PFC Chapter 3221 The Shadow of Faraines (8)
Chapter 3221 The Shadow of Faraines (8)
Chapter 3221 The Shadow of Faraines (XVIII)
The Pale Knight's prediction was correct, as bigger trouble soon arose.
Bruce was memorizing the map in his mind as he drove back to the city. Although this city was not as big as Gotham, it was not a small town either. There were many main roads and the terrain was somewhat complicated. If he could not familiarize himself with the road conditions as soon as possible, it might be difficult to escape safely.
After driving around the city center, Bruce stopped to refuel the car. He did not go to the gas station, but used the unused gas from the ambulance. It was just enough to fill the tank, but they were out of gas.
The Pale Knight was a little surprised by his action. He said, "Didn't you say to save some oil for later?"
When he discussed the next plan with Bruce before, he said that they should keep some gasoline, because gasoline can not only be used for driving, but can also be ignited at critical moments. It is a good obstacle and a barrier to cut off pursuers.
But Bruce suddenly poured all the oil into the tank. This abnormal behavior made the Pale Knight think that he might have realized something.
Bruce said nothing, shook his head and got in the car. After the car was back on the road, the Pale Knight also realized that something was wrong. There was a team of vehicles following their car in turns.
Let me say it again, American police are not good at anything. Even though they chase fugitives every day, their skills in pursuit and interception are very average, and they basically rely on the vision advantage of helicopters.
If they can't even do this kind of fast-and-furious, rough work, let alone expect them to follow a vehicle. Tracking another vehicle is not an easy job.
In order to prevent being discovered by the person you are tracking, you have to change cars after a period of time. Not only do you have to keep a distance, but you also have to be careful not to change lanes too frequently. If the timing of changing lanes is wrong, it is easy for the other party to get out of your sight and run away. In short, it is a technical job that requires patience.
American police have always had little patience and are unable to do any technical work. The FBI has better car-following skills, and they are not in the same system as local police.
After watching for a while, the Pale Knight discovered that the people following them were quite professional. When they just caught up with him, the Pale Knight himself didn't even notice.
Thinking of this, the Pale Knight couldn't help but glance at Bruce again, and that look probably said, "Why are you so skilled?"
People who have not received professional training will not be able to detect that they are being followed. After all, when driving on a straight road with no complicated road conditions, who would look at the rearview mirror for no reason?
Even for people who have received professional training, if they do not have enough experience, it is difficult to distinguish who is driving naturally and who is following the car. This kind of thing requires the accumulation of experience.
Then the Pale Knight can't help but ask, where the hell did Bruce accumulate this experience?
It is not surprising that he believes Batman has extensive experience in following cars. After all, investigating clues always requires some tracking skills, and Batman does not always show up in public. Most of the time, he investigates quietly.
But as for Batman's car, the Pale Knight thought about it and felt that no one would do this except himself, and he also took Batman's car to investigate what Batman did every day.
He really wanted to know how Batman could work day and night and still accomplish nothing.
The Pale Knight also admitted that his curiosity was a little too strong, like a rat with a knife looking for a cat on the street.
Bruce was still driving steadily, and seemed to have no intention of speeding up to leave them behind, but the Pale Knight knew that with the performance of this car and Bruce's driving skills, it would be easy to leave behind the cars behind that just wanted to keep a low profile and did not consider performance at all.
The Pale Knight began to replay all of Bruce's actions.
Then he realized that Bruce might be fishing.
It is known that both of them have entered Sirtek's laboratory. Although it was Greedy who controlled the laboratory at that time, after all, he and old Sirtek are a family in the setting, and old Sirtek must have contributed to the establishment of this laboratory.
Old Sirtek might be able to control the laboratory, so he might be able to retrieve the surveillance video and see who entered the laboratory at that time. Naturally, he might be able to recognize Bruce and the Pale Knight and know that they were strangers who had appeared in the village.
The first thing Bruce did when he entered the city was to rob a bank in a high-profile manner. Although he did not actually steal the money, there were surveillance cameras in the bank after all.
He was not wearing a mask when he went in, so when the police arrived, they could see both of their faces from the surveillance camera.
Considering the Sirtek family's operations in this city, the bank might also be their property. If old Sirtek knew about this, he might have seen the two of them from the bank's surveillance.
The Pale Knight thought it was impossible that Bruce didn't know this in advance, but he still didn't wear a mask, probably just to let old Sirtek see the two of them.
Old Sirtek must have done some shady things in the village. Even if not, he certainly doesn't want the current situation in the village to be leaked out. If he knew that there were survivors escaping, he would definitely want to kill them to silence them.
The Pale Knight suddenly realized Bruce's intention.
If they wore masks, the police would have fewer clues, but even for the sake of the police station's reputation, they would have to conduct a high-profile search, which might bring unnecessary trouble to both of them.
But if they were to reveal their identities, and if old Sirtek happened to know about it, he would definitely try every means to suppress the matter, because if they were not caught, it would be fine, but if they were caught, and the two of them revealed Faraines's situation, it would most likely affect old Sirtek's plan.
With the influence of the Sirtek family, it is easy to suppress a bank robbery with no actual loss. As long as they are not wanted on the surface, the two of them have a lot of room to move around.
"But in that case, doesn't he also know that we kidnapped that person?" asked the Pale Knight. His words seemed incoherent, but Bruce followed his train of thought.
"We just want him to know." Bruce smiled and said, "He won't worry about the other party hiring someone to kill him, but he will be more worried that we told him something that shouldn't be said."
"I understand." The Pale Knight nodded and said, "In order to prevent information leakage, Old Sirtek may send someone to kill and silence the witness. But if the silencing fails, the other party will know that it is now a life-and-death situation. Old Sirtek wants him dead, so he will naturally not hold back and will definitely hire you."
"There's one more thing." Bruce added, "Old Sirtek thinks he might leak the information. If the assassin he sent out knows the reason and accidentally reveals it when killing him, that guy will realize that Old Sirtek wants to keep him quiet, and he will definitely investigate what information the other party doesn't want to leak."
"And the whereabouts of old Siltek in Faraines cannot be concealed." Bruce continued, "As long as he investigates, he can easily find out what old Siltek has done recently. Once he sets his sights on that small village, old Siltek will be anxious."
The Pale Knight looked at him, hesitant to speak, but finally shook his head and said, "Okay, I admit that you are not as unlearned as I thought. It is becoming increasingly difficult for me to imagine what Gotham, where you live, is like."
"You're welcome to come and have a look." Bruce said to him with a smile.
At this moment, Bruce made a smooth turn and got off the road at a very fast speed, but the car following him was a step slower and missed the intersection, so it could only continue driving forward.
They easily shook off the pursuers, and Bruce drove back to the villa area along the outer ring road. At the same time, he said to the Transcendence in his heart: "Excuse me, can you use the free channel when there is no one else around?"
"Do not……"
"greedy!!!"
"Okay, okay, keep your voice down, only when there are no outsiders around." The Transcendent was helpless.
"We have to make sure that guy is alive," Bruce said, "but we can't show up in person, that would be too much."
"What are you going to do?"
"The police are useless, but at least they are numerous." Bruce said, "We have to make some noise to attract the police and have them set up a few more blockades here. This way, even if old Sirtek's killer comes, it will be difficult for him to act quietly."
"Make some noise?" The Pale Knight looked around. This was already the suburbs, with a beautiful environment and fresh air. Most importantly, it was very quiet. It didn't seem like a place where any trouble could happen.
The Pale Knight felt that he had been paddling for such a long time, and he should at least make some contribution. He looked at Bruce and said, "I have an idea that might work."
But Bruce didn't seem to hear him. He was concentrating on backing the car into the parking space.
The Pale Knight was also a little speechless. You say Bruce has a sense of justice, but he dares to do anything. You say he is immoral, but he has to look at the parking space lines when parking his car, and he doesn't plan to dive in, but parks his car sideways in an orderly manner.
"Don't think I'm wasting your time. When you get to my Gotham, you'll have to do the same." Bruce said, "Guess why I race with the Four Heavenly Kings every day?"
The Pale Knight gave him a questioning look.
"James cracked down on illegal parking some time ago, but you can never find a parking space around Wayne Building. If you park on the side of the road for more than five minutes, you will be ticketed. I've already got in the car, but they're still chasing me to ticket you. Can I let them ticket me?"
Wait, is there something wrong, the Pale Knight thought, no no no, there are too many things right.
"You don't have an underground parking garage at Wayne Tower?"
“Yes, but they were all full when I went there.”
The Pale Knight was horrified. He said, "You went to work only after the entire underground garage was full???"
Doesn't Batman get up earlier than the chickens and sleep later than the dogs? At least the Batman he knew fought crime until the early hours of the morning, and didn't even go home, but went directly to Wayne Tower to play his Bruce Wayne. The Pale Knight was almost driven crazy by him.
"Work? I don't work. I just visit occasionally."
"Who is in charge of the Wayne Group?"
"Tim, doesn't this person exist in your universe?"
The Pale Knight looked at Bruce with increasingly strange eyes. He said, "You're not Batman, and you don't manage the Wayne Group, so what do you do in Gotham?"
“I want to study for a Ph.D.”
Just as the Pale Knight breathed a sigh of relief, he felt something was wrong again. He asked, "You haven't finished your doctorate yet?"
"Yes, put away your contemptuous look. If your professor is Schiller, you are not as good as me."
The Pale Knight recalled the entire process of dealing with Schiller, but couldn't say anything to refute. Then he said, "Then you don't have a private parking space?"
"Yes, it was occupied by someone."
"Then kick out the guy who's occupying your parking space."
"I can't drive him away."
"Why can't you drive them away?"
"They don't speak good English, and I can't understand them. What's more, they have very bad tempers and will fight if they don't agree with each other. It's not a good idea for me to go to see Tim with injuries, right?"
The Pale Knight was already full of question marks. The above passage was no longer a question of what was wrong. He could understand every word in it, so why did they sound like the whisper of an ancient god when put together?
Bruce said as we finally parked the car.
"The point is that even if I went to see Tim with my injuries, he wouldn't help me. He would just tell me to bear it to prevent the two of us from being kicked out of Wayne Group. Alas, what a misfortune for my family."