With a Bat Shuriken pressed to her neck, Kate remained outwardly calm. A small electric shock device sprang from her bracer, aimed to deliver a vicious blow to Bruce's crotch.
Because the equipment was far too commonplace and Bruce had the same gear himself, Kate failed to pull it off. Before she could make a move, Bruce snatched it away and jabbed it into her lower back with a crackle of electricity.
Her body trembled like a flower in the wind!
Kate let out a muffled groan and endured the shock through sheer force of will.
Bruce did not care. With a flick of the hand holding the Bat Shuriken, he shifted it between his ring finger and pinky, raised his thumb, and forcefully pressed it into Kate's neck, instantly knocking her unconscious.
A little trick learned from Lady Shiva—simple and practical. Having experienced it firsthand, he used it with exceptional skill.
"Leave her. I'll be your hostage!"
Seeing that Kate could not escape, Batman gravely proposed a hostage exchange. He assumed Bruce had impersonated him specifically to target him.
"Don't follow me, or you know what will happen..."
Bruce acted as though he had not heard. Under the Bat Family's watchful eyes, he gripped Kate by the neck, mounted the motorcycle, and sped away in a flash.
The Bat Family watched him leave. Lucas opened his arm computer, and a holographic projection popped up, its red dot racing through the streets of Gotham City.
Just as Lucas was about to say something, the little red dot suddenly dimmed. The surrounding Bat Family members all looked alarmed.
This was bad. The enemy knew far more about them than they could have imagined, while they knew nothing about him.
"Find him!"
Batman did not waste words. He remotely summoned the Batplane,