Chapter 193 Chapter 193 Old but Strong
Could that guy still be alive?
Subjectively, Alfred wished he were still alive. That rebellious, stubborn young man, who always quietly worked hard and enjoyed playing childish tricks, always had such a tenacious vitality.
But from an objective perspective, there is little hope.
Judging from the intelligence provided by MI6, if the experiment on Aka M's first experimental subject is successful, it will be a species that exceeds the limits of humans and is not something that the inexperienced young man can handle.
There is even only one "experimental subject number 1", and God knows how many there are now.
Admittedly, Alfred had to admit that Bruce was a very capable kid, and his guys were also very capable, but none of them, including himself, could provide help to Batman on the front line, so going there would be like committing suicide.
.......But the child still went.
The only possibility Alfred could think of for the child's survival was as an experimental subject.
Alfred rubbed his head irritably, tapping his fingers on the headset that he had removed when no one responded, regret and sadness engulfing him.
At that time, I should have reminded the child. Even if I couldn't tell him directly what was inside, even if I couldn't stop him, I should have reminded him and stopped him.
The child's mother is still waiting for him to come home...but she is afraid that she won't be able to wait any longer.
Alfred let out a silent sigh and put his headset back on.
What if? What if this child performed another miracle? He couldn't leave him alone.
Alfred waited and waited. He had forgotten how many hours Batman had been out of contact, and he didn't call him. He just waited for the headset to ring again.
But no.
There were still fifteen minutes until dawn, and no miracle happened.
Alfred sighed for the umpteenth time since the operation began.
The bat was eventually left in the cave.
Aka M, this black beast that contains countless sins has devoured another innocent person today.
Just as Alfred was looking at Aka M on the surveillance screen and feeling sorry for Batman's death, he discovered that the camera facing Aka M began to vibrate.
It wasn't just this camera; all the cameras near the sea were shaking to varying degrees.
Earthquake? Aka M earthquake?
Alfred rushed out of the monitoring room and raised his high-powered night vision binoculars to look at A-Ka M. Almost as soon as he set up the binoculars, a huge black object broke out from under A-Ka M, piercing straight into the air like a black spear.
The agent's excellent dynamic vision allowed Alfred to realize that the top of the "black spear" was hollow. Just as he adjusted the telescope to see the structure inside clearly, a light whose color could not be identified in night vision mode exploded, and then the top of the stone tower that pierced into the air truly became "hollow".
Only the spear-like stone tower remained standing, like a spear piercing a giant beast, or like a middle finger raised to Aka M.
Judging from the panicked staff members running out from the bottom of the stone tower, this magnificent stone tower was most likely not their work.
Although he couldn't find any basis, Alfred just felt that these strange things were related to Batman and the child might not be dead.
The change made Alfred feel as if the stagnant air began to flow again, and even the extinguished fire of hope in his chest rekindled.
He rushed back to the computer and began searching Batman's safe house and the cameras around the safe houses Batman had recently visited, looking for any signs that Batman was alive.
There was still no movement from the headset, but Alfred was no longer paying attention to it.
That brat who punches the elderly and kicks children has been disrespecting the elderly and loving the young for a long time. If he were still alive, he would definitely not remember that there is an old man who was stood up here.
Alfred has always been keeping an eye on Batman. He once opened accounts with Batman's entire family in a single night and single-handedly opened dozens of safe houses across Gotham. He even knew whether Batman had a radio at home, so how could he not know about the Match Malone apartment that Bruce had visited?
Back then, he'd personally cast the cast on Bruce's left hand. Before leaving Gotham, he'd specifically told him to keep a low profile while he was gone, and not to try anything like drifting around the city in a minecart converted into a mobile turret. He should just heal up and do some small jobs for a few days to cultivate his spirit.
But when they talked again, he heard the boy moving around in the hail of bullets. How could Alfred feel at ease?
So let me ask you, what would an agent with a strong sense of investigation do when he is worried about a prankster?
Of course, all official and unofficial cameras are activated! We also have facial recognition AI and interpersonal relationship checks to see what you've been up to while I'm away, and with whom!
So Alfred naturally discovered that Matchstick Malone had made an appointment with Bruce on the Gotham Bridge, and also found out the safe house where Matchstick Malone had made an appointment with Bruce at that time. He also discovered that Bruce had entered and exited this safe house many times with some basic living supplies.
Since Benjamin sent Matchstick Malone away via an enraged Stingray, the speed was so fast that the camera could not detect it at all. In addition, the water and electricity in the room were stagnant for two months, and Bruce never went to the room again, and Matchstick Malone has never been found since... Alfred speculated that Matchstick Malone must have been ambushed during the investigation of Akka M, and either died or was transferred by Bruce using special means without his knowledge.
Regardless of the result, Alfred discovered Matchstick Malone's safe house, and because Bruce had been in and out of this safe house more frequently than other safe houses some time ago, he paid more attention to this place.
It was this moment of attention that made Alfred notice that the window of the safe house, which had been closed, was opened, and two boys in strange dresses were sitting astride the windowsill.
Alfred could hardly fail to notice this appearance, so next, he naturally saw one of the Asian-looking boys in a skirt riding on a winged staff, and two other children of similar age also followed suit by riding on the flying staffs and flying into the night sky.
At this time, the experienced agent had already seen the reckless boy he had been thinking about through the reflection of the window glass. After his heart settled down, he began to keep an eye on the three new kids.
These three kids are obviously the key to Batman's escape from Aka-M.
It seems that I haven't been back to Gotham for too long.
Alfred thought.
It has been so long that his daughter broke up with him, so long that the development of this city makes an old guy like him feel unfamiliar, and so long that this city has evolved into a place where reckless young people can automatically grow all kinds of things.
Out of professional ethics, Alfred began to investigate the three young men.
Then, he found that the brown-haired, green-eyed boy in the green jacket and the Asian boy did not exist, but the boy with the bright red mask could be found through facial recognition as a person named "Jason Peter Todd".
However, these two people appeared in different places at the same time, and their ages and body shapes did not match. When checking Jason Todd's relatives, no one could match the child. It should be that they just look alike.
The earliest record of these three children was three weeks ago. It was the boy with the bright red mask. Surveillance showed that he was present when Batman attacked the V-Core Building twice, but it was unclear whether he did anything.
Then there was the boy in the bright green jacket, and then the Asian boy.
As an intelligence officer, Alfred naturally had to find out more about these three boys whose origins and abilities were mysterious.
So Alfred, who hadn't slept all night, changed his clothes and went out to watch. He watched the three children eat breakfast at a fast food restaurant, charge their phones, and then take turns sleeping on the table, one every half hour, from six in the morning until waking up at noon for lunch.
After lunch, Alfred really thought it was time to help the children go out for some activities. However, judging by his mouth movements, the boy in the green jacket, called "Ben," had taken his two friends to a slush shop, citing the heat as an excuse, and had sat there for the entire afternoon.
Alfred, who hadn't slept a wink all day and night and could only sleep in fragments with them: ...
What's wrong with you young people?! It's such nice weather, why don't you do anything or go to school? All you do is turn on the air conditioner, eat junk food, scroll through your phone, and sleep? Can you have some ambition?
Normally Bruce would still be working on the construction site at this time!
These kids are different from Bruce who doesn't socialize much during the day and just goes to work. They exude the enthusiasm of their age all the time, which means that except for sleeping and looking at their phones, they are almost always talking.
Anyone who has worked in the intelligence gathering business knows that valuable intelligence is often hidden in ordinary words and actions that the target himself is not prepared for.
Well, three people were talking at the same time, and the restaurant's surveillance camera couldn't capture all of their mouths with one shot. Alfred, who was observing with a telescope not far away, couldn't decipher all of their verbal exchanges at once.
But Alfred was an experienced agent after all, so he wasn't as impatient as the younger ones. What really irritated him was that these kids were even more outrageous than Bruce, not even trying to hide their identities. Their anti-detection awareness was so poor that professional agent Alfred could hardly bear it.
He originally thought that Bruce was being reckless by acting so high-profile, and Alfred had secretly helped the boy a lot to prevent him from going too far and getting into trouble.
But no matter whether he can hide or not, Bruce at least has the awareness to hide. These three kids flew directly over Gotham without wearing masks or anything. The kid in green clothes not only didn't wear anything to cover his face, he didn't even change his clothes!
If he hadn't stopped the surveillance in time, who knows who would have come looking for him.
Alfred struggled with his thoughts for a while and decided that if he had the chance, he should remind these rookies who were so green that they could squeeze water out of them, so as to prevent them from getting killed by him.
Alfred waited until four o'clock in the afternoon, and the children were finally willing to go out for a walk.
Just when Alfred thought they were going to some secret contact point, he discovered that the kids were sightseeing.
Yes, there is no trace of the urgency of escaping from the Aka M black prison yesterday and feeling that they might be hunted down. These kids went to the tourist attractions to take photos, check in and buy souvenirs!
How come young people nowadays have no sense of crisis?
Alfred was so worried that he didn't realize that he had been trapped again until he was tied up and hung upside down by the branches of the green humanoid plant!
Although Alfred had said it in his heart when his motorcycle was stolen on the first day he came to this city, he still wanted to say it now.
He hates this @#$% city! ! ! !
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The author has something to say: Fukuro definitely swears (he even swears in the first chapter), and Batman definitely swears too, but maybe for the sake of harmony in the comic dialogue box, he uses @#$% instead, so I don’t know what they swear at.
PS: Absolutely Ah Fu's motorcycle was definitely stolen by Batman
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