Vol 7 Chapter 68: Martha

That night, in Nacino City, Ke Wen, who had left the Planetary Detective Agency, was also shopping with Carla at this time. After so many things happened after returning to Earth, this should be a rare time alone between Kewen and Kara. In the city, there are no messy crimes or accidents that are happening. There are only pedestrians living overnight, including Kewen and Kara.
After eating dinner, the two of them walked along the pedestrian street like this, looking at the night view of the city, but both of them did not speak tacitly, enjoying the rare peace.
"So, do you have any plans to tell me now?" It's just that this rare peace can't last long, and Cara, who is finally able to relax, also starts to ask questions.
"Ah? What do you mean?" Ke Wen, who hadn't realized what he would face next, also answered honestly there.
"Do you really know what I'm asking or do you not know?"
"Could you just point it, playing guessing while chatting is really no love experience."
"But the problem is that the guessing game is originally part of the love process, and it is still the most important part. If you don't even know what I want to ask or say, it means that there is no tacit understanding between us and your feelings for me are not deep enough! "
Facing Carla's words of condemnation, Ke Wen only felt a headache, which was even more painful than when he was organizing information in the past two days. He patted his forehead and spit out there, "I hate guessing games!"
what?
When Kara asked with a rhetorical particle, Ke Wen quickly explained: "No, I mean my brain is stupid, it is difficult to guess the question raised by your super brain... Ah, I see, you are Talk about the matter between me and Lena?"
With hindsight, Ke Wen finally realized the question Carla wanted to ask himself. It's just that he was embarrassed when he said it and pierced this tacit window paper. If you have been pretending to be silly and stupefied before, maybe this topic will be mixed up, but if you pick out the words clearly and say them, then you have to give an answer, otherwise, this matter will become the two people’s minds. One of the thorns, it suddenly came out at some point, and the two of them were pierced with flesh and skin.
Kara did not have the squeamishness just now, and stood there, just looking at Ke Wen, waiting for Ke Wen to answer.
At this time, Ke Wen just wanted to lick himself a big mouth, so he was so cheap, and said the words without thinking about it, okay, what should I do now, dating directly becomes a direct answer to the death question. It's on the scene. Looking at Carla's eyes, Ke Wen was also guilty. To be fair, as a man, a boy, two or three of them, if you want to say no, then he is lying to himself.
But if in the old society, in an era when the status of women was not particularly prominent, he was also a person who lived in that era and was affected by that era, then this is easy to say, and it can be easily solved. But he is not. This is modern. Even as a modern society with magical colors, the rules of modern society can be broken for Ke Wen and others, but he is still a human being living in this era and he is educated. Also modern education.
You can have all the ideas, but it is not advisable. But on the other hand, Lena almost became another person because she was controlled by her perverted mother, and when she really had ideas, even if it was undesirable, Ke Wen had to go against the society. rule. The only problem is that he can violate the rules of society, but for Carla, they don’t have to be attached to themselves to survive. They are independent people and have their own ideas. If they do their own way, they will be treated to them. It's really unfair.
So Ke Wen didn't know, after thinking about it, he didn't know how to answer Carla's answer to this question.
"To be honest, I don't know how to say it." Since I couldn't figure it out and didn't know how to answer, Ke Wen answered honestly.
In front of Carla, did Ke Wen really think about it or not when he said this? Whether he really thought about this question in his mind, she couldn't escape her eyes, so she also saw that Ke Wen did think about it, but he did not think about it. I don't know how to answer these questions. He didn't want to make himself sad or disappointed, but he didn't have an answer to this question, and he didn't know how to solve it.
So Carla laughed.
"I don't know? It's okay, you will know later~"
When he said this, Ke Wen could also feel the joy in Kara's words. At this time, it was Ke Wen's turn to be stunned. What kind of fairy answer are you, sister! Just watching Cara turn around and jump around, Ke Wen couldn't utter this sentence. He just sighed with emotion: "Damn, I really hate guessing games." Then he followed and continued with Cara. A date.
On the other side, Gotham City, the bat cave under the Wayne Manor. As the eldest son of the Bat family, Dick is also processing all kinds of information in front of the computer. There is no news about Batman's disappearance until now. Even if he has blind confidence in Batman, it does not mean that he will do anything. I didn't do it, waiting for my old father to jump out. On the side, the second son, Jason, who had the deepest conflict with Batman, also took the tea and put it in front of Dick, and then asked.
"Anything to find?"
"Thank you, you asked another boring question."
After receiving the tea cup that Jason handed over and thanking him, Dick replied helplessly to Jason's inquiry.
"Routine inquiries, we all know that if he appears so easily, it's not him."
"Yeah, but I just don't understand. Now Gotham is getting better, Penguin, and the two-faced man are still in the surveillance vision, but at least they now understand the rules of the game well. As the boss of the underground world, they also Letting go of some of the previously involved fields and focusing only on certain aspects, it can be regarded as stabilizing the entire underground society.
In the latter case, unless they die on their own and want to continue to restore their former glory, otherwise, they have no other way to go except to wash themselves ashore. In other words, the life he wants is coming soon. At this moment, what else does he need to do alone, and what opponent he wants to face himself, Bain? Master Ninja? I still can't figure out who he was targeted this time. "
Dick was also talking about his doubts there. Jason was used to Dick's thoughts a long time ago. Among the four brothers, the contradiction between him and Batman is the deepest. A large part is that Batman's morbid and paranoid sort of secrets for your good.
"I thought you were used to it. He never had such a fine tradition of telling the truth. Even if we all know that he is to protect us, we always feel that we can't deal with the enemy he deals with. Maybe he is right, but we always have to Growing up, isn't it? Just like you, because he has disappeared twice, hasn't the engagement ceremony between you and Claire been unfolded."
"Because he is our father. If the engagement ceremony between Claire and I did not appear in him, I don't think it is a complete engagement ceremony. I also want him to attend my wedding as a father. He is worthy of me. do."
When talking about this, Dick's words were also full of warmth, and Jason did not refute Dick's words, because in his heart, he and Barbara's marriage also thought so. Just when both of them were thinking about this matter, an early warning came from Brother Eye's computer, which interrupted their silence.
"Where is the problem?"
"Black Gate Prison, Baine has escaped from prison!"
"Oh, yeah, he will escape from prison."
Jason was also noncommittal about what Dick said. To be honest, it has been a miracle that the Black Gate Prison has been able to keep Baine for so long, but Baine escaped from prison and caught him back. Now they are not too difficult to fight Baine. The clothes were changed, and the young ones who had fallen asleep were not disturbed. The two of them were ready to set off. They just looked at the long-sought Batmobile, and Dick also reached out to stop Jason.
Jason turned his head in confusion and looked at Dick.
"This time, I'll drive~"
The angle of view goes back to the city of Nacino. The date between Ke Wen and Cara is almost the same. There are not many pedestrians on the street when we strolled around at ten o'clock in the evening. There is nothing for Ke Wen. Since it is so late, don’t go back here. With this idea, he sent Kara to the door of his house and was about to go back. He also noticed a vibration from the mobile phone he put in his pocket. I took out my mobile phone and was also taken aback by the information on it.
"Huh? Are you so fate?"
"What's the matter?" Cara also asked when he noticed Ke Wen's words.
"It's okay, isn't it that Xiaozha is not here during this time? I also thought about recruiting two temporary workers to help see the office. I posted the notice in the morning, and received the application notice in the evening. But what I said was fate. It means that these two temporary workers are the same as me. Both have the surname Ke, and their names are still very strange. One is Ke Xue and the other is Conan. Ha, they are still brothers. They are a first-year student at City University, and more importantly, this The two of them have different majors. One is in applied physics, and the other looks like a sportsman."
"Huh? What's the matter? There aren't many people in this city with the same surname as you."
"Yeah, don't you say it's not a coincidence, and the information is not fake, maybe it is two young people who work and study. If you have time to check tomorrow, if there is nothing wrong, let them help to check the affairs. So, lest this office shut down."
"Yes, but again, how come Xiaozha has been there for so long and hasn't come back? Nothing will happen, right?"
"Nothing. With her level of magic, what else could happen? Maybe it was delayed by something in the family. You know, the magic world pays attention to what magic inherits these things. There are many family operations. Let’s go, okay, don’t think about it so much, we have to fix the superman in front of us, go to bed early and good night."
After giving a kiss on Kara's forehead, Ke Wen left. Just on the road, Ke Wen also sighed. Regarding the big event Zatana’s magical world is facing, Ke Wen didn’t let Kara know about it. For the Kryptonians, magic can’t be done. Neither is a profession. What's more, there is still a Nightmare Batman wandering in the main universe, and he can't find the identity of this Nightmare Batman. He has no idea of ​​confessing his identity for the time being, and he doesn't want to make people panic.
"Gan! Why do I think so much now, if Xiaozha comes back, this matter will be more difficult to deal with? I can't even deal with Lena, ah, irritable!"
Secretly cursed his own imagination, and then Ke Wen left dingy. At the same time, Black Gate Prison in Gotham City, Gordon, as the chief of the police department, is also investigating the Black Gate Prison where the accident occurred. Bain’s escape has already occurred, and he can only come here to see if there are any clues left. . Only when Gordon was strolling around, he saw Dick and Jason appearing, and said directly to his old partner.
"Brock."
"Well, lads, let's go over there and take a look, and make some transcripts."
Consciously cleared the field, leaving room for Gordon and the two who rushed over.
"So, what happened to him this time?" As an old partner who has worked with Batman for many years, even Gotham City is starting to get better, but in such things as Bain's prison escape, based on Gordon's understanding of Batman , Will never let the solo Robin take over, unless he is not there.
"That's the problem, we don't know."
"All right, you two can do it too. If Baine escaped from prison, I wouldn't care, but the guy who helped him escape, you have to be careful."
Gordon also handed over the evidence left at the scene. When he saw the ghost card in the sealed bag in Gordon's hand, Jason's pupils dilated for a moment. He still remembers his experience when he died, even if he knew that there were three clowns, there was no difference for him.
"He appeared again?" Dick, who took the ghost card handed over by Gordon and noticed Jason's mood change, asked.
"Well...I’m not so sure, come with me, you have to look at something different. Also, Jason, you have to control yourself, I don’t want my daughter to experience the same things as me. You also promised me to give my daughter happiness."
There is no one around, and Gordon doesn't mind saying Jason's name directly. Without Gordon’s warning, Jason knew that he was not in the right state. As the person involved, it was difficult for him to get out of the shadow of death when he was beaten alive to death, but he still held back and followed Dick. Deng took it to the guardhouse. After that, the two also left the Black Gate Prison and returned to the bat cave. They just arrived at the bat cave and saw the small ones already sitting there, beside the helpless Alfred.
"I'm sorry, Master Dick, Master Jason, but for Jonathan Jonathan, the movement in the Black Gate Prison is so loud that it made him sleep."
"Jonathan?"
"I don't want to, but sometimes I just can't control it."
Jonathan Jonathan spread his hands, as to his ability, he has not been able to completely send and receive freely. Seeing this, Dick could only sigh helplessly, and then said concisely:
It’s a false alarm. Bain’s escape from prison is not fake, but it’s not the clown’s help. It’s just a follower of the clown. Girl, it’s not a big problem, the two of us. It can be resolved, so it’s time to go back to sleep, you guys."
"Female? How do you know?"
For the little Jonathan who asked this kind of idiot question, Damian on the side also contemptuously said:
Because if it’s the Joker, they will only get one card, and now, they must have seen the surveillance left on the scene, Joker He won’t make such a low-level mistake, unless he wants to let others know, especially his father, but his father is missing now, understand?

For Damian's contempt, Jonathan Jonathan also looked indifferent. On the contrary, the three generations of Robin Tim are more curious. "So you got the video? Take a look. You can easily get past the black gate prison blockade and rescue Bain. Even if you are a follower, you have a lot of abilities. It is more appropriate to analyze it."
"Also."
The two of them also felt reasonable about Tim's suggestion, and it is estimated that this group of young people can't sleep, so they should watch the video to help them sleep. With that said, Jason also inserted the copied image data into the computer, and began to play the scene of Bain's escape from prison at that time. In fact, there is not much, because the whole scene looks very weird. First the lights go out and then come on. There is no one around, only Baine, who is unshackled, stands there, as if talking to someone.
After the conversation, Bain left, no one stopped him. Shortly after Bain's departure, other images appeared in the surveillance screen, disheveled, and a clown with feminine features appeared in front of the camera and smiled at the camera. I have to say that when the clown Martha suddenly appeared in front of the camera, everyone was really taken aback, because that temperament was too clown.
For Dick who has never been to the flashpoint timeline, this is indeed a follower of the clown, and he has done a wonderful job of imitating the clown. But for Damian, Jonathan Jr. and Helena, who had stayed in the flashpoint timeline, they recognized at a glance that this was not a follower of the clown, but the clown himself, and similarly served the Wayne family. Dai, Alfred, who was a close friend of the late Wayne and his wife, also had an earthquake when he saw Martha, the clown.
Because for the old man, the Wayne and his wife are too familiar, so familiar that even if Martha is already crazy and has become a clown, Alfred can recognize her at a glance. But Alfred knew that it was impossible. The Wayne couple he knew had died on the night more than thirty years ago. At that time, it was impossible to extract genes for cloning without so much black technology now. .
Even so, Alfred couldn't help blurting it out, as did Damian, Jonathan Jr., and Helena.
"Martha?!"
As soon as the words came out, the old and the young also glanced at each other, wondering at each other's recognition that this female clown was Martha. In the same way, the abnormalities of several people also made Dick and the three big doubts. They are not unfamiliar with the name Martha, but it is very strange to say it from the mouths of these family members.
"Martha? Bruce's deceased mother, our grandma? It's not the same age." Tim was the first to express his doubts.
"But that's her, because she was Martha Wayne on another timeline created by flashpoint backtracking when the Flash reversed time to save her mother. In that timeline, everything happened. Change. That night more than 30 years ago, it was not grandpa and grandma that died, but father, but grandpa became Batman, grandma, which is what we see now, Martha, became a clown, as for why we would Know these.
It’s because in the original trip between Kewen and us, we arrived at that timeline when we came back and met our grandpa and grandma, so we won’t admit mistakes. As for the evidence, Jonathan, go get it. photo. "
Damian was the first to explain. Fortunately, when they left, Ke Wen took a family portrait for them. Batman also had one, but since Batman didn’t know where he put it, Damian I can only ask Jonathan Jonathan to get their own. After a flash, little Jonathan disappeared, and when he came back, he also had the original photo in his hand.
When Jonathan Jonathan Jonathan pointed out the picture of Martha, who was locked in a cage by Thomas Wayne, and compared with the picture, everyone understood why they could recognize it at a glance, because this was Martha herself!
"Well, now the nature of the matter has changed again. This is indeed the Joker. But you know her, don't you know Martha." Dick also realized the seriousness of the matter and asked Damian and the others directly.
It's a pity that they can only shake their heads for this question.
"When we went, it was already the flashpoint after the war. According to the grandfather at the time, after the Flash restarted the universe, this timeline should have disappeared. But when we went, it continued, so We haven't had much communication with Martha, but this is not right, because in that timeline, Superman has already left the earth, and the earth is also full of vitality, but it takes time, thanks to Grandpa’s Level, um, there is no possibility of crossing into our universe."
Damian euphemistically stated that Thomas Wayne was not good at developing black technology in the flashpoint timeline. Just after speaking, Damian also looked at Martha, who was frozen in the picture, and said there: "But anyway, it is indeed Martha who appears in front of us, but she is also a clown. I am most worried about now. If Martha appears here, then what about Grandpa, the Batman played by Thomas Wayne, will he be in this universe, or is he already..."
When talking about this, Damian didn't go on. Alfred on the side, the old man listened to Damian's simple story about what happened on the flashpoint timeline, and his body couldn't help shaking. He also thought about whether the family he knew would lead a happy life in the parallel universe. But unexpectedly, in the end, the Wayne family still can't escape the curse of Batman.
It's just that from a son to a father, and even his wife to a clown, the fact that the old man felt that fate had made him a huge joke for a while. My mouth is also muttering: how could this be!
But at this time, Dick, who had already understood the causes and consequences, could not calm down, even if Martha was their grandmother, but she was a clown, even if it was a clown on another timeline, it meant that the matter was not over yet. It's not as simple as imagined.
"Anything is good, things have already happened, but this time, we have to call foreign aid."
In the words, everyone also understood who Dick was talking about the foreign aid, and Ke Wen, who had just returned to his detective office in Nacino, shuddered for no reason.
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