The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

When Bruce gradually regained consciousness, it was already dark, and he felt as if he had a dream. When he woke up, he had completely forgotten what he had dreamed of.

Bruce felt hungry, but there was no ready food to satisfy his hunger. He stood up, then shook twice, and fell to the ground.

Sitting in an incorrect sitting posture for a long time put too much force on his pelvis, resulting in poor blood circulation in his back and legs. Simply put, his legs became numb.

Bruce slammed his elbow on the edge of the steps as he fell, and he let out a cry of pain, grinning at his arm.

Damn it, that's unlucky, isn't it?

He said, but suddenly, he was stunned for a moment, he realized that there are no outsiders here now, and he doesn't need to act for anyone, so he stood up again with his mouth pursed.

But this time what attacked him was dizziness, and he had some symptoms of hypoglycemia after not eating for a long time, but fortunately, his body was very strong, so he just got dizzy for a while before returning to normal .

Bruce walked out slowly, found the car he had driven over, and sat in the cab. He breathed a sigh of relief, but just as he was about to start the car, he found that it couldn't start at all.

After several attempts, Bruce had to get out of the car to check the car engine. After opening the hood, he froze.

Because the whole engine is gone.

Bruce closed the hood vigorously. He looked around and found no trace of the thief. This is very common in Gotham. It can only be said that the other party left him a shell, which is already quite a thief. .

The sedan wasn't a Batmobile, it didn't have those complicated modifications, it didn't have a spare engine, so now it was completely non-movable.

Bruce looked around and found a public phone booth on a nearby street. After he went in, he called Schiller and said, Professor, please go to Wayne Manor and bring Aisha to your manor let's go.

Yes, Alfred is sick and cannot take care of her for the time being. During this time, I may trouble you. Thank you, professor.

After hanging up the phone, Bruce lowered his head and sighed, and when he turned and walked out of the phone booth, it was raining again.

This is the edge of the West Side of Gotham, and it also belongs to the wealthy area. Every household has a private car, and most of them have their own drivers. Almost no one takes a taxi to travel, so there are generally no taxis here.

Bruce now has two choices, go back to the public phone booth and call for a car, or walk directly back to the manor.

It's not far from Wayne Manor, so Bruce decided to walk back by himself. Anyway, even if he returned to the manor, there was no one there, so why was he in a hurry to go back?

In other words, he actually had a kind of resistance, hoping that the return journey would be longer, so that he would not have to face the empty hall of the manor.

Walking out of the alley and standing on the street, Bruce looked around, identified the direction, and then walked towards the end of the street.

The night rain in Gotham was very cold, but Bruce didn't care, he walked back slowly along the street, and soon, a familiar building appeared in his vision.

That was Gotham's Grand Theater, a landmark building in the West End. The last time Bruce came here, he was Batman and watched a big show about the execution of the Court of Owls.

Now there is no owl, but then there is no Batman either.

Bruce is standing at the back of the Gotham Grand Theater, not in front of the gate, so there are not many cars and no pedestrians, but from this angle, the lights in the Gotham Grand Theater are brilliant, and the lights coming out from the windows Lights lit up half the street.

This is actually very rare, because this grand theater is too old, and within a few years, no decent troupe is willing to come and perform.

Looking up at the light coming out of the window, Bruce thought of what Alfred said before, the news that the Angelica Troupe was coming here to perform. He had heard the name of this troupe, which is a very famous one on the East Coast. troupe.

Bruce remembered that when he was in the metropolis, he saw specific information about actors at the door of a certain theater. Now the leading actor of this troupe is named Alex Smith, a very handsome young actor.

He often played the leading role in Shakespeare's plays, especially in his handsome youth, and East Coast girls liked to call him Metropolitan Dreamer.

Corresponding to it is the heroine of this troupe, Vicky Sandra, known as the Pearl of the East Coast.

There are rumors from the outside world that they are a couple, but they themselves deny it. Because they often play couples on stage, many gossip newspapers make a big fuss about this, often following them, filming various Such photos, hoping to dig out their deeper relationship.

When these materials played in Bruce's mind, he found that it had become an instinct of his, to write down every piece of information he heard and saw, and then when he saw something related to it, he immediately started from scratch. Review it from end to end to make sure you don't miss any important information.

But what's the use? Bruce thought, Batman has become a thing of the past, and now, as long as he puts on the bat suit, he will become a street mouse that everyone shouts and beats.

Even if he wants to help others now, the victim will scream again and again when they see him, as if they have seen a ghost, and run away desperately, without cooperation.

Bruce lowered his head, intending to move forward, but at this moment, he heard the sound of a broken vase coming from a room near his direction inside the theater.

Bruce turned his head instinctively and looked at the room where the sound came from. There was a warm light in the room, but at the same time, the figure blocking the light became extremely clear.

A silhouette of a woman in a dress wobbled to the window, slapped the window hard twice, and then fell down slowly.

Bruce opened his eyes wide, he rushed towards the window without thinking, stood under the wall and looked carefully, he found that the place where the woman had just slapped left blood stains, indicating that she is in a very bad condition now .

This room was on the third floor on the east side of the theater. Bruce immediately began to look for a passage leading to the third floor. However, there was only one entrance to the theater, not even a back door. If he wanted to get to the room immediately, he had to climb the wall.

Bruce found a drainpipe at the corner of the wall, climbed up along the drainpipe, and then jumped from the balcony of the easternmost window to the balcony of that room.

He yanked the closed window hard, making a loud noise. When he looked into the window, he found that a figure seemed to be startled away by the sound.

But because his eyes couldn't immediately adapt to the sufficient light in the room, Bruce couldn't see what that figure looked like, and he couldn't even distinguish between a man and a woman. He could only see his flustered figure and heard a series of subtle, almost imperceptible footsteps.

With a bang, he pulled the window open, climbed over the window sill, and rushed into the room. Bruce saw a woman in a dress fell in the middle of the room.

Blood spread along her chest, staining most of the dress red, and Bruce didn't have time to think too much. He rushed to the woman and put his hand on the artery in the side of her neck.

But unfortunately, this woman is dead.

With a bang, the door was pushed open, a group of people rushed in, and the leader shouted, What's wrong? Why is there such a big commotion?!

Suddenly, there was a scream, Bruce looked up, and in the bright halo, he saw a familiar face, it was Miss Gold, she screamed and shouted: No! Miss Vicky! You What's wrong?!

She rushed forward in a panic, but retreated a few steps because of the strong smell of blood.

In the crowd, a gentleman came out and helped Miss Goethe up. He looked at Bruce and said sternly, Who are you? Why are you here? What did you do to Miss Vicky?

Oh, my God! Mr. Wayne! Another scream rang out, and Mrs. Gold stepped out of the crowd. She grabbed Mr. Witter in front of her and said, Mr. Witter, you may not know him, he is Bruce Wayne!

Mr. Wayne, what are you doing there? Come here, the corpse may have some... I mean... the blood may not be clean, you'd better come here quickly! Mrs. Goethe waved to Bruce with concern .

Bruce stood up and looked at the group of people. There were nine people in the group. Mr. Witt stood in the middle, Gothic mother and daughter stood on the right, and another fat man stood with them.

On the left is another young man who looks a little like Werther, and beside him is the owner of the Angelica troupe.

A little further back, another tall man was pushing forward. He passed through the crowd and rushed to Vicky's side, shouting, No! Vicky! What's wrong with you? Call the doctor. !quick!

Alex, calm down! Another older actor rushed up and supported Alex.

Bruce saw that the man named Alex was indeed very handsome. He had long hair and was wearing a performance armor costume. When he half-kneeled to the ground, his whole body jingled.

There are two other people, one of them is holding a makeup brush, which seems to be the make-up artist of the troupe, and the other is holding a notebook, which may be a prop artist.

More than a dozen people surrounded the entire room, and after a while, the police arrived.

When Gordon saw Bruce, he covered his forehead with his hand. He pulled the hem of the windbreaker back with one hand, touched the side of his cheek with the other, and asked Bruce, Why are you here?

Bruce stood there, looking down at the corpse, without speaking.

But at this time, Mrs. Gold stepped forward and said to Gordon: Mr. Wayne may have come here because of the reputation. After all, every mailbox in our manor area has received the playlist of the Angelica Troupe... ...

In the circle of East Coast theater performances, the audience can visit the backstage before the performance of the play. I think Mr. Wayne may also come for this, just like us.

Mrs. Gold helped Bruce explain a lot, but at this time, Mr. Witter raised doubts. He said: When we rushed into the room, he was already here. He was the first person to touch the corpse. , there is a great suspicion...

Mrs. Goethe winked at Werther desperately, but Werther didn't seem to see him, Miss Goethe was crying aside, Alex knelt on the ground and wailed, and the others looked in disbelief.

Gordon was so disturbed by the situation that he had to drive everyone out of the room, divide them into groups, and send them to separate rooms to await interrogation.

He called Bruce out first, and asked him: What's the matter with you? Didn't I tell you all? You have to calm down a little these days, or you might really be wanted... Wait, why didn't you In uniform?

Only then did Gordon realize that it was not Batman who came here, but Bruce Wayne, but how could Bruce Wayne be involved in the murder?

The current situation has completely exceeded his expectations. Gordon is very aware of one truth, that is, as long as either of Batman and Schiller appears at the scene of the murder, it proves that the crime The case could be in big trouble.

Gordon pressed his temple with some headaches. He looked at Bruce and said, Okay, what did you see? Who killed the heroine of the troupe?

Bruce shook his head, I don't know.