I, V, Gotham Legend

The wooden floor that was burned by the fire could not withstand Sionis's struggle. He stepped on the floor in the flames and his upper body sank into the ground.

Then, as if it was the last straw that broke the camel's back, the entire floor collapsed at once, and Sionis fell downstairs amidst the sparking wood.

Valerie held the gun in one hand and just stood there blankly, watching the powerful Black Mask being buried by the collapsed ruins.

It's unlikely that he would die from the fall from the first floor, but there's a big fire here.

"This is really..." Valerie put the gun back into her pocket, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Crack!"

The sound of burning wood beside her ears reminded Valerie that there was no time to sigh.

She pulled a bazooka from her pocket and pointed it at the wall behind the door Black Mask had knocked open.

"boom!"

The rocket rushed out and, as expected, shattered the thin wall. A snowy outdoor scene came into view. The strong wind of late winter poured into the room through the hole created by the explosion, causing the boiling sea of ​​fire to sway.

Valerie had made a contingency plan before sneaking into the steel plant, and she remembered clearly that the wall opposite the corridor at the door of the broadcasting room led directly to the outdoors.

The blue-haired mercenary rushed towards the sea of ​​fire and broke through the broken wall in one go.

Just as she rushed out of the steel plant, there was another explosion from the building behind her. It was unknown what had detonated.

Then, the main building of the Sionis Steel Plant collapsed like an avalanche.

Valerie was blown far away by the sudden explosion, and finally fell to the ground, rolling several times in the snow before she barely stopped.

"Crash!"

Valerie climbed to her feet, feeling a little sore but not injured.

In her memory of the game, if she fell from this height, she wouldn't die, but she would still suffer serious injuries.

Valerie brushed off the dust on her body and turned to look at the collapsed steel plant with lingering fear.

The flames had not yet stopped, still dancing in the cracks of the ruins, and it looked like they would continue to burn for a long time.

I don't know how many people didn't escape...

Valerie didn't have the good qualities of the crowd in mind, but she was still a little shocked.

The steel plant was not built with all flammable materials, but it was burned down so easily by a fire. Coupled with the explosion at the end, who knows how long Black Mask had been planning to destroy this place.

This city is full of crazy people...

Valerie stood up. She thought she would limp, but her physical condition was much better than she had imagined. In fact, the slight pain she had felt was gone.

I remember I had some scratches when I was hit at the Royal Hotel the day before yesterday.

The black mask delayed her a lot of time. The sky was gradually getting darker and the winter night was getting closer.

Valerie summons Johnny's Porsche; she needs to get out of here before the fire department arrives.

The clues of the dirty bomb were temporarily cut off. Valerie had no time or energy to look for it again. And if she remembered correctly, the matter of the pervert had not been resolved today.

Valerie rubbed her smooth face and frowned at the dark charcoal in her palms.

Before that, I should go back to the middleman's house and wash off the dust on my body, as I might need to torture him later.

The sports car sped away from the ruined steel plant, leaving behind a cloud of snow and smoke.

NO11. Tea Party

After driving back to Coventry and washing up briefly at the middleman's base, Valerie immediately headed towards the place where the thugs were being held.

According to what I heard from the middleman Malone, the thugs wearing rabbit masks were locked up in a warehouse on the west side.

Valerie knew which warehouses they were. When she first started working as a mercenary, she had handled many commissions such as bringing people to warehouses.

But she also knew that these early jobs were assigned to her by the middleman who found a reason to pay her.

The middleman always took care of her in the smallest details, which made Valerie curious about why he was so nice to her.

It was getting late, and the moonlight tonight was hiding under the clouds as usual.

The warehouse was the property of Norden Fisheries, given to Malone as a gift, and a large warehouse was built on a large artificial concrete field by the sea.

Valerie quickly found the warehouse that the middleman told her about. There was a guard at the door, but he was an acquaintance and let her pass when he saw Valerie's iconic blue hair.

There were no windows in the empty room, only a few bright lights hanging from the ceiling. Perhaps because it was not the fishing season, there were not many fish here.

There were two people with their heads covered with cloth bags, tied to chairs, sitting in the middle of the room.

These strong men should be the ones wearing rabbit masks that Malone mentioned.

Valerie walked towards them and seemed to hear footsteps. They began to struggle hard. Their heads covered by the cloth bags made a "humming" sound, probably because their mouths were blocked.

Gangs often do this to people who are about to be tortured, which puts them under a lot of pressure.

I remember that when Valerie rescued little Falcone who was kidnapped by the Penguin half a month ago, that guy was treated in the same way.

Valerie thought of Malone's kind smile. Although she knew that this was a common practice among Gotham people, she still found it hard to imagine that this middleman, who was known for his gentleness, would use such a knowledgeable approach.

Valerie pulled the bag off a man's head and pulled something out of his mouth.

The man looked dazed, as if he was adjusting to the sudden change in light, and then realized that someone was standing in front of him.

What came into view was a face so beautiful that it could only be described as exquisite.

Valerie was also observing the guy's face carefully. He looked like an ordinary gangster with some bruises on his face. He must have received a lot of care before.

"You tried to kidnap a little girl before?" Valerie asked, lifting the man's head.

"Really not, I... I was working in a weaving factory, and then suddenly came here! Please! Believe me!" The man had a pitiful expression.

Weaving factory?

Valerie put his head down for the moment and walked over to the other man and untied the things on his head as well.

"You know what I'm going to ask, right?"

"I don't know... I really don't know anything..." He looked terrified, "I'm just an employee at a beverage factory. I was just working on the assembly line!"

Is it a beverage factory this time?

Valerie recalled the situation before she fell into the illusion at the base.

Although we were underground, we could faintly hear the sound of the pendulum.

"Did you hear any noises while you were in the factory? Like bells or something like that?"

Seeing that the woman didn't hit him, the first thug reluctantly relaxed: "Bell? I... I was just watching the assembly line... I didn't listen carefully to any sound..."

No bell sound? Or is it not just the bell sound? Or is it that the sound is too quiet, hidden in the noise so that they don't react?

Valerie pulled out a rabbit mask from her pocket: "Do you have any impression of this?"

The two thugs looked confused.

Is it really true that you have no memory at all?

It seems that this pervert is more troublesome than I thought.

Valerie decided to go big. She took out two masks, one was the broken mask that Malone had confiscated, and the other was a complete mask that she had picked up before, and put them on the faces of the two thugs at the same time.

Valerie had scanned it before and found that there were chips and other mechanical devices in the mask, but she didn't dare to connect such a weird thing herself.

“Gah… Wuuuu?” The two people wearing masks struggled violently.

Valerie turned on the scanner and saw that both men had flowing light on them, which meant they could be scanned.

The scan results showed that the two guys were not hypnotized now, but this was within Valerie's expectations. No matter what device it was, it should have been turned off after such a long time.

She had already figured out the function of the mask before, it was probably a receiver of some kind of signal.

Valerie reached out and pressed a circle on the mask, and the technical ability of Up to 20 activated the mask in reverse.

The two people's struggling bodies calmed down, swaying left and right to a rhythm that seemed not to be here.

"Go home." Valerie untied the ropes on them and said softly.

The two men stood up and staggered out of the house.

This abnormal situation really looks like hypnosis.

Valerie sort of understood.

You can achieve a shallow hypnosis through sound, and that level will soon be undone, but if you put on this mask, it will be very difficult to wake up.

Valerie's calmness is 14 points, which is also beyond the level of ordinary people, but this panel obviously has little to do with magic resistance. She has been hypnotized by a mysterious pervert before, but she quickly realized that she was hypnotized.

Now that I know the enemy is difficult to deal with, I have to make a plan first. Fortunately, I am in the dark this time.

……

The blonde girl in a blue dress opened her eyes dazedly and found herself in a strange place.

"Would you like some tea?" A very gentle masculine voice was heard, along with the sound of porcelain being clattered.

The girl was confused, she remembered that she was on her way home.

She looked around blankly. The place was not very big and the lights were not on. In the dim environment, there were only a few candles placed on the table.

I sat at one end of a long table with various snacks on it.

Both sides were filled with people wearing rabbit masks and different costumes, and sitting at the other end opposite him was a short, black-haired man dressed in green.

"Is black tea not to your liking?" The man's eyes were hidden under his exaggeratedly large hat.

"Who are you..." The girl was a little scared because there was no one here she knew.

"Alice, you seem to have forgotten something." The Mad Hatter jumped onto the stool, "Let's still have a happy tea party."

The girl was startled, but there were too many people here, so she didn't dare to move: "You must have made a mistake, I... I am Sansa..."

"No, you remembered it wrong! You are Alice!" The Mad Hatter slammed his hands on the table, his tone angry.

Sansa was startled, she closed her eyes and curled up into a ball.

"Oh... That's too bad." The Mad Hatter sat back down in disappointment. "You are not, you are not Alice, she is..."

He thought of the blue-haired woman he met the day before.

12. Mad Hatter

This is the third girl today, so disappointing.

[Mad Hatter] Jervis Tetch took a sip of his tea and looked very dissatisfied.

Although he always thought that Alice had blonde hair, ever since he caught a glimpse of her that day, he always felt that the one with blue hair should be Alice.

It’s a pity that Alice doesn’t seem to know that she is Alice.

The Mad Hatter put the porcelain teacup on the table and asked Sansa gently, "Would you like some black tea? You can tell me."

The girl closed her eyes tightly and dared not speak.

"Tell me!!" the Mad Hatter suddenly roared.

"Oh! Yes! Sorry, I want it!" The girl was so scared that she didn't dare to disobey the man.

"Much better, Alice. You should enjoy this tea party. You see? All the animal friends like it very much." The Mad Hatter touched his hat and said gently, without any trace of his previous anger.

Sitting on both sides of the table, the men wearing various rabbit masks nodded mechanically.

"Yes, I enjoyed it."

"Black tea, I like it."

These people are like zombies, without any emotions at all, which makes people feel instinctively uncomfortable.

The Mad Hatter poured black tea into a porcelain cup and pushed it in front of Sansa.

Sansa looked into the Mad Hatter's kind eyes and carefully reached out to touch the tea.