The Knights of the DC House

On the fifth day after the virus was released in Gotham, in the family cemetery of Thomas Elliot, celebrities from all walks of life in Gotham attended this event about one of the four major families in Gotham, the last of the Elliot family.

At the heir's funeral, sitting at the front was Bruce Wayne, the only heir (ostensibly) of one of the four major Gotham families.

The rainy weather has always been the main color of the city of Gotham. Whether you are happy or sad, the weather above Gotham has always been like this. Living in such an environment for a long time, coupled with the surrounding people's livelihood

The environment is enough to drive a person crazy or become even darker. Just like now, as the person in charge of his friend's funeral, Bruce just stood aside and watched these acquaintances with hypocritical faces in front of him.

A moment of silence at the grave of a friend.

At the same time, I felt an inexplicable sadness for my friend lying in the coffin.

Because this was a funeral that belonged to his friend. Except for his childhood friend, there were no other people who were unfamiliar to Bruce. It might be strange to say this, but he knew these friends who attended the funeral very well.

People are attending the funeral. They are just like the people who attended their parents' graves. While saying in front of the grave, "Oh my god, how could such a tragedy happen", they will take out their mobile phones as soon as they turn around and start to let their companies and management teams

Acquire your own family business.

What's more, he plans to get rid of his childhood self and make the Wayne family a legend in Gotham City. It's the same now, but the difference is that when he grows up, he can do some of the things he used to do.

What he couldn't do, at least, he could ensure that his friend's hospital would not become a money-making tool for these people.

It's just that he felt sad for his friend. He was similar to himself in many ways. He also lost his parents and grew up alone. The only difference was that he initially blamed himself for the death of his parents and fell into self-exile.

, confused predicament, but Thomas Elliot maintained a sunny heart and determined to become the world's number one doctor. He did it and became a kind doctor, just like his father, everyone

Free clinics are held every month for people in slums.

Such a kind man died an untimely death, but in the end, he was the only one who attended his funeral. None of the people he had saved were seen. No one really shed tears for him during the entire funeral.

【Is it true that Gotham cannot be saved?】

Looking at the inscription in front of the tombstone, Bruce couldn't help but think in his heart. Thomas Elliot, who had similar experiences to himself, was better than himself, and became a good man, died without being noticed. In such a city, after all,

What should he do to save her? Bruce began to doubt himself in his heart, and where did all his hard work over the years show up.

With such questions, the funeral of his friend ended, and at the same time, Bruce once again had the idea of ​​​​closing himself in. This time it was his friend who lost, but next time, his family, or something else more

Where are the important people?

"Mr. Wayne, this feeling is really strange. It is obviously Dr. Thomas Elliot who died, but I feel like I am burying you."

Beside him, the old butler Alfred looked at the sad Bruce and said there.

"Why do you say that, Alfred."

When Bruce heard what Alfred said, he was about to leave. He stopped, turned his head, and looked at the old man who raised him. For some reason, he always felt caught.

Something, but I don’t know what it is.

"I said, Mr. Thomas Elliot is very much like you. You suffered the same blow, lost your parents, and then grew up and did what you want. The only difference is that you still have me by your side.

, Dick and the others, and those kind people, and it seems that you are the only one around Mr. Thomas Elliot. Did I say something wrong, sir? "

Alfred didn't understand what Bruce meant when he asked him, he just expressed his own opinion, but he noticed the abnormal change in Bruce's face.

"No, inform the legal team of Wayne Group to complete the handover with Elliott Hospital as soon as possible. At least we must become the majority shareholder in the hospital foundation. I have to go to the hospital. You go back and take care of Jason and the others.

Tim.”

The words of the old butler made Bruce explain a few words and leave in a hurry. Although Thomas was killed in front of him is an unchangeable fact, but because everything happened so suddenly that night, Bruce almost lost his mind.

, the mysterious blue lightning that rescued Ke Wen, and the words of the old butler just now, gave Bruce another terrifying guess, but he could only keep it in his heart and verify it himself.

After bidding farewell to Alfred, Bruce also drove his sports car and left the Elliot family's manor at high speed. What he didn't know was that this funeral, which belonged to Thomas Elliot, was of concern.

He's not the only one.

In the distance of Elliott Manor, with the help of his super vision, Ke Wen stood in the shadow of the tree and looked at the funeral, where an innocent person was buried. And using the molecular vibration of the Speed ​​Force, he made his facial muscles

Wally, who had changed a bit, stood aside, alert like a fox. At the same time, he expressed helplessness at Ke Wen's impulsive behavior.

"I said, you are too kind. You have no responsibility for this matter from beginning to end. So you came to a place like this to watch someone's funeral. Are you afraid that Batman won't notice you? Come on, this is Gotham.

In Batman's territory, he is the first to know about any disturbance, and even the Flash dare not run around in Gotham."

"I'm just asking for peace of mind. As for Batman, well, he doesn't seem to have that much time to look for me now. The viruses floating around in the city of Gotham are the problems he needs to solve. Moreover, he seems to have found

Got something crucial."

Regarding Wally's complaints, Ke Wen also said with a helpless smile. After confirming that Elliot's funeral was over, Ke Wen turned around and left.

"Wait, are you leaving now? What are we going to do next?"

Seeing Ke Wen turn around, Wally followed him with some curiosity. Although he still didn't remember who Ke Wen was, it didn't hinder Wally, a guy who was naturally familiar with everyone and had a warm personality.

Get acquainted with Ke Wen. The speedsters of the Lightning family are all like little angels.

"You don't need to do anything, you just need to wait. Whether it's the alien blast, the clown, or Silence, they have been setting up the game for so long, and it's almost time to close the net. I've been kicked out now, so

If they want to deal with Batman, they will only show off their power during this period. Just wait, I really want to see what tricks they will play."

In response to Wally's inquiry, Ke Wen said all he could. Because Wally himself is a speedster, no matter how Dr. Manhattan modifies the real world, for speedsters, they will be able to detect it immediately.

When something is wrong, he can find it as soon as possible, so his proactive contact with Wally is not considered a violation. What's more, it was Wally who pointed out that he knew Wally in the correct timeline.

With this as a foundation, because of my own paranoia, I stepped into the trap set by the alien single blast and killed Thomas Elliot, and the depression was released a little. Once the blocked heart knot was opened, Ke Wen stood up

From the perspective of a bystander, a lot of things can be seen clearly.

"Wow, you are really big-hearted. Can you guess what they are planning to do in Gotham?"

"I roughly understand that there are only a few types that can be used. The most important thing is how they deal with Batman. Besides, it's not like I haven't done anything. If they really want to play that trick, then I'll prepare it here.

They can't bear the things."

Looking at Ke Wen, who seemed to have suddenly changed into a different person, Wally couldn't help but take a few steps back, and after a while he said: "Do you know this is your typical Batman behavior? I'm curious about what happened in the correct timeline.

, who did you learn these things from?"

"Well, this is a long story. You won't be surprised at all when everything recovers, but for now, hurry up and catch up."

"Eh."

After being told by Ke Wen, Wally also responded and followed Ke Wen like a boy. The same conversation also happened in Elliot's private manor, in the underground secret room of the manor.

The damned Thomas Elliot was just sitting there, and the new god of Apokolips, Disad, was also sitting there, and the Joker was just squatting on a chair, playing a game of cutting his hands with a knife, exuding a

An aura that made Disad, the new god, feel uncomfortable.

As for Elliot, he stood silently, like a guard, standing there silently.

"You really have enough time to direct and act your own funeral, Doctor Elliot." After watching the funeral, Disad broke the embarrassment and said to Elliot.

"If I don't die, this game won't go on. Besides, you can't make a dead person die again. If I die, many things will be disconnected, but now, he should find what I left behind.

There are some things. If he can't find any clues like this, then defeating Batman physically and mentally would be too unfulfilling. Don't let me down, Bruce~"

Swirling the red wine in the glass, Elliot looked at Bruce leaving his manor in the picture and said there. This scene was carefully planned by him and started on the third day after his 'death'.

Entered a climax.

In downtown Gotham, Bruce Wayne's sports car was parked on the side of the road and was not allowed to enter, because at this time, a demonstration was going on at the intersection in front of him. The dense crowd was accompanied by coughs one after another.

, holding signs reading "Want the truth, stay alive", kept attacking the defense line built by the Gotham riot police in front of the city hall building.

Groups of citizens held signs in one hand and sticks or stink bombs in the other to demonstrate. The surging crowd directly blocked the traffic. In such a road environment, let alone driving a sports car.

Well, even walking on two legs, crossing the sea of ​​people is not a small problem. This is the sixth day of the unknown virus raging in Gotham, just like the incubation period set by Thomas Elliot for this virus.

Same thing every week.

On this sixth day, basically all the citizens in Gotham were infected with the virus, and only a small number of people did not show any obvious symptoms even if they were infected, just like no one had anything wrong. But this group of people...

They are all people from the upper class in the city of Gotham. Most of them are coughing, weak, and have constant high fevers. They are those from the slums who are struggling for life and are in the solution of food and clothing, but they are only in the solution stage.

.

It would be fine if there were only such a group of people, but this overly obvious polarization also made the city of Gotham erupt like boiling hot water. You are high above us and stand on the side of what we have been working hard to achieve.

At the end of the journey, this is fate, I admit it, but why, why even the virus prefers you people, while we are suffering there, tossing and turning every night, unable to sleep.

On the other hand, you are enjoying each other's dinner, the guests are enjoying themselves, and you fall asleep hugging who knows which supermodel or singer. This kind of resentment accumulates over time, and it only takes a little spark to detonate it and ignite the entire house.

The flames of the city, not to mention, in this kind of demonstrations, the mayor, who was originally the bright representative of the city, has not even shown his face, but only sent a fat-headed guy to constantly smooth things over.

Watching the parade taking place in front of him, Bruce reversed the car silently. While looking for another way to Elliot Private Hospital, he also dialed the number of Lucius Fox, CEO of Wayne Group.

"Good morning, Mr. Wayne," Lucius' worried voice came from the car phone.

"Lucius, what's going on?"

"Well, everything is fine except for those good citizens who don't go to work and are stuck on the road, either smashing cars, robbing stores, or having friendly exchanges with the police. But Mr. Wayne, it all seems to be in chaos, isn't it?

?”

"Yes, I'm afraid this is just the beginning. Do you remember the mineral water bottle I gave you before? I think you didn't lose it."

"Hmm, I thought you might need it, so I put it away."

"I will send you a blood sample now. You can compare this blood sample with the DNA remaining on the mineral water bottle."

"Well, Mr. Wayne, although I like to develop some small toys, and I don't mind if you use these small toys to do what you want, I can't guarantee that I will be able to find the difference. It takes too long.

"

"I know, so you have three days. Also, do you remember the cloud spray device?"

"Are you talking about the one that was taken away by the Scarecrow and cooperated with the League of Assassins to almost cause the entire city of Gotham to be covered with fear gas, indirectly creating Naihe Island and providing a large number of patients to Arkham? I think it was dismantled by you, right?

.”

Halfway through, Lucius on the other end of the phone also fell silent, because when he remembered saying this, he knew something was wrong.

"You fixed it again, right."

"Well, it's placed somewhere that only I know. I'll send you its location now. This time, maybe we have to rely on it to save Gotham. Also, remember what I just said."

The call had just ended, and among the marchers who were rushing into the city hall, some people noticed Bruce who was reversing silently. There was no way, such a cool sports car parked on the road would attract people's attention no matter what.

Especially when they saw that the person in the car was the playboy and billionaire Bruce Wayne who always occupied the covers of various newspapers, it became even more different.

"Look, that's Bruce Wayne!"

"Fuck! Bruce Wayne! Fight!"

"Grass! Evil capitalism! Fight!"

A group of citizens who were overwhelmed by anger, helplessness, and fear didn't even need anyone to instigate them. When they saw the upper class person they once admired appeared in front of them, the thoughts that they had buried in their hearts and dared not act on were also revealed.

At this moment, he broke out, gave up attacking the city hall building, and rushed towards Bruce's location.

"shit!"

Regarding the inexplicable shooting at this time, Bruce couldn't help but uttered a curse word, and hurriedly showed off his skills as a playboy, reversing on this crowded road to avoid the pursuit of these citizens. At this time, these

The citizens who were in constant panic because of being infected with the unknown virus no longer had any respect for the so-called upper class, leaving only a hint of madness.

The crowd ran wildly on the street with only one goal, and that was the orange Lamborghini in front of them. This sports car, which exuded an enviable aura from beginning to end, became the target for them to vent their anger. While the car was reversing

In the process of hiding, Bruce also saw all kinds of chaos that filled Gotham. Crimes that were originally only active at night began to appear in Gotham during the day.

There were chasing police officers and escaping prisoners everywhere, as well as those who were already fighting together. Beggars on the street also held up corrugated cardboard with the words: The end is coming!

This scene shocked Bruce's eyes and reminded him of the information that Coven had tortured from Bane when he was rescuing Dick as the Arkham Knight.

[You want to destroy Batman's body and mind? Destroy Gotham? Trials from the past? 】

These words kept echoing in Bruce's mind. He seemed to have grasped what the so-called past trials meant. Thinking of this, Bruce also reached the evacuation position he wanted, avoiding the street cameras and giving himself this sports car.

After setting up automatic driving, I jumped out of the car at a drifting blind spot, rolled on the ground, and turned the expensive suit on me into a beggar's suit. When I got up, it turned into a beggar's suit.

An unkempt homeless man.

The crowd chasing his sports car ignored him and chased the sports car with automatic driving. After escaping the pursuit of these simple citizens, Bruce took his No. 11 car and headed for Thomas E.

Lyot's Private Hospital.

Similarly, Coven and Wally, who left the funeral at Elliott's private estate, were also walking on the streets of Gotham. At this time, the streets of Gotham seemed to have returned to the era before Batman appeared.

, the police and criminals merged together, and everyone looked at others with eyes full of danger and alertness. From time to time, a robbery would happen in front of them, and they could turn a blind eye to it.

"Is this still Gotham?" Seeing such a scene, Wally was dumbfounded. He had also heard of Gotham's previous reputation, but this was the first time he had truly experienced it. He had never experienced it before during his previous visits to Gotham.

I feel that the situation is so bad that it cannot be compared to the Star City where my girlfriend lives. She is just a younger brother.

"So, how important is Batman to the city of Gotham? This is just the beginning. What you see now is just the daytime of Gotham," said Ke Wen, kicking a man who was about to attack a woman.

The guy was kicked away. Before Wally could go over to help the lady up, Ke Wen grabbed her collar and jumped over her. Only then did Wally realize that this weak woman also had a pistol hidden in her purse.

Looking at Wally and Ke Wen who had his back turned to him.

"This...I...she..."

Watching this scene, Wally was dumbfounded for a moment and had no idea what to say.

"Just get used to it. It's no use saying that Gotham City has simple folk customs. Think about the original Apokolips invasion war. Those Apokolips-like demons were also entertained by the warm and hospitable Gotham citizens. In the end, the hospitality was unbearable.

But, he stayed in Gotham to build bricks and mortar."

"Then where are you taking me now to meet my ace? I will need your help to look after me then."

Speaking mysterious words, Ke Wen also led Wally to an apartment building and walked straight in.

Time just entered from day to night. As Ke Wen said, Gotham at this time has just restored the old face before Batman debuted in Gotham. Gotham at night is even crazier, with gunshots one after another,

The sound of engines and deafening explosions of cars speeding down the road filled our ears. The simple-minded citizens of Gotham fell asleep peacefully under such sounds, and would turn around from time to time to avoid the light from the windows.

At Thomas Elliot's private hospital, Bruce Wayne, who came in after several twists and turns, was also rummaging around in his friend's office. During the day, when there was almost a traffic strike and demonstrations were going on everywhere, he was able to

Sneaking in without being discovered was good enough, and Bruce didn't bother to worry about his image. By searching his friend's office, Bruce also discovered some clues that he had ignored before.

"Is this the so-called trial of the past, Silence."

Spreading the case records in his hands on the table and looking at the names on the medical record, Bruce also felt a little bit out of touch with the magic of reality. Because there was only one name on the medical record: Edward Nygma, the cause: brain tumor, and this

Man also has another name, he is called the Riddler!