Chapter 2451: The Battle for the Cape (16)

This time, the thick fog was not in anyone's expectations.

At that time, the Robin teams had already found the main switch of the protective device left by Batman. After turning it on, the energy system of the protective device would start to operate.

But as mentioned before, this protective system was divided into areas, which meant there were separate switches used to activate the protective systems of each area. That is to say, just pulling the main switch wasn't enough; they had to go to each power distribution room to turn on the switches.

Now it wasn't just Dick; everyone started complaining about who Batman was guarding against. Although Jason had already seen it a bit, he felt he'd better not say anything.

According to what he knew, Arkham Batman had dealt with the main universe Batman. I'm afraid he had already learned about the situation in the main universe Cat Getan from the main universe Batman—if the main universe Cat Getan hadn't flown away, would the main universe Batman be like a street wanderer now?

So how did the main universe Cat Getan fly away? The madmen of Arkham contributed a lot, but you Robins couldn't say you were just watching from the sidelines, clean and innocent, right?

This kind of energy-absorbing device sounded like a reliable big guy. If you pressed a switch and turned it all on, would my home still be there when I came back from being president?

In summary, Jason could understand why the Batman of this universe designed such a complex control system. It was indeed a bit troublesome when it was truly needed, but since things had reached this point, it still had to be solved. Fortunately, they had many people and could act separately.

Considering that it wasn't safe in the city now, they decided to go in groups of three to several possible switch locations they inferred based on geographical conditions to turn on the switches of the protective device.

Red Hood had already rushed back, and everyone learned from him that Batman was missing, which made the atmosphere within the team a bit subtle.

If you said Batman was seriously injured and waiting for them to save him, everyone would be anxious, wishing they could travel over immediately and fish Batman out of danger.

But if you said Batman had escaped but was nowhere to be found, the members of the Bat-family would wonder if this was another one of Batman's plans, while also feeling a sense of loss that Batman didn't take them along when he caused trouble.

This wasn't because they were narrow-minded; the key was that Batman had a bad track record. Every time something big happened, Batman wouldn't discuss the plan with them but insisted on acting alone. Whenever this happened, they would start complaining about what the meaning of the Bat-family's existence was.

But complaining was complaining, and they still held a breath in their hearts. Now that Batman wasn't in Cat Getan and there was danger in Cat Getan City, they had to guard Cat Getan well for Batman.

The most critical thing was to guard it the best, at least better than the others in the Bat-family.

The Bat-family was always like this: when Batman was there, the topic always revolved around him; when he wasn't there, it implicitly revolved around him—the first day Batman wasn't home, miss him; the second day Batman wasn't home, who was Batman's favorite Robin?

Now, everyone in the Bat-family was secretly competing. It was usually okay, but this time it was different. Counterparts from three universes were together, and the sample was more sufficient than usual. If someone's counterpart team won, wouldn't that prove they were stronger in most universes?

So when dividing teams, they didn't hesitate to form teams with their counterparts: two Nightwings plus one Dick; Arkham Knight was injured, so Red Hood and Jason were in one team; then there were Red Robin, Robin, and Tim.

Barbara was extremely helpless about this, because in her view, counterparts had similarities, and if divided by universe, they could complement each other, but they insisted on staying with their counterparts.

Although Barbara was a member of the Bat-family, she obviously had no interest in competing for the title of the coolest Robin, but she couldn't dissuade the fanatical Robins, so she could only do this.

The atmosphere when they set off wasn't too serious. They were all rubbing their hands, eager to try, because they had already seen that Batman was actually prepared for this attack, and that Robin King looked like an old-fashioned villain. Wasn't this a good opportunity to hold the first All-Universe Batman's Favorite Robin Competition?

So they reached a verbal agreement very tacitly: whoever could catch that arrogant little bastard Robin King first before Batman returned would naturally win the first competition.

But what they didn't expect was that Robin King wasn't the chief examiner of this competition; on the contrary, he was also one of the contestants.

About 10 minutes after the Robin teams went out, they had almost walked half the distance and were still some distance from their respective target locations. Dick and Tim's groups were both taking the Batmobile, while Jason, because there were few people, could drive a small Bat-fighter.

Just at this moment, they found that there were some traces of fog on the ground again, so they immediately stopped the car, closed the windows, and waited quietly in place.

Sure enough, not long after, the thick fog struck again.

Jason had already found a tall building when the fog appeared, parked the plane on the roof, and turned on the airtight and filtration system. Both Batmobiles were parked in the alley, and both had their windows closed.

However, because the whole car of Dicks was chatting about the local customs of Blüdhaven in different universes at that time, they stopped the car a bit slowly, and the action of closing the windows was naturally late. They didn't remember to press the button for the airtight and filtration device until they finished the last topic, and by that time the fog was so thick that visibility was less than three meters.

Then they were the first to discover that the fog had invaded the car. Although it was much thinner than outside, there was still a very uncomfortable feeling.

"I think the situation is a bit awkward now." Dick looked around, even having the mood to be polite, "I think I really shouldn't have chatted about fishing for so long, so we could have discovered it the first time the abnormality appeared."

"No, this has nothing to do with what topic we were chatting about." The main universe Nightwing frowned slightly, looked at the window glass, and said: "If, according to what you said, this is an abnormal phenomenon that will occur in many universes at the same time, then its frequent appearance in our universe might have its special reasons."

"I think so too." The Arkham universe Nightwing said: "What should we do now? I don't think staying here is a good choice."

"Indeed." Dick also agreed with him, saying: "Since our filtration system failed to work, what if the enemy appears in the car? It will be too late if we want to run out. Maybe we should get out of the car?"

"You said before that as long as you stay in place, you won't be affected by spatial chaos, right?" The main universe Nightwing thought and said: "Then we get out of the car and stay by the car. If the enemy comes from outside, we drive away; if the enemy appears in the car, we can also deal with them the first time."

The three of them thought about it and thought this plan had no problems. The Batmobiles they drove weren't the kind Batman drove. Although they also had some weapons and the shell had protective functions, none of them were aimed at the interior. Now the fog had invaded, and if there was any abnormality, it would be catching a turtle in a jar. It would be better to go to a wider place; if they couldn't beat them, they could run.

They pushed open the car door and got out of the car with this mood, but at the moment their feet stepped down, their soles didn't land on solid ground. They felt themselves falling directly.

The instantaneous weightlessness woke the three of them up. They came back to their senses and took a long breath, finding that they were still sitting in their seats.

The three looked at each other, all seeing the slightly terrified expressions on each other's faces, understanding that they had obviously had the same dream.

After discussing again, the plan derived from their reason was still that they should leave the car, but obviously, emotionally, none of them wanted to push open the car door again.

"I think we should think in reverse." Dick said: "The mysterious thick fog made us have such a dream. Is it just to scare us, making us think that pushing open the car door might be dangerous, so we shrink in the car and don't go out, burying the real trap in the car?"

"Makes some sense." The main universe Nightwing said: "But we can't be sure if this is some kind of omen. We know nothing about this."

"So what should we do?" The three looked at each other, a bit indecisive.

Nightwing didn't lack ideas, but sometimes he paid too much attention to others' reactions, cared about the impact of his actions on others, and respected the other party's opinions too much, even if the other party was himself.

He overestimated the responsibility he had to bear for every decision, so he became more cautious. When there was a grumpy big alarm clock and a small Batman who trusted his judgment 100% in a team, this quality would appear very excellent.

But if the three people in the team were all like this, the first time a problem occurred, they were all thinking about what kind of life-and-death impact the decision they were making now would have on others, and they would appear timid and hesitant.

"How about this, one of us goes down to take a look. In case something goes wrong, we won't lose all our manpower."

"But we have three people. If we split our forces, there will always be one person left alone." The main universe Nightwing said: "Meeting this kind of situation, fighting alone is not a good thing."

"But we can't bet with all our manpower." The Arkham universe Nightwing said: "In case we fall, we all fall."

"I'll go down and take a look." Dick said: "I brought holy water from the Heavenly Holy Spring, which has miraculous effects on some mysterious attributes and demonic creatures. I guess this thick fog might also be this kind of creature. At least self-protection is no problem."

After he finished speaking, he pushed open the car door and walked down. But at the moment he got out of the car, the thick fog completely swallowed his figure. The main universe Nightwing sitting in the driver's seat reached out to grab, but finally only grabbed a wisp of fog.

Dick stepped down, and the scene before his eyes completely changed. He found himself appearing in a bright office. There were no traces of thick fog here, so Dick concluded that this was an illusion.

He walked to the window of the office, but found that when he looked down, he could see a car. That was exactly the Batmobile they were riding in, but strangely, there were three people in the car.

Dick leaned closer to the window to look carefully and found that these three people all had their eyes closed, their brows tightly furrowed, looking like they were dreaming.

The space in the thick fog was chaotic. Could it be that this point in time was when they were trapped in the falling illusion before?

No, Dick thought, the falling only lasted for an instant, and he had been watching here for more than ten seconds, but these three people hadn't woken up yet.

Wait, although the falling they felt only lasted for an instant, time in dreams and reality were inconsistent. Could it be that the seemingly short falling process actually lasted for an unknown amount of time? ===== CHAPTER 2452 =====