Nobody can stop me from drawing cards in Gotham!

Chapter 95 Arkham

Jaeger didn't know how things had turned out this way either.

When he came to his senses, he found himself sitting at a table with two teenagers. Barbara was getting engrossed in petting the cat next to him, while Jason watched silently.

Seeing this, Jaeger suddenly remembered that as Director Gordon's daughter, she was most likely accompanying James Gordon to the dinner party.

As for Jason, it seems that Bruce also invited Catherine, who will play an important role in Project Dawn, so Jason was also brought along by his parents.

As for how Jason and Barbara got together...

"I was afraid that attending the banquet would interfere with my homework," Jason said. "So, since it was still early, I decided to do some homework on the sofa in front of the dressing room."

"Then this guy came over, glanced at it, and said my answer was wrong!"

At this point, Jason glanced at Barbara with a wistful look.

Upon hearing this, Barbara abruptly looked up: "But you really did write it wrong!"

Unlike Jason, who hasn't yet connected her to Batgirl, Barbara knows Jason.

Barbara certainly remembers a lot about that night when Jaeger opened her box.

Aside from Batman's thought-provoking words, Jaeger's bizarre teleportation ability (speaking of which, how exactly did he do that? Some kind of teleportation technology?)...

Jason is a seemingly ordinary boy who is taken in by the detective, but who may have some extraordinary talent.

So, although he and Jason argued several times about the code name.

But Barbara, considering herself a few years older than Jason, didn't need to argue with a child and forgivingly forgot about this unpleasant incident.

And when I discovered at the dinner party that the other person was also there, even working hard on their homework, I glanced at them a few times with a sense of relief...

Then I noticed several errors.

It's not really Jason's fault. After all, he was in a rush to finish his homework, so it's normal for him to make a few mistakes.

But to a top student like Barbara, this mistake was glaringly obvious, and she couldn't help but speak up, pointing out the error in his calculation or thinking to the boy, who seemed to be asking, "Who are you?"

—And that's why these two are inexplicably together now, and why they successfully arrested Jaeger, who was passing by with his cat.

"Oh, right."

Barbara finally reluctantly withdrew her hand from the unusually well-behaved cat and looked at Jaeger beside her.

"I didn't know you, Detective, owned a cat."

"No, this isn't my cat." Jaeger snapped out of his reverie. "It's actually a lost cat. I think it must be one of the guests' cats that got lost, so they thought of bringing it here."

"I see..." Barbara pondered, "Maybe we can wait until the person speaking on stage finishes, and then have Dad go up and ask if anyone's cat has run away."

While Jaeger and Barbara were talking, Jason quietly reached out and carefully touched the cat.

Finding that the cat didn't seem to mind, his eyes lit up, and he casually stroked the cat's back. Amidst the cat's purring, he gradually joined the ranks of those who were addicted to petting cats.

"I think it's a good idea." On the other side, Jaeger nodded in agreement with Barbara's words, then subconsciously looked towards the stage, "Whose turn is it to speak now?"

"Bruce Wayne just finished speaking," Barbara thought for a moment, "As for the next one..."

"Hey, what are you all doing here?"

A voice then seamlessly entered the conversation.

Then Bruce Wayne appeared out of nowhere, smoothly pulled out a chair, and sat down next to Barbara.

He seemed pleased: "You must be Barbara from the Gordon family? Long time no see. I just met your father; he's talking to the new prosecutor right now."

"Well, good evening, Mr. Wayne," Barbara said dryly.

—She actually had mixed feelings about Bruce Wayne.

On one hand, this person seems to be a complete good-for-nothing except for his looks and money...

On the other hand, he also directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally, used the power of the Wayne Group to do many good things in Gotham City.

Of course, there was another reason why Barbara Noodles made Bruce Wayne very uncomfortable, but one that she found difficult to talk about.

That is, according to urban rumors, the Wayne Corporation has intricate connections with the bat that roams the city...

Of course, the main basis for this point is Batman's series of very advanced vigilante equipment, which are obviously not something that ordinary people can afford.

However, besides Wayne Industries, Gotham City also has many other industrial groups that may not be as famous as Wayne Industries, but are still very powerful and capable of secretly providing Batman with equipment.

Therefore, we cannot conclude that Wayne is the one behind Batman based solely on equipment.

But this is, after all, one approach to investigating Batman's true identity.

As Batgirl, Barbara naturally had a strong interest in Batman and often fantasized about what kind of person was hidden beneath his bat costume...

So she also conducted some personal investigations into the possible relationship between "Batman and Bruce Wayne".

The contact couldn't be found, but I did come across a post on the Gotham forum with someone stating unequivocally that Batman must be Bruce Wayne's secret lover, and other outrageous rumors...

This post was later locked due to intervention from the GCPD. The reason was that a bot automatically locked keywords and spammed the post with hundreds of comments, successfully attracting the attention of the Gotham Cyber ​​Police.

Let me repeat myself: the internet is not a lawless place. Please be careful what you say.

Some things, once seen, are hard to forget, so much so that Barbara now looks at Bruce with mixed feelings.

Bruce, however, did not seem to mind Barbara's attitude and greeted Jason, whom he was sponsoring, and Jaeger, who was standing next to him, warmly.

He also noticed the cat: "What's this?"

"You've come at the right time." Jaeger placed the cat in front of Bruce. "This cat is lost, and I'm trying to find its owner."

"Since you hosted this dinner party, do you recall any guest who brought a cat?"

Upon hearing this, Bruce's mind immediately raced.

Yes, there are, but the problem is there are quite a few people.

Many of Gotham's socialites are fond of cats.

Many people who brought their own cats to the event also chose black cats.

As for black cats... unless they look very special, most of them look pretty much the same.

Even Bruce was unsure for a moment which guest's cat it was: "Hmm... if you don't mind, I can ask for you later."

"But now—" Bruce looked at the stage and lowered his voice, "it's Harvey Dent, the new district attorney."

Following Bruce's gaze, Jaeger saw the young prosecutor who had appeared in the Iceberg Club news report and left a deep impression on him.

He waved to the audience below the stage and took a microphone from a waiter: "Hello everyone, I am Harvey Dent."

"I am honored to introduce to you a brand new project that is about to be launched, based on the unique circumstances of crime in Gotham—the Arkham Redevelopment Project!"