A Priest in Gotham: Starting Out by Taking In a Little Boy
Chapter 290

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"I'm fine." Batman picked up the phone the robber had dropped. "He really did make an app like this. Hugo really is—"

"Doesn't this say you're dealing with a robbery?" Roland asked, looking at the bat symbol on the navigation app.

"That's Dick," Batman said. "He sometimes wears my powered armor out on patrol."

"Oh, I see."

After Barbara called the police, they arrived quickly, led by Officer Renee Montoya. She cuffed the three robbers and put them in a police car, then asked the two victims to come to the police station to give statements.

"Head back first. I'll be along in a bit," Officer Montoya told her partner.

"Okay, you guys talk."

"You—" Barbara looked at Officer Montoya. "Did you need something?"

"Not really. I was just curious what sort of person had taken her place," Officer Montoya said.

"Oh? And what do you think now?" The corners of Barbara's mouth lifted.

"An interesting little girl." Officer Montoya ruffled Barbara's hair. "I never expected you to become the Third Batwoman. Her eye for people is as good as ever."

With that, Officer Montoya left Crime Alley.

"The way she looked at me was so strange." Barbara mulled it over. "She didn't recognize me, did she?"

"Who knows?" Batman smiled. "Come on. Gotham City is pretty lively today. Let's look around. We might find something else that needs doing."

"You two go ahead. I'm going back to sleep." Roland yawned.

"You're going to sleep at this hour?" Batman blinked.

"I meant I'm going back to grade papers," Roland corrected himself.

"We're off on patrol. Bye!" Barbara waved at Roland, then climbed onto the roof of a roadside building with Batman.

Roland teleported back to his room. As he entered, he saw worn clothes strewn carelessly across the floor, a

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