For the next stage of the operation, Batman would follow Hugo's guidance to find the Arkham Knight.
As for the Riddler's secret letter, William would hold on to it for now.
William first ran the letter through the X-ray Machine. After confirming that no lethal toxins were hidden inside, he carefully tore open the seal.
"I am a Palace of Echoes, where interlocking fangs meet murmuring streams, and upside-down kings wander to and fro without lighting a lamp. What am I?"
"A limestone cave?"
After a moment's thought, William reached that conclusion.
The answer was unclear in its significance and far too simple. Considering that the Riddler had given Hugo several days to think, this solution was most likely just one link in a chain of answers.
Besides that, William also planned to search the official database for traces of the Riddler.
Unfortunately, he had suddenly forgotten the man's surname. All he remembered was that the guy was called Edward.
Entering the name into the Police Station's internal system brought up a whopping 234,986 results.
He could blame that on Edward Scissorhands, which had swept across America late last year and sparked a craze for naming and renaming people in Gotham. Even after excluding those entries, William still faced 12,744 possibilities.
After browsing for half an hour, he rubbed his aching eyes and gave up completely.
Fortunately, there was another avenue called the Dark Web.
According to Hugo's account, that was where he had met the Riddler, who claimed to be a veteran criminal consultant.
After logging in with Hugo's account, William was immediately greeted by an enormous advertisement covered in flashy text.
"A scale that helps you lose weight. You deserve one!!!!"
In the nineties, when images loaded painfully slowly, colorful text could often grab people's attention, especially with