章 21: Invasion of Gotham and the Rescue of Commissioner Gordon

The Star City duo isn't really used to this kind of behavior, where they flee when they disagree. People here are really much tougher than in Star City. Thea had never seen rockets this brutal in her three nights of inspection before.

He quickly asked his veteran driver, Catwoman, to increase altitude, then turned to Felicity and said, "Look for the police station and the government building in Gotham to see if you can land there, or maybe in the private homes of some wealthy people."

Felicity focused on firing the first shot of the Gotham invasion amid the "buzz" of the propellers.

"Ah... it seems we can't go to the mayor's office. Look what I found? Doesn't seem to be a government employee." He turned the tablet to show Thea. On the screen was a bald head two meters tall. He was a strong man with a metal breathing mask on his face, his upper body bare and his muscles all tangled. One arm alone was as thick as Thea's waist.

Thea shook her head: "This isn't a friend of justice at first sight. Any government that hires such a person will be very close to resigning." This man must be Bane. After comparing their physical strength, with the level of endurance, he should be the final boss, right? Maybe...

Why use maybe? Because Thea compiled all the information and clues provided by Catwoman and delivered either good or bad news.

The actual situation here is the same as the beginning of the movie, which starts with Bane defeating Batman, but then the plot starts to worsen.

Bane here also invaded the TV station and led some knights to broadcast a live nuclear reactor in an attempt to create widespread panic. However, after waiting for two days, he found the city silent and he could eat and drink as he pleased. The gang continued, but the imagined scene of citizens hiding under tables did not appear.

How's that going? Not wanting to give up, Bane found an old man to inquire about the situation. He presented to the old man how amazing he was and how many bad things he had done. He boasted of his accomplishments. You should be afraid, right?

The old man said very calmly, "Young man, you are an honest person. It's hard for such an honest person to survive in Gotham. You can't just focus on the superficial appearance of things. You have to pay attention to the inside... Look at me, old man. I'm sixty-six years old this year and I've received a good citizen certificate. I've been living here for over sixty years, so I must be a good person, right?"

Actually, there's a dirty bomb hidden in my basement and there are two bottles of sarin gas in the fridge. Look at the basket we're carrying now and the two kilos of radioactive materials we just bought this morning. Seeing how miserable you are, why don't I cut you a deal and sell to you?

With a face full of disbelief, Bane randomly selected some enthusiastic citizens to conduct an investigation. The result was that no one in Gotham was scared. The methods he considered terrifying were commonplace here.

"Do you think I'm scared?" This phrase falls into the category of harsh words elsewhere, and the phrase itself is a question.

But this phrase is a true statement in Gotham. We are really scared. This phrase frequently appears in Truth or Dare and is a declarative sentence.

The people of Gotham have been tested for a long time and everyone is stubborn. In other cities, if you cast a spell of fear on the crowd, the whole world will be in chaos, but in Gotham, you'll only see the word "Immune" in bright golden characters all over the screen.

According to the terms of the game, if you choose Gotham as a newbie's birthplace, your natural resistance to black magic will increase by 50%.

When he found his three axes were completely useless, Bane could only turn to his partner this time, Talia Al Ghul, daughter of the ninja master, one of Batman's ambiguous partners, and Batman's son, Damian.

Talia is indeed a trained ninja master for many years and with a high level of literacy. She taught Bane an idiomatic expression, which is an ancient Chinese strategy called using barbarians to fight against barbarians, meaning to use Gothamites to scare Gothamites.

Bane hesitantly opened the door of Black Gate Prison, fearing that the chaos wouldn't be enough; he also pushed hundreds of asylum patients to lunatics onto the road.

The facts proved the cruelty of this strategy. We're all Gothamites. If Gothamites don't attack our own people today, it'll all be nonsense. More cruel would be to attack our own people.

For a while, there were corpses everywhere and rivers of blood. Although the results were gratifying, Bane immediately found he had nothing to do. He himself had already dismantled the nuclear reactor. No one paid attention to him for several days before. He understood the spirit of the people of Gotham. After looking at it, he was so scared that he was afraid some lunatic would show up and ask to borrow a fire or something.

Although he can fight it, he'll never be able to withstand a nuclear bomb.

Now he's completely idle, and his original desire to be a leader has disappeared. Yesterday, a guy named Penguin came to him. He pretended to be his ally in front of him. He wanted to lick his own shoes, but he was alone. Without paying attention, he took some of his men and grabbed a cart of weapons and fled somewhere.

There was also a Scarecrow, who looked polite with his glasses. Unexpectedly, this guy stayed up late at night and told ghost stories to his subordinates. He scared three of his subordinates, one died and two became stupid. After that, he also fled.

The scene Felicity is currently livestreaming is that the originally scheduled final boss was completely reduced to a wild monster, sitting alone in front of the mayor's office, playing with pebbles.

Seeing he was having so much fun, Thea decided to ignore him for now!

So I explored a few more places. Whether it's the police station or the hospital, the central square seemed in ruins. Obvious traces of crossfire could be seen from outside the police station. The corpses on the ground were scattered and could be seen. And the villains suffered heavy losses, but there were also bodies of some policemen scattered nearby.

The situation was much more serious than imagined. I had no choice but to ask Catwoman: "Did you and Robin agree on a meeting place?"

"...We agreed on a meeting place, but when we passed by that place just now, I found it was already on fire. I can't contact them right now."

You couldn't mark more meeting points. You didn't foresee any emergencies. You just went out to find reinforcements with your eyes closed. I'm really impressed with you guys. If it weren't for Batman's smart brain, you'd just be a bunch of headless chickens.

Unaware of Catwoman's questions, Thea could only turn back and discuss with her friends.

"Use facial recognition satellite positioning to find Commissioner Gordon." This man has a large, iconic face. He's been working for Gotham for thirty years. His photos are all over the streets. He's the best person to find Batgirl and Robin using a mask.

Felicity was busy for a minute. "Their satellite lock is hard to break; I need time."

Thea saw Catwoman's small ears twitching unconsciously in the back seat, knowing she had heard Felicity's words, but after waiting a minute, she found there was still no reaction.

Still want to hide your identity? All this was exciting, and Thea didn't bother to play a guessing game with her and gave Catwoman a meaningful look. "Tell us the Wayne Group satellite control password."

Catwoman hesitated for a moment, then announced a long password mixed with characters and numbers.

"Found it." Felicity is worthy of being the best little specialist in Star City. With powerful satellite assistance, she quickly found the target.

"The resemblance is 97%, and it should be that person... Chief Gordon and three officers are in a shootout with a group of thugs. Be it Fourth Avenue with Grundy Street. At least that's what your satellite says..."

The two strangers told the experienced driver: hurry up and drive, we don't know the location and can only rely on you.

Catwoman quickly turned around and flew the helicopter away.

"You'd better hurry, one of the three officers has already fallen..." Felicity still insisted while watching the commotion and not taking it too seriously.

Catwoman was so anxious that she scratched the wall. Director Gordon was an acquaintance of hers since childhood and was also the biological father of Batgirl Barbara Gordon. That's it, this is a commercial helicopter, not an armed helicopter. She also has to search for ground targets from time to time, and maintaining a speed of 150 per hour is the result of Catwoman's quick reflexes and skills.

"Another officer got injured. They've been surrounded in a private house." Felicity wasn't really nervous. She reported the situation of the impending battle with a calm voice, as if she were doing a live commentary.

Thea saw that the helicopter's speed couldn't be increased anymore and it seemed like she could only rely on herself to resolve the dangerous situation Director Gordon was facing.

Gordon is very important to Gotham. He is fair, selfless, and upright. Every word of praise you can imagine can be applied to this man. I believe that if he manages to cross the mountain pass, he will be hailed as a champion in a moment.

If he dies here today, it could really rewrite Gotham's future destiny. This guy with an S-rank luck value commits suicide every day, but every time he's in danger, Batman jumps out of the bushes to save him. But this time, if Mr. Bruce doesn't do it instantly. If we move, we won't make it in time.

Secretly sighing, the only one who could save his life now was herself. Thea began to undress without saying anything... because she needed to change.

The Catwoman didn't know what had come over her, why she had undressed during a disagreement. Though deeply concerned about the frontline situation, she couldn't help but turn her head and look.

"What are you looking at? Focus on driving, no, piloting a helicopter," Thea said angrily.

She put on all the equipment, controlled the skateboard to float out of the cabin first, and positioned herself horizontally with the helicopter. There's a quiver of arrows on her back; she saw the enemy only had seven before, so twenty arrows would be enough.

Putting on the hood and goggles and telling them to reach quickly, Thea jumped on the skateboard. Under her mind control, the flying skateboard streaked through the sky like lightning.

"How beautiful, how did you do that?" Catwoman didn't expect there to be such a big killer hidden in her backpacks. She just felt that this equipment was very fast; even though the situation was tense, she couldn't help but include it in her career plan. Who can catch you if you have this equipment? If the master can return alive, he should ask her to do something for him?

"Haha," Felicity, as someone who had been involved in building the skateboard from start to finish, although a little regretful that she was afraid of heights and couldn't drive alone, she was still very satisfied with her results. She usually couldn't find anyone to share her sense of accomplishment. Today was a rare occasion. Someone who was interested and didn't involve basic technology began talking to Catwoman.

In fact, Catwoman couldn't understand her main skills. Although Catwoman was inspired by Mr. Bruce, she had a hanging head and a cone piercing her buttocks. She studied hard for a while and decided to expand her business scope from stealing jewels to various elegant artworks. But, unfortunately, the foundation is too poor, and he hasn't even finished elementary school. Regarding the certain algorithm and such and such formula mentioned by Felicity, it can only mean that it's very good and powerful.

Felicity, who was chatting happily, accidentally looked at the surveillance camera and was shocked: "Thea, you flew over your head, fly back quickly!"

Thea didn't know at that moment that her little friend was boasting too much and wasn't paying attention to the road conditions beside her. When she found out he had fled, she just thought it was her problem and accelerated at full speed; it was too fast for her to react properly, so, without saying a word, she drew a beautiful arc in the sky and flew back to the road.

This time she didn't dare to fly so fast and carefully searched for the suspicious target all the way. Fortunately, the distance wasn't great. After flying several kilometers, we finally arrived at a combat site of Commissioner Gordon. We counted heads, seven on one side and four on the other. It seemed that was it.

In fact, she was flying like a gust of wind just now and flew over the heads of these people. Due to the speed, these people couldn't see clearly what it was. They could only vaguely see a group of red shadows making a "whoosh" sound from south to north for a few seconds. He flew out of sight.

The two groups of people were unexpectedly stunned, then ceased fire for a few seconds and continued to fight until the unknown shadow disappeared from view.

When Thea returned, she saw that these people were shooting into the air. There are combat records every day in Gotham. Whether they are police officers, villains, or civilians, they are all extremely sensitive to gunfire, and everyone has a special way of dodging bullets.

Therefore, although the shots were continuous, casualties on both sides were not great. The police officer Felicity saw, who was suspected of being dead, had only a slight shoulder injury, which did not affect the battle. The scene was four to seven. Although Commissioner Gordon was in bad shape, it was not to the extent I expected.

In most cases, he successfully escaped in the original plot, but now that he's here it's not suitable to watch a movie, so he has to do something.

Just when she was wondering if she should end the mess quickly or kill them one by one, a strong man weighing three hundred kilos below saw her suspended in the sky. He may have lived in Batman's shadow for many years, and he was not afraid to see this high-tech equipment. "Bang" picked up a rifle and fired into the sky.

His movements were not hidden from Thea, and such a big man couldn't hide it. Thea had already seen this guy eager to jump and commit suicide.

After judging the trajectory of the bullet, the difference was 10 meters on the X-axis and 25 meters on the Y-axis. Unless his bullet could spin, it would be impossible to hit him.

I used infrared glasses to take a look at this guy who was eager to reincarnate. Under the lens's observation, this guy was obviously much darker than normal people. Normal people are just light red. This guy is dark red. If he's not a fire-type superpower, he's a body. Too much heat can't be evaporated.

Thea judged that he had a lot of calories. Judging by his size, she knew he was a frequent visitor to the Coca-Cola hot dog stand. She wanted to use frozen arrows to cool him down, but was afraid he would also be. his greasy and dirty arrows. Every minute of family life must be carefully calculated, and arrows must be recycled if possible.

He silently calculated everyone's positions, increased altitude, and took out a special arrow from the quiver.

"Let's use the magnetic arrow!" A dark blue arrow shot ten meters directly in front of the villain.