American comics: Praising the sun, starting from Gotham!

On the ground, Joestar had just finished his prayer for the day.

Suddenly, a warm golden sun ring appeared before him, hovering in mid-air.

A dignified yet familiar voice echoed in his mind!

"My servant, Joestar. I have witnessed your loyalty. Yet, even piety must be wielded with a sharp blade. This commandment is a new authority I have bestowed upon you, containing the rules of good and evil. You must understand them well. With it, you will uphold my justice and spread my divine light!"

Joestar knelt down again, tears of excitement a hundred times more fervent than before welling up in his eyes!

It is my lord!

It is the response of our Lord!

A new oracle!

at the same time.

The roof of the welfare home.

Alvin was also startled by the gargoyle-like figure.

A cold, white-gold sun ring emerged from the shadows and appeared before him.

A deep voice, also belonging to Xiu En, echoed in his mind.

"My shadow, Alvin. You have seen the deepest darkness, and therefore know the value of light. However, where the light cannot reach, it must also be swept away with an iron fist. This commandment is the shackles I bestow upon you, containing the [Iron Laws of Sin and Punishment]. Study them carefully. With this, clear away my enemies and cleanse my shadows!"

His God saw him.

And he was given the power to carry out divine punishment in the shadows!

From the air, Xiu En looked at the two testers on the ground, one with tears streaming down his face and the other trembling with excitement, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Alright, all users in both groups A and B of the control experiment are in position."

He turned to Ivy, who was perched on his shoulder, and smiled, "So, dear Product Director, let's see what our two testers will want to do first?"

Xiu En looked at the sunflower on his shoulder, the one he had forcibly appointed as the chief ethics officer, and a bright smile appeared on his face.

The sunflower tapped his forehead with the tip of its leaf in resignation, as if to agree.

Xiu En cleared his throat, instantly exuding the authority of a GM.

He closed his eyes and, through the backend, issued the first test task of the new system to the two fanatical believers on the ground who were still excited about the sudden divine grace!

[Oracle (Beta): I know your hearts. However, loyalty alone is insufficient to prove your worth. Now, the first test is given.]

Mission Objective: Go to the Gotham City Police Department (GCPD) and perform a good deed worthy of being recorded.

[Task Rewards: Merit points and credit points will be awarded based on completion rate.]

[Mission deadline: 24 hours.]

Joestar was so excited after hearing the oracle that his face turned bright red!

This is a mission personally undertaken by God! What an honor this is!

He glanced at the two suns radiating endless light and heat above Gotham, then at the citizens on the street, who were mentally and physically law-abiding because of the sunlight.

"Good deeds..."

He clenched his fist, feeling the warm and vast power emanating from the ring in his hand.

"No problem! For the sake of God!"

He's a man of action.

In his view, God's will requires no thought, only execution!

On the other side, the roof of the welfare home.

After hearing the oracle, Alvin crouched down, disappearing back into the shadows of the rooftop.

He examined the ring on his finger, which gleamed with a cool, white gold light.

"Gotham Police Department, good deeds? Completion rate? Merit points? Credit score?"

He went over every word of the oracle in his mind again and again.

In his view, every word in the oracle might contain a deeper meaning.

He must thoroughly study the rules before taking any action.

"interesting."

From the air, Xiu En looked at the two testers with such different styles, and his smile grew wider and wider.

"Choosing them to test the system was the right decision."

You're right.

Ivy added calmly.

"Moreover, they all noticed the same, most crucial issue."

"Gotham right now is broad daylight."

Ever since Shuon's Gotham Sun Doppelganger appeared in the sky above Gotham to purify it with light.

The city's crime rate drops to almost zero during the day.

Pickpockets dare not reach out, because they have nowhere to hide in the sunlight.

The robbers dared not show their faces because, in addition to the police, the patrolling streets were also filled with a group of muscular men who exuded energy while basking in the sun.

Even the most insane and irrational supervillains couldn't muster any interest in causing trouble under this divine light.

During the day, Gotham truly embodies a simple and honest folk culture, where no one picks up lost items on the road.

What good deed is there to be done?

So, after a brief period of excitement and reflection...

Joestar and Alvin, two testers with completely different backgrounds, personalities, and styles of doing things, made the same decision without prior agreement.

and so on.

Waiting for night to fall.

As Gotham is once again shrouded in shadow, the evils lurking in the city's fabric will resurface.

Xiu En watched the two testers on the ground with great interest. One of them began to sit cross-legged and meditate to regulate his breathing.

The other simply changed to a more comfortable position and continued to lounge around like Ge You.

"They're not stupid."

"I know I have to wait for the monsters to respawn."

Xiu En's gaze swept over the GCPD building and the city hall building not far away.

"They may not know that the GCPD of today is quite different from that of the past."

During this period, the power structure in Gotham underwent subtle changes.

James Gordon, thanks to his outstanding performance in numerous crises and his unparalleled ability to take the blame, finally deservedly took the position of Director of the GCPD.

The mayoral position was given to Lincoln March, the newly appointed head of the semi-disabled Owl Court.

Lincoln, who had been brainwashed by the Owls, became the leader of the remaining Owls after Bruce either warned or arrested their top brass. He even went from being a mayoral candidate to the actual mayor.

"That guy named Lincoln."

Ivy's voice carried a hint of disgust.

"I could smell the owl on him."

"Coo coo?"

"Not that owl that you adopted and Afu has been raising ever since! It's the Owl Court!"

"Yeah, just kidding, hehe, I can feel it too."

Xiu En said nonchalantly.

"I've been keeping an eye on him. He even pretended to join the Sun God Cult to win votes. But it doesn't matter."

"He did a good job governing Gotham as mayor. As long as he doesn't mess with me, whatever he wants to be is none of my business."

"Focus on actions, not intentions."

Xiu En turned his gaze back to the two testers who were patiently waiting.

"Now, let me see."

"I wonder what kind of surprise they'll bring me tonight."

night.

Joestar finally moved.

"God, witness my faithfulness!" he whispered in prayer.

Then, this giant, who was over two meters tall, began to stride with the speed of a bulldozer!

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

He chose the widest road leading directly to the city center!

His terrifying muscles, which still gleamed faintly with gold even in the darkness, and his face that seemed to say "I'm a good person," caused all the street thugs along the way who were trying to engage in nighttime entertainment to instinctively make way for him.

We're all in this together, so we all have some sense.

Nobody would be foolish enough to provoke a guy who regularly beats up Gotham's Black Flag at night.

Shuen looked at Joestar's swaggering manner.

"Oh wow, is he planning to break in directly through the main entrance?"

"From his perspective, this makes perfect sense."

Ivy commented.

"He believes he is a messenger of God, going to help mortal law enforcement agencies. It's perfectly legitimate and his duty. That's why he keeps breaking the door when he enters the welfare home. Even if he broke the door a few less times, I wouldn't have banned him from entering the welfare home building."

The image on the right, however, is in a completely different style.

As Joestar set off, Alvin on the rooftop silently disappeared into the shadows.

His figure, like a ghost, silently rose and fell among the buildings of Gotham, filled with Gothic spires and dripping gargoyles.

The ring on his finger gave Alvin greater jumping ability, balance, and insight into the city's layout.

"All the missing persons have one thing in common: they are all from the lowest rungs of society."

"Even in Gotham now, nobody cares whether they live or die, so they aren't even listed as murder cases in the GCPD's files."

"But God saw it. God thought it was worth recording."

Alvin looked toward the East Wharf on the edge of the city.

"Looks like I've found it."

"A good deed that would please even God."

Wow.

Xiu En watched Alvin's amazing parkour performance and exclaimed in admiration.

"This guy's talent is wasted if he doesn't play Assassin's Creed. Look at his route planning, his stealth skills are professional!"

"From the very beginning, he never intended to go to the police station to do a simple good deed."

Ivy looked on with admiration.

"What he wants is the most cost-effective solution to the task: go directly to the criminals."

"That's right. In Joestar's view, the key to doing good is doing it. The more the process demonstrates divine grace and is as upright as possible, the better."

"But in Alvin's view, the key to doing good is the act itself. The value of the act must be high enough to be recorded by God."

"One is focused on attitude. The other is focused on performance."

Xiu En chuckled.

"As expected of the tester I chose, he grasped the essence so quickly."

Ivy asked, "So, which one do you think is more promising?"

"I don't know! I'm optimistic about them all!"

Xiu En watched as one figure was about to arrive at the GCPD entrance and another had already infiltrated the dock area, and a smile appeared on his face, as if he was enjoying watching a good show.

Just as Alvin locked onto his target, the action-oriented Joestar had already arrived at the GCPD headquarters.

He shone brightly under the searchlights at the police station entrance, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

Several members of the Sun God Cult's guard, who were also patrolling nearby, excitedly surrounded their High Priest upon his arrival, expressing their willingness to assist him.

However, Joestar dismissed them with a stern wave of his hand.

In his view, this was a personal test given to him by God, and any interference from mortals would be a desecration of this glory.

He successfully persuaded the believers to stay put by using his arms, which were thicker than all of them combined.

Alvin stealthily infiltrated the East Wharf.

In the shadows of a warehouse reeking of fish and rust, he saw the hunting scene.

A mysterious figure, clad in bronze light armor, wearing a Collins-style helmet that completely obscures his face, and wielding a high-tech spear, is cornering a man who has lost control of his bladder in fear against a dead end in a shipping container.

"Tell me the locations of all your outposts in Gotham."

The mysterious person's voice had been electronically processed.

"Then, I'll give you a relatively quick death."

This is the top criminal and tactical mastermind from Star City.

Prometheus.

He grew tired of the predictable heroes of Star City and, hearing of the new gods and order that had emerged in Gotham, came here specifically to hunt and seek new pleasures.

"Wow! I know him, Prometheus?!"

High in the sky, Xiu En switched from watching the show as a spectator to discovering the surprise of an SSR!

"How did this guy end up in Gotham?! I remember he was supposed to be in Star City, chasing Green Arrow every day?!"

Sunflower contacted the plant and looked up Bruce's information.

"Bruce's profile indicates that Prometheus, whose real name is Simon Morrison, is a top-tier tactical mastermind, a combat expert, and proficient in almost all known weapons. His overall danger level is rated S. He is in the same tier as Deathstroke Slade Wilson."

"S-rank..."

"So, you're saying that a player who's just left the starting village is immediately assigned a max-level boss as the gatekeeper?"

"This is going to be fun!"

In the shadows of the warehouse.

Although Alvin did not recognize Prometheus, he could clearly sense the aura of a top predator emanating from the helmeted man.

He had only ever sensed that kind of aura from one person in Gotham.

That's Batman.

Without a doubt, this guy in front of me is a tough nut to crack.

Taking rash action will not only fail to save lives, but may also endanger yourself.

If the mission fails, all credit points will be deducted, and the god may even take back this hard-won power.

He recalled another hidden feature he had discovered while studying the rules that afternoon.

A gray button named "Divine Messenger Mutual Assistance Agreement".

That was a team-up function that Xiu En casually added for easier management, allowing all the divine messengers to share limited information.

Alvin packaged all the footage of Prometheus interrogating Gotham's Black Flag that he had seen into a high-priority mission intelligence file, and then sent it to another user in the system through the "Divine Messenger Mutual Assistance Agreement" button.

That was High Priest Joestar, who was just waiting for criminals at the GCPD entrance.

The entrance to the GCPD headquarters.

Suddenly, the majestic voice belonging to God resounded in his mind once again!

But this time, the content is completely different!

[The Divine Messenger Mutual Assistance Agreement has been triggered!]

[Urgent intelligence sharing request from the divine messenger Alvin. Accept?]

"Alvin?!"

This is the skinny monkey in purple who always squats on the roof and looks at him with the eyes of someone looking at trash.

The divine oracle actually gave him a divine decree?

And he even found the mission objective before I did?

A flame of resentment and competition ignited fiercely in Joestar's heart!

He almost instinctively chose to accept it!

next second.

Alvin began transmitting all the footage he had seen at the dockside warehouse. He even assigned this person a danger level similar to that in the Bruce Files, based on his past experience as a Claw.

"This is?!"

Joestar watched as the helmeted man from Collins, who looked like the Grim Reaper, slowly raised his spear in the screen.

He got it.

He understood completely!

God, this isn't a task given to him.

This is a test for both of them!

"Hey! We should call in reinforcements!"

"Alvin didn't ask us for help, nor did he act rashly. In the shortest possible time, he analyzed the disparity in strength between himself and the enemy, and then used the system rules to find teammates who could help him!"

Ivy also gave it a very high rating, which is rare for her. "Moreover, he was very clever to also share his assessment of Prometheus's level of danger."

"Yes!"

Xiuen added.

"This gives Joestar an irresistible reason to refuse!"