HBWnovel Chapter 5 The first day I can't hold on
Chapter 5 The first day I can't hold on
--2 years later--
The main light is not turned on in the room, all the lighting depends on a few floor lamps and the light strip on the top of the wardrobe, and a few faint night lights along the baseboard
The night light near the bed was shining faintly on the floor, but it was now covered by a brown paper bag, making the light even darker and more ambiguous.
The curtains of the room are wide open. If you look from the window at this moment, you will see the whole Naihe Island across Miller Bay.The lights of the island in the distance are flickering, and the thick clouds are over the island with serious light pollution, which is so rich that it can’t be scattered. The orange, such a bizarre view, makes the price of this hotel located in the diamond district stand out. The best view room is even more It is expensive.
In line with the landscape outside the window, the interior is decorated in a gray industrial punk style. Clothes are scattered everywhere on its concrete floor. There are valuable suit jackets and dress skirts, and shirts made of exquisite fabrics. The closest to the Kingsize bed is already Torn women's panties and a few used condoms thrown around indiscriminately.
The mobile phone by the bed rang untimely, and the man who was in a deep sleep almost opened his eyes as soon as the ring rang.
He stretched out his long arms, hooked the phone and clicked on it, and immediately turned over and sat up.
The sound made the sleeping woman rub her eyes, and when she got up, the man had already put on his clothes and was about to leave.
"Brucie?" The hoarse voice was a little puzzled.
Bruce turned his head, he approached the bed, held the girl's face in his hands, and kissed her tenderly.
"Baby, go to sleep, I have to go." His blue eyes were shining with affection and tenderness.
The girl hugged the man with her backhand: "Brucey, you can't do this, I still want to have breakfast with you."
Bruce pushed her away gently: "Honey, I have to go, Elsa said she wouldn't see me in 10 minutes, she was going to jump off the highest place of Wayne Building, you know, Elsa, um, Although she is also a princess, she is much more fragile than the Snow Queen."
The girl bit her lip reluctantly.
Bruce took out a black card from his wallet: "Baby, in order to make up for the regret that I can't accompany you to have breakfast, take this, have a good sleep, and let yourself spend tomorrow on the joy of letting me pay the bill, okay?"
The girl took the card, exchanged a long kiss with the man, and finally said: "Okay, okay, Gotham baby belongs to everyone, no one can monopolize him, go sweetheart, don't make Aisha wait too long."
Bruce laughs away, accepting the sarcasm with glee.
Five minutes later, Batman stood on the roof of the hotel building, his eyes looked at the bat projection in the distant sky without emotion, shot out the grappling hook, and flew in the direction of the Gotham Police Station.
James Gordon stood under the bat lamp and stared at the bat projection in the sky until there was an unusual wind behind him.
He turned his head, and the Dark Knight was already standing there.
Gordon secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Falcone lost, and he will leave Gotham tonight. All the police forces in the police department have been dispatched to suppress the turmoil caused by this sudden black family civil war. There is no way to hunt down Carmine, and... "
Gordon sighed, then said, "There's no way the police could catch him either."
Batman understood what his longtime partner meant.Falcone has been rooted in Gotham for a long time, and even though his power has declined over the years, and even today, after losing the power struggle with his cousin Carla Vitti, he is absolutely sure that even if he is caught by the police , and left unharmed.
"I see, I'll send him here myself." Batman's promise passed through the voice changer, rough grinding through the air.
Gordon nodded: "Thanks..."
Before he finished speaking, Batman had disappeared into the darkness.
The police officer sighed silently as he watched the shadows traveling through the dark night.
"Robin, report the situation." Batman quickly crossed over Gotham, turned on the communication device, and gave a short order.
"Got it, Karla is so ruthless, she really intends to kill her cousin..." A lively voice came from the opposite side of the communicator
"The point." Batman interrupted him dissatisfiedly while rushing towards the location given by Robin.
"OK, OK, in short, the current situation is that all the confidantes who escorted Carmine were slaughtered by the people sent by Karla, and his boat was also blown up by this cousin. This old thing was seriously injured, and he fled into the East District A black clinic, oh yes, the one you've been checking out recently, the one run by Nemo Carlos."
"Keep an eye on it, I'll be there soon."
"I've been staring at it for half an hour! The lights are on now, if there weren't any sounds of conflict and fighting coming out, I would have rushed in."
"Obey the arrangement, don't do unnecessary things." Batman reminded again.
"Tch—" There was a disdainful voice from the communicator.
"B, in fact, as long as we don't care, Carmine will never escape tonight. As long as we don't intervene, Karla Vitti can't let him live to see the sun tomorrow." Robin said.
He is not interested in the cannibalism of these bastards. Every time these people die, the air in Gotham will be a lot fresher. He doesn't understand why Batman wants to take care of it, or save the Calcone family. .It seems that they have been turned into a joke by the various targets of this Gotham cancer over the years.
Batman didn't respond to him, Robin was quiet for a while, and after confirming that he couldn't wait for an answer, he let out a depressed "tsk".
"Seriously, B, I hate it when you're like this..."
Before he could finish complaining, Batman's voice came over the communication.
"I'm already in place. I'll go in after 30 seconds. You stay on guard at your place." After that, he issued an order on another channel: "Penny One, call up all the surveillance cameras on Gotham streets, and investigate Karla's tracking Path, plan the fastest route to avoid them, I will personally send him to the police station. Pack up all of Carmine's criminal information and send it to Harvey. As long as he enters the police station, Gordon will watch him him, and Harvey will crucify him."
"receive."
"receive."
After arranging everything, Batman jumped off the roof and stood softly in front of this unremarkable clinic.
He took out a paper clip and easily pried open the door of the clinic.
Just as he quietly approached the simple operating table separated by the screen, the busy voice printed on the partition said: "Mr. Of course, if you came to kill him, I didn’t say it, but out of respect for my profession, I still hope that after I sew up all his wounds, you can put He took it outside the door to kill."
Batman stopped, maintaining a guarded posture, and arranged for Robin to divert the attention of the pursuit of Carmine and his party in the communication, and then really waited quietly outside.
It was not until an hour later that the doctor turned out from behind the screen.
Even though Nemo was already mentally prepared, when he saw the dark knight again two years later, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
Damn, why am I guilty.
Nemo scolded himself inwardly.
Then he said calmly: "Okay, you can take him away, but I suggest you handle it with care, otherwise the bone I just connected may break again and puncture his internal organs."
The bat nodded, went in sideways and hugged the person out.
Before leaving, he glanced sideways at the doctor who was quietly washing his hands in front of the sink, and disappeared into the night without saying a word.
When he finished handling everything and returned to the Batcave, Alfred and Dick were already waiting there.
"The mission is over, let's go back and rest." Bruce said as he took off his helmet and walked to the computer.
"Master, since it's over, what are you doing?" The old butler didn't intend to obey Bruce's order.
"I slept four hours tonight," Bruce retorted.
"Yeah, at the hotel, with Miss Selsey, this month's cover girl." Robin teased eccentrically.
Bruce ignored what the adopted son meant, and said to the housekeeper, "Ah Fu, I think there's really something wrong with that doctor in the East."
Alfred raised his eyebrows: "Just because he is the man who cashed Bruce Wayne's check?"
"My lord, let me remind you that you once told the media yourself that you only care about your appearance, not your gender."
"Oh, Ah Fu, don't be like this." He retorted weakly, but immediately became serious: "I really don't have the slightest impression of this doctor, besides, the check he cashed was dated two years ago March 3th, I was doing a hostage rescue and I was plotted against, I remember it so well, I'm pretty sure I never had time to write a check to a lover that day."
"I remember you said at the time that you were in a coma and rested in an empty clinic. Maybe it was a check you left before you left, but you were affected by neurotoxins and forgot." Alfred proposed another possibility.
Bruce shook his head: "Not only that, he has too many doubts."
Dick continued: "I've been monitoring him for the past two weeks. This doctor's life trajectory is very simple and regular. He has a good reputation in that area. He will admit all kinds of people. If the patient has no money, he will He even asks patients to use buttons, or something inconspicuous and worthless to offset the consultation fee. He doesn't care who he saves, just like today, even Falcone, as long as he knocks on his door, he will shoot .”
Bruce asked, "When did Falcone come into the clinic?"
"Three o'clock in the morning," Dick replied
"Then during the two weeks you've been monitoring him, has he admitted patients in the middle of the night?"
Dick nodded: "Rarely, but there are, and those who come to the clinic for treatment in the middle of the night are often some special occupations and real street thugs."
"That's the problem," Bruce said. "Obviously the doctor lives in the clinic, so why was there no one there on the day I went two years ago?"
Both Dick and Alfred froze for a moment.
"Maybe, maybe it's just a coincidence." Dick answered uncertainly.
Bruce read Nemo Carlos' information again, and said, "Any chance is inevitable. I must know why he was not there that day, otherwise, I don't believe in any coincidence."
While slandering that his adoptive father's control freak was hopeless, Dick compromised: "Okay, I'll keep watching him."
After speaking, he left the Batcave first.
After Dick left, Bruce said to the butler, "Ah Fu, I think he, the doctor, must know Batman."
Alfred raised his eyebrows, waiting for his master to continue.
"A person's micro-expression for a moment can't deceive people. Today, when he saw me for the first time, his subconscious reaction was to dodge. The next performance was very deliberate alienation. He stood there washing his hands. It's like saying with all your might, 'Don't talk to me'."
Alfred was amused by his description, and then said: "Master, you said that you hope that Batman is synonymous with fear in the eyes of others. Maybe it's because you have done well enough. Now, people adore Batman." Batman is also afraid of Batman."
"No, it's not fear. He's not afraid of me, but he doesn't want to see me again." Bruce bit the word "again" hard.
"Well, you're always right." Alfred tolerated Bruce's paranoia as always.
Bruce does always start or end a relationship with money. Everyone thinks that with such frequent changes of lovers, Bruce must not remember how much money he burned for his debauchery. However, Bruce may not care, but Batman will remember every time. a sum.
Bruce doesn't remember that he ever had a lover named Nemo Carlos. In fact, when he saw him today, Batman felt an inexplicable sense of disobedience. He even felt that the seemingly harmless doctor in front of him was not at all Not Carlos.
So, who is he?What is his name?
Batman's instincts are unmistakable, he has to figure it all out.
After failing to find Ni Duan again from the biography of the Eastern District doctor, Batman decided that he wanted to contact the doctor himself.
In the name of Bruce Wayne.
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