A long, narrow shadow stretched across the ground, cast by the lights on the exterior of the Continental Hotel's highest floor.
The shadow had a pair of wings and two pointed ears, resembling a giant, anthropomorphic Batman.
Gasps and shouts erupted as people looked up.
The source of the shadow was at the very top of the Continental Hotel.
A tall figure stood there, like a mountain, a flag against the sky.
"Batman?"
Someone immediately recognized him.
Many of the police officers present had seen the recent blockbuster movie.
Especially the police officer who received the report and happened to be patrolling Manhattan was dumbfounded.
"Th-this..."
The reporter immediately got excited.
Big news!
The feud between the Life Foundation and the Daily Bugle could be clearly seen from the recent public opinion war.
The Daily Bugle's revelations had put the Life Foundation in an extremely difficult position, with its market value almost halved.
Wouldn't Carlton Drake be angry?
He sent people from San Francisco to New York, across thousands of kilometers, to deal with the Daily Bugle, but was stopped by the unexpectedly appearing Batman.
This Batman movie just happened to be made by Anton Jameson, the grandson of the Daily Bugle's owner.
Is Anton Jameson connected to Batman?
Is Batman connected to the Daily Bugle?
The reporters were imagining a grand play.
They looked at the police outside the Continental Hotel and exchanged glances, understanding each other perfectly.
Of course, in public, they would say that the New York City government was doing a great job, and the police department solved the case swiftly.
The entertainment tabloids were their own private playground for gossip.
Change your coat and go!
That's the right way to make a living.
Neither offend those in power, nor miss any opportunity to make money.
Click, click, click!
The flashbulbs kept flashing on and off.
Whoosh!
A strong wind swept through.
The figure overhead transformed into a giant Batman, the shadow it cast stretching across the ground.
Amidst gasps of surprise, Batman soared through the air, departing from the Continental Hotel towards another building, vanishing into the darkness.
"Everyone, no following."
George Stacy's expression was grim. After speaking to the reporters beside him, he turned to the owner of the Continental Hotel, "Mr. Winston, I trust you won't mind accompanying me to the police station?"
"Of course, at your service."
Winston readily agreed.
The next day.
"I want to report a case... These people were sent by the Life Foundation. Those people from San Francisco want to destroy my hotel... The Life Foundation and the Continental Hotel have no grievances. Their purpose is to retaliate against the Daily Bugle... As for the reason, everyone knows."
San Francisco, Life Foundation headquarters.
Seeing the news on TV, Carlton Drake was shaking with rage, his eyes bloodshot. He wanted nothing more than to jump into the TV and fight Winston for three hundred rounds.
In addition, the Daily Bugle published Winston's accusations against the Life Foundation on the front page today.
It caused a sensation, a great uproar.
The Life Foundation had fallen to the point where everyone was denouncing them.
Their market value had been slashed in half, and they didn't even have a third of their peak value.
If it weren't for the valuable medical patents of the Life Foundation and its fairly solid foundation, it would have been delisted long ago under such a frenzied and one-sided situation.
Bang!
Drake slammed his hand on the desk, glaring at the head of his bodyguard detail.
"Is this how you do things for me?"
He couldn't control his anger and threw everything within reach at the bodyguard, who didn't dare to make a sound even as he was bleeding from the head.
"Is this what you meant by 'taken care of'?"
His voice was filled with gritted teeth and fury.
If Anton had died, facing such repercussions, he wouldn't have been angry, but rather pleased; at least the goal would have been achieved.
What was this? He lost both the wife and the army. Seeing today's news, Drake's head was buzzing, and he felt that everyone around him was useless.
Eddie is proving elusive.
The symbiosis and human combination experiment can't move forward.
Even revenge is a lost cause, and the basket was washed away by the water, too.
It's too difficult!
"Boss, the Continental Hotel is a killer organization. They violated the rules, and we have grounds to complain to the High Table."
The head bodyguard saw that Drake had taken a long time to calm down and couldn't help but say, "Winston will pay the price! The High Table won't let them off."
"Complain?"
Drake gave him a cold glance. "You're still relying on others at this point? Last night, all the killers in the Continental Hotel were taken down by Batman and then taken to jail by the police. Instead of relying on the High Table, think about how we'll deal with that Batman who came out of nowhere."
"This..."
The head bodyguard was stunned.
He had been in the underworld for many years. Although his reputation wasn't huge, his abilities were outstanding, and he knew very well the terror of the Continental Hotel and the High Table.
He had only gone legit in recent years, being recruited by the Life Foundation to become Drake's bodyguard, responsible for Drake's safety.
But he never expected that the Continental Hotel, with its great reputation in the underworld, would fall into the hands of this suddenly-appearing Batman.
"Who is this Batman?"
The head bodyguard couldn't help but ask Drake, "Boss, being able to negotiate with the Continental Hotel, this person is definitely not a nobody."
"A nobody?"
Drake snorted, his face grim. "Indeed, not a nobody." He looked coldly out the window, without turning his head, "He is the person we want to kill."
"Anton?"
The head bodyguard's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Anton, Batman, Daily Bugle…"
Drake didn't bother to pay attention to his hapless subordinate, muttering those names that gave him a headache, gradually clenching his fists.
New York.
A certain villa district.
Anton looked at Jameson in front of him, feeling quite helpless.
"Old man, you've been staring at me all day. What do you want?"
He looked annoyed, feeling the old man's gaze was quite strange, definitely not the way someone would look at a normal person.
"When did you get these skills?"
Jameson clicked his tongue, speaking with conviction: "Batman? If you're really Batman, I'll eat the newspaper right in front of me."
"Really?"
Anton raised an eyebrow, entering Batman mode.
Whoosh! In a flash, he transformed into the mysterious figure who had stirred up the city last night.
"Shit!!"
Jameson was stunned.
His previous statement was just a probe; it wasn't that he disbelieved Anton was Batman.
Of course, what he never expected was that Anton would so easily and unreservedly reveal his secret.
"You... you... you..."
Jameson stammered, eyes wide, staring at the armored Anton, completely ignoring the mysterious methods Anton had displayed.
"I'm being merciful, respecting the elderly, so you don't have to eat the newspaper."
Anton waved his hand again, returning to his original form, and said lightly, "But there are some things you shouldn't ask. Old man, you will slowly get to know this world again."
Jameson was stunned for a moment, then snapped back to reality, childlike and full of interest.
"Where's your motorcycle?"
"I have to say, you've inherited my taste. That motorcycle is well-made…"
"Bring it out so I can try it! Quickly!"
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