Three-stream detection simulator

Fordham ran.

This guy is not a criminal. Judging from the existing clues, he just got into the situation by mistake. At most, he is a little greedy and stupid. Before Robin took the suitcase and left, he locked him in the basement of the building and carefully told him that it was not safe outside and that he should wait here for the others to come back.

As a result, when Hercule stumbled but quickly ran across the stairwell and pushed open the basement door, there was no one inside.

"You should cuff him."

Hercule's chest heaved, his hands resting on the wall, his eyes scanning the dusty ground. There were several messy footprints leading to the door, all from the same person - Fordham left on his own.

"We don't usually treat innocent people that way," Robin argued.

"He may not be innocent now." Hercule looked at Batman, "I told Tony before that Fordham joined Stark Industries because he admired Iron Man. That was a lie. Only children and capitalists would believe it. Fordham is willing to risk his life to go to work. I am afraid that my love for the boss cannot provide such great enthusiasm for the workers."

"..."

Batman was speechless for a while, but Robin didn't think anything was wrong. He naturally asked: "As far as I know, children may not believe it, but why do you say that?"

"I just guess that sometimes the desire to survive does not come from high-sounding statements such as love for the world or sense of responsibility, but just from the feeling of being needed..." Hercule did not intend to expand on this topic. He sighed, moved to the dusty bench next to him and sat down, "Iron Man has gone somewhere. Let's not mention him for now. Do you two have any special way to find Fordham? I'm very worried about the next person to die. He would be a fool without self-awareness.”

"I'm checking." Batman noticed the tiredness on the detective's face, "It's still early, I suggest you go back to your room and take a nap."

"Thank you very much. I just remembered that you paid for the house in Aria Apartment." Hercule couldn't help yawning and lowered his voice, "But I don't really want to go back for the time being. There are too many police. Did you forget? According to the story, there are enemy undercovers in the police station. I will take a rest here... please feel free to call me when you find Fordham."

He tightened his collar, sat on a stool no higher than his calf, leaned against the wall, tilted his head, and fell asleep.

Robin walked away and whispered: "Is he confused now? I remember that the ghost in the police station has been caught?"

Batman was busy calling New York surveillance and said nothing about it.

Robin had nothing to do and walked up and down in front of him: "After I find Fordham, I will beat him up and scare him, otherwise he will not have a long memory... Do you think I should give him Detective, put a blanket on him. Will he catch a cold if he sleeps like this?"

"Stay away from him." Batman pulled Robin aside and said coldly, "He was sober just now, and you definitely don't want to see a Hercule who is mentally disturbed after being woken up. "

After another fifteen minutes, Batman patted Hercule on the shoulder to wake him up: "We found Fordham. He is on a bus heading to the police station."

Robin made a face at Hercule behind his adoptive father, and mouthed: I originally wanted to take off my cloak and cover you, but Bruce wouldn't let me.

When Hercule woke up, he felt that his brain cells were as heavy as solidified metal. Batman's voice and Robin's expression disappeared fleetingly. He stared at them blankly, and after a few seconds he slowly asked: "...What?"

Batman frowned and looked at his face, feeling something was wrong: "What's wrong with you?"

Hercule reacted to this. He rubbed his nose and said, "It's nothing. I have a slight headache, maybe it's a cold."

But can the body of a game character also catch a cold?

Her thinking speed dropped a notch for a long time, and Hercule had to concentrate: "The police station is not safe right now... You go find Fordham and try to bring him back intact. I'm waiting for news here."

This was Batman's original plan, but now he changed his mind: "Robin, you stay."

"Okay." Robin said quickly before Hercule refused, "Leave it to me."

They decided on the division of labor, and Batman strode away in pursuit of a quick victory. Robin moved a chair and sat next to Hercule, and asked worriedly: "Are you really cold? What's wrong with you? I mean, except for the headache."

His voice sounded louder and softer in the listener's ears.

"No...no, that's not right." Hercule covered his head and felt dizzy. He suddenly reached out and grabbed Robin's wrist. "I can't think now. Robin, you go follow Batman and get rid of him." He called back, and there was a..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a buzzing in his ears, like a sharp and strange noise produced by the resonance of the rocks when the strong wind blew through the valley.

Hercule's eyes were dazzled, and the incandescent light above his head flickered irregularly.

Robin's voice came intermittently: "Hull...you...outside..."

The floor is twisted, the walls are faded, and the narrow door leading to the stairwell is like a dark hole, sucking out all the air in the room, and then turning into the salivating breath of an unknown creature in the darkness.

Hercule may have lost consciousness briefly. When he opened his eyes again, there was a system notification sound in his ears, as blurry as a bubble. Robin held his arm hard and walked upstairs. Above there was the dazzling white light of the flashlight and the round muzzle of the gun like a period...

[It is detected that you are currently in a special state, and the skill 'Absolute Rationality lv.1' is automatically triggered.

Skill description: Your reason will forcibly control the body in the next period of time, ignoring [a small amount of] external interference factors and personal emotional influence. After the skill effect ends, the excess perceptual factors accumulated during the period will be fed back to the brain during sleep.

(Restrictions that directly target the character's body are not included in avoidable external interference factors, such as being tied up and unable to move, seriously injured, etc.)

Duration: 12 hours]

[Side mission: An ordinary kidnapping case

Mission description: Your performance in the fire case has touched the interests of some people, and they will use any means to try to eliminate the threat. But since your enemies are so wary of you, it doesn't seem difficult to escape when you get the chance.

Mission reward: Medal 'Superheroes who are not targeted by villains are not good detectives (can be upgraded)' x1, New York area reputation +300]

The next time Hercule opened his eyes, he was in a bumpy van. Someone tied him up and stuffed him into the trunk. Through the seat, he could hear a series of quarrels coming from the front.

His head no longer hurts, he has no hallucinations, no motion sickness or nausea. He is curled up on the car deck behind his chair in an uncomfortable position. Not far from his forehead was a palm-sized device that looked a bit like a stereo—Hercule recognized it as an infrasound transmitter.

"Will he wake up? What should we do if he wakes up?" Someone from the front asked eagerly, "We will be exposed in the blink of an eye!"

"He won't wake up." The other person replied impatiently. "The only purpose of that expensive infrasound transmitter is to prevent him from overthinking. Doesn't the boss pay enough attention to him?"

"Not enough," the third person said in a rough voice, "We have violated the first of the four rumored taboos of 'no meeting, no communication, no trying to understand, and no direct killing'. Think about it, all the people under the Court of Owls They are immortals, and even forces like them choose to go around the bush to hire people, preferring to hand over the golden hourglass..."

The second voice said impulsively: "Then just let me shoot him in the head!"

Rough voice: "Are you crazy?! Don't want to live? No one is allowed to touch him. We will find an opportunity to kill the child and throw him and the child's body into the wilderness. He cannot think, cannot ask for help, and cannot use How long will it take to die in the mouth of a beast? Even if there are any consequences, it has nothing to do with us. "

silence.

After a long time, the first person to speak hesitated and asked: "But why did he..."

"Hush." ​​The third person interrupted, "'Don't try to understand.'"

Hercule's mouth was sealed at the moment, unable to move or speak, but he was still far from being able to think.

In fact, he's in some amazing shape right now. The 'absolute rationality' of lv.1 almost completely eliminates the influence of infrasound waves, and even offsets some of the negative effects caused by low attribute values, such as the right hand that is often difficult to use and the right leg that is occasionally disobedient.

However, this does not mean that he suddenly turned into a normal person with sound limbs. On the contrary, it is a bit like returning to the player's perspective - the player does not care no matter how the attributes and debuffs are superimposed. Anyway, it is a game without health bars. You only need to use WASD to control the character everywhere. Activities, reading text, and thinking clues.

As for whether (the character) feels uncomfortable physically, it has nothing to do with my mind (the player).

Hercule felt a sense of relief that he had not experienced in a long time. Just because he doesn't complain about his lagging body doesn't mean he doesn't care at all.

However, even this relief did not interfere with his thinking. In a state of absolute rationality, personal emotions are abandoned, all ideas and plans are aimed at achieving the ultimate goal, and an appropriate degree of sacrifice can be made in the process.

The vehicle beneath me was still bumping. When Hercule lost consciousness just now, he was not in a coma. It was just that the area of ​​the brain responsible for running thoughts stopped functioning. His five senses were still automatically recording the driving direction, time, and speed... Now that he thought about it a little, he roughly outlined the kidnapper's route in his mind.

They headed northwest, leaving New York, then exiting the highway and entering the town, and finally came to the unexplored wilderness. The kidnappers regarded Hercule as an unspeakable and terrifying creature and were determined to evacuate as soon as they completed their mission.

In this way, there is a certain truth in the description of the side mission that escape is very simple, but it is based on Hercule's "Absolute Reason" skill. Otherwise, he would be affected by infrasound waves and feel uncomfortable all over and unable to use his brain, so he would have to resign himself to his fate and wait. Waiting for others to save yourself.

Hercule struggled twice more, and after rational judgment, he decided that it was not appropriate for him to fight the kidnappers due to his fighting ability. But if there is no chance of a comeback until reaching the end, and the kidnapper wants to attack Robin again...

He didn't think about it anymore, and quickly went through his advantages and disadvantages in his mind, then closed his eyes and waited for the point where the situation would change.

Finally, the kidnappers stopped the car.

The moon and the stars were hanging high in the wilderness without tall buildings and light pollution. When the trunk was opened, water vapor blew in his face. Hercule realized where he was without opening his eyes - this was the area between New York and Gotham. Several bridges connected Gotham to other cities, which meant that there were no people where there were no bridges.

The kidnappers didn't know that Hercule had woken up. They were very confident in the effect of the infrasound transmitter, and each of them carried a shield. They would start discussing which two people would carry Hercule out of the car, and the rest would be responsible for killing Robin.

Compared with carrying Hercule, killing Robin seemed to have become an elegant and healthy activity, and everyone began to compete for the only quota.

Hercule took the opportunity to bump the back of the chair. The sound was far away after the kidnapper got off the car, and he bet that Robin was sitting in the second row of seats.

Sure enough, a second later, a similar impact came from the opposite side of the back of the chair.

It was a good thing that Robin was still awake. Since Batman dared to let him out, it means that this kid should have some ability to protect himself. He surrendered honestly because he was not sure that he could protect Hercule and take him with him.

Half a minute later, the kidnappers finished arguing, and two of them came over and lifted Hercule's head and feet stiffly, and put him in the hidden grass. Hercule pretended to be unconscious and heard one of them ask: "What about his box? We can't unlock the combination lock."

The leader replied: "Smash it open. If the things are useful, we will take them away. If they are useless, just leave them here."

"I heard that he doesn't have much money..." The kidnapper muttered to the riverside to find stones to smash the lock.

The third person in the team carried Robin down and put him on a chair, and continued to wrap tape around his mouth and nose - killing a minor directly was a bit psychologically stressful, so he decided to take a roundabout way.

Back and forth, a lot of time was wasted.

In a blink of an eye, the moon rose above his head. The kidnapper guarding the box was bored, and didn't know why his companion who went to the riverside to find stones didn't come back after so long. The box in his hand was quiet at first, but after a certain point, there was a slight knocking sound from inside.

Thump.

Thump.

It seemed as if there was a door inside.

Someone was knocking on the door with a fist.

The robbers who went to the river also encountered difficulties. Although this place was rarely visited and only the river witnessed everything that happened on land, on the isolated island across the river, there was a building that has become more and more famous in recent years. At night, people can vaguely see its huge skeleton, and a little light in it is like the eyes of ghosts in the cemetery.

——That is Arkham Asylum.

Hercule adjusted his posture and looked up at the boundless starry sky. He wore a badge on his chest that no one could see, "Batman's Approval", which shone brightly under the starlight.

[Negative effect: You will be more likely to attract the attention of Batman's enemies]

Only the kidnapper who was responsible for killing Robin did not notice any danger. He was now in a good mood and said with a strong sense of substitution while tearing the tape: "You can scream, scream, no one will come to save you even if you scream your throat out!"

Robin: "..."