I, V, Gotham Legend

"Buzz, boom, boom..."

Just then, the sound of a helicopter's propellers was heard and a searchlight shone on Valerie's back.

Valerie looked back and saw Bane standing on the helicopter with a bazooka on his shoulder, the muzzle facing them.

"Boom!" The rocket shot out, shattering the window and magnifying in front of Valerie's eyes...

……

In the hotel lobby, Batman was silent as he watched the electrocuter falling from the sky and being broken into four pieces.

After knocking down all the black-masked thugs and policemen who were guarding them, he immediately went to the guard room at the side door of the hall to check the surveillance footage, and just happened to see the whole process of the Joker killing the electrocutioner.

The Electrocutioner's body fell from hundreds of floors, smashed through the glass ceiling of the hall, and was finally smashed into pieces on the railing not far from Batman.

Batman walked over to the body of the Electrocutioner, picked up his conductive gloves, and then looked towards the rooftop of the Royal Hotel.

He was just taking a look, but he suddenly noticed that there was fire in that direction.

Looking back, the surveillance screen in the guard room was distorted at the same time.

Was there a fight?

Batman hooked his grappling claws onto the broken ceiling and quickly rushed in that direction.

……

Bane was smart and knew that Valerie could dodge it, so he aimed at the ceiling downstairs from Valerie. The rocket exploded under his feet, and Valerie double-jumped in time to leave, but the impact still shook Valerie out of the building, and her body fell freely in the air.

The strong winds and blizzards from hundreds of meters above hit her face, causing so much pain that she couldn't even open her eyes, making it difficult for her to tell the direction.

There were no walls to climb around, and Valerie herself lacked the ability to fly. Even in the game, she would be killed if she fell from a high altitude. Valerie had no other options.

No, there is a way.

Valerie pulled a green shotgun from her pocket.

This gun is called Iron Gall, it is Rebecca's weapon in the animation, and it has extremely strong recoil.

If the rockets cannot cause effective damage to yourself, then just firing a shot at the ground before landing may be able to offset the damage caused by the fall. This is an ability similar to falling water in the early stages of the game.

But as far as she knew, she had never successfully used this move and had fallen to her death countless times in the game.

At this point, I can only take another gamble.

She tried to open her eyes and look at the ground where she was about to fall to her death, but the strong wind made it difficult for her to do even that.

What a short life.

Valerie suddenly remembered when she first came here, which was three and a half months ago. It was obviously very short, but it felt like several years.

She still remembered that at first, because she accidentally killed someone, she was afraid of her own abilities like the protagonist in a cheesy movie, and she tried hard to restrain her power.

Afterwards, she was severely taught a lesson by the society called Gotham. Her exquisite looks were her most coveted treasure, and there were always people who wanted to rob her of both her money and her body.

Countless times, Valerie was forced to defend herself with the power she feared. In the early days, because she could not accurately control her own power, she watched weak people being beaten into disability in front of her countless times.

Gradually, Valerie became familiar with her own power and became numb to hurting others. Later, she embarked on the path of a mercenary. In battle, she remained calm even when the target's blood splattered on her face.

I remember that when I first traveled through time, I was also a cowardly, ordinary mortal. I also know very well how I gradually became what I am now... But if this continues, what will I become?

Valerie suddenly thought of Batman. They had just met not long ago.

It was clearly the first time they met, but the man seemed to have some different expectations of me.

What on earth was he expecting?

Valerie tried to open her eyes, trying to determine her distance from the ground, and this time she finally overcame the blizzard.

What came into view was still the world hazy with snowflakes, and Valerie's delicate body danced like petals in the strong wind.

No one can keep balance in such an environment.

Valerie thought so. She was very confident. Success or failure depended on this one move...

Then, she suddenly noticed a dark shadow approaching in the haziness of the snow.

Although it was blurry, she could see it was a person, approaching Valerie in the snowstorm like a carp swimming in the lake.

The freezing cold wind confused Valerie's thoughts, but at that moment, she felt as if she had seen an angel.

Batman flew through the storm, spread his wing-like cape, stretched out his strong arms, and rushed straight towards Valerie.

NO31. Cooperation

Batman caught Valerie, holding her and spinning towards the ground for a while to reduce the force of the impact. Then, Batman spread his wing-like cape, kept his balance in the strong wind, and flew to the balcony not far away.

The landing was not very smooth. Batman rolled on the balcony for a while holding Valerie and slid into the house.

The two finally stopped when they hit the wall.

The room was not very luxurious, but it was a suite at the Royal Hotel after all. The wooden furniture and carpets did not look like cheap goods, and they even seemed to glow under the dim light in the corridor.

Valerie stood up. She thought she was going to die, but unexpectedly she survived. The feeling of surviving a disaster made her forget the pain caused by the collision.

Batman was also trying to get up, but his movements were obviously much more difficult.

Valerie looked at Batman with mixed feelings. It was just a while ago that I was thinking about how to kill him.

After a complicated mental struggle, she walked up to Batman, took out a Volcan pneumatic suppository from her pocket and handed it to him.

This is the blood-restoring potion in the game, which can directly restore a severely disabled state to full condition. It's a pity that after version 2.0, the blood-restoring potion has changed from a consumable item to a cooling skill, otherwise Valerie would have made a fortune by selling this thing.

Batman glanced at it and said nothing. He had no idea what it was for.

"This is a cure." To prove it, Valerie gave herself an injection in the arm.

Although this thing looks like a stimulant in the game, when it becomes reality, it does have a strong healing effect, and the scratches on Valerie's body quickly disappeared.

Valerie took out another one and handed it to Batman.

Batman didn't take it. He turned around and was about to walk away. It was obvious that he still didn't trust Valerie.

Knowing that Batman just wanted to tough it out, Valerie didn't force it. She called out to Batman, "Why did you save me? I wanted to kill you not long ago."

"That's your business." Batman finally spoke.

"If I were you, I would watch me break into pieces." Valerie still didn't understand.

"This is not my style." After saying that, Batman continued to move forward. His steps were very light but his speed was very fast. He did not look like he had been badly hurt in the fall before.

Valerie didn't understand, but she followed Batman anyway: "The Joker and Bane annoyed me, and now I'm going to kill them. Let's join forces."

Batman paused again. He looked back at Valerie for a moment, then turned his head back: "I don't need help."

"You are my helper." Valerie flashed in front of Batman and walked backwards following Batman's movements.

"No need." Batman said briefly, and he didn't drive Valerie away.

Valerie felt like she was just like the organizations that had recruited her before. She could somehow understand how those people felt.

Just then, two people wearing white clown masks jumped out from the corner.

"Oh! They're all here!" one of them exclaimed excitedly, "A total of $100 million!"

The two men raised their guns and pointed them at Batman and Valerie.

"Kill them, we'll split the money equally and retire from criminal activities!" The clown thug laughed as if he saw a bright future.

"Stop," Batman yelled.

"Are you begging for mercy? You..." The clown thug was halfway through his trash talk when he suddenly noticed a knife flashing with a cold light at his neck.

The blue-haired woman opposite disappeared at some point.

"Why? They want to kill us." A woman's voice came from behind. The tone was so pleasant, but it made people feel like falling into an ice cellar.

She was standing between two clown thugs, with one hand on one of them's shoulders like a good friend - if you didn't look at the mantis knives that popped out of her arms.

"If you must stay with me, then don't kill anyone," Batman said sternly.

"Huh? Follow you? You say that as if I'm begging you. It's obviously you who should follow me. Why should I listen to you?"

Valerie said this, but she put down the knife. "But since you are my limited partner today, I will satisfy you."

Then, she pulled a hammer from her pocket and slammed the two clown thugs on her left and right into the wall.

"you……"

"Don't worry, they won't die." Looking at Batman with a questioning look on his face, Valerie said proudly.

Batman walked over to the unconscious Joker thug and was relieved after a careful inspection.

Then he said to Valerie seriously, "Don't do that again."

"It doesn't matter. When using blunt weapons, I can guarantee that I won't kill anyone." Valerie put her hands on her hips, very proud of her ability to show mercy.

This is a feature of the game though.

Batman said nothing, he just kept going.

"Where are we going now? Are we going to beat up the clown together? He must still be here." Valerie followed.

"No." Batman shook his head, "The Joker has kidnapped the hotel staff. We have to rescue them first."

"Ah..." Valerie was a little bored. This job was unpaid, so she didn't want to do it, but she didn't refuse.

Hearing Valerie's uninterested voice, Batman wanted to chase her away and say something like "Get out of here", after all, he didn't plan to partner with anyone.

But looking at Valerie's disappointed expression, he didn't know what he was thinking, and he said inexplicably: "I can hire you to save one person for five million."

"Oh!" Valerie suddenly became full of energy.

NO32. Rescue

After being hired by Batman, Valerie's interest was obviously raised a lot, and she did not doubt Batman's financial resources.

The two walked in the corridor for a while and finally arrived at a spacious hall.

The Joker has made a large-scale renovation of the Royal Hotel. Many corpses of black-masked thugs can be seen on the road. They were cruelly nailed to the walls in various postures, like disgusting works of art.

"These are the people who are against the Jokers."

Batman looked at the body on the wall, no emotion in his tone.

Valerie wasn't very interested in this kind of thing, she picked up a laptop in the corner.

"This one has internet access, luckily." She flipped open the computer and pulled a data cable from her wrist.

"What are you doing?" Batman looked at Valerie.

"I can use a computer to take over all the cameras in a local area network." This is something that even someone with an IQ of only five can do.

Batman saw a flash of light on Valerie's computer screen, followed by a surveillance picture.

"Do you know how many people the Joker has kidnapped in total?" Valerie asked while switching the surveillance footage.

"About twenty people." This was the information Batman heard from the police radio channel.

These policemen knew that the Joker had kidnapped hostages, but they still turned a blind eye. This made Batman angry but helpless.

"Look here." Valerie touched the touchpad and a picture was adjusted. It was a picture of a group of fully armed clown thugs surrounding four hostages wearing hotel staff uniforms.

"And..." She turned around again, and saw another situation similar to the above scene.

She changed several channels and saw the same picture all the time. Fortunately, there were twenty surveillance cameras that could find them. Unfortunately, they were being held in different places.

"Should we split up? These two groups should be locked up in the building opposite." Valerie said, pointing at the surveillance screen.

The Royal Hotel is an H-shaped building with two ear-like buildings growing out from both sides of a building. Above the 20th floor, there is only a corridor connecting the two buildings.

If you want to go to the other side to rescue people, that corridor is the only way. There must be a lot of clown thugs lying in ambush there.

But Batman seems to have plenty of ways to cross directly to the other side.

"Split up. I'll go over there, and we'll meet up in this corridor in the end."

Although he still didn't trust V very much, and Batman felt that he could save everyone by himself, the scene of corpses on the ground in the bank not long ago made him choose a safer way.

"Okay boss, do you need a phone number for easy contact?"

Batman nodded.