I, V, Gotham Legend

Batman reorganizes the clues he has collected.

Thirty years ago, a meteorite fell on Gotham, causing the sewers to be abandoned, which in turn affected the city's planning...

Batman suddenly realized something.

He pasted the names of Gotham citizens into the national database for search, and a large amount of personal information data was reflected in his eyes like Google entries.

He finally found a clue, a very unusual commonality.

Gotham is a metropolis of immigrants, but the families of the Gotham citizens included in these trophies have lived in Gotham for thirty years.

Even if the citizen is under 30 years old, his ancestors from 30 years ago can be found through their surnames.

The clue "meteorite" does not suggest a place, but a time.

Batman asked Alfred to retrieve a map and city plan of Gotham from thirty years ago, and then marked the places where the citizen families in the trophy lived thirty years ago on the map.

Not only the places where people actually lived at that time, but also the land deeds that were not implemented in the planning map but have already been traded.

It was a large number, but Batman bid quickly, and the more he bid, the heavier his mood became.

The places where these residents lived at that time are distributed in the form of dots on the map. They look very scattered, but after circling the dots and looking from a distance, they form a tilted and incomplete question mark on the map.

The empty dot at the bottom of the question mark is located in the area covered by white fog on the surface.

Since all the trophies have not been collected yet, the question mark looks like it has holes and pits like a worm, but even so, the range of the "points" can now be basically determined to this extent.

Batman drew a circle on the electronic map, basically determining the location to be searched, and then sent the map to Valerie.

"The Riddler is within range."

"Ah? What? What happened?" Valerie looked confused.

From her perspective, Batman just asked her a few questions, then remained silent for a while, and then sent her a map with question marks dotted on it.

This feeling is just like when I was a kid and I watched those top students doing homework. They just glanced at the questions and then wrote down the answers immediately.

Batman put his hands on the Batwing joystick, "V, what do you know about white metal?"

"Ah?" Valerie was even more confused. She didn't even understand how the target was circled, but Batman had already entered a state of preparation for battle.

"White metal... I have a piece here, why don't you check it yourself?" Valerie wasn't very clear either. She had seized a small piece of white metal last night and hadn't had time to study it yet.

Batman's speechless gaze passed through the glass window to the hovercraft next to him. The hovercraft seemed to have no windows, but he knew that he was looking at V.

"Ah... this is what the Court of Owls left behind... do you still want it?" Valerie didn't know why she had to explain.

"Give me the white metal after landing, I need to study it." After saying that, Batman finally canceled the hover mode and dived towards the city with the Batwing.

Valerie looked at the exhaust of the Batwing and the raindrops kicked up by the impact, feeling a little dissatisfied.

Doesn't this guy think he's cool for being ruthless and quiet?!

She decided to make a note of it in her heart, and when delivering the white metal later, she would raise the price sharply and extort a lot of money.

Valerie pulled the hovercraft and chased after Batwing.

"Bat, you mean the Riddler is in this area, right? You just drew a circle!" Valerie asked Batman on the commuter as she chased after him.

"The moon," was all Batman said.

When the area is shortened to this size, this initial and most widespread problem is solved.

There is indeed no observatory within that small circle, but there is a museum. When the museum was built, the United States was in full swing in its moon landing, and there are many collections of moon-related items left over from that time.

The two aircraft flew into the city shrouded in white dust and slowed down between the tall buildings.

Under the influence of large doses of white metal radiation, the usually sleepless Gotham City is now even more lively.

Most of the people on the streets were lying on the ground or groping for their lives with a look of despair on their faces. They might be people who did not have time to return home and were suddenly attacked by radiation, temporarily losing their five senses.

It’s okay for pedestrians, but countless vehicles on the road rear-end and even run over pedestrians, and fires and scrapped vehicles can be seen everywhere on the streets.

The Batwing that was leading the way suddenly sank. Valerie was stunned for a moment, and then she saw the Batwing hovering between buildings and catching the citizens who jumped from the roof.

After catching its target, the Batwing slowly descended to a safer alley, dumping the citizen inside.

This guy is really kind-hearted...

Valerie turned around and looked at Helena: "How do you feel? If you are not feeling well, I will send you outside."

At this time, Helena was holding the syringe, staring at the unconscious Anazi with expectation. When she heard Valerie's sudden question, she raised her head and said, "I feel good now. Maybe this car can block radiation?"

No. 62. Mysterious City

The white fog submerged half of Gotham's Docker Island, and the number of citizens exposed to radiation was difficult to count.

On the turbulent sea of ​​Gotham Bay, Jim Gordon stood on the deck of a ship, silently watching the mushroom cloud rising from the city.

They were already half a city away from the occupied area of ​​Docker Island, but the fact that they could still see this view was enough to show how bad the situation was.

Gordon was on board the ship escorting officials to Brick Island in the south for refuge. He was devastated when he learned that an unidentified object exploded in the old town, releasing a large amount of unidentified pollution.

Looking back, the high-ranking officials of the Gotham government were lying in a mess on the luxurious carpet in the cabin. They just wanted to escape to a safe place as soon as possible. It was obvious that they could no longer follow normal instructions.

In order to prevent the pollution from spreading further, Gordon bypassed the already paralyzed city government and directly ordered the raising of all drawbridges leaving the old city, blocking Docker Island and the contaminated area.

The invisible radiation is still spreading, and it obviously cannot be stopped by raising a few bridges, but it is better than nothing.

Gordon summoned the Gotham police through communications. Since the dangers of the pollution were not yet clear, he only summoned people who were flying helicopters and had more complete protective equipment, and had them lead people in uncontaminated areas to leave by sea.

In addition, he also sent several messages to the police team that was supposed to be patrolling in the contaminated area and asked them to respond, but has not received any results so far.

In addition to contacting the police force, these contacts were also with Batman, who knew that the vigilante had been listening in on the police channel.

The ship was tossed back and forth by the waves, and the politicians were all livid as they cursed Anazi, but their compassionate eyes concealed a secret joy at having survived the disaster.

Gordon felt that he couldn't just give up here. These politicians didn't seem to be dangerous, so he had to rush to the front line to take a look.

After handing over command of the ship to a policeman named Roger, Gordon asked his men for a helicopter.

...

"Zizizizi..." There was a sound of electricity coming from Batman's communicator, but there was no sound.

The violent explosion of the dirty bomb interfered with the signal, and currently only the connection with the base station in the Bat Cave is normal.

Not long ago, Batman personally cut off the main power supply hub in the old city, and the normal signal cannot be restored for a while. It is also very difficult to contact Gordon now.

In the power outage environment shrouded in white fog, with no communications and no adequate lighting, the citizens ran, wailing in despair, but their movements were strange.

The polluted rainwater irrigated the earth, and the traffic order was completely paralyzed. It seemed like the end of the world had already arrived here.

"Master, we have intercepted infrasonic audio again." Alfred's voice full of electric current interference came from the communication, and the completely damaged sound quality made Batman frown slightly.

Although the enhanced bat base stations can still communicate in the contaminated area, they are still subject to considerable obstacles.

"Another riddle? How long will it take to decipher?"

"There's not much encryption this time, it should be quick..." The sound of operation came from Alfred's side.

"No, this is not a riddle." Valerie's voice suddenly interrupted. Compared to Alfred, her communication quality was very clear. "That guy Nygma is giving a long speech of nonsense."

"Can you hear this kind of infrasound?" Batman got the point.

"Hmm!" Valerie's triumphant voice came, as if she was waiting for this sentence. Batman could even imagine her with her nose raised in the air in front of him.

"What is he talking about?" Batman asked directly.

"Well, it's too long. I'm too lazy to remember it. It's nothing more than some things like how you are in my hands now, but..." Valerie listened to the last sentence of Nygma's speech and imitated it: "Welcome to the mysterious city... Well, it's over."

"That's right, young master." Ah Fu gave an affirmative answer.

Batman leaned back in his chair as he pondered the purpose of Nygma's infrasonic speech.

Infrasound waves can travel great distances, especially with the massive radiation of white metal as a propagation medium.

Through the glass window, Batman saw that the people on the ground were in an even more panicked state. The difference from before was that they seemed to have encountered some ferocious beast.

Did they hear Nygma's speech?

Can infrasound be heard in a state of white metal poisoning?

Batman finally figured out the whole story.

Although the Riddler is a madman, he obviously will not aim to destroy Gotham. What he does is nothing more than to satisfy his desire to show off which he has nowhere to vent.

The ultimate goal of the Mysterious City is to lock all the people in white metal, have them listen to his nagging speeches and riddles, and become the god who rules over a city.

"V, how did you hear the infrasound clearly?"

"I don't know, because I have a cheat?" Valerie herself was confused.

"I see." Batman closed his eyes.

V herself doesn't even understand many of her abilities. Perhaps, just like the magic medicine, this is an ability that no one can explain.

It is very likely that Nygma will release many riddles through infrasound next, and it will be difficult for Batman to respond in time with only Alfu translating or Valerie relaying the words, and there may even be ambiguity.

Batman took a deep breath, hesitated for a long time, made up his mind, and pressed a few buttons on the console.

The hovercraft flying closely behind the Batwing slowly slowed down because Valerie saw an unbelievable scene.

Batman opened the glass window of the cockpit, exposing himself to the white metal.

The radiation from white metal is completely different from the toxin from Scarecrow's fear gas, and his body will not produce antibodies after being exposed once.

Breathing the air filled with white mist and dust, the familiar feeling of dizziness and nausea came over me.

"Are you crazy?!" Valerie accelerated and the hovercraft was parallel to the Batwing.

She still remembered Batman's dying and embarrassed look just now.

"It's nothing this time." Batman just shook his head.

Like Valerie said, white metal itself is not lethal. The reason Batman was on the verge of death before was because he was exposed to a large area of ​​radiation at close range.

He concentrated hard, and compared to the last time, this time he was able to determine the direction much more easily.

"You really are...you are asking for death this time. I won't save you again!" Although she said this, she still prepared the cooled pneumatic syringe.

"Master! What have you done! You shouldn't..." Alfred couldn't see Batman's actions, but he still guessed the situation from the information he heard.

"The most important thing now is to arrest Nygma." Batman put his hands back on the joystick, and he looked fine.

NO63. Museum

"Oh, the city of mystery is always open to you. Should I say that? It doesn't matter. You can't leave!" The Riddler's unique arrogant speech filled Batman's ears like the reverberation of a KTV.

He should still be giving speeches to the citizens of Gotham, his voice radiating to every corner of Gotham, like a god.

Batman's aircraft was traveling at a steady speed, and after repeated confirmation, he believed that the direction was correct.

The museum appeared within sight. This museum was an old building in Gotham that was built jointly by the Cobblepot family and the Wayne family. But after the decline of the Cobblepot family, it was donated to the government.

The Penguin's resurgence is based in the Iceberg Club at the back door of the museum, but now the Penguin has been imprisoned and the Iceberg Club is basically closed.

There is a huge statue above the entrance of the museum, which looks like an imitation of a Renaissance artwork, but now this artwork is covered with green question marks.

"I see you guys...Bat, and V!"

Just after the two aircraft hovered in front of the museum, the Riddler's divine whispers rang out like a blast of wheat.

"This guy is always startled." Valerie complained while picking her ear with her pinky finger.

To Batman, the words that the Riddler broadcast through infrasound sounded like the stereo sound effects of a KTV, but to Valerie, it simply felt like someone was talking to her through the glass.

"Are we getting off?" Helena asked Valerie.

Valerie thought for a moment and said, "It's too dangerous for you. You should stay in this car and be ready to support us at any time."

Helena nodded. Although she was wearing high-tech equipment provided by Valerie, she knew how helpless she was in this radiation-covered environment.

"Relax, you can help." Valerie patted Helena's shoulder and then took the steering wheel of the hovercraft.

At this moment, the Riddler's noisy voice sounded again: "Do you think you are here to visit? My good friends are waiting here! Question: Ding ding bang bang, no IQ, straightforward, who am I?"

This was obviously not a riddle like the previous ones. As the riddler finished speaking, the statue on top of the museum door suddenly raised its head and opened a stone-like mouth, from which a coiled gun barrel protruded.

The Vulcan machine gun turned, and bullets like a heavy rain shot out from it.

Batman pulled the joystick and the Batwing moved aside, while Valerie's hovercraft remained in place, with machine gun bullets clanging on the hull of the vehicle.

"Try this..." Valerie pressed a button on the hovercraft, the chassis of the hovercraft opened, and a small rocket dropped from it.