BWDC:SDDK Chapter 17: Summon Commissioner Gordon with the Bat-Signal!
[In the vast majority of universes, there is always a bright red, beating conscience within Gotham City—that is Commissioner Gordon.]
[Whenever Commissioner Gordon encounters a problem he cannot solve, he lights the Bat-Signal. Subsequently, the elusive Dark Knight appears to lend his aid—]
[Congratulations, Host, on making contact with Commissioner Gordon! You have taken a major step toward becoming the complete Batman!]
[When Commissioner Gordon encounters difficulties, the system will automatically transmit a Bat-Signal, sending his real-time location to Batman! Solving troublesome incidents for Commissioner Gordon will earn extra points!]
The reason Ren Ichimonji called Inspector Megure "Commissioner Gordon" was, naturally, not because the Inspector had just questioned his mental state. It was simply because the moment he touched Inspector Megure, a new notification page popped up in the system.
Holy cow, extra points for solving troublesome incidents when Commissioner Gordon is in trouble?
Isn't this a massive win?
It was a well-known fact that given Inspector Megure's capabilities, any case in Beika Town was a "troublesome incident" he couldn't solve alone. Wasn't this basically just handing out free points?
—Of course, a case like the one just now, which ended before Inspector Megure even arrived, was indeed a bit tricky.
However, that didn't mean there wasn't a solution.
With a pure gaze and a sincere tone, Ren Ichimonji grabbed Inspector Megure's hand and said earnestly, "Commissioner Gordon, can I get your phone number?"
"In the future, whenever I encounter a troublesome incident, I will definitely use the Bat-Signal to send you a message and help you solve the problem!"
Oh, I see, you're actually a pretty good person...
Inspector Megure froze.
Wait? Did I hear that right? You call yourself Batman, and then you call me Commissioner Gordon...
And then when there's a case, YOU send ME a signal with the Bat-Signal? Isn't that backwards?
Inspector Megure had not misheard.
That was exactly what Ren Ichimonji said.
—Exactly. In cases like this bank robbery, Inspector Megure could only arrive at the scene after the fact.
The extra points would definitely be out of reach. But, wait! If I call Inspector Megure to tell him there's a case, then doesn't it become a problem he can't solve? Then those points... wouldn't they have to be credited to me?
This was the startling wisdom of the Beika Town Batman!
"...Then I really must thank you, Mr. Batman."
Inspector Megure was rendered speechless.
After a moment, he replied and somewhat reluctantly left his mobile phone number.
Well, it's just a phone number, nothing should go wrong.
...Probably.
"Inspector Megure, the tape recorder did indeed record the entire process!"
An officer came over from the college students' side holding a cassette.
Inspector Megure glanced at Wataru Takagi. Takagi immediately understood and took two officers outside to find a working tape recorder, preparing to play the tape recorded by the students.
Other officers began to systematically set up the cordons at the scene, getting busy.
Yes, they were very busy, but it was hard to tell what they were actually busy with.
Ren Ichimonji just glanced over and shook his head secretly.
Sure enough, the officers in Beika Town were quite a bit worse than those in Gotham City.
The professional skills of Gotham's police were much stronger in this regard.
—This wasn't him praising Gotham's finest; it was just that if a Gotham cop didn't have top-tier professional skills, they usually didn't survive long enough for Batman to arrive. Those skills were literally forged in life-and-death situations.
"Aha! Take this!"
A loud shout suddenly rang out.
The bank field staff member, who had been knocked unconscious earlier by the robber with a gun butt, suddenly snapped his eyes open.
He grabbed the stick in his hand, intending to crack the robber's head open right then and there.
Instead, he was met with the confused stares of the numerous police officers present.
Uh, little brother, who are you trying to hit?
The staff member couldn't help but freeze.
He looked at the wooden stick in his hand, then at the police officers everywhere.
Huh? What? It's already over? Was I unconscious for that long? Even the officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department are already here?
"Ahem, I just... picked it up casually."
The staff member gave a sheepish smile and let go, letting the stick hit the ground.
Then he turned his head and began to examine the counter table.
Ah, why didn't I notice before? This table is really quite... table-like!
The other officers then looked away.
They continued their busy, yet mysterious, investigative work.
Seeing as the investigation of this case would likely take some time to conclude, Ren Ichimonji knew without asking that the East Tokyo Bank branch wouldn't be able to conduct normal business for a while.
He would have to wait a bit longer to open his account and get a bank card.
So, he leaned casually against a pillar, holding his coffee, and turned to look at Ran Mouri, who had been staring at him the whole time.
—What is this silly kid looking at? Hasn't she seen a handsome guy before?
Ren Ichimonji had seen Kaito Kid on the Queen Selisabeth.
Even though Kaito Kid was wearing his monocle disguise at the time.
Beika citizens might fall for the disguise effect, but he didn't.
Even if Kaito Kid didn't take off his monocle, Ren Ichimonji had a general idea of what he looked like.
Put it this way: he definitely didn't look like Kaito Kid, which meant he didn't look like Shinichi Kudo either.
So why was Ran Mouri staring at him?
Ren Ichimonji took a sip of coffee, narrowed his eyes slightly, and gave a look of disapproval.
You're staring at me? If you're staring at me, I'm staring at you!
I, Batman, shall not be outdone by anyone in my lifetime!
Noticing that her peeking had been discovered, Ran Mouri felt her face grow hot.
She finally couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Ren Ichimonji, who did you learn your fighting techniques from?"
"I thought I caught a glimpse of you using Karate power-generation techniques just now, but... they weren't entirely Karate. It was like many different techniques were pieced together to form..."
Ran Mouri hesitated for a moment before saying seriously, "A near-perfect power-generation technique!"
"Can you tell me where you learned your skills? If possible, I would also like to pay a visit!"
If she could take it a step further, perhaps she would no longer be limited to the Kanto High School Karate Tournament.
She could participate in national karate competitions and get one step closer to challenging her idol, Kyogoku Makoto!
To this, Ren Ichimonji replied without thinking, "Oh, I learned it in Tubo."
Tubo was to Batman what Hawaii was to Conan.
Anything could be learned in Tubo; that was the way of Batman.
Hearing this, Ran Mouri didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Although she didn't know much about it, she had studied a fair amount of the history of the Great Eastern Country. She felt that fighting techniques probably couldn't be learned there... how could there be any grandmasters in such a place?
"Ah, right... huh?"
Ren Ichimonji noticed Sonoko Suzuki was also peeking nearby.
He was about to turn his head to say hello when a shocking new mission popped up in front of him.
—This was a special mission related to Bane!
End of Chapter
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