"Black Widow" Natasha, who had been following the supercar all day, was not angry but instead incredibly surprised.
Hadn't she been chasing Connors all along just to find "Silk" Cindy!
Although she didn't know Cindy, she had done her homework before coming, and as soon as she saw the Silk sticking to the supercar, she knew she hadn't wasted her trip.
Unfortunately, by the time she finally managed to get down from mid-air, she was already covered in a large amount of milky white, sticky Silk, so she had no choice but to find a hotel to wash up first and change her clothes.
Her original black stockings and slip dress were discarded, and she changed into a red bodycon dress with a wide-open neckline, her 'snowy peaks' trembling as she moved.
The entirely red bodycon dress from top to bottom was only adorned with a thin gold belt, paired with her already exquisite and Stereo facial features and red, slightly wavy large curls.
When she walked out of the hotel, the front desk staff's eyes widened in astonishment, rendering them speechless.
In the hotel lobby, several young men were sitting idly on the sofa. Seeing Natasha, their eyes lit up, and just as they were about to strike up a conversation, they were met with a cold glance from her, instantly making them quiet as cicadas in winter.
She hailed a taxi, gave an address, ignored the driver's frequent glances in the rearview mirror, and put on a pair of glasses.
Through the glasses, the signal from the tracker she had hidden on Connors in a more discreet manner earlier was flashing.
An hour later, Natasha stood before the door of an apartment on the nineteenth floor, silently counting the time.
Inside the door, the sounds of panting and bumping from a man and woman rose and fell.
Just as Natasha finally waited for the sounds to subside and was about to knock, she heard Connors inside say, "Let's go again."
Again?!
Including travel time, she had already given these two enough time, why were they still going?
Another half hour passed, during which Natasha refused the kind offer from the neighbor two doors down from Connors to invite her in. Hearing that there was no longer any sound inside the door, she raised her hand and knocked.
Connors, with a post-coital cigarette in his mouth, unsurprisingly saw "Black Widow" leaning outside the door in a quite alluring red dress and laughed:
"I knew you'd follow."
With his Spider-Sense, the small, bug-like tracker that Black Widow had thrown onto him using the wind and noise from the supercar's drift couldn't escape his notice.
However, Flash Barry had already gone to the future and seen that there was "no future," indicating that something major would definitely happen later. Thus, it was indeed necessary for "Silk" Cindy Moon to go with Natasha.
On the way back to the apartment with Cindy, Connors had already mentioned this. Cindy was taciturn the whole way, but upon arriving at the apartment, she was more passionate than ever before, which could be considered an answer to the question of "to go or not to go" through her actions.
...
On a Gotham night, Connors was finally alone again in an empty apartment.
Cindy was picked up by Natasha, and the two left in a highly futuristic plane that descended from the sky, heading for New York, which wasn't far from Gotham City.
Before leaving, taking advantage of a moment when "Silk" wasn't paying attention, "Black Widow" quietly slipped Connors a card with her private contact information on it, along with a whispered message:
"You can try New York if you get a chance."
Try what... Connors understood immediately. He would definitely go to New York, but not now.
Connors's 'eating melon' mission in Gotham, the "Crazy Laughter Event," was still ongoing. After this event ended, if there were no other major events, he could consider a trip.
Seeing that midnight was approaching and there shouldn't be any new late-night 'melons,' he opened the system.
[Yesterday's Big Melon: The Bound Black Widow]
[Yesterday's Big Melon: Getting Deep with Xue Xi]
[Today's Eating Melon: Crazy Laughter Event (Ongoing) - Battle of the Broken Backs]
[Today's Eating Melon: Crazy Laughter Event (Ongoing) - The Birth of Nightwing]
[Today's Eating Melon: Getting to Know Cindy Moon Intimately]
A full five substantial big melons!
—Last night, he went to Penguin's Iceberg Lounge to cause trouble, then went to Xue Xi's hotel to 'work,' and then to Batman's broken back in the early morning.
The series of events prevented him from submitting yesterday's 'eating melon' mission in time, accumulating them until today.
[Rewards accumulated, submit?]
There was nothing to hesitate about; Connors decisively submitted the accumulated 'eating melon' rewards.
[Eating Melon Reward: Human Limit]
[Human Limit: Including but not limited to strength, senses, reaction speed, speed, endurance, spirit]
It's here, it's finally here!
The physical fitness reward Connors had long been looking forward to had finally arrived!
After carefully studying this reward, Connors knew that his current physical fitness was probably similar to Batman's, which was the highest level of normal human physical ability.
However, his self-healing ability, metabolism, and other aspects had not significantly improved, as these were already outside the scope of normal humans.
Still, this reward came a bit late... Connors thought with a touch of regret.
Currently, Harley Quinn had disappeared, seemingly taken away by Poison Ivy, and Cindy Moon had also left with Natasha. In the entire Gotham, the only person Connors had 'interacted' with was Xue Xi.
And Xue Xi was not known for her physical fitness...
Fortunately, since he had just finished his 'battle' with "Silk" Cindy Moon fifteen minutes ago, he was currently in his 'sage mode,' and his thoughts quickly turned to the Joker.
The series of events he had encountered recently were almost all related to the Joker, and the "Crazy Laughter Event" had always been displayed as ongoing.
Waiting any longer was not Connors's style; he intended to take the initiative to make the event progress faster.
With a casual control of the Green, he turned the cactus next door that had grown into the shape of the Joker into Penguin's short, fat figure. The night passed without incident.
The next day, police sirens sounded even more punctually than an alarm clock, successfully waking the sleeping Connors.
"Sir, with things like this happening one after another, I suggest you throw this cactus in the trash can..."
In the hallway outside the door, Gotham police officers were talking to the neighbor two doors down. Connors, meanwhile, dressed and washed up, then jumped out the window.
His Human Limit reaction ability made his Little Trick even more natural and seamless. He landed lightly on the ground and then hailed a taxi.
—After the supercar was suspended in the air by Silk, the Gotham police officers sent this luxury car from the Wayne Group back, and Connors was once again a man reliant on his legs.
He was going to Gotham Forest today to consult "Poison Ivy" Ivy about something.
The actions of these villains in Gotham City were all related to the "Crazy Laughter Event," and they were all individuals who had previously been confined in Arkham Asylum.
Currently, the only two who hadn't caused trouble yet were Killer Croc and Poison Ivy.
But Killer Croc was a guy who was active in the sewers in the comics, and Connors wasn't willing to crawl into such places. Therefore, the only person he could find at the moment was Poison Ivy.
The existence of the Green made it clear to Connors that "Poison Ivy" Ivy would not harm him, so he didn't take any precautions beforehand and even considered whether to bring two boxes of gifts for their meeting.
But plans never keep up with changes. Passing by a large screen on a Gotham street, the news on it caught his attention:
"Yesterday, the Gotham Police Department received a report and discovered that four shareholders of the 'Iceberg Lounge' were found hanging from chains in mid-air. They were barely alive when rescued..."
Needless to say, this was Connors's doing.
What attracted his attention was the small text scrolling below the news footage that was playing:
"Joseph Jewelry Store has been burglarized for the fifth time this month. From surveillance footage, it appears to be a woman with her eyes covered and an exceptionally agile physique..."
Thief, blindfolded, skilled!
These three keywords made Connors think of one person:
Catwoman!