Bruce Wayne had never felt so awkward.
During the day, he was a playboy, mingling among flowers was fine, but at night, when he transformed into Batman, he always acted alone.
Although today was special, and he put on the Bat-suit in broad daylight to apprehend the Joker, he still acted alone.
But precisely at this moment, as he was capturing the Joker, a man and a woman appeared beside him at some point, offering commentary:
"Uppercut! Awesome, Batman! Joker, pull yourself together, seize the chance to counterattack!"
"Xiao Pa, how do you think I performed today? Did I give you a sufficiently cool entrance?"
"Hook! Joker, watch out, dodge left! Batman is going to hit your right kidney!"
"Xiao Pa, you have to reward me well tonight!"
"Batman, duck! Joker is pulling out his bomb! Whoa, good waist strength!"
"Xiao Pa, I bought a very sexy swimsuit~"
Connors sometimes reminded Batman and sometimes helped the Joker anticipate danger, while Harley Quinn hung on him like a giant koala.
The fight should have been intense and furious, but at this moment, Batman and the Joker felt like they were performing a stage play.
Yet, they couldn't ignore what Connors said; several times, even the Joker/Batman failed to notice the other's movements, but Connors actually pointed them out and gave reminders.
As a result, the battle, which should have been ever-changing, turned into a rigid military drill under Connors's intervention.
Batman couldn't stand it anymore: "Enough!"
The Joker also felt like a pet in a cage: "Damn it!"
Finally, the fighting Joker and Batman stopped in unison, glaring at Connors:
"Whose side are you on?"
Connors waved his hands repeatedly and chuckled:
"Just passing by, pure bystander, you guys continue."
Batman suppressed the anger in his heart, preparing to crush the Joker with thunderous force, capture him, and then seize this guy who was causing trouble on the side to interrogate his purpose.
"Another guy giving Batman a headache, how come I've never heard of this person in Gotham City? Hmm, I have to see if I can cooperate with him."
Thoughts raced through the Joker's mind, and then the idea of "cooperating with Connors" was thrown to the back of his mind the next second.
Because next to him and Batman, a scoreboard made of plants stood tall, and Connors himself controlled the plants to grow a chair and sat on it.
Crack!
Connors sat on the chair, holding Harley Quinn in his arms, and even casually plucked a fruit grown using the Green ability from nearby and took a bite.
He looked so leisurely, as if he were a tourist on vacation here.
"Batman vs Joker, the score is already 3:1, Joker brother, you need to work harder."
After Connors finished speaking, Harley Quinn laughed exceptionally loudly beside him, making the two people fighting so angry that they wished they could immediately eliminate the two guys watching the show and eating popcorn.
Batman just wanted to finish the fight quickly at this point, but the Joker had already had the idea of escaping, reaching down to his waist to pull out a smoke bomb and throwing it on the ground, the thick white smoke instantly covering all four people present.
However, the next second, plants that had extended above their heads at some point rained down plant sap like a showerhead.
The Joker's smoke bomb was thus rendered useless.
At this moment, the Joker had just turned and taken two steps; seeing this, he could only awkwardly turn back, and having exhausted all his means, he could only raise his hands, declaring surrender.
Batman effortlessly tied up the Joker with rope, used the device on his wrist to call the Batwing, and then looked up at where Connors had been.
However, that spot was already empty, and even the plant that had grown into a chair shape had transformed into the words "Joker Over."
"Alfred, help me cancel tomorrow's schedule, I need to go find Poison Ivy."
Inside the Batwing, Batman said in a low voice from the cockpit.
"Young Master Wayne, you sound a bit angry, did something unexpected happen during the operation to capture the Joker?"
The butler on the other end of the intercom, as someone who spent day and night with Bruce Wayne, easily detected a hint of something wrong in his tone.
"Last night I only suspected, but today I witnessed firsthand the ability of that guy on the nineteenth floor of Lake Street to control plants. I need to talk to Poison Ivy; this matter is very likely related to her."
"Alright... let me see, your plan for tomorrow is to have dinner with Xue Xi, a star singer touring Gotham..."
"Cancel it, Alfred." Batman just wanted to find out Connors's background as soon as possible; the appearance of such an unheard-of character in Gotham City was something he absolutely would not allow.
During the fight with the Joker just now, his moves were seen through by Connors multiple times, who then warned the Joker. This was something that had never happened since he became Batman.
—Except for Flash Barry, but he only achieved this effect through his astonishing speed, and Barry is a positive character.
As for this Connors, he simultaneously helped both himself and the Joker, making it impossible to tell whether he was good or evil.
...
[Today's Gossip: Crazy Laughter Event (Ongoing) - Batman Captures Joker]
[Submit?]
The Crazy Laughter Event isn't over yet? Today's gossip is just part of the event?
Sitting on the edge of a building rooftop, having used his Spider-Sense to leave the scene ahead of time before Batman could deal with him, Connors was puzzled.
According to the comic plot, after Batman captures the Joker and stops the spread of laughing gas throughout the city via the reservoir, the matter should end there.
However, the Gossip System clearly displayed "Crazy Laughter Event (Ongoing)."
This left him somewhat bewildered, while Harley Quinn beside him muttered to herself:
"Batman caught the Joker again—but this time, where is he going to lock him up?"
"Arkham Asylum was blown up and is under reconstruction, and so is Williams Medical Center. Only the Gotham Police Department can be used to detain the Joker."
"But as an old opponent, Batman must know that the Gotham Police Department is completely incapable of holding the Joker..."
This statement was a wake-up call; Connors now knew why the "Crazy Laughter" event hadn't ended.
Perhaps, being caught by Batman was originally part of the Joker's plan, and although he, the spectator, was added to the mix, the outcome hadn't changed.
And on Batman's side, with his style of always being over-prepared, he might have already included the Joker, those who escaped from Arkham Asylum, and even himself in his capture plan.
...
In Gotham Forest, within a hidden space covered by dense vegetation, "Gotham's Enchantress," Poison Ivy, Ivy Pepper, lay in a bathtub.
But even the cold water in the bathtub seemed unable to extinguish the increasingly restless heat in her heart at this moment.
Since her entire bloodstream turned into chlorophyll, this was the first time she had experienced such a strange phenomenon. Her delicate brows furrowed even more tightly, and she couldn't help but let out a soft groan.