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"Wayne!?"

Clark was surprised, and then suddenly realized that it was no wonder that he looked familiar.

"Have you heard of Gary Wayne? What is the relationship between him and Bruce Wayne?"

Speaking of which, Clark only realized now that he didn't know much about Gary, because he was always in the perspective of a younger generation who was helped, and only felt that Gary seemed mysterious and omnipotent.

And when Gary was in Metropolis and Gotham City, even his appearance was changed by magic.

"Gary Wayne..." The colleague recalled, "Ah, it seems that I have some impression of him. Is he the second son of the Wayne Group who was exposed a few years ago? But he is too low-key, and can be called unknown."

Clark was stunned. Mr. Wayne is still low-key?

Okay, I can only say that Mr. Wayne does great things and good things without leaving his name, and hides his merits and fame.

"I wonder if Mr. Wayne will come?" Clark couldn't help thinking.

The answer is of course no. As the CEO of Feidian Group, Gorri is extremely unpopular with Lex. Even sending an invitation letter is likely to be ignored by Gorri. Lex will not humiliate himself and make himself unhappy.

As for Bruce Wayne's younger brother Gorri Wayne, Lex looked down on him because he was too "ordinary". It was enough to invite Bruce Wayne.

With the entrance of everyone, the charity party officially began.

The lights were softly sprinkled in the fascinating hall, and the beautiful waltz music floated in the air, making this night full of elegance and fantasy.

In the charming atmosphere, socialites, philanthropists, and political and business celebrities wore gorgeous dresses, and the thick smell of champagne floated around, surrounding everyone's laughter.

Bronze and amber decorations dotted the corners of the library, and huge glass hanging chandeliers cast warm yellow light. Elegant waiters walked through the crowd, with trays full of delicious snacks and exquisite drinks, providing guests with meticulous service.

In the center of the hall, the host, wearing a luxurious red dress, was like a gorgeous flower blooming in the silent night, making an opening speech for everyone.

"... He is a philanthropist, a bibliophile, and a true friend of the Metropolitan Library. Please welcome Mr. Lex Luthor!"

"Me? Okay!"

Lex raised his hands and went on stage under the gaze of everyone.

"I am a little embarrassed... Speech, speech, say something, uh, free drinks, speech over."

After Lex came on stage, he said some irrelevant words like a sound test, and then began his formal speech.

"The word philanthropist comes from Greek, meaning a person who loves humanity. It originated about 2,500 years ago..."

Everyone was paying attention to Lex's speech, but a few people were obviously absent-minded.

For example, Bruce, some time ago, he tracked down the mercenary leader who had appeared in the village of Nemiro, and followed the clues to find the Lex Group that hired them, so he was invited to attend the party tonight.

In fact, Bruce wanted to take the opportunity to investigate Lex Group. While everyone's attention was drawn away, Bruce began to secretly contact Alfred, who was responsible for the support behind the scenes, through the headset.

"Okay, where should I go, Alfred?"

Alfred sat in front of a pile of high-tech equipment, carefully looking at the structural scan displayed on the screen device.

"Pass the elevator, then turn left... It must be right, in the service corridor in the basement, go downstairs now."

The voice that was originally only audible to Bruce in the headset naturally could not be hidden from Clark's super hearing.

Hmm? What does Mr. Wayne's brother want to do?

And why is it so secretive, could it be that...

Clark doesn't think Bruce is here to explore the business secrets of Lex Group. Even if there are commercial spies, it has never been heard of that the major shareholder personally went out to be a spy.

"Bruce Wayne...?"

Similarly, there was another beautiful woman who looked both heroic and classical and dignified, and she also looked in Bruce's direction with a little doubt.

Diana Prince, the daughter of Zeus, the king of gods, the princess of Amazon, and the first superhero "Wonder Woman" to debut in World War I, could undoubtedly hear the content in the headset with her hearing.

"Between gods and humans, Prometheus chose us," Lex was still speaking passionately, "He destroyed Zeus's plan to destroy mankind, but was struck by lightning for it."

"Boom!" Lex danced and demonstrated, "It seems unfair, um ha ha, let's get back to the topic, the Metropolitan Library..."

This was obviously a topic that Diana didn't like to hear, and she began to shift more of her energy to inquire about Bruce's side.

"Go to the stairs. You saw it when you came in. Go downstairs... Oh, Master Wright, are you back? I'm busy. Go play with Master Dick first."

"What? You want cookies? That can't be helped. Let Master Bruce wait for a while. I'll come over to help you after I'm done with them..."

"Alfred!" Bruce said helplessly, "I'm doing business! Gory has said it many times before. You can't spoil Xiaoguang too much..."

"Haha, just kidding. Master Gory has no sense of humor. Master Bruce is even worse than him... Master Wright, I'll ask the kitchen to prepare it for you."

"Well... you're right, they don't cook as well as I do, but you can only bear with it for now. I think if Master Bruce is quick, he can finish it in about ten minutes, right?"

Clark was embarrassed when he eavesdropped. Mr. Wayne and Xiao Guang were involved so quickly. It seems that they are back in Gotham now.

During the time when he was working with Gao Li on research and development, Clark also got to know Xiao Guang very well. He liked this child who was as innocent as a little animal, especially after seeing many ugly things of humans.

Diana didn't react much. Whether it was Gao Li or Xiao Guang, she didn't recognize any of them just by hearing their names.

Bruce walked downstairs and passed the kitchen where meals were prepared for the banquet.

"Okay, the kitchen is on your right, and to the left, the place you want to go is in front of you."

Bruce was using equipment to steal data, and Clark didn't move a step. His perspective and hearing were enough for him to stand still and see the situation on Bruce's side.

The device showed a countdown of seven minutes, and Bruce went upstairs again to socialize. Clark immediately went over to stop him.

"Mr. Wayne! Mr. Wayne..." Clark shook hands with Bruce, "I am Clark Kent, from the Daily Planet."

"My foundation has issued a statement supporting book charity. Remember that the report has nothing to do with Lex Group, otherwise my brother will be unhappy."

Bruce was about to leave after a few casual words, but Clark stopped him in his tracks.

"What is your position on Gotham's Bat Vigilante?"

This was actually Clark's test. He was not completely sure that Bruce was Batman, but he had this guess and did not want to bother asking Gorri about it.

Sure enough, under Clark's comprehensive monitoring of breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, sweating, etc., Bruce's body fluctuated violently.

"The Daily Planet...wait, is this mine? Or someone else's?"

Clark said calmly, "As far as I know, the Daily Planet has no shares in the Wayne Group."

--But it has investment from the Feidian Group, so in a sense, it may be yours.

Clark added silently in his heart that it was because he knew that Gorey had invested in the Daily Planet that Clark went to the Daily Planet to apply for an internship reporter.

He believed that the Daily Planet controlled by Gorey must be more moral and dare to tell the truth than other media controlled by capital.

"I have read many reports about him...Civil liberties have been trampled in your city, and kind people live in fear. Don't you have any ideas?"

Bruce said coldly, "Don't believe everything you hear, kid."

"No, I saw it with my own eyes, Mr. Wayne."

Clark replied immediately. With his super vision, he has indeed seen a lot of things happening in Gotham from a distance.

"He thinks he's above the law, doesn't he?"

"Oh, then you must have never met the other Gotham vigilante," Bruce raised an eyebrow, "and the Daily Planet actually criticizes those who think they are above the law, don't you think it's a bit hypocritical?"

"After all, every time your Metropolis hero saves a cat from a tree, you write a flattering editorial to report on an alien who can destroy the entire earth if he wants..."

Bruce wanted to continue, "And we can't stop him at all", but thought that Fang should be able to do it, so he stopped there for the time being.

"Another Gotham vigilante, you mean Fang? If I remember correctly, Fang has not been active in Gotham City for a long time, but Bat Vigilante is still haunting every night."

"As for your remarks about aliens, I'm afraid most people don't agree with your ideas, Mr. Wayne."

Bruce didn't continue, because he recalled that Gory didn't agree with his ideas, and he couldn't help but feel a little bored.

Luckily Lex came to smooth things over at this time and clapped his hands vigorously.

"Guys! Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent have met, that's great, I like to bring people together."

"I don't think so," Bruce said without giving him any face, "Why didn't I see you gather Gao Li from Feidian Group here?"

"Wow, your words are really sharp."

Lex was not embarrassed at all - at least he looked so on the surface, and he was talking about some topics on his own.

"You really should come to the harbor more often. I want to show you my laboratory. Maybe we can cooperate on some projects. My R\u0026D department is full of ideas."

"It's been seven minutes. It seems that the transmission has been completed. I'm going to bake cookies for Master Wright and Master Dick."

After hearing Alfred's report, Bruce was too lazy to talk nonsense with Lex anymore. He just said a few perfunctory words and left.

Clark wanted to follow him, but the TV he passed by began to broadcast a factory fire in Juarez. He had no choice but to go to the bathroom, change into his battle suit, and fly out.

Bruce was also having a hard time. When he got there, he was surprised to find that the equipment was gone!

"Damn it..."

Bruce immediately recalled that when he went downstairs, he passed by a beautiful woman and gave her a meaningful look.

"It's her!"

Bruce immediately chased after her, but could only see Diana's back as she got into the car and left.

Alfred, who hadn't had time to bake cookies yet, was also stunned. It was very rare for Bruce to fail.

"I think this seems to prove that you are not good at anything and you have reached the age where you should retire and then marry a beautiful woman and go home..."

"Dream, Alfred." Bruce said angrily.

Alfred said seriously: "I have no time to dream, because I have to inform Mr. Gaoli to help you deal with the aftermath."

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Bruce frowned and said, "There is no need to inform Gao Li about such a small matter. I can just recover it directly."

"Do you need me to remind you?" Alfred said, "That device is very likely to expose your identity, but it is very important."

Bruce said confidently: "There is military-grade encryption inside the device, which is not easy to be cracked. It is enough for me to retrieve it."

Alfred sighed: "I think Lex Group's encryption is probably similar to the confidence, but it only took you seven minutes to successfully crack it..."

Bruce: "..."

It made sense, but he couldn't refute it.

"We don't know the details of the other party. Maybe she also has this level of skills? In short, Master Gaoli's magic is much more convenient than you in this kind of thing. You should admit it."

Bruce sighed: "Okay, it just so happens that he has returned to Gotham, so I'll trouble him again."

…

Diana returned to her residence, took out the device, and skillfully connected it to the computer. A string of garbled characters appeared on the screen, as if to challenge her.

"Ha...it's interesting. Let me see what secret the little boy from the Wayne family has."

Diana took a deep breath and raised her eyebrows with interest.

Although Diana is the daughter of Zeus, that does not mean that she is an antique who knows nothing about modern technology.

In fact, Diana has lived in human society for many, many years, and she has seen all the development and progress of human science and technology.

Diana had learned all about cryptography and computer knowledge, after all, she had too much time.

With the clicking sound of the keyboard, Diana began to try various cracking methods.

However, every attempt ended in failure, and she couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.

"It seems that what is hidden behind it must be very simple..." Diana said to herself.

At the same time, every possible solution flashed through Diana's mind, but she rejected them one by one.

She understood that the encryption algorithm used in this file was definitely not something that ordinary methods could deal with. It might require a new idea, a method that had never been tried before.

Diana closed her eyes and tried to calm down. After a while, she opened her eyes again, her eyes shining with determination.

"Let me challenge you!"

Diana began to carefully analyze the encryption method of the files, looking for patterns.

She found that most of the files used very complex encryption algorithms and even contained multiple layers of security measures.

Each layer requires a specific key to unlock, and these keys are hidden in other parts of the file.