Batgirl finished telling the manager that Penguin had been delivered to Blackgate, handed back the delivery manifest for tomorrow morning, and continued looking through the remaining warehouse records.
Thanks to all the trouble a certain Bruce Wayne had stirred up in the Middle East, Wayne Enterprises had lost out on a great deal of money. To keep the board stable, the company had suspended many unnecessary expenses, such as funding for scientific research.
Getting board members to play fewer rounds of golf or hold fewer dinner parties was out of the question, but cutting off funding for broke scientists was easy and pleasant enough.
Batgirl turned a page, then turned back.
An equipment recovery form was tucked inside, with the Wayne Enterprises logo printed at the top. The institution using the equipment was Gotham University.
Cryogenic research project, auxiliary refrigeration unit.
There was also a handwritten objection below.
"The equipment still serves a patient's life-support needs. Replacement equipment is not yet in place. I object to its removal."
Batgirl moved the paper closer to the light. The handwriting was somewhat scrawled, but the signature was clear: Victor Fries.
An "Equipment recovered" stamp followed it.
"...What the hell is this?"
Batgirl followed that line to the receipt date and pulled out the attachments as well.
So those few lines the project lead had gone to such trouble to leave had ended up doing nothing but accompanying the machine into storage?
She photographed the complete set of documents, walked to the end of the corridor, and switched to Bruce's private channel.
"Your company seems to have done something pretty deadly. I'm sending you the documents. See for yourself."
A few seconds later, Bruce's voice came through.
"A university project?"
"Yes. They wrote that the equipment was keeping a patient alive, and it