Chapter 1928 U Transcendence Event (XIX)

Chapter 1902 U Beyond Event (XIX)

The bus carrying the duelists slowly drove into a road with mottled shadows of trees in the morning light. On both sides of the road were tall cold forest plants, exuding a chill in the morning breeze.

The yellow bus drove into the thick fog. The humid morning fog became thicker and thicker, and it entered the bus through the gaps in the windows. When the car was also filled with thick fog, several people suddenly realized that the furnishings in the car had changed.

The bus that drove into the thick fog was the most common bus in American rural areas, and the one that drove out of the thick fog was an extended luxury car. Several people also changed from sitting facing forward to sitting face to face on the sofa of the extended car.

No one moved because they saw a living driver sitting in the driver's seat.

"There are food and drinks in the refrigerator next to the sofa. Please enjoy them. Please make sure to adjust your state. The Nehlet family is waiting for you."

The two Batmen had the same expression. They narrowed their eyes slightly and turned down their mouths. Obviously, many speculations about the current situation had flashed through their minds.

But they did not communicate out loud, because the driver's seat of this luxury stretch car did not have a soundproof cabin. When the specific situation was not clear, it was better not to expose their identity as outsiders.

The information that could be heard from the driver's short sentence was very limited. It was only known that they seemed to be guests of the Nehlet family and were on the way to the family manor. It seemed that the game location this time should be a noble manor.

The two Batmen happened to sit opposite each other, so they exchanged glances. In just a few seconds of eye contact, the amount of information exchanged was extremely huge.

They did have a say in such situations, because they were super rich people themselves, and they knew everything about nobles and rich people.

Bat began to grope around, and then he really found an invitation in the pocket on the side of the bat suit leg.

Natasha also reached into her trouser pockets. In fact, she had already discovered that her injuries had healed the moment she got on the bus. It seemed that as the organizer's rules said, as long as she survived until dawn and got on the bus, she would win the game for the day, and she didn't have to pass the game without any injuries.

She also touched a wrinkled invitation card, but the style of the invitation card was very strange. It was not something that the American upper class would use. The color was also pure black. Only in the center was a line of cursive English "Natasha Romanov" written in silver text.

Natasha immediately glanced at Batman. Her eyes meant that this must have been stuffed in by the organizer, because this was the name she registered at the beginning of the game.

But in fact, Natasha's legal name was not Natasha Romanov. She used to use the legal name Natalia Alianovna Romanova. The reason why she was named Romanov was because the surname of her father who taught her spy skills was Romanov. In order to identify whose adopted daughter she was, everyone called her Romanov.

But later Natasha got married. She followed the organization's arrangement and married a former Soviet pilot named Alexei Shostakov. Russian women need to change their husband's surname when they get married, so her legal name should be Natalia Shostakov.

In the early years, SHIELD paid attention to the movements of Black Widow and gave her the name Natalia Shostakov. Natasha did not change it after joining SHIELD, so her legal name in the United States is also this.

Invitations in the upper class of the United States usually use full names, some will omit the middle name, but will also use the first name, and many of the names of superheroes we know are actually nicknames.

For example, Daredevil Matt, his first name is Matthew, Dick's first name is Richard, and Tony's first name is Anthony.

Anyone who has a little bit of rules will not write other people's nicknames on invitations for formal occasions. This can even be said to be a disrespectful practice. In many cases, even familiar people must call each other by their first names when they meet in serious occasions.

If the so-called Nehlet family is a wealthy family in Europe and America, they will definitely not make such a mistake. The only possibility is that they were forced in by the organizer, so the organizer directly used the name they provided when they registered.

The four people thought of this almost at the same time, so they relaxed a little. It seems that this game does not require playing any person, and the organizer will give them a reasonable identity.

Sure enough, the car slowly stopped, and the few people who came out of the car saw that there was a huge Gothic manor behind the layers of dense forests. Its size, luxury and construction age should be comparable to Wayne Manor.

After walking to the fork in the road, they found that there was a sign hanging at the front of the intersection with the name of the Nehlet family, which meant that the surrounding woodlands were all the family's property.

After walking a few steps forward, the butler and a group of waiters came forward. The old butler in the lead shook hands with Batman and said, "You are finally here. God bless you. The Nehlet family welcomes you wholeheartedly. Come with me." The old butler turned around and led a few people to the manor, saying, "As I said on the phone, the situation of the young master and the young ladies is getting worse and worse. The lady is almost going crazy, but it is understandable."

"The master came back a few days ago, but soon left in a hurry because of business. Mr. Prossi is getting more and more outrageous, and the lady is really busy. If there is any impoliteness later, please don't mind it."

"Oh, by the way, I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that Dr. Rodriguez is an old acquaintance of the famous Wayne brothers. How does that sentence go? Excellent people always have the opportunity to get together."

Without waiting for Batman to ask, the old butler explained all the settings in one go.

It seems that this family called Nehlet has encountered some troubles recently. It is certain that this family is now inherited by a couple, that is, the master and the lady in the housekeeper's mouth. At the same time, they have at least one son and one daughter, and there is also a Mr. Prossi who is unknown and lives here.

And Batman's setting seems to be a pair of business brothers, doing a big business. Schiller is still a doctor. Natasha's occupation is not mentioned, but from the subtle attitude of the housekeeper, she is probably still a law enforcement officer with an official background.

It is very likely that the housekeeper had called them separately before, hoping that they could solve the problem, but in the conversation he revealed who else he had invited. As a result, he found out that they knew each other, so he sent a car to pick them up together.

Now there are two biggest doubts. First, of course, what kind of trouble did the Nehlet family encounter that required business partners and doctors, and even let law enforcement officers enter their homes, and they were not doing it in a public capacity.

The last point is particularly important. As a wealthy man, Batman knows some taboos in the upper class. Generally speaking, no family will welcome agents into their homes.

It’s not that they are really afraid of being investigated. There will be no clues in most of the places where the families live. They just think that law enforcement officers should protect their interests, not investigate them in turn. In short, they just want their dogs to bite people, not bite their owners in turn.

And the fact that they enforce the law without disclosing their identities is even more interesting. This is very likely to indicate that the conflict between family factions has reached an unmanageable point.

One party wants to fight to the death and let the law enforcement officers make the evidence of other factions public, but they don't want to break the net completely, just seeing this as the last bargaining chip.

Only at this time will they allow the law enforcement officers to enter the mansion secretly in an undisclosed identity and show up at the last minute of the negotiation to form a threat to others.

So which faction do they belong to?

It is not difficult to see that in this house, the relationship between Mr. Nehelet and Mrs. Nehelet is probably not harmonious, otherwise Mr. Nehelet would not refuse to return home when his children are in trouble, and the strange Mr. Prosi is also a faction of his own, which is bound to have very complicated interpersonal relationships.

And the second, and most important, who is the killer?

After the first game on the first day, several people realized that the ability of the killer is not limited to being strong and powerful, and it is very likely that there are some abilities similar to magic, so the range of choices is very wide, maybe the landscape trees on the roadside may jump out and become tree demon killers.

On the way to the manor, Batman was always on the alert for possible accidents, while Schiller had already started chatting with the old butler.

"To be honest, I was also surprised to hear what you said. No matter what happened to other people, the child is always innocent. That's why I came here."

"You can tell Madam that the situation is urgent and there is no need to be too polite. We can get to work immediately."

"Really? Thank you so much. Madam has actually been hesitating, worrying that it would be a bit too rude to invite everyone to the Nehlet family so formally without holding a welcome banquet."

"Don't think so. We are not such old-fashioned people. Everything is based on efficiency, but..."

Schiller deliberately dragged out a long tone, and the old butler immediately looked at him and said, "If you have any requirements, you must tell me. The Nehlet family is very grateful to everyone in the snow. Don't be stingy when you offer help or help..."

"Oh, it's a bit of trouble, but I'm afraid we still need to welcome them. As you can see, we all came from our respective jobs without clothes or luggage. Image is not a problem for us, but we are worried that it will have a bad influence on the children..."

"So that's the matter." The old housekeeper smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have prepared suitable clothes long ago. Besides, after the master took over the family, many things are not so old-fashioned. Yesterday, the young master and the young ladies played with the gardener's lawn mower."

While talking, they moved to the door of the main hall of the manor. Two waiters pushed open the door, but the scene in the main hall surprised everyone.

There were many people standing in the extremely gorgeous Gothic main hall at this time. How to describe their dress and temperament? It can only be said that Batman in a bat costume stood in the crowd, while Schiller and Natasha dressed normally were simply outliers.

The two Batmen stared at them for only three seconds before they were sure - this was a room full of charlatans.