The Death Knell

The meeting ended quickly in an unspeakable atmosphere.

After hearing what Deathstroke said, everyone was very pessimistic. The Hand of Creation, the Court of Origin, Darkseid, Skeleton King, etc. were just like mountains pressing down on everyone.

But when Superman stood up and said a few hopeful words casually, the members of Zhenglian were as energetic as if they had eaten Snickers bars.

It's not that hunger was really swept away, but that everyone's mental state changed. They gained hope and courage from Superman's words, and believed that they and their friends could overcome all difficulties.

Su Ming didn't pour cold water on them, but after telling them the information he wanted to share, he sat there silently, holding Xiao Dai's jade hand and playing with it slowly.

After announcing the adjournment of the meeting, people all left to do their own things. Ron arranged some basic daily tasks for everyone, because the crises raised by Deathstroke were too far away, and he didn't know what to prepare for.

"What are you going to do next?"

Diana rubbed her face like a kitten. She was not the kind of person who liked meetings.

Su Ming, who was asked the question, thought about it for a moment, and the multi-dimensional map in his mind turned back and forth: "I am going to go to Earth 12 to see if Darkseid has stolen important things there. If so, then it is very likely that... Become a new lead.”

"Shall I go with you?" Diana has nothing to do now. She can't go back to Paradise Island, and she doesn't have any territory to look after in the United States.

"Well, you also need to bring the witch you picked up." Su Ming nodded in agreement. He stood up and hugged Bobo: "Raven should stay on Earth 0 and let her rest. I found that after she left here, Zhong Xian was restless, as if he was still worried about the affairs of the Three Palaces."

Diana closed her eyes and spat angrily: "It's all the fault of that guy Constantine..."

"Can I stay in the Hall of Justice to rest?" Bobo raised his hand in Deathstroke's arms, showing a standard smile full of fangs.

"How can I not take my orangutan secretary with me when we go to the parallel universe?" Su Ming smiled and pressed his furry paw down, then helped the orangutan put on his deerstalker hat: "Let's go, let's go to Earth 12, little one As a member of Zhenglian, Dai can just contact the Zhenglian over there."

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"Master, are you okay? Master Bruce?"

In one of the ruins of Gotham, there were two corpses leaning against a tattered Batmobile. One of the corpses gradually became a little more alive as the butler called.

"Ahem, I'm not dead yet, but I need to take a breather."

Batman didn't even have the strength to stand up, so he could only lean on the tires to buy time to regain his strength.

He defeated the mercenaries who came to Gotham. Everyone else fell not far away, except the old Deathstroke who fought until he fell into coma.

The equipment on both of them was shattered, so Batman and the mercenary seemed like beggars fished out of a pool of blood, with only some strips of cloth or metal pieces of different colors left on their bodies.

Deathstroke was bombarded with missiles from the Batmobile, and shot with several poisonous arrows by his pig teammate Merlin. An N-metal batarang was inserted into his eye socket, and his belly was cut open by the barbs on the Bat-glove, and his internal organs were scattered everywhere.

And Batman's situation is not much better. He was shot more than ten times, with promethium metal bullets, and stabbed several times with N metal daggers. The blood in his femoral artery has not stopped yet, and his bones have been broken in more than a dozen places. , the liver and spleen were also ruptured.

However, neither of them can die, Deathstroke has the Mirakuru serum, and Batman has the Dionysian metal in his blood.

Therefore, although the injury is serious, it is only a matter of time before it heals.

After receiving the young master's reply, Ah Fu breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay. It's true that it's a bit reluctant to face Deathstroke and four other people."

"It's never easy to deal with a madman, but fortunately, I'm very familiar with Deathstroke from Earth 0. He's not as bottomless as the other one, or he doesn't have as innovative thinking."

Batman stood up holding on to the tires of the vehicle. He took out the bat handcuffs, cuffed several people, and stacked them together:

"Please contact the police station for me. I need to reserve four cells in Blackgate Prison and a consulting room in Arkham."

The Tooth Fairy, a sick man who's always pulling out other people's teeth to replace his own, definitely needs some counseling.

The blood and snow mixed together, turning into a color and state similar to red bean shaved ice. Batman was sure that several people had been caught, and then he began to take out bandages and bandage himself.

"Maybe you need a new uniform?"

Ah Fu looked at Batman in the surveillance screen, and left the Brother Eye host with a little distress, and went to get clothes from the cabinet nearby.

"Thank you, just don't wear a nightgown. I also need a new means of transportation." Batman skillfully took out the tools from his belt to sew himself and injected some medicine: "How's the joke over there? ?”

"Bad news, Director Gordon and the others didn't arrest anyone when you were unconscious. About three hundred people jumped into the reservoir after inhaling laughing gas. They were eaten by the smiling piranha prepared by the clown in advance."

The butler put the new uniform in his hand into the cockpit of the Batplane, then started it to fly away automatically, then sighed and told the situation there.

The laughter was lost in the chaos. Gordon and the others tried to save anyone, but no one was saved. Instead, a police officer was dragged into the water by a madman and died heroically in the line of duty.

"This is just the beginning. The Joker has more hostages." Batman's tone is still calm, because if he chooses to go to the reservoir and let the police or the Bat Family deal with Deathstroke and his group, the situation will only be worse: " I asked something from Deathstroke, the Joker paid him more than just money."

"what else?"

"A promise, the promise of a new Gotham."

Batman heard the sound of the Batplane circling, and he fired his Bat-Grapple into the sky and climbed directly into the cockpit.

It's getting warmer, and my numb limbs are gradually starting to feel.

"New Gotham?" The butler sat back in front of the device: "Sounds like another crazy plan."

"Yes, the Joker wants to overthrow my rule. He wants to turn Gotham into a large toy box." Batman leaned back in his chair and started to operate the computer under the dark red light, looking up some things: "And Deathstroke must have done something bad when he held me down."

"But you will eventually succeed in stopping him."

"Yes, I will stop him because this is my city and because I am... Batman!"

At this moment, as if the clown was hiding in the dark and eavesdropping on their conversation, a new email was sent to Bruce's mailbox.

The housekeeper and the young master clicked on it at the same time on different terminals.

It was a photo. In the photo, the clown was sitting on a big purple and green gift box, smiling happily with his back against the Christmas tree, and holding a sign in his hand——

"Bat, did you receive your gift?"

The huge gift box looked big enough to hold the bodies of several people, and the colored paper and ribbons were stained with blood, and the smile on the clown's face was too bright.

"Afu, Barbara, I need to investigate if any of my friends are missing, hurry up."

The corners of Batman's mouth turned downward again. The Joker went too far this time...