Chapter 2153: Battle of the Two Cities! (Part 31)

What was Batman doing at this time?

In fact, he hadn't followed since Cat Getan went to hell, but this was of course not because his condition had improved and he didn't have such strong control over Cat Getan, but because he really couldn't come back.

On one hand, in the New 52 universe, the Green Lantern Corps and the Apokolips Corps were fighting fiercely. After Wonder Woman and Superman joined the war, they almost had to ask Batman for every step they took. As the brain of the Justice League, even if he didn't go to the front line himself, he had to sit at the Justice League headquarters to supervise the battle to prevent the two fists of the Justice League from getting hot-headed and hitting off-target.

On the other hand, it was also the main reason Batman stayed on the New 52 Earth: Thomas and Martha needed him to take over the industries left by the Wei En Group on Earth and help the two families speculate in real estate in New Cat Getan.

In fact, the last point was the most important, because real estate speculation was really too profitable. Batman was a mental patient, but he was a mental patient with parents now.

This led to the fact that if the Wei En couple asked the psychiatric hospital to issue a diagnosis of mental illness for Batman, Batman would become a person with limited capacity for civil conduct, and the Wei En couple would become his guardians. From a legal perspective, they had the right to lock Batman in Arkham Asylum.

If they really did this, Batman of course couldn't not resist, but most importantly, with his opening speed that was about the same as a sloth, he really couldn't argue with Thomas, Martha, Robin, and Alfred.

So he could only obediently stay and help his old dad and old mom manage the family business.

Of course, someone would definitely say that Cat Getan was a coastal city. After the sky city Cat Getan flew up, it took away about tens of meters of foundation. Although it didn't sound like much, a coastal city dropping tens of meters in altitude was also very fatal and would definitely be submerged by seawater.

But to be submerged by the sea, you have to ask if the sea is willing. The sea expressed that it was very unwilling.

In order not to speculate in real estate, Batman went to find Aquaman Arthur. He was the culprit behind Cat Getan not being submerged by seawater.

After Cat Getan flew into the sky, the seawater around it didn't follow the laws of physics, but solidified there in a posture that could split a coffin lid if Newton saw it, forming a unique water wall.

Batman raised his doubts to Arthur. Arthur shook his head repeatedly and expressed that out of consideration for friendly land-sea relations, they were even willing to let the seawater around Cat Getan retreat another two hundred meters and sign a treaty that Cat Getan would never be submerged.

Just kidding, the fish in Cat Getan's area were also people who had seen the world. Gothamites dared to discharge anything into the sea. The fish here had finally maxed out their resistance to poison and drugs. Now you want us to rush straight into the center of the septic tank? The moment Cat Getan took off, the fish within two hundred nautical miles carried reefs and ran away overnight.

So Batman could only stay and deal with the messy industrial relocation and real estate development business.

These jobs were already annoying enough, but Wonder Woman and Superman, who were fighting in the universe, still treated him as a turtle in a wishing pool, wishing they could ask Batman if their flying posture was correct before flying a meter forward.

Even with Batman's willpower, he was a bit tired of such a life. During the process of talking on the phone with the Robins, he hinted countless times for the Robins to call him back.

But for some reason, the people who answered the phone were either Jason or Damian. The few birds in the Batcave who could barely be called understanding never got the phone.

Batman knew that it was absolutely those few cunning little birds who cheated in the competition of "who goes to answer Batman's phone," and finally only Damian and Jason, whose temperaments and personalities were more straightforward, lost the competition and came to answer his phone.

This day, Batman was again huddled in his office looking at a pile of New Cat Getan city planning reports sent by the mayor of Metropolis.

How would Batman summarize the level of city planning? Even now, he had to say, "The Court of Owls could have done better than them."

Just as he was panning for gold in the shit in this municipal planning map, his communicator suddenly rang. He picked it up and looked, and it was actually a call from Dick.

"Hello?" Batman rarely took the initiative to speak after answering the phone. He and Dick had indeed not talked on the phone for a long time, and recently he had been contacting Jason.

"Uh, Batman, are you free now? I want to tell you something." Dick's steady voice came from the other side. "The Joker hopes you come back."

Batman immediately frowned, because he had emphasized countless times to the Robins: absolutely do not approach the Joker. He just wanted to open his mouth to say something when he heard Dick say.

"Don't worry, I absolutely wasn't kidnapped, nor was I manipulated. I am completely clear-headed now, um... things are probably like this..."

Dick summarized Cat Getan's recent situation and told Batman, and then talked about how Red Hood and Red Robin, who went down to investigate, brought the Joker back.

Although Dick didn't describe what the Joker encountered, Batman could also imagine that it was probably a big mess after the fusion of the cities, and the Joker wanted to see his fun again.

Accepting the Joker's invitation wasn't a good thing, but Batman was indeed worried about Cat Getan's current situation. He thought about it and decided to go back and take a look.

At this moment, the secretary knocked on the door and walked in. Batman put down the phone and signaled her to speak if she had something to say. The secretary nodded and said: "Mr. Mayor violated our agreement and did not choose the bid of the Kane Group in the bidding for the Reed Bay development project. Instead, he chose a company from Metropolis."

"According to our investigation, the controlling shareholder of this company is the mayor's nephew. The company was registered a month ago and claims to have 40 employees, but in fact, there are only three people: two assistants and one accountant."

Batman pressed his finger on his brow.

Not to mention what kind of "he-dong lion roar" Thomas and Martha would use on himself after knowing this result, just handing over the development of the Reed Bay area to a shell company was something Batman absolutely couldn't allow.

As a result, at this time, another special assistant walked in, knocked on the door, pushed his glasses, looked at Batman, and said: "Sir, the FBI blocked all entrances and exits of the Cat Getan underground labyrinth, arrested 6 alien relic enthusiasts, and blocked all media news."

"What does Congress say?" Batman asked.

"They said this is either made by aliens or made by the Chinese."

Batman covered his forehead.

"And they don't care who made it at all, they only care who can finally get it." The female secretary also pushed her glasses and said: "They have different opinions on the development of this giant labyrinth, but there is no doubt that everyone wants to take this piece of land, because this will definitely be a popular tourist attraction in the future."

"This is very dangerous." Batman said.

They wanted danger.

Batman pursed his lips and remained silent. He of course knew that the tourism industry needed heat the most, and it would be best if a few explorers died inside, which would be truly world-famous.

The FBI's blockade must also be directed by someone, the purpose of which was to heat up the Court of Owls' huge underground labyrinth, so that no matter who the labyrinth fell into, it would be a huge gold nugget.

"Can't let them do this." Batman continued: "Prepare a plane for me, I want to go to Capitol Hill myself."

After the two left, Batman stood up. He had to fight for the land left in Cat Getan, because this was his hope for rebuilding New Cat Getan.

Batman of course knew about Cat Getan's curse. Although he didn't know the specific principle, he understood that this curse was actually entangled in the city rather than the land.

Now that the city was gone and only the land was left, did it mean that building a new city named Cat Getan on this land would no longer be troubled by those inexplicable curses, and there would be a possibility of truly getting better?

Batman was just thinking about this when his movements stopped. If he chose to stay here and go to Washington, it meant that he definitely wouldn't be able to go back to Cat Getan in a short time.

Taking back the development rights of Cat Getan's land was destined to be a long tug-of-war. The hyenas in Congress wouldn't easily let go, and Batman didn't want to let them bite off a piece of meat, so he absolutely wouldn't back down.

This meant that they would have to spend at least two months negotiating. Although Batman was sure he could win, two months later, no matter what happened on the side of the sky city Cat Getan, the daylily would be cold.

How to choose?

Batman stood in front of the table and thought for a long time. Finally, the desire to rebuild a beautiful New Cat Getan overcame the desire to play games with the Joker. Playing games with the Joker was just to save Cat Getan, so it would be better to spend energy on the final goal.

But it wasn't that he wouldn't save the old Cat Getan if he rebuilt the new Cat Getan. The troubles on the side of the Joker and the sky city Cat Getan fusion new city also had to be solved, but he couldn't appear in two places at the same time, which was a bit of a headache.

On the way to think of a solution, Batman received another call, still from Dick, but this time the voice was more immature and younger.

"Um, hello, Batman, I am Richard Wei En."

When Batman heard Dick burst out this name, he felt like he was in a different lifetime, and then he remembered that among the group of younger Robins from other universes, the Dick had changed his surname to Wei En.

"I have something to discuss with you. Oswald just called and wanted you to come back, but your Nightwing went to find his friends, so I answered the phone."

"It sounds like the situation on his side is not optimistic. I just watched the news report on TV. There are many messes in this city under our feet. The Brooklyn Bridge flew up, a big string of things hanging on it hit the Stark Tower, and many, many more."

"But for some reason, the Batman of this universe didn't appear. Although I don't like the tone of Oswald in this universe on the phone, I think if you have time, you should come back and manage it. What do you think?"

"Indeed." Batman slowed down his tone, not because this Dick was younger, but because his wording and tone were more gentle and polite.

Although his Robins had all had such an age period, children always grew up very quickly. The birds that left the nest always became stronger, harder, and more silent after flying around.

Thinking of this, Batman had a flash of inspiration.

"Yes, Dick, I think someone should manage it, but it doesn't necessarily have to be me."

"But who else can manage it?" Dick's tone carried a faint doubt. He said: "You don't know how chaotic the city is now. This trouble is not something ordinary people can solve."

"And you happen to know an extraordinary person, don't you?" ===== CHAPTER 2154 =====