Fortunately, this is just a foreshadowing for Batman's performance tonight, so that Batman can appear at St. Bost's Hospital in a reasonable manner.
He also has to perform along the way to reinforce its rationality.
Leaping out from the rooftop again, Luke vaguely heard the woman who had just run out of the alley making a phone call: "TV station? I saw Batman. The reward for providing clues is two hundred dollars, right? And he was the one who saved me. You said that you would charge extra for the interview, right?"
The corners of his mouth curled up.
He didn't object to others making money from information about Batman, but those who wanted to earn this extra money generally didn't have an easy life.
He helped these people, but he also took advantage of them.
It's understandable that others take the opportunity to make some money.
He is not a grandfather either, and Batman is not his belief, but a vest that can be used.
He needed these rescued people to spread the word by word of mouth, to create more topics and higher reputation, to facilitate future actions.
For example, tonight!
boom!
There was a loud noise not far away, and it turned out to be a bulldozer that crashed into the ATM of a bank on the street.
More than a dozen hooligans cheered happily: "That's awesome, that's how we should do it."
"Dig them out quickly."
"Money, there must be a lot of money in it."
Luke shook his head helplessly: This is an ATM, not a safe. The cash in several ATMs is at most hundreds of thousands. You actually drove a forklift to push the bank
But the bulldozer used by this group of people must have been stolen, and the investment cost was shockingly low.
If you put yourself in their shoes, it is understandable that people rob ATMs instead of vaults. This world lacks people who can put themselves in other people's shoes.
Luke understood them, and he hoped that these robbers would understand him later.
In the distant night sky, the beacon lights of several helicopters have appeared and are approaching here rapidly.
He made a half circle in the air and glided down.
The gangster driver who was pulling a forklift out of the ATM room suddenly found that the light on his side was gone and a dark object blocked them.
He looked sideways and saw a black giant standing outside the cab with a giant hand reaching in.
"Ah~" With a long strange cry, he was pulled out, thrown out, and hit the roof of his accomplice's car with a bang.
The gang of hooligans who were so excited just now, as if celebrating a festival, suddenly fell silent. They looked at the black giant who jumped down from the forklift with a small leap, and their teeth chattered: "Bat, Batman, Batman!"
Luke frowned in dissatisfaction: What a fool! What a name!
He grabbed the collars of the two hooligans closest to him and lifted them up so that their legs were dangling in the air. He stared into his blood-red binoculars and a cold, mechanical electronic voice rang out: "You are guilty!"
All the hooligans screamed: "No, no! Spare us."
They are all "loyal fans" of Batman.
Through the TV programs in the past few days, everyone knows that when a criminal is caught by Batman, as long as he utters this "verdict", the criminal will have at least one broken bone.
Snap! Snap!
The two gangsters jumped up and down there with their hands clasped, but they felt relieved in their hearts.
They only had their little fingers on their right hands broken, which was Batman's lightest punishment, and it was more of a warning.
Looking at their accomplice lying on the roof, only making a faint "uh~~~" sound, they felt for the first time that it was a good thing that they couldn't drive an excavator or something.
The thug driving the bulldozer might have broken several bones.
The remaining hooligans looked at each other for a moment, then suddenly ran away in all directions.
Luke put his hand on his waist and threw out two bat darts.
"ah!"
"ah!"
Two screams were heard, and the two leaders who had just commanded the robbery fell down holding their thighs.
Luke took the bat dart that flew back and put it back on his waist, then turned and left.
These hooligans could only be given a minor punishment. Although the noise of pushing the ATM with a bulldozer was a bit loud, they did not hurt anyone.
"Dustin has sent the four remaining police officers to the back door." Selina's reminder also came.
Luke: “Got it.”
The smart program Xiaowo spoke in a cute Minion voice and reminded: "Sir, the trap has been triggered. Do you want to activate it?"
Although Luke was just torturing the bulldozer robbers, his attention was always there. He immediately ordered: "Confirm, activate the trap."
boom!
After a loud bang, a thick column of smoke rose up a few hundred meters away.
Luke turned his head and looked towards the source of the noise, with the corner of his mouth curled up.
Batman noticed the movement in the hospital.
Batman is going to fight crime.
Batman shoots out a grappling hook.
Batman flies away.
…
In the air, Flagg looked at several helicopters not far away with a speechless face: "Why are these paparazzi so sensitive?"
The team members around him laughed. "Anyone who reports Batman's whereabouts by phone can get a $200 bonus if it is confirmed to be true. Anyone who has had direct contact with Batman can get $500 as long as they accept their interview. There are even higher bonuses above this, such as those who have interacted with Batman. Now, all the people in Los Angeles are the eyes of these paparazzi. They are much more popular than us."
Flagg was speechless.
Trust the masses, mobilize the masses! Come from the masses, go to the masses! This is a wise saying no matter where you put it.
A secret organization like theirs can't compete with other TV stations in terms of operations.
"What is Batman doing now?" Flagg asked.
Team member: "According to our logistics personnel who monitor the TV program, he first rescued a woman who was being robbed, and then stopped a gangster who was driving a forklift to rob a bank ATM machine a block away."
Flagg: "It seems that he is not very busy today. Get ready, we will try to contact him today..."
boom!
Flagg and his team turned their heads to look: "What's going on?"
The observer in front of the helicopter immediately replied: "It should be... St. Bost Hospital. There seems to be an explosion and a lot of smoke. There may be a fire."
Flag frowned: "What the hell?"
His intelligence channels also included news of a suspected "aircraft" attack on St. Bost Hospital in the afternoon, but he did not follow up on more detailed information.
Ordinary bombings, even suspected "aircraft bombings", do not fall within his area of responsibility.
Observer: "Boss, Batman is heading to St. Bost Hospital. It seems the explosion just now attracted his attention."
Flagg nodded helplessly: "Follow him. This enthusiastic citizen, Mr. Batman is the most helpful. If there is an explosion, he will definitely go to check it out."
However, seeing that the helicopters of several nearby TV stations made almost the same choice as them, he sighed again: "I really want to use RPG to beat them all down."
Team member: "Boss, we will be court-martialed and sentenced to execution."
Flagg: "I know, that's why I didn't beat them with an RPG."
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