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Chapter 40 Me? 1v3?

"Young Master Wayne, I just received a message from Young Master Paterson that he will be visiting tomorrow morning, and he said he will also see you again in the evening."

Inside Wayne Manor, Alfred spoke to Bruce Wayne, who was not wearing a uniform and was still wearing a support frame.

Bruce Wayne nodded; he didn't mind getting to know Connors better.

Even if Connors doesn't visit him, he will find him after he has fully recovered.

Not for any other reason than to find out what other secrets the other party might have.

Bruce Wayne has been researching the names Connors previously used, such as "Dr. Fate" and "Signs," through various means, even searching globally, over the past few days.

But there was absolutely no news about either of them.

If he hadn't known "The Flash" Barry and hadn't subsequently found information about "Zatanna,"

He even suspected that these were all names that Connors had made up out of thin air.

"So, are you still planning to approach Zatanna tonight as Batman? That magician whose profile says she only knows some basic magic?"

"Butler Alfred asked."

Bruce Wayne thought for a moment, then shook his head and said:

"No, you can still remotely control the Batmobile tonight. I need to continue my research."

He closed the page about Zatanna on the computer in front of him and instead opened the page named "Superman".

folder.

"Young Master Wayne, everyone except you is being treated as a potential enemy," the butler, Alfred, couldn't help but say.

"When I was in school, I learned a phrase called 'preparedness is the best policy,'" Bruce Wayne said casually.

On the computer in front of him, the system began to analyze the "Superman" video frame by frame.

In the apartment on the nineteenth floor, Poison Ivy, Catwoman Selena Gomez, and Harley Quinn are all gathered together.

Perhaps under normal circumstances, it would have taken a long time for these three people to truly get to know each other and come together, but thanks to Connors's efforts, the three sisters, known as the "Gotham Phantoms," met ahead of schedule.

Furthermore, among the three sisters, Harley Quinn and Ivy both had dealings with Connors.

Connors's gaze swept over the three of them in turn, and he spoke after a moment's thought:

"My plan has two parts. The first part is to send Batman to Arkham Asylum, the second..."

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"Let's get started now!" Harley Quinn didn't want to wait a moment longer.

"Harley, don't worry," Connors reassured her. "The second part is to steal—or rather, rob Batman—from Arkham Asylum."

"I thought he was just a legend—I didn't expect you guys had already been in contact with Batman?" Selena asked somewhat belatedly.

"I want to ask, why go through all this trouble?" Harley asked again, her little brain simply unable to comprehend the practice of personally sending Batman in and then personally bringing him out.

"I want to ask that too," Ivy chimed in.

Selena Gomez, who plays Catwoman, also raised her hand in agreement.

To advance the Joker's "Man Who Laughs" incident—Connors explained to the puzzled three sisters:

"The Joker has teamed up with Scarecrow, Penguin, Riddler, and a host of other criminal masters, with the ultimate goal of imprisoning Batman in Arkham."

"I want to thwart his plans, not by protecting Batman, but by choosing a method more suitable for us—...outsmarting him."

"The reason we had to retrieve it afterward was because Arkham needed Batman before the plan was implemented, and Gotham needed Batman after the plan was implemented."

Poison Ivy understood:

"I thought the Joker was crazy, but I didn't expect you to be too. No wonder Harley always thinks about you."

"Little Parr, I didn't see you as a replacement for the Joker," Harley Quinn quickly explained, then urged, "Now that we have a plan, shall we begin?"

"No rush—" Connors reassured Harley Quinn again, despite her repeated urging.

"Don't worry, Harley, the highlight of the whole plan will be reserved for you. You will be the one to lock Batman up in Arkham Asylum."

Then he said to "Catwoman" Selena:

"Our heist will take place at night. Harley will distract the guards at Arkham Asylum while I unlock all the locks along the way to make sure you can take Batman away as quickly as possible."

Harley Quinn and Selena Gomez both nodded enthusiastically, and Ivy Jones, who played Poison Ivy, also seemed interested:

"And what about me? I'm responsible for turning the stolen Batman into a specimen for this masked lady's collection?"

Selena shuddered:

"I only collect art and treasures."

Connors looked at Ivy with a hint of helplessness:

"Didn't you say you were going to go along and watch the fun?"

Poison Ivy seemed completely unconcerned.

"That's true."

Connors breathed a sigh of relief. Although "Poison Ivy" Ivy had a cool and aloof demeanor and a strong sense of mature womanhood, she was also a master at giving up, so there was no need to waste too much breath on her.

"So—can the plan begin?" Harley Quinn urged cautiously this time.

"No—what I just said was all about what you need to do. Before you begin, I need to make some additional preparations," Connors said. "You can go to sleep now."

"..." *3

This was the first time since their debut that someone had told the Gotham City Phantom sisters that "you can go to sleep now" in such a relaxed tone. For a moment, none of the three of them felt comfortable and moved.

"I remember there's only one bed in your apartment?" Ivy raised her pretty eyebrows slightly.

"Huh? Sleeping here with them?" Selena subconsciously touched her eye mask, which she used to conceal her true identity.

Harley Quinn didn't care about anything else, and rushed into the bedroom, taking up the middle spot on the snow-white bed:

"Little Pa, come up here quickly—me? 1v3?"

Connors decisively declined Harley Quinn's invitation, acknowledging that while his physical abilities were at the limits of human potential, they were not limitless.

Poison Ivy, who is not human, Harley Quinn, who has been enhanced, and Selena, who has an extraordinary physique, if the three of them come together, he will probably have to go to see Batman on an IV drip the next day.

Besides, he has other things to do tonight.

He waved to the wary "Catwoman" Selena and the meaningful-looking "Poison Ivy" Ivy.

Connors jumped out of the window and left.

He discussed with Batman the idea of ​​locking the other man up in Arkham Asylum, which wasn't something that could be done simply by going over and saying a few words; it required some preparation.

The supercar started its engine and sped off in another direction from Connors toward Gotham.

Selena and Ivy exchanged a glance. They had barely spoken a few words since they arrived at Joseph's Jewelry Store, except for Poison Ivy, who mentioned twice "making Batman into a specimen and giving it to Catwoman as a collectible."

Harley Quinn refused to get off the big bed, firmly occupying the best position, leaving the two women left in the living room feeling somewhat awkward.

"I think I'll go back—I'll come back tomorrow," Selena said softly.

Poison Ivy remained noncommittal; she had never slept in the same bed with a strange woman, much to the delight of Catwoman who left on her own.

However, just as "Catwoman" was about to jump out of the window like Connors, Connors returned, carrying several large bags of food.

"The night is long, let's eat some junk food."

Selena: "..—"

Connors left again, and Selena and Ivy, led by Harley, huddled together on the same large bed, each with a drink in hand:

Large, large, extra-large.