Chapter 265 Battle for the Cowl (7)

At a sewer somewhere in Gotham City, a petite figure dashed while a swifter one soon followed her.

 

After several quick stops and turns, [Not Afraid] was forced into a dead end.

Seeing that, without any warning, Not Afraid turned around sharply and struck. She used the same long-handled weapon, but the shape of the outfit was much more polished than the one she had carried on “Hunter’s Island”.

As one of the key players of Jianghu Society, Not Afraid obviously collected some good props.

“Thunder Pestle” swept and came with a bursting electron light.

The figure following her was also ready and blocked his arms. But unexpectedly, at the moment of being hit by the electric light, he suddenly felt the rapid loss of strength all over his body, and his body became numb.

“Oh? Didn’t see that coming.” [Seven Kill] sneered. He immediately shouted: “But it’s useless!”

The sound was like lightning bolt, Qi energy exploded around his body directing its blast towards Not Afraid.

Not afraid knew that the situation wasn’t good. The other’s strength was higher than hers and she’d surely be defeated if the fight kept going on like this.

She suddenly thought of an idea. With a blast airwave, she jumped from the floor and smashed her hammer towards it, breaking the thick cement.

On the road with a lot of cars…

Suddenly, a large piece of pavement was thrown up like a carpet in the middle of the road and a beautiful woman with a huge weapon emerged from beneath it. The drivers were stunned.

An even more dramatic scene ensued. As soon as the petite woman landed on the road, she plunged her weapon into a taxi that was near her, disregarding whether or not there was anyone in the car.

The car was like a steak, and the pestle in Not Afraid’s hand the fork. She picked up the whole car using her weapon and with an angry grunt, she swung it into the hole in the road.

After Seven Kill finished his skill, he stayed underground for several seconds. But as he leaped to get above ground, he collided head-on with a large piece of yellow iron that was falling.

He was only trying to get above the ground when he jumped up, had he had known that there would be such a block then maybe he could have redirected it away from him. That would have been a hell of a head’s up.

But there was no such thing as “What if’s”…

Seven Kill had already jumped into the air. He had to protect his head with both hands and take the hit. The weight of the car, combined with gravity pushed him back easily, making him fall back into the sewer.

This was not the end of it. After Not Afraid threw the car, she immediately put away the Thunder Pestle, took two UZI guns from her bag and fired below. Before her ammo ran out, she managed to hit the taxi’s fuel tank, triggering an explosion.

In a short period of time, with air superiority and a sudden succession of attacks, these two elements made Seven Kill suffer. Although he had tried his best to climb backout from under the car and flee to a distance when he heard the shots, he was still affected by the explosion.

His survival rate dropped to 19% which made him quickly take a bottle of survival supplement (Big) and despite his burns and bleeding wounds, he stepped up quickly to follow her.

This time Seven Kill jumped high enough, but when he went through the hole in the road, Not Afraid was no longer in his sight.

“She… Escaped?…” Seven Kill spat angrily,” I can’t be a bit careless…” He was a little injured as he slowly landed on both feet because his knee collided with the ground as he was landing “Damn, I jumped too high…”

A siren sounded and a nearby patrol car arrived. Two officers came running and pointed their guns at Seven Kill, yelling, “Hey! You! Don’t move. Keep your hands where I can see them.”

Seven Kill glanced at them, speaking to himself: “Hum… Did I take the blame for the little sister smashing things?” Ignoring the threats from the two policemen, he looked in a random direction and dashed away in a blur.

The two policemen were stunned. They could barely keep up with Seven Kill and by the time they had pointed their guns, Seven Kill was already out of their sights. Moreover, they did not have the confidence to hit such a fast-moving target, afraid of shooting civilians.

When they finally got their mind, they rushed to the patrol car and radioed in about what had happened on their intercom, “Headquarters, we have a serious situation here! We suspect that armed supercriminals clashed here.”

…………………

Gotham, in a parking lot somewhere.

There were two figures facing each other.

The way of strong people think was the same. So, when they entered the scene for less than an hour, they had already found each other.

“Didn’t think I’d be meeting you first.” The man who spoke was twenty-seven years old with short black hair and had a straight handsome face. [Die to Get Mysterious] wore a suit consisting of inky clothes and trousers, he also had a cloak of [Order] draped on his shoulders with both his hands holding a paint can.

“I’m the last person you want to meet.” [Shiva] replied, looking a few years older than the other, his long hair covering most of his face and his uniform, [Gods] barely concealed his massive figure. His hands, however, were empty.

“Basically yes.” Die to Get Mysterious said, “but… If I want to win the killing game, I must cross a high wall — you. It’s a good thing it happened while I’m at my best, this should be a good fight… “

“Are you mistaken?” Shiva replied coldly, “I should be a mountain to you.”

“Is that so? Haha…” In response to Shiva’s provocation, Die to Get Mysterious sneered: “in the past, we have played against each other once or twice in other games. I also acknowledge how good you are, but…” A strange look crossed his face. “After seeing ‘that boy’ fight, I saw a whole new territory. This is also why you can’t get over him on the fighting rank.”

“The person who ranks higher must win the battle?” Shiva replied. “I don’t need to tell you how variable the battles in Thriller Paradise are.”

“I’ll just return what you said. For that is why I am still standing here.” Die to Get Mysterious said, “Unfortunately… What you call ‘variable’ has nothing to do with that guy. Don’t think you’re just one step away from Devouring Heaven.” Something flashed in his eyes: “It looks like it’s just the difference between the first and the second, but the distance… Maybe it’s even further than the distance between you and the hundredth.”

“Hum… So…” Shiva said as eight stone plates emerged behind him, each palm-sized and slightly different in shape. “Shall I just see the difference between you and me first…”

…………………

Gotham city, “Hyperborean Industries”.

Whistling, Feng Bujue leisurely got off from a taxi and threw the driver a 100 dollar bill in an ostentatious manner “Keep your change.”

The driver thanked him, happily driving away.

It had been an hour since he had escaped from the bank and during that hour, he ran to a newsstand, grabbed lots of newspapers and then went to a small hotel that didn’t require any ID. He’s basically spent his time reading the news and summoning things. He called out a few summons, their strength was mostly similar to the “Hammerhead Crane” and they were small in size without any special ability.

By the way, when Feng Bujue was in the bank, he put some money in a cash bag and put that cash bag in his inventory… From buying newspapers, staying in a hotel, and taking a taxi… It was no problem at all.

“Hyperborean Industries… Hum… Good for you, Victor Dude.” Feng Bujue muttered while looking at the front of the factory.

When he said, “Victor Dude” he was talking about is Mister Freeze (Victor Fries).

Battle for the Cowl was one of the big events of DC, Feng Bujue had read it before. He can’t say that he knew the plot that well, but once he’s seen it, he could rely on his memory to dig up all the details from his memory attic…

Simply put, the plot is that when Bruce Wayne “dies” (DC wrote batman to boost sales, then claimed that he went to pass shamelessly), the second-generation Robin, Jason Todd, tries to take over the batman title to replace Batman. But after Todd is killed by Joker once (For money DC killed a lot of heroes), he loses himself and the dark side of his character rises up and takes a radical and crazy path.

So, the first Robin Richard John “Dick” Grayson (who has left Gotham city to join Brookhaven as Nightwing) returns to Gotham and as Bruce’s favourite successor (PLUS the protagonist halo given by DC), finally defeats Todd and takes over the cowl of batman.

In this fight, two other Robins appeared. Of course, they weren’t as good as the two above.

However, what Feng Bujue was interested in was not the “Battle for the cowl” itself. What he paid more attention to were the several hidden lines that happened synchronously behind the battle for the cowl…

One was the fight between Two-Face and Penguin, second is when Black Mask released and controlled the Arkham’s prisoners. Lastly, is the incident where Mister Freeze was arrested by Gordon.

From what he had gathered from the newspaper, the third thing had not happened yet…