Chapter 182 Chapter 182 The son you called is on standby...

Benjamin didn't expect that even in this situation where an ordinary person would be frightened to death, this skinny man was still begging for mercy and trying to distract him, while reaching his hand to his chest where he kept his phone.

Benjamin was all too familiar with this scene. He'd been tricked by Bruce using this little trick in his clothes to spend a whole day with the magical girls. So he snatched the man's phone and demanded, "What's in this? Is it the communicator you used to help your accomplices escape from prison?"

"Of course not! I was just incredibly curious, so I wanted to keep a souvenir to brag about later," the man pleaded. "Please, I'm just a minor inmate serving a week for theft. I'll be out in two days. Why would I do something like escaping or assisting in an escape that would increase my sentence?"

......prison?

Benjamin loosened his grip on the man.

"Tell me what you know."

This "Akka-M" should be the parallel universe counterpart of Arkham. But if Akka-M is a prison instead of a mental hospital, then the strange howling that he heard before is not normal.

The man continued to plead, "I really don't know anything more. I've told you everything I know."

Benjamin: "If you cooperate with me, I can consider returning your phone to you and letting you go back."

He had just checked the man's phone and found that there was only the few seconds of corridor video that the man had just recorded, and there was not even a contact person.

Apparently, this was a new phone specially used for this operation.

"Now tell me, what's going on with this whole weird building?"

"...You're not from here?" the man realized. "Then how did you get in?"

"I'm happy to, what's your business?" Benjamin said. "And I was going to ask you this too: if you were only convicted of theft, how could you be thrown into a prison filled with mentally ill people?"

"Mental illness?" The man's expression became subtle. "Dude, are you sure this is for the mentally ill, not to lock people up to become mentally ill?"

"It seems you can move around this prison more flexibly than I can. In that case, how about we make a deal?"

The man stretched out his hand to the strange creature in front of him that had just attacked him and did not resemble a human being, as if wanting to shake hands.

"You and I both want the information here, so why not cooperate?"

Benjamin felt that this man was either a madman or someone with a brain as sharp as a madman.

I just suddenly attacked him and caught him, and I also got hold of his evidence. But when I found out that I suspected I had the same purpose as him, I started asking for cooperation?

Benjamin exhaled again, but this time he didn't blow it at the man's face. "How can I trust you? From your perspective, asking for cooperation at this time is like playing with fire."

"That's quite a coincidence. I like playing with fire," the thin man said. "Hello, my name is Matchstick Malone. May I ask what I should call you, my moth friend?"

.......

After leaving the hospital, Li Hua realized that Gotham must be facing some serious situation.

The TV in the window was playing Gotham's new mayor announcing a curfew in some areas after taking office.

The news and newspapers were all saying that due to Batman's rampage, the ambulances were overwhelmed at night, and taxis and private cars were being used; that the damage caused by the Party Animals gang was being counted...

The oppressive and tense atmosphere reminded Li Hua of the dead city of Gotham he saw in the AK world.

And it's colder here. Unlike Jason's hometown Gotham, which is in the middle of summer vacation, the climate here in Gotham feels more like spring or autumn, and is a bit chilly.

Before leaving the hospital, Li Hua took a bandage and wrapped his injured knee.

I'm not sure how long I'll be staying in Gotham. It's by the sea and quite cold here, so it's very necessary to keep my knees warm to avoid rheumatism.

Li Hua asked the owner of a Gotham newsstand for a few newspapers from the previous few days, saying that his school assignment required him to write a social investigation report. He also said that he would only read them at the newsstand and return them after reading them.

"Not many young people care about the news these days. Take this and read it, kid."

Newspapers that have expired are basically the same as waste paper. In addition, Li Hua has a good attitude, so the newspaper owner, who has some free time during working hours on a weekday, gave him several expired newspapers.

"Young people who can use their brains are better than those who can't."

In these newspapers, Li Hua saw three familiar names: the former Gotham City mayor "Jim Gordon", who lost the election a few weeks ago, the black masked "Roman Sionis", and Gordon's deputy...

"Martha Wayne?"

Li Hua had heard of this name before. Jason had once told him why "Crime Alley" in Gotham City became "Crime Alley" in an incident that shocked the whole Gotham City.

This lady was one of the two victims in that horrific murder case. She was also Li Hua's old acquaintance - the mother of "Bruce Wayne".

The deaths of "Martha Wayne" and "Thomas Wayne" allowed the boy in the alley that night to become Batman.

Li Hua flipped through the newspaper, trying to see more reports about "Jim Gordon" and "Martha Wayne" after that.

He had learned from the newspaper that "party animals" were rampant during that period, and Mayor Gordon was hated because he was trying to suppress their illegal activities. Martha in this world, as Gordon's deputy, must have been targeted as well.

Li Hua was unable to find any more information about the two people.

The newspapers given to him by the newspaper owner have non-consecutive dates. After all, newspapers are published every day, and it is impossible for the newsstand owner to keep hundreds of unsold old newspapers and store them according to their dates.

So Li Hua went straight to the newsstand owner and asked, "Who is Martha Wayne? This name sounds familiar to me. Has she been in politics for a long time?"

"No, her only connection to politics is probably being Gordon's deputy," the newsstand owner said. "It's understandable that she sounds familiar, because her last name is 'Wayne'. I think your parents told you about it."

"About twenty years ago, a teacher named Thomas Wayne took a class of elementary school students on a trip to the city zoo. They happened to encounter a terrorist attack. He pushed the children into a house for protection, but he himself was murdered. This incident was very famous at the time because the teacher's own son was among the students. He heard his father being murdered from just behind the door... It was quite pitiful."

Li Huaren was dumbfounded.

No wonder he never heard of "Wayne Enterprises" after coming to this universe. It turns out that there is no Wayne Enterprises in this universe!

He originally thought that the Batman of this universe was still "Bruce Wayne", and thought that he could get a general idea of ​​Batman's situation through the newspaper, but now it seems... it is hard to say who the Batman of this universe is.

After all, without money and means, how could the local Batman possibly acquire all the necessary equipment, especially a modified mine cart, to ply the streets of Gotham?

Li Hua hit his head in regret.

Things have come to this point, and using my brain is no longer enough. I can only activate the backup plan and look for it in the most brainless way!

"Hello, do you know where is the slush shop nearby?"

The local Wayne Manor may not refresh the Batcave science, but the local slush shop will definitely refresh the strange BEN 10!

......

"I'm sorry, I'm such a bad person."

Martha, who had never been afraid and refused to run away when faced with a gun pointed at her face, lowered her head in disappointment after hearing the young man she had been persuading for a long time say this, waiting for the reward of death.

The party animals are going on the streets tonight to start a riot. Gordon, the mayor, has his head tagged with a party animal mask and valued at $1 million. Martha, Gordon's deputy, also has her head valued at $1 million.

This was a great temptation for those lunatics, so Gordon and Martha were soon surrounded by gun-toting party animals.

Those party animals wanted to see Martha and Gordon terrified and begging for mercy, but when faced with the guns pointed at them, they just glared at them and advised them to "learn to use their brains and stop being fooled!"

The party animals who indulge in crimes for money and fun are typical lawless teenagers. They don't think there is anything wrong with killing for money. Martha and Gordon's reactions only infuriate them.

At the critical moment, one of the "party animals" wearing a rabbit mask suddenly jumped up and immediately knocked down everyone except the two hostages closest to him and the two people closest to the hostages. He then pointed his two guns at the heads of the two people closest to Martha and Gordon:

"Either you stop now, or your parents will collect your bodies."

The sudden reversal of the situation caught everyone present off guard. The man who had pointed the gun at Martha angrily shouted, "Are you fucking crazy? You're attacking your own people just to get a bigger share?"

"What? When you were killing people, didn't you ever think that one day you would be killed? With such little awareness, you still come out to imitate others and commit crimes?"

Hearing that someone wanted to kill Martha and Gordon, Jason, who had sneaked in, thought to himself that these guys were really just useless.

If I were truly a gang robbing gangsters, how could I possibly ask them to put down their weapons? Would I shoot the hostages, collect the reward, and then wait for them to shoot me to death?

If the men pointing guns at Martha and Gordon had not been there before Jason arrived, Jason would have put a bullet in each of their knees, leaving them disabled for the rest of their lives.

During the standoff, Jason noticed that in the red vision of the animal mask, the value of Gordon and Martha's heads had become 0, and he warned them: "Don't hold your guns, the bounty is gone, idiots."

The animal mask had a facial recognition function. The two thugs just looked back and were completely dumbfounded when they found that the bounty on Martha and Gordon's heads had been cleared. Naturally, they put down their guns and dispersed.

One of them took off his animal mask, his young face full of confusion. After fiddling with the mask for a long time, he even asked Martha and Gordon, who he had kidnapped earlier, in confusion: "Is this thing broken?"

Martha went up and gave the guy a slap in the face.

She risked her life to spread anti-fraud propaganda to these confused young people, telling them that the bloody game at the animal party was a scam.

Is anyone listening? No! And now he has the nerve to ask about her and Gordon, who were almost killed?

"I'm sorry, I lost my composure just now." After slapping the teenager, Ms. Martha looked for the young man who had saved her and Gordon. "Thank you for saving us."

Jason: "I didn't do anything. You should thank the person who broke this crappy mask system."

The only way to cut off this large-scale sophisticated network is to start from the source.

According to what Jason had learned before, that the local Batman was fighting the Party Animal Gang and Black Mask, it should be the masterpiece of the local bat.

Although it is not known whether the Batman in this universe is still Bruce, this time, Batman did save Martha Wayne.

Gordon tried to press for details, but before he could open his mouth, the masked teen whipped out his grappling gun and literally took to the air.

Martha: "Never mind, this is fine."

This city is not very friendly to people with lofty ideals right now, especially those who are willing to lend a helping hand to others.

Martha thought of her late husband, Gordon and herself who were dedicated to serving the people but suffered political persecution, her children, and many more people who were swallowed up by this city and its sins, and sighed heavily.

If there were more people in this city willing to lend a helping hand to others, this city wouldn't be in the cannibalistic state it is now.

She was not afraid of death, but she was afraid that justice would be buried and that her children would spend the rest of their lives in a cannibalistic place without justice.

By the way, where is her son now? When she gets home, she must call Bruce.

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The author has something to say: The mask suddenly lost its effect because Absolute Batman was pushing the crystal at Black Mask's place. In the Absolute comics, Martha didn't die because the thugs discovered that the bounty had been reduced to zero at the last moment before pulling the trigger. At this time, Absolute Batman should have fainted after beating Black Mask (Absolute Alfred was there to help treat his wounds, so don't worry, he's fine).

PS (Supplemented July 29, 2025), according to the latest Absolute Batman comic, Li Hua's time should be June. I'm impressed, I'm really impressed. I saw the heavy snow and the clothes people were wearing and thought it was spring. But when the latest chapter came out, I was stunned... You V-Core company created a heavy snow in June, and no one investigated it thoroughly! A blizzard in June! [Angry]

Since it can bring snow and cool down the temperature so much, you should go to Antarctica and the Arctic to save penguins and polar bears!

However, I checked and found that the temperature in June in New York State is generally between 17 and 25 degrees Celsius, which is indeed autumn weather (autumn where I live).

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