A beautiful girl was crying, and a handsome gentleman happened to pass by. This fairy-tale-like encounter had been beyond even Tracy's expectations, but she quickly realized that this was the perfect opportunity.
She immediately covered her mouth with a handkerchief, glanced up at Bruce, and then continued crying sorrowfully.
In Tracy's plan, Bruce should have approached like a perfect gentleman and asked what had happened. Then she could naturally tell him about what she had just gone through.
The first part went very smoothly. Bruce did indeed walk over, looked her up and down, and asked, "What happened to you?"
"I... I..." Tracy kept sobbing as she said haltingly, "I was only a little late, but that professor... he actually made me stand outside as punishment! I'm a freshman reporting in on my first day. I didn't even know when class started..."
"Oh, you're a preparatory class student?" Bruce looked her over again, seeming somewhat doubtful. He asked, "Someone made you stand outside as punishment. Who was it?"
Tracy secretly rejoiced. To her ears, Bruce's tone suggested that he intended to stand up for her. She immediately said, "It was the professor who received the new students earlier. I saw the signature on the application form... His name was Schiller, Schiller Rodriguez..."
"I have something to do. I'll be going."
Before Tracy could react at all, Bruce vanished from sight, leaving her standing there stiffly like a statue on the verge of cracking.
It took Tracy quite a while to come back to her senses. She slammed her fist against the wall, only to cry out in pain. Gritting her teeth, she chased after Bruce in the direction he had gone.
She followed him to the library, but she could not get inside because the library required a Gotham University