56. Gotham: There's a cat (for now)
64.
She might be dreaming.
In adventure stories, whenever the protagonist's team encounters danger, the screenwriter will usually arrange for a righteous little friend to descend from the sky and save the entire team from danger.
The appearance of a companion must be cool and memorable, and it is best to let readers look back on it many years later and say, "I remember how he made his debut."
—but none of this sounds like Batman coming in on an animal!
Aria had forgotten her recent feat of riding a dog into the Gotham Police Department. She took a step back, thinking she might have realized something.
The direction of this plot point may not be an adventure story, but a fairy tale - Batman tamed his accomplice with his sincerity and courage, and launched an attack on the villain with the other party's assistance!
No, it seemed Batman hadn't succeeded in using his love to influence the other person. Realizing someone was on his back, Tigras bared his teeth and leaped wildly, trying to throw Batman off with a swing of his fist. But Batman didn't budge, and the experimental equipment that Emil Dorian had finally put down was crushed by Tigras's feet the next second, almost defenselessly.
"No!" Emil covered his head in despair. Even though he was not conducting any experiments here, seeing so many things broken almost killed him.
"Tigoras, I told you to stop! Now! Immediately! Immediately!" The owner's gnashing of teeth finally made the pet realize that he was in trouble. Tigoras immediately sat down, covering his nose with his hands, his eyes furtive like a puppy that was discovered while rummaging through a trash can.
As soon as it stopped, Batman used the reverse pulling force of the hook to land safely, as light as a flea - sorry, but the farmer really couldn't think of any exact adjective to describe this exquisite control of the body.
Batman glanced at the Red Hood so quickly that one almost suspected it was an illusion.
He didn't ask about the details of the accident. The detective just glanced at the humanoid cat licking his fur and made a conclusion in his mind. He pointed the finger at the red-haired man and said, "Emile Dorian, your days of conducting human experiments are over."
"If we take out the antigen now, there's still a chance to change."
The same meaning, but two completely different words. If Aria's threat was a seemingly ordinary yet eerie statement, then Batman's was undoubtedly a terrifying waterfall pouring down on one's head, suddenly dragging one away into a dark wasteland.
Emil dropped his hands in dejection, as if he had finally given up on his overly crazy plan. The successive failures had taken a toll on the scientist's sanity. When Batman came over to handcuff him, he acted like a star who couldn't believe he was already past his prime, clinging to him tightly and refusing to let go. "Batman, you're finally here! Finally, someone who recognizes me."
"They don't know how great I've accomplished," Emile rambled on. "You're the only one who can appreciate the ingenuity of genetic engineering here."
"If I were given another chance, I would only give my works to people who understand them, and Catwoman would not be on the list!" She is illiterate like these two people!
Although Emil didn't say it explicitly, his eyes said it all.
The two people who felt that they were clearly being looked down upon:? ?
Red Hood, who alternated between being a prick and a quiet person when Batman was around, simply scoffed at this remark. But the anonymous farmer, Aria, wasn't happy. She had a strong opinion of something that had no economic value and harmed people, and she immediately retorted, "You're not remembered because you haven't done anything good for the community."
"If I were you, I would use this technology to study whether edible plants and animals can be combined to increase production and income. For example, I would see if sheep can be planted in the ground like plants."
Thinking of the farm's fields of sheep and plants swaying slowly in the breeze, Aria swallowed her breath. "That way, everyone will definitely remember you."
Seeing that the farmer was about to lead Emil Dorian into the agricultural channel, in order to prevent Gotham from having another double villain with extreme ideas in both animal protection and plant protection, Batman stepped forward to stop the topic.
"Selina Kyle?"
Aria wasn't surprised by how quickly Batman linked Catwoman to Selina Kyle. She simply apologized in her heart for Selina's sudden loss of confidence. "...Yes."
Hearing someone calling her name, the big cat version of Catwoman came over from the side, treating the farmer as a new cat climbing frame. However, compared to its current size, the cat climbing frame was a little small. Selina climbed to the top with almost no effort and rested her head on Aria's hair with satisfaction - good, now it was level with the cat-eared man opposite.
An untrained person would have sustained head damage from the weight. Only the farmer remained calm, accepting this overwhelming favor. "Emile said the antigen is in Tigras..."
A tube of green sealing reagent appeared in Batman's palm. He had expected this and handed it forward to Emil to confirm whether it was an antigen.
The farmer was a little envious. If she had his amazing skills and the Stardew Valley theft mod, she could plunder every criminal den in Zuzu City.
"That's right." Seeing Batman Emil was like meeting a research subject. He wanted to pull up a blackboard and give an academic report on the spot. Unfortunately, the handcuffs greatly restricted his ability to move forward. His hands fluttered around like butterflies, but he couldn't produce any results. "It's the T-99. Kurt Langstone wanted to go further than I did, but he ended up pushing himself into a dead end. If he had accepted my olive branch sooner, things wouldn't have been so serious."
After hearing the number Batman was silent for a second, he seemed to have known something: "T99 is not a reverse reagent." Emil admires cats and hopes to make all mankind further "evolve". From the beginning of developing the reagent, he never thought there would be a way back.
According to Emil's cunning opinion, if Catwoman drinks the reagent directly, she will be able to complete the third stage of transformation and completely turn into a humanoid cat.
"Why don't you try it on yourself?" Aria, bearing Selina's weight, punched him so fast that even Batman couldn't stop him. If he hadn't been keeping an eye on the reagent, she would have poured it into the guy in front of her, so that Emil could have a taste of it too.
"Because the current reagents are not perfect, ma'am." Emil spat out the blood in his mouth. He had clearly not forgotten the torture Aria had inflicted on him before. He didn't even dare to look her in the eye, glancing away. "Even Tigoras—my most anticipated work—can't meet my highest standards now. Science is the pursuit of that process of infinitely approaching the circle."
"Only a perfect reagent could allow me to take it wholeheartedly and transform into someone else." Under Batman's watchful eye, he couldn't say too much. Emil smiled sinisterly, "Perhaps I can go one step further in Arkham Asylum."
"Bruce Wayne donated a sum of money to Arkham Asylum," Batman shattered his fantasy: "There you will not have experimental conditions, but will be reformed with other prisoners."
Batman put the reagent into his belt: "I will find someone to crack the T-99 reagent. Even if you want it to spread virally, there is a solution."
"Maybe I can donate some." The farmer raised his hand silently: "Although we are poor at the moment, I can donate some equipment." For example, things like animal sheds and chicken coops. If Arkham is converted into this type, people can only come out to stroll around when the door is open every day, and no one will escape from the prison anymore, right?
Batman had no idea what terrible thoughts were brewing in the farmer's mind, but his intuition made him reject the other party's sudden kindness. He put the shackles on Emil and mentioned him as easily as if he were a kitten: "You will serve the sentence ordered by the court in Arkham."
"…Maybe it's the holidays," Red Hood complained.
When Batman looked at him, Red Hood turned his head to the side and spoke to Aria: "Tigorath and Catwoman, what are you going to do?"
"You mean it's also a product of an experiment?" Aria looked down at Tygoras, who had been subdued by the shock collar. "Then it's just a victim of Emil."
If Tegoras had no record of hurting anyone before, they should find a good place for it.
"I'll let Tigoras choose between sending him to a zoo or keeping him here," Batman said, "but he has to wear a collar and be supervised."
Tigoras panted heavily under the restraint of the collar, but his eyes never left Emil: "...I'm not going anywhere. Let me follow my father."
Aria knew that it probably didn't understand what human prison meant, so she patiently explained: "Prison is for people who have committed crimes and are reflecting on themselves. Once you go there, you probably won't be able to do whatever you want like you can now." For it, the most painful thing is losing its freedom, right?
However, after another deep breath, Tigoras finally gathered up the strength to finish the rest of his words: "I, I don't care."
It doesn't care whether it is the most perfect one or whether it will be compared with the previous achievements. As long as Emil needs it, Tigoras will always be by his father's side - it believes in this iron rule as if it believed that the sun always rises from the east.
Red Hood: ...
Also Red Hood: "Then you should go to Arkham and serve your time in jail too."
…
"As for Selina Kyle..." After dealing with Tigoras, Batman looked at Catwoman who was meowing on Aria's shoulder and felt that the current situation was a bit tricky.
Selina wagged her tail when her name was called, wondering why she had suddenly become the focus of everyone's attention.
The farmer stroked Selina's furry back and made up his mind: "Let me take care of her for the time being!"
Aria held out her hand, and Catwoman stepped onto her arm as if she had found a new bridge, arching her back slightly, looking like she was about to take off on the spot at any moment.
Red Hood took a half step back without a sound.
"It'll take time to develop the reverse antigen, so I can keep her on my farm for now." As if addressing a pet adoption qualification examiner, the farmer described his living area: "There's plenty of land for her to run around in, and I don't have to worry about her running away."
Catwoman yawned lightly, and it seemed like it was just a false alarm.
Facing Batman's silent gaze, Aria mustered up all her courage: "I will treat her well. If Holly wants to see her, I can also video chat with her - if Wayne Technology's phone can video call."
The farmer looked a little unaccustomed to using it, but she was still quite confident that she could take good care of Selina. "I raised pets for a while before, so I know how to treat them better."
This look of trying to come up with a hundred reasons... was exactly like Damian's when he brought all kinds of animals home. But at least it showed that he had made progress, starting to consider the opinions of his family members and no longer thinking that he could make all the decisions like he did at the beginning.
Batman looked at her extremely serious expression and was unable to refute for a moment.
Perhaps letting Aria take Selina away would be a better option, but he always felt like something was missing...
"It's too far," Red Hood added abruptly. He was particularly reluctant to meddle in such matters that would make him appear caring in front of Batman, so he managed to bite the bullet and utter half a sentence: "Long-distance animal transportation may have an impact on their physical health."
"Your farm isn't in Gotham, how are you going to send her there with you?"
Seeing Batman's eyes on him, Jason Todd got goosebumps. He raised his hands to indicate that this matter had nothing to do with him: "Let me make it clear first, I don't own one." Let Catwoman use the Batmobile as a scratching post in the Batcave. Anyway, the devil's cub will like any furry or non-furry animal.
"You can't possibly keep her!" The farmer became serious when it came to cat custody. "You're both men, after all! What if she suddenly changes back?"
"There's a passage from Gotham to the farm!" Although the person was currently unconscious, the farmer asked her opinion: "Selina, would you like to stay at my farm for a while? Wow!"
The big cat didn't say anything. She treated Aria's hair as a toy and had already put a strand of it in her mouth and was trying to chew it.
“…”
Aria tried to snatch the hair from her mouth, and to prove the feasibility, she put on a smile and tried to show it to the vigilante: "Look, she agreed."
There was no need to look further, Red Hood Wuci thought, he could already foresee the chaos that would follow in the farmer's house.
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Irresponsible Little Theater:
Aria: Have you ever been poisoned? Cursed? Kidnapped?
Bat: ...
Aria: You are a princess for sure!
Jason (Literature) Aria (Agriculture Stardew Valley Edition): I am illiterate, is this true?
The idea of plant sheep is based on the maze rice ()
I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival. I will send you some red envelopes for this chapter (bow
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