Chapter 298 Bat Maze (3)
When Martian Manhunter Ron Jongz saw the unconscious Batwoman, he suddenly felt an instinctive fear.
"Is this Batwoman?"
He could only stand far away and dared not get closer.
Even just standing in the same room with the other person made him feel dizzy.
Seeing the other party's reaction, Bruce couldn't help but understand.
"It seems that the chemical gas used against artificial Martian organisms is also effective against real Martians."
Batwoman inhaled an unknown amount of gas. She was like a human-shaped gas tank. Every breath she took caused huge damage to the Martian Manhunter.
At this time, the professional medical personnel of the Operations Department have begun to conduct various examinations on Batwoman.
Bruce also discovered something very interesting at this time.
No matter how busy the medical staff were, no one even tried to take off Batwoman's mask.
It seems that they all know that superhero masks cannot be taken off, as they are something more important than life.
Unless the atmosphere is such that it's time to take it off.
Soon, the test results came out.
"Fortunately, no big problem."
A medical staff member reported, "She seems to have inhaled some kind of poisonous gas, which caused her high fever. She wouldn't have been like this otherwise, but before that, she had also ingested traces of another chemical substance, which reacted violently with the poisonous gas, causing her to be like this now."
According to the medical staff, the reaction between the two substances in Batwoman's body is almost over, mainly because the intake of poison gas has stopped and the effect of the other substance has taken over.
"So it seems that what Batwoman took before was a buffer she developed herself?"
Did you come up with this idea because you knew you would be at the source of the gas?
Bruce was somewhat helpless. Although Batwoman had thought of this, the buffer she developed was obviously not working properly.
If Bruce hadn't taken her out of Gotham in time and allowed Batwoman to continue to be trapped in the fog, she would probably have become the first victim of Gotham City.
"We have already taken care of it. All we have to do now is wait for her to wake up."
The medical staff said, "It will take about two or three days for her high fever to subside slowly."
"it is good."
Bruce nodded and said, "Thank you."
"No, you're welcome!"
The medical staff were still afraid of the evil hell bats, and they seemed very honored when faced with Bruce's thanks.
Bruce was looking at Batwoman lying on the hospital bed through the glass.
A transparent drip tube meandered down from the hook above and connected to the needle on the back of her hand. Drops of the drip liquid slid rhythmically down the tube.
Of course, the medical staff didn't dare to prescribe any medicine for Batwoman. What they injected now was just glucose.
Bruce turned around and looked at Martian Manhunter and Supergirl behind him.
"Let's arrange a meeting room."
Bruce said, "I have something to talk to you about."
……
Half an hour later.
After listening to Bruce's story, the conference room fell into an extremely depressing atmosphere.
Martian Manhunter frowned, his eyes filled with anxiety and confusion.
"You mean, in order to deal with those white Martians, Batwoman spread a special gas throughout Gotham?"
The Martian Manhunter was not surprised that there were a large number of White Martians lurking on Earth.
He was mentally prepared.
Supergirl had dealt with the White Martians before, and when she came back and described what those monsters looked like, the Martian Manhunter understood immediately.
But his thought at the time was that this group of white Martians were coming for him.
It was too late to escape, so the decision made by the Martian Hunter was to hide himself better and try not to be discovered.
Now he has not yet come out of the shadow cast by the White Martians.
However, now Bruce tells him that while the Martian Manhunter was panicking, Batwoman herself had challenged the White Martian and taken the initiative.
Although the result was not very good, at least it was an attack.
Bruce sat at the head of the conference table and said in a low voice: "Now, the whole of Gotham has been occupied by the White Martians. They have lost their minds and are only crazy."
"I don't think it's that simple."
Martian Manhunter lowered his head and said, "Even if they have lost their minds, the White Martian's psychic web still exists, but it has been taken over by madness."
Bruce frowned and asked, "So where will this lead to?"
"I can't say."
Martian Manhunter shook his head and said, "The Martians have never gone crazy, but the situation is probably not optimistic. The only solution now is to completely blockade Gotham and wait for time to pass, or..."
The Martian Hunter did not clearly state what this waiting time meant.
But Bruce knew very well that this was an extremely cruel choice, tantamount to leaving all the survivors in Gotham City to fend for themselves.
There was no way he would choose this idea or even consider it.
Then there is only the second one.
"Taking the initiative, huh?" Bruce asked.
"Yes, take the initiative to enter Gotham City and destroy the giant network of minds."
Martian Manhunter said, "But that's difficult. After all, the Martians' psychic abilities can even change reality. I think you've seen them become incorporeal, right?"
Bruce was noncommittal.
Of course he had seen the hollow bodies, but so what? In his heart, Gotham would never be a bargaining chip.
Never give up.
"How can we do this?" Bruce asked. "How can we most effectively destroy the Psychic Web?"
"Eliminate the key nodes."
Martian Hunter said without reservation, "Generally speaking, the Psychic Web will have several extremely important nodes, which are manned by the strongest Martians. If they can be killed, the Psychic Web will collapse."
"I see."
Bruce nodded, "Thank you Martian Manhunter, the people of Gotham will remember your kindness."
After saying that, he stood up and prepared to leave.
It is safe for Batwoman to recuperate here, and Bruce plans to completely resolve the crisis in Gotham before she wakes up.
"and many more!"
Supergirl quickly stopped Bruce, "You want to handle this alone?"
Bruce did not answer the question.
But no answer is also an answer.
Supergirl suddenly understood something, and at this moment, she guessed Bruce's identity.
"You're from Gotham, right?"
Supergirl said, "I remember that before Batwoman, the protector of Gotham was Batman. You were driven out of Gotham by him, right?"
Kayla thought her speculation was very reasonable.
Otherwise there is no better explanation.
In fact, Gotham villains are very famous even in the United States.
They are extremely vicious and hide in a small place like Gotham, but they create things that are as big as world crises every day.
Batman battles wits and courage with them, trying to maintain order in Gotham. The difficulty is unimaginable to others.
but--
What is very strange is that those criminals seem to have some serious illness. Even though every conspiracy is stopped by Batman and they are beaten half to death, they have never thought of leaving Gotham and going to a place where there is no Batman.
It is even said that some criminals will try every possible means to return to Gotham and continue to tangle with Batman. Kayla suddenly realized that the Dark Knight might also be such a villain.
Forced to leave Gotham, but always paying attention to his hometown. When Batwoman gets into trouble, he will arrive at the scene and rescue her as soon as possible.
As for that plan he mentioned before to destroy the world?
Kayla thought that this might be a means to lure out Batman.
After all, Batman has been missing for a year.
The Dark Knight's evil plan is like holding a megaphone and shouting to the world: "Batman! I'm going to destroy the world, why don't you come out and stop me?"
Kayla firmly believed that this must be the case!
Her expression gradually softened, as if she had seen through the wound in the Dark Knight's heart.
You must be lonely without Batman, right?
"You don't have to face it alone."
Supergirl whispered, "I can go with you, just as a... to save your hometown."
Bruce looked at Kayla and felt like this guy had misunderstood something.
After a long while, he finally said, "No need."
"You're welcome..."
"I'm not being polite." Bruce said bluntly, "You're too weak. You'll hold me back."
After saying that, he turned and left without stopping.
Kayla stood there in a daze.
Martian Manhunter walked up behind Keira as if nothing had happened and said, "It seems someone's feelings have been rejected."
"If you don't speak, no one will think you are mute!"
Keira suddenly went berserk and stepped on the instep of the Martian Hunter, who instantly grimaced in pain.
Supergirl left the meeting room angrily, leaving only the sound of her red leather boots gradually moving away.
Martian Manhunter sighed helplessly as he watched Kayla's voice fade away.
He didn't believe that Supergirl would give up. Whether out of a sense of justice or something else, she would definitely follow him secretly to Gotham.
This is not something you can reverse on your own.
He treated Kayla as his daughter, but Kayla didn't really treat him as her father.
"Ugh!"
Martian Hunter left the conference room and came to the nursing ward.
There, Batwoman was still unconscious, and a nurse was drawing blood from her for further testing.
"Mr. Minister!" The nurse saluted immediately when she saw the Martian Hunter.
After all, Martian Manhunter has always maintained his appearance as Hank and is everyone's boss.
"Give me this."
Martian Manhunter reached out and took the blood sample from the nurse.
Looking at the dark red liquid in the blood collection bottle, Martian Hunter thought to himself.
"The idea of using large-scale chemical gas to eliminate the White Martians is indeed a good one, but you are missing the most critical substance, which is a biological enzyme that is only produced in the bodies of Green Martians."
Now, Martian Manhunter wouldn't mind perfecting the final step for Batwoman.
After all, this is also revenge for yourself!
……
Bruce returned to Gotham. The city shrouded in thick fog reminded him of the foggy city in the Victorian era.
The previous time Bruce Apparated, he entered Gotham City directly, but this time, he did not go in directly.
It is easier to see the full picture of Gotham today by observing from the outside.
Therefore, what Bruce saw at this time was something he had never noticed before.
Above Gotham, the fog settled in a strange pattern, as if there was an invisible ceiling blocking their rise, forming a special dome.
"The giant web of the mind?"
Bruce wasn't sure, but this situation was clearly not normal.
At this time, a figure flew over quickly from the distance, cursing.
"How dare you come back? Do you really care about me?"
That's Katoom.
Bruce suddenly frowned when he saw the owl flying towards him.
"Wait Katoom! What's following you?!"
It's not Bruce's fault for having such a reaction. Katum's situation at this moment is indeed not optimistic.
Behind the owl was the surging fog chasing it.
The mist seemed to have life, constantly changing into various shapes. Sometimes it was a ferocious beast, sometimes it was a weapon, and sometimes it was a skeleton demon-like existence.
"Don't worry about what it is!"
Katum shouted, "Run with me!"
run?
Bruce's eyes narrowed. Even Katum said so. Could it be that there really is something extremely dangerous in the fog?
He decided to trust Katum's judgment, and immediately turned around and ran, without even using Apparition, just running on his own two legs.
Katoom had caught up with Bruce and was walking side by side with him.
"What's in the fog?!"
Bruce asked as he ran, "Does it make you so nervous?"
He couldn't help but look back, the fog surging behind him was still changing shape.
"Oh, nothing."
"It's just the fog changing by itself, but it's just scary, it's not threatening," said Katum.
Bruce: ?
He stopped, the fog howling and engulfing him, Bruce stood there, and indeed nothing happened.
Bruce's face was instantly filled with black lines.
"Then why did you ask me to run!" he shouted, "I thought you were in some unsolvable danger!"
"Why are you shouting so loudly?"
Katum's voice was louder than Bruce's. "I didn't say there was any danger! I just wanted to run with you and have some fun parent-child time. Is that wrong?"
The owl was indeed angry.
Bruce seemed to have gotten used to Katoom being able to handle everything on his own, and actually left the owl alone in Gotham.
This is really too much.
Although Katum could leave at any time, he just couldn't swallow this.
Bruce, you are in trouble. Owls are very petty.
"Okay, let's get back to the topic."
Bruce sighed and stopped arguing with Katoom about the issue.
"Have you been in Gotham the whole time?"
"more or less."
"I walked around Gotham to see what was going on and to see how many survivors there were," Katoum said.
"There are many?"
"There are quite a lot of them," Katum said, "all hiding in their homes, not daring to go out.
“Gotham right now is basically just a bunch of monsters wandering around.
"This kind of scene is really a big shock to me, a little old man."
(End of this chapter)
