"Does this suit your wishes?"
Bruce glanced at Fang Yuan and said.
"How is that possible? I'm a partner of justice. How could I be happy about more villains appearing?" Fang Yuan said plausibly. "Besides, since villains can come over, maybe Superheroes from other Universes can come over too."
Bruce didn't believe Fang Yuan's nonsense. From the moment he signed Joe Cole, Bruce knew that villains were also useful to Fang Yuan.
But this didn't make Bruce reject Fang Yuan; instead, he raised Fang Yuan's importance once again.
Because just like with the Penguin and the Riddler this time, there were many characters from other Worlds that even he didn't recognize, and he still needed Fang Yuan's help.
However, Fang Yuan was right; perhaps they would see some familiar faces of Bruce's in the future.
Batman had experienced the trials of many Worlds and quickly accepted this premise.
"I'm going to develop a detection device to constantly monitor intruders from the Multiverse," Bruce decided.
But before that, they had to deal with the two intruders first.
"Ha, this is actually the World ten years later!"
"No, Oswald, this is a brand new World!"
By now, the Penguin and the Riddler had also figured out the situation, and both were very excited.
"There's no Gordon we know here, no Court of Owls..."
Ed the Riddler asked the Penguin, "I cannot be bought, but I can be stolen with a single glance. I am worthless to one, but priceless to two. What am I?"
"I don't want to guess your riddles," the Penguin said with disdain.
"It's love!" The Riddler reached out his hand to the Penguin. "A brand new World, let's start over?"
The Penguin immediately grinned and said, "Of course!"
He gripped Ed's hand tightly. "This Gotham is ours!"
The Gotham World they came from was like a fan-fiction prequel to Batman, with the protagonist being Jim Gordon, commonly known as the Gotham Solo King.
Since there were no tough characters they knew here, both were happy, their ambitions rapidly swelling, and they decided to set aside their past grievances and cooperate again.
To say their relationship was complex would be an understatement.
Penguin A fell in love with Riddler B, Riddler B liked girlfriend C, A killed C out of jealousy, B fell in love with A, then B discovered the truth about C's Death, and B betrayed and killed A.
Well... U.S. TV dramas, you know how it is.
Unfortunately, Gotham's river water was practically a resurrection pool for the Penguin. He didn't die and came back for revenge on the Riddler, but in the end, both were captured by the Court of Owls, Gotham's behind-the-scenes villainous organization.
Now, having just escaped, they had crossed over into this World.
Both were top-tier villains in Gotham. The Penguin had once been elected Mayor of Gotham City, and the Riddler was his Chief of Staff. Thus, they were confident they could grow big and strong in this Gotham and achieve glory once again.
The Penguin found a purple suit, and the Riddler wore his classic green suit as they walked the streets of Gotham at night.
"This World's Gotham doesn't even have a unified Gang, and Gordon is old. It's practically tailormade for us!" the Penguin said.
"Exactly. The most powerful one here seems to be called... Batman?"
"Are you kidding? How scary can a masked man in a cape be?"
The Penguin and the Riddler laughed out loud.
In the timeline they were from, Batman had not yet appeared.
"Starting today, shall we bring Gotham back under our control?" the Riddler asked.
"No problem!" the Penguin answered with full confidence.
However—
"Thud!"
"Thud!"
"Thud!"
The two suddenly saw a group of Gang members being thrown down from a height near a streetlight ahead, their broken limbs making for a terrifying sight.
"Release them?"
Then a dark shadow dropped down, asking in a low, powerful voice.
The Gang leader hurriedly made a call, shouting through the pain, "Release them! Release all the hostages now!"
Hearing this, the shadow left satisfied. As he swung away on a rope, his cape fluttering, he looked exactly like a giant bat.
"Gulp!"
"Gulp!"
Oswald and Ed swallowed simultaneously, feeling a sense of dread as they looked at the wailing, bloody Gang members on the ground.
"How about... tomorrow?" the Penguin suddenly suggested.
"Yeah, tomorrow."
The Riddler also decisively followed his heart.
After saying that, the two quickly ran into an alleyway.
"Too scary. Didn't they say Batman is a Superhero? Why is he more terrifying than us?"
"Don't say anything more. I feel like he saw us just now!"
Hearing this, the two ran even faster.
Little did they know, their every move was being clearly observed by Bruce and Fang Yuan from a high vantage point.
"Can they really help me control Gotham's underworld organizations?" Bruce asked Fang Yuan curiously as he looked at the two clowns.
"Of course. They are among the few old-school Gangs," Fang Yuan nodded. "As long as you don't stop them from making money, they will spontaneously help you maintain order."
In Gotham, despite all the freaks and monsters running around, only the Penguin was truly dedicated to his career. Even though it was a Gang career, compared to lunatics like the Joker and Scarecrow, he was practically a law-abiding citizen.
"Good."
Bruce decided to use them.
Just as Fang Yuan said, he would support his own power in the underworld.
Though by doing this, Batman was no different from colluding with Fang Yuan.
But Batman didn't care.
So the display just now was purely Batman's way of scaring them.
Of course, the Gang members were playing themselves, and the beating they took was real.
In Gotham, finding a group of criminals to beat up was simply too easy.
"By the way, you mentioned giving me a Kryptonian Learning Pod before?" Bruce suddenly changed the subject.
Fang Yuan was amused. He had indeed promised to bring the learning pod to Bruce, who needed the technical data on it.
But he understood that Bruce bringing it up now wasn't to urge him to get the Kryptonian Learning Pod, but to tell him it was time to go to the Flash's World and pick up Thomas for a reunion.
It just so happened that Fang Yuan had nothing else to do. This Universe was in its early stages, so he could just leave the worrying to Batman.
In the X-Men World, he had put all his effort into developing Vought; he didn't plan to repeat that in other Worlds.
Different Worlds meant experiencing different scenery.
It was better to go and have some fun with the Supergirl lady.
So, Fang Yuan arrived in the Flash's World that same day.
Supergirl Kara wasn't in Gotham; according to Thomas, she had gone to travel the World alone.
She was also looking for a way to rebuild Kryptonian.
Kryptonian's genetic database, the codex, was inside Kara's body. How to retrieve the codex without harming her was quite a challenge.
To this, Fang Yuan immediately patted his chest: "Rebuild Kryptonian? Look no further than me!"
He had been using the Kryptonian Learning Pod for a while. Although Fang Yuan wasn't exactly a top scientist yet, no one on Earth understood Kryptonian better than he did!
He quickly contacted Kara and began to examine Supergirl's body.
Well, it cost 50 grenades.
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