I, V, Gotham Legend

Everything was just as the leader had imagined. Valerie walked to the tall white monument in the middle of the maze, which was right below the large conference room and was the only way through the maze.

Everyone who is imprisoned in the Pure White Maze will return here countless times and eventually be executed here.

When the time comes, the owls will open up the concrete floor and watch everything from the high stands.

The names of the executed people would be engraved on a tall white stele as a memorial to the majesty of the court.

He couldn't remember how many times this woman had come back here. Although she looked normal now, she must be exhausted both physically and mentally.

As if to break his fantasy, Valerie raised her head and looked accurately in the direction of the conference room.

The woman's action startled all the owls in the courtroom. The discussion became louder and louder, and their voices were as noisy as a vegetable market.

"Silence!" The leader waved his hand and shouted, forcibly stopping the owls' calls. "This is just a coincidence. She is at the end of her rope!"

He emphasized this to comfort himself.

The chief obviously still had some prestige, and the court was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Seeing that everyone had finally calmed down, the leader cleared his throat and wanted to say something else.

But just before he opened his mouth, he seemed to hear some subtle sound, like drilling in the ground at a construction site.

The subtle sound made him raise his head and look at the ceiling.

If you feel it carefully, you may feel a slight vibration under your feet.

They were previously masked by the noisy environment, but after everyone quieted down, these abnormalities became more and more obvious.

"what!"

A scream rang out in his ears, and the leader's attention was drawn back to the screen.

In the picture, a blue-haired woman was squatting on the ground, and next to her was a cannon that was obtained from nowhere.

The muzzle of the gun was raised, pointing directly below their conference room.

NO36. I’m so excited!

What a bunch of idiots.

Valerie aimed the cannon at the top of her head, and in her eyes there were only human voiceprints.

She was able to determine the exact location of these guys not only because she could hear the sound, but also because she could see all the cameras in the room.

The group of mice might have intended to use the cameras to monitor the people trapped in the maze, but in Valerie's eyes, the wires connected to the cameras were like direction signs telling her which way to go.

After passing here for the first time, Valerie had seen the conversation between the Court of Owls and Malone. It seemed that the rats were giving a self-righteous big villain speech, and the middleman's safety was not in danger for the time being.

So she walked around a few more times to familiarize herself with the environment and prepare some plans B in case the rats escape.

This maze looks quite ancient and has many small traps. According to Valerie's observation, there is a small secret door just behind her, and some random soldiers may jump out in a while.

I really don't understand why they put a secret door in such an obvious place. The more I get to know these rats, the more I feel that these rats are just so-so.

Valerie's cannon was fully charged, and she was sure it was now at a level that could just blow the floor apart without hurting Malone.

...

After V took out the cannon in the picture, the Court of Owls was in chaos and they were scrambling to escape.

But the owl leader quickly calmed down. He hurriedly maintained order: "Don't be afraid! We are on a high platform, that thing can't blow us up! What's more... we have claws!"

But it was of no use. The Court of Owls was not a hierarchical organization, and under the threat of death, the leader's reputation was of no use.

They crowded towards the exit in the dark, just like rats trying to get into a cave.

But what followed was a desperate wail: "Why can't the door be opened!"

"This place is locked!"

"Who did it? And when?"

"Chief! What are you doing? Chief!"

The sound of banging on doors and windows continued.

Malone, hanging in the cage, felt sad as he listened to the panic-stricken screams of the owls.

V hadn't even really come up yet, and I was actually afraid of a group of people like this?

The leader put his hands on the railing of the platform, and his hands were sweaty.

He had already given the order through the ancestral props, so why didn't the claws hiding in the secret door of the maze come out to kill the woman? !

These are not electronic mechanisms, and he has only been in this organization for less than three years. There are many ancient mechanisms that he himself does not even know how to use.

It can be said that compared to these so-called owners, Valerie, who has only walked around twice, is already the person in the world who knows this maze best.

The leader anxiously flicked the switch with his hand hidden in his sleeve. If it weren't for the need to maintain his dignity as a superior, he would have joined the crowd behind him trying to squeeze through the door.

He had originally brought Malone here to let him see with his own eyes how his only hope was cornered by the court, but he hadn't expected that now...

"Boom!!!" The floor under the platform was blown apart, and the cement was like a foam board shattered by a punch, flying high into the air and then falling down weakly.

Valerie stood in the pure white maze, this time without any gaps, looking straight into the leader's eyes through the ceiling.

"She's coming! She's coming!"

"Where's the claw?! Where's the person?!"

The owls hooted like mice.

The leader was still relatively calm. He bit the inside of his cheek hard to ensure that he would not tremble when he spoke later.

"V, you are always so reckless." The leader tried to maintain his omniscient image.

"You are surrounded." Valerie was alone, and her arrogance made the owls angry.

The eyes under the leader's mask suddenly noticed something strange behind Valerie.

The secret door where Sharp Claw was supposed to be hiding couldn't be opened for some reason, but he noticed that the secret door was trembling slightly.

Those loyal dogs are trying to find a way out to rescue us too!

Noticing this, the leader felt relieved. Each claw was carefully selected, rigorously trained, and raised in the Dionysus factor. They were the backbone of the court's survival.

This woman seems not to have noticed yet. Now is the time to attract her attention. As long as the Claw successfully breaks through, everything will be fine.

Although it is very dangerous, the leader feels that now is the time for him to show his prowess. As long as he can hold V here, his status in the court will surely rise further!

Thinking of this, the leader actually walked forward, stood on the edge of the platform, put his hands behind his back, and looked down at Valerie.

"V, you are just a lowly outsider after all."

The owls were stunned. Among so many people, only the leader came forward. They didn't expect this guy to be so brave.

"Do you think you can change the will of the Owl? We are the embodiment of Gotham. Anyone who tries to clash with the court will be smashed into mud. Whether it's you or the recently rampant Batman, you will only become the dust of history!"

The leader became more and more excited as he spoke. He felt that he was so handsome now: "We! The Court of Owls will rule Gotham forever! And you, if you are lucky, will only be recorded on the white monument behind you until you are completely erased in the next century!

So remember, you are just a little..."

"Theo Galvin." Valerie spoke suddenly, and the leader felt as if he was falling into an ice cave.

This guy called out his name accurately!

When? How? Why did you know?

Even the rest of the court didn't know who he was.

The sudden opening of the box made Theo sweat all over, and he forgot the pretentious lines that were on the tip of his tongue.

The leader who had been talking loudly suddenly became quiet, causing the owls, who had gained some confidence, to whisper again.

But before they could discuss anything, Valerie spoke again.

She didn't even jump onto the platform. She just stood there and called out the names of the owls that were supposed to be out of her sight one by one, like calling out the names of dishes.

The owls' noise died down with each name, until by the time Valerie was done, they were at a loss for words.

"There shouldn't be all of you here, right? I knew it. It seems we have to cut the roots afterward." Valerie touched her lips.

Theo's inner uneasiness grew stronger and stronger, and the shock he had felt just now seemed to become more and more obvious at this moment.

He suddenly realized something was wrong.

This woman clearly has a weapon right next to her, why hasn't she made a move yet?

What is she waiting for?

At this moment, the secret door behind Valerie was suddenly pushed up, like a groove knocked out by a hammer on an iron plate.

That should have been the room where Claw was hiding, but this situation, as if a monster had broken out of a cage, was clearly not like Claw's style of opening a door.

Valerie smiled without turning her head.

As if to confirm Theo's uneasiness, the secret door was hit hard again, and this time it shattered like a pierced eggshell.

A golden sports car covered with body parts and blood leaped out.

NO37. An angel descended upon me

Valerie didn't expect at first that this maze would be judged as outdoors by her body.

As long as she is in an outdoor environment, she can summon the vehicle in any way she wants.

Just then she noticed that there were quite a few people in the secret room behind her, so she simply summoned the Sword of the Lady of the Lake in the secret room.

The Sword of the Lady of the Lake is a sports car from the same series as her favorite Sword in the Stone, but compared to the Sword in the Stone, it is much sturdier and is comparable to the hardness of military vehicles in the 2077 century view.

Summoning a vehicle requires a certain distance, and it can be summoned again as long as it is out of sight.

So she deliberately stayed where she was, repeatedly summoning the sports car into the secret room until the Sword of the Lady of the Lake crushed all the people in the secret room she scanned.

If you look inside through the hole in the wall, you'll see a river of blood.

The superhuman army that the Court of Owls relied on was wiped out before they even saw Valerie.

Now, no matter how stupid the owls were, they understood what was happening. The stump hanging on the sword of the Lady of the Lake had the symbol of a sharp claw engraved on it.

The court still had plenty of spare claws from its three hundred years of savings, but it was clearly too late to summon them here.

After realizing that their greatest military support was gone, the owls finally stopped caring about their dignity.

They screamed and banged on the door, trying to escape quickly. The stands that were originally used to watch the execution of prisoners became a prison where they were trapped.

Theo stood in the front, he knew that he couldn't escape from the others if he ran away now, but he felt that he still had a trump card.

He tremblingly took out a pistol from his arms and pointed it at Malone in the pigeon cage in the distance.

"Don't move! I... I will kill him!" There was no calmness in Theo's voice at this time.

Hostages are the most vulgar and boring, but also the most useful means.

The premise is that you are threatening ordinary people.

Theo was about to shoot Marlon to show that he was not joking, but he found that he couldn't move his finger.

When he looked down, he found that his arms were gone and blood was gushing out of his shoulders like a fountain.

"..."

Theo was stunned at first, then he screamed in pain and disbelief.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

He fell to the ground in pain, but before he could roll over, a foot stepped on his chest, immobilizing him.

Theo's eyes behind the mask looked in horror at Valerie who was staring at him coldly.

When did you come here? When did you chop me?

He couldn't even utter a horrified question.

Valerie pulled out a silver-gleaming rapier from her pocket. It was as thin as a nail and could not be used to cut people. It was a piece of junk she had picked up during her mercenary career in recent months.

She held the sword upside down and slowly inserted the tip of the rapier into Theo's neck like giving an injection.

Theo's arms had been chopped off, and he couldn't even hold the sword. He could only watch in despair as Valerie executed him.

The needle tip pierced his esophagus, trachea and artery, but did not kill him immediately, so Valerie pulled back the sword.

Theo wanted to say something, but he could only spit out a mouthful of blood and make meaningless choking sounds in his mouth.