Chapter 4355: Justice League: Assembly (Part 10)

J'onn turned around, his eyes swept across the laboratory, and the memories in his brain began to emerge gradually. After Dr. Erdel died, J'onn was very sad and left here in a daze, and never came back since then. It was precisely because he didn't want to disappoint the doctor that he tried hard to walk out of the shadow of the past and avoid always recalling the tragedies of the past. Therefore, the appearance of the laboratory in his memory had become a bit blurred.

But standing here at this moment, he realized that he had never forgotten. The bits and pieces of getting along with the doctor emerged little by little in the familiar scene. When the doctor was doing experiments, he would lean against the experimental bench and chat with him; in the morning and evening, he would sneak out and use the coffee machine in the break room to make coffee for both of them. He would add six packets of sugar to his own cup of coffee; he also ate the Oreo that the doctor brought him here for the first time, which was the sweetest and most delicious biscuit he had ever eaten.

In memory, the doctor was always in front of various machines, or standing in front of the computer analyzing data... Wait. J'onn looked at that familiar position—where is the computer???

In that era, the laboratory used that kind of very bulky old-fashioned computer, which was the all-in-one machine with a big butt in the back, originally placed in the corner at the end of the room. But at this moment, there was nothing there.

J'onn walked over quickly and checked it up and down, but except for the table covered with dust, there was not even half an electronic product. He clearly remembered that besides the computer, there were floppy disks in the drawer, data storage devices underneath, and messy, countless wires, where did they all go?

J'onn squatted there, checked carefully, and then found that under the thick dust, some unusual traces were hidden—someone had been here, and more than one person.

The dust covered the footprints, but couldn't cover them completely, and still left a little trace at the very bottom of the dust. J'onn took a deep breath, and a gust of wind spit out from his mouth, almost blowing away all the dust. And more traces left in the laboratory were exposed before his eyes.

Just looking at the footprints, at least five people broke into here, and it was shortly after the laboratory was abandoned. They first wandered around the door, then started searching near the experimental bench, and finally connected to the computer here, turned around here several times, and then took away all the electronic equipment here.

Their movements were not rough, which means this was not a robbery, but a move. They dismantled all the wires very professionally, without breaking them at all; they were also careful when moving the computer, without leaving any traces of violent destruction; and everyone wore gloves, without leaving fingerprints.

J'onn just glanced at it and understood that this group of people was definitely professional, and it was impossible for them to be robbers or cleaners who broke in by mistake. They were well-trained agents, and they were running for the computer.

The reason why he thought so was because other things on the experimental bench were not moved, and those large instruments and equipment were also waiting there safely. Reasonably speaking, these things are the most valuable, but they have been left for decades until today, but the computer and all data floppy disks were taken away.

J'onn kept flipping through the memories in his mind and started to analyze the abnormalities before Dr. Erdel passed away frame by frame. Suddenly, he recalled that Dr. Erdel had received a phone call, and after the phone was hung up, his face was very bad. J'onn asked him who called, and he only said it was an old classmate.

Dr. Erdel graduated from MIT. J'onn didn't know which major he was specifically, but it should be astronomy, otherwise he wouldn't study Mars. Since it was his old classmate, it should also be from MIT.

J'onn flew directly to MIT and started a long search. He didn't believe that Dr. Erdel would not leave any traces. He would definitely be able to find clues in the depths of the archives.

Sure enough, after flipping through for a long time with the help of his virtual state, he really found a clue. It was a paper opening report. Because there were more than 20 people in the research group, Dr. Erdel's name was sandwiched among them, so it might have been ignored by the people who cleaned up the materials.

The title of this opening report was very complex, and J'onn couldn't understand it at all. However, this report noted that this was a research group in the direction of space medicine.

The so-called space medicine is actually studying the physiological changes of humans in the space environment, which is an interdisciplinary subject of cosmology, aerospace, biology, medicine, and chemistry, and Dr. Erdel was responsible for providing knowledge in cosmology.

Seeing the word "medicine," J'onn narrowed his eyes. He realized that this research group was not simple. Because Dr. Erdel was a very solitary person who did not follow the trend of studying the moon in those years, but devoted himself to Mars, neither married nor had any friends, and his relationship with the academic world was even more distant. What he relied on to have an independent laboratory was a hard scientific research strength, not social climbing at all.

This might be the only opportunity for Dr. Erdel to deal with medical researchers. If he was really killed by a new drug, the murderer might be hidden in this list of researchers.

J'onn investigated one by one with this list, and finally determined that three of the people on the list were medical students. Now it is to determine where these three students eventually went.

But investigating to now, it is not enough for him alone. Because the system to be investigated to find out where these three people went is too complex, at least it must be able to check the appointment list of major hospitals. J'onn basically doesn't know any hacking technology, and he doesn't have the time to find them one by one. So, he took this list and came to Wei En Manor to visit.

However, he was told by the old butler Alfred who had returned that Bruce Wei En had gone out and might not be back until a day later. J'onn also knew that this matter could not be rushed, so he stayed at Wei En Manor.

And Bruce, who was not in the manor at this moment, was actually in the city center of Central City, helping Barry move.

Barry hugged a large box of sundries and put it into the trunk of the Batmobile. Bruce stared at him, frowning slightly. Barry also seemed to feel that he was a bit too much, and he said: "This is the last box, really."

"You said this half an hour ago. Sir, posters or hand-made figures, I can understand. But there are six baseball caps of the same style in different colors, but can you tell me what this is for?"

Bruce reached out and took a small thing out of that box; it was an aromatherapy candle that had been burned out, and now only the glass shell outside remained.

"Oh, this? This is a creative aromatherapy candle. After it is burned out, the icon of the Central City University football team will appear at the bottom. It's very magical, right? I burned it at home for three days to get this thing."

Looking at Bruce's speechless face, Barry said: "This thing is very expensive, just six small candles, costing 120 US dollars. I must keep it to prove that my money didn't disappear out of thin air."

Bruce seemed to have accepted his fate and said: "We are already half a day over the expected time, and my butler will be very worried about me."

"Okay, coming right away." Barry flashed away again. After that, he ran three or four more times before finally stuffing all his things into the Batmobile—to be precise, not into the Batmobile, because two large boxes were tied to the top of the Batmobile.

When he was ready to leave, Barry also felt that he was a bit unreasonable, and he said: "Otherwise, you should stuff those two boxes into the passenger seat, and I will run behind you. In this way, it is really... hindering the city appearance."

"It doesn't matter, come in." Bruce said.

"No, I'm serious. Central City attaches great importance to the appearance of the city. You might be stopped by the police like this."

"Just come in."

Barry had to sit in the passenger seat. The car drove out of the underground garage and drove to the outskirts of the city in a swaggering manner. Almost all the drivers and pedestrians passing by were paying attention to them, because it is not every day that you can see a luxury car that looks like it can buy the whole street block with two broken boxes on top.

Sure enough, before driving out 20 miles, two Dodge Chargers followed behind the car. The police lights flashed, signaling the car in front to pull over.

Bruce was not panicked at all, pulled them forward for a distance, came to a street block with relatively few people, and then slowly pulled over. The window opened, and the moment the police and Bruce Wei En locked eyes, the police straightened up.

"What's wrong?" Bruce asked.

"Nothing, Mr. Wei En. If you have too much cargo, we can help you send it." The police showed a smile with eight teeth.

"No need, my plane is parked outside the city."

"Then I wish you a pleasant journey, goodbye."

The window closed, and Barry was dumbfounded. His hands waved in the air for a while, and then said: "Why don't they..."

"I am super rich." Bruce nodded to him.

The car drove onto the highway, Bruce opened his phone, called Lois, and said: "I have picked him up, and we are heading to Wei En Manor."

Lois breathed a sigh of relief and then said: "That's good."

A few hours ago, when Barry was still in Lois's ward, he hung up the phone from A. R. G. U. S., threw his phone on the ground angrily, and even wanted to step on it, but was stopped by Lois.

"Calm down, anger can't solve any problems. And compared to big issues like saving the world, what you need to do first is to save yourself. You don't think you won't have any consequences after you made a scene at the Capitol building with your full face exposed, right?"

Barry was stunned, as if he had been splashed with a basin of cold water, and suddenly felt his hands and feet cold. Only now did he react to what an outrageous thing he had done.

You know, he is not that kind of bad youth or hooligan; he has lived for so many years and has never done anything illegal or undisciplined. And in the United States, breaking into a forbidden place belongs to the most serious category of violent crime, not to mention that this place is the Capitol building. The protesters who broke in were taken out by security guards the first time they showed their faces, and the indictment list might be two meters long, let alone Barry flashing and moving there for dozens of minutes.

At this time, Lois's phone rang. She opened it and sighed helplessly, saying: "My peers have already received the news, and the opposition party is preparing to use this as one of the evidences that the audit results are unfair. More than 80 news media have received the press release, and more than half of the news media do not intend to code you."

"Then, the pictures in your computer..."

"This will definitely be coded." Lois shook her head and said, "And judging from the content of the manuscript, they will focus on showing your super-power part to tell the public that you have the ability to tamper with the vote counting results..."

"God!!!" Barry had already started to scream. He said hoarsely: "Why... why..."

"So now you'd better take care of yourself. I know you may not have such ability, so I suggest you find someone."

"Who?"

"Batman." ===== CHAPTER 4356 =====