From Gotham to Night City, my infamy is known to all.

“After I turn myself in, they might lock up Afu too. Your purchasing list and computer business will be handed over to Lucius, and I'll get rid of him beforehand. As for the water purification plants and alcohol-2 crops... I'll destroy all records, and you'd better not bring them out again; those things are too dangerous.”

Leo quietly sipped his tea, listening to Bruce speak in a tone that suggested he was "making arrangements for the future." After he finished, Leo calmly retorted, "So you're planning to admit defeat?"

Bruce lowered his eyes and remained silent.

"A great thing that could change the landscape of two worlds and benefit countless people, you're going to give it up just because of a mentally ill person who's seen ghosts?"

Bruce lowered his eyes and remained silent.

Leo was speechless: "You think that if you turn yourself in, the Joker and those antisocial lunatics in Arkham Asylum will stop killing people?"

You're wrong! Gotham City may be a cesspool, but without Batman and those who fight for justice, it would become an endless battlefield until the entire city is destroyed!

"Furthermore, I will not allow a clown to stop me from taking the first step toward success!"

Upon hearing this, Bruce finally gave some response: "It's too late... I will turn myself in at the press conference tomorrow morning."

Leo hesitated as he looked at him, unsure whether to tell him that Harvey was planning to take the blame for him.

After thinking about it, he decided to take the initiative and step half a step forward onto the stage.

"There's still time. Have you forgotten what the biggest selling point of a home surveillance system is?"

Leo pointed to his eyes, reminding him.

"Facial recognition quickly identifies criminal suspects. The Joker and his henchmen were on TV and captured by so many surveillance cameras and cell phones in City Hall Square, so I can quickly identify them. Then, with the help of movement tracking and other public surveillance, I can pinpoint their location."

It's too early to admit defeat now. Let me lend you a hand, and while I'm at it, I'll settle my old scores with the Joker!

"But... the news from the press conference has already spread, and all the media in the city know that Batman is going to turn himself in tomorrow morning."

Life is tough, Bruce sighed.

Leo waved his hand dismissively: "You go to the press conference, don't worry about the rest. Gotham may be a mess, but it's not like there isn't a single responsible good person left."

"...Let's take another look."

Bruce left, looking worried.

Click.

The door closed gently.

Leo's gloomy expression gradually changed, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up wildly.

what the hell!

Batman is nothing special!

It's up to the great savior Leo to turn the tide and save the citizens of Gotham from this disaster!

Mere Batman...

His expression suddenly froze, and his smile vanished.

Is Batman the kind of person who would easily admit defeat?

Logically, his character would never make such a decision; this is completely out of character (OOC)...

If in the original story he was indeed driven to the brink by the Joker, then now he has this "mysterious person" on his side whose methods are unknown and who seems to know many secrets.

It's completely unreasonable that he didn't seek help but just admit defeat...

[Pure White, do you think Batman is acting out a story about us?]

[It's definitely acting!]

Pure white was affirmed.

He replaced all the surveillance cameras on key roads in Gotham City with the latest models equipped with surveillance systems a few days ago, and he's probably already using a supercomputer to investigate the Joker and his crew's true identities and locations.

With his skills, even if he can't pinpoint the exact location, he can at least determine the general direction. With advance preparation, rescuing Harvey and Rachel shouldn't be difficult.

Ma·Leo·Ma.

I get it... He deliberately put on this act to force me to make a move, so he could take the opportunity to learn about my 'methods'. That old bastard, I'm disgusted!

I bet he was 80%... no, 100% certain that Harvey would take the blame for him, which is why he was so fearless...

He suddenly remembered something, got up and quickly walked to the seat where Bruce had been sitting.

After a thorough search, they indeed found miniature listening devices and pinhole cameras hidden in the sofa cushions, under the coffee table, and at the bottom of teacups.

Following the direction he left, we found several more, the two most peculiar being one on the inside of the doorknob and the other on the ceiling.

These small toys vary in material and model, making them almost impossible to detect with the naked eye.

He just went into the room and left so many 'gifts'; his cunning and ability are all aimed at his own people!

LeBron was right: with a friend like Batman, who needs an enemy?

"Batman—!"

Leo's positive self-image crumbled. He had seen through Batman's little trick, but only afterward. During Batman's performance, he was still fooled…

It seems my intelligence is still insufficient; I need to continue to work hard!

Pure White sent a message asking: "Now that you've seen through his true intentions, what do you plan to do?"

Leo first put the Batman toys into his spatial storage, then said: "What to do? Of course, we should continue with the original plan! V is right, in a world like a cesspool, you have to show your strength first before others will give you the most basic respect."

Now it's time to flex my muscles and let Batman and those Gotham supervillains know I'm not someone to mess with!

That's right, your mindset has finally shifted from that of an ordinary person to that of a superhero. I've prepared this for you, so make your grand entrance!

Upon hearing Chunbai's words, Leo focused his consciousness into the singularity space and saw the intelligent robot carrying a transparent glass box out of a corner.

He placed the box on the table and looked inside with curiosity. Inside was a set of handsome, shimmering silver clothes.

He wore a silver trench coat, a silver undershirt, silver sweatpants, silver combat boots, and on top of that was a silver full-face mask he had bought from Old Vina.

"The silver-clad stranger..."

The "codename" that some busybodies gave me during my last visit to Gotham City came back to mind.

This is the DC Universe, you need a catchy nickname. I think Silver Man would be pretty good!

Leo wholeheartedly agrees with the pure white aesthetic—he loves that flashy, sparkly look!

"Very well! Let the Silver Man dance under the Gotham night sky! I will bring all the evildoers who dare to stop me from making big money to justice!"

Despite impure motives, as our ancestors said, "Sages judge by actions, not intentions." As long as someone does good, their inner thoughts are completely unimportant!

My first goal in Gotham is to take down the Joker, who deserves to die. This time, I'm going to beat him so badly he's broken all his bones and paralyzed in all four limbs, so he can never cause trouble again!

Leo, caught up in the excitement, felt his body burning up and wanted nothing more than to rush out, drag the clown out, and beat him up.

Ideally—

"Whoosh...whoosh..."

The ringing of the telephone in his mind interrupted his reverie.

The electrocution information displayed in the upper left corner of the retina is V!

First Glimpse of Talent: Chapter 220 (V): Today is a good day, I killed a few cleaners and even picked up a cat!

Without thinking twice, answer the phone.

Half a day later, V's beautiful face reappeared before my eyes.

Leo noticed the barely concealed excitement on her face and spoke first: "Let me guess, did you kill a few cleaners today?"

V paused slightly, then nodded gently.

"Today I went to move to the anthill, and while in the elevator I encountered a few suspicious-looking people. I quietly followed them to take a look, and after confirming they were new cleaners, I wiped them all out. Perfect timing, my Kenshin hasn't even opened a single deal yet!"

Hearing the smugness in her voice, Leo smiled with satisfaction: "Truly worthy of being called the King of Night City, never idle for a single day."

"That's not important. A bunch of scavengers, they're dead, so be it." V quickly skipped the topic, her smug expression deepening. "Actually, I have a surprise for you!"

Leo nodded quickly, adopting a wait-and-see attitude.

From the moment the call connected, V's hands were hidden under the camera lens, waving back and forth, as if fiddling with something.

A romantic thought surfaced in my mind.

Leo's eyes flickered, his gaze fixed on the bottom of the image—could V be doing something inappropriate for children? They've only been apart for a day, and he's already so thirsty?

The answer will be revealed in the next second—

"Da da!"

V's hands appear in the image, holding a wriggling...cat?

"Meow~~"

The hairless cat wriggled between V's hands; the movement didn't seem like a struggle, but rather like it was playing with her.

Leo looked closely and recognized it as a standard Sphynx cat, with large ears, wrinkled skin, and a round belly, covered only with a fine coat on the surface of its body.

Its color is grayish-white, and judging from its size, it is probably a kitten that has just been separated from its mother.

"You went and bought a cat?"

"I didn't buy it, I found it!" V exclaimed excitedly. "It was right next to my old place. I saw it rummaging for food in the trash can, so I gave it some of the beef jerky I had with me. I didn't expect it to be so unafraid of people, and it kept following me, so I brought it home!"

"H10, the super skyscraper?"

"Yeah~!"

After receiving an affirmative answer, Leo remembered that there seemed to be such a cat in the game. It must have been abandoned by its previous owner and then picked up by V.

This time, V found the cat first and became its first owner.

Seeing that he didn't look disgusted, V happily said, "I'm planning to name it Nibbles and adopt it. What do you think?"

Leo hesitated for a few seconds, not because he was unwilling, but because he remembered that the cat was called Little Dot in the game and had also appeared in another game by the same company, The Witcher 3. It was a cat with a rather mysterious aura.

Unexpectedly, V was the first to find it and still gave it that name...

"Huh—? Is that not allowed?"

V, seeing that he wasn't saying anything, assumed he didn't like the stray cat.

"This cat is so obedient, it even uses the litter box. I gave it a bath, and it's not dirty at all!"

Seeing that she had misunderstood, Leo quickly said, "If you like keeping it, then keep it. There's plenty of food in the fridge that we can't finish it. I was thinking you should take it to the vet for a vaccination and buy some deworming medicine."

"Mmm-hmm-hmm—!"

V nodded quickly, indicating that he would take care of it the next day.

The Sphynx cat "Little Dot" settled down in Leo and V's cozy little home.

Leo remembered that the cat had some other unusual characteristics, but he couldn't recall them at the moment, so he put them aside for the time being.

He told V about his plan to get involved in the Gotham conflict, wanting to hear the opinion of this professional mercenary.

After listening attentively, V put the cat on the ground, pondered for a moment, and said:

"A bunch of lowly henchmen who only know how to use simple kinetic pistols and grenades... such enemies pose no threat to you. You just need to pull the trigger of your smart weapon all the way down, and you can wipe them all out."

However, don't be too careless; let the drones out to help.

Leo nodded vigorously, indicating that he would make thorough preparations before taking action.

He added, "The battle is expected to take place tomorrow night. We still have time during the day, how about we go grocery shopping together over the phone? It's not convenient for me to talk here, so I'll communicate with you via text."

V was about to nod when she suddenly remembered, "Tomorrow is Wednesday, don't you have class?"

"Uh... skipping a day of class is no big deal. I won't survive until I graduate from Arakasaka Academy."

Leo quickly recounted his plan to "bomb the school," leaving V speechless.

"You're a genius, thinking of blowing up the school on your very first day..."

"Haha, same to you~"

V knew very well that such a "grand plan" would definitely require the entire Immortal Squad to be mobilized, so he didn't ask any more questions.

The two agreed to contact each other again at nine o'clock the next day and then ended the call.

After replenishing his V-Shattering energy, Leo breathed a satisfied sigh of relief.

Everything was going in a good direction, and he couldn't wait to see the Joker's expression when he broke down.