Chapter 1473: Birds and Return (XVIII)

When Bruce returned to Wayne Manor with the three Robins, Thomas was arguing with Nightwing.

What happened is probably like this. The time Thomas and Nightwing talked was obviously not enough time for Dick to finish his French homework, so when Thomas went up to check the homework, he was miserable.

In fact, Dick didn't write at all, but what he did write was written blindly when he was too sleepy. This was more fatal than not writing at all, because it reflected his French proficiency very well - Dick successfully made France and the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets once again prospered together at the end of the twentieth century.

Thomas was furious after reading it. He felt that he had tried hard to suppress his anger and talk to Dick properly, but Nightwing felt that he was asking too much and Dick could not even open his sleepy eyes. The most important thing now is that he should let Dick He slept with her, otherwise it was pure abuse, and the two got into a fight.

Going off topic is an inevitable part of a quarrel. After arguing, the two came to the topic of the relationship between ballet and French.

Yeyi feels that there is no necessary connection between learning ballet and learning French, so there is no need to learn them together. Even if he wants to learn French, he does not necessarily need to learn ballet. Thomas's idea is, "So you don't know ballet? Then learn it together." Alright".

In fact, there is no reason to be a parent like Thomas. Anyway, in the end, all logic will return to the eternal argument of "are you the father or am I the father?" Of course, Yeyi cannot think that he can Being Batman's father, he can't quarrel with Thomas at all.

When Bruce came back, he was talking to Red Robin.

"...Since you have a foundation in surgical techniques, I think you only need to add two more classes to take the second round of anatomy classes with Harley..."

"I can give you extra classes, but I will be busy afterwards, so you can go with Harley to help the unknown lady. She has recently made significant research results in skin regeneration and published three articles in a short period of time. District, if you can get a first-class research on this topic, it will not be difficult to get an offer from the Metropolitan University School of Medicine..."

Then, he turned to the other side and said to Red Hood: "I don't think you are interested in medicine. I can contact you with Bane and Deathstroke who are still living in the Mercenary Union Hotel on the island and ask him if he can be a doctor." Your sparring partner.”

"I don't know if Bane in your universe uses chemicals to strengthen himself, but if you want to fight against him, it's best to learn some knowledge about chemistry. Zatanna is currently studying with Professor Crane. I can add some extra I’ll give you an extra week of tutoring, and then you can catch up…”

Thomas stopped arguing with Nightwing and listened carefully. He heard the kid wearing the red hood mutter a few words, but finally said: "Fighting against Bane and Deathstroke is not just about solving chemistry problems." That’s all that matters…”

"It doesn't matter, even if you are cut in half, the puppet master can sew you back together again."

Without looking at the pouted Red Hood, Bruce paused again, waited for Damian behind him, then put his hand on his back and said, "I didn't expect you to be the most comprehensive person in the Bat Family. , but I think you won’t have much opportunity to practice business, so I think I can leave Villain Island to you to take care of for a while..."

Damian was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes suddenly lit up. He quickly followed Bruce and asked, "Can I run the entire island? Really?"

"Yes, but you still have a lot to learn. Tomorrow I will take you to meet the two magicians introduced by Constantine and the demons they contracted with. Those are our future customers."

"Three days later, we are going to hell to attend the wedding of Beelzebub's thirty-second daughter. He specially invited me to be the witness. Then we are going to the dream world to pick up Clark's dog and send it to Mexico to be with him. Reunion, and also accompany Diana back to Mount Olympus from her brother to pick up something customized there before and send it to the space station where she is working..."

When he reached the stairs, Bruce held on to the handrail and said, "Okay, remember the arrangements. Go back to sleep."

The three of them returned to their room obediently without saying a word. Thomas and Nightwing stood in the living room and stared at each other. Then they looked at Bruce together. Thomas was the first to frown and asked, "What kind of ecstasy soup did you give them?" ?”

"Why is my bank card frozen?" Bruce thought of another thing.

"You actually have the nerve to ask?!" Thomas puffed his beard and glared. He said with great dissatisfaction: "The Wayne Group's economy has finally improved a bit. You spend 1.5 billion US dollars a month. Do you know the consequences of this? ”

"Of course, Wayne Group's financial situation will become extremely precarious." Bruce stood behind the back of the sofa, crossing his arms and said, "Then we can borrow money from banks and the country, and they have to lend it to us. Because they can't let Wayne Group collapse. If they don't have enough money, they just print money."

Thomas was speechless. He looked at Bruce and said, "Is the money you get from overdrafting the national finances for you to spend randomly?"

"But I do need the money."

"Do you think I will support you uncontrollably?"

"Of course you will."

"Why?"

"Because if you don't, I'll report you."

Thomas was stunned.

Bruce slowly walked up to Thomas, looked into his eyes and said, "Among the 32 newly registered companies last month, the 16 largest payments must have gone to countries other than Mexico, right?"

Thomas slowly narrowed his eyes and said in a dangerous tone: "...you are checking my account?"

"I don't have it, but I have my own way." Bruce spread his arms again and said, "I will be given half of the military expenses. I just pretend I don't know."

"You want to threaten me?"

"Of course not, it's just a coincidence."

"...a third, tell me what the problem is."

"Half, no bargaining."

Thomas stared at Bruce in silence for a long time. After a while, he took a step back and looked at him from head to toe as if getting to know him again. Then he took a deep breath and said.

"Deal, tell me how you found out."

Bruce had already walked back to the door of his room along the stairs. He stood in front of the patio upstairs and looked back down, and then left only one sentence before entering the door.

"There is no flaw in America."

The door to the room closed with a bang, and Thomas's raised eyes retracted, and for a moment he showed a shocked expression as if he had thought of something.

"Afu! Afu!

! Thomas said as he walked towards the cloakroom: "Get the car ready, I want to go out!" quick! "

After Alfred answered, Thomas's whispered curses came from the cloakroom.

"Why is this damn prodigal son so bold?! How can he guarantee that he will not be discovered...Afu! Afu! Get me the phone book. I have to contact the people over there to make sure he is not on the contact list...still There’s someone from the CIA…”

Thomas's voice, who had already run out the door, disappeared into the night sky. Nightwing in the living room didn't understand what they were arguing about. He only remembered words like "Mexico", "Maximum Money", and "CIA".

He lowered his head and looked at his watch. It was already early in the morning, and it would be dawn in a while. Nightwing felt a little tired after working hard for most of the night, so he slowly walked back to the room and threw himself into the soft bed. on the big bed and wanted to have a good sleep.

Nightwing thought he wouldn't be able to sleep. He often fell into deep fatigue after a busy day, but couldn't fall asleep at all. But there were some exceptions today. He slept well until Alfred knocked on the door and called. He ate breakfast, but he was still a little confused and couldn't wake up.

The sleepy Nightwing walked out of the room and looked down the patio, seeing others gathered on the sofa waiting for breakfast.

Barbara Gordon rushed into Wayne Manor in a hurry. She picked up the water glass on the coffee table and drank a few sips. She spread her hands and said, "You don't know how crazy I was last night!"

"What's wrong?" Red Robin asked, holding a glass of water.

Barbara took a breath first, and then said: "Last night, a group of gang bosses rushed to James's house, that damn Gordon Manor, and insisted on discussing with him the rap competition held in Gotham! I was They settled the bill for half a night!"

"Rap contest?" Red Hood's features wrinkled.

Barbara looked at his expression and said as if she suddenly understood: "Oh, you don't know yet, right? There is a rapper in Gotham who is very popular recently. He has been in the top ten of the Billboard chart for a week. He just entered the top last night. Three, we may hit the first place tomorrow.”

"His nickname is 'Gotham Kid'. His rap album has become popular all over the world. I heard it is a strong contender for this year's Grammy Awards. Gotham has also become popular. The gangsters want to strike while the iron is hot and hold a rap competition. The mayor wants to use this to revitalize tourism.”

"Damn it!" Red Hood scolded: "Gotham develops tourism? Who wouldn't think of visiting Gotham?"

Barbara sat on the sofa, sitting on the right side of Bruce. She took another sip of water, took a breath and said, "Don't tell me, Gotham is so popular right now, it's almost become a gangsta rap scene." My hometown, many people are curious about it.”

"Absolutely ridiculous," Red Robin commented.

"There's something even more ridiculous." Barbara glanced at Bruce next to her and said, "What do you think the hot album of that red-and-purple Gotham boy is called?"

"What's it called?" Red Hood asked curiously as he picked up the water cup and drank.

"'King of Gotham'!"

"puff!"

Red Hood squirted out a mouthful of water, and then choked and coughed. The three Robins all looked at Bruce who was playing with the computer opposite at the same time.

Bruce's expression remained unchanged. He was playing with a very bulky box-like computer, with a hard drive attached next to it.

Barbara instinctively followed the three Robins' gazes towards Bruce, and then discovered that Bruce's computer display showed the backstage of a certain bank.

The Batman in this world is really strange, Barbara thought. He doesn't mind others calling themselves the King of Gotham?

Wait, bank backend? ? ?

Barbara looked at the computer screen in confusion. She carefully looked at the distribution of images on the interface, and then screamed in shock.

"Batman! What are you doing?!

"Barbara yelled.

Bruce turned to look at her calmly, then turned back to continue playing with the computer. Watching Bruce enter a number that was longer than a phone number into the input box, Barbara rushed up to him and grabbed him and clicked OK. Hand, repeated in horror.

"Batman!

What are you doing? !

Bruce fiddled with the card in his hand and said, "My bank card is frozen. I have to think of a way."

"Then why did you hack into the backstage of the Federal Reserve?!

"I plan to borrow some money."

Barbara froze in place. She stared at Bruce in disbelief. Bruce looked into her eyes and said sincerely.

"My teacher's friend taught me-macroeconomics systematic borrowing."

"Ah? ? ? !

"Macroeconomic borrowing, systematic repayment."

Barbara was torn, and the one who was more torn than her was Nightwing who had walked to the breakfast table and picked up the newspaper.

The big words on the front page of the newspaper woke Nightwing, who had not yet fully awakened from his sleep, immediately and broke into a cold sweat.

"CIA Director James Woolsey said that in the past month, several large amounts of unknown funds have flowed into Mexico, or the Soviet Union secretly funded the communist movement!"