Chapter 1457: Birds Returning (Part 18)

When Bruce brought the three Robins back to Wei En Manor, Thomas was arguing with Nightwing.

The process of the matter was probably like this: the time Thomas and Nightwing talked was obviously not enough for Dick to finish his French homework, so when Thomas went up to check the homework, he was miserable.

Dick actually wasn't completely unwritten, but what he wrote was also written blindly when he was too sleepy. This was more fatal than not writing, because it very exquisitely reflected his French level—Dick successfully made France and the British Empire coexist again at the end of the 20th century.

After Thomas finished reading, he was furious. He felt that he had tried hard to suppress his anger and talk to Dick properly, but Nightwing felt that his requirements were too high. Dick's eyes were almost unable to open from sleepiness. The most urgent thing now should be to let him sleep, otherwise it was simply abuse, so the two argued.

Digressing is an unavoidable part of arguing. Arguing and arguing, the two argued to the topic of the relationship between ballet and French.

Nightwing felt that learning ballet and learning French had no necessary connection, so there was no need to learn them together. Even if he wanted to learn French, he didn't necessarily have to learn ballet. And Thomas's train of thought was "Oh, you don't know ballet yet? Then let's learn it together".

In fact, there is no reason to talk to a head of the family like Thomas. Anyway, all logic will return to the unchanging argument of "Are you the father or am I the father" in the end. Nightwing of course couldn't feel that he could be the father of Batman's father, so he couldn't argue with Thomas at all.

And when Bruce came back, he was turning his head and talking to Red Robin.

"... Since you have a foundation in surgical technology, I think you only need to add two extra lessons to take the second round of anatomy class with Harley..."

"I can add lessons for you, but I will be busier later, so you can follow Harley to help Ms. Nameless. She recently achieved major research results in skin regeneration and published three first-tier papers in a short period of time. If you can get a first author in this subject, then getting an offer from the Metropolitan University Medical School is not difficult..."

Then, he turned to the other side and said to Red Hood: "I don't think you will be interested in medicine. I can contact Bane and Deathstroke who are still living in the mercenary guild hotel on the island, and ask him if he can be your sparring partner."

"I don't know if the Bane in your universe uses chemical drugs to strengthen himself, but if you want to play against him, it's best to learn chemical knowledge. Zatanna is currently following Professor Crane to learn, I can add an extra week of tutoring for you, and then you can keep up with the progress..."

Thomas stopped arguing with Nightwing and pricked up his ears to listen carefully. He heard the kid wearing the red hood mutter a few words, but finally said: "Playing against Bane, Deathstroke and them isn't just about solving chemistry..."

"It doesn't matter, even if you are cut in half, the Dollmaker can sew you back up."

Without looking at Red Hood, who was pursing his lips, Bruce paused his steps, waited for Damian behind him, and then supported his back with his hand and said: "Really didn't expect you to be the most comprehensive learner in the Bat family, but I think you shouldn't have any chance to practice in business, so I think I can hand over the Villain Island to you to manage for a period of time..."

Damian was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up, and he followed Bruce's side quickly and asked: "Can I manage the whole island? Really?"

"Yes, but there are still many things you need to learn. Tomorrow I will take you to meet the two magicians introduced by Constantine and the demons they contracted, those are our future clients."

"Three days later, we are going to hell to attend the wedding of Beelzebub's 32nd daughter. He specially invited me to be the witness, then we are going to the dream world to pick up Clark's dog and send it to Mexico to reunite with him, and accompany Diana to her brother's place on Mount Olympus to get something customized there, and send it to the space station where she is working..."

When walking to the stairs, Bruce held the handrail and said: "Alright, remember the arrangements, go back to sleep."

The three of them returned to their rooms obediently without saying a word. Thomas and Nightwing stood in the living room staring at each other, then looked at Bruce together. Thomas took the lead in frowning and asked: "What kind of ecstasy soup did you feed them?"

"Why is my bank card frozen?" Bruce remembered another thing.

"You actually have the nerve to ask?!" Thomas blew his beard and stared, very dissatisfied and said: "The economy of Wei En Group finally had some improvement, you spent 1.5 billion US dollars in one month, do you know what the consequences will be?"

"Of course, the financial situation of Wei En Group will become precarious." Bruce stood behind the back of the sofa, arms crossed and said: "Then we can borrow money from banks and the country. They must lend it to us because they can't let Wei En Group collapse. If the money is not enough, then print money."

Thomas was speechless. He looked at Bruce and said: "Is the money obtained by overdrawing the national finance for you to go out and spend recklessly?"

"But I do need money."

"Do you think I will fund you without restraint?"

"You of course will."

"Why?"

"Because if you don't, I will report you for collusion."

Thomas was stunned.

Bruce walked slowly to Thomas, looked into his eyes and said: "The sixteen largest payments among the thirty-two companies registered last month must have flowed to countries other than Mexico, right?"

Thomas narrowed his eyes slowly. He used a dangerous tone and said: "... You checked my accounts?"

"I didn't, but I have my own way." Bruce spread his arms again and said: "Split the military expenditure in half, and I'll pretend I don't know."

"Do you want to threaten me?"

"Of course not, just a coincidence."

"... One-third, tell me where the problem is."

"Half, no bargaining."

Thomas stared at Bruce for a long time. After half a while, he took a step back, as if recognizing him again, and looked him up and down from head to toe, then he took a deep breath and said.

"Deal, tell me how you found out."

And Bruce had already walked along the stairs back to the door of his room. He stood in front of the skylight upstairs, looked down, and left only one sentence before entering the door.

"Within the United States, there is no flaw."

With a "bang", the room door closed. Thomas's upward-looking eyes were retracted. Instantly, he seemed to think of something and showed a shocked expression.

"Alfred! Alfred!!"

Thomas said while walking towards the cloakroom: "Prepare the car, I'm going out! Quick!"

After Alfred answered, Thomas's low curse came from the cloakroom.

"How can this damn spendthrift be so bold?! How can he guarantee not to be discovered... Alfred! Alfred! Help me get the phone book, I have to contact the people there to ensure he isn't on the contact list... and the CIA's..."

Thomas's voice, who had already run out of the door, disappeared into the night sky. Nightwing in the living room didn't understand what they were arguing about, only remembered vocabulary like "Mexico", "largest payment", "CIA".

He looked at his watch. It was already early morning. It wouldn't be long before dawn. Nightwing, who had been tossing and turning for half the night, felt a bit tired, so he walked back to his room slowly and threw himself on the soft big bed, wanting to have a good sleep.

Nightwing originally thought he wouldn't be able to sleep. He often fell into deep fatigue after a busy day, but couldn't sleep at all. But today there were some exceptions. He slept very well. Until Alfred knocked on the door to call him for breakfast, he was still a bit groggy and couldn't wake up.

Nightwing, with sleepy eyes, walked out of the room and looked down along the skylight, seeing that the others had gathered on the sofa waiting for breakfast.

Barbara Gordon rushed into Wei En Manor in a rush. She picked up the water glass on the tea table and gulped down a few mouthfuls, spread her hands and said: "You don't know how crazy I was last night!"

"What's wrong?" Red Robin asked with a water glass in his hand.

Barbara caught her breath first, then said: "Last night, a group of gang leaders rushed into James's house, that is, the damn Gordon Manor, and insisted on discussing the rap competition held in Cat Getan with him! I was pulled by them to calculate accounts for half the night!"

"Rap competition?" Red Hood's facial features wrinkled together.

Barbara only realized after looking at his expression: "Oh, you don't know yet, right? A rap singer has been very popular in Cat Getan recently. He has been on the top ten of the Billboard list for a week. He just entered the top three last night and might impact the first place tomorrow."

"His nickname is 'Cat Getan Kid'. A rap album is popular all over the world. I heard he is a strong competitor for this year's Grammy Awards. Cat Getan also followed suit and became popular. Gangs want to strike while the iron is hot and hold a rap competition, and the mayor wants to use this to revitalize tourism."

"Damn it!" Red Hood cursed: "Cat Getan develops tourism? Which one who doesn't want to live would come to Cat Getan for tourism?"

Barbara sat on the sofa, just sitting on Bruce's right side. She drank another mouthful of water, smoothed her breath and said: "You really can't say that. Cat Getan is popular now, it has simply become the hometown of gangster rap. Many people are very curious about this place."

"Simply absurd." Red Robin commented.

"There are even more absurd ones." Barbara glanced at Bruce next to her and said: "Guess what that red-hot Cat Getan Kid's explosive album is called?"

"What is it called?" Red Hood picked up the water glass and drank water, asking curiously.

"'King of Cat Getan'!"

"Pfft!"

Red Hood sprayed a mouthful of water, then coughed straight from choking. Three Robins looked at Bruce, who was fiddling with the computer opposite, at the same time.

Bruce's expression had no fluctuations. He was fiddling with a very bulky computer like a box, and there was a hard drive next to it.

Barbara instinctively looked at Bruce with the eyes of the three Robins, and then found that Bruce's computer screen was the background of a certain bank.

The Batman of this world is really strange, Barbara thought, he doesn't mind others calling themselves King of Cat Getan?

Wait, bank background???

Barbara looked at the computer screen in confusion. She looked at the distribution of patterns on the interface carefully again, and then screamed in shock.

"Batman! What are you doing?!!"

Barbara roared.

Bruce turned his head and looked at her calmly, then turned back to continue fiddling with the computer. Watching Bruce enter a number longer than a phone number into the input box, Barbara took a step forward and grabbed his hand that was about to click confirm, repeating in horror.

"Batman!!"

"What are you doing?!!"

Bruce fiddled with the card in his hand and said: "My bank card is frozen, I have to find a way."

"Then why do you have to hack into the background of the Federal Reserve?!!"

"I plan to borrow some money."

Barbara froze in place. She stared at Bruce in disbelief. Bruce looked into her eyes quite sincerely and said.

"My teacher's friend taught me—macroeconomic systematic lending."

"Ah???!"

"Borrow macroscopically, repay systematically."

Barbara cracked. And Nightwing, who had walked to the breakfast table and picked up the newspaper, was even more cracked.

A line of big characters on the front page headline of the newspaper made Nightwing, who hadn't fully woken up from his sleep, wake up immediately, and broke into a cold sweat.

"CIA Director James Woolsey said that in the past month, several large sums of unknown funds have flowed into Mexico, or the Soviet Union is secretly funding the communist movement!" ===== CHAPTER 1458 =====