Batman sparred with Talia in the office, mainly discussing the Presidential Election and their competitors. After about ten minutes, they suddenly heard the security system alarm.
Very quickly, the head of the Security Department rushed into the office. "The surveillance system suddenly went completely offline just now. Someone broke into the laboratory on the nineteenth floor!"
"The laboratory?" Although Batman knew exactly what had happened, he still put on a bewildered expression. "The laboratory on the nineteenth floor is just an ordinary lab. Why would anyone need to force their way in? Was anything stolen?"
"No, but it looks like a glass jar was broken. Our people are still investigating the surveillance malfunction..."
"All right," Batman said. "Just don't make me think you're deliberately causing me trouble. I'm not as patient as your former boss."
The department head had more or less heard about Elliot's death. The head of the Security Department wiped the sweat from his brow and said, "We'll definitely give you an explanation before work starts tomorrow morning."
After he left, Talia rose with a grave expression. "It was the Court of Owls. It must have been them. Since you refused to work with them, they're deliberately making trouble for you."
"But attacking those ordinary laboratories is pointless." Batman set down the documents in his hands. "If that's all they can do, then we've already won."
Talia was somewhat dissatisfied with his dismissive attitude, but she said nothing. After briefly discussing campaign strategy, Talia hurried away, clearly intending to deal with the Court of Owls.
Batman turned on his computer again and began reviewing the surveillance feeds. Although Wayne Tower's monitoring system had briefly gone offline, the cameras he had installed himself were unaffected.
The footage showed that Red Hood Jason Todd had hacked into Wayne Enterprises'