Bruce's luck was neither good nor bad, because he heard that the Avengers were there, but he didn't meet them.
After listening to the embarrassing plot involving himself, he found that among his three teammates, except for the one who was captured by "Batman", the other two were real children, a seven-year-old girl and a nine-year-old, slightly chubby boy, natives of the East District.
Children regard mazes as adventure games, and the occasional appearance of "Batman" is an exciting part of the game. They are easily distracted and do not play the game with a purpose.
Now the two children have forgotten that they have to meet up with their friends and are now competing to see who can jump the highest.
The gravity here is different from that in the outside world. In order to communicate with them, Bruce deliberately made his tone sound childish, like a reliable peer. Soon, he discovered the secret of the rainbow in the ceiling.
The three of them held hands, with Bruce sandwiched in the middle. They reversed gravity and stepped on the ceiling.
Three roads appeared in front of me. Moreover, unlike the slightly boring straight road before, the three roads were winding. I could only see a small area in front of me, but not the end.
One road was covered with candies, another road was covered with candy wrappers, and the third road was empty.
Bruce looked behind him and saw that the road they had come from behind was gone.
"So, which one should we choose?"
The other boy waved his hands and said, "There are three roads here. There are three of us. Let's each take one road."
After he finished speaking, he strode towards the candy path. The next second, his figure disappeared, but the candy on the ground did not disappear.
The girl exclaimed, grabbing Bruce by the hem of his shirt. "Where'd he go?"
Bruce raised his eyebrows. He guessed that the other party was teleported away. He turned to the girl and asked, "Which one do you choose?"
The girl whispered, "Can we go together? I don't want to go alone."
If Bruce was here alone, he might go to the road with nothing, but since the girl said so, they walked hand in hand into the middle candy paper path, and the girl squatted down as they walked.
To be more precise, they were standing upside down, stepping on the ceiling. The girl picked up all the colorful candy wrappers, stacked them, put them in her pocket, and gave Bruce half of them in a low voice: "This one looks good."
She blushed and said, "I like collecting candy wrappers."
So Bruce also squatted down and helped her pick up the candy wrappers. As they picked up more, the originally dull floor became more vivid. They picked up candy wrappers along the winding road. When Bruce pinched the last one, the clouds under their feet began to move. In an instant, the illusion under their feet turned into reality, as if they were really stepping on the sky. Then, before they could react, they both stepped on empty air and fell from this path to another space.
There was not much time for him to react, Bruce only had time to grab the girl's wrist.
He stared at the scene below, and then they hit the ground and bounced up again.
Bruce: “…”
The girl stood up and gave a cry of surprise—
Passing through the ceiling, they dropped into the candy house—or rather, as Bruce could see, into a new circular maze.
This maze is different from the blue sky, white clouds and green grass. The walls are pink ice cream and there are many small decorations hanging on them. Looking up at the sky when they fell in, it has now turned into chocolate, and the square-like cookies under their feet have various flavors.
As he fell from the sky, Bruce only took two glances and memorized the scene below.
He memorized the shape of the maze and could get out of it with a little thought, if this maze was not like the one above that moved in different positions.
But his companion was different, she tried to jump up and pick the candies hanging on the wall - for the star-patterned wrappers.
Bruce: "...Winna?"
The little girl Wenna turned her head: "?"
"When I fell from above, I basically memorized the route of the maze. Did you memorize it? Let's compare it?"
"Are you going out, Thomas?" Bruce used the pseudonym Little Thomas, and Winna asked curiously.
"Of course," Bruce said deliberately, "I'm a genius."
"Did you memorize the map?" At this moment, a man came over from the next door and looked at Bruce, "Hey, are you willing to cooperate, kid?"
The voice of the person who came was pretending to be mature, but Bruce felt somewhat familiar. He turned around and saw a black-haired boy with two strands of white hair on his forehead. He was wearing a black mask, revealing only a pair of blue-green eyes.
He put his hands in his pockets and held the strawberry ice cream wall with one hand: "The road here changes every 15 minutes. If you remember, we need to do our best-"
Jason stared blankly at the face in front of him. Behind him, the little Batman flew out and said softly, "What's wrong, Warrior?"
"Ah——" The little girl Winna ran over happily, stumbling halfway. She said to the little Batman, "Hello, little bat, I know you are a kind bat..."
The Kind Bat wiped the jam from his mouth and nodded: "Yes, my dear warrior lady, only kindness can defeat evil!"
Jason: “…”
He looked at the boy with complicated eyes, and he knew who he was.
Although they were disguised to some extent, the postures of this guy when alerted were very similar to Batman, but Batman would not wear a T-shirt with an orange cat printed on it, nor would he step on colorful glowing sneakers and boast that he was cool. His name was "Thomas", and Jason happened to know someone who was probably named Thomas -
Batman and Talia's biological son, if Talia loves him, then she is very likely to name the child "Thomas", the name of Batman's father.
What's more coincidental is that the Assassin's League is active in Gotham, and Bruce once studied in the Assassin's League. Little Thomas was naturally trained by the Assassin's League.
It's really interesting. Two little birds have flown out of the Assassin's League. I wonder if the old Bat will let this guy be Robin? He looks capable of this position. Even... seeing how he gets along with girls, he even has a good personality. I wonder how Talia taught him.
As a second-generation Robin, Jason thought he would have mixed feelings after seeing the (possible) replacement of his replacement with his own eyes, but he didn't. He just thought the scene was hilarious.
Little Thomas seemed startled by his sudden appearance, but he reacted quickly, jumping in front of Jason. He smiled and said, "What's your name? Do you want to join us?"
"Jack," Jason looked at him coldly, but there was no intimidation at all when he made such an expression with a child's face, "Just call me Jack."
The little bat at the side said with his hands on his hips: "Yes, we are looking for a way to leave here. In fact, the warrior had memorized the route, but we couldn't help but explore this maze a little more..."
He burped.
...So they knew from experience that the road here changes every fifteen minutes.
If Jason knew this would happen, he would not let the little bat hold him back...even if he acted like a spoiled brat.
Jason originally wanted to be hung up, but he finally understood why everyone hated Batman after just one walk in the maze. If he was caught by Batman, the name "Jason Todd" would probably be exposed.
I can only think of a way to get out, or at least delay until an hour to end my juvenile state.
But if the result is the latter, what on earth is he doing in the maze? Is he playing?
Little Thomas nodded, immediately grabbed Winna and Jason's hands, and then the three of them stumbled and ran.
Wen Na reached out to grab the candies on the wall. Her candy wrapper collection plan was not yet completed, but... she didn't want to be the one who fell behind.
The three of them grabbed each other and rushed to the end of the maze. During the process, they met other children. The maze looked small from above, but there were actually more than three of them in it, because they ran past the intersection. Although the other children felt puzzled, the "herd mentality" means that when you see others running away in a hurry, you will chase after them.
"What's going on? Is the big devil Batman here?"
——Because of this idea, when Bruce and his companions ran to the finish line, a group of children coming from behind thought that "Batman" had appeared, and the later they were, the more they believed it.
However, at the end, they were stopped by a gargoyle with a lump on its head.
To be precise, it was a stuffed toy in the shape of a gargoyle. The toy said, "There is furry darkness ahead. Are you sure you want to go in?"
The kids chirped, "Sure." "Hurry up." "Batman is coming."
Bruce Batman Wayne: "..."
The gargoyle sighed and raised his paw to touch the lump on his head, but couldn't reach it. "It's too dangerous to go through the darkness alone. You should take this with you."
It pulled out a long string of transparent eye masks from its back: "With the goggles, you can see your companions in the dark."
But this is clearly an eye patch.
Bruce looked down and saw the price tag on the gargoyle's wrist.
[“Gargoyle beaten by Batman” 35$/each (20% off during the event)]
[Please purchase the genuine product at the toy store at No. 117, Rosa Street, East District, Gotan City]
Bruce: “…”
The gargoyles made way, and the children squeezed over and took away the "goggles". Then, they did not leave immediately, but looked at Jason and Bruce.
Bruce: "...Do you want to come together?"
The kids immediately said, "Yes, yes."
He looked at "Jack" next to him, but saw the boy frowning and tiptoeing, gently touching the bump on the gargoyle's head, then he hummed and said, "Let's go."
Bruce's eyes became complicated for a moment.
Wen Na raised her hand and waved, saying goodbye to the "gargoyle".
Just as Jack was about to step into the darkness ahead, he suddenly turned around and asked, "Do you want to join us?"
He was asking about the gargoyles.
The gargoyle rubbed his hands expectantly, then said disappointedly, "No, I don't have thirty-five dollars."
Bruce: “…”
Of course, not all the kids here are real kids. One girl, who was wearing a skirt and barefoot—Bruce suspected she was wearing high heels at first—said, "I can go out!"
Others said, "It's OK, I can do it too." "I'll ask my dad to give me money." "We can go out together."
Bruce: "..."So how many of you are real children?
Under the persuasion of a group of real and fake "children", the gargoyle stood up and was surrounded by them and walked into the darkness.
"Furry darkness..." Bruce whispered, "What on earth is that?"
He put on his goggles, allowing him to see the people around him in the darkness, and his thoughtful gaze fell on "Jack".
…
On the other side, Diana grabbed Weiwei's shoulders——
The three roads before them were cars, tires, and nothing.
Because the tire was on the far left, they followed Weiwei's usual choice and took the "left" path. Then, as soon as they stepped into this path, they found themselves on a huge rainbow-colored disc.
This segment should perhaps be called "bumper cars."
There are blue sky and white clouds above and below, and this rainbow disc is suspended in the air. Everyone is assigned a motorcycle, and the children don't have to worry about their motorcycles not being able to start or fall down. The speed is only that of bumper cars.
Bumper cars will only knock down enemies who don't hold the handlebars tightly when they collide with each other, and if thunderclouds appear in the sky, it means that Batman hiding under the thunderclouds is about to come down to catch the children. In just twenty minutes, the system has reported twenty-seven times, and seven of them were eliminated by the roundabout - Batman's appearance frequency is too high.
The motorcycle will run out of gas. If the gas is used up, you have to go to the corner of the disc to find a gargoyle to refill it - this is close to the edge and is the place where conflicts are most likely to occur and opponents can be eliminated.
There were about ten children present. According to the Gargoyle, they were divided into seven groups according to their randomly assigned teams. Only when the number of groups dropped to 1 could they leave. The children who fell behind had to find the Rainbow Path again. Those who were captured by Batman would be eliminated if they failed to escape.
Fortunately, the three people present...are all very good at riding motorcycles.
At first, Weiwei just wanted to get to the next step, but later, she had too much fun——
She attacked indiscriminately, knocking Diana off the motorcycle but not the roundabout. She then "threatened" Diana to sit on her back seat, and when the two motorcycles approached, she pulled the children off the opposite side. The children who were pulled off had only two outcomes: jumping off or being kidnapped.
Diana: “…”
"This is a 7-to-1 game," Weiwei said, holding the handlebars, "Kill them, we will win anyway!"
What's not so shameless about her is that she specifically picks guys who are good at riding motorcycles. Even Steve was robbed by them twice.
Steve: "Hey! Aren't we teammates?"
"Oops," the girl shouted as she drove away, "I'm sorry, I saw it wrong."
In the midst of a chaotic fight of laughter and scolding, in the end only the three of them were left on the stage - Steve parked particularly far away from them.
Thunderclouds appeared in the sky, but the gargoyles spread their wings, and a black hole appeared in the middle of the arena. The gargoyles in charge of cheering handed them three "flashlights" and said, "It's furry darkness below, but if you pass through the darkness and meet up with your teammates, you will have a chance to fight the big devil. Defeat him, warriors."
The three of them didn't waste any time, Steve jumped off the motorcycle and walked over, but he heard the sound of someone stepping on the accelerator.
As the thunderclouds approached, Diana took the flashlight, and then Vivi drove the bumper car over, "beep beep beep", grabbed Steve by the collar, and they rushed into the "darkness".
With only less than a meter of free fall, the motorcycle landed on the ground, and then, as always, several people felt the elasticity of the ground.
Steve: “…Motorcycle?”
Weiwei sighed, "Yeah, the gargoyles didn't say we couldn't drive in, so why did you get out of the car?"
This player who habitually exploits various bugs said: "As long as it's not prohibited, it won't hurt to give it a try."
Diana turned on the flashlight: "I wonder how Jack is doing?"
"He is not among those who have reported so far," Weiwei tilted her head, "It feels like only half of the people are still in the maze."
The flashlight only illuminated a small area directly in front, and visibility was less than three meters, but the ground this time was different from before, it was furry and felt warm to the touch.
Of course it would be better to have a motorcycle, but...
Weiwei: "Captain, there are only two seats in the car. Do you want to sit in the trunk?"