Chapter 2429: Battle for the Cloak (XVI)

Chapter 2460: The Battle for the Cape (XVI)

This time, the fog was not what anyone expected.

At that time, Robin's team had found the main switch of the protective device left by Batman. After turning it on, the energy system of the protective device would start to work.

But as mentioned before, this protective system is divided into regions, which means that there are sub-switches to start the protective systems in each region. In other words, it is not enough to just turn off the power switch, but you have to go to each distribution room to turn on the switch.

Now it's not just Dick, everyone is complaining about who Batman is guarding against. Although Jason has already seen it a little, he thinks it's better not to say it.

As far as he knows, Arkham Batman has dealt with the main universe Batman. I'm afraid he has learned about the situation of the main universe Gotham from the main universe Batman - if the main universe Gotham hadn't flown, would the main universe Batman be like a street urchin now?

So how did the main universe Gotham fly? The madman in Arkham made a lot of efforts, but you Robin can't say that you are just watching from the sidelines and are innocent, right?

This energy-absorbing device sounds like a reliable big guy. If I let you press a switch to turn them all on, will my home still be there when I come back from being president?

In summary, Jason can understand why the Batman of this universe designed such a complex control system. It is indeed a bit troublesome when it is really put to use, but now that things have come to this, they still have to solve it. Fortunately, they are many and can act separately.

Considering that the city is not safe now, they decided to go to several possible switch locations they speculated based on geographical conditions in a group of three to turn on the switch of the protective device.

Red Hood has returned, and everyone has learned from him that Batman is missing, which makes the atmosphere in the team a little subtle.

If you say that Batman is seriously injured and is waiting for them to rescue him, then everyone is so anxious that they can't wait to cross over and pull Batman out of danger.

But if you say that Batman is out of trouble, but he is gone, everyone in the Bat family will wonder if this is another plan of Batman, and at the same time there is a sense of loss that Batman is not playing with me.

It's not that they are petty. The key is that Batman has a bad record. Every time something big happens, Batman doesn't discuss plans with them, but insists on taking action on his own. Whenever this happens, they will start to complain about what the meaning of the existence of the Bat Family is.

But even if they complain, they still hold their breath in their hearts. Now that Batman is not in Gotham, there is danger in Gotham City. They must protect Gotham for Batman.

The most important thing is to protect it the best, at least better than other people in the Bat Family.

The Bat Family is always like this. When Batman is there, the topic always revolves around him, and when he is not there, it implicitly revolves around him - the first day Bat is not at home, they miss him, and the second day Bat is not at home, who is Batman's favorite Robin?

Now, everyone in the Bat Family is secretly competing with each other. It was better in the past, but this time it is different. The isotopes of the three universes are together, and the samples are more sufficient than usual. If someone's isotope team wins, doesn't it prove that they are stronger in most universes?

So when the teams were divided, they just formed teams with their isotopes without hesitation. The Nightwings of the two universes plus Dick, Arkham Knight was injured, so Red Hood and Jason were in one team, and then Red Robin, Robin and Tim.

Barbara was helpless about this, because in her opinion, the abilities of isotopes were similar, and if they were divided according to the universe, they could complement each other, but they insisted on staying with their isotopes.

Although Barbara was a member of the Bat Family, she obviously had no interest in competing for the title of the coolest Robin, but she couldn't dissuade the fanatical Robins, so she had to do this.

The atmosphere at the start was not too serious. They were all eager to try, because they had already seen that Batman had actually prepared for this attack, and that Robin King looked like an old villain. Isn't this a good opportunity to hold the All-universe Batman's Favorite Robin Competition?

So they reached a verbal agreement very tacitly. Whoever could catch the arrogant little bastard Robin King before Batman came back would naturally win the first competition.

But what they didn't expect was that King Robin was not the examiner of this competition. On the contrary, he was also one of the contestants.

About 10 minutes after the Robin team went out, they were almost halfway there, and there was still some distance from their respective target locations. Dick and Tim's groups were both in the Batmobile, while Jason could drive a small Batfighter because there were fewer people.

At this time, they found some traces of fog on the ground again, so they immediately stopped the car, closed the windows, and waited quietly in place.

Sure enough, not long after, the fog came again.

Jason had found a tall building when the fog appeared, parked the plane on the roof, turned on the airtight and filtration systems, and parked the two Batmobiles in the alley, and also closed the windows.

However, because Dick was talking about the customs and practices of Blüdhaven in different universes, they parked the car a little slowly, and naturally closed the car window a little late. It was not until they finished the last topic that they remembered to press the button of the airtight and filter device. At that time, the fog was so thick that the visibility was less than three meters.

Then they first discovered that the fog had invaded the car. Although it was much thinner than outside, it still made people feel very uncomfortable.

"I think the situation is a bit awkward now." Dick looked around and even had the mood to be polite. "I think I really shouldn't talk about fishing for so long, so that we can find out the abnormality at the first time."

"No, it has nothing to do with what we talk about." Nightwing of the main universe frowned slightly, looked at the window glass and said: "If, according to what you said, this is an abnormal phenomenon that will occur in many universes at the same time, then it frequently appears in our universe, perhaps there is a special reason."

"I think so too." Nightwing of the Arkham universe said: "What should we do now? I don't think it's a good choice to stay here."

"Indeed." Dick also agreed with him. He said: "Since our filtering system failed to work successfully, what if The enemy appears in the car, and it will be too late for us to run out. Maybe we should get out of the car? "

"You said before that as long as we stay in place, we will not be affected by the spatial disorder, right?" Nightwing of the main universe thought and said, "Then we get out of the car and stay by the car. If the enemy comes from outside, we will drive away. If the enemy appears in the car, we can deal with them in the first time."

The three thought about it and thought that there was nothing wrong with this plan. The Batmobile they drove was not the kind driven by Batman. Although there were some weapons on it and the outer shell had protective functions, they were not aimed at the inside. Now the fog has invaded. If there is really any abnormality, it would be a turtle in a jar. It is better to go to a wider place. If you can't beat it, you can run.

They pushed open the door and got out of the car with this mood, but at the moment when their feet stepped down, their feet did not land on the ground. They felt that they fell directly.

The instant weightlessness woke up the three people. They came back to their senses and took a long breath and found that they were still sitting in their seats.

The three looked at each other, and saw the slightly horrified expressions on each other's faces, and realized that they had obviously had the same dream.

After discussing again, their rational plan was to leave the car, but emotionally, they were obviously unwilling to open the door again.

"I think we should think in reverse." Dick said: "The mysterious fog made us have such a dream. Is it to scare us, make us think that opening the door may be dangerous, so that we hide in the car and don't go out, and bury the real trap in the car?"

"It makes sense." Nightwing of the main universe said: "But we can't be sure if this is some kind of omen, we know nothing about it."

"So what should we do?" The three looked at each other, and they were all a little undecided.

Nightwing is not without his own opinions, but sometimes he pays too much attention to other people's reactions, cares about the impact of his actions on others, and respects the opinions of others too much, even if the other party is himself.

He overestimates the responsibility for each decision he makes, so he becomes more cautious. This quality is very good when there is a grumpy alarm clock and a small Batman who believes in his own judgment 100% in a team.

But if there are three people like this in the team, when problems arise, they all think about the life-and-death impact of the decision they are making on others, and they will appear timid and indecisive.

"How about this, one of us can go down and take a look. If something goes wrong, we won't lose all our manpower."

"But there are three of us. If we split up, one of us will be left alone." Nightwing of the main universe said, "In this situation, it's not a good idea to fight alone."

"But we can't gamble with all our manpower." Nightwing of the Arkham universe said, "If we fail, we'll all fail."

"I'll go down and take a look." Dick said, "I brought the holy water from the Holy Spring of Heaven, which has miraculous effects on some mysterious attributes and demonic creatures. I guess this thick fog may also be such a creature. At least it's no problem to protect myself."

He opened the car door and walked down, but the moment he got out of the car, the thick fog completely engulfed his figure. Nightwing of the main universe, who was sitting in the main driver's seat, reached out to grab it, but only grabbed a wisp of fog in the end.

Dick took a step down, and the scene in front of him changed completely. He found himself in a bright office. There was no trace of thick fog here, so Dick concluded that this was an illusion.

He walked to the office window, but found that when he looked down, he could see a car. It was the Batmobile they were riding in, but the strange thing was that there were three people in the car.

Dick moved closer to the window and looked carefully, and found that the three people all had their eyes closed and frowned, as if they were dreaming.

The space in the thick fog was chaotic. Could it be that this time point was the time when they fell into the illusion of falling before?

No, Dick thought, the fall only lasted for a moment, he had been watching for more than ten seconds, and the three people hadn't woken up yet.

Wait, although they felt that the fall was only a moment, the time in the dream was inconsistent with reality. Could it be that the seemingly short fall process actually lasted for an unknown amount of time?