Chapter 267: No Batman Event (Part 2)

Gotham's rain kept falling, and the "rumbling" thunder outside the window never stopped. The moist, cool air poured in through the cracks in the window, and the reflection of lightning shimmered in the long-cold coffee.

Hugo took off his glasses, rubbed his brow, and straightened up from the desk. He glanced at the materials at hand and the cold coffee, thinking he really wasn't suited for working overtime late at night; he always ended up falling asleep.

At this moment, he heard a familiar voice echoing in the room: "Hugo has woken up in the office again. The coffee he brewed for himself at noon has gone cold. But it doesn't matter; if he drinks this cup of coffee, he will see a key hidden at the bottom of the cup. Which door does this key open?"

Hugo slowly reached his hand toward the cup of coffee and then picked it up and poured it into his mouth. The cold coffee didn't taste good, and Hugo frowned. Then, he felt his lips touch a metal object; it was a key.

A key, which door would it open?

Hugo shook his head and searched left and right at the desk. He found that only a cabinet on his right hand had a locked drawer. He inserted the key and turned it to the right, and the drawer opened.

That voice sounded again: "Oh, it seems this is the key to open the office cabinet drawer! Hugo is really smart!"

"Hugo pulled open the drawer and found a schedule inside. The schedule said that he had to arrive at Ward 302 at 9:20 for rounds..."

"Hugo is a conscientious doctor. He hopes not to miss the time for rounds, but where is Room 302?"

Hugo opened the drawer and picked up a piece of paper in the drawer. On it was written a line: "Go to Room 302 for rounds at 9:20."

Hugo looked back at the weather outside the window, and that voice sounded again: "Hugo looked out the window and found it was an overcast and rainy day. He couldn't judge the current time by the sky outside. It seems the problem he is facing now is that he needs to find a watch..."

Hugo turned his head, then looked down at his wrist, and that voice said again: "Hugo suddenly remembered that he was wearing a watch on his wrist."

So a watch appeared on Hugo's wrist, and the time on it was 9:17. That voice continued: "Oh no! It's too late! It seems he only has 3 minutes to get to Room 302. Hugo knows he has to move fast!"

Hugo walked quickly away from his desk and then went to the door. He twisted the doorknob and found it wouldn't open. That voice said again: "Undoubtedly, this is another door that needs a key. Hugo needs to go find the key."

Just as Hugo started to anxiously rummage around the room looking for the key, that voice kept saying in his ear: "This is actually very strange, right? This isn't a game, why does every door need a corresponding key?"

"Seriously, I hate those games where you have to solve puzzles every two steps; that's a complete waste of my life. Why don't we take a faster way, for example, kicking the door open directly, how about that?"

"Don't worry, you're just in a hurry to do rounds, it's for the patient's good. It's very late now, colleagues have all gone off work, no one will see..."

Hugo stopped his movements and then looked at the door. It was just a wooden door. In Hugo's line of sight, the door panel began to age rapidly, becoming precarious, so he also felt that rather than struggling to find the key, it would be better to just kick the door open.

He walked to the door, raised his foot, and kicked hard. Just as his foot was about to touch the door, the door turned into a huge red button. Throughout the room, countless police lights began to flash crazily, and a sharp, ear-piercing alarm sounded.

When Hugo kicked the button and it was pressed down, the wallpaper on the room's walls peeled off, and inside were all kinds of bombs. Amidst the violent explosion, Hugo was blown to pieces.

And the last scene he saw before he died was himself standing outside the door with a malicious smile.

Seeing Hugo return to the first floor again, Victor asked, "This should be another special area, right?"

"That's right, I call it the Room of Self-Control."

"What is that voice that keeps misleading Hugo?"

"He is called 'Temptation'."

Under the puzzled gazes of the others, Shiler began to explain again: "We live in society, so it's inevitable that we need to follow rules, but following rules is not an easy thing. People often face many temptations."

"He will lie, create illusions, and step by step induce people to break the rules. The temptation Hugo received was already very small; temptation just created a virtual scene of his normal work for him, and then induced him step by step to kick that button..."

"When I went there, he wasn't so gentle with me; hundred-layer serial schemes were a common occurrence."

"Then how do you leave here? Since you said temptation can set traps infinitely and use all kinds of ways to lure you into the hook, how can you break through this floor?"

"Actually, there are many ways. Although temptation will create illusions and traps, there are always flaws. It's hard for me to explain the specific methods to you in detail, but there is still a correct example..."

"Still that madman who climbed the stairs last time. After entering this floor, he sat in place and didn't move, then kept chatting with temptation until he drove him crazy. Temptation cried and shouted and ran to the upper floor to complain, so he passed."

Shiler turned his head toward Jack again, but Jack still ignored him.

"Alright, but now, Hugo seems to have returned to the first floor again. What to do this time?"

Shiler sighed. Although Victor didn't know how a globe could sigh, he still heard the sound of Shiler sighing. He heard Shiler continue: "Seriously, he disappointed me a bit... or did that madman's performance infinitely raise my expectations for level-breakers?"

"Forget it, I'll tell the elevator operator to send Hugo to a higher floor."

The torrential rain gradually weakened, turning into a fine and cold drizzle. Dense lines of rain fell from the twilight light, like gold dust drifting from the sky.

When Hugo woke up, he found himself tied to a chair, and then he saw a strange-looking person walk over.

His head was a cylinder, his body was a square, and his arms and legs were also square. A pitch-black cape hung behind him.

He stretched out a finger and pointed forward. Hugo saw that his hand was a capital "C" shape, connected to his arm like a wrench. He stretched out his hand, pointed behind Hugo, and said, "Let him go! Joker! Otherwise, I'll make you look good!"

Hugo tried hard to look back and found that there was also a person of similar shape standing behind him, only wearing a purple suit, with clown makeup on his face. This clown also stretched out his C-shaped hand and said, "Batman! It's time to make a choice, you..." ===== CHAPTER 268 =====