The Death Knell

After arguing with Strangler for a while, Su Ming finally changed the lower half of his face to look like Batman, and then he jumped directly from the building, his cape carrying him soaring in the air.

From time to time, police sirens, gunshots or screams could be heard from the streets below, but Su Ming turned a deaf ear to them.

He turned into Batman to have fun, but he didn't really want to be a superhero.

Now that the bat light is on, it means that Commissioner Gordon has something to do with Batman. If he doesn't peel it off, he will be sorry for Strangler's elaborate decoration.

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Commissioner Gordon wandered back and forth on the roof of the police station. The cigarette butts at his feet were already scattered all over the floor. The night wind blew up his windbreaker and tie. He could only take out a new cigarette from the cigarette case and use his hands again. Hold the lighter and light it.

Next to the bat light on the roof of the police station, there is always a little red dot flashing, that is Gordon waiting.

Batman didn't know what was going on. He came very slowly today, but it was not unprecedented in the past. When he was young, Gordon used to wait for Batman at the same location on a cold winter night for several hours.

He doesn't know that Batman is currently busy with the Justice League, and Bat's mystical style won't let others know where he is.

This just gave Su Ming an opportunity to take advantage of.

If, in order to prevent Su Ming from impersonating, Batman had to explain to others every time he went, would he still be Batman?

"Uh-huh."

A slight scratching sound of the cloak sounded behind Gordon. An ordinary person might not notice it, but Chief Gordon, who has worked with Batman for more than ten years, understood that this was Batman's greeting to him.

A dark figure landed on the edge of the rooftop.

"Batman, have you...grew taller?"

Gordon turned around with a happy face and wanted to tell Batman about the current cases in the city, but suddenly found that Batman was much bigger today.

"I got new gear."

Batman is also a person who uses a voice changer, so Su Ming's demonic whisper-like voice is not misleading. It may be slightly different, but new equipment always needs to be adjusted.

Gordon didn't hesitate. Batman's equipment always had weird uses. He had even flown the Batplane to the police station in the past, so it wasn't a problem.

"There were five murders in Gotham today, and I've been running back and forth between the scenes all day." Gordon smoked a cigarette and spoke at a very fast speed.

"I guess you're the only director present at the scene."

"Gotham needs me so... In short, this series of cases were all committed by the same person, and he left clues at the scene."

"Joker?" Su Ming immediately thought of Batman's old friend.

"Oh, no, I'm talking about the Riddler. These victims were all killed because they failed to guess the riddle."

Gordon seemed to have been stung by a scorpion, and even the fingers holding the cigarette couldn't help but tremble. The city was in chaos now, and the clown had better not show up at this time.

"...The Riddler should get out of Gotham." Su Ming's face became serious, and the symbiote cooperated by pulling the corners of his mouth downwards to match Batman's serious image.

"Ah, these bastards should get out of Gotham, but we all know that they won't leave." Gordon said tiredly while smoking a cigarette. With Batman here, who would be willing to part with those masked madmen? Going?

Su Ming came here to dress up as Batman just for fun. He had no intention of answering the Riddler's hundreds of questions and rescuing innocent people in the middle of the night.

"But isn't it bad to reject Gordon now? His eyes seemed to be shining when he stared at me..." Su Ming couldn't help but feel a little entangled in his heart.

Forget it, just find the Riddler casually, beat him up and give him some exercise, just like avenging the torture he suffered while playing the game.

"Nigma hasn't committed a crime like this for a long time." Su Ming imitated Batman's way of speaking, which was to turn questions into statements, and Gordon would continue speaking.

"Yes, his modus operandi seems to have gone back several years. Over the years, he has prepared all the traps and then opened them all at once. But currently, this is a linear layout."

Commissioner Gordon took out a stack of photos from his windbreaker and handed them to Batman.

They are all photos of crime scenes, not only the victims who were tortured to death, but also the riddles left by the Riddler.

Su Ming felt no fluctuation in his heart.

A madman will always be a madman. If there is no Batman in Gotham, it is estimated that guys like the Joker and the Riddler will go to Star City to play games with Green Arrow.

If there were no superheroes in the world, they would form organizations like criminal syndicates and expand to do bad things in other parallel worlds.

This cycle goes on and on, destroying each world. Until they find a superhero in a certain world and someone who can 'play' with them.

Su Ming glanced at the photos, and there was no need to look at the corpse. The method of killing was somewhat similar to that of the "Jigsaw" guy from across the street. This was basically the case with institutional killings, and the Riddler was even more arrogant. He didn't need to hide fingerprints or anything like that, as long as he Everyone who saw the scene knew it was him who did it.

At this time, he should have left clues and set up a trap somewhere in Gotham, waiting for Batman to participate in the guessing showdown.

And his methods are easy to guess. They have always been like this in the past, kidnapping Batman's relatives and friends and forcing Batman to guess riddles.

There are so many people who have been kidnapped, including Catwoman, Robin, Butler, etc., even Commissioner Gordon has been kidnapped.

So who will win the lottery prize this time?

Gordon is here, Barbara and the Birds of Prey are in the clock tower, Catwoman should have left Gotham and wandered around, and the Robins are now hanging out with the Titans.

As for the current Batgirl... Even if the Riddler wants to kidnap Cassandra, he has to be able to do it. Is the martial arts master joking?

Could it be Alfred the butler? No, because it’s too easy to guess, and the Riddler wouldn’t come up with such a riddle.

So currently in Gotham...closely related to Batman or Bruce...

There really is such a person.

Close, powerless, and Batman will definitely save him, Dr. Lucius Fox, the father of Batwing.

Batwing joined the Justice League International, which was considered a cover thrown by Batman to fool the United Nations, saying that it was to hand over the second-line team of the Justice League to the command and use of the United Nations.

But in fact, you don’t need to think about whose command the ‘Justice League International’ listens to.

Batwing should be in Washington now. When big events come, Gordon is the only one maintaining law and order in Gotham.

As for Dr. Fox, he is a lonely old man left behind, the most suitable target.

He is the chief scientist and CEO of Wayne Group. Not only does he know Bruce's identity, but many of Batman's equipment are made by him.

Both emotionally and logically, Lucius is the person Batman must save, and Su Ming is now 80% sure that the Riddler's ultimate prize is him.

As long as he rushes over now, he may be able to intercept the bastard before the Riddler takes action, giving him a taste of something different from Batman's fists.

Maybe from the perspective of a detective, it is necessary to solve the mystery, but Deathstroke always considers problems from the perspective of a killer. If Su Ming wants to kidnap someone at this time to play games with Batman, Dr. Fox is also the best choice.