I, V, Gotham Legend

The underground warehouse stored a lot of drinks and food, as well as some high-tech props that Valerie left for the Malone gang, but the most eye-catching thing was a rectangular object that looked like a game console in the center of the room.

Helena recognized it at a glance: "Is this the teleportation device?"

She already knew where Valerie was taking them.

"I've thought about it, and it's better not to build a public station until the technology is quieter." Valerie walked to the transmission device and operated the buttons on the monitor. "Before the space station is officially built, this place is more suitable as our secret base when we are at work."

"Oh——" Helena sighed as if to make a joke, "The words there are really good."

Victor's face under the mask remained unchanged, and Barbara looked at Helena curiously. She really wanted to ask where it was.

Valerie had finished debugging. The transmission device emitted a dazzling white light, and at the same time there was a thunderous sound of gears meshing.

Valerie had chosen the location carefully, with the movement of the teleporter concealed by the walls and the throbbing music.

When everyone felt the white light gradually dim and they could open their eyes, the messy warehouse under their feet had moved to another place.

The dim, crowded and dry underground warehouse was transformed into a spacious and upscale room with bright lights illuminating the entire hall.

Helena was prepared and rubbed her temples, but Barbara was defenseless and she subconsciously retched.

Mr. Freeze didn't react much, but his body was still shaking slightly.

"It's just that your bodies are not used to it yet. Teleportation won't do any harm to your body." Valerie comforted the two people who were feeling uncomfortable. "It's time to come."

As if the time was right, as soon as Valerie finished speaking, Joe, in a white shirt, appeared in front of them.

"V... Well, I guessed it from the moment you asked to fly the spaceship over Gotham." Joe spoke helplessly when he saw Valerie with a few people.

"How amazing! Is this a projection?" Barbara exclaimed.

"There will be more amazing things in the future." Valerie said, with her hands on her hips, "We are now thousands of meters above Gotham."

Valerie's words shocked Barbara, and she turned her head back and forth, trying to see if there was any window or something.

"Come with me, you can see it from here." Helena was obviously not the first time here. She took the curious Barbara to the side.

Mr. Freeze stood still. He looked at Valerie and said, "Do you want to move the lab here?"

"There are more advanced and cleaner laboratories here, and they're not easily attacked," Valerie explained. "And they're spacious... Don't worry, this is only temporary until the space station is built. We can just design a cooler place for you."

"Since it's temporary, let's wait until the real base is built before moving to another location." Victor thought it was troublesome to move things back and forth.

"Okay, but I will leave a portal in the laboratory. You can come up whenever you want to take a break." Valerie agreed to Mr. Freeze's request.

NO53. Are you going to go solo?

This Kryptonian spaceship is a survey ship and is not very large. It is about the same size as the ship that transports Bane today. It is still quite different from the city in the sky that Valerie imagined.

Barbara took a fancy to a conference table-like facility in the lobby, and once she sat at the main seat, she didn't want to get up.

The chairs at the conference table were made of metal whose specific material could not be identified. From a distance they looked like rattan chairs. Barbara lay on the back of the chair with an extremely comfortable expression.

Helena walked to the table, wiped the clean surface, then looked up at Barbara: "Do you like it here?"

"This place is perfect for hackers to work here," Barbara said, resting her hands on her head.

"Really..." Helena looked around. Although she didn't quite understand, she still respected Barbara's idea. "If you want to work here in the future... look, that's a water dispenser."

Barbara looked in the direction Helena pointed and nodded in understanding.

Then, there was silence between the two of them, and it was unclear what they were talking about for a while.

Finally, it was Helena who broke the deadlock. She took off her mask and said, "You are a mercenary. Your father will not let you off easily if he finds out, right?"

Barbara looked at Helena's eyes strangely. She felt that these were not secrets. "This is natural, but I am prepared. Dad is overprotective of me. I can give more."

"Even if the truth comes out in the future, I should have accomplished a lot with you guys. By then, Dad will be more pleased than angry."

Although it may not be a good idea to think this way, in the city of Gotham, Barbara is not worried about not being able to make achievements. In other words, if Gotham was not so bad, Barbara would not have to join Valerie's men.

"Really..." Helena made up her mind, "I should be able to do it too."

"What?" Barbara sat up straight and asked gossipingly, "Is it about your scumbag uncle?"

During several exchanges after passing the previous interview, Barbara and Helena also got to know each other's family affairs.

"No... Uncle Baker is not worth my entanglement." Helena turned her face away embarrassedly, "It's Miss V. I think I can stop relying on her and do some things on my own."

"I don't quite understand. Aren't you partners? You have always been working together. What's wrong with that?" Barbara asked curiously.

"These are two different things. If Miss V needs me, I can come anytime." Helena stood up straight, "But I can also do some things independently, just like why I wanted Miss V to teach me in the first place."

Helena hated the gangs and she became Valerie's apprentice because she wanted to gain the power to scare the gangs. Although Valerie was happy to help if she asked, she still felt deep down that this was her own business.

"In that case, why don't you just tell V that you want to be independent?" Barbara said with a smile.

"…But it feels like I've dumped someone. It's a bit…"

"Okay, if you're embarrassed, I'll talk to them for you." Barbara felt that her colleague was a little twisted. Perhaps this was what a girl was like.

"This..." Helena was about to say something, but at this moment the sound of the door being automatically opened by the air pump was heard.

She turned her head and saw Valerie walking in with Victor.

"Isn't this place nice? Look, that's the control panel." Valerie pointed to a table not far away with chips inserted in it, like an altar.

"V." Barbara turned around and said in surprise. "You came at the right time."

"Do you want to leave? Don't worry, I'll take Lao Wei to visit the spaceship and then go back." Valerie said.

"No, it's this Miss Huntress..."

Helena held down the excited Barbara, and Barbara immediately understood. She turned back and gave Helena an encouraging look.

Helena took a deep breath, trying to calm her heart that was beating wildly due to nervousness.

"V, I think I can leave you and go teach those gangsters a lesson by myself..." Helena felt her tongue was tied because she was too nervous.

It wasn't that there was anything difficult to say, but Helena felt complicated when Valerie said such words that seemed like she was going solo, even though she had been taken care of by her all along.

Valerie had a dazed expression on her face and she looked at Helena in disbelief.

Helena lowered her head, not daring to look Valerie in the eye.

"Is this day finally coming..." Valerie closed her eyes in pain, "Is my little follower going to be kidnapped by Batman?"

"what?"

"I was the one who showed off my teammates to him this afternoon, and made him jealous, right?!" Valerie was heartbroken. "Did that guy bribe you? Don't be afraid, I can give you more... Damn it, how can I pay more than that guy!"

"No! I want to be independent, not to follow someone else." Helena waved her hands in panic, "You know, I have always wanted to free myself and my family from the troubles of the gang."

"Is that so?" Valerie pursed her lips and looked at Helena. There seemed to be tears in her bright eyes. "You won't forget me and never come back to see me, right?"

Valerie's remarks confused Helena. She had thought that V might be disappointed and angry, but she didn't expect that she would look like an old mother sending her child to school.

Looking closely, Valerie's delicate face looked no more than twenty years old, but the strong strength she had always demonstrated made the image of V continue to rise in Helena's heart.

Come to think of it, after nearly four months of getting along, even strangers would develop feelings for each other.

Valerie's injured look made Helena less nervous, and she comforted Valerie instead.

"No, I just want to do something on my own. It doesn't mean that we have parted ways. If you want to find me, you can come anytime... How about this..." Helena stood up straight, organized her words, and said solemnly, "Can I borrow your base as a base for my future activities?"

"Hmm?" Valerie opened her eyes wide. She understood what Helena meant from her words.

Just because they do things independently doesn't mean that they are really fine. Even the resting places and even taking tasks in the future will remain under Valerie's command.

"Really? You suddenly came to me and told me you were leaving. I was scared to death." Valerie said, patting her chest as if she was relieved.

"Feel sorry……"

"It's okay. If you need me in the future, you can always ask me." Valerie comforted her, "After all... you are my accomplice."

"Accomplice..." Barbara curled her lips at Valerie's very unique choice of words.

Helena blushed again, and she said even more embarrassedly: "Speaking of helping, actually, I want to trouble you with one more thing."

NO54. Familiar face

Batman returned to the Batcave and had a simple meal, then immediately drove the Batmobile back to Gotham.

It was already dark, and the familiar protective color was back on Batman. He followed the map Valerie gave him and came to the community of Migania Island.

The information Valerie gave him was only accurate to the community, but it was not difficult for Batman to find the specific hideout. He quickly walked to the frozen room, pushed open the door that had been violently demolished, and a chill hit his face.

Perhaps due to the lack of air circulation, the ice in the room had not melted noticeably. When Batman walked into the room, the first thing he saw was a striking line of words.

"Shiva..." Batman was a little speechless looking at the familiar handwriting. It was clearly confirmed that this group of people had already joined forces with the League of Assassins, but V was still trying to pass the buck.

He looked around the room, wanting to investigate for clues, but stopped after taking a few steps into the room.

Batman raised his head and looked up at the vents above his head.

"It's well hidden, but it's still a little bit off." Batman's eyes flashed white.

"Crack!" The vent was knocked open, and a creature covered in green claws jumped down.

He did not suspect that Batman was deceiving him, and chose to show up immediately after hearing these words.

Batman looked closely at the claws that were ready for fighting. He quickly filtered the information in his mind based on the image of the claws, and finally locked on the correct answer.

"Court of Owls, is there anyone who has slipped through the net?" Batman's body was hidden under his cloak, his solemn face ready.

Claw drew a dagger and rushed towards Batman. They fought in the snow in the room, but it was difficult to determine the winner for a while.

Until Batman seized the opportunity, blocked the attack of Claw with his arm blade, and then kicked Claw in the chest, sending him flying.

The claws hit the boarded-up window, leaving cracks in the boards behind it.

"Excellent technique, but too slow." Batman walked up to Claw and looked down at him.

Claw stood up without saying a word. He looked over Batman at the words on the wall, then made a gesture to continue attacking Batman, which forced Batman to stand still and wait for his next move.

Then, Claw threw a dagger, forcing Batman to take a step back. He immediately pushed back to break the wooden board on the window and jumped out through the window.

Batman immediately chased after him, jumped out of the window, shot his grappling hook into the sky, and rushed towards the sharp claws climbing on the wall.

Claws' speed seemed to be thawed and he quickly jumped onto the roof, but Batman, relying on technology, was faster. When Claws reached the top, Batman was already waiting there.

Before Sharp Claw could climb up, Batman had already grabbed his collar and was about to lift him up, but Sharp Claw took advantage of the momentum to jump up and turn in the air. His collar was torn apart by the exaggerated movement, and he regained his freedom and immediately ran to the side.

Previously, in order to investigate the room with Shiva's writings, Claw stayed in the cold environment for too long, and his physical abilities were greatly affected.

He had not fully recovered from the injuries he had sustained in the previous battle with the mysterious woman. If anyone else had sustained injuries of this magnitude, it would have been a miracle that they were still able to move now.

Li Claw knew that now was not the time to fight, so he ran to the edge of the roof and tried to escape like a skilled parkour master.

But Batman's grappling gun had already fired, hooking his leg and neck as the claw jumped up, pulling the claw back.

The claw was pulled to the ground, and its head hit the ground with a teeth-grinding knocking sound.

The grappling gun was quickly retracted, and the sharp claw was pulled in front of Batman. He immediately turned around, and his upper body bounced up at the same time. A hidden blade popped out from the palm of his hand and stabbed at Batman's face.

But Batman grabbed Claw's wrist with his backhand, stepped on Claw's chest with his right foot, and used both hands to forcefully twist Claw's arm off.

"Crack." It sounded painful, but if Batman hadn't trembled a little, he wouldn't have felt the pain from the claws.

After giving Claw another headbutt, Batman grabbed his mask and pulled it off.

But at the same time, Sharp Claw made an abnormal move. His arm, twisted by a broken bone, grabbed the spare grappling gun on Batman's belt with his backhand.

Batman's belt has a special structure that makes it almost impossible to pull it out except by himself, but Claw's Twisted Bones did it. He pulled out the grappling gun and shot at Batman's back.

The hook shot out, crossed the empty sky, and nailed onto a tall building in the distance. The broken bones of the claw were in pain all the time, but he still held the hook tightly, driving him and Batman who was locked on him into the air.

Theoretically, Batman could have taken many reaction measures, but he was uncharacteristically stunned. He didn't grab Claw's thick long hair until he flew up with Claw, and then he snatched the grappling gun back with his backhand.

The two were still flying, but they were no longer entangled with each other, but now one was grabbing the other's hair.

However, Claw's only good hand ejected his hidden blade, and he immediately cut off his own hair, falling through the air.

When Batman was taken to the high-rise building opposite, the sharp claw fell into the woods like a drop of water falling into a flower bush.

Batman immediately jumped down from the tall building and rushed to the place in the woods where the claw should have fallen as quickly as possible, but there was no one there.

"..." Batman looked at the traces of the human-shaped pit on the ground and was speechless for a long time.

His heart was still shocked, because after taking off the mask, he saw an unexpected face.

"Dick..."