I, V, Gotham Legend

Claws lifted the tiles like a roof and lay in front of Valerie, covered in blood.

Valerie was numb. She recognized the Claw's uniform at a glance, as well as the pungent smell of blood and the stench of the sewer that choked her nose from a distance.

I didn't really want to pay attention to her, especially since she was still reminiscing about the past, but she had already crawled right in front of me.

Valerie slowly walked to Sharp Claw. This guy was seriously injured. The bones in his arm seemed to be twisted into six sections, and there were many scars on his body. He looked like a work of art with an inexplicable sense of rhythm.

Valerie didn't provide any treatment, and Sharp Claw's head wasn't pulled off, so it should be able to heal itself soon.

Looking at the scars on the guy's body, Valerie felt that she probably didn't know anyone who would chop someone in this way.

After making sure that there would be no accidental injury to friendly forces, she took out a grenade from her pocket, stuffed it into the hole behind Claw, and then pulled Claw out.

"Bomm..."

The sound of the explosion came from underground, and the floor shook like a terrible earthquake.

Valerie took a deep breath. She felt that the noise under her feet was not like the noise caused by an ordinary grenade. It might soon attract a group of people.

Valerie simply raised her claws and ran towards a building not far away.

The explosion caused a large area of ​​ground to collapse, leaving behind a large pit like a volcanic lake. The park, which had been almost abandoned, was demolished ahead of schedule.

The alarm has been sounded inside Arkham. Valerie put on a baseball cap and silently lowered the brim. There was no reason, except that it gave her a sense of hiding her identity, which was cool.

"Shiva... I want to kill Shiva..." Claw's vocal cords seemed to have grown back, and he groaned.

"What a great ambition. I support you." Valerie said in surprise, "You're also the first talking claw I've ever seen."

This guy and his other colleagues always look aloof.

They had already climbed to the roof of a tall building, and Valerie threw the claws onto the rooftop and clapped her hands casually.

The explosion below seemed to have triggered something, causing a secondary explosion, and asphalt and wood debris were blown dozens of meters high.

Valerie crouched down, bringing herself and the Claw closer.

"How did you get out from there? Did you meet Shiva?" Valerie guessed based on the injuries on his body and what he just said.

"..." Lizhua was silent for a long time before he spoke with difficulty, "Send me back, I want to go back..."

"Forget it. Even if she's down there, she's basically buried." Valerie said, looking at the ground that had collapsed for several streets.

Just throwing a grenade would not cause such a big scene. It seems that Valerie accidentally triggered some mechanism.

Sharp Claw panted heavily as he crawled up from the ground. He stared at the park that had collapsed like the end of the world and froze in a daze, as if he was petrified.

"Hello? Are you okay?" Valerie waved her hand in front of Claw's eyes.

The claw did not respond, as if it had crashed.

"?"

Valerie thought this guy was weird, so she simply pulled up Sharp Claw by the back of his collar and dragged him like a dog.

She planned to take the guy back to her base in Arkham City and jump directly back to the ship via the teleporter.

Several teams of armored vehicles were already rushing towards this street, and the plan to infiltrate was ruined because of a carelessly thrown grenade.

She just grabbed a spot at random, but she didn't expect to grab a place close to the wound, and the hot and wet feeling touched the palm of her hand.

This was nothing. Valerie had been training in Gotham for so long that the blood on her hands was enough to make several meals of Maoxuewang. But this time she clearly felt that something was different.

The blood from Sharp Claw seemed to have life, as if it was trying to penetrate Valerie's body through her skin.

Valerie reacted very quickly. She immediately loosened her claws and shook her hands violently as if she wanted to shake off the water.

Only when she felt it wasn't so exciting anymore did she raise her hand in front of her eyes to take a closer look at what was going on.

There were some bloodstains left on the hands, but nothing seemed to have changed, giving people the feeling that it was just an illusion.

But Valerie was not so naive, and she had seen this kind of bloody method not long ago.

Valerie pulled a sack out of her pocket and put it over Claw's head, physically isolating him from the blood on his body...

……

Shiva never expected that after just teasing his prey a little and letting it run a little longer, he would be buried underground in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, she curled up in a corner of the room. Stones fell from the sky, forming a triangular space around her, allowing her to catch her breath.

If she hadn't been lucky and quick to react, she might have really died here.

Despite this, her foot was still hit by a stone. Although she pulled it out with great effort, the pain still made her grit her teeth.

"Damn it... This must be the work of the Council of Owls. I underestimated their control over Gotham..." Shiva sighed in his heart as he dug the soil with difficulty.

Originally, they found an abandoned base here and thought they could use it as a fishing trap, but they didn't expect that it would become a trap to catch them.

The Sharp Claw that had just escaped was also quite capable, and it took Shiva several moves of his own before he was nearly killed.

Shiva took the half-broken knife and knocked on the steel pot buried in front of him, hoping to attract the attention of the construction workers who might have come over with the crisp knocking sound, so as to escape.

When the time comes, I will just say that I am a stubborn person who doesn’t want to leave the old city and hides in the sewer. Anyway, the construction team should have encountered quite a few such people in the past few days.

Shiva's plan was very good, and she indeed heard some noise coming from outside, so she stopped knocking.

The people outside should have found her location. Shiva felt the surroundings shaking. They must be using some means to dig out the rubble that buried her.

She rubbed her hands, intending to pretend to be weak when she went out.

The sounds of electric drills and shovels rang out alternately, like a death metal concert, and the light shone through the sand and gravel onto Siva's gray face.

She straightened her clothes, put on an elegant expression, and prepared her speech in her mind.

Everything was perfect until the stone was moved away and a familiar face appeared before Siwa.

It wasn't Valerie, but at this moment, this face frightened Siwa even more.

"I can actually see Ms. Shiva here..." Nina Augu, who had short hair and was wearing a leather jacket, raised her head slightly and said in surprise and contempt.

"Is it you traitors?" Shiva's elegant mask was broken, and she revealed a ferocious look.

NO3. Talia

As soon as Valerie returned to the spaceship, she saw Aquaman in an orange scale armor tights and Daredevil in a dark red suit sitting together and chatting.

It was very rare for these two people to get together. In the past few months after the incident in the mental hospital, they did not meet often, and when they met occasionally, they just said a few words face to face. This was the first time they acted so familiar with each other.

They sat on either side of a table with bottles of red wine and pickled seaweed.

Compared to the clean-minded Harvey, Two-Face seems to be very obsessed with things that are considered depraved in the eyes of normal people. Picking up girls is impossible for him, but he often smokes, drinks, and watches TV series in the middle of the night, trying to prove that he is a bad guy.

It’s hard to say what the specific effect is, but at least Valerie feels that this guy has calmed down a lot.

However, not much red wine was drunk from the table, and it looked like they had just finished it.

"How long are you going to stay in my house?" Valerie said to Aquaman.

"As long as I am in the sea, I am the master, so this is my home now." Aquaman joked.

After the Arkham incident three months ago, the Kryptonian spacecraft has been hiding in the sea for a long time. Not only because the sea is more hidden, but also because Valerie's unfinished space station is also here.

If human technology could reach deep into the seabed, they would find a castle rising out of thin air deep under the sea.

It is not quite accurate to say that it came out of thin air. This castle has been under construction for five months, but its scale and construction period seem to have come out of thin air.

Despite its size, the castle is still a work in progress, and Valerie is extremely ambitious about her plans for her space station.

Originally, the space station was slowly being built in an abandoned factory area, but the factory was too small, and because of Arkham City, it wasn't appropriate to stay there.

Fortunately, Aquaman helped. He controlled the ocean currents in the deep ocean to create a vacuum area to make it easier for Valerie to place and continue building her secret base.

At this time, the Kryptonian spaceship was parked in the middle square of the unfinished secret base and was also part of this secret base.

Valerie was very grateful for Comrade Neptune's help, but she was annoyed by the fact that he kept coming to visit her and stealing her wine.

"You brought another person back?" Old Joe's shadow appeared out of thin air and he looked at the claw held by Valerie and said.

"This kid has a lot of secrets," said Valerie.

Aquaman curiously poked his head out and glanced at the guy Valerie was holding. He seemed to remember something and said, "I brought someone with me too! Really... I was just busy drinking."

"What? Your wife?"

"Where can I find my wife... It's not quite accurate to call her a human. He's almost dead, but you've been looking for him." Aquaman said, raising his hand behind him, and a trident flew into his hand. "Untie that thing on your defense, I'll rush him over."

Old Joe was silent for a moment. He looked at Valerie and didn't move until she nodded.

Seeing Old Joe's OK gesture, Aquaman waved his trident and signaled to open the hatch of the spacecraft.

Old Joe didn't move, but the spaceship cooperated and the rear cabin was pulled open like a stapler.

There was no wind at the bottom of the sea, but a cool breeze with a fishy smell still rushed into the cabin, giving several people a startle and making their minds more alert.

Since this is a deliberately dug-out underwater cavity, there is no flooding due to opening the hatch. The sea water in the distance looks like a protective shield, and it appears sparkling under the light source of the space station.

The Sea King waved his trident, and then a current of sea water rushed into the cabin from far away like a tentacle.

The salty smell of sea water filled the nostrils of everyone present at once, and the water column washed the already clean floor.

Like a dead leaf in the lake, a blue bucket was pushed up, and the sound of plastic hitting the wet floor made a gurgling sound.

The plastic bucket rolled several times until it hit the wall, and several white skeletons inside fell out.

"We often encounter this kind of situation on the beach near the city. Usually, the creatures are already dead after being buried in the cement." Aquaman said with a serious face.

"How cruel." Daredevil felt a little bit uncomfortable.

"Who is he?" Valerie looked up at Aquaman.

"It's rotten to the bone. I only confirmed his identity after breaking the cement and looking at the watch and clothes inside." Aquaman said, "...He's the one you're looking for, Maroni."

"Really?" Valerie was surprised. She walked to the bucket, lowered her head and looked inside. Her eyes were shining, and she had obviously turned on the scanning mode. "It's true!"

"Die beautifully." Daredevil clenched his fists.

Valerie put on gloves and took out a lot of bones from the box, holding them up for inspection.

This should be an arm bone, but it is only half a piece and may have been broken apart during life.

"Preliminary estimates show that he died three months ago. He must have suffered a lot of torture before his death. However, we have to take it for testing to calculate the exact time of death," said Valerie.

"In other words, Maroni died at about the same time as the incident in the mental hospital?" Harvey said with a frown.

"You are such an interesting guy!" Aquaman laughed at Harvey's moody reaction.

"This guy is mentally ill." Valerie said, "You guys continue playing, I want to test these two guys."

"Hey, V, although I like your informal personality, some things still need to be made clear." Aquaman stopped Valerie, "Although I don't know what happened between you, it's still too much to scold your companion for being stupid."

"...You'll understand if you talk to him more." Valerie was speechless.

"The estrangement between companions is only temporary. I will persuade you all." Aquaman said warmly.

Valerie gave Aquaman a thumbs up, then pulled up her claws that were still in the sack, and holding the half bone in her other hand, she walked towards the depths of the spaceship.

In the past few months, the laboratory of the spaceship has also been a place that Valerie often visits. In addition to making some advanced prosthetics and weapons, the most important thing is to study the clown.

Valerie walked into the laboratory, first threw the claws and bones on the laboratory table and tied them up, then walked to a pile of instruments on the table next to her, took out a tube of reagent from her pocket and stuffed it on top.

There was only a very thin layer of water in the test tube, which seemed to come back to life after being taken out, swirling around in the tube.

Valerie stared at the thin layer of water and seemed to see a pale smiling face with yellow teeth.

When Valerie rushed into the clown's stomach, she was able to find that little bit of black fog only after she walked and exploded.

Valerie had no idea what this thing was made of. She just tried to use a test tube glass bottle to collect a little black mist. It was unexpectedly effective. The black mist she received turned into a small pool of water after being blocked by the glass bottle.

Valerie didn't dare to be greedy. She took them all, and when she felt that they were enough, she immediately used the Rubik's Cube to retreat.

Today, Valerie still treats the tube of water with extreme caution. Except when it is needed for formal research, she basically keeps it in her pocket and reinforces the glass test tube with layer upon layer of various materials.

In addition to the tube of water, Valerie also took out a tube of black and red blood, which was the clown's blood extracted from the pioneers.

Valerie returned to Claw, who had been physically anesthetized by her many times, and drew blood from him again. In a while, she would test these three tubes of liquid at the same time.

As for Maroni's skeleton, it is enough to just study it and calculate the time of death.

Valerie was busy in the laboratory for most of the day, and only stopped working when her cyber stomach felt a little hungry.

She summoned a robot and pushed the bed with claws tied to it into a closed room. Then she capped the three tubes of liquid and stuffed them into her pocket, then stretched and left the laboratory.