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Chapter 132 [Extra] The LEGO Night Owl, When Did It Arrive? (Part 1)

[Author's Note: This was a draft that readers wanted to see, starting with a battle of wits with the night owl. I simply turned it into a side story and am now tidying it up and releasing it bit by bit. Today, I'll share the first chapter with you. The writing style back then is a bit different from now, so please consider it a bonus. You can see that there are many differences and changes in the setting compared to the current story.]

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Perhaps to alleviate the oppressive atmosphere brought to the city by the Scarecrow terrorist attack earlier this month—although talking about oppression in Gotham is as absurd as talking about law-abiding behavior in the red-light district—Gotham's entertainment media has been quite active in front of the public recently.

From the monthly news headlines like "Gotham's richest man Bruce Wayne's Nth rumored girlfriend and his lightning-fast breakup" to...

From urban legends to the fact that Batman has seemingly broken his record for the number of gangsters he subdued in one night, Batman has once again broken his own record.

However, today, the entertainment section, which has dominated the headlines for days, is finally bowing to the social section—because the biggest news today is the first meeting between Gotham's richest man and an old acquaintance of the entertainment section, Bruce Wayne, and another young billionaire, Jaeger Winchester, after reaching a cooperation agreement on a new business.

Given Bruce Wayne's constant presence in the spotlight, this news sparked heated discussions, and people naturally noticed the other protagonist of the story, raising the same question:

Who is Jaeger Winchester?

Jaeger was woken up by someone splashing a bucket of ice water on him.

Even the Ice Bucket Challenge is unbearable in the sweltering heat, let alone in Gotham at the start of spring. Jaeger shivered and instantly opened his eyes.

What came into view was a burly, white man wearing a hood, his face practically screaming "I'm a ruthless bandit." He stared at Jaeger, muttering mockingly, "Ha, delicate-skinned rich guy who'll be knocked unconscious for half an hour with just one punch."

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Jaeger: ?

He was a little confused. After all, in his mind, just half an hour ago he was in a Lego world filled with building blocks, but now, when he opened his eyes, he had been transported to a different dimension, and the people and scenes he saw were the real world he missed so much.

Although the scene of his awakening was not quite what he had imagined.

Did I just escape Lego and then accidentally wander into another world? I knew being a time traveler wasn't so easy!

Jaeger shifted his body in frustration and found himself tightly bound by a thick hemp rope, unable to move.

The only thing to be thankful for was his own hands—Jaeger was gratified to see that his U-shaped hand, which he had used for almost five years like a Lego minifigure, had finally returned to normal five fingers, and he almost burst into tears.

Meanwhile, the kidnapper, seeing that Jaeger was surprisingly calm after waking up, instead of breaking down and begging for mercy as he had imagined, and offering a ransom check, was a little annoyed: "Winchester, why aren't you afraid?"

Jaeger, whose full name is Jaeger Winchester, raised an eyebrow: "Why should I be afraid?"

He doesn't even know where he is right now, so how could he have time to be afraid?

"Damn it!" The kidnapper kicked an empty can on the ground angrily, making it flip over several times. "What's wrong with these rich guys these days? They're all so calm when they're kidnapped!"

Jaeger gleaned something from the kidnapper's words: "—Besides me, were there other people kidnapped?"

It was at this moment that Jaeger realized there was someone else beside him.

He was a handsome young man with black hair and blue eyes, and he was also being tied up.

"Hey buddy." The other man winked kindly at Jaeger when he saw that Jaeger was awake. "You're that Jaeger Winchester?"

I'd seen your name among the investors of the Gotham Children's Charity Foundation long ago, and we were supposed to meet at the banquet today—

Although the scene we met was a little different from what I imagined, haha.

"Haha, what's with the 'haha'? Being tied up and still so carefree, either you're arrogant and fearless or you're just a rich kid who's used to being tied up," Jaeger thought.

However, although Jaeger had these thoughts in his mind, he pretended to suddenly realize something and said, "You are that one—"

"Bruce Wayne," the other person replied as expected. "Just call me Bruce."

However, Jaeger was unable to say "Just call me Jaeger" in the gradually warming conversation—because the kidnappers, who had been neglected for a long time, couldn't stand it anymore.

"Are you two making a fool of me?" the kidnapper gritted his teeth, pulling out a pistol and pointing it at the air directly in front of the two men. "If you don't want your precious heads to explode right now, shut up!"

"You won't leave alive until the ransom from Wayne Enterprises and Winchester Enterprises arrives!"

Winchester Group? Jaeger thought of the company he ran in the Lego world and was a little surprised.

This time travel even brought my old businesses with me? Isn't that a bit too much of a stretch?

The guy named Bruce shrank back, visibly cowered, and stared at the gun: "No, no, friend! The ransom is negotiable, just please don't lay a hand on me."

The kidnapper didn't notice the fleeting coldness in Bruce's eyes as he looked at the gun; he only knew he had finally gotten a satisfactory reaction from his opponent, and laughed smugly: "Heh, that's more like it—but, Wayne, you really are as cowardly as the rumors say, hahahaha!"

Upon hearing this, Jaeger looked at Bruce.

He seemed to sense Jaeger's gaze and glanced back at Jaeger.

—My left eye says I'm so scared, and my right eye says I'm so terrified.

Jaeger: "————" Damn, this is weird.

For some reason, he always felt that something was off about Bruce—or rather, a strange sense of contradiction.

But he didn't think too much about it. Instead, taking advantage of the kidnapper's good mood, he asked, "Are we the only two being held hostage?"

The kidnapper brandished his pistol: "What kind of question is this? You two are the most valuable people at tonight's banquet. Who else should we kidnap if not you two?"

So it really was just the two of us who were tied up.

Having received a definite answer, Jaeger looked away, his gaze sweeping across the room where he was being held.

To others, the room, filled with garbage and clutter, might have seemed like a random place to imprison them, but to Jaeger at that moment, it was filled with all sorts of numbers.

Every item scanned is quickly analyzed and broken down into specific nouns and numbers:

22 ordinary blocks —

30-tooth cylindrical gear —

Special connectors —

These names are the names of building blocks that can be disassembled from surrounding objects or even the environment.

This ability naturally comes from the LEGO world Jaeger previously in. In LEGO, people who can quickly disassemble all the surrounding objects into parts and assemble any object using their infinite imagination are called "Master Builders".

This is a talent that would be considered extraordinary even in the world of LEGO, and Jaeger is one of the best among master builders.

He is particularly skilled at assembling and building technological items.

Don't ask, the answer is that I was an engineering student before I time-traveled.

However, this is reality, not Lego, and Jaeger's abilities can still be used, which can only mean one thing:

Jaeger can now transform any object between LEGO bricks and real-world objects!

Don't worry, this unlucky guy who got tied up with me.

Jaeger recalled Bruce's strange yet undeniably frightened expression, and a surge of camaraderie welled up within him as they too were bound and tied up. He struggled to push his bound hands down, trying to pry up some building blocks from the floor to assemble a concealed razor blade. "I'll get us out of here right now."

But just a second before Jaeger's fingers touched the floor.

"Bang bang—!"

The sounds of explosion and rapid gas leakage rang out almost simultaneously. Smoke bombs, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, landed and exploded, filling the room with thick smoke that completely obscured visibility, accompanied by the kidnappers' shouts of "Who is it!" and "Damn it!"

A new, strange noise followed closely behind through the smoke—a violent explosion coming from the direction of the door.

"boom""

Flames burst forth and the wind howled. The sudden explosion ripped open the door and part of the non-load-bearing wall, while also throwing the kidnapper closest to the door out and crashing heavily to the ground!

"Great opportunity, run!" Bruce stood up and called to Jaeger, who was frantically chipping away at building blocks on the floor. "We don't know where the explosion came from, but we have to get out of here!"