I, V, Gotham Legend

"Is it you, old man?" The thug was very dissatisfied with Alfred's noise. He glanced at the vase in his backpack and said, "It doesn't look as valuable as this vase."

"The vase you took was produced in the Qing Dynasty, but that ancient book can buy a warehouse full of vases like that!" Alfred was very dissatisfied with the thugs' lack of knowledge and disrespect for cultural relics.

The thugs looked at each other, they didn't quite understand what this was.

"Never mind. No matter how much these things are worth, they will be the same after they are burned to ashes."

The door suddenly opened and a strong man carrying an oil barrel walked into the room.

"Mr. Freeze has found his target, it's time for us to leave." The sturdy man poured fuel on the bookshelf.

"You can't..." Alfred's heart was bleeding. This was a treasure passed down through the Wayne family.

PS: I caught a cold again, and my throat hurts even when I drink water

Everyone, please take care of your health...

NO35. It’s unbelievable

The pungent smell of gasoline filled the spacious study. Because it was so big, they only sprinkled the fuel unevenly on the lower bookshelves and the floor. Anyway, it would burn everything after ignition.

The Penguin thugs have their lighters ready.

"What should we do with this group of people?" A thug glanced at the captives.

"These people are all big shots, they should be able to exchange for a lot of money." A thug grabbed Ah Fu, who was dressed neatly. "I remember you are Wayne's butler, right?"

"Forget it, our helicopter can't carry so many people. Burn them to ashes along with these books." The burly man in armor who had been standing at the door ordered.

"Okay, you have the final say." The thug threw Ah Fu back roughly.

The old man's thin body staggered, but he did not fall to the ground. A thin arm as white as jade supported him around the waist.

"Are you okay?" Valerie straightened Alfu up.

"Miss V..." Ah Fu said in surprise.

"Who are you? When did you come?" The thugs were frightened by the sudden appearance of the woman.

Unlike Batman who would use a smoke bomb to cover up, Valerie really appeared out of thin air. A woman suddenly stood where there was nothing.

Just like a ghost.

"Don't move!"

The thug raised his gun to aim at Valerie, but the man behind him hit him on the head with the butt of the gun.

"You idiot, there's gasoline all over the place! If you shoot, we'll all be killed!" The man was furious. "Don't worry about her, let's go!"

Valerie's sudden appearance made all the thugs present feel uneasy, but their mission had been accomplished and there was no need for them to stay here.

"Really, I feel like I've encountered a lot of guys who like to set fires recently." Valerie pouted and pulled out a pink samurai sword from her pocket.

But before Valerie could think of what cool pose to use to instantly take care of all the people in front of her, the armored man who had been leaning against the door suddenly walked into the room.

"Be careful, I know this woman. She attacked the Last Bid Shop half a month ago." He unloaded a gun as big as a water pipe from the backpack on his back.

The guy was wearing a mask and Valerie couldn't recognize him.

But the gun in his hand was very familiar. The armored man used a similar gun to create an iceberg, but it was a little bigger.

"Get behind me, guys, I'll freeze her into an ice cube." The armored thug turned his head behind him, and the ice spear in his hand began to gather energy.

The thugs didn't know why, but they still did what this guy said. It seems that this armored thug has a high status.

The armored thug watched as all his thugs ran behind him. Although he admired the blue-haired woman for having the moral integrity to not launch a sneak attack on him, he still pulled the trigger without hesitation.

A stream of water wrapped in cold air spurted out of the barrel as fast as a cannonball.

There was gasoline everywhere, which was not suitable for weapons that could easily misfire, so Valerie held the cocktail stick tightly.

With the blade in front of her, Valerie ran head-on into the water, swinging the blade as she ran. The water was cut in half in the middle and shot to both sides behind Valerie.

The water quickly froze the moment it touched an object, and the bookshelves on both sides were covered with a large layer of ice.

But it had no effect on Valerie, she was so fast that she didn't even have time to freeze.

When the Armored Thug passionately shot this stream of frozen water, Valerie was already standing in front of him.

"..."

Looking at the katana in Valerie's hand that was only covered with a thin layer of frost, the armored thug swallowed.

He wanted to kneel down and apologize immediately.

But Valerie had already chopped off the guy's head with her backhand.

The armor was useless and his neck broke as easily as a popsicle stick.

Valerie hesitated for a moment whether to kill or not, but when she thought of Batman's serious tone during the previous communication, Miss V couldn't help but get a little angry.

I killed someone! What's the matter?

The thugs who had been hiding behind the armored thugs and resting soundly had disappeared without a trace. Valerie turned around and waved to Afu and the others, signaling them to leave the study.

"Miss V." Alfred walked over to Valerie. "Do you know where he is?"

Ah Fu spoke in a very low voice and was deliberately vague, but the clever Valerie understood.

"He has to find Boyle first. This is also the goal of the armored ice man." Valerie squatted down and studied the ice spear in the armored thug's hand.

"Are you going to help him next?" Ah Fu was very worried about the young master.

"He said he didn't need me." Valerie shook her head.

Was it a quarrel?

Ah Fu became even more worried.

"Did something happen between you two?"

"We have a disagreement on how to deal with some things." Valerie looked at the armored head that fell not far away.

“……”Looking at the bodies of the thugs, Ah Fu roughly understood what happened, but also felt a little strange.

The young master should be well aware that Miss V is a mercenary who lives on the edge of a knife. If he is going to be angry, he doesn't have to start now.

"Your relationship is not complicated, but some conflicts may require in-depth discussions to resolve." Ah Fu spoke carefully.

Valerie looked up at Alfu's eyes curiously.

This sentence makes sense, but why does it sound weird?

"Okay, I'll go find him. I hope he can talk to me nicely."

After all, I haven't received the money yet.

Under Alfred's surprised gaze, Valerie stuffed the unloaded ice gun into her small pocket and then turned and left.

Alfu looked at Valerie's quickly receding back and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, then turned and walked towards the guests.

He had to take them to a safe place first. Of course, he couldn't count on the Batcave, but fortunately there were plenty of places for people to hide in Wayne Manor.

……

After a final punch that shattered the armor on his head, Batman threw the armored thug to the ground and removed the gun from his hand.

Then he used the butt of the ice gun to knock the thug unconscious.

The floor was a mess. All the armor originally worn by the thugs was stripped off layer by layer by Batman.

Mr. Freeze shared his weapons and equipment with Cobblepot in exchange for the Penguin's support to attack Wayne Manor tonight.

This is very strange. Although the Penguin has always had a grudge against the Wayne family, he is not crazy enough to carry out a terrorist attack when the guests are gathering.

If the target is Boyle, this amount of troops and technology is enough to rob Gotham Corporation directly like a scarecrow, there is no need to wait until the fundraiser.

Unless, their cooperation time is not very long, perhaps they plan and act on the same day, and Mr. Freeze is in the dominant position.

If this is true, then Batman can at least be sure of one thing, there are not many freezing weapons like this, probably less than ten.

Now there is only the more critical question left.

Why did Mr. Freeze look for Boyle?

NO36. Mr. Freeze

"You don't have to be so rude, I think there are just some misunderstandings between us!"

Phils Boyle was carried by two thugs on their shoulders and taken to the lobby where he had just received his award.

The hole in the ceiling was still blowing wind into the lobby. Several helicopters were hovering in the sky, with the sound of propellers and strong wind whistling together.

Blood was flowing on the ground like a stream. Not far away lay several headless corpses. No one knew who the unlucky ones were.

Although Boyle escaped quickly and decisively after Mr. Freeze attacked the ceremony, he was still quickly found because of the large number of invading Penguin thugs.

There was only one man in silver-white armor on the podium. Boyle had seen several thugs wearing armor along the way, but none of them were wearing such heavy armor.

The armored man looked back at Boyle, and through the glass cover on the armored head, Boyle saw a face with blue skin and wearing red glasses.

"You are..." Boyle felt that this person looked familiar, but he was too old compared to the person he remembered.

"We have an account." Mr. Freeze approached Boyle, his voice coming from the glass hood like a fish tank, sounding like a mechanical one.

"Victor? How is that possible? You should have..." Boyle didn't finish his words before Mr. Freeze's metal-wrapped fist hit him on the head.

Amid the gloating laughter of the surrounding thugs, Boyle fell to his knees with a nosebleed.

Boyle had never been so embarrassed since he accepted the family inheritance.

Mr. Freeze didn't say anything. He waved to the thugs who were holding Boyle on both sides, signaling them to let go of the rich man.

A helicopter slowly descended near the hole in the ceiling and dropped an elevator into the lobby.

Mr. Freeze lifted Boyle with one hand and approached the escalator.

At this moment, a flash of light appeared and the elevator in front of Mr. Freeze was cut into two pieces.

A bat-shaped dart was nailed to the podium.

Mr. Freeze turned his head and looked in the direction where the dart came from.

Batman slowly emerged from the darkness.

"I've heard of you, stay out of my way." Mr. Freeze raised his right arm towards Batman.

There was a sudden mechanical movement on his arm, and it changed form like the Autobots in the movies, until a steel pipe extended out.

Water sprayed out of the steel pipe, and Batman rolled sideways and hid behind a table. He raised his hand and overturned the table, with the table top facing Mr. Freeze.

Mr. Freeze adjusted the angle of his water flow according to Batman's trajectory, and the ice cap froze along the direction of the water flow. The table where Batman was hiding was directly frozen into a block of ice.

He aimed at the table and was ready to shoot if he saw a pointed head.

But Batman jumped out from behind him and strangled Mr. Freeze's arm holding the weapon with his arm blade.

This armor is very thick, and strangling the neck will not have any effect, so Batman chooses to disarm it first.

But there was a mechanical movement on Mr. Freeze's armored shoulder, and a small gun barrel as thick as a broom handle rose from his shoulder.

Batman used the blade on his left arm to clamp the barrel of the gun on Mr. Freeze's shoulder, trying to remove it, while his right arm was still holding Mr. Freeze's gun.

Mr. Freeze aimed his right arm at Batman's feet and sprayed water at him.

Batman successfully bent the gun on his shoulder, then immediately retreated, shot out his hook towards the ceiling to move his body, and avoided Mr. Freeze's rays.

The freeze ray moves in Batman's direction, leaving a trail of ice on the floor and walls.

Batman jumped onto the rafters, staring at Mr. Freeze with his white eyes.

"Get out of my way," Mr. Freeze repeated, jumping up with the helpless Boyle in his hands and grabbing the broken section of the elevator.

The helicopter struggled to pull Mr. Freeze's heavy body and took him away from the hall.

Batman threw a dart at Mr. Freeze, but the dart could not cause any damage to his armor and the batarang bounced back.

The roar of the helicopter gradually faded away, leaving only a mess on the ground.

Batman didn't move, just watched the helicopter fly away calmly.

In the brief confrontation just now, he had installed the locator on Mr. Freeze, which could directly allow Batman to find their base.