The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 1334

Batman is the world's greatest detective, and Zul'Ah, his alter ego, is certainly no less capable in this regard.

Zul took out tweezers from his belt, picked up the medicine package on the ground, and began to check the dates on it.

"Well, although the date isn't the most recent, it's still quite a while before it expires. I guess it's medicine that's been stored at home."

Zul took out another bag, put the package inside, and then began to examine the other clues.

"Hmm, it looks like this is the phone that called Kid Flash. According to the information from the Batcomputer, the owner of this phone should be Barbara Gordon."

"Daughter of Batman's henchman Jim Gordon. According to Bruce's memory, Dick and Barbara were best friends in school, but he never expected that the former would even tell the latter about his second identity."

Zul picked up his broken phone, checked the secret base again to make sure there were no other clues, and then left the sewers.

Once he was back in the Batmobile, Zul began his analysis once more.

"My only worry now is that Barbara would rather expose Robin's true identity than ask the Gotham City Police Department for help, so that the Justice League will definitely know about me."

"At that time, I will have to face the most powerful superhumans on this planet. There is no doubt about Batman's importance; it is worth sending the entire Boy Scouts out."

"Although I have a way to deal with all the Justice League members, facing so many superhumans at once, even with restraint, it's still impossible to fight them all."

"Right now, the best course of action is to take the initiative before my identity is exposed and seize absolute control of the situation."

Zul quickly realized that he didn't need to continue fighting Robin to the bitter end. Instead, he should take advantage of the fact that he still had the upper hand in the shadows and do more things.

"The most important thing right now is to finish making the body."

Having made up his mind, Zul drove away from the scene and headed straight for the bat cave.

...

Artemis carried Dick on her back and led Barbara and the other two through Gotham City for more than ten minutes.

When they arrived at the safe house, both girls, except for the unconscious Dick, were panting heavily from exhaustion.

Even though Artemis underwent rigorous training, she was still just an ordinary human girl, and carrying a boy of the same age for so long had naturally pushed her to her limit.

While Barbara wasn't carrying anyone, she wasn't idle either. She carried all the supplies in her backpack herself, so her condition wasn't much better than Artemis's.

"Phew, I'm so tired."

Artemis placed Dick on the sofa, the only place in her safe house where she could rest.

After all, her safe house was actually just a dilapidated warehouse, filled with a lot of junk, with only a small part cleared out to store equipment and other things.

Many of the furniture pieces she uses herself were even found in piles of junk, like this sofa. In her words, this is called making the most of everything.

Unfortunately, Artemis wasn't as wealthy as Dick; her family was truly impoverished. She had an irresponsible father and a bedridden mother. They used to barely survive on welfare, and their situation only improved after joining the Young Justice League, thanks to the fund Green Arrow applied for for them.

With this money, Artemis and her mother were finally able to live a normal life, no longer having to eat bread that wouldn't mold even if it expired months ago.

Even so, Artemis, who was already used to it, still lived a frugal life, saving any extra money and never spending it recklessly, which was unlike what one would expect from an American.

She doesn't waste money on equipment either; otherwise, she would have decorated her secret base long ago.

"Sorry, I haven't tidied up this place much, so it's a bit messy."

"It's alright, now's not the time to worry about these little things," Barbara waved her hand to indicate that she didn't care. "Our most important thing right now is to contact the Justice League. I suspect Batman is already dead."

“Your speculation makes a lot of sense, but I think the reality might be worse than you think.”

Artemis removed her equipment and found her communication device among a pile of junk. It was given to her by Green Arrow and could be used to contact Arrow Cave once activated.

"Why do you say that?" Barbara asked, puzzled.

"The number I just dialed using your phone was actually a private number belonging to a member of the Young Justice League."

As Artemis operated the device, she explained, "He took me home when I finished my mission today. We had been in contact privately before. After taking me home, he didn't go anywhere else and went straight home."

"But just now, only a few hours later, I couldn't reach him anymore. What does that mean?"

"You mean, it was the person who attacked Dick who was behind this?"

Barbara's eyes widened; she had realized the seriousness of the situation.

“On our way to the safe house, I took a look at the people on the street and found that they were not acting strangely. In other words, ordinary people’s use of the phone will not be affected.”

"So I suspect that the mastermind must know all the superheroes' private phone numbers, and he is specifically preventing us from contacting each other."

"You know, I'm not using my own phone, I'm using yours. It's obvious he's monitoring all of Gotham's communications. As long as someone contacts Justice League members, no matter what method he uses, he'll find out and cut off the communication."

Artemis's complexion worsened as she spoke; to be honest, she was frightened by her own assumptions.

"I really hope my guess is wrong. After all, if it's true, then we superheroes are no secret to that person at all, not to mention we don't even know what that person is up to."

Barbara was clearly frightened as well. She was just an ordinary girl who loved adventure, and she never expected that the things she had experienced in the past few days would become more and more exciting.

"So... what should we do next?"

At this point, Artemis, the superhero, became the backbone, and Barbara naturally sought her opinion.

"My idea is to leave Gotham City as soon as possible and seek help in other cities."

(End of this chapter)