Chapter Twenty-Six: The Clown's Game
In Gotham, the factory where the explosion collapsed, the flames were still burning, and the fierce fire made the citizens who heard the movement around and wanted to come over to help put out the fire did not dare to approach. In the factory where it exploded, a huge gust of wind rose from the middle, and the wind rolled up the flames, changing the fire that might spread, and rising into the air under the pull of the strong wind, and then extinguished, and the smoke after the flames were extinguished rose above the factory ruins, and the one who released this strong wind was Kowen, who transformed into Kamen Rider Night Rider and used the Darkwing Mechanical Contract Beast.
Because of the signal left by the clown in Naxino City, Kewen was too nervous and wanted to solve all this in the shortest possible time, but he didn't expect to fall into the Joker's calculations. In the DC universe, this opponent who turned the entire DC universe upside down without powerful abilities, but simply with madness, chaos and some tricks, caused too much psychological pressure on Kewen.
Sometimes the fearlessness of the ignorant is not necessarily a bad thing, especially for Kewen, a traverser who has already understood what the clown has done, he doesn't think he has any advantage over the clown, get rid of the autistic system, the ability he has is nothing more than let him have some self-preservation power on the outside, and the clown is a monster that hits people's hearts.
"You shouldn't rush out so impulsively, the clown is elusive and easy to detect, provided you need enough time to get to know him, you just ruined the information that I might know where he is. This is my city, and here, the rules are up to me, Hallie, wake up. β
Holding Harley, who was controlled by the Joker, Batman was also there to criticize Cowen's brainless approach just now, if it was useful to deal with the Joker's recklessness, he wouldn't have lost so badly when he played against the Joker for the first time. Curvin made a mistake he made back then, and he paid a terrible price for this mistake, and he didn't want Curvin to be like him, and after criticizing Curwen, Batman also took out the antidote from his universal belt and injected it into Harley's body.
After fighting with the clown for so many years, although he has changed to a clown, some practices have not changed, and this nerve antidote made based on the clown toxin is very effective for Hallie's situation at this time. Under the injection of Batman's antidote, Harley, who was controlled by the Joker just now, and her body was numb and lost the ability to speak, also coughed, recovered, and looked at Batman and Kewen in front of her, and understood what they wanted to know.
"He's changed, Batman, he's not the Joker I know anymore, he's taken Ivy away, he's never done that in memory, he's used to have them work with him, and now, it seems like he's going to do something worse... Damn, they dug three clowns and this hole is going to be filled like this! β
Listening to Hallie's story, Batman also looked at Curwen, obviously, Hallie was also affected by the rebirth of the old universe memory caused by the old 52 Wally West, but Hallie's last words made Batman scratch his head and could only look at Curwen, the new hero who indirectly caused all this, from the new universe.
"It's useless to look at me, I don't know what the situation is, maybe she looks back at those memories too much from God's perspective."
"Hmph..."
For Kewen's reluctant explanation, Batman also cast a disapproving glance at him, but this time, Kewen insisted on carrying this gaze through the mask and didn't explain anything. How could he not know what was happening in Hallie's words, it seemed that this rebirth of the memory of the old 52 universe made Hallie understand, or obtained the so-called ability to break the fourth wall, but it was not a big problem, but there was no need to explain it to Batman now.
Comforting Hallie, who had just released the Joker's control, under the effect of the drug, Hallie also fell asleep, and on the ruins of the factory, only Cowen and Batman, two Batriders, looked at each other. Regarding Cowen's appearance in Gotham, as well as such a reckless move just now, Batman probably guessed something.
"The clown went to your city and left you a signal, right?"
"Well, Xiaozha, I asked her to go back to the Tower of Destiny to avoid it first, Dick and I rushed over as soon as possible, not only for the clown, but also for these guys, they attacked Dick some time ago and skipped me directly, but Dick didn't know them, I only knew that they belonged to an organization, the Owl Court, and the roots were in Gotham, what about you, in the past memory, is there any record of this."
At this time, a green locust robot fell to the ground in Kewen's hand, projecting the image of Dick being attacked by the owl court before, as well as the shape of the owl court. These canned robots from Kamen Rider OOO are still very useful, just like just now, if he hadn't put a canned robot on the Batmobile, Curvin wouldn't have known where Batman was.
In the information shared with Batman, Kewen also told Batman what he knew, as a traverser, he knew very well that the Gotham villain organization of the Owl Court was a product of the new universe. But he can't tell Batman directly like this, but selectively put the clues in front of Batman and let Batman verify it himself, if he knows everything, then the object of investigation is himself.
Now in Batman and a gang of Zhenglian bigwigs with the memories of the old 52 universes, his positioning is that he is a new soul born in the new universe, there is no so-called past cosmic memory, if he shows that he knows too many signs, so if he investigates, the identity of the traverser will definitely be exposed. Although it is common to travel through everything in DC, the speedsters are about to thread the DC cosmic timeline into a sieve, but if you can do less, you will have one less thing.
"The Owl Court... I always thought it was just a legend. β
Listening to the words proposed by Cowen, as well as the memories based on the old 52, Batman also understood that this was also an organization that was hidden in the old 52 universe and did not appear until this new universe, and he thought of the content that his parents told him about the so-called owl court as a bedtime story when he was a child, and he also understood the seriousness of this matter, and the clown was active in Gotham again at the same level.
"So, they're real, it's really interesting, your Gotham City is really simple and talented, so, what to do now." At this time, Ke Wen, who was very cooperative, also asked, giving the right to speak to Batman.
"Dick came along, right, where is he?"
"Well, I'm coming for you, he's gone to find Damian and little Jonathan, the two little guys, it's time to take them back to Wayne Manor, wait..." Halfway through the talk, Kewen also sensed that something was wrong, if Dick got the two little guys, then he should have run to himself as soon as possible, and then count how Batman took the baby, but now, there is no news, and it is impossible to do anything to Dick if you give Damian and Jonathan ten dares, thinking of this, Kewen and Batman glanced at each other and scolded in unison.
βshitοΌβ
With a wave of his hand, the gray dimensional wall rose, and he left the scene with himself, Batman and his car, and Harley Quinn who had fallen asleep. And in the abandoned town 68 miles away from Gotham, Dick, who transforms into Kamen Rider Accel to save Damian and Jonathan Jr., also loses the battle.
"Tuo!"
As the claw leader in front of him exhaled, his palms hit Dick's biological armor directly, and the power was transmitted directly to Dick's interior through the armor, and the engine sword in his hand fell off and smashed aside, and the whole person also flew out, rolling on the ground, lifting the transformation, opening his mouth and closing his eyes, and the memory of the transformation also rolled aside. The dark energy surging in his body made Dick unable to stand up, but the pain from all over his body kept him awake and looked at the guy in front of him who had defeated him.
Strong, this is Dick's only thought after the defeat, not inferior to Batman's fighting skills, not inferior to Deathknell's strong physique, and has rich combat experience. At the beginning of the fight, Dick didn't plan to go head-to-head with him, what he wanted to do was to save people, and after a false shot, he used the Trial memory and switched himself to a blue high-speed form, trying to save Damian and Jonathan Jr., but his speed didn't have any effect in front of this guy, and his high-speed movement was interrupted, and he could only be forced to fight.
Then he became what he is now, defeated by the claw in front of him, but Dick wondered why he didn't kill himself. The Talon leader took Dick's dropped engine sword in his hand, swung it aside, walked up to Dick, and stepped on his hand as it reached for the memory.
The pain caused Dick to snort, and the Talon Leader just looked at Dick condescendingly.
"That's what you rely on? You've disappointed me, Dick Grayson, Nightwing. Batman doesn't seem to train you, and the Bruce Wayne who adopted you didn't do his father's duty, but that's okay, it's time for him to be done. β
The sound of the voice surprised Dick, his identity was known?
"Who are you!" Holding back the pain, Dick questioned as well.
"We're the Owl Court, and I'm the one who likes to kill Wayne the most, and when the time comes, I'll come back to you, then, Ciao."
After that, he kicked Dick in front of the door, and the force directly made Dick faint, and the claw leader who did all this was also followed by the claws behind him, as well as the captured little Jonathan and Damian, who disappeared into the darkness, and all this happened when Cowen and Batman realized that something was wrong. The dimensional wall flashed, and Curvin and Batman also appeared here, looking at Dick who was unconscious, and the mess of the battle around him, he also understood what had just happened.
"My bad, if Dick is here, then Damian and little Jonathan are probably caught, Owl Court." Just now, Cowen, who had been educated by the Joker, was also checking Dick's injuries, and at the same time handed Batman the information that Dick had left for himself, which was a clawed owl headdress mask.
Taking the mask handed over by Cowen, Batman also understands the seriousness of the matter now, but he is more mature than Cowen, even if he knew that his son and godson were ambushed, he did not get carried away at the first time, and the technology connected to the mask assisted Batman to search the entire abandoned town, and also found the children who were hidden by Damian and Jonathan. After a long silence, he also contacted Alfred.
"How does it feel to take the kids at night, Lord Bruce." In the channel, Alfred's unhurried voice came, and when Damian and Jonathan Jr. sneaked out, they threw away things that might be connected to the batcave, but the confidence in Damian and Jonathan Jr. made Alfred feel that the danger was not high, after all, one is the son of Batman and the other is the son of Superman.
"We'll talk about that later, Alfred, and contact Gordon to come to my current position."
βΒ·Β·Β· I see, do you need me to inform Master Clark, he's little Jonathan's father. "Batman doesn't say anything directly, but for Alfred, who raised Batman, it says it all.
"Let him rest well, I'll let Diana tell him in the morning, let Gordon come over."
"Understood, I hope people are okay." After a simple prayer for Damian and Jonathan Jr., Alfred contacted Director Gordon, who had been busy for the past few days.
For a long time, in the Bat Cave under Wayne Manor, Dick, who was beaten by the Talon Leader, was being treated by Alfred, and Batman and Curvin were also exchanging information there, about the Joker and now appearing in Gotham, by the way, the rest of the Bat family, the hot mom Talya, who lived in the manor, Catwoman Selina and Batman's baby daughter Helena and the bound daughter-in-law Raven all gathered here, and the arrest of Damian and little Jonathan could not hide from them.
"So, the Owl Court is real, I understand it that way, I love, there are times when you don't know." As the first hot mom to give birth to Batman, Talia was not panicked by Damian's arrest, but was still in the mood to tease her lover. In her opinion, Damian's training is fine, no matter how you say it, she is the future heir to the Cloak of the League of Assassins and Batman, and if she eats a little more, she will be able to make others deflated in the future.
"I don't think he's necessarily true, Alfred, is there anything different about the cause of death of members of the Wayne family in the past."
Sitting there, through the monitoring of the whole city of Gotham by the Brother's Eye computer, Batman did not find any clues about the Owl Court, even if it was the Joker, he did not have half a point, except for Harley, who was temporarily handed over to Gordon by himself, he could not find any trace of the Joker in Gotham, and the Owl Court, like the Owl Court, has become a legend of the city.
"For the past fifty years, there has been no problem with the cause of death of members of the Wayne family, except for your parents, Lord Bruce."
As Dick bandaged his wounds, Alfred replied as Batman fell into deep thought. And Taria, the hot mom on the side, also stood up at this time, "It seems that I still have to contact my father, although he doesn't deal with you, but for Damian, he is still quite attentive, and besides, this owl court has made me see a little bit of the shadow of the Assassin Alliance, what about you, Selena, together?" β
"I'll go with you, Helena," Catwoman, who became a friend, did not refuse, but when she turned her head to look at her daughter, the daughter who was Batman's most precious daughter had already come to Batman's side, and told Catwoman with her actions what a caring little padded jacket was.
"Forget it, Raven, help watch her."
"Be careful on the road, Lady Talia, Lady Serena."
The old butler did his best to speak for the two ladies who had spread the branches of the Wayne family. The two hot moms left, and in the Batcave, only Curwen, the pensive Batman, and Dick were silently healing. Before, because he was too nervous, he suffered an impulsive loss, but now that he has calmed down, Kewen is also beginning to think about the problems that arise during this trip to Gotham, at the beginning, there was an owl court, and it was also aimed at Dick first, not to deal with Batman as expected.
The second is the appearance of the Joker, just like the Owl Court, who is not honest to play love and kill with Batman in Gotham, and comes to his own city to play psychological hints for him. And judging from the Joker's message through Hallie's voice just now, did the Joker know from the beginning that he would be involved in this game with Batman, or was he himself a part of the game with Batman?
"Dick, the guy who beat you, did you say anything?" Thinking of this, Kewen also asked the silent Dick.
Dick sat there, being bandaged by Alfred, while also reflecting on his previous battle with the Talon Boss. Being defeated is nothing, Dick is also wondering why the claw leader didn't kill himself, and what is the inexplicable familiarity during the battle, looking at Cowen and Batman, Dick also decides to hide something from him.
"He only said he'd come back to me when he killed Bruce Wayne, but I'm not sure if they knew another identity."
Retold the previous conversation with the Talon Leader, but the doubts about the Talon Leader in his heart were suppressed by Dick, and he wanted to find out for himself.
"So, clowns, owl courts, they're all coming together against us, huh,, what the hell are they trying to do?"
Leaning back in his chair, Ke Wen also looked speechlessly at the sky above the bat cave, scolding there. You can't really play this game without a brain that has studied the human mind thoroughly. Batman didn't answer, Dick was silent, and for a moment, all that was left of the Batcave was the sound of Alfred preparing coffee.
And the clown, who fights with Kewen and Batman, is still here in Naxino City at this time, using his mobile phone to communicate with the owl's contacts.
"Robin, the son of Superman has been caught."
"Great, according to the guys on the list, you come one by one, I'm going to extend a new map for this game~" With joy, the clown danced in the city of Nacino in the middle of the night, towards the city's media company, Kate International Media Building. It is not only Batman who enjoys the benefits of this memory rebirth from the old 52 universe, but also the Joker, and in the Kate International Media Building, there are two supervillains who are enemies of Kara, the guardian hero of Naxino, in the old universe era.
A woman named Electric Girl, who has the ability to release electricity and assimilate herself into electricity, the Marvel Electric Light Female Version. The other is named the Kraken, which has the ability to release huge sound waves, because Kewen, a big fluttering moth, blinded a few fans, which changed the trajectory of Kara's life, and thus also made these two ladies who were supposed to be Kara's villains lose the opportunity to become villains.
It's just that now, with the intervention of the clown, everything has begun to return to square one. The clown entered the international media building silently, and an hour later, the clown left, and the brightly lit building was plunged into darkness, and a piercing sound wave was heard on the top floor of the building, and the president's office sounded. The glass shattered, and the strong woman who founded the international media flew out of the window and fell towards the ground, and at the same time, a red shadow also crossed the sky and flew towards it.
Looking at the flashing red shadow in the night sky, the clown smiled.