American comics: Random transformations

An hour later, he arrived at the tailor shop where he had ordered his clothes.

Half a month had passed, and it was time to pick them up.

Under the enthusiastic welcome of store manager Edward, he took away the clothes he had ordered.

Wearing the green coat made him feel comfortable all over, as if his chuunibyou had been fulfilled, and he had cosplayed into the appearance he wanted.

"Where should I go next? The beach city or the central city?"

He retrieved his phone, which had been lying dormant in his 'tomb' for almost half a month, and used Current Drive to charge it.

As soon as he turned it on, a call came in.

Caller ID: Batman.

Chapter 63: Lady Shiva and the League of Assassins

"Hello? Batman?"

The voice on the other end was still the same one with phlegm in its throat, full of familiarity.

[Where are you?]

Tian Xiaoban, who was strolling on the roadside, looked at the nearest street sign.

"I'm on Troy's central commercial street, what's up? Want me to bring you some alien local specialties?

Well, that might not work. Don't even think about it. Metropolis is surrounded so tightly that not even a fly can get through."

As Tian Xiaoban spoke, he looked up at the fighter jets patrolling in the sky. The US military was still searching for the missing Kryptonian.

The city of Metropolis was also sealed off. Leaving the city required luggage checks. They would never allow anyone to smuggle the Kryptonian out of the city.

The voice on the other end of the phone seemed to choke for a moment, then continued.

[I'm not calling about the alien. I… I'm sorry, Jason is dead.]

Batman dropped a bombshell.

Tian Xiaoban's mind immediately buzzed. The amount of information was too explosive, and he quickly thought in a brain-storming manner:

'Why?!

Jason, whose death in the future had theoretically been changed by him, how could it still have happened?

Moreover, the timing of Jason's death is wrong, isn't it? Joker hasn't been in for long, has he? Did he run out again? And with Jason's current combat power, who could kill him!'

The more he thought about it, the more panicked he became:

'Crap, could it be! Could it be that Gotham's Joker has mutated again? Even Current Drive can be killed? Is this universe so dangerous?'

Tian Xiaoban asked in a shocked tone:

"Holy— Shrimp— Crab!? Bruce, do you know what you're saying?! With Jason's strength, how could he die?! No one in Gotham can beat him! Not even with hot weapons!"

The Batman on the other end was silent for a moment, probably organizing his words.

[Eight days ago, during a mission, we were suddenly attacked by Lady Shiva. She knocked me unconscious… Before I passed out, I saw her fighting Jason.

When I woke up, it was two days later. Alfred told me that Jason was dead. I'm sorry, I didn't take good care of him.]

He guessed the wrong protagonist. The killer wasn't the Joker!

Damn it, where did Lady Shiva come from? And she's so powerful that she can even kill Jason with Current Drive!

"Fuck, you should have said this to Jason. Why didn't you tell me then! You could have had Alfred notify me!"

Tian Xiaoban calmed down, because he realized that it seemed to be his fault that the other party couldn't get through.

He slowed down his speech: "Is Jason's body still there?"

This was very important. If it was, he would go and revive him. If not, he would wait for him to win the resurrection match.

Batman's voice remained unchanged:

[I've been trying to contact you for a long time, but your phone has always been turned off. I only got through today.]

[Jason's body… Alfred buried him in Gotham's cemetery.]

"Wait? From what you're saying, I feel like Alfred is doing everything, what are you doing?"

[I'm investigating the reason for Shiva's attack on us.

I found out that the reason is you.]

"What the hell! Seriously? I don't even know her, why is she looking for me?"

No, can I be blamed for no reason? I'm in Metropolis, I haven't caused any trouble with Lady Shiva.

Tian Xiaoban recalled the things he had done after leaving Gotham, and it seemed that they had nothing to do with this Lady Shiva at all.

[Because of the book you wrote. Shiva learned a part of it from Deathstroke, and she wants it all.

After Shiva attacked us, Wayne Manor was invaded by Deathstroke. He took the book.]

"…"

Tian Xiaoban was silent, covering his face with his hand to express his embarrassment.

Okay, Jason, I'm sorry! I'll take the blame, I'll come and save you!

"I'm coming to Gotham right away, where are you?"

[I'm at Wayne Manor.]

"Wait, I'll take a taxi over right away.

Taxi! I need to go to Gotham now, I don't care how much it costs, I'll swipe my card!"

Amidst the driver's shocked expression, Tian Xiaoban waved Bruce's black card.

[…]

… … … … … … … … … …

Gotham.

This is Gotham's Old Town, which can also be considered Gotham's most dilapidated area. The second most dilapidated is the slum.

This is a gathering place for homeless people, full of excrement and filth.

Compared to the high-rise buildings in other areas, these are dilapidated, low-rise bungalows, with tattered houses patched up with rags and rusty iron sheets.

The ones that have been repaired are the ones that are inhabited. There are also a large number of dilapidated house ruins, which are praised even when called dangerous buildings.

But what's amazing is that this place has not been rebuilt by Gotham. The Court of Owls has tacitly allowed the existence of this place, or rather, under their influence, no one has ever come to rebuild this place.

Below this broken place is the entrance to Gotham's earliest sewer system. The sewer system here is intricate, old, and huge, with many areas converted from natural caves.

Some natural caves are large enough to serve as hidden bases, making them prime locations for underground laboratories.

Besides the Talons of the Court of Owls lurking here, there are also assassins from the League of Assassins.

Twenty meters below, a natural cave has been converted into a clean space.

A group of people are currently conducting experiments here.

"Aaaah!" A soprano echoed through the cave.

She held two strange machines, and a terrifying current surged through her body.

Bang!

A burst echoed throughout the cave.

The equipment beside the woman, while discharging electricity into her, overloaded and exploded!

Some of the metal even showed signs of melting.

"Damn it, just a little more, just a little more!"

The woman muttered to herself like a madwoman, her appearance disheveled, but her spirit亢奋.

The old man, who had been standing by with his hands behind his back, couldn't stand Ms. Shiva's incessant mumbling and mocked:

"This is the tenth machine you've ruined, Shiva.

What exactly are you trying to do?

Waste money?

Or waste time?"

These machines were all his, ten of them, and these custom-made machines were very expensive.

"Ra's al Ghul, you've also read that book, tell me, how can I turn the electricity in my body into a magnetic field!"

Ms. Shiva's expression was eager.

She didn't care about the mockery; she only wanted results and answers now.

The old man choked for a moment; he really didn't know the answer to that.

Although he had lived for a long time and was a ninja master and martial arts expert, that book… was too strange!

According to his experience as a martial arts expert, the set of boxing techniques in the book was for nourishing life, allowing one's body to always be full of vitality.

But the book also stated that one needed to practice the boxing techniques while being electrocuted.

This involved Ra's al Ghul's area of ignorance.

Normally speaking, wouldn't that be fatal?

With his many years of experience as a demon leader, he had used the electric chair to kill quite a few subordinates, and he himself had sat in the electric chair many times, only to be resurrected after being electrocuted to death.

But this book required people to practice martial arts while being electrocuted.

What kind of heretical text was this?

Was it trying to make people die faster?

A small current was masochistic, while a large current was suicidal.

The most terrifying thing was that this thing could actually be practiced!

Having lived long enough, Ra's al Ghul also knew some of the truth about this world, such as magic, demons, and extra-dimensional demon gods.

He knew that these powerful monsters would create some strange things on Earth, such as magic books, scrolls, and magic circles, which could allow people to gain power, but gaining this power would come at a price.

Ra's al Ghul believed that this thing was definitely the work of some demon.

However, he didn't really care.

Having lived for so long using the waters of the Lazarus Pit, he had killed more than just one or two demons in his life.

The most important thing was that this power was fantastic.

Shiva was the best example, as well as Batman's Robin, who unfortunately had his heart pierced by Shiva's full-force strike and died.

Ra's al Ghul had also been practicing this recently, but compared to Shiva, he hadn't even scratched the surface and couldn't generate a continuous stream of electricity within his body.

Shiva had reached a fork in the road driven by electricity, and the choice was whether to continue with electricity or enter magnetic field manipulation.

Her current situation was very similar to practicing martial arts to the point of going crazy.

She desperately wanted to reach the realm described in the book, a realm where the entire world would listen to her commands—magnetic field manipulation.

But she couldn't do it.

She felt as if she had reached the end, with a thick door blocking her path, preventing her from breaking through.

Ms. Shiva initially thought it was Deathstroke's problem, believing that the old foreigner must have misremembered the pinyin.

So she cooperated with Deathstroke to steal the book in Gotham.

As for killing Robin, that was just an accident.

At that time, both Robin and she were doing their best, without holding back at all.

Robin was killed by her full-force strike, while she lay in bed for two days to recover.

Her cooperation with Ra's al Ghul was to study that book.

The person who wrote that book deserved to die!

The subsequent techniques were written in pinyin!

Although some characters had the same pinyin, the characters were different, and the meaning they expressed could be vastly different.

If she wanted to continue, she had to thoroughly study that book!

Ra's al Ghul comforted her:

"Don't rush, Shiva, extremism is not a good idea.

You also know that learning martial arts is very slow when you go to extremes."

Ms. Shiva blinked her bloodshot eyes, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled.

Her frizzy hair calmed down with her exhalation and obediently draped over her shoulders.

"You're right, I've been a little too extreme!

You two, clean up here, continue tomorrow!"

The two assassins looked at Ra's al Ghul, and seeing him nod, they honestly began to clean up the equipment.

Ra's al Ghul asked curiously, "Do you really believe that thing can control magnetic fields?

Electricity can still be explained by human batteries, but magnetic fields… I'm not sure.

I feel that the part written in pinyin was to prevent you from secretly learning it."

"No matter what, I must learn it!

Ra's al Ghul, don't tell me you're not tempted.

You just need to help me with all your strength, and when I break through, I will teach you how to proceed."

Ms. Shiva seemed to have grasped Ra's al Ghul's intentions, and Ra's al Ghul was not someone who was content with mediocrity.