Gotham Without Batman
Chapter 158

55: The price of being a hero

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But the crisis was far from over. The bus hurtled down the steep slope toward the first inverted loop.

The tracks shuddered beneath the overweight school bus. As shaken dust fell, the shrill groaning of steel frames grinding together tormented every trapped child's already taut nerves.

Some screamed, some cried, and some had been frightened into silence, but fortunately, there was always someone who kept his head in a crisis.

Qin Wei knew there were two problems he needed to solve. First, the bus would explode if it slowed down. Second, it would fly off the tracks and crash when it reached the second inverted loop.

If he did not slow the bus down, it would fly off the tracks. Likewise, if he wanted to keep it from flying off the tracks, he had to slow down. Together, these two contradictory problems seemed impossible to solve, but separating them and tackling them one at a time would make things relatively easier.

First, he had to get the bus off the tracks.

Qin Wei fixed his gaze on the junction of the inverted loop's tracks, and in a flash, a bold idea came to him.

Was this a little too crazy?

But remember where you are and who you're up against! How can you win if you aren't crazy enough?

Qin Wei's instincts told him this was exactly what he fucking needed to do!

The opportunity would vanish in an instant. He had no time to think it over.

Sticking his head out the window, Qin Wei pulled several high-explosive sticky bombs from his belt and hurled them all at the junction.

Honestly, he really needed to find time to practice throwing darts. The explosives landed quite far from where he had intended. Only one stuck to the tracks, while the

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