Chapter 2189: Battle of Two Cities! (31)

What is Batman doing now?

In fact, he has not followed Gotham since it went to hell, but this is certainly not because his condition has improved and he no longer has such a strong desire to control Gotham, but because he really can't come back.

On the one hand, in the New 52 universe, the Green Lantern Corps and the Apocalypse Corps are fighting fiercely. After Wonder Woman and Superman joined the war, they had to ask Batman about almost every step. As the brain of the Justice League, even if he did not go to the front line in person, he had to sit in the Justice League headquarters to supervise the battle to prevent the two big fists of the Justice League from going astray.

On the other hand, the main reason why Batman stayed in the New 52 Earth was that Thomas and Martha needed him to take over the Wayne Group's industries left on Earth, and at the same time help the two families speculate in real estate in the new Gotham.

In fact, the last one is the most important, because speculating in real estate is really too profitable. Batman is a mental patient, but he is now a mental patient with parents.

This means that if the Waynes ask the psychiatric hospital to issue a diagnosis report of mental illness to Batman, Batman will become a person with incomplete behavioral capacity, and the Waynes will become his guardians. From a legal point of view, they have the right to put Batman in Arkham Asylum.

If they really do this, Batman will certainly not resist, but the most important thing is that with his speed of speaking, which is almost the same as that of a sloth, he really can't argue with Thomas, Martha, Robin and Alfred.

So he can only stay and help his parents manage the family business.

Of course, some people will say that Gotham is a coastal city. After the sky city Gotham flew up, it took away about tens of meters of foundation. Although it doesn't sound much, a coastal city's altitude drop of tens of meters is also very fatal, and it will definitely be submerged by sea water.

But if you want to be submerged by the sea, you have to ask the sea whether it is willing. The sea said it was very unwilling.

In order not to speculate in real estate, Batman went to find Aquaman Arthur, who is the culprit for Gotham not being submerged by the sea.

After Gotham flew into the sky, the seawater around it did not follow the rules of physics, but solidified there in a posture that Newton could split the coffin lid, forming a unique water wall.

Batman asked Arthur his question, and Arthur shook his head and said that for the sake of friendly relations between land and sea, they were even willing to let the seawater in Gotham retreat more than 200 meters and sign a treaty that Gotham would never be submerged.

Just kidding, the fish in Gotham have also seen the world. Gotham people dare to put anything into the sea. The fish here have finally filled up their anti-toxic and anti-drug resistance. Now you want us to rush straight to the center of the cesspool. The moment Gotham took off, the fish within 200 miles of the sea ran away overnight carrying reefs.

So Batman can only stay to deal with the messy industrial relocation and real estate development business.

These tasks were annoying enough, but Wonder Woman and Superman, who were fighting in the universe, still treated him like a turtle in a wishing well, and they wanted to ask Batman if he was flying in the right posture every time he flew forward one meter.

Even with Batman's willpower, he was a little fed up with this kind of life. During the phone calls with Robin, he hinted countless times to let Robin call him back.

But for some reason, it was either Jason or Damian who answered the phone, and the birds in the Batcave who could barely be called considerate never answered the phone.

Batman knew that it was definitely those cunning birds who cheated in the "Who will answer Batman's phone call" game, and in the end only Damian and Jason, who had a more upright temper and personality, lost the game and answered his phone.

This day Batman was huddled in the office again, reading a large number of Gotham New City urban planning reports sent by the mayor of Metropolis.

How should Batman summarize the level of urban planning? Even now, he had to say that "the Court of Owls would have done a much better job than them."

Just as he was digging for gold in this municipal planning map, his communicator suddenly rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Dick calling him.

"Hello?" Batman rarely spoke after answering the phone. He and Dick had not called each other for a long time. Recently, Jason was the one he contacted.

"Uh, Batman, are you free now? I want to tell you something." Dick's steady voice came from the other side, "The Joker wants you to come back."

Batman frowned immediately, because he had emphasized to the Robins countless times that they should never get close to the Joker. He was about to say something when he heard Dick say.

"Don't worry, I'm definitely not kidnapped or manipulated. I'm completely awake now. Um... This is probably the case..."

Dick summarized the recent situation in Gotham and told Batman, and then talked about how the Red Hood and Red Robin who went down to investigate brought the Joker back.

Although Dick did not describe what the Joker encountered, Batman could imagine that there was probably a big mess in the merged city, and the Joker wanted to see his fun again.

Accepting the Joker's invitation was not a good thing, but Batman was indeed worried about the current situation in Gotham. He thought about it and decided to go back and take a look.

At this moment, the secretary knocked on the door and walked in. Batman put down the phone and motioned her to speak if she had anything to say. The secretary nodded and said, "Mr. Mayor violated our agreement and did not choose the bid of Kane Group in the bidding for the Reed Bay development project. Instead, he chose a metropolitan company."

"According to our investigation, the controlling shareholder of this company is the mayor's nephew. The company was registered in the last month. It claims to have 40 employees, but in fact there are only three people, two assistants and an accountant."

Batman pressed his finger on his forehead.

Let alone what kind of roar Thomas and Martha would use on him after learning the result, just handing over the development of the Reed Bay area to a shell company is something Batman absolutely cannot allow.

As a result, another special assistant came in at this time. After knocking on the door, he pushed his glasses and looked at Batman and said, "Sir, the FBI has blocked all entrances and exits of the Gotham underground maze, arrested 6 alien ruins enthusiasts, and blocked all media news."

"What does Congress say?" Batman asked.

"They say it was either made by aliens or Chinese."

Batman covered his forehead.

"And they don't care who built it, they only care who gets it in the end." The female secretary also pushed her glasses and said, "They have different opinions on the development of this giant maze, but there is no doubt that everyone wants to take this land, because it will definitely be a popular attraction in the future."

"This is very dangerous." Batman said.

They want danger.

Batman pursed his lips and remained silent. He certainly knew that the tourism industry needed heat the most. It would be better if a few more explorers died in it to be truly famous in the world.

The FBI's blockade must have been instructed by someone, and the purpose was to hype up the huge underground maze of the Court of Owls, so that no matter who got the maze, it would be a huge gold nugget.

"We can't let them do this." Batman continued, "Prepare a plane for me, I want to go to Capitol Hill in person."

After the two left, Batman stood up. He must argue for the land left in Gotham, because this is his hope to rebuild a new Gotham.

Batman certainly knows about the curse of Gotham. Although he doesn't know the specific principle, he understands that this curse is actually entangled with the city rather than the land.

Now that the city is gone and only the land is left, does it mean that if a new city called Gotham is built on this land, there will be no more inexplicable curses and there will be a real possibility of getting better?

Batman was thinking about this and his movements stopped. If he chose to stay here and go to Washington, it means that he will definitely not be able to return to Gotham in a short time.

Getting back the development rights of Gotham's land is destined to be a long tug-of-war. The hyenas in Congress will not give up easily, and Batman does not want them to bite off a piece of meat, so he will never give in.

This means that they have to spend at least two months to negotiate. Although Batman is sure to win, after two months, no matter what happens in the Sky City Gotham, the opportunity will be cold.

How to choose?

Batman stood at the table and thought for a long time. In the end, the desire to rebuild a beautiful new Gotham overcame the desire to play games with the Joker. He played games with the Joker just to save Gotham, so it would be better to spend energy on the ultimate goal.

But rebuilding the new Gotham does not mean not saving the old Gotham. The troubles of the Joker and the fusion of the Sky City Gotham in the new city must also be solved, but he can't be in two places at the same time, which is a bit of a headache.

While thinking about the solution, Batman received another call, still from Dick, but this time the voice was more immature and young.

"Well, hello, Batman, I'm Richard Wayne."

When Batman heard Dick say this name, he felt like he was in another world, and then he remembered that Dick, one of the younger Robins from other universes, had changed his surname to Wayne.

"I have something to discuss with you. Oswald just called and wanted you to come back, but your Nightwing went to see his friends, so I answered the phone."

"It sounds like the situation over there is not optimistic. I just watched the TV news report. There are a lot of chaos in the city under our feet. The Brooklyn Bridge flew up, and a large string of things hanging on it hit the Stark Building, and there are many more."

"But for some reason, the Batman of their universe did not show up. Although I don't like the tone of Oswald in this universe on the phone, I think if you are free, you should come back to take care of it. What do you think?"

"Indeed." Batman slowed down his tone, not because this Dick was younger, but because his words and tone were gentler and more polite.

Although his Robins have all gone through such an age period, children always grow up quickly, and birds that leave the nest will always become stronger, harder and silent after flying around.

Thinking of this, Batman had an idea.

"Yes, Dick, I think someone should take care of it, but it doesn't have to be me."

"But who else can take care of it?" Dick's tone was slightly puzzled. He said, "You don't know how chaotic the city is now. This trouble is not something that ordinary people can solve."

"And you happen to know an extraordinary person, don't you?"