Chapter 2400: The Weird Bat Family (XI)
Chapter 2431 The Weird Bat House (XI)
The Iceberg Restaurant was still open at this time, and even the restaurant owner Penguin hadn't left work yet. He was not surprised to see Batman coming over. Anyway, Batman came over several times a month, and basically checked everything except for serious issues such as tax issues and hygiene issues.
However, the three people he brought with him this time were a little strange. One looked like a smaller version of himself, and the other two looked bitter and vengeful, with ferocious expressions as if they were ready to smash the place at any time.
This was finally a job, Penguin thought, but considering that he didn't go to the welcome ceremony that day, it was understandable that Batman came to cause trouble for him. He decided to ignore them and finally check today's revenue and leave.
Who knew that Batman didn't seem to want to pay attention to the three people he brought with him. The three sat down on the right side of the bar, and Batman walked to the left.
The Penguin leaned on the bar and said, "It seems you want to chat, what's the matter?"
Batman looked up at him. There was actually nothing good to talk about between him and the Penguin. If it were other criminals, Batman would have made some sarcastic remarks about them, but the Penguin was an exception. What was the difference between chatting with the Penguin and reading a real estate property report?
So Batman remained silent, staring at the clock on the bar, but the clock happened to have a cat pattern, so Batman was silent for a while before he spoke: "Do you know Catwoman?"
"That thief?" Penguin said, holding a glass of wine: "She is a girl from downtown, quite powerful, she specializes in stealing jewelry from rich people, but she doesn't sell it after stealing it. Sometimes she returns it after playing with it for a few days, and sometimes she keeps it for her own collection."
"Has she ever offended you?"
Penguin sneered and said: "I don't collect jewelry, and those things can neither be eaten nor drunk. If disaster strikes, I can't even exchange them for money. I would rather get some gold or guns, which are at least hard currency."
Batman thought to himself, see, this is why I don't want to chat with him, this guy's pragmatism is a bit annoying.
The Penguin rolled his eyes and immediately realized what Batman was asking, so he leaned forward, propped one elbow on the bar, stared into Batman's eyes and said, "Information about picking up girls is not free..."
"You know if I check, I can find it."
"But it's different, man. It's different to accidentally hear from a restaurant owner that a beautiful lady is hanging out in a bar, and to investigate her life like a stalker, down to where she appears every night."
"What do you want?"
The Penguin immediately rubbed his hands and said, "I heard that the land next to the beach was taken by the Waynes. Of course, I'm not planning on that land. I can't eat there, but the hotel in the resort next to it..."
Batman narrowed his eyes.
The Penguin paused for a moment, then said fluently, "I was thinking that Bruce Wayne is your sponsor after all. If you go talk to him, I think we can discuss this matter..."
Batman retracted his gaze, took the paper handed over by the Penguin, wrote a series of numbers on it, and handed the paper to the Penguin and said, "I can give you a piece of information. Now there is an old fox eyeing that place. If you want to take over the management rights of the hotel, I'm afraid it won't be that easy."
The Penguin wanted to ask more, but was interrupted by Batman, "Okay, tell me more details."
The Penguin glanced at the number on the paper and said nothing , and then quietly put it away and said: "This girl relies on her skills and courage to always hang out in the bars at the bottom, but she probably goes to the Golden Cup Bar every Sunday to have fun."
"Since you gave me the attached information, I will give you one too." Penguin tapped the table and said: "Put down the red wine, ice wine and gin bars that are all over your mind. This kind of girl likes to drink whiskey the most, and it's very strong. I think a glass of water cut would be a good choice. I know you won't be stupid enough to order that kind of sweet wine."
After that, Penguin walked behind the bar, and Batman sat there thinking.
You don't need others to teach you about chasing girls. He asked Penguin just because he had a legitimate reason. As Penguin said, Batman can't suddenly appear in the bar where Catwoman often appears, and then tell her that I have conducted a comprehensive and blind investigation on you like investigating a criminal. If that happens, his only reward that night will be a slap in the face.
It would be reasonable if he heard it by chance when he went to Penguin's restaurant to investigate the crime clues. The important business clue was not just a few words from Penguin, but for the purpose of helping Batman to confess and admit that it was indeed him who leaked it when Catwoman came to trouble Penguin.
Originally, after getting this news, Batman could choose to take the initiative, but in the current situation, there is still an insurmountable gap between him and Catwoman, that is, the troubles in Wayne Manor.
It is conceivable that Martha and Thomas will not let him get away with it. Even if he is just wandering around Wayne Manor like a ghost, he must appear on time where he should be, especially at the dining table, otherwise his parents will still suddenly appear behind him like when he was a child and carry him back.
Batman can't get out of Wayne Manor, so it is naturally difficult for him to find Catwoman, but his mind is now full of that graceful figure.
He has seen Selina in Schiller's universe, but that is completely different from the Catwoman in their universe. There is no similarity from head to toe, even though they actually look almost the same and have similar temperaments. Anyway, Batman thinks they are different.
So it is unreliable to start from any known experience. This battle must be fully prepared and go all out, but it is obviously impossible to do so with so many monsters and demons interfering around. How can we get rid of them?
Batman thought about this question for a long time, until Charles and Eric parted unhappily, until Green Lantern Batman came to him and started mumbling, as if trying to persuade him.
Until finally, Batman returned to Wayne Manor to rest, and slept until dawn for the first time in his life. Finally, he was awakened by the noisy sound in the manor, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.
Breakfast time in Wayne Manor was still noisy and cheerful. The Robins jumped up and down, shouted, and quickly shuttled through the living room, kitchen, dining room and garden, looking for everything they could find, as chaotic as three vicious dogs just returned from hell.
Barbara and Gordon also came. They were obviously very interested in these Batmen, so they came to visit at this time, but they were obviously a little too early. Red Hood and Red Robin were arguing about who stole whose pajamas.
"Jason, I'll say it again, if you're not blind, you should be able to see that you can't wear my pajamas, and I can't wear yours either. You might as well suspect Batman instead of suspecting that I and your clothes are reversed..."
Red Hood leaned against the railing unhappily, staring at Red Robin's back with a death stare. Nightwing originally came out in pajamas, and seeing Barbara and Gordon were there, he went back to the bedroom and changed his clothes before coming out.
Thomas and Martha had already changed their clothes. They greeted Gordon and introduced the situation of these Batmen. After Batman changed his clothes and came out, he pulled him and Gordon to talk about the situation on the ground in Gotham.
"Thanks to that huge maze, Gotham's underground has become a hot spot in the news. Many tourists come here to visit. Many experts and archaeological teams are also stationed here. All the hotels are full."
"I think you have also discovered that the tourism industry has great potential, especially in recent times. I don't know what happened, the groundwater pollution has disappeared, the ocean pollution has disappeared, and the beach has become clean again. The beach area that no one wanted before is now extremely popular."
Batman thought to himself, of course it's gone, because all the polluted things are flying in the sky.
"I'll go see how Alfred is doing." Batman said.
But he obviously didn't really go to see Alfred, because with the mechanical Batman, Alfred didn't need help. He came to the garden and found Green Lantern Batman who was strolling around.
Green Lantern Batman learned that there was a protection system in the entire Wayne Manor. Even if the previous lamp furnace didn't hit the helmet, it was very likely to be knocked down by the protection system, so he was now looking for an exit in the garden to escape from the manor.
Of course, the wall that was demolished to let the Batmans in would be a good breakthrough, but the premise is that Batman doesn't block it immediately.
Green Lantern Batman turned around and saw Batman leaning against the door frame staring at him. He turned his head and cursed secretly. It was too difficult to get rid of this guy's damn lingering surveillance.
But things soon took a turn for the better. Batman called his adopted son over and seemed to be saying that he would investigate some radio waves with the weirdo named Charles at night, and asked Nightwing to watch it.
Green Lantern Batman immediately realized that the opportunity had come. In his opinion, the kid wielding double sticks was not as difficult to deal with as Batman. As long as he seized the opportunity, he could easily escape from the manor. As long as he could call the lantern furnace, Batman would not be his opponent.
The busy day passed quickly. Batman and Robin were doing their own jobs. Bruce's teacher came to eat. Red Hood, Red Robin and Nightwing planned to make a new spare tire for the Batmobile. Doomsday Batman pulled Clark from the universe of Mechanical Batman. The two seemed to be discussing what happened to Superman from the universe of Doomsday Batman.
Mechanical Batman has been circling Alfred, and Flash Batman has been studying the mysterious radio waves with Batman-Dragon in the Batcave. Batwoman made the first call and said that she had found a house and moved in.
Ares Batman and Diana are still in love, but this makes Martha and Thomas very happy. This actually makes Batman realize that if he tells Thomas and Martha directly that he wants to date Catwoman, then he can leave immediately, but Batman still doesn't do it.
Because of Catwoman, he had an uncertain premonition. Batman had never thought that he would lack confidence in the relationship between the sexes, but he was indeed unsure, and even unsure whether the emotion surging in his heart was love or a momentary passion.
Night soon arrived. Batman stood at the window of the bedroom and watched with his own eyes as Nightwing pretended not to notice and let Green Lantern Batman jump out of the gap, and then pretended to suddenly discover him and chased him until Green Lantern Batman appeared on a street in the downtown area.
At this time, the figure standing in front of the suddenly lit window upstairs had become a figure with green hair.