Chapter 30: The Clown's Invasion
Night, Gotham City, when the Joker appeared in Naxino City and found the best breakthrough for Curvin, on the Gotham City side, at the beginning, the soldiers were divided into two ways to track down the so-called Owl Court Claw Superman, and on the iceberg gambling ship of the Penguin Man, the conscience merchant of Gotham, with his physical fitness twenty times that surpasses that of humans, he staged a chicken tearing in front of the Penguin Man, well, chickens are birds, and owls are also birds, so owls = chickens.
Watching this self-revealing Superman jump out of the water, and then in front of him, with both hands in and out, a claw killer became two pieces in front of him, and the penguin man, who had seen all the scenes, was almost stunned on the spot. If this scene appears on Bane, or other villains, the penguin people will get used to it, after all, people's personalities are placed here, but Superman does this, and the sense of impact is really much stronger than those old acquaintances.
What's more, Superman was expressionless as he took out these clawed killers who had come to assassinate the Penguin, as if he was doing something for granted, and that was what scared him. Jokers will tell a joke to make themselves laugh, why are you like a nobody, but at this time, Superman didn't have the heart to guess the Penguin's mental activities, and after being unable to communicate with Batman normally, Superman's mood suddenly became irritable.
Coupled with the fact that these claw killers are not living creatures in the first place, they can neither obtain information nor continue to track them, so it is better to use them as a punching bag. Inside the iceberg gambling ship, the claw killer's meat pieces were thrown everywhere by Superman, and after making sure that no claw killer reappeared, Superman walked towards the shivering penguin man behind him.
"What are you going to do! I don't know anything! I don't know these guys! Don't come, don't come!! ”
Looking at Superman's cold face, the penguin man went straight to his heart and shouted wildly, but Superman just squatted down and reached out to knock on the penguin's neck, and the penguin man, who was a little fat, didn't even snort, and fainted with a tilt of his head. Knocking the witnesses unconscious, Superman also begins to contact the old butler inside the Batcave.
"Alfred, are you there?"
"I've always been there, Master Kent, and I'll send you the last place where Lord Wayne disappeared."
"No, Alfred, what about the others except Bruce."
After his brain went offline unexpectedly, Superman's own brain was also re-online at this time, and instead of going to the place where Batman disappeared to find traces of Batman, he began to ask about the members of the Bat family who were active in Gotham tonight. And the old butler also reported what was happening one by one when Superman asked.
"Thirty minutes before Master Bruce lost contact, the positioning signals of Master Dick, Master Jason, and Master Tim also disappeared, and the last location was in Gotham Cemetery."
"Thirty minutes before and after, why did the three of them go to Gotham Cemetery, what are they looking for, um... It always felt like something was in the middle of it. Superman was talking to himself, without the speed of quantum computers, but as the son of a top scientist from Krypton, Superman still had a little bit of intelligence, and for a while, he seemed to have captured something, but he couldn't confirm it, "Alfred, where did Bruce go tonight, send me all the locations!" Also, notify Gordon to come over. ”
"Yes, Lord Kent, stay safe. I'll close all passages to the Bat Cave for the time being, and then send you a secret stronghold in Gotham, where I'll pick you up. ”
There was no refusal, no panic, even if Batman and several Robins disappeared one after another at this moment, Alfred was still doing his own thing there, trying to protect his family who was still in Wayne Manor at this time as much as possible.
Disconnected the communication, stripped the stunned penguin, posed and threw it on the searchlight, and the light and shadow effect formed a bat symbol in the night sky, and after doing all this, Superman left the iceberg gambling boat, and in the distance, the sirens of the Gotham police station were also heard.
Immediately afterwards, Superman also followed the trajectory of Batman's actions tonight provided by Alfred, and went to each location, only to find out that it turned out that in the sewers, it was Batman's last stop to track these claw killers, and before that, Batman followed these claw killers and had already handed over several places in Gotham, and these places belonged to those well-known villains in Gotham.
Fear Scarecrow, Black Mask, Riddler, Manman... These guys, who often fight with Batman in Gotham, are all entertained by the Talon Killer, and Batman solves them one by one, while preventing the Talon Killer from killing these guys, he also ties them up, and then notifies the Gotham police and asks them to take them into custody until they disconnect with Superman when they help the reborn Killer Crocodile escape danger here in the sewers.
Arriving at the place where Batman disappeared, looking at the wall that was knocked through, and the deep and invisible darkness, Superman did not continue to track, but left, and contacted the secret stronghold provided by Alfred according to the signal given by Alfred before. Then a bullet was heard from behind the iron fence, and the old butler Alfred came out of the darkness with a Winchester.
"Master Kent."
"Alfred."
After greeting each other, Alfred opened the iron fence and guided him forward, leading Superman back to the Batcave. The two were silent and returned to the Batcave, and Superman also searched for traces of Batman and Dick on Batman's brother's eye computer, but unfortunately found nothing, until the old butler Alfred came down from the top of Wayne Manor and brought Superman a supper and coffee.
"Thanks, Alfred, but I'm not hungry."
"You are mortal now, Lord Kent, even if you have power, you should follow the rules of mortal life, at least Lord Wayne still eats supper."
Taking the finished lobster from Alfred, Superman also sat in Batman's chair, learning Batman's pose, where he examined everything outlined on the computer in the Brother's Eye. Superman didn't continue to use the computer to search for traces of Batman, if he really wanted to hide, there were many means to make you invisible and inaudible, even if he was Superman, he just strung everything in his mind into a thread.
At this time, on the Brother's Eye computer, it is a complex network of relationships. Two cities, Naxino City, where Curvin is located, and Gotham City, two main lines, the clown who is active in Gotham and Naxino City, the arrow is aimed at Cowen and Batman, and on the other side is the owl court active in Gotham urban legends, which also has arrows, aimed at Batman, and Dick who was attacked by the claw killer of the owl court, and between the clown and the owl court, there is an equal sign.
From this main network of relationships, all the way out, at this time, Superman also understands Batman's hard work. An ordinary person, every day has to spend so much brainpower, managing the company during the day, fighting wits and courage at night, and dealing with the confidante at home in the middle. No, it's really good time management.
"So, what's wrong there, Lord Kent?" Looking at Superman's frowning brow, Alfred also asked.
"There are some things I don't understand, what is the reason why the Owl Court attacked Dick, the four Robins, Dick was the first to be attacked, what do they want from Dick, and what is the point of dealing with the Penguins, what they do is not like the Gotham nursery rhymes and the urban legends that Bruce told me. Because there is no practical point, except to get Bruce's attention. ”
Looking at the relationship diagram above, Superman pondered for a long time and made a decision.
"Alfred, does Bruce have any other suits?"
"You want to?"
"There are some things that Batman has to come out to ask for answers, so it's up to Batman to visit some people."
"Yes, the memory of the old universe is good for me, and the only good thing is that it reminds me of the classic styles of Lord Wayne, and I think this may resonate with those guys."
Alfred made a few clicks on the computer, and in the center of the Batcave, a Batman suit that was once active in the old 52 universe also appeared in front of Superman. There are gray-blue ones with two points exposed on the chest, and there are classic black ones, while Alfred recommends a heroic Batman suit with gray as the background color, the bat logo on the chest with some yellow as embellishments, and a blue cape with blue bottoms.
This familiar color scheme makes Superman smile, put on the suit, pin the universal belt, hook gun, batrang, and a brave and fearless Batman is reborn in this new universe!
"How do I look, Alfred?" Mimicking Batman's deep voice, Superman said there.
"Looks like Batman, Master Kent, and now, you've got to drive."
"Wayne Manor, then, will be handed over to you for protection, Alfred."
"Of course, don't forget that I saved Gotham too, Master Kent."
The old butler smiled, and his waist also revealed the gift that Kewen had given him before, the Lost Drive from Kamen Rider W, a single transformation belt, and a memory named Skull was inserted on it. As long as they dare to attack Wayne Manor, Alfred will let them know what the real Showa Rogue Iron Fist is, looking at the drive on Alfred's waist, Superman was also stunned, because he suddenly reacted that he was now just an ordinary person with twenty times the physical fitness of humans.
As a superman before, Ke Wen's strange armor that was always distorting his aesthetics was not used, and his full output might not be as high as his flat A, but now, he seems to be able to find Ke Wen to make a whole ah, after all, his current self is weak and helpless.
"Ha, I forgot that you're the best guy in the Bat family now, and let's go."
After teasing the old butler, Superman drove the Batmobile and put on Batman's suit to go to Arkham Asylum to detain the criminals who were arrested by the Gotham police tonight. And Alfred just stood there, watching Superman leave, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and his expression became serious, this time, it was really a mountain rain that was about to come and the wind was full of buildings, and sighed, the old butler also took the Winchester, silently guarding Wayne Manor and the Bat Cave.
The night passed like this, and no one knew that overnight, Batman had changed, and no one knew what Superman in Batman's skin talked about in Arkham Asylum. Just early in the morning, Green Lantern Hal Jordan came to Arkham Asylum and projected a transport plane with the Lantern Ring to transport the criminals held in Arkham Asylum from Gotham City, and Green Lantern Hal Jordan was followed by Flash.
Neither the government nor the military of Gotham City have made any difficulties on this matter at various levels, because Superman, who revealed his identity and is the first candidate for the next president, is in Gotham City, and is still discussing with the new Gotham mayor and his management team how to build a new Gotham. As long as you have a little brain, you won't disgust the future president in this regard, and when you are a superman, as a hero, it doesn't matter how disgusting you are to him.
Because Superman's character is set up there, as long as you occupy the righteousness and have a crime that can be spoken, Superman can't do anything about you. But now that people have revealed their identities, they have lost their superhuman strength, unloaded the burden of heroes, and are happy to be themselves, if they are still disgusting at this time, maybe the little shoes will be worn to death, after all, what is the matter with me President Clark Kent, Guan Superman~
In the city of Naxino, a night of commotion, black and white, almost dug the entire city of Naxino, and no trace of the clown was found. And in the Titan Building, Ke Wen was also in the laboratory looking at the toy man at this time, the two innocent people who were lured by the clown and went to the point of no return to the crime again, were being examined there, and the people in charge of the inspection were Steelbone and Lena.
"What's the situation, they're bewitched by the spirit, right, is there any possibility of lifting?" Looking at Cyborg and Lena who came out, Ke Wen also consulted there, but in response to Ke Wen's inquiry, Cyborg and Lena glanced at each other, and Steelbone turned around, leaving the space for Ke Wen and Lena.
"What does he mean by that?"
"I mean I want me to tell you, I know it's hard to accept, but the clown didn't use any mental control or drug inducement on them, he just made them accept the fact that they were criminals, and now they may be the same as the old universe remembers, a complete criminal."
Listening to the facts that Lena told him, Kewen felt that his head had been hammered, and everything he had done was in vain?
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