Chapter 86 Chapter 86 Whose reputation was harmed
"I originally planned to take them to explore Desmond's sphere of influence and teach them how to analyze the situation. After all, Kryptonians' X-ray vision is really useful."
Jason didn't even need to close his eyes when he told lies. He leaned back on the sofa in the rental house, vaguely omitting the reason why they came to put Desmond in the sack, and then started talking about the "consequences" they discovered.
"Then Ben said he heard Desmond's mom telling him to take care of his heart, and that's when we noticed Desmond's heartbeats were abnormal. Don't worry, we didn't do anything. Otherwise, what if Desmond suddenly died and was blamed on us? We've already returned to the rental house."
"Okay, that's all the news. Bye. I won't say goodnight to you."
The call was hung up so decisively and quickly that Dick held the phone for three full seconds before reacting and realizing one thing clearly—
His ordinary daily routine of working double shifts as a policeman during the day and Nightwing at night is probably coming to an end. What he will have to face next are three rebellious teenagers with endless creative ideas and strong action ability.
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Even after receiving the good news that Desmond was about to die suddenly, the teenagers still had no way to vent their energy, which made them a little depressed.
But life is like water in a sponge, there is always water as long as you are willing to squeeze it.
So, when Benjamin, who hadn't been able to enjoy his fight with the Mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex, lay on the sofa and sighed, "What fun things are we going to do next? How about going swimming at the beach?" Li Hua readily replied:
"Let's go to Gotham and get some fear toxin."
Benjamin:?
Jason:?
Such a light sentence was like a bolt of lightning striking the top of their heads. Benjamin and Jason sat up straight and looked at Li Hua, saying in unison:
"Li Hua, what do you want to do now?"
"Why are you yelling so loudly?" Li Hua rubbed his ears with a grin. "I just suddenly thought Scarecrow's fear toxin would be useful for inflicting frenzy in an emergency. I've mentioned this before, so why the big reaction?"
The main thing is that when you said it before, we didn't know you could do such a thing.
This time we are not in a strange parallel universe. You use fear toxin to drive yourself into frenzy, and when you wake up, you will be the one who is socially dead!
Benjamin took advantage of Li Hua who was sitting in the middle seat to look at Jason. He poked his head out from behind Li Hua and looked at Jason, trying to make Jason understand what he meant with his twitching eyelids.
Come up with a reason to fool Li Hua!
Jason received Benjamin's signal and said, "Would you like to think about the high you felt when you were exposed to the fear gas? Didn't Bruce tell you that when you suggested using the fear gas as a berserker? It's a poison, after all. It's taxing on the body and can't be used long-term."
"I don't plan on using it long-term," Li Hua said. "But if I can block out its fear illusions, it can be used as a cardiac stimulant or to send me into a frenzy in an emergency. It's safe to say I hope more than anyone else that it won't be used."
This reason is good enough, enough to convince Batman.
So Benjamin lay back on the sofa. "Then why don't you just tell Batman no? Even Azmis wouldn't be able to find a reason to refuse with such a good reason."
"Looking to Batman can indeed solve a temporary problem, but if we don't completely control the means of production, we will easily be strangled."
Li Hua looked resolute and said under the gazes of his two friends who urged him to "speak human language".
"So, I also want the formula for fear toxin."
Jason was dumbfounded. "No, buddy, are you really planning to fight Scarecrow at the Peak of Terror for the title of Master of Terror?"
Fear toxin is easy to obtain, as it is kept by forces outside Arkham Court, whether in the Batcave or Scarecrow, but what is the formula for fear toxin?
This thing exists almost exclusively in Scarecrow's head.
Admittedly, the composition of the fear toxin is not difficult to analyze, and it is not impossible to infer the materials needed to make it by using the raw materials purchased by Scarecrow every time he escapes from prison.
Then why is it that every time fear toxin is checked, Scarecrow is almost always found. In Gotham, where there are so many talented people, why has no one ever competed with Scarecrow for business on fear toxin?
Because chemistry is difficult to grasp accurately, just like a chemistry experiment class, even with a professional laboratory, a teacher leading the practical training, and all the steps written in detail in the textbook, a large group of students still cannot perform the reactions in the textbook, and even scrape the wall to fake the final product.
In this contrast, Scarecrow's ability to manually create large quantities of stable fear toxins in various corners, sometimes even using a relatively simple chemical apparatus, and even occasionally upgrading them is simply incredible. He must have his own secret method for producing fear toxins.
"In other words, Scarecrow's cooperation is necessary to obtain a stable formula for the fear toxin."
Li Hua stroked his chin in thought. Just when Jason thought he was about to give up, he heard Li Hua ask.
"So when is Scarecrow's next escape?"
Can you try using the [Illusion] card to induce hypnosis, or use... the [Scale] card to make the scarecrow tell the truth?
Li Hua: "But I haven't got the [Scale] card yet. Oh, it's such a hard decision. Why can't Scarecrow escape once a week?"
Even number 666 couldn't stand it anymore and complained, "What do you think the scarecrow is? An automatically spawning monster?"
Even Benjamin, who hated evil and was always thinking about what bad guys to beat up today, couldn't help but say, "Can you please let the scarecrow go for now?"
At least let's find someone else to do it for the time being.
I beat a scarecrow in this universe, and I beat a scarecrow in a parallel universe. When I come back, I beat a scarecrow again. Is this the daddy love of a magical boy?
Li Hua: "That's all I can do. He attacked me twice in a row... You don't know, this guy also attacked me and injected me with fear toxin when I went to the parallel universe. It's inevitable that I'll have a deep memory of him."
Benjamin: ...
Jason: ...
In fact, we know it and we remember it very clearly.
Benjamin: "Why are you thinking so far ahead? Scarecrow isn't going to escape tomorrow anyway, and you don't have a [Scale] card. For now, let's just focus on doing our own responsibilities, like beating up bad guys every night to earn experience for you."
Jason was terrified and shook Li Hua by the shoulders. "Look at you! I scared you so much that you've become smarter! Why don't you calm down a bit!"
Li Hua: “…”
Benjamin: “…”
One sentence seriously injured the knees of two people. Jason Todd, are you polite?
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It turns out that Jason is still very polite.
During a night patrol a few days later, Li Hua vaguely remembered this conversation.
After all, no matter how violent Jason was, no matter how hard he beat people, no matter how hard he hit people in the knees with rubber bullets, or how he secretly replaced them with real bullets, he never used a fucking armor-piercing bullet to hit anyone!
Isn't this thing supposed to be used to destroy tanks? Why is it appearing in a Blüdhaven gang fight? Has the gang situation here reached this point?
Li Hua squatted behind the bunker, clamped the bird-beak staff between his knees and released the [Shield] to protect himself. His right arm, which was hit by the bullet, hurt when he moved it.
The bullet that was shot from somewhere was still stuck in his flesh like an arrow. Li Hua did not try to pull it out because it had stopped the bleeding to a certain extent.
The good news is that No. 666 said his bones were not broken, but his arm may not feel good for a while.
Li Hua gritted her teeth and took out styptic powder from the tactical belt covered by her skirt and sprinkled it on the wound. "Is this the retribution for my recent reckless behavior?"
"This is a normal risk. It's impossible not to get hurt in dangerous actions. It's great that you're only getting hurt now."
Number 666's voice was calm and composed, calmly directing the panicked rookie. It was as if they had returned to the very beginning, when it had instructed Li Hua to swing his staff and kill the monster for the first time.
[Now stand up and take action before those guys surround you. Either take care of them, or escape this signal shielding area and reunite with those two guys.]
Even though one of his arms was disabled, even though there was a signal jammer in this place, and even though the BUFF of his clothes was weakened because of the blood, Li Hua could still easily deal with the guys in the room. His only concern was that the gunman who was hiding somewhere might attack him again.
It would not be fun to get hit in the head by an armor-piercing bullet.
"Hey, looks like our little friend needs a little help?"
Li Hua was just about to stand up, leaning on his staff, when another deafening gunshot rang out. A bullet with a deformed tip landed outside the shield barrier. A man with short blond hair and a red cloth tied around his head stepped out of the darkness, holding a smoking submachine gun.
"Nice to meet you. I'm a stud. Our boss wants to invite you to be his guest and share some honest thoughts. Please cooperate."
Even though his arm was aching like hell, Li Hua still had to ask, "Is that really the case, or is there some kind of American humor in it that I'm not aware of?"
"I like to call myself that. Just like you like running around in skirts, we all have some harmless little hobbies, don't we?"
The stallion had a smile on his face, but his hand holding the gun did not shake at all. He looked at Li Hua's shot hand with a careless look and whistled.
"It seems our little magic boy isn't good at dealing with bullets? That's great."
This guy who called himself Stallion, whose code name and appearance were very unruly, blocked Li Hua's way. Other gangsters... no, it should be said that this guy's accomplices surrounded him and pointed guns at Li Hua. Among them were several guns that were the same as the one in Stallion's hand, and they were probably loaded with the same ammunition.
If Li Hua removed the shield, those bullets would undoubtedly hit him.
This isn't some gang fight at all; it's clearly a trap set for him!
"But you're still just like the rumors say, you can use this wonderful bubble magic to cover yourself. But you can only cover yourself. Do you see this little button in my hand?"
The stallion raised his hand and waved a small mechanical device in front of Li Hua.
"If you don't surrender within two minutes, or if you try to tell your companions, a building full of people will explode on the spot."
Li Hua: "Do you think I'm stupid? How can you remotely detonate the bomb here with signal blocking?"
"I didn't say this was a detonator. This is a communicator," Stallion said. "If you surrender and come with us, I'll talk to the people on the other side and disarm the bomb after we leave this building. Of course, you can choose to knock me down here, but then you won't be able to prevent the bomb from exploding. And I don't know which building is actually bombed."
"Of course, you can choose not to believe me."
"Well, what will our righteous magical boy choose?"
A feeling of powerlessness suddenly surged in Li Hua's heart.
Why is it that every time he is alone, he is 100% likely to be ambushed?
Are handsome boys wearing skirts so unpopular?
They are all magic boys, why don't you go find Benjamin or Jason... Forget it, let's not look for them. If he is hit by an armor-piercing bullet, it will only hurt temporarily. When these two are on duty, their defense buffs may not be as high as mine. If they are hit, their lives may be gone.
Is your own life more important, or the lives of dozens of people whose lives you don’t even know whether they are really threatened?
Is this even worth thinking about? He finally managed to get a second life, and he's not a superhero, he...
"I surrender."
Li Hua raised his hands and removed the shield barrier.
"But I have one more thing to say... pedophiles die a horrible death!!!!"
Other gunmen: "..."
Stallion: “…”
Even the stud, who had only a simple financial relationship with Desmond and no loyalty or morals, couldn't help but say, "I don't know what you're imagining, but it's not what you think."
Desmond just wants your heart in the physical sense!
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【Catch the bug twice】
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