Become a Phantom Thief from the Comic World

"Look, I just said he might have fallen asleep..."

Robin spoke immediately, but before he could finish his words, Batman next to him suddenly took out the Batarang and looked into the depths of the laboratory and shouted sharply.

"Stop! Who are you?"

I saw a dark figure opening the window at the end of the laboratory and seemed to be preparing to jump out.

Whoosh!

A batarang hit the frame of the window, immediately startling the shadow.

The dark shadow turned back, allowing Batman and Robin to see the man's true appearance.

He's a... Batman?

Robin's brain seemed to have shut down for an instant. The black figure in front of him was actually wearing a bat suit. He even had the same height, but he didn't have as thick muscles as the original Batman.

"Who am I, you ask?"

The person in front of them was speaking slowly to the two of them. His voice was low and hoarse, harsh and had some strange magnetism attached to it.

Behind him, the dark cloak fluttered in the night wind, and an indescribable aura of loneliness arose spontaneously.

"I am revenge, I am the night, I am-"

His voice became louder and louder.

"shut up!"

However, just as he said the last words, Batman suddenly burst into anger, clenched his fists and rushed over.

When the copycat Batman saw this, without saying a word, he immediately grabbed the window and fled with lightning speed.

When he jumped out of the window, Batman rushed over, put his hands on the window and looked out.

Then I saw a black hang glider flying into the distance.

"Why...are you so angry? This isn't the first time a Batman impersonator has appeared in Gotham."

Robin came over and asked in surprise.

"I'm not angry."

Batman said expressionlessly. He turned away from the window and walked towards the unconscious Man-Bat. The top priority now was to find a way to restore Man-Bat to normal.

"Not angry?"

Robin glanced at the window frame that Batman had pulled out just now, and two handprints were clearly visible...

(Since you don’t want to watch the branch plot, I will quickly skip it and return to the main plot of the Phantom Thieves. Because I am speeding up the plot, there must be some awkwardness in the logic, and there is nothing I can do about it)

Chapter 129 Newcomer admitted to Arkham

A few hours later, the Batcave.

The man-bat Kurt Langstone woke up leisurely and found himself lying in a strange cave. Dark rocks replaced the ceiling of the laboratory and came into view.

He just wanted to stand up, but couldn't even move, as if something was restraining his hands and feet.

At this time, Kurt was lying flat on a bed that looked similar to an operating bed. His hands and feet were firmly fixed by metal shackles. No matter how hard Kurt used his strength, he could not shake them at all.

The bed was positioned so strategically that no matter how much Kurt turned his head, he could see nothing but a pile of rocks.

And out of Kurt's sight, not far away from him, Batman was sitting in front of the Batcomputer and quickly operating the keyboard.

One of the monitors of the Batcomputer displayed a screen full of text and diagrams, with terms such as DNA information.

There are also test reports of human bat serum and test results of Kurt Langstone's blood samples on several other monitors.

"The human-bat serum changed the base sequence of Kurt Langstone. If the disrupted sequence is rearranged back to the original human DNA sequence... it may be possible to restore him to human appearance."

Batman devises a plan in his mind to reverse the effects of the Man-Bat Serum.

Kurt Langstone committed a crime, and no matter whether he was sane or not at the time, he must accept legal trial. However, at the moment he accepted the sentence, Batman wished that he was a human being.

Batman won't send Kurt to the GCPD or Blackgate until he's back to normal.

Next to him, Robin watched boredly as Batman entered incomprehensible characters on the Batcomputer, occasionally glancing at the tied-up Man-Bat.

"Where are you? Batman? Robin? I know you're right here!"

Kurt, who had just woken up, was still a little groggy and shouted weakly.

No one ignored him.

"The Man-Bat Serum is my life's work, and I can't give it to anyone, even if that person is you, Batman!"

Kurt continued to shout at the top of his lungs.

Still no response.

"There's no point in pretending not to hear. I know you are here! I...I just want to ask, where is Francine? Can I see her?"

Kurt's tone softened and he begged to see his wife.

It seemed that sedating him was the right choice. Now his mind was much clearer than before.

Robin nodded secretly.

After shouting for a long time, there was still no answer.

Kurt's eyes dimmed and he fell silent.

Aren't Batman and Robin here?

"You can see Francine, but that's during prison visits."

At this moment, a low and hoarse voice suddenly sounded from behind Kurt.

Then a tingling sensation came from Kurt's neck.

I saw Batman holding a syringe in his hand, injecting the reagent inside into Kurt's body.

"Ouch! What? Uh-huh - ugh!"

Before Kurt could react, a nauseating feeling swept over him like a tide, causing him to retching.

It was also accompanied by severe pain, rising from all over the body.

The huge body of the man-bat, which was more than two meters high, shrank little by little at a speed visible to the naked eye. All the fur on its body fell away, and its wings gradually degenerated until they disappeared.

The whole process lasted about ten minutes. The man-bat with the terrifying face disappeared and was replaced by a thin middle-aged man.

And this is what Kurt Langstone really looks like.

Although Kurt regained his human body, he had already fainted due to the severe pain just now, and he didn't know when he would wake up again.

"Robin! Prepare the Batmobile, it's time to send Kurt to the GCPD."

Batman shouted without looking back, and then untied the shackles that bound Kurt's hands and feet.

In fact, it's not a big deal if he doesn't untie it. After all, Kurt's body has shrunk by more than half, and he can easily stretch his hands and feet out of the original shackles.

Some time later, the Batmobile stopped in front of the gate of the GCPD headquarters. It was already half past three in the morning.

After receiving the news, Jim Gordon was immediately as excited as if he had been given a shot of blood, and hurried over to hand over the situation with Batman.

Because of Barbara's relationship, Gordon has been tracking the 'Bat Monster' attack since a few days ago.

But what was both unexpected and reasonable was that as he continued to investigate, he discovered that what he was really investigating was not the 'Bat Monster' incident at all, but the corruption issue in Gotham's Upper West Side Police Department!

There is no way. Gotham is such a big city, with dozens of bureaus up and down, and the headquarters where Gordon is located. Under his influence for many years, the atmosphere is not bad, and the corruption in the early years has improved a lot. As for the remaining Eighty to ninety percent of Gotham police...

well! Just don’t mention it!

That is to say, you can only see it in Gotham. The chief of the police department of a developed city personally leads the team to investigate the case on the front line. In a normal city, if you can see a police inspector on the front line, it is a shocking case.

In short, Gordon really wanted to focus all his energy on the 'Bat Monster', but his inner sense of responsibility forced him to pay attention to the problem of the Upper West Branch.

He actually knows that even if he reorganizes things here, it will only last for a short time at most. He may not be able to change this situation after all these years.

However, being unable to change and not being able to change are two different things. At least Gordon made every effort he could.

As a police officer in Gotham, you face too many temptations every day. Even if you are a low-level patrol officer on the street, a nearby restaurant owner will regularly give him money to ask him to take more care of his restaurant, let alone a high-ranking police officer. .

Bribery from gangsters, wooing from capital, rewards from the top, almost all the time there are a lot of people giving him money overtly or covertly. Who can guarantee that he can definitely maintain his original intention?

The entire GCPD, only Gordon, Bullock and the core members of the Major Crime Unit have this qualification. If only these few people can manage themselves well, how can they change the entire Gotham police force?

It was naturally difficult for Gordon, who had changed his focus, to launch an in-depth investigation into the Man-Bat. He originally thought it would take several months before there would be any new progress, but he did not expect that good news suddenly came.

Batman is back!

And he also captured the man-bat!

Gordon has long been accustomed to Batman's elusiveness. Gordon doesn't want to know exactly when he will come back. At this moment, he just wants to say hello to the villain who injured his daughter!

When he saw that the so-called bat monster was actually just a thin and obviously malnourished scientist, Gordon didn't believe it.

Then Batman told him the whole thing. Kurt's attitude was quite good, he confessed to all his crimes, and finally stated that he was mentally unsound in his human-bat state and that he had no idea about his attacks on humans. Remember.

Afterwards, Gordon took Kurt to Blackgate Prison and temporarily imprisoned him, waiting for the court hearing.

As the rumors of the Bat monster became more and more popular in Gotham, the citizens must be given an explanation as soon as possible, so Kurt's trial began the next day.

Without interference from certain forces, the entire trial process was extremely smooth.

The final verdict was no surprise, leaving Kurt Langstone in Arkham Asylum for life-long treatment.

Chapter 130 Don’t worry, I’m tight-lipped

"Lifelong treatment at Arkham?"

In Gotham High School, a certain male classmate was surprised after learning the results of the trial of the 'Bat Monster'.

"Wow, that must be the most horrific punishment in the world. I have seen the documentary about Arkham Asylum. It is simply hell on earth!"

"Who says it's not? I didn't expect that the 'bat monster' in the urban legend actually exists. I was wondering whether this was true or false a few days ago. But when I saw the news the next day, this bat monster turned out to be real. Already caught.”

Another classmate took over the conversation and said.

"Having said that, don't you think Dr. Langstone is a bit pitiful? He just wanted to cure his own deafness and didn't want to hurt anyone at all, but the failure of the experiment turned him into a monster."

"Who asked him to inject himself without doing experiments in advance? It is difficult to ensure the success rate of biological experiments. This should be considered in advance."

The previous classmate put forward the opposite opinion.

"What you said is correct, but the problem is that this serum is for human use. Even if the experiment is successful on mice or bats, it does not mean that it will be fine when used on humans. And I believe that Dr. Langstone must be You can’t ask someone to conduct human experiments on others if they have verified the effect with mice in advance, right?”

The classmates who thought Kurt was pitiful argued with reason.

"To be honest, Dr. Langstone could just find a homeless man on the street to conduct human experiments. Which biochemical company in Gotham has not done this? Dr. Langstone did not do that. I think this is enough to prove that he His heart is not bad anymore.”

Conversations like this can be heard in every classroom in the school, and citizens outside the school are also talking about similar content.

In Gotham, the media will conduct detailed reports on every super criminal who appears, especially the top characters who are eventually caught by Batman and sent to prison or Arkham, and all their life habits will be picked out by them.

Such as "You know? The Riddler likes to give people riddles because he couldn't guess them when he was a child." "Shocking! The Penguin carries an umbrella with him because he suffers from misogyny."

As for how much of it is true and how much of it is false, it is up to the audience to judge for themselves.

Of course, it is impossible for the Gotham media to let go of the new super villain Man-Bat.

They soon discovered that the man-bat brother seemed different from the previous lunatics. This man's attitude was a bit too kind, and he basically said whatever he asked!

With almost no effort or effort, the media learned all about Kurt's experience of losing his hearing, his desperate research, and the complete story of his eventual side effects that turned him into a monster.

Whatever the media knows, the citizens also know.

The news in the past few days has been talking about Kurt Langstone's deeds. Some citizens even think that Kurt's experience is worthy of sympathy. They all feel that the crimes committed by Man-Bat are not equal to the crimes committed by Kurt. To the extreme Everyone began to ask the court to acquit Kurt.

Of course, there are those who think Kurt is pitiful, and there are also those who think Kurt deserves his punishment.

The view they advocate is that Man-Bat is Kurt, and Kurt is Man-Bat. Regardless of whether Kurt in Man-Bat form has complete consciousness or not, it is still him. Kurt should bear the responsibility for the crimes committed by Man-Bat, otherwise he will Sorry to those victims of man-bat attacks.

The two groups of people were arguing so heatedly.

But these views have little impact on Dean.

Long before the media started reporting on the Man-Bat, he had already learned the full story of the entire incident. Therefore, Dean could tell at a glance which information was reported truthfully and which information was ambiguous and deliberately created to create controversy.

"Hey! Dick, why are you so groggy lately? I remember that you usually like to discuss Gotham's super criminals. Why are you no longer interested now?"

Dean asked as he turned around and looked at Dick behind him with a smile.