I, V, Gotham Legend

Valerie sat up in the bathtub in shock when she suddenly heard the sound of a text message.

There seemed to be a strong wind outside, and the leaves were rustling, which even Valerie could hear in the bathroom in the basement.

Valerie rubbed her temple.

I accidentally fell asleep in the shower. It seems I’m a little tired recently.

Valerie looked to the lower left corner of her vision, and the content of the text message automatically emerged from her retina.

"Go to the Royal Hotel for a meeting after midnight..."

It was from Black Mask. The text message was brief, but it unexpectedly made Valerie feel like she was being notified to work overtime.

"It seems that Black Mask hired more than one or two assassins." Valerie remembered what Shiva said.

She stood up, dried herself slowly, then opened her inventory and put on her work suit in an instant.

"Since this is a meeting, and since I'm a woman, would you mind putting on some makeup?"

Thinking of this, she placed her hands on the sink and faced the mirror.

Soon, she changed her eye shadow and lipstick to a more mature-looking color, and did a manicure, playfully drawing a heart on her delicate nails.

Just looking in the mirror can change the makeup, which is also an ability that Valerie inherited from the game.

There was still some time before the meeting, so she could drive there slowly.

……

In a villa in the Borrill district, the Penguin was grabbed by the collar by Batman and thrown against the wall.

"Ah!" The Penguin Man's fat body directly smashed the artwork on the wall and fell heavily to the ground.

"I've heard of you. There's no need for things to be so bad between us." The Penguin raised his head and looked at Batman with his one eye.

His right eye was pierced by a glass bottle, and the fragments pierced into the eye socket. If it was removed, the eyeball might be taken out together with it, so he had to let the glass fragments remain embedded in his eye.

He was originally going to arrange the annual deck fighting competition today, but due to an eye injury he had to recuperate in this manor, and he didn't expect to be visited by Batman.

Batman walked up to the Penguin, punched him first, then pulled his clothes and lifted him over his head.

"Where is Black Mask!" In the eyes of the Penguin, Batman is as vicious as the devil from hell.

"Resiqunta, the Black Mask guy has been in some trouble recently. Someone is..." The Penguin said halfway and suddenly laughed, "Behind you."

A hook suddenly grabbed Batman's feet, picked him up, threw him out of the window, and hung him upside down under the beam.

A man in orange and black armor approaches Batman and pulls a knife from his back.

Batman hung upside down and fought with the man, snatched the knife from the man's hand, and cut the rope that was hanging him.

Batman held up his cape, which turned into bat wings. He kept his balance while falling and glided into the garden of the villa.

The man in orange and black armor jumps out of the window and confronts Batman.

Batman recognized who he was, Slade Wilson.

"You're easier to find than I thought. I hope you're as powerful as the rumors say." Deathstroke pulled out another knife from his back.

Batman dropped the knife in his hand and said in a cold tone: "This is not a game, Slade."

He clenched his fist towards Deathstroke.

……

After showing off, Valerie was finally going out. It seemed that because it had just snowed heavily, the wind outside the door was very strong, like the wailing of a female ghost, even a little weird.

Listening carefully, she seemed to be able to hear the faint sound of a pendulum.

Something feels wrong.

Valerie frowned and hesitantly pushed the door open.

Her base should be in the basement. Pushing open the door should lead to a windowless corridor. Then she would walk up the stairs and leave through the door hidden at the elevator entrance.

She had walked this route for more than a month, so she shouldn't have made a mistake.

But what appeared in front of Valerie was not the familiar long and narrow corridor, but a lake glittering in the dark night.

In the center of the lake is a bridge made of saucer-like lotus leaves.

The scenery is beautiful, like a fairyland.

Valerie blinked and looked back.

The familiar surroundings had disappeared, and all she saw was a barren desert.

What she saw now was that the only thing she was holding onto was unchanged, as if it was the door that separated the lake and the desert.

"What the hell, I traveled through time again?"

Valerie blinked again, this time not to see more clearly, but to activate the scanner.

The world turned a deep cold color and she stood there, scanning the lake in front of her.

A familiar progress bar soon appeared in her field of vision. The scanner cannot scan everything. The appearance of the progress bar means that it is a scannable object.

But in Valerie's sight, she was just looking into the distance, with nothing in her eyes.

The scan results came out quickly, but were the results unexpected or expected?

That's a set of switches.

Valerie remembered clearly that there was also a switch in the original corridor.

"So it doesn't mean that I traveled through time, but it was an illusion?" Valerie felt a little disappointed for no reason.

Originally, she could only hear the sound of strong wind, but now she suddenly realized that the sound of the pendulum hidden in the strong wind was getting louder and louder.

"Tick, tick..."

Until it is very clear.

"I seem to have heard that it's possible to be hypnotized by sound?" Valerie looked at her hand. If she stabbed it with a knife, would the severe pain wake her up?

She did not just talk but do nothing. She took out a knife from her pocket and tried to stab him with all her might.

"Wait! Alice!" A man's voice suddenly echoed in her ears.

Valerie reacted quickly. She aimed in the direction where the sound came from and threw a flying knife there.

"Swish!" It was the sound of the knife piercing through flesh and blood, and at the same time the man's groan sounded, followed by a burst of hurried footsteps.

It sounded like he escaped, and it didn't look like he was fatally injured.

Valerie was a little disappointed. She waved her hand and the knife returned to her hand.

She took out a handkerchief, carefully wiped the blood off the knife, and then nailed the knife to the back of her hand like a nail.

The severe pain caused her body to twitch and she closed her eyes in pain, but when she opened her eyes again, the illusion had disappeared.

There was no one around, and if there was anything unusual, it was a rabbit mask lying at my feet.

"What...is this weird thing targeting me again?" Valerie was a little depressed. First it was Shiva, and then it was this guy who dragged her into an illusion. It seemed that this stronghold could not be kept anymore.

After the meeting tonight and completing the task, I will stay with the middleman for the night.

Valerie thought so. She used to live in the middle house before she bought this base.

She picked up the mask and put it in her pocket, planning to study it later.

NO25. Royal Hotel

The Gotham Royal Hotel is located in the eastern part of the New Town and is a landmark building in Gotham.

When Valerie drove to the Royal Hotel, she found that there were many police officers at the scene. They were mixed with the people in black masks and seemed to be guarding the hotel.

The scene of the gangsters and the police station coming together is truly magical, but it is not so surprising when you think about it this is in Gotham.

Valerie didn't get out of the car. There was still some time before the meeting, so there was no need to go so early.

She planned to turn on the heater in the car for a while and take a look at the night view of Gotham on Christmas Eve.

This car is V's initial sedan in the game. It has a black shell and at first glance looks no different from other cars in this world.

Although Valerie prefers the Sword in the Stone, the car is obviously too high-profile and will inevitably attract attention when parked on the side of the road.

Valerie, who was squinting her eyes and enjoying the heating, noticed that many trucks were heading towards the hotel's underground parking lot. The trucks were full, as if they were transporting goods.

She rolled down the window and stuck her little blue head out, trying to get a closer look.

The goods carried by the trucks were covered with white cloth, but some corners were still exposed.

It looks like a track.

Valerie was a little surprised.

Is the Royale being renovated? Or is Black Mask up to something?

Because she was far away, she could only vaguely see that the driver was wearing a mask.

Anyway, I'm here for a meeting, so it's okay to just go in.

Curiosity prompted Valerie to decide to follow them in her car openly.

The cars followed the trucks and slowly lined up with the team.

In front there were black-masked thugs and police checking people and goods entering the station.

Seeing the black-masked thug's gesture, Valerie cooperated, stopped the car and rolled down the window.

A policeman stepped forward and studied Valerie's face.

"I think I've seen you on TV, ma'am."

"Really? Too bad I've never seen you before." Valerie looked at the police badge.

"You seem surprised that we are here." The policeman seemed to have a good impression of Valerie and wanted to chat more. "Captain Brandon took a big job from Black Mask. Whoever catches Batman will get two million. We were sent here. If our officers catch him, we can get half of the reward... That's a full million."

About 60 million.

Valerie was ashamed.

It seems that Sheriff Brandon has added a lot of zeros.

Valerie had heard of him. This Brandon was the sheriff who was responsible for sealing off the film studio, but after accepting bribes, he opened the crime scene to the crew to continue filming.

Theoretically, Brandon and Gordon are at the same level, but Brandon seems to be appreciated by Director Leob - or maybe they have similar tastes, and this guy has a good chance of getting the position of the next director.

"Beauty, do you have a driver's license?" the police officer suddenly asked.

Valerie's heart sank, she had no identity when she traveled here, let alone a driver's license, and she didn't expect that this would be suddenly checked at this time.

But before Valerie could answer, the policeman suddenly laughed and said, "Really? Logically, I should arrest you immediately and seize your vehicle... However, I am also a kind person, and you look difficult, so I can let you go, but..."

He didn't continue speaking, but his restless hands slowly moved towards Valerie's plump breasts.

Valerie understood that as a mercenary who had become famous recently, her information about living in Gotham for the past few months should not be a secret. This police officer knew that she had no identity and he was looking for trouble because he was attracted by her beauty.

What a pity! It would have been better if I had sculpted him into the appearance of an ancient god.

Valerie didn't want to say anything more, so she slapped the police officer's hand away and turned to look at the truck that had already driven into the garage: "I was hired by Black Mask and I have to go to a meeting with him now."

The police officer seemed to understand something. He smiled obscenely and said, "I understand, beautiful lady. Please come in."

Hearing the police officer's tone, Valerie turned to look at him in surprise.

Since he knew me, the police officer should be aware of my abilities, and it was not difficult for him to guess that I was here as a thug, but he still showed such an unpleasant expression, as if I was doing some kind of lower body deal.

Of course the police officer could think of it, but that didn't stop him from having some obscene fantasies. He might even tell his colleagues about the scandal between the gang boss and the beautiful mercenary that he had imagined.

Valerie thought for a moment, then she reached out, grabbed the officer by the top of his head, and smashed his nose hard against the car window frame.

"lb!"

The police officer's face was covered with blood from his nose.

"You...what are you doing! This is assaulting a police officer!" the police officer roared. He had used his position to coerce many women, but this was the first time someone dared to hit him.

In response to his threat, Valerie pulled a pistol from her pocket with her other hand and shoved it into the officer's mouth.