Chapter 60 Life and the laboratory are full of bugs. Maybe...

Perhaps because of Batman's hesitation, the corrupted soul who tried to kill the Joker only lost half of his body.

Another half quickly fled and crawled along the corner of the wall, then disappeared into the ventilation duct.

That was clearly his path. Batman looked up with half of his arm raised in his hand, and from a distance he looked like a murderer.

At least that's what the guards patrolling Arkham thought.

"Is Batman being held here?" A guard pressed the intercom button with trembling hands.

"Wait! He's gone." The person who was traveling with him reminded him.

Batman still had work to do. He squatted in front of the unconscious Joker and poured a bottle of holy water on his face covered in white paint.

If you don't tell me what it is, his behavior at this moment looks like he is torturing his enemy.

"Ahem...are you finally going to attack me?" The Joker shook his head unconsciously. In his vision, which was sometimes blurry and sometimes clear, Batman and the thing in his hand were particularly eye-catching.

"..." After silently examining the Joker's body, Batman turned and left.

The noise of chains and shackles came from behind.

He finally turned around because of the clown's strange movements.

"Hahahaha—are you... just going to watch someone die without helping..."

Batman didn't listen to any more meaningless words, he was very busy.

…

After being treated to dinner by her friend's brother yesterday, Liu Shu didn't want to go out again, but she had an appointment to go to the laboratory.

She refused Tim's offer to go with her and set out alone.

"Today is your first time here, don't worry, even the examination is similar to that in the hospital, it's not scary at all."

"?" Are they familiar with each other? Liu Shu followed a bespectacled researcher, trying to deduce something from his words.

"By the way, my name is Deng Qi, you..." Deng Qi flipped through a table covered with documents and papers and found a handover form. "That's it!"

The researcher made a sharp explosion, this researcher was impure.

"Wait! How did you get here?" He looked at his watch and then at Liu Shu, his expression as complicated as if he had eaten stir-fried tomatoes, peppers and bitter gourd.

"What do you mean by 'how did you get here?'" Liu Shu didn't understand at all. She watched him calm down.

"Are you...living alone now?" Deng Qi asked the question carefully.

"Yes."

"Oh my god, how did you survive?"

This doesn't sound like a good thing to say, Liu Shu took a small step back.

"Wow!"

Because someone came over and hit the young researcher on the head.

"What are you talking about?" An old lady with white eyebrows heard the unlucky words and beat the man decisively.

"I'm sorry. I was wrong."

The old lady left with her hands behind her back.

What a mysterious laboratory! Liu Shu picked up the handover form on the table. She could only see the largest few words clearly.

"This is?"

"It's not an important thing anymore." Deng Qi wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Then why did you scream so loudly just now?" Liu Shu always thought that this kind of researcher would not be in good health, but being able to scream like that, anyone who heard it would say that the voice was loud, which was also proof that they were in good health.

“So it’s ‘already,’ it was important once.”

The information on the form was simple. It summarized a complex situation and asked people to take charge, but the most important position for the person in charge was left blank.

Liu Shu still didn't understand, so she put the form back on the table.

"What does it mean that an incapable minor needs to be taught?"

"According to my assumption, you should now be a normal human being with a guardian and able to socialize."

"I'm not a normal human?"

"Things in front are more important..." Deng Qi looked a little overwhelmed.

"I am now a human being without a guardian and able to socialize."

"Then... why did you remove the word 'normal'?" Deng Qi was very keen and caught the strangeness that was not really strange.

“…”

He scratched his hair twice, looking distressed, and said, "I thought those programmers were joking when they said the bug ran on its own—"

"That's not right. Then how did you survive in Gotham?"

"Eat, drink, sleep."

"Okay." Deng Qi stood there for a while and started looking for things again.

"Wait a moment, I'll make a phone call and ask."

Liu Shu got a chair and sat in the corner. From time to time, someone came to look at her.

Some people even gave her snacks.

"Thanks."

"Haha, you're welcome. Would you like some water? Hot or cold?"

Liu Shu looked at his sister who seemed to be walking around too tired to do experiments, and nodded at her expectant eyes.

After she left, another group of people came to give her things.

"Thanks."

It was strange, a feeling of being treated as a precious case. Liu Shu looked up and stared at the half-open doors of the laboratories.

The people behind her are all older professors. Did they ask their students to come and see her?

The small coffee table next to me is a bit too full.

"So you secretly hid so much food here?!"

It seemed like someone was being scolded, but before more people paid attention, the door closed.

"I'm back!" Deng Qi ran to Liu Shu with a piece of torn paper in his hand.

He supported his knees for a moment, then picked up a pack of small snacks on the top of the coffee table and asked Liu Shu, "Where did these come from?"

"They gave it to me." Liu Shu answered truthfully and pointed in the direction of the laboratory.

Although her current location is in a corner, it is the corner of a reception desk. People coming and going can see here, but normally they will not stop here.

Deng Qi looked over with a confused look on his face, but saw nothing, not even a single person.

"Well, do you want to live on your own or—"

"Live my own life." Liu Shu's answer was simple.

"I haven't said the rest yet."

"Live your own life."

"Okay, okay, so how's the security where you live now? We were originally scheduled to live in the old town, but the news said someone planted a bomb there, so we had to move."

"The current location is pretty good." It's very quiet at night and I only need to take the bus to get to school.

"Okay, really, there's no need..."

"Live your own life."

"Okay, that's it. You can go home first and wait for me to finish. Then you can come here for a physical examination when you have time." Deng Qi squatted on the ground and wrote something on a paper he had taken out at some point.

"I have a question."

"What?"

"Aren't you worried that I'm a bad person?"

Deng Qi raised his head, glanced at her quickly, and then continued writing.

"Are you?"

"no."

"That's great."

"So it was an accident that made me live alone for so long?"

Deng Qi suddenly put down his pen, revealing a pained expression. "The person who took over was admitted to the hospital as soon as he got off the plane. I don't know what happened after that, but there was no news. And then the lab was smashed again."

"So what are you studying now..." Liu Shu took out a photo of Jianmu.

"What?" Deng Qi obviously knew him. He nodded at the photo. "So this is what the complete form looks like."

Liu Shu stared at him a little nervously.

"I put that branch in the warehouse."

"Don't you want to study?"

Deng Qi shook his head. "I don't have the time. I'm currently working on a project on aquatic life in Gotham. Just imagine, there are so many weird things in Gotham."

"Is that so?" Yes, in the eyes of ordinary people, it is just a small branch.

"And that Superman thing, if there's a chance later..."

What a dangerous statement, but it is also true, the earth is still too comprehensive, with so many strange things, why are we still studying Jianmu? Liu Shu pointed to his ears.

"He can hear it, right?"

Deng Qi spread his hands indifferently. "I'm not a villain. No researcher would kidnap aliens. I just wanted to ask if we could do some research."

"I think he will politely refuse."

"I think so too, but I still want to know how he made those clothes."

"clothing?"

"Yeah, you don't think our journey is limited to Earth, do you? We've long since treated aliens and foreigners the same. Aliens have human rights, too!"

Liu Shu's puzzled expression prompted Deng Qi to continue explaining, "There are a few people in China who have obtained green cards. Although they look strange, they are nice people."

"An alien that can communicate and is friendly is amazing. I know one. Maybe you can meet him if you have the chance."

"You can go to school in Gotham first. After you finish high school, you can decide whether to return to China to attend university. In fact, Gotham University is very good."

He talked a lot to himself, but Liu Shu didn't feel annoyed. After all, it sounded so lifelike.

"Wait a moment," Deng Qi stopped the person who was about to leave, "Take these things with you."

Liu Shu returned with a full load, holding a plastic bag in each hand, both of which were full of snacks.

She looked back and saw that the place where there was a big hole before had been painted with new paint. Not only the house was repaired, but also the researchers' working time.

Maybe the researchers don't want that, but they don't have the final say.

After a long drive back to the city, Liu Shu was in an ordinary pizza shop, staring at the two large bags across from his seat in a daze.

"Hello! Your pizza with tomato and meat sauce."

"Thank you." Now I can watch and eat at the same time.

Liu Shu thought of someone as soon as he took a bite.

The food Sherlock's brother treated her to yesterday was similar to this one. She ordered pasta with tomato and meat sauce.

Liu Shu chewed twice and then stopped. She looked up at the snacks and didn't know what to do with them. She might as well give them to Sherlock. She remembered that where they lived now was closer than if she brought the things to her own home.

She quickly finished her lunch and headed towards the address Sherlock had given her.

The golden pillars were a bit dazzling, but paired with the dark green wallpaper, they gave off an air of nobility. Liu Shu stood by the revolving door and sent messages to the hotel's residents.

"Excuse me, did you lose your room card?" A sister in uniform helped Liu Shu pick up the two large bags of snacks at her feet and asked her softly.

"No, I'm waiting for someone."