American comics: Today’s big news Chapter 023

Following the supercar for a day, “Black Widow” Natasha was not angry, but surprised.

Hadn’t she been chasing Connors all this time just to find “Silk” Cindy!

Although she didn’t know Cindy, she had done her homework before coming. As soon as she saw the silk sticking to the supercar, she knew she hadn’t come for nothing.

Unfortunately, by the time she finally got down from mid-air, she was already wrapped in a large amount of milky white, sticky silk. She had no choice but to find a hotel to wash up and change her clothes.

Her original black stockings and slip dress were discarded, and she changed into a red bodycon dress with a wide-open neckline, her “snow mountain” scenery trembling as she walked.

The entirely red bodycon dress was only adorned with a thin gold belt, paired with her already exquisite and facial features, and large, slightly curled red waves.

When she emerged from the hotel, the front desk stared with wide eyes, speechless.

In the hotel lobby, several young men sat idly on the sofa. Their eyes lit up when they saw Natasha, and just as they were about to go over and strike up a conversation, the woman gave them a cold glance, instantly rendering them silent.

She hailed a taxi, gave an address, ignored the driver’s frequent glances through the rearview mirror, and put on a pair of glasses.

Through the glasses, the signal from the tracker she had more discreetly hidden on Connors earlier flashed.

An hour later, Natasha stood in front of a nineteenth-floor apartment door, silently counting the time.

Inside the door, the sounds of male and female panting and bumping rose and fell.

Natasha finally waited for the sounds to die down, but just as she was about to knock, she heard Connors say, “One more time.”

Again?!

Counting the travel time, she had already given these two enough time. Why again?

Another half an hour passed. During this time, Natasha declined the kind invitation from Connors’ neighbor’s neighbor to be a guest. When she heard no more sounds from inside the door, she raised her hand and knocked.

Connors, with a post-coital cigarette in his mouth, unsurprisingly saw “Black Widow” leaning against the door in a very alluring red dress and chuckled:

“I knew you’d follow.”

With the existence of spider-sense, the small insect-like tracker that Black Widow had thrown on him using the wind and noise from the supercar’s tail swing could not escape him.

However, Flash Barry had already gone to the future and seen that “there is no future,” which meant something big would definitely happen later. In that case, “Silk” Cindy Moon indeed needed to go with Natasha.

On the way back to the apartment with Cindy, Connors had already mentioned this matter. Cindy was silent along the way, but once they arrived at the apartment, she was more passionate than any previous time, which could be considered an answer to “to go or not to go” with her actions.

…

On a Gotham night, Connors was finally alone in an empty room again.

Cindy was picked up by Natasha. The two left in a highly futuristic-looking plane that descended from the sky, heading for New York, which was not far from Gotham City.

Before leaving, taking advantage of “Silk’s” inattention, “Black Widow” secretly slipped a card to Connors. It contained her private contact information and a whispered message:

“You can come to New York if you have a chance.”

New York was definitely a place he would go, but not now.

Connors’ “melon-eating” mission in Gotham, the “Laughing Man” incident, was still ongoing. After this matter concluded, if there were no other major incidents, he could make a trip.

As midnight approached, and there seemed to be no new late-night “melons,” he opened the system.

[Yesterday’s Big Melon: The Bound Black Widow]

[Yesterday’s Big Melon: Deepening Acquaintance with Xue Xi]

[Today’s Melon: Laughing Man Incident (Ongoing) – Battle of the Broken Back]

[Today’s Melon: Laughing Man Incident (Ongoing) – The Birth of Nightwing]

[Today’s Melon: Knowing Cindy Moon Inside and Out]

A total of five substantial big melons!

—Last night, he went to the Penguin’s Iceberg Lounge to cause trouble, then to Xue Xi’s hotel to “work,” and then Batman’s broken back in the early morning.

A series of events prevented him from submitting yesterday’s “melon-eating” mission in time, accumulating them until today.

[Rewards accumulated, submit?]

There was no hesitation. Connors decisively submitted the accumulated “melon-eating” rewards.

[Melon-Eating Reward: Human Limit]

[Human Limit: Includes but is not limited to strength, senses, reaction speed, endurance, and spirit]

It’s here, it’s finally here!

Connors’ long-awaited physical quality reward had finally arrived!

After carefully studying this reward, Connors knew that his current physical quality should be similar to Batman’s, which was the highest level of normal human physical ability.

However, self-healing ability and metabolism were not significantly improved, as these were already outside the scope of normal human beings.

Nevertheless, this reward came a bit late… Connors thought with a touch of regret.

Currently, Harley Quinn had disappeared, seemingly taken away by Poison Ivy, and Cindy Moon had also left with Natasha. In all of Gotham, the only person Connors had “interacted” with was Xue Xi.

And Xue Xi was not known for her physical prowess…

Fortunately, since he had just finished “fighting” with “Silk” Cindy Moon fifteen minutes ago, he was currently in his “sage time,” and his thoughts quickly turned to the Joker.

The series of incidents he had encountered almost all related to the Joker, and the “Laughing Man” incident had always shown as ongoing.

Waiting around was not Connors’ style. He planned to take the initiative to make the incident progress faster.

He casually controlled “The Green” to transform the cactus next door to his neighbor’s neighbor, which had grown into the shape of the Joker, into the short, plump image of the Penguin. The night passed without a word.

The next day, police sirens rang out even more promptly than his alarm clock, successfully waking the sleeping Connors.

“Sir, with these things happening one after another, I suggest you throw this potted cactus into the trash can…”

In the hallway outside the door, Gotham police officers were talking to the neighbor’s neighbor. Connors got dressed and washed up, then jumped out the window.

His human-limit reaction ability made his little trick even more natural. He landed lightly on the ground and then hailed a taxi.

—After the supercar was suspended in the air by silk, Gotham police officers returned the luxury car from Wayne Enterprises, and Connors became a man reliant on his legs again.

He was going to Gotham Forest today to consult “Poison Ivy” Ivy about something.

The actions of these villains in Gotham City were all related to the “Laughing Man” incident, and they were all individuals who had previously been incarcerated in Arkham Asylum.

The only two who hadn’t caused trouble yet were Killer Croc and Poison Ivy.

But Killer Croc was a character who lived in the sewers in the comics, and Connors was unwilling to venture into such places. So, the only person he could find at the moment was Poison Ivy.

The existence of “The Green” made Connors clearly aware that “Poison Ivy” Ivy would not harm him, so he didn’t take any precautions beforehand, even considering whether to bring two boxes of gifts.

But plans always change. As he passed a large screen on a Gotham street, the news on it caught his attention:

“Yesterday, Gotham City Police Department received a report that four shareholders of the ‘Iceberg Lounge’ were found hanging from chains in mid-air and were barely alive when rescued…”

This, needless to say, was Connors’ handiwork.

What caught his attention was a small line of text scrolling below the news footage:

“Joseph Jewelers has been burglarized for the fifth time this month. Surveillance footage shows a blindfolded woman with exceptionally agile movements…”

Thief, blindfolded, agile!

These three keywords made Connors think of one person:

Catwoman!