Chapter 4123: When the Pumpkins Ripen (16)

The thank-you performance ended without any danger. When Arrogance and Greed returned home, the time was already approaching midnight. And Arrogance was still typing on his phone asking: "There is surveillance in the theater, didn't you capture any abnormalities?"

"That is the problem. They didn't simply block the surveillance signal, but had a way to make the surveillance have no abnormalities at all."

"What do you mean?"

"In the video captured by the surveillance, the little girl walked out by herself, walked to the surveillance blind spot, and then disappeared. But she couldn't have walked out by herself; this child is very timid, whether at school or at home, she has never had any behavior of running around. During the process of watching the performance, she was also tightly sticking to her mother."

"You mean someone tampered with the surveillance video? Who has this ability?"

"Currently, the only one I've encountered is Batman."

"You know this is impossible."

"Yes, before the Main Universe Batman arrived, the case had already happened. If it wasn't him, then it should be someone with a similar level."

"Who do you think it would be?"

"You think that after the enemies who invaded Earth before were beaten back by me, they would just give up?"

"You mean aliens?"

"Only they have such a level of technology. Although I have tried hard to innovate Earth's electronic equipment, the generation gap cannot be made up in a short time. For example, Blue Beetle, he can use holographic simulation technology to imitate realistic images to interfere with the judgment of surveillance equipment, which I currently cannot crack."

"Who do you suspect more?"

"Darkseid. According to the information on the multiverse war uploaded by Bruce, Darkseid has ascended, which means that the Darkseid of the entire multiverse has become the same one. And this Darkseid just suffered a big loss at the hands of Batman; it is very normal for him to take action within the scope of the multiverse."

"But all kinds of evidence prove that this guy had premeditated this, and might have even started acting a few years ago."

"This is not strange; if he didn't have designs on Earth early on, you couldn't have lured him here. I suspect he already had arrangements on Earth, and now I am trying hard to dig out the forces he hid on Earth."

"Is it that difficult?"

"He has a technological advantage, and I also have to consider not hurting ordinary people. And, if the investigation speed is too fast, forcing him into a corner, he might carry out terrorist attacks."

"Considering seeking Batman's help?"

"At the necessary moment, I will."

It was another busy night for the police and the FBI. The light of the police lights flickered all night, and the entire block was turned upside down. People from the Behavioral Science Analysis Unit also checked every piece of wall skin in the theater. Those audience members who came to watch the thank-you performance also welcomed Halloween in anxiety.

Schiller slept exceptionally well this night. Without the wind howling all night, the entire community was very quiet, and it only rained a little when he woke up in the morning. The chill drilled in from the window cracks, and the world was cold and damp.

When Arrogance walked downstairs, Greed had just taken the newspaper from the mailbox, and at the same time, there was freshly baked bread, which seemed to have been bought from the community restaurant.

Today's breakfast was still pumpkin, but it was very simple pumpkin yellow mustard salty sauce spread on bread. Greed spread the bread while opening the newspaper, and soon saw the news about the theater child kidnapping case yesterday.

The news wasn't exaggerated, and was even somewhat restrained; perhaps considering not wanting to create panic, Brainiac just described it as an accidental event.

"What do you think?" Greed asked.

"The key now is whether the two people caught can say anything. If they are Darkseid's lackeys, I'm afraid it won't be that easy to get information."

"Even with more advanced technology, someone has to use it. If they didn't carry those devices with them, then how did they interfere with the cameras? Remote signal transmission?"

"This is the matter Batman has to investigate." Arrogance shook his head and said, "I heard the laboratories on the Wayne Manor side have stopped work; it seems Brainiac has made up his mind to catch the culprits first."

They were chatting when a sound came from the door. Greed walked over and opened the courtyard gate; Gordon looked dusty and tired.

Barry also sighed deeply and said, "Never mind who put the machine in there for now; if this machine isn't some conventional equipment like a camera, then it's very likely a special device that tampered with Brainiac's surveillance content. We have to find a way to get this thing up."

"The culprit confessed?"

"Uh, no." Gordon said somewhat embarrassedly, "Your approval report regarding transplanting the chestnut tree has been approved. However, there are some items in the transplant suggestions given by Brainiac that you need to look at carefully. I left the document here."

After speaking, he took a file bag out of his bosom and placed it on the coffee table, then said: "I still have some things to do, I'll go first."

Gordon came in a hurry and left in a hurry, not even having time to eat breakfast. Arrogance picked up the file bag he sent and was surprised to find that there were over 100 pages of paper inside.

He picked up a few sheets and looked at them, "Jesus."

"What's wrong?"

"It says here that if I want to transplant such a precious tree, I need to follow about 200 environmental protection regulations to renovate my existing land, courtyard, and house property."

"In order to accommodate a squirrel?"

"Even squirrels aren't this troublesome." Arrogance sat down, flipping through those regulations page by page, and then said, "So Brainiac means that if I want this chestnut tree, I have to take good care of it, even at the expense of my own living environment."

"Including what?"

"Testing soil quality, groundwater quality, lawn nutrient absorption, air quality, light duration, I even have to fertilize irregularly to ensure the tree can bear enough fruit for rare animals to eat."

"Only these?"

"Isn't this enough?" Arrogance looked at Greed and asked.

"This is already very little," Greed said, "When my asylum moved, the environmental protection regulations sent by the regional council had about 2000 items. I even had to be responsible for the shape of the roadbed stones a mile away."

"And you agreed?"

"How is that possible. I skipped about 1600 useless ones and focused my energy on those items that are truly beneficial to environmental protection. For example, I do have to ensure that the mentally ill in the asylum don't use slingshots to hit birds."

"So among the regulations I received, which ones are useful?"

"The ones you mentioned are all useful. You do have to test soil quality, water quality, air quality, etc."

"But this tree lived less than two miles away from me before."

"Performing these tests is not to protect the tree, but to protect you. If the tree dies in your courtyard after transplanting, these test results can help you avoid prosecution."

Arrogance opened his mouth, really not knowing what to say. Greed put down the document and said: "Considering you must have raised quite a few plants to death, this step is very necessary. Cat Getan is becoming more and more normal, so you always have to adapt to civilized society."

"Alright, then how do I do these tests?"

"Hire a professional agency. But first, you have to say hello to the forest police. Although this tree doesn't belong to the natural woodland trees, because your house is very close to the natural woodland, you have to let them know that this isn't something you dug back from the woodland." Greed paused and continued, "Then send an email to the local council, requesting them to send experts to perform the tests. And before they come, we need to tidy up the courtyard to prevent them from rejecting the application on the grounds of lack of feeding conditions."

"I think Brainiac is taking revenge for personal grudges."

"I am not," Brainiac reminded, "I have fulfilled the responsibility of reminding you not to steal chestnuts. But you didn't listen to me at all."

"What does this have to do with transplanting a chestnut tree?"

"You now need to prove to me that you are not a person who gets something for nothing, because only diligent people can take good care of protected trees. Considering you stole chestnuts before, I need some more solid and powerful written evidence to prove that you are willing to make efforts for environmental protection."

"That's just a chestnut tree!"