The Collection of The End

—DC—

Gotham, Iceberg Restaurant.

"[Hello, this is Wayne Manor, I'm not at home now, please leave a message after the beep.]"

"【drop-】"

"Hey! Bruce!" The Penguin held an umbrella in his hand and said exaggeratedly to the landline: "Today, there is a great party at the Iceberg Restaurant. All the young masters and young ladies of Gotham's families will come, only one People didn't get an invitation, guess who?"

"You~~~ Hahahahaha!"

Even at an unanswered answering machine, the fat, tuxedo, hooked-nosed man dressed up like a penguin was still laughing wildly.

Until he was kicked to the ground by Batman who broke through the window.

"Hey! You're too careful, Bu...cough, I mean—" After staggering to get up, Penguin changed his words in half: "This is not the guardian of Gotham, the dark knight, the mysterious and unknown origin. Batman? How can you come to Iceberg? I'm so sorry, we've got reservations for next week, and even weirdos in bat suits can't cut the line."

"[I need information on 'Killer Croc'.]" Batman said in a low, hoarse voice.

"Killer what?" Penguin pushed his monocle: "I know a lot of killers, but I've never heard of the name."

"[You support Maroni and Falcone fighting for control of the Gotham gang, and Falcone explicitly warns his men not to enter the sewers to avoid encountering 'sewers crocodiles',]" Batman said: "[So you must know where he is.]"

"Well, I did hear that Maroney hired a strange-looking thug from out of town to fight Falcone. Was he called 'The Killer Crocodile'?" The Penguin shook his head: "If I remember correctly , he should be-"

Halfway through the words, Penguin suddenly raised the umbrella in his hand to Batman: "Here!"

boom! Boom!

With one hand, Batman slapped away the umbrella that didn't have time to spray anything from it, and with the other hand grabbed the penguin's collar and lifted him up and pressed him against the wall.

"[Where?]" He continued to ask what he had said before.

"Damn! I surrender! Let me down and I'll tell you!" the Penguin screamed.

Batman let go, letting Penguin fall to the ground.

"Haha! You've been fooled! My weapon is more than an umbrella!" The Penguin shouted and quickly touched the other equipment on his body.

Bang! Bang! Click! Whoa!

Batman, as if he had rehearsed in advance, knocked Penguin's hat, bow tie, boots, and monocle flying in sequence as he reached out his hand, some of which were dead, while others were meaninglessly activated after they flew out.

"Why do you know my special equipment and their purpose?" The Penguin, who was completely disarmed, now looked like a bankrupt gentleman, and asked unwillingly.

"…"

Batman was silent for two seconds, and then replied in a deep voice:

"[Because I'm Batman.]"

——

After getting information that the "killer crocodile" was haunting the sewer near the mouth of the Gotham River, Batman hurried away before Penguin's men arrived.

Batman may not care about the current heir to the Copperpot family, but Bruce Wayne has to consider the consequences of thoroughly angering him.

He wants to stop the "chaos" in Gotham, not to create "chaos."

However, many of the predetermined plans have not been implemented in time, and the Penguin has been dealt with by a more convenient solution.

Although the Penguin is fat and ugly, he is very confident in his own wisdom and technology. If he were to take out even one of those little props today, it would be much more difficult to obtain information from him.

To honestly answer his question about gear...

—Because I already knew what features you would attach to what parts, and what the specific startup sequence would be.

-what? Where did you know that?

- in a dream.

It sounds like a deliberate provocation, but it's the truth.

Ever since dreaming of his parents being rescued by three mad...three maverick women in Crime Alley, Bruce's occasional dream has turned into a coherent episode.

They open a "restaurant on the sea" with strange rules, and join forces with the Wayne family, the Cobot family and Falcone to destroy the "Owl Court" that secretly controls Gotham.

Then he picked up the mermaid princess who fell from the sky - this is the most dream-like development - and was ready to fight Atlantis.

Bruce really wants to know what the parents in the dream are thinking, is Gotham already so powerful? Who are you going to fight? Alien?

Of course, what he wants to know more is the specific data of the armor that his parents developed together with the cryogenic scientist named Victor and the mermaid princess named Atlana.

The time when Bruce enters the dream is not fixed, but he will definitely appear beside him when he was a child, and he will be restrained within a certain distance not too far from the little Bruce.

This led him to see some armor parameters and designs from various devices intermittently when he had the opportunity, but because he could not interfere with the dream to let the computer display the complete document, the reproduction of it in reality was always maintained at a low level of completion. degree.

During this period, the boyhood Penguin, Oswald Cobble Jr.'s conflict with Jr. Bruce Wayne Jr. was an important reason for interfering with his learning skills.

It was in this kind of fighting between children that Bruce wrote down all Oswald's tricks, and then found that the tricks of "Penguin" in "Reality" were exactly the same as those in "Dream", while "Iceberg" The restaurant" and the location are also exactly the same as the "sea restaurant".

Bruce didn't rejoice or take everything in the "dream" seriously, after all, if the dream was deliberately directed by his enemies, the day of full belief was when he fell into the trap.

However, this possibility can be said to be remote, because this strange dream seems to be deliberately showing its difference from "reality".

It goes without saying that there is a huge difference in the survival of the parents, and Falcone does not control the entire Gotham gang like reality. The gang leader named Maroney under the Penguin is fighting against him in every way.

There is no cryogenic scientist named Victor Frith, and there is no lighthouse keeper named Thomas Curry in the Port of Mercy. As for Atlantis and the mysterious mermaid, they have not even heard of the rumors. Pass.

If the technology taken from the "dream" could not be realized in the "reality", Bruce might have to use his psychological knowledge to give himself a diagnosis of mental trauma and delusional disorder.

Those things can be put aside for now.

Batman stopped at a high-rise building near the mouth of the Gotham River, squinting slightly at the green monster that had just entered the sewer.

I got you, snarky mouse.

—DC—

Gotham, Sea Restaurant Conference Room.

"Caught you, the mouse with its head and tail showing its tail."

Thomas Wayne put a pushpin on the map of Gotham City, right at the mouth of the Gotham River.

Around the pin, there are several arrows pointing to this location, and the ends of these arrows are short reports and pictures, all of which either photographed or mentioned "The Mysterious Man in the Cloak" and "Sharp Claw".

"Although it's reasonable, it's a little unbelievable." Tucker Cobblet adjusted his bow tie: "If I secretly controlled a city, I would never put my base in the sewers, maybe' Mr. Romans' would agree with that."

"Indeed," Falcone nodded, then added: "But only if the 'controller' is me."

"Oh? What do you mean?"

"'The Court of Owls' is an organization, and it is impossible for any organization to be monolithic. Rather, it is more likely that there will be conflicts among its members," Falcone put his fingers on the table: "In the A relatively secretive, hard-to-stalk or identify one another, easy to get to and escape from is a reasonable place to meet.”

"You said it yourself, 'Easy to reach and escape,'" Thomas Wayne turned to look at him. "If we catch people with great fanfare, they will find out in advance, and if only a few elites are sent, they may escape."

"Perhaps, we can send someone who, in their opinion, doesn't have to flee at all, but who has the ability to wipe them out?" Falcone looked at Thomas Curry.

"Judging from the combat power shown by those 'Sharp Claws', it should not be an opponent of the 'Sea King' armor." Thomas Curry nodded.

"Well. Is their secret meeting place near the estuary?" Atlana interjected: "Although I don't have the Sea Emperor's Trident, I can still control the water to a certain extent. If the sea water is poured back, not only can it be blocked. Their escape routes also allow Thomas's armor to move more freely for underwater combat."

"Exactly," Victor Frith grinned. "A fight with enough intensity in that armor can help me update the data."

Everyone present looked at each other and seemed to confirm whether there was any problem with each other. Finally, they turned their attention to Jin Jing who was wandering in the sky.

"Miss Bai, what's your opinion?" Thomas Wayne asked.

"I don't have any opinion," Jin Jing shifted her attention from the small business simulation game, and recalled what they had just said: "The only requirement is that my two companions and I will participate in this operation."

"Oh? Why?" Thomas Wayne pressed, while Tucker Cobblet and Falcone became thoughtful.

Why?

Do you want to say that the side quests have not progressed at all so far?

The job and the house were resolved, and I also met a "Sea King", but I couldn't find something to "beat" him.

In addition, other people in this small group are not superheroes, and naturally they are not superhero teams. Apart from the "stop crime" that is solved easily and the "acquired superpowers" that don't know how to do it, there is only "participation". The big event" can try to complete it.

"Why? Are you serious about asking? Mr. Wayne?" Jin Jing decided to let these brains blame herself after thinking briefly, "You think the Brando family specially sent the second-in-line heir just to help Gotham wiped out the mastermind behind the scenes?"

"Hmm..." "Second pick..." "That's it."

Wayne and Cobot really fell into thinking, the Sea Kings were a little dazed, and Falcone showed a knowing smile.

"Don't give a shit, 'Romans,'" Cobot frowned and stared at Falcone. "Is this a slang term only understood within the gang?"

"No, it's not that complicated," Falcone shook his finger. "Suppose, Cobot, you have two sons, and you have only one inseparable estate, and you're going to leave it to one of them. When the time comes, how do you compensate the other?"

"Money? Network? No..." Cobble raised his eyebrows: "I will create enough opportunities for a child who cannot get an inheritance to develop on his own before finally unloading the burden, which means..."

The allies who thought for a while and came up with their own answers turned their attention to Jin Jing again.

Although the two roommates are playing with the children outside, Jin Jing has compiled it based on his own experience in the world of One Piece, ahem, he has already deduced the purpose of the "Brando family".

"We call it 'Super Divine Water'," Jin Jing said. "It is exactly what Atlana perceives. It smells of alcohol and makes people crazy."

Looking at the attendees who looked like "as expected", she continued to make up.

"Although there are rumors of 'magical springs' and 'magic lakes' all over the world, most of them are fake. Occasionally some are real and will be controlled by huge forces," Jin Jing entered the state, It became more and more real: "There is also a 'supernatural water' about Gotham, but we made speculations based on the climate and environment. I originally planned to conduct a long-term investigation, but it was a pleasant surprise to meet the familiar water conditions of Atlanna."

"I see." "No wonder it's the restaurant."

"Judging from the actions of those 'Sharp Claws', are they strong in strength and agility, but their IQ is very low?" Jin Jing simply stood up and walked to the intelligence board to point: "If nothing else, they are It is an individual who has initially succeeded in the owl court application experiment. It is specially used to hunt and kill people who know or are close to the 'super divine water'. This also proves in reverse that they have not fully understood its use method until now. The water cycle continues to create and study individuals with unexpected abilities, so, gentlemen and ladies, where do you think these 'supernatural waters' are hidden?"

"Under the sewer system!" Cobot excitedly slammed the table off the table, and hesitated: "Could it be that the Brando family has mastered the method of applying these, er, 'supernatural water'? Obviously, the Owl Court has not done it."

"They're just timid," Jin Jing pointed to herself, and gestured to the two roommates outside the door: "Soaking, drinking, and injecting, there is always a way that will work."

"…"