outstretched fingers were blocked by an invisible wall.

——A wall of air.

……

The girl in a coma was still trembling. Tim carried her out of the room. He supported her thigh with one hand and her waist with the other. Police officers wearing gas masks came in and dragged her with experience. Walk the scarecrow on the ground.

—he will probably be locked up in Arkham again.

Tim suddenly felt a little tired, as he often does... He might be the most special of all Batman's Robins, and if it wasn't for Jason's death, he might not have become a Robin.

And if it weren't for what happened later, his mother's death, his father's disability... His life was always deflected away from normal people under inexplicable driving forces.

Rosie is wrapped in his cloak, which not only keeps the girl warm, but also makes the girl less embarrassed. Tim hurriedly informed the other heroes that the scarecrow had been arrested, and also said that the other party's new fear gas created new victims. Or... But tonight's chaos is about to come to an end.

The elevator couldn't be used, so they could only go down the stairs. Rosie's body gradually warmed up. She leaned on his shoulder, and Tim suddenly felt a little wet in his hair.

... Rosie was crying.

The girl's crying was silent, she even clenched her teeth, her body was shaking, and unconsciously chanted a simple word:

"mother"

Tim sighed.

He was sitting on the steps with Rosie in his arms. A gust of wind blew, and a woman in a tight black uniform jumped upstairs. She was wearing a hood, and the uniform was made of black and gold.

"Thank you, orphan," Tim took the purple injection from the woman, "Five people were also poisoned by fear gas, including the scarecrow..."

The person who sent him the new antidote was Batman’s adopted daughter, an orphan of superheroes. When he said this, Tim hesitated for a moment: He didn’t think the scarecrow’s state seemed to be poisoned by fear gas, but the scarecrow was unconscious, and he also Not sure, naturally did not raise this doubt.

The orphan nodded, and suddenly looked down the stairs.

At some point there appeared a red-haired woman with brown eyes.

Meryl Taylor, Rosie's assistant, is also the vigilante "stitched corpse". She is not in the state of "transformation" at this time. In two steps, he squatted down and picked up his unconscious boss——

Tim finished injecting the antidote for Rosie in silence. After thinking about it, he said, "Fear poison gas will cause a series of complications. Gotham's hospital... is good at treating this. She also needs rest and psychological counseling."

Especially psychological counseling, even Batman needs this, but Batman refuses.

Meili's expression was tense, she nodded silently, and Rosie opened her eyes at this moment.

To Tim, the antidote may not have such a powerful effect, it's more like... the girl's spirit has been tense and vigilant, and has not relaxed.

Her eyebrows and eyes will never stretch easily, as if she doesn't like this world.

Those special gray eyes were out of focus at the moment, and she raised her hand in a frenzied way to grab Tim's shoulder, then Merry's arm, and she said, "...the Scarecrow."

"The Scarecrow has been caught," Tim said even though he guessed that Rosie was probably still affected by the aftereffects and couldn't distinguish his words. "He will be locked up in Arkham. He can't hurt you anymore."

His voice sounded as if he was promising something.

Rosie nodded slowly, and repeated: "...Scarecrow."

She gripped the assistant's hand harder, and Mellie nodded, as if to echo Tim's words.

Rosie finally couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep again.

Mei Li turned to "Red Robin" at this time, thanked her first, and then said: "I rented a house near Gotham General Hospital, and I will send the boss there to recuperate first."

Rosie was still in a coma, and it was impossible for her to return to Newark with her boss in this condition.

What's more, the four bodyguards of the Venus Company were also sent to Gotham General Hospital. It was impossible for Meili to drive the unconscious boss to Newark—

She must now send the boss to the newly rented house as soon as possible, because... while the city is still "occupied".

In the car, Meili called Magda to inform her of the accident that happened in Gotham. Two hours later, a man rushed to the villa near the general hospital. He had a more famous name. It was "Eric Lanshere".

After entrusting the boss's safety to Magneto, Meili—that is, 7 of Spades—finally returned to the hotel and retrieved the luggage they left in the hotel, especially Rosie's computer.

Then, the responsible assistant first went to the Gotham Police Station to take notes, then hired nurses to take care of the employees in the hospital, and sent gifts and flower baskets to the vigilantes (and the Avengers) to express his gratitude. Busy until noon, she sat in the hospital lobby, waiting to get the boss's physical examination report from the doctor——

Gotham’s local newspapers had already published the news. The local citizens didn’t know that a poison gas would attack the entire city. The newspapers did not mention the names of the victims, and the celebrities and rich people would not let their names To be in this kind of paper...it just affects the stock price.

Mei Li read the newspaper for a while on the chair, and when the report came out, she put the folded newspaper aside, and even forgot about the newspaper after taking the report away.

Not long after she left, a stooped old man sat on the chair next to him, pushed his glasses, picked up the newspaper and read it slowly.

After a while, he put down the newspaper, got his medicine and left.

He knew he'd gotten the news—

There are three creases in the newspaper, and these three creases show two intersection points on the "Scarecrow Story" report page, which correspond to exactly two words.

"Kill" the "Scarecrow"

This is the boss's order, interpreted by 7 of Spades. The old man is 8 of Spades after disguise. He realized that if the message 7 of Spades wants to convey to him is this, then they must do it as soon as possible. good!

The scarecrow is in this hospital, and 8 of Spades has actually been prepared for a long time. He is not sure whether the boss will keep the scarecrow useful. He is afraid that he will be hated by the boss if he does it early, so he aimed at this hospital from the beginning and lurked in. Listen for news, and once the boss wakes up and gives the order, he will immediately kill the scarecrow.

——Yes, the victim stayed in the same hospital as the perpetrator, because the scarecrow is also a patient, and he has the right to be treated.

The difference between him and the other patients is that he will be kept under strict supervision and sent to Arkham when he is cured.

"The doctor said he has signs of waking up," 8 of Spades bent over, and slowly walked towards the elevator. Because of his current image, there were people making way for him along the way, "When he is sent to Arkham, kill him will be more difficult.”

On the other side, 5 of Spades also received the message.

Everyone in the Avengers is about to return to New York. The experience in Gotham was really not pleasant, but before leaving, Dr. Banner invited 5 of Spades to go out for a walk.

5 of Spades guessed what Banner was going to say, so he proposed to go to the hospital to visit "Rosie Spade", his "former boss".Banner doesn't know that Rosie isn't in the hospital, and 5 of Spades decides to pretend he doesn't.

He can't visit the boss openly, and he can't be with the boss when the boss needs it, but he will never miss the opportunity to complete the boss's order.

One o'clock in the afternoon on the 16th.

The hospital is very busy, and two Gotham police officers are guarding the scarecrow's ward. This vicious incident has had a great impact, and the scarecrow cannot be allowed to escape again.

inside the room.

The scarecrow is actually awake, he just pretends to be unconscious.

He was reviewing his failures: he didn't expect that there would be so many superheroes at the banquet, the backhand he had prepared didn't work for some reason, and... that girl, Rosie, had a big secret about her!

She must have used something to knock him out suddenly and get the Scarecrow in the situation he is in now.

A camera inserted among the flowers has cute and funny bat wings. The scarecrow didn't open his eyes, but at this moment, he heard footsteps coming from far to near outside the door.