I, V, Gotham Legend

At this time, the only policeman on the scene finally reacted. He pulled out his pistol, unsure whether to aim at V and the mud monster.

He was very nervous. Now his other colleagues were taking a break, leaving him alone to guard the crime scene. Generally, there were at least two police officers on duty, but no one would have thought that such a change would happen in this situation.

The lower body of the mud monster melted, and the clothes and the flesh wrapped in them turned into a pool of yellowish mud like a lit candle, blending into the fine sand under his feet.

His upper body stopped moving. He covered his face with his hands, his muscles twitching as if he was suppressing something.

Finally, as if it could not bear it anymore, the upper body of the clay man lost its color, its size expanded rapidly, and the lower body turned into a pile of mud that flowed towards the upper body like water.

Valerie didn't stop her, she watched with interest.

The upper and lower bodies of the clay man reassembled into a pool of mud, and then, as if emerging from the water, a pointed head appeared from the mud, or rather, the mud was trying to reassemble into a body.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the other crew members had already started to evacuate without Valerie's reminder, and the policeman nearby finally reacted, pointing his gun at the mud and calling for support.

The mud tried hard to form a human shape, but ultimately failed. Finally, what crawled out of the mud was a nearly three-meter-tall, fat mud monster.

The monster had no facial features, and there were three huge holes on his face, which seemed to replace his eyes and mouth. Tiny particles of mud dripped from his body like drops of water.

"Damn it... Damn you, you all deserve to die!" the clay man roared, his voice seemed to come from the deep water.

His huge body rushed toward Valerie and slapped her with his fingerless right hand.

But his speed was too slow for Valerie. Even without using Sianvistan, Valerie could still dodge him easily.

The slap hit the ground, and dust flew up in the air.

"Bang!" The police finally recognized who the enemy was, pulled the trigger, and hit the clay man's head.

The clay man's head tilted back due to the impact, and a hole appeared on his forehead, but that was all. His head returned to its original position and the bullet stuck in his head was pushed out.

"Kill you...I'm going to kill you!" the mud mangled and roared.

At this moment, a knife flashing blue light pierced through his abdomen from behind.

"Stab!"

Valerie slashed horizontally, and the clay figure was split in half again.

"What are you doing..." The police noticed that Valerie's arms were tied with a pair of knives surrounded by lightning, like a praying mantis with its weapons displayed.

After the major update to version 2077, 2.0's Thunder Mantis Blades became one of the most interesting prosthetics to play. The pair on Valerie's body were the Thunder Mantis Blades that were installed at that time.

This mantis knife is also a helpless substitute. In the past, Valerie preferred to use single-molecule line, which has an extremely powerful whip-like laser effect. However, after the major version update, Valerie could not find her own single-molecule line prosthesis.

The clay figure's body tried to reassemble itself. This time, Valerie didn't just watch. She walked behind the clay figure and waved her arms deftly.

The police watched in amazement as this monster who wasn't even afraid of a gun was easily chopped into literal pulp by the delicate-looking woman.

Valerie frowned as she chopped, realizing that even if she chopped the clay figurine many times and chopped it into small pieces, it could still be resurrected.

Contrary to what Valerie thought, the clay man was very frightened at this time.

He realized that the electric arc on Valerie's mantis knife was drying out the moisture on his body. The mud that had lost its moisture was just dirt and could no longer be used by him.

If this woman has unlimited physical strength and really keeps chopping, I will definitely die!

Fear finally surpassed anger, and the clay man struggled. He no longer tried to gather his human form again, but instead planned to flow away in the form of clay.

However, he was too big, and as soon as the retreat began, Valerie realized that he was trying to escape.

Is my attack actually effective? Is it because of the arc?

Valerie felt that this was the only difference between her mantis knife and other weapons.

Therefore, she immediately activated her prosthetic skills.

The two swords struck together, and a circle of electric arcs spread out in all directions with Valerie as the center, like an explosion.

But the mud monster seemed unaffected and continued to flow towards the wall at the same speed - there was a vent there.

It seems that current is not the key, why is that?

Valerie noticed the dirt left on the mantis knife.

Due to the high temperature of the electric current, it has dried up.

Valerie recalled what she saw in the bathroom. There was also dry soil left in the cracks where the deceased's head was broken.

Is it because of the high temperature?

Valerie finally realized.

She put away her mantis blade, pulled out an incendiary grenade from her pocket, and threw it into the mud in front of her.

"Peng!"

The grenade exploded as expected, and flames engulfed the mud monster.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The monster roared and one end of the mud rolled up and down, as if it was raising its head high in pain.

The flame is effective. The high technology of 2077 burns the body of the clay man, and moisture is lost at a rapid rate.

"No!" the clay man screamed unwillingly.

Valerie felt relieved. If she could continue like this, the monster should be killed successfully, and she would have completed the mission perfectly.

It's just that killing someone in front of the police is a little difficult, but given the culture of the Gotham Police Department, they should be able to let me go on the spot if I pay some money... By the way, can this thing really be considered a human being?

Just when Valerie felt safe and secure, something unexpected happened.

It seems that the high temperature at which the Clayface was burned exceeded the threshold, triggering the fire-fighting system of the film studio.

"Buzz!"

The fire alarm sounded and the automatic fire extinguishing equipment on the ceiling was quickly activated.

Like a drifting rain, the sprayed water wet Valerie's blue hair and extinguished the fire on the mud monster.

"not good!"

Valerie reacted quickly, she turned on the scanner and glared at the fire extinguisher.

Electronic devices also fall into the category of scannable devices. Since they use the Sianvistan operating system, most hacker capabilities cannot be used, but it is not a problem to shut down a device under a cracked system.

The fire extinguishing device was successfully stopped. This happened only in a moment, but it was enough for the mud monster.

He curled his body into a ball, like a spring ready to explode.

Valerie pulled out another grenade and threw it at the clay man.

The flames burned again, but the clay man also accomplished his goal.

A part of the mud ball popped out like a cannonball and smashed open the vent.

8. Police Station

As the most upright sheriff in the Gotham Police Department, Jim Gordon feels miserable.

Recently, there has been a serial killer called Calendar Man committing crimes rampantly in Gotham; the major gangs are very dishonest, and he often encounters reports from thugs who claim to have been beaten by human-shaped bats; Chief Riou seems to be very unhappy with him and is making things difficult for him everywhere; his daughter has entered a rebellious period and talks back to him every day.

Troubles came one after another, and Gordon thought things couldn't get any worse, but suddenly one of his subordinates called him and said that a mud monster had appeared and attacked the Panesa Film Studios.

Although this kind of thing sounds as bizarre as a cartoon.

However, as a senior officer in the police station, the task assigned to Gordon was naturally not a small matter, so he quickly responded to the call.

When he arrived at the crime scene, apart from a large pool of scorched earth left on the ground, there were only the policeman who reported the crime and a blue-haired woman.

"So... this is the mud monster you guys are talking about?" Gordon frowned as he looked at the scorched earth.

"Yes... Sheriff, it's absolutely true." Fear still remained on the policeman's face.

Although Gordon thought he was crazy, considering the recent rumors about the bat monster and the calendar man he was dealing with, he couldn't jump to conclusions.

"So, who is this lady?"

Gordon looked at Valerie.

"I'm a bodyguard." Valerie crossed her arms.

"A bodyguard from a movie studio?"

"Bodyguard of the crew."

Crew?

Gordon knew that a murder had recently occurred in the film studio. Logically, the place should be under martial law and no outsiders should be allowed to enter.

Seeing Gordon's puzzled expression, the young policeman stepped forward and explained.

As expected, Gordon was furious when he heard that the young policeman's superior had accepted bribes to allow the crew to film normally at the crime scene.

"What a bunch of good-for-nothings! What a bunch of...ah..."

As if out of consideration for the presence of outsiders, or as if knowing that this would not change anything, Gordon's angry roar turned into a helpless sigh.

Looking at Gordon's tired face, Valerie couldn't help but feel a little sympathy.

"So what? What's going on with the mud monster?" Gordon got back to business.

"She shot, the man shattered into pieces, and then turned into a mud monster..." The policeman was a little incoherent.

"Look at this, Sheriff."

Fortunately, Valerie was prepared. She took out a laptop connected to the entire room's network and handed it to Gordon.

On the computer, the surveillance replay was playing.

Gordon watched the video, his expression gradually becoming serious.

He originally thought that the young policeman was hallucinating because he was nervous or had taken drugs. At worst, he thought it was a murderer wearing movie props. However, the scene on the screen made Gordon suspect that he had taken drugs.

"Isn't this a movie clip or something?" Gordon asked worriedly.

"Do you think I would pull a prank like that?" Valerie put down her computer.

Gordon nodded "Ma'am, it looks like we have a lot more to talk about."

He recognized Valerie as the woman beating up the mud monster in the video.

Valerie said nothing, knowing that she would have to deal with the cops sooner or later.

Gordon then ordered the film studio to be blocked, and ordered his men with a violent roar not to let anyone in.

Valerie and the crew were also escorted to the Gotham Police Station by police cars as important persons involved in the case.

It is now two o'clock in the afternoon. According to the original plan, Valerie should have brought the crew to the hotel in front of the film studio to discuss the details of the case. Now it is not too bad to go directly to the police station as a guest.

The filming of the crew was naturally suspended. It was useless for the investors who had never met to be anxious, but everyone in the crew breathed a sigh of relief.

Gotham City is composed of several extremely close large islands, each of which is connected by bridges. The Gotham Police Station is located in the new city area in the south. To get to the film studio, you have to cross the Gotham Bridge, from where you can also see the Tower of Miracles.

The young policeman was sitting in the same car with Valerie. As a police officer on duty, he was also a person involved in the case of the mud monster. After arriving at the police station, he still had a long report to fill out.

"Give this back to you."

The policeman's hand reached into Valerie's arms, holding a small notebook.

"You don't look like you need my help to get your things." The young policeman said awkwardly.

"Just think of it as making friends." Valerie pushed the policeman's hand back. "My name is V."

It doesn't sound like a real name, it might be an abbreviation or a code name, but the young policeman didn't care. He put the notebook back into his pocket as if nothing had happened.

"Donal Logue, just call me Logue."

Sounds like some legendary go-between from the afterlife.

Valerie couldn't help laughing, and the corners of her mouth curled up beautifully.

The two briefly exchanged contact information, and the police station arrived just in time.

The Gotham Police Department is quite old and still maintains its quaint architectural style, but according to Rogge, the police station has been renovated many times.

Gordon led Valerie and the crew through the work area, and a long questioning session followed.

As the person who faced the mud monster directly, Valerie was placed first.