Chapter 26: The Claws Never Take a Bath! (Ch 836907229)

Batman’s face was gloomy. The appearance of the Joker was not what he expected. Could he be the helper brought by Black Mask?
No, this madman obviously came here on his own.
Batman quickly had the answer in his mind. The Joker was too uncontrollable. The existence of such a factor in Roman’s plan was absolutely unacceptable.
And if we have to look at it from another perspective, Black Mask is not the type of person the Joker is interested in. After all, a madman’s preferences are always so strange and demanding.
The situation is worse than expected. Before the enemy in the dark reveals his identity, a bigger trouble pops up. There is no choice but to change the battle plan from rescuing the hostages and luring the unknown enemy to take action to prioritizing solving the clown and then dealing with the others.
There was no further explanation. The reason was that the pale man in front of him had a frivolous smile and funny makeup, but his name was the Clown!
He is Batman’s greatest enemy, Gotham’s Prince of Crime, and the most notorious circus villain!
The Joker swung out a card knife with his left hand. The smiley face painted on the blade with some kind of neurotoxin was dripping bit by bit. He held up a palm-sized silver device in his right hand and deliberately fiddled with it in front of Batman.
“Wow, don’t be nervous!” The Joker somersaulted backwards to avoid Batman’s attack. Purple laughing gas spurted out from his sleeves. Knowing the danger of laughing gas, Batman held his breath and moved back out of the effective range of the gas.
“Hey, Bat, before the show officially starts, how about we play a warm-up activity called ‘Guess What’?” The Joker smiled and put away his special revolver, then took out a few photos from his pocket.
“You must be very curious. It’s quite difficult, so do you need me to give you some hints?” While saying he was giving hints, the clown simply turned the photo over to reveal what was inside.
It’s the scene where the second generation Robin Jason Todd is tied up and tortured by the Joker!
“…” Bruce’s eyes almost spit fire. He suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice: “I know your name, Jack Napier. If you hear it, come out and stop the Joker. Don’t let him continue to do evil!”
This time, it was the clown’s turn to be stunned. He rolled on the ground in regret and screamed, “Oh no! Damn it, why did you know him? That was obviously one of the secret surprises I prepared for you. It would be meaningless if the gift was revealed in advance!”
The clown got up from the floor in anger, ruffling his hair in annoyance, and said uncomfortably, “I finally managed to lock up that idiot Napier, just so that he wouldn’t show up too early to let you know. After all, it’s an important means to reconcile our bad marriage relationship. Obviously, I hid it so well…
Oh, I see. It must have been said by the doctor who saved Miss Hardcover. I thought he was quite interesting, but I didn’t expect him to be a quack. He has no medical ethics for casually revealing other people’s privacy!”
After saying that, he suddenly shot at Batman again, but the other party blocked it with his cape. The Joker pressed the switch against his chest, revealing his scarlet gums, and laughed as he ran:
“Let’s forget the unpleasantness just now. The warm-up activity is over. Now let’s officially start the game. The rules are simple: ‘You chase me and I run away’. If you catch up, you win, and you will be given this inferior product. If you can’t catch up, you will dance tango with me in the poisonous gas. Your cape will definitely look beautiful when used as a skirt!”
The Joker was very fast and his movements were unpredictable. From time to time, he would sneak into a room and come out of another room. Batman followed closely behind him, afraid that the Joker would disappear from his sight.
“Nightwing, the one who took the gas switch was the Joker in disguise. The gas may be released at any time. Find a chance to shut down the water control system in the company, and then let Jim evacuate the police officers!” Batman did not forget to tell Nightwing in the hall the information during the chase.
“Joker! It turned out to be this madman… I know, um, there is bad news, I accidentally let Black Mask run away, but I placed a tracker, and the person is still behind the company, so we can still find him…” Dick was shocked at first, and then embarrassedly told the information that the enemy had escaped.
In the head-on battle, Black Mask was completely overwhelmed by Dick, and in the end even his weapon was knocked away. He was originally sure of victory, but he didn’t expect that the opponent had a trick up his sleeve. Roman took advantage of Dick’s carelessness and successfully interfered with him with the power of the mask.
So, before Dick recovered from his trance, Roman fled in a panic.
In response, Batman didn’t say much. He just left a sentence “find him” and ended the call.
Just when Bruce had once again figured out the Joker’s escape pattern and was about to catch him, there was a sudden earthquake underground. Under the violent shaking, the bookcase in the room collapsed, blocking the way. Although it was only for a short while, the distance between the two was widened again.
“The noise was in the parking lot… Damn, what is that bastard doctor doing again?!” Feeling the vibration coming from the soles of his feet, Batman instantly determined the location. Combined with the remaining people who didn’t show up, it was undoubtedly Wayne.
Time goes forward, in the company’s underground parking lot.
Wayne used a scalpel to pry open the door of a certain executive’s car, lay down on the spacious passenger seat, and used the skill [Play Dead].
The breath dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye. The ruddy face turned extremely pale, the body temperature gradually dropped, and even the heart stopped beating. The eyes staring out the window lost focus, like a corpse that had been dead in a freezer for a long time.
It was a magical feeling. In terms of modern medicine, the heart stopped beating and the brain waves stopped fluctuating, which meant he was undoubtedly dead. But in Wayne’s eyes, he could feel everything around him more clearly than usual.
As long as he wanted, Wayne could wake up from this state immediately without any side effects.
Very strong stealth skills!
This is Wayne’s evaluation of it. Maybe when the universe restarts one day, he can really rely on it to survive.
To be honest, ever since he came to DC, he always encounters bad luck that ordinary people don’t encounter. The “misfortune” in his skills is like a superpower specially awakened by the sixth sense. He never knows when bad luck will come.
Encountering the Joker was just a stroll on the street, and the gang’s transaction location was just a casual walk around twice, and then it was easily found.
Wayne simply found a dark underground parking lot and got in the car. An unexpected reward might just come to him.
Well, what is meant to come will eventually come.
In the parking lot of the building, dozens of strange figures fell to the ground silently, without even a slight breeze.
Considering they came out of the ventilation duct without even a speck of dust on them, it undoubtedly proved their extraordinary skills.
The visitor was wearing a dark tight combat suit, metal armor, and a sinister owl mask on his face. His eyes cast a cold and creepy empty gaze.
Two pairs of sharp claws emitted a piercing cold light, two long swords stood crossed on his back, his steps were light, and there was not a single flaw in his every move.
Talons of the Court of Owls!
Wayne was surprised. He didn’t expect that Black Mask’s helpers were them. Well, apart from those old rivals of the Bat family, they were the only ones who dared to confront Batman head-on.
After all, they were outnumbered and strong, and Bruce was beaten black and blue without knowing his weaknesses.
This is too normal. Without any intelligence, relying on the first-sight kill buff, Batman will be defeated by any capable enemy he meets, and can only get back at them the second time.
Looking at the sneaky claws, Wayne was distracted. As everyone knows, the claws are living corpses. Except for Bruce’s little brother, after completing the mission, they will enter the frozen coffin and fall into a deep sleep.
So, the Claws haven’t taken a bath for at least decades? !