"Where on earth did Bruce go? How could he even keep me and Alfred in the dark?"
Late at night in Gotham, a dark shadow stood atop a skyscraper, complaining to Fang Yuan.
This was, naturally, Thomas, whom Fang Yuan had brought over from the Flash's World.
Unfortunately, Thomas, who had been retired for many years in the Flash's World, had started patrolling the night again upon arriving in his son's World.
Who would have thought that even Batman would live off his parents?
Fang Yuan, of course, wouldn't tell him that his son had gone to see his daughter-in-law and grandson. If he did, Thomas would surely drop everything and fly to the Himalayas immediately.
And it seemed that before Bruce brought Damian back, he didn't intend to let anyone else know of Damian's existence.
Fang Yuan wasn't about to sabotage Batman's plan; their cooperation had been very pleasant so far.
Especially after Bruce's reputation hit 100.
[Name: Bruce Wayne]
[Level: S-Rank]
[Reputation: 102 (Widely Renowned)]
[Tier 3 Reward: Dark Affinity Aura upgraded to S-Rank, obtained Character Template - Bruce Wayne (S-Rank, 5% Development)]
Not counting that silly bird from the Phoenix Fragment, this was the second S-Rank Character Template Fang Yuan had obtained. However, just like the Phoenix Force, the [Bruce Wayne Template] had a small problem.
Fang Yuan couldn't use the [Phoenix Fragment Template], while using the [Bruce Wayne Template] didn't make him feel much of anything.
Physical fitness?
No increase.
Mental power?
No increase either.
Fang Yuan checked himself and didn't find any special abilities. At most... uh, he could cook now?
In addition, he had mastered other skills Batman possessed, such as everything from riding a motorcycle to piloting a warship or a spaceship.
While practical, it hardly seemed like an S-Rank template, right?
So there had to be surprises Fang Yuan hadn't discovered yet. However, the panel was completely clueless, leaving Fang Yuan to figure it out slowly on his own.
Fortunately, when Bruce unlocked the Tier 3 reward, he also upgraded the [Dark Affinity Aura (A-Rank)] to S-Rank, causing Fang Yuan's Dark Magic cultivation speed to start rising continuously again.
Of course, [Dark Affinity] had many other benefits. For instance, now some guys on the street would actually take the initiative to strike up a conversation with him... Given that, Fang Yuan forgave Bruce for skipping work.
"What did you say this villain's name was?" Thomas suddenly asked. "The Joker?"
"That's right, I remember you've dealt with one too," Fang Yuan nodded and blurted out.
But he quickly realized that the Keaton version of Batman was Bruce, and that version's Joker killed his parents. But the one in front of him was Thomas Wayne; he didn't know if Thomas had experienced that.
Thomas thought back carefully for a long time and actually nodded. "I remember now. That was many years ago. There was indeed such a demon who threw Gotham into a panic."
"I threw him off the roof of a skyscraper," Thomas said calmly, uttering words that would make any Joker tremble with fear.
"If the Joker heard you say that, he'd probably be scared," Fang Yuan replied.
"He should be." When it came to criminals, Thomas was just that cold.
It wasn't surprising they looked down on the famous Joker like this. It was mainly because the Joker had no superpowers and was actually quite easy to kill.
In fact, the most direct reason the Joker could jump around everywhere was that Batman showed mercy at every turn.
The Bat Family was deeply influenced by Batman, so even though they could easily take down this great demon king, they just let him keep jumping around.
Even though he committed atrocities like killing the second Robin, paralyzing Barbara Gordon, and killing Gordon's wife, Batman still believed he couldn't kill, or else he would become a criminal himself.
Fang Yuan always felt that in these stories, Batman was the villain who was even more evil than the Joker.
Even though I know the Joker will be put in prison and escape before long to kill a bunch of people, I just won't do anything about it.
Of course, Fang Yuan also knew that compared to Batman holding onto his beliefs, the even more evil thing behind it was actually the system and the authorities.
But this is the United States, after all. How could they stop the Joker from pursuing freedom?
It's a local specialty, just standard procedure.
Once, the Bruce of this World was also one of those Batmen—or many of them—but now he had jumped out of the cage he had set for himself, so he wasn't that panicked.
No matter how powerful the Joker was, he couldn't stop a bullet.
Of course, one had to guard against being polluted by the Joker's ideology.
But at least Bruce, Thomas, and Fang Yuan were not going to fall into depravity like the Joker.
Bruce had likely fallen many times already, so the dark side in his heart was extremely powerful now. Thomas, on the other hand, had a firm resolve forged through a path of killing.
And Fang Yuan estimated that even if he didn't look at anything else, just based on his [Dark Affinity Aura (S-Rank)], he could block the Joker's pollution.
Thus, the situation the Joker feared most appeared—Batman stopped playing with him.
The funniest part was that he didn't even know it yet.
But fortunately, this Joker was also a battle-hardened existence and was not that easily discovered by surveillance.
Having fought Batman for so long, he naturally understood that Batman would install hidden cameras in every corner of the city.
If the event were discovered by Batman through surveillance before it even started, the Joker would be too pathetic.
And at this moment, he had already gathered a large number of criminals in a Gotham warehouse, and at the same time, he heard the news that broke his heart.
"What? Batman is going to kill?"
The Joker looked disappointed.
"Boring. How can Batman kill?"
What the Joker loved most was the conflicted look on Batman's face when he desperately wanted to kill him but couldn't do anything because of the code in his heart.
That kind of Batman was the same kind of person as him.
"Batman really stole the limelight a while ago. With him around, we can't live a good life at all," someone at the scene suggested loudly. "Kill Batman!"
"Bang!"
The Joker raised his hand and took him out with a single shot.
The various monsters and demons at the scene immediately fell silent, not daring to say another word.
"No one can kill Batman in front of me. He's mine," the Joker said coldly.
But he then grinned and laughed loudly: "So I've decided... to kill Batman, hahahahaha!"
"With you all, and that person in the room!"
Die, boring Bat Boy.
Isn't this the same as what was said before?
But no one dared to argue. After all, he held the truth in his hands, so they could only agree repeatedly.
But this was hard on the other person locked in the small room.
When Joe Cole heard that the Joker was going to take him to kill Batman, Joe Cole immediately fell into a frenzy.
Although his life wasn't going well and his career was frustrating, at least he didn't have to live in fear, hunger, or cold.
Who would want to be a Joker if they had a proper job?
Does being the Joker mean you don't have to go to the supermarket opened by Wayne to buy groceries after work?
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