Harley Quinn wasn't unaware, she had just been enduring it until now...
Connors effortlessly adopted various yoga poses; although he was clearly enjoying it immensely, he tried his best to make his expression look pained to cooperate.
If the situation hadn't forbidden it, Connors would have even wanted to light a cigarette, pick up a glass of red wine, and savor the feeling while tasting it.
He had nothing else to do at the moment, and seeing the time gradually approaching midnight, he simply opened the system.
[Daily Gossip: An Encounter with Cindy Moon]
[Submit?]
[Hint: As the quantity and quality of daily gossip have reached the limit, the task has been automatically submitted and rewards have been issued.]
[After the "Crazy Laughter Event" concludes, the gossip system rewards will upgrade to Lv2.]
Gossip rewards upgrade?
Connors' heart leaped with joy, nearly failing to maintain the pained expression on his face.
Reviewing today's gossip, there was "Harley Quinn's Black Silk Stockings", "An Encounter with Cindy Moon", and Joker releasing laughing gas to begin his crimes, even the "Crazy Laughter Event" where Williams Medical Center was bombed.
Except for the first gossip which was a bit unremarkable, the latter two could both be considered "Big Gossip of the Day".
If he really had to choose which one to submit, Connors genuinely couldn't decide for a moment.
Fortunately, since the system had already automatically submitted it, he didn't need to spend too much effort on this matter.
As for the system reward upgrading after the "Crazy Laughter Event" gossip concluded, he wasn't worried at all; even if it didn't upgrade, he had planned to follow Batman and Joker all the way to get gossip anyway.
"Is her tongue more flexible than mine?" Harley Quinn was still busy.
[Daily Gossip: An Encounter with Cindy Moon]
[Gossip Reward: Green (1%)]
...
At this moment, Connors suddenly regretted why he rented this house with a minimalist decor style.
Living room, kitchen, bedroom, dining room... now he couldn't even find a single plant.
He was not unfamiliar with "Green"; in DC comics, the powers of Poison Ivy, Swamp Thing, and others all originated from this elemental force capable of manipulating plants.
One percent of Green couldn't allow him to perform a spectacular feat like Poison Ivy manipulating plants to surround Gotham, but fortunately, through continuous sensing, he discovered a cactus in his neighbor's neighbor's house.
Grow, twist...
By the time Harley Quinn was drinking her nutritional drink, the cactus had also been manipulated by him to grow to its limit.
"The control over plants is within a hundred-meter radius centered on myself, and I cannot make plants exceed their natural limits, which means I can't make a random blade of grass grow into a killing sword..."
After a series of experiments, Connors considered this reward a mere trifle, it was simply too weak.
However, since there was a percentage display, it indicated that it could be upgraded later, which gave him some comfort.
This was arguably his first "superpower" that went beyond the human concept in a strict sense. Connors remotely controlled the cactus to grow into various shapes until Harley Quinn was drenched in sweat and fell into a deep sleep.
In the house next door to the one Connors rented, the male owner, who had woken up in the middle of the night, walked out of the bedroom groggily and unintentionally glanced at the living room on his way to the bathroom.
Then, with trembling legs, he cautiously retreated back into the bedroom, shut the door with a bang, and took out his phone:
"Hello? Gotham Police Department? I want to report something... Batman is squatting on my windowsill, I'm not joking!"
Gotham Police Department's efficiency was indeed not low; the piercing sound of sirens quickly rang out, but a figure arrived one step ahead of the sirens.
After Batman received the message from Captain Gordon that "someone is impersonating Batman and has climbed outside a nineteenth-floor window," he immediately put down his work analyzing the blood of the bodies that died during the day.
When he arrived at the scene, he discovered that the one impersonating him wasn't human at all, but a cactus that had burst its pot, which had grown into a shape with a pair of pointed ears on top under the influence of an unknown force.
[Daily Gossip: Batman's Astonishment]
[Submit?]
The ropes Harley Quinn used to tie Connors had long since loosened; at this moment, he was standing by the window, lighting a post-coital cigarette. He didn't know if Batman was astonished or not, but he himself was quite astonished.
What had he done this time to astonish Wayne again?
He quickly understood.
Outside the nineteenth-floor window, a large shadow drifted past; it was Batman's figure.
As he passed Connors' window, Batman subconsciously turned his head for a look and clearly saw the scene of Connors standing by the window, naked, smoking a post-coital cigarette.
He had turned his neighbor's cactus into the likeness of Batman, causing the man to personally come over to check in the middle of the night...
Connors was somewhat dumbfounded; he pulled the curtains shut, blocking Batman's view.
Outside the window, Bruce Wayne looked suspiciously at the window that had already had its curtains drawn, then looked at the house where the abnormally changed cactus was located. For a moment, he was unsure if there was any connection between the two.
But his experiment was halfway through, and time was pressing, leaving him no time to waste further.
...
Since he hadn't been particularly tired last night, Connors woke up early today and sat in the living room, watching the morning news while waiting for Harley Quinn to wake up.
...The many escaped patients have all been apprehended under the Gotham Police Department's sleepless overnight pursuit, but the inmates who escaped from Arkham Asylum, led by Joker, are still missing...
On television, a dignified and elegant host stood not far from Arkham Asylum, speaking into a microphone.
"Construction workers have already begun its renovation... cough cough!"
"Sorry... cough!"
"Cough cough cough!... Hehehe, hehehehe..."
The host continued to cough on television, right before the eyes of Gotham citizens, coughing until she bent over at the waist.
By the time she stood up again, her face was covered with an unnatural paleness, her eyes were bulging out of their sockets, and her mouth was stretched into an exaggerated grin.
Although her trembling body and the gesture of pressing hard against her chest showed she was in great pain, her face strangely wore a grotesque smile, like a monster straight out of a horror movie.
Behind her, an equally pale hand rested on the host's shoulder, then pushed her aside, letting her fall stiffly.
What appeared on the screen at this moment was none other than Joker, in a purple suit, with green hair, a pale face, and an exaggerated grin!
"Goo goo goo goo good mor mor mor mor morning Gotham!"
Click!
The sound of a bullet being chambered rang out behind Connors; Harley Quinn had gotten up at some point, holding a machine gun in both hands.
With a bang, the bullet hit Joker's forehead on the screen, after which the television crackled twice and completely turned into a wreck.
...
"Silk" Cindy Moon flashed over and unplugged the power the instant Joker appeared on television.
She hadn't slept all night; her powerful Spider-Sense allowed her to clearly feel how much Connors enjoyed himself last night, even from half a city away.
However, the whole night left her in immense torment and also feeling unwilling.
Tossing the sheet, which was soaked in the middle, into a basin, Cindy quickly put on her combat suit and headed straight for Connors' location.