Chapter 1640

After the first domino fell, Batman watched the chaotic card game and almost immediately saw the Robins' true purpose from this complicated surface phenomenon.

They are forcing the powerful and influential families in Cat Getan to pick up guns again and become gang families with violence as their pillar and means.

In fact, Batman only experienced the end of the gang era. He debuted when Falcone was already an old man, and the old godfather had already unified Cat Getan more than ten years ago. After more than ten years of evolution, the structure of gang families had long been stagnant, and no advantages could be seen.

Batman, who debuted in such an era, really didn't feel that the gang structure was good. This is actually not a system that can be maintained for a long time at all. Batman doesn't believe the Robins can't see it.

But they spent so much effort, forcing Cat Getan's interest groups to step into the trap they set link by link, constantly guiding them to go down this road. What on earth gave them the confidence to make them firm that this is right?

Just using the elimination method can find clues. In the Robins' calm life day after day, the only variable is that trip to other universes.

Batman has thought about how Schiller made the Cat Getan in the universe he was in see the light of day again. Of course, he also knows that the timeline of that universe is earlier than his own universe. After all, the Bruce Wei En he saw in that universe was younger.

But among all the answers Batman got, the only one missing was the gang system, because that is actually not the key at all. If Cat Getan's problems could be solved so easily, then how could Cat Getan be rotten to this point?

Facts are indeed so. The gang system cannot save Cat Getan, and it is even very difficult to maintain peace for a hundred years. A system built on violence and power must also follow the laws of dynastic cycles, and there is always a day of collapse.

It's just that Batman can't be sure now whether his Robins understand this point, whether they plan to push the era back first and then slowly find a solution, or if they are really painting the skin without painting the bones, only planning to learn the surface phenomenon.

And to know this answer, Batman must first figure out whether the Robins know that Cat Getan's darkness has metaphysical factors. If they know, they might look at this matter more seriously and wouldn't easily count on some system to completely change Cat Getan.

And wanting to know whether the Robins are clear about the metaphysical elements of Cat Getan's darkness, Batman naturally has to pay attention to whether the Robins found the fish that was slapped up by the waves through the surface of the wind and rain in this surging giant wave.

And at this time, Batman thought that besides Harley, there was another little guy who had disappeared for a long time. Where is his own son, Damian Wei En, now, and what is he doing?

Batman found Damian in a secret base in Downtown. Or rather, he originally thought he could find Damian, but he only found Damian's uniform, because the positioning device was on the uniform.

Damian took off his uniform. Batman thought this was a bit incredible. Although the Robins of the Bat-family rarely take off their uniforms, Damian is clearly the member with the most serious symptoms of uniform dependence.

Of course, Damian will dress up when performing some infiltration missions, but such missions clearly couldn't appear in Downtown. The way of doing things here is kicking doors, without so many twists and turns.

And this apartment doesn't look like a secret base shared by the Robins, but rather a foothold Damian prepared for himself, just used to store some temporary supplies.

Then what did he go to do?

Batman appeared a bit puzzled, but without a positioning device, he couldn't be stopped from using his detective talent to follow Damian's footsteps.

Soon, Batman found some clues around the building. He followed this clue and circled the city several times.

Then he discovered that what Damian wanted to do might not be generally unspeakable, because when the demon boy completed Robin's tasks, he at most only circled the city twice.

Finally, the clue guided Batman to Cat Getan City's largest…… septic tank.

That's right, this is also an industry of Wei En Enterprises.

Perhaps many people don't know that the sewage work of modern cities has developed very perfectly. Septic tanks are mainly used for fermentation. After pollutants are treated, a large amount of excrement will be decomposed into residues and sewage, residues usually enter fertilizer factories, and sewage is discharged into the sea after treatment.

Wei En Enterprises, which owns Cat Getan City's largest fertilizer factory, naturally also controls 80% of Cat Getan's septic tanks. And the septic tank Batman found following Damian's footsteps is the largest one in the city.

Modern septic tanks basically don't have much smell as long as they don't enter the cabin used to store pollutants. Batman circled this building a few times, but couldn't find Damian's figure.

But he discovered a trace of strange marks near the surrounding transport pipes.

The east side of the septic tank treatment plant connects to the sewage discharge pipe. Batman usually wouldn't pay attention here, but because of Spider-Man's friendly neighborhood behavior before, he had to work overtime all night to check one chemical plant after another to see if there were any illegal sewage discharge behaviors.

So Batman noticed the sewage pipe for the first time as if he were used to it. He didn't find any illegal discharge behavior, but discovered traces of breaking ground and construction near the water pipe.

Batman checked it, and then discovered that this shouldn't be the result of the inspection and correction by Spider-Man's inspection team some time ago, but traces of modification recently, strictly speaking, within the last few hours.

Combined with the previously discovered whereabouts of Damian, Batman had to suspect that it was Damian who moved the sewage drain pipe.

Batman knew that his son had some engineering skill experience. Modifying a pipe wasn't difficult for him. Plus the Robins had been planning for a long time, it was very likely they had prepared materials long ago.

The problem is, what are they doing moving the septic tank's drain?

Batman felt that to know what on earth the Robins were doing again, he could only dig open the place they had already filled.

Of course, Batman couldn't rely on human labor to dig. The most important thing is that he couldn't rely on his own human labor to dig.

About half an hour later, Flash and Spider-Man were brought to the side of the septic tank.

"You, shut up, I haven't had time to pursue the responsibility of you throwing strangers into Cat Getan. You, don't speak either, otherwise get out of Cat Getan. You two, start working now."

Flash Barry and Spider-Man Peter looked at each other. The fight that was originally going to break out couldn't be fought in front of Batman, otherwise they would definitely be held accountable later.

Mainly, these two curious babies with heavy curiosity were really curious—why is Batman digging the septic tank's drain?

The process of septic tanks treating feces and sewage in the city is roughly: first through sedimentation, making the sediment and liquid separate, sending the liquid to the sewage treatment plant separately, and then treating the sediment. So its sewage drain should be leading to the sewage treatment plant.

But as Flash and Spider-Man dug, Batman discovered something wrong. The drain line of this septic tank located between Uptown and Midtown had been modified, and it was clearly, unreservedly heading toward Uptown.

Batman had a bad premonition.

At this time, in the basement of a manor in Uptown, a woman wearing a bird-beak mask slapped the table and said: "Even if March is unreliable, he is still stronger than those waste birds you raised. Who sent the reconnaissance team to Midtown for a stroll, and returned with an average of eighteen gunshots per person?"

"Hmph, Doris, the candidate you cultivated can't even beat a gang boss from the wild road. Now how much is the vote behind? At least there must be a gap of twenty thousand votes, right?"

"So what? It's just that the few mainstream media under my hands haven't started to exert strength yet. As long as the propaganda is in place, what is a gap of twenty thousand votes? But you……"

"Fine." A voice came from in front of the table. After a sigh, an old man sitting in the main seat said: "We gathered here today to explore why Cat Getan has suddenly had many events that the Court of Owls cannot control. If you have any ideas, just say them, but it's best not to waste time on mutual accusations."

"Our people have found out that the so-called 'Naiwei' family is actually the reverse spelling of the Wei En family. We suspect that this is Batman playing tricks behind the scenes again."

"Do you still need to investigate such a shallow thing?" Another voice immediately retorted to him with disdain: "The few members of the Naiwei family all used voice changers, but it's not hard to find out that they aren't old. I guess it's just those few children of the Bat-family."

"Just a few children messed Cat Getan up like this? Batman is really making progress. We shouldn't have left him alive in the first place."

Suddenly, a person wearing a robe and a bird-beak mask coughed twice and said: "Batman is of great use to us…… Let's not discuss this for now. Let's think about how to calm the chaos in Cat Getan City. It's no good for us to be so chaotic."

"Anyway, we definitely can't count on…… Wait, did you hear any sound? Is someone knocking on the door?"

Everyone turned their heads together and looked at the door of the basement. With a "bang," the door was kicked open directly. Batman walked into the meeting room. Without waiting for anyone to speak, he said in a fast voice.

"Leave here quickly. You only have less than ten seconds."

"Batman?! How did you……"

"Hurry up and go!!!!"

All members of the Court of Owls swore they had never heard Batman roar like this.

But the next second, a golden light flashed, Batman entered the Speed Force directly, and then disappeared. The posture of leaving was so anxious that it was simply like fleeing in a panic.

Suddenly, a gurgling sound came from the basement exhaust vent, and a rich, chemical-smelling stench drifted out immediately. In an instant, endless, untreated septic tank sewage flooded the entire room like a flood.

What's more terrible than "shit to the head" is that liquid is pervasive. When it rushed into the sealed room in a short time, even a swimming expert would inevitably choke on water.

The modified pipe discharged enough septic tank sewage to fill the entire room in just a few dozen seconds.

What does it feel like to be completely submerged by sewage that has gathered all the dirt of the whole city and fermented in the septic tank for several days?

The answer of the members of the Court of Owls is—no time to die.

Want to die, but no time, because they still have to find a way to open the door under the water, otherwise they really have to drown in the sewage.

Then, the members of the Court of Owls discovered that the unparalleled tacit understanding between Batman and the Bat-family had also played a role at this moment—Batman welded the door shut before leaving.

Actually, it wasn't Batman who welded it shut, but Flash and Spider-Man who welded it shut.

And the members of the Court of Owls who tried every means to pry the door for self-rescue finally understood what it meant—Spider-Man never cuts corners when working, New York's friendly neighborhood hero, you are worth trusting.