Chapter 3303

The street next to the warehouse at the original site of the municipal building? Isn't that where the mutated flying python Shiler mentioned earlier appeared? That's a street for junkies, so it's not strange for some magical phenomena to appear there.

Although Shiler knew who the priest was, he didn't intend to use the advantage of knowing the plot to go find him directly. This seemed inconsistent with the high efficiency Shiler pursued, but in fact, it was because just finding the person was useless.

When Shiler talked to everyone, he had a certain degree of confidence that he could make them speak, otherwise he wouldn't go at all.

Only by holding chips in hand is negotiation meaningful. Appearing casually without chips would only expose his own information, which could be called aiding the enemy; Shiler wouldn't do such a stupid thing.

This priest played a very important role in the original plot. It can be said that all the mess in the *White Knight* comic universe was stirred up by him; if he didn't get involved, there would be no trouble at all.

What's more troublesome is that this priest is indeed not human. The name he uses to disguise himself as a human is Jason Blood, but in reality, his true name is Etrigan, a demon.

This demon's character definition is neutral. He hasn't done less bad things in the past, but he isn't the kind of unforgivable big villain either. And he isn't even a troll. It feels like he has lived too long and is bored, so he finds something to do.

It still takes some effort to get chips that can be used to negotiate with him. Therefore, even if Shiler knew the specific address, he still had to investigate step by step to see if he could find more clues.

Shiler drove to Bourbon Street. There are pharmacies everywhere here. Homeless people who have overdosed can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys. Groups of people like walking corpses stare at every passerby with blank eyes.

This Blood choosing to open a pharmacy in this place can be considered a business genius.

This street is not long, and there are only a few alleys on both sides combined. Shiler walked around every alley, and except for encountering a bunch of drug peddlers, he didn't find anything.

Finally, Shiler stopped a peddler and asked him if there were any ruins nearby. The other party opened his mouth to ask for money, but after looking at Shiler's attire, he swallowed his saliva and said, "Where would there be any ruins in the city? But a few years ago, the building in front was blown down, and no one repaired it for a long time; it was only recently rebuilt."

Shiler looked in the direction he pointed, and there was a building five or six stories high. It seems to be the office building of a construction materials company now.

He walked through the alley. Just as he wanted to go around the building, he was blocked by a few homeless people.

Shiler didn't want to waste time with them, but was worried that Blood was nearby and didn't want to use the gray mist. He turned and walked out of the alley directly.

Unexpectedly, this group of people chased after him relentlessly. Fortunately, they had overdosed on drugs and their legs and feet were not flexible, so Shiler circled around and shook them off.

Walking back into the alley again. Shiler saw a person lying at the deepest part of the alley. He was trembling there in great pain; it was clear his drug addiction was acting up.

Shiler knew at a glance that he didn't have long to live. When he walked over, the man still wanted to reach out and pull his pant leg. Shiler took two capsules out of his bosom.

The other party didn't even look, just threw them into his mouth directly. Soon his complexion became very peaceful, and he fell into a deep sleep.

After walking around the office building, Shiler didn't find any signs related to magic. When he came back, he encountered that group of homeless people again.

"Hey! What did you feed him?" The leader looked at Shiler with greedy eyes and said, "You bought drugs, right? We have rules here. You have to share some with us."

Shiler took the capsules directly out of his bosom and said, "The kick of my medicine is quite strong. Are you sure you want to use it?"

"Cut the crap, hand it over!" The leader snatched the handful of capsules directly. Each person shared two, and threw them into their mouths with trembling hands. Before the drug effect could even kick in, they revealed an expression of enjoyment.

A few seconds later, a few "thuds." The homeless people fell to the ground one after another, falling into a peaceful sleep.

Shiler shook his head and stepped over them. He prepared to drive to the church for a spin.

And just after he left, the sky gradually darkened. The end of the alley suddenly changed its appearance, becoming like a noisy medieval street, and that building also became a Victorian-style building with a pointed roof. Not long after, a person walked out of the gate.

He was wearing a black suit and was tall. He had black hair but a tuft of red and white hair on his forehead. He was gentle and elegant, and nothing special could be seen.

He walked to the entrance of the alley and squatted down to check the situation of the few homeless people. The brilliance of magic appeared in his palm. But no matter what he did, these people showed no signs of waking up.

He stood in the middle of the fallen crowd with a frown, feeling somewhat puzzled. But he still dragged everyone who fell to the ground back into the building, seemingly intending to study what exactly was going on.

In Wei En Manor. Batman was also frowning at Jason, who was unconscious. Dr. Thompkins had just been here, but she was also helpless about Jason's situation and couldn't find out what caused Jason's coma no matter what.

Jason unconscious, Fox injured in a car accident, White Knight assassinated, Gordon resigned...

Batman discovered that it seemed the people close to him were leaving him one by one. He was like a piece of driftwood with nothing to rely on, constantly drifting on the sea. He could neither reach the shore nor sink to the bottom.

At this time, Batman remembered Alfred again. But simple nostalgia was no longer enough; Batman remembered the relic Alfred left him.

Batman took out the small box. After opening it, he found an ancient diary and a whip that looked like it was made of bat skin inside.

He put the whip down first and opened the diary. He discovered that this was indeed the diary of his ancestor, Edmund Wei En.

It recorded: A plague that swept through London wiped out the Wei En family, and the only remaining descendant of the Wei En family, Edmund Wei En, inherited the title of Lord of the Wei En family, but could no longer live in London, so he had to follow the fleet to the New World.

Here, he defeated the corrupt warlord Arkham, brought new peace to Cat Getan Valley, and re-established the Wei En family.

It looks plain and unremarkable. Batman thought so. It wasn't because the story wasn't magnificent enough, but mainly because as Alfred's relic, there was really nothing to be nostalgic about.

Alfred must have had a reason for leaving this thing to him. Batman kept flipping through the diary.

He found an important character in the diary, called Bakar.

Bakar seemed to be a priest of a church. It was he who suggested to Edmund that he could go to the New World to try his luck. The two took a ship together to Cat Getan Valley and defeated the evil General Arkham.

But the latter part of the diary was vague about Bakar's whereabouts. Batman inferred from Edmund Wei En's tone that he should have broken with Bakar.

Such stories were common in that era. Although the New World was a big cake, there were only a few good places.

Although Cat Getan Valley at that time was a paradise for pirates and smugglers, it was also a port after all, with natural geographical advantages. It was normal for Edmund Wei En to want to monopolize this place.

After reading the diary, Batman's belly full of questions remained unanswered, and instead, more new questions arose.

One of the most important ones was—where did Alfred get this diary, and why did he want to give this diary to him?

Just as Batman was thinking. The door to his study was knocked. Nightwing walked in and said, "Batman, you have to see this."

He handed a document to Batman. Batman picked it up and his eyes widened as soon as he looked at it.

"This is the medical record of Alfred before his death that Batgirl and I investigated. The frequency of his instrument examinations was clearly abnormal. After retrieving the surveillance, we discovered that the laboratory doctors and nurses who performed physical examinations on him had obvious signs of dereliction of duty."

"We originally wanted to go to the hospital to investigate, but the hospital was destroyed. But later we discovered in the procurement records of Wei En Enterprises that all the laboratory equipment of Wei En Hospital came from a medical equipment production company called Ordain."

"And we discovered that among the 16 medical staff hired by the laboratory, 9 had received funding from this company. And these nine had the most records of dereliction of duty."

Batman stood up with a swoosh. He gripped the information in his hand tightly. Nightwing said before he could speak, "I know it might be hard for you to believe, and I couldn't accept this fact at first either. But the evidence is right here—there is definitely a problem with Alfred's death."

Batman's arm began to tremble, and he tried hard to calm down. Then he asked, "What else did you find?"

"Batgirl and I focused on investigating this medical equipment production company named Ordain. This is a British company, and the company headquarters is established in London. The X-ray detection instruments produced by this company are the best on the market and are favored by various hospitals."

"The procurement side doesn't seem to have any problems, and the processes are all reasonable. But we don't know if the equipment itself has any problems. The hospital was destroyed, and our investigation was interrupted."

Nightwing took a step forward and said, "If someone really killed Alfred on purpose, then there must be an astonishing conspiracy hidden behind this. Batman, you must pull yourself together, even if it's for Alfred."

Batman had completely recovered his calm. He looked silently at the information Nightwing had collected, and suddenly remembered that diary again.

His gaze kept shifting between the two, guessing the relationship between them. But soon, his gaze stopped on the pattern at the bottom of the first page of the information.

That was the logo of the Ordain medical equipment production company, a circular badge. Inside the badge were four arrows pointing to the center of the circle, and the company name "ORDAIN" was written in the middle.

?? The original main plot ended very suddenly, so some expansion was carried out

? (End of chapter)