Becoming a Phantom Thief from the World of American Comics.

Chapter 125
In the big iron cage, Francine Longstone had a haggard face, no obvious scars could be seen on his body, and he had been sitting on the ground in a daze.

Francine was startled by the loud noise when Batman broke through the door.

She quickly got up from the ground, grabbed the two iron railings of the cage and looked towards the door, with a trace of compassion in her fearful expression.

And when she saw the appearance of Batman and Robin clearly, her face seemed to be relieved.

"How are you, Mrs Longstone?"

Looking at Francine locked in the cage, Robin asked with concern.

He stepped forward and deftly picked the lock of the cage.

"Thank you."

Francine was grateful and stepped out of the cage.

"Where's your husband, Kurt Longstone? Did he lock you up?"

At this time, Batman came over and asked.

"...You guys are here to catch Kurt, right? Also, his current state must be very conspicuous."

After a moment of silence, Francine asked.

Her words were almost revealing Kurt's identity.

"So, is the bat monster that has been attacking humans continuously in Gotham recently really Kurt Langstone?"

Even though he had been mentally prepared for a long time, and now that he was confirmed by Francine, Robin still felt a little unimaginable.

A single serum can turn a normal person into a monster, even in Gotham, it is quite an explosive existence.

At present, the more typical mutants in Gotham include Poison Ivy, Mudface, Freeze Man and Solomon Grundy. If you want to count the demon leader of the League of Assassins, then Lars Al Ghul ( Lei Xiaogu) is also a benchmark figure.

All of the above people have a common feature, that is, their physique mutation is an isolated case with a very small probability, and it is difficult to reproduce artificially. Among them, the mutation of the frozen person is still negative, and there is no other reason except that they must survive in a low temperature environment. special ability.

Lars al Ghul's extraordinary physique can be replicated, just take a bath in the Lazarus Pool, but the Lazarus Pool is basically monopolized by him, and the entire League of Assassins also Only two or three top people are eligible to soak for a while before they die, and others don't even think about it.

But Kurt Langstone's serum was different. It was a product that he spent many years carefully developing. He must have confirmed that the efficacy was stable enough before he dared to use it on himself.

After all, he is only deaf but not broken, and there is no company urging him to make a finished product. If he has no funds, he will change his career. It is not so urgent.

In other words, the birth of the bat monster is very likely to be a stable event, or at least a high-probability event!
Considering the worst case scenario, the 'Bat Monster' might be able to achieve mass production!

This is a very scary possibility.

"Although I was locked up here and lost contact with the outside world, I know that my husband must have done something terrible outside, otherwise you wouldn't have come here, but I just want to say..."

Speaking of this, Francine had some hesitation on her face, and finally she continued.

"My husband he's...he's not a monster! He's just a little...not sane right now."

"In the past week, Kurt attacked six people, leaving two dead, three seriously injured and one slightly injured."

Batman said blankly.

"I'm not trying to excuse Kurt, I just want you to know that he didn't mean to do those things."

Francine sighed.

"About a week ago, Kurt finally made that dose of serum. I advised him to use it with caution, but he was confident that there would be no problem, so he injected the serum directly."

She begins to tell Batman and Robin about the birth of the 'Bat-Monster'.

"At first the serum worked fine, his deafness was indeed cured, and he could hear me for the first time since we got married, but just when we thought everything was going to be fine, Kurt's body suddenly went into serious trouble. discomfort."

"He turned into a... huge humanoid bat, perhaps influenced by the bat's DNA, his physical characteristics and habits began to approach bats, he likes the dark, hangs upside down from the ceiling, and has an uncontrollable bloodthirsty instinct."

Francine said with a sad face.

"Sometimes he's sober, and other times he's in a mania for no reason, destroying things uncontrollably, there's not even a single piece of furniture here because Kurt smashed it all, and when he's manic he calls himself 'Human bats'."

"Human Bat? Sounds like the opposite of Batman."

Robin chanted the name a few times, and couldn't help but look at Batman and said.

"Kurt put me in this cage to avoid hurting me when he lost control."

Francine continued.

"It turns out that he is constantly struggling between humanity and animal nature. No wonder there are so many claw marks left in the woods of Robinson Park. It should be Kurt venting his mania. Maybe he was killed in a state of mania. The first attack happened when someone ran into it."

Robin rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

"Because he has already killed people, the animal nature in Kurt's heart overwhelmed the human nature, making it increasingly difficult for him to control himself, and he even began to actively attack humans, and the number of attacks became more and more frequent."

Batman said abruptly: "Mrs. Longstone, do you know where your husband's serum is? Is there any relevant research information here?"

"No, there is nothing left here, everything has been transferred to his laboratory, and the location of the laboratory is..."

thump!thump!
After Francine told the location of the laboratory, a sound like the flapping of wings suddenly came from outside the house.

"No, Kurt is back!"

Francine's face changed, and she subconsciously said anxiously to Batman and Robin: "You guys leave quickly, otherwise it will be very dangerous later..."

Before she finished speaking, she stopped by herself, because she remembered that the two people in front of her didn't seem to be good at each other.

"Don't worry, if your husband goes into a frenzy, we'll get him under control, and don't forget we're the dynamic duo of Gotham."

Robin patted his chest and smiled confidently.

"Robin!"

At this time, Batman shouted in a low voice.

Robin straightened his face immediately, and followed Batman out of the house.

Halfway through, a huge black shadow with wings also walked in, carrying a bag of things in his hand.

"Francine, I brought dinner back, your favorite cheese pizza, uh... I was going to pay for it, but you know I'm not in the right place to come in and place an order... why the door was knocked down broken?"

Snapped!
Pizza fell to the floor.

"Why are you in my house?"

Kurt Longstone looked at two more uninvited guests at home, and suddenly said angrily.

(End of this chapter)