The Death Knell

Su Ming was spinning and jumping between tall buildings alone. Because of the magic floating cloak, he could even close his eyes.

A bat-shaped black shadow flashed across the street, but after experiencing the world-destroying flood, the streets were obviously very quiet today, not to mention the gangsters who used to like to use waste oil barrels to warm fires in the streets and alleys, and even organized gangs It's also obviously out of business.

While flying under the moonlight, Su Ming thought about the next strategy.

Diana's mood just now was obviously not right, he noticed it, but for now he could only observe to see what might be noticed if he showed extra exploration.

So the two separated outside the Bingshan Restaurant, and Diana went to prepare to recruit people.

She guessed what Su Ming was up to. When Batman, the first financier of the main alliance, was not able to work, Green Arrow, the second financier, was fully capable of paying Deathstroke's high commission.

Whose U.S. dollars are not U.S. dollars? Wayne Group is rich, and Quinn Industries is not bad either.

So she went to convince Green Arrow to pay. The mercenaries would not break her own rules. She also understood that, so she couldn't say anything about helping him for free.

Su Ming asked her to play with Green Arrow as bait, and Oliver would not refuse. For a few million dollars, you can join a team that fights multiverse threats. Is that a lot of money?

Oliver cares less about money than Clark. After all, Batman still needs to make armor, and a set of armor costs more than a billion dollars. The Bat Plane, Batmobile, and Bat toys are all expensive.

And what about Oliver? How can you shoot an arrow while wearing heavy exoskeleton armor? How to climb high and do somersaults? His martial arts are light and agile. Wearing heavy armor would be equivalent to invalidating his martial arts.

Oliver has no requirements for transportation. He can just buy a motorcycle and ride it. He also has little reliance on various props.

The only place where he spends money is on various special arrows, but this can cost a few bucks. Compared to Bruce, he really has too much money and nowhere to spend it.

Now his opportunity has come. It doesn't matter if Zheng Lian doesn't bring Green Arrow, but Deathstroke can.

Although Green Arrow's attack power is limited, the bow and arrow are quite effective in clearing out the miscellaneous soldiers, and Green Arrow can kill, and his past experience is dark enough, so he is a character that can be led around.

People like Cyborg are those who can't be moved. This is not Deathstroke's discrimination against the former Teen Titans members. They just can't be moved anyway.

Cyborg is half human and half metal, and his body is asymmetrical at first glance. There are either wires or pipes under the shell, and there are a lot of inexplicable mechanical parts.

It's dry, numb, and not mellow at all.

Of course, this is a joke. The main reason why Su Ming is unwilling to wear Cyborg is because of the Mother Box in his body.

The principle and function of that damn thing are unclear. Darkseid often follows the clues to get to Cyborg. The villain's powerful hacker, such as the 'Grid', can invade Cyborg's mechanical parts and control him. This is simply a time bomb.

In the middle of a fight, omega rays are suddenly shot around you. Who can withstand this?

Therefore, if the team needs computer and network personnel, Su Mingning can choose Steel Armor or Barbara, which has lower combat effectiveness, and it is impossible to choose Cyborg.

But most of the time, the requirements for information warfare are not so high, and Barry is enough to solve the problem. No matter what programming language, you can learn it on the spot. Are you afraid?

When Diana wins over Green Arrow and Su Ming calls Barry, even if Batman discovers that the team is out of his control, he can only pretend that nothing happened.

Ron's team is not on Earth now, and Cyborg's team is not on Earth either. Batman's plan must be different from Su Ming's, but with Clark holding him back, the execution speed of the plan will inevitably be affected.

So it doesn't matter even if the Joker has met Batman before. If Su Ming keeps flying around Gotham as Batman for a few times, the Joker will definitely not be able to bear it.

And not only did he have to fly in Gotham, he also had to go back to New York in a big way and live in Harley's apartment.

Just waiting for the clown to come to your door...

Now Su Ming is executing this plan to lure the clown out, but imitating Batman is not only about appearance, but also about not revealing his tricks in the process of fighting crime.

It just so happened that the bat light seemed to have been repaired and was now on. I just happened to go over and see what Gordon was doing up late at night.

The police station was very close, and on the wet roof, a small red dot flashed next to the light beam of the bat light.

Su Ming went around a visual blind corner and landed on the rooftop with a bang. The sound of the landing was also particular. It couldn't be too loud, because that wouldn't be Batman; it couldn't be too small, either. Ge was smoking and thinking. Den couldn't notice it.

To be honest, Gordon now looks older than the Gordon we saw in the false dimension world. Not only is his hair whiter and his back hunched, but his back also looks like he is carrying a lot of pain in his heart.

Hearing the movement behind him, Gordon turned around and his thick beard moved, but it was not a smile.

"Batman, you're here."

"...."

Yes, at this time, you have to be silent and stare at Gordon coldly, waiting for him to tell the case.

What come? The real Batman is still playing hide and seek with Superman in the Hall of Justice.

As expected, the director was deceived again. After the greasy appearance was removed in the evolution of Strangler, Su Ming's disguise ability has improved to a higher level, and his performance is exactly the same as the previous Batman. Gordon has become accustomed to this style.

"At midnight, a strange murder occurred in the city. Do you have any clues?"

"I sent Robin to investigate."

Su Ming replied in a calm and cold tone. The long cloak that was dragged to the ground made him just a black shadow in front of Gordon.

Gordon nodded and took a long drag on his cigarette: "Do you want to see the police scene report?"

As he spoke, he took out a folder. He had been holding it tightly while waiting, but now he handed it to Batman without hesitation.

Unfortunately, this Batman is fake.

However, acting requires a complete performance, so Su Ming naturally would not refuse Gordon's kindness. He silently took the document and glanced at it under the light of the searchlight.

This was not the scene Damian saw, and the condition of the body was completely different from the one they saw.

The situation was more serious than he thought. The so-called crime scene looked more like a cult ritual site. On a makeshift altar made of pianos and chairs, there was a corpse with all its internal organs eaten away.

It was a young woman who looked very young, with smooth skin consistent with her age and the beauty brought by youth.

She was wearing a yellow dress, but it had turned into a door from the bottom of her neck to the top of her pelvis, as if someone had forcefully opened her ribs.

The corpse was lying on the piano lid with no eyes open. There were some strange black patterns painted on the skin of her limbs and face, which looked like ancient Celtic war marks.

Judging from the photos, the room is not small, and it can be seen from the fact that there is a piano that the family environment is also good.

The time of death is estimated to be 6 hours ago, so the time of her death must be after the flood receded and before Barbara overturned the world.

He was attacked at home. The single-family house had exaggerated scratches on the walls, but the doors and windows were not seriously damaged.

Su Ming closed the folder and handed it back to Gordon. It was now certain that the one named 'other' by Dami should be the monster that Su Ming remembered from his previous life that could be summoned through blood sacrifice.

In other words, there must be a secret sect behind the scenes that is performing these rituals, and the people in this sect must have a certain amount of financial resources to maintain the team's activities.

There is no longer the Court of Owls in Gotham now, or the owls have turned to lurk deeper, but Gotham is Gotham after all, and the city made of amber gold is still as dark as ever.

Without the owl, other birds will appear. Gangsters were popular in the past, but recently when the earth is facing continuous crises, many doomsday cults have begun to appear again.

Spreading faith is something that is neither difficult nor easy. Just like a telecom fraudster deceiving people, it is actually a process of trial and error.

Dial the phone: "Hello, congratulations on winning!"

Opposite: "Get out of here!"

This means that there is no chance, the other party has seen through you, and no matter how extravagant your talk is, you will not make the other party believe it.

Scammers don't care, they just call the next number and try again and again until they meet someone who falls for them.

If the other party shows interest in rewards or is interested in petty gains, then the probability of the other party being fooled is very high.

The same is true for spreading cults. If you meet someone who doesn’t believe it, no matter how you say the end is coming, you can only believe in XX and get eternal life, and they won’t believe it.

But people who are originally shaken in their hearts will soon regard the evil god as their psychological sustenance with suspicion, with the idea of ​​​​trying to see if it works, and then becoming more and more crazy during various rituals.

There is no point in talking about logic and reason with cultists. What they play is a metaphysical system. In ordinary people's terms, it is a group of lunatics.

It can be said to be strong or weak, but it will not actively appear near the city unless someone calls it. It can be regarded as a monster that lives deep underground all year round.

"The footprints outside the house." Su Ming asked Gordon again.

"It's very messy. It's a street close to the suburbs. The road surface is very aged. Gotham has been resettled after the flood, so..."

Gordon shrugged and turned his hands in a helpless motion. The light from the cigarette butt only flickered across the lenses of his glasses.

Su Ming knew that there was mud outside the scene, and the mud was full of footprints. Such things could only be used by Batman through high-tech analysis, and had no evidentiary value to the police.

However, he is also a fake, and these footprints are useless to him. He can only show his cold and domineering attitude: "I understand."

Gordon did not doubt that he was there, nodded with certainty, and asked kindly: "How can I help you?"

"Keep your people away." Su Ming pulled up a corner of his cloak and assumed Batman's classic face-covering pose.

Gordon's hand holding the cigarette paused for a moment, and then he slowly put the filter on his lips, and the red dot shone again.

"Is it difficult to deal with the murderer this time?"

"...."

As Batman, he naturally would not answer such an undoubted question. Even those minor villains in the past were not something ordinary policemen could solve, right?

As long as he is silent, Gordon will figure out everything in his head, and it is easiest to play Batman in front of him.