"Bang!"
A gunshot abruptly rang out in the eerie silence!
A sniper bullet was fired from the second-floor platform not far away.
In the dim Shadow, a person could vaguely be seen lying on the ground, almost blending in with the surroundings, making them hard to spot without a careful look.
The bullet had reached Samuel's face almost the instant the shot was fired, and the sniper had even 'seen' the scene of his head exploding and him collapsing to the ground.
However, the next second.
The familiar scene did not arrive as expected; the bullet strangely stopped in front of the person, then dropped to the ground with a click.
The sniper felt his throat tighten, and cold sweat involuntarily dripped down his temples.
"Hm?"
Samuel turned his head, a half-smile on his face, the red light in his eyes flickering slightly.
"Pfft——"
A bewitching red light pierced through the sniper's head.
Samuel looked around at the kneeling crowd with red eyes and slowly said, "I had You kneel so You would listen to me properly."
"If someone doesn't want to kneel, if someone doesn't want to listen, I can grant their wish."
There was dead silence, trembling, and absolutely no one stood up, including their boss, Bane.
Was Bane fierce?
Fierce!
But in a situation clearly beyond comprehension, he wouldn't just charge forward like a simple-minded brute with developed muscles!
Samuel's hand gently pushed towards Bane, and the small paper bag containing Bruce Wayne's fingerprints landed in front of him.
"After Your business is finished, serve me."
Bane opened the paper bag, saw the fingerprints, and roughly guessed whose they were.
After hesitating for a few seconds, he spoke, "What can I get?"
"Greater strength, a more exciting life."
Bane grinned: "What are You called?"
"Void Lord."
"Okay, I agree!"
As Bane's words fell, he suddenly found that the person in front of him had strangely disappeared.
Unlike the golden portal when he appeared, his departure was silent and without any sign.
Bane was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled, immediately getting up and signaling his men to prepare to leave.
Their plan—could begin!
A few hours later.
A stock exchange center was attacked, a group of terrorists hijacked over a hundred hostages, and took control of the stock exchange center.
Police cars lined up, surrounding the exits of the exchange center.
The Police were fully armed, cautiously using their cars as cover, pointing their guns at the stock exchange center, whose roller shutters and windows were already down.
The public and reporters also gathered outside the Police cordon, blocking the vicinity three layers deep inside and out, making it almost impassable.
Soon, the Gotham City Mayor arrived, and more Police reinforcements also reached the scene and began urging the onlookers to leave.
"Please leave here."
"For Your own safety, step back, step back!"
"It's You!"
As the rookie Police officer John Blake, in charge of urging the public to leave, was about to persuade a man and woman standing at the street corner to leave, he suddenly realized he had seen this woman before.
And, it was just a few hours ago.
A few hours ago, John Blake went to Wayne Manor to find Bruce Wayne because he firmly believed Bruce Wayne was Batman, and Gotham needed Batman now.
Bruce Wayne didn't admit it, even when John Blake told him that the Police were unexpectedly attacked while investigating the bar fire case last night, and the team leader, Sergeant Gordon, was injured and hospitalized, he still didn't admit it.
John Blake was disappointed and prepared to leave, but then saw this woman coming to find Bruce Wayne.
John Blake was different from other Gotham Police officers; his integrity and courage were almost identical to Sergeant Gordon's when he was young.
So he recognized this woman as the jewel thief, Catwoman: Selina Kyle.
Then, John Blake, who had originally intended to arrest her, found that all criminal records and related arrest warrants for Catwoman had disappeared.
In a legal sense, Catwoman was now a good person with no criminal record!
What surprised John Blake even more was that Catwoman actually attacked Bruce Wayne directly.
Under Catwoman's powerful attack, Bruce Wayne had to respond with all his might, which further solidified his belief that Bruce Wayne was Batman.
It was just—
He never expected Batman to be beaten around by Catwoman!
Catwoman, who should have relied on skill and agility for her livelihood, displayed strength and physical capabilities far exceeding those of ordinary humans.
Finally, Bruce Wayne was beaten up by Catwoman, and Catwoman seemed to have blackmailed something out of him, but by then, John Blake had already been 'politely' asked to leave the Manor by the butler, so he didn't know the details.
Now that Catwoman and a strange man appeared here, John Blake immediately became wary and suspicious.
"Oh, it's You, little Police officer."
Selina also recognized him and waved with a smile: "We are responsible for our own safety, You can go now."
Just as John Blake was about to speak, his body involuntarily walked towards the other side.
???
John Blake's face changed drastically, and just as he was about to call out in a panic, his panicked expression instantly froze for a few seconds.
Afterwards, as if forgetting Catwoman and that man, he nonchalantly went to urge other people to leave.
"So obedient?"
Selina was a bit surprised, then realized and linked arms with Samuel: "You did that?"
Samuel said casually: "This is a good Police officer."
"If nothing unexpected happens, he should take over from Bruce Wayne and become the new generation of Batman in Gotham."
As everyone knows, Batman's assistant is called Robin, and there have been several generations.
John Blake's real name is Robin.
Although unlike the Robin from other Worlds, Robin changed from a codename to a real name, and his character setting doesn't match previous Robins.
But he didn't do any worse than other Robins!
After Batman saved Gotham and faked his death to leave, almost all the resources of Wayne Group and the Batcave were left to him.
If the story were to continue filming according to the plot, he might really become the second generation Batman.
"Look, someone's coming out."
Selina suddenly pointed to the stock exchange center.
At this moment, the doors of the stock exchange center opened, and hostages crowded out slowly, holding their hands up.
The Police were cautiously on guard.
Suddenly, the roar of motorcycles came from inside the stock exchange center.
The crowd scattered in terror, and helmeted terrorists, holding hostages, rode motorcycles and rushed out.
Taking advantage of the chaos, several motorcycles quickly broke out of the encirclement, and at intervals, hostages on a motorcycle were thrown off to delay the Police pursuit.
In the blink of an eye, several motorcycles had already sped onto the main road, racing away.
Samuel looked down at the motorcycle model in his hand and asked Selina with a smile: "I wonder how Batman will chase them without his motorcycle."
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