Chapter 17: Sewer Monster
With the portrait of the Holy Son under his feet, Li Zu stopped at the door of the second floor.
The doors were wide open, and rain was pouring in through the broken windows.
Wet air, lightning and thunder.
And the cry of a child whimpering.
He thought about it, turned and walked into the room, where the boy and girl were crouching on the floor, their mouths covered with duct tape.
There was a corpse lying next to him, his throat had been cut, and it was the man who had just rushed in with a gun.
"Woooooo
Seeing him walk in, the two children curled up like frightened kittens.
"Shh~" He raised his index finger and motioned to the two children to whisper.
He walked over to the body, found a cell phone on the person, and found a number in the address book.
It reads, Colbert.
"Jim?" The first time the phone was called, the phone was connected, and the voice sounded like a gentleman who deliberately raised his voice, but the harshness of the source of the voice could not be concealed, and people couldn't help frowning.
"Excuse me, is that Mr. Copote?"
"I am, who are you?" It didn't sound good.
"In the Bristol area, Mr. Dent and two children are here, if you are convenient to come by car~"
"What's wrong with Jim?"
Syllable!
Li Zu hung up the phone and pointed to the two children at the pouring rain that had been set off outside the window: "Don't go out, it's raining very hard outside, and you'll catch a cold~"
Under the gaze of the two children, who were on the verge of mental collapse, he stood up on his knees and swaggered downstairs.
The longer he stayed in this world, the more he realized that there was no such thing as a "safe" corner.
Walking past the creaking first floor, he glanced at the boring portraits of the Holy Son and angels hanging all over the wall, and strode into the heavy rain.
In an instant, the rain drenched him.
His clothes became heavy, but he didn't realize it.
……
……
"Martha!"
Batman finally catches up with the Joker and takes her into his arms.
Even if she's struggling.
"Martha, do you want to change that?"
"I just want a world without you!" Her voice was hysterical, but Batman's thick arms made her unable to resist, like a chick trapped in an eggshell, unable to break free, only growing up and chirping.
"Even if there aren't you in that world?" He asked rhetorically.
"Martha, in the old days, there was a man and a woman who took their only son to the movie and went into the alley."
"Shut up!" The clown lashed.
But Batman was still saying, "They've met the robbers, bam!" ”
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! The clown repeated, a smiling face that could be cut out with scissors, so hideous.
"Men and women died, their sons survived" Batman grabbed the Joker's arm: "Now I have a chance, change the past, erase the present." And something like this I want to ask you, Martha...... What do you want me to do? ”
"Thomas, promise me, you'll do it," the clown's voice became soft, and they chose to believe in this thing without the slightest reason or basis.
The two kissed, just as they did decades ago, before the tragedy in the alley.
The rain was pouring down, and not far from them, stood a thin figure in a green suit.
He was watching the scene.
"30% of the world's exploration"
……
"Tell me Thomas, how is Bruce doing in that world, in the world after we die?" She is now as gentle as a mother.
"He inherited his father's business" Batman's voice is equally gentle.
"He became a doctor?"
"No"
Click~, lightning streaked.
The tenderness on the clown's face disappeared and was replaced by horror.
"Bat ......"
Her voice stammered: "Oh my God! ”
"Hahaha!" Madness regained her face.
With all her strength, she pushed Batman away and fled into the distance.
The rain was heavy,
The rain curtain obscured the view,
The clown stepped on the air and fell into the pit.
"Martha!" Batman finished a step and he failed to grab the Joker's wrist.
The clown's body twisted and lay in the pit.
Batman lowered his head and slowly turned towards Li Zu.
"That world Bruce is still alive, right?"
This is the second time the two have met since they met on the rooftop, and this time Batman's attitude is very different.
Li Zu calmly turned around and walked into the distance.
His voice struggled to weave through the rain, the crackling of raindrops, and the rumbling thunder overhead, obscuring most of his voice.
There was only a faint "yes" in Batman's ears.
The corners of Batman's mouth raised: "Thank you!" ”
The next moment he raised his pistol and aimed it at the departing figure in the rain.
Bang!
The gunfire drowned out the thunder and rain.
……
……
Crash~
Step into the mud.
Li Zu hugged his shoulders and walked forward with difficulty.
Blood spilled from between his fingers, down the green suit, into the sewage.
In the sewers, the smell of rain water makes you want to vomit.
"Phew!" He spat on it.
"Penguin Man!"
He gritted his teeth, but involuntarily raised the corners of his mouth.
His heart was beating faster, and his newly regained sanity seemed to be dominated by the madness of the spiritual world.
The sewers were long, there was no light, and it was pitch black.
There are pursuers in the rear, and only by going forward can we be temporarily safe.
There is an uphill slope ahead, and the sewage in the sewer is getting shallower, never past the thigh, shallow to the calf level.
He finally found a comfortable corner where he could squat down and rest for a while.
……
Just an hour or two ago,
Li Zu turned to leave, and there was a gunshot behind him, as well as Batman's voice: "If history is changed, all the evils of this world will disappear, and I don't need to kill you." ”
"Of course there is no need, as long as I can leave before this world is erased"
He paused for a few seconds before moving on.
Batman let him go, so that he could have less trouble.
However, the price of watching the drama still appeared.
The penguins came so fast that it was as if they had been waiting for a long time.
He took the private police with him, a team of fully armed forces, even though Li Zu reacted in advance and Batman did not allow them to shoot. There was still a bastard who "mistakenly" shot, and a stray bullet hit Li Zu's arm, causing him to accidentally fall into the broken sewer.
……
In the sewers,
Deeper, there was the sound of banging on the iron door.
And the whimpering of women, like the mad witches of the dark forest, stirring the lizards, bats, and spiders in the cauldron with a spoon, and making meaningless strange noises.
He rubbed his back against the wall, struggled to get up, and continued to walk deeper.
I don't know how long I went.
At the end of the darkness, lights appeared.
There was a prison with young women in rags, and they were emaciated.
Only by sitting on the bed can they temporarily get rid of the stinky water from the sewer.
They were pleasantly surprised when they saw Li Zu, but their smiles were far less beautiful than when they cried.
"Weird...... Monster! ”
They pointed behind Li Zu and made a difficult sound, as if they had lost their ability to speak because they had been locked up for too long.
Crash!
Something suddenly came out of the water behind him, and a loud noise attracted Li Zu's attention.
But he really didn't have the strength to react.
The big hand instantly grabbed his neck, lifted him up, and forcibly turned Li Zu's body to face him.
A huge figure, the light could only illuminate half of his body.
Humanoid creature with gray scales, sharp teeth, and sharp claws.
He opened his mouth, stenking of rotting flesh.
Li Zu understood whose territory he had come to.
Killer crocodile!