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The Dark Knight: Knight of Gotham #17
Alfred establishes contact with Jason not too long after I ask him to do so and I assign him and his 'outlaws' as he likes to call them their task. With Lazarus in play I need to be able to neutralise it depending on the dosage the Crimson Knight has had to the substance. I've tasked Jason and his team with retrieving the anti-Lazarus agent from one Jay Greene, a man I haven't encountered in over a decade since my first few months sporting the cowl. He was one of the first people to use the alias of the Red Hood in Gotham and he certainly wasn't the last, but he's also regarded as the most successful of the Red Hoods. If only because he was the one of the few that I couldn't expose as being a Red Hood with sufficient evidence for law enforcement to detain him.
During his time as a Red Hood he acquired a rare artefact, one containing a compound known to catalyse the natural decomposition of Lazarus in the human body. Usually Lazarus takes over a decade to naturally decompose after initial ingestion into the body and thanks to it the user retains some of the compounds natural regenerative properties. Not something serious such as reverting your body back to its prime state as it has been known to do for Ra's, but enough to repair damaged parts of the body. I suspect it was partially responsible for Jason awakening from his coma so soon after he shot that bullet into his mouth.
In a private discussion with Jason after briefing his 'outlaws' I ask for Jason to send him a blood sample. His exposure to the Lazarus pit used by Ra's means he has a quantity of Lazarus in his blood stream equal to a single exposure. Using the sample of Jason's blood as a reference I should be able to calculate the approximate number of dosages the Crimson Knight has had of Lazarus. Given the advantages this compound gives him I need to know exactly what I'm dealing with before I prepare to engage him again.
Tim will bring the blood sample back with him once he returns from Carthage in the meantime I inspect the blade that the Crimson Knight used. It's one of the sharpest blades I've ever seen especially given how easily it was able to cut through the Knight's armour with relative ease. It's certainly an uncommon item and not one you'd find in Gotham. I end up deciding to send all the information I can acquire from the blade to Dick to investigate in Bludhaven. Given the frequency of knife crime in Bludhaven it's possible Dick and Barbra may have come across a similar blade.
In the meantime as I have Dick follow up on any leads concerning the blade and wait on Tim to return and Jason to secure the artefact I decide to try and pick up the Crimson Knight's trail. The analysis table is proving faulty and unable to identify any matches to the blood sample, I'll need to have Lucius take a look at it tomorrow. Until then I'll just have to make do with my own skills and try to track down this elusive Knight myself.
But if there's one thing I can say after over thirty years living in Gotham, it's that nothing is ever so simple...
The Dark Knight: Knight of Gotham #17
Alfred establishes contact with Jason not too long after I ask him to do so and I assign him and his 'outlaws' as he likes to call them their task. With Lazarus in play I need to be able to neutralise it depending on the dosage the Crimson Knight has had to the substance. I've tasked Jason and his team with retrieving the anti-Lazarus agent from one Jay Greene, a man I haven't encountered in over a decade since my first few months sporting the cowl. He was one of the first people to use the alias of the Red Hood in Gotham and he certainly wasn't the last, but he's also regarded as the most successful of the Red Hoods. If only because he was the one of the few that I couldn't expose as being a Red Hood with sufficient evidence for law enforcement to detain him.
During his time as a Red Hood he acquired a rare artefact, one containing a compound known to catalyse the natural decomposition of Lazarus in the human body. Usually Lazarus takes over a decade to naturally decompose after initial ingestion into the body and thanks to it the user retains some of the compounds natural regenerative properties. Not something serious such as reverting your body back to its prime state as it has been known to do for Ra's, but enough to repair damaged parts of the body. I suspect it was partially responsible for Jason awakening from his coma so soon after he shot that bullet into his mouth.
In a private discussion with Jason after briefing his 'outlaws' I ask for Jason to send him a blood sample. His exposure to the Lazarus pit used by Ra's means he has a quantity of Lazarus in his blood stream equal to a single exposure. Using the sample of Jason's blood as a reference I should be able to calculate the approximate number of dosages the Crimson Knight has had of Lazarus. Given the advantages this compound gives him I need to know exactly what I'm dealing with before I prepare to engage him again.
Tim will bring the blood sample back with him once he returns from Carthage in the meantime I inspect the blade that the Crimson Knight used. It's one of the sharpest blades I've ever seen especially given how easily it was able to cut through the Knight's armour with relative ease. It's certainly an uncommon item and not one you'd find in Gotham. I end up deciding to send all the information I can acquire from the blade to Dick to investigate in Bludhaven. Given the frequency of knife crime in Bludhaven it's possible Dick and Barbra may have come across a similar blade.
In the meantime as I have Dick follow up on any leads concerning the blade and wait on Tim to return and Jason to secure the artefact I decide to try and pick up the Crimson Knight's trail. The analysis table is proving faulty and unable to identify any matches to the blood sample, I'll need to have Lucius take a look at it tomorrow. Until then I'll just have to make do with my own skills and try to track down this elusive Knight myself.
But if there's one thing I can say after over thirty years living in Gotham, it's that nothing is ever so simple...