It's not a long time in Arkham City, but considering everything you've been through in the city for a while, it feels like a year has passed.

And now, Batman is in the industrial area, ready to finish one last thing.

The bloody storm of Arkham City has come to an end, and the culprit Hugo Stevich has activated Protocol Eleven and died in a sea of fire at the top of the Tower of Miracles. Tomorrow, perhaps the walls will be torn down, Arkham City will be rezoned back to Gotham, and Mayor Eddie Frank will most likely be arrested for some unfavorable evidence of his involvement in Stevich's nefarious deeds.

But until then, Batman's affair isn't over yet, and it won't end until he visits an "old friend" tonight.

Half an hour ago, he went to the former site of the Gotham Police Station to find the Freeze Man and retrieve the antidote that the Freeze had just developed. Due to material limitations, there were only two parts of the antidote.

Batman immediately took one for himself. The effect was very significant, his condition improved rapidly, and most of his body had recovered in just half an hour. After that, you only need a little rest and you should be completely healed.

And the remaining dose of antidote is reserved for the clown, who is also terminally ill and has a short life.

I don't know if it's because Arkham City is about to be shut down or because the clown himself is about to hang up, the defense here at the headquarters is not a little slack compared to the last time. It took almost no effort for Batman to enter the interior and find the Joker.

The same room as the last time we met, with the same dim light and dirty floor, it felt like a prison cell.

The clown himself was now lying in front of a humble dresser, holding a lipstick in his hand to trace his already bright red lips.

"It's been a long time, bat." The clown said with a smile.

Batman pulled out the only remaining tube of antidote from his universal belt, and the pale blue liquid inside was scattered with fluorescent and glittering dots of light, crystal clear.

"I brought the antidote." Batman said.

The clown turned, approached with trembling steps, took the tube of reagent, looked at it for a moment, and once again showed his bright smile.

"Pretty efficient, huh? Bat? ”

What happened next was completely unexpected.

Suddenly, the Joker raised his hand suddenly, and the area of his palm suddenly seemed to expand several times, and he slammed Batman to the wall not far away, and smashed a slight crack in the wall with his back.

No, his hand shouldn't be out of reach at this distance, if he's really a clown.

However, the fact is that the Joker's arm is now two meters long, stretching across the room, pinning Batman to the wall.

"You!?" Batman was surprised.

I saw that the clown's body in front of him quickly twisted and softened, and the thin body quickly swelled and nearly doubled in size, and at the same time, all the colors quickly deepened, turning into clay brown little by little.

Standing in front of Batman now, with his head on the ceiling of the house, is the hideous-looking clay man.

"Mudface? What are you doing here? Batman asked.

"Why?" The clayface chuckled, and the huge palm that had been freed up, the crystal antidote was swallowed into his body immediately along the clay in his hand.

"Boom!"

The next moment, with a deafening sound, the wooden walls of the room were shattered, and sawdust flew all over the sky. Batman flew upside down, spun in the air, and fell to the floor below.

Immediately after that, he jumped from the second floor, and the huge weight completely slammed into the floor, and his feet trampled on the floor to pieces, and debris flew everywhere.

"If I'm not mistaken, we've got too many accounts to count, bat." Clay Face switched to a shovel with one hand and a knife with the other, "So I think I'll be happy to fix you at any time, and I don't need any reason." ”

The city of Arkham, on the other side.

For Roy, there is one final question to deal with. As it stands, it's probably the most troublesome one.

City of Wonders, headquarters of the League of Assassins.

Talia looked at the winged knight in front of her with a calm face, and surprisingly did not react as she should.

"You betrayed us, and you should know what will happen to you." She glanced at Roy and said, "Still, I should say you're in luck, maybe." Your business, the alliance will not pursue it. ”

"I've heard that the Alliance has never been an exception to dealing with traitors." Roy said, "Then may I ask what made you decide to make an exception this time?" ”

Talia snorted.

"We don't need you anymore. Now we have a new successor who has proven that he is not inferior to you - both physically and intellectually. What's more, he has ambitions that you don't have, and is willing to fight for the great goals of the League of Assassins. Talia said coldly, "Not long ago, the handover was completed. Now the alliance belongs to the new Thunder Xiao Gu, and this adult wants you to live by name, it's as simple as that. ”

A sense of foreboding rose in Roy's heart.

"Who is he?"

Before Talia could reply, a figure emerged from the shadows behind her.

"Me."

The man who came out of the shadows was blond and blue-eyed, handsome, and his grim and cold face was like a sharp blade, making people feel an indescribable sense of oppression.

At the moment, he was wearing a black cloak and the armor that was unique to a master ninja underneath, and he looked at Roy with a mocking smile in his eyes.

"Long time no see," he said, "Winged Knight." ”

Roy frowned, "Bishop, why would you?" ”

"Why did you inherit the title of Lei Xiaogu? Very simple. The bishop smiled, "I won the traditional challenge ceremony of this alliance. I personally cut off the head of the previous one, so according to the rules of this alliance, I am now a ninja master. ”

Roy glanced at Talia, "He killed your father?" ”

"It's just a ritual process." Talia said nonchalantly, "But yes. My father, both physically and mentally, was on the verge of his limits, and he struggled to find a good enough successor. And now, this man has appeared, won his own opportunity with strength, and took power from my father's hands. ”

"So, in other words," the bishop said, "it's as simple as that. Now I am Lei Xiaogu, a person who wields unprecedented power. This is what I have been pursuing, far higher than a few criminal empires that play like a family! (To be continued.) )