It was getting late, and Connors didn't return to Xue Xi's hotel.
Riding on Catwoman Selina's motorcycle, the seat still seemed to hold her lingering warmth, Connors twisted the throttle all the way and returned to his nineteenth-floor apartment.
Although he had accepted the female celebrity Xue Xi's invitation to watch a magic show tomorrow, he hadn't managed to ask her in her room who it was.
He had to return to his apartment and communicate with Harley Quinn again to see if Harley's "magic show" and the "magic" Xue Xi was using to compensate the audience were the same event.
He had a premonition that this would be a big piece of gossip.
Gotham started raining again sparsely, and he was soaked when he returned to his apartment.
Lying in the bathtub, letting the heat from the xenon box drive away the cold from his body, Connors opened the system.
Waking up in a cage at Arkham Asylum this morning, until now, all sorts of gossip had already been recorded in the system.
[Today's Gossip: Arkham's Ordinary Morning]
This was the system's prompt when Connors nonchalantly walked past Joker and the others while brushing his teeth.
[Today's Gossip: Crazy Laughter Event (Ongoing) - Crazy Plan]
This was the gossip recorded by the system when Joker told Connors his plan to imprison Batman in the asylum.
[Today's Gossip: The Return of Harley Quinn]
Needless to say.
[Today's Gossip: Deeply Rooted]
This was the restricted gossip after Harley and he returned to the apartment.
[Today's Gossip: Novel Theft Method]
[Today's Gossip: Batman and Robin]
These two were related to the operation that just ended tonight, while the supercar that was stolen again was not recorded by the gossip system.
Losing cars every day, I think the system should open a separate car-losing gossip category for me - Connors thought to himself, amused.
Following the rule Connors summarized himself, "The more superheroes and villains involved, the greater the influence, the greater the reward," he quickly selected the gossip tasks he needed to submit.
[Today's Gossip: Crazy Laughter Event (Ongoing) - Crazy Plan]
[Gossip Reward: Driving Grandmaster]
".—What is this thing?"
Connors was full of question marks.
[Driving Grandmaster]
[Extremely skilled in mastering the driving techniques of any vehicle in the World]
There was an introduction in the system, but Connors felt it was a bit redundant, as the content of the reward could be understood from its literal meaning.
But the problem was, as someone for whom no vehicle had remained in his hands for more than a day so far, was the ability of "Driving Grandmaster" a bit too useless?
Connors sighed, his future self would definitely unlock flying abilities through the gossip system, so "Driving Grandmaster" really didn't have much reason to exist.
However, when he got out of the bathtub, dried himself, and returned to the bedroom, he looked at Harley Quinn sleeping sprawled out on the big bed.
"Who says driving skills have to be used on vehicles—"
Connors extended his large hand, and a series of actions woke Harley Quinn up while also astonishing her:
"Did you go to Japan and come back as a host?"
".—?" Connors didn't understand how his grandmaster-level driving skills had turned him into a host.
"Your skills—." Harley Quinn couldn't finish the rest of her sentence; she was already lost in the continuous feeling like a tide.
"Buddy, you didn't say a word the whole way, are you playing Deadman?"
"Listen to me, Gotham Forest is very dangerous, you might need a weapon for self-protection, this handgun will only cost you two hundred US dollars."
The driver slowed down the car, skillfully held the steering wheel with one hand, and pulled out a handgun from his chest with the other, pointing the muzzle at the passenger in the back seat.
"However, bullets cost one thousand per round, with a minimum purchase of ten rounds."
The passenger in the back seat was silent the whole way, and even now, didn't say a word.
The driver was a bit confused, was this guy drunk? But he hadn't smelled any alcohol the whole way...
He stopped the car and turned his body backward, but the hooked-nose body, which hadn't fallen over the whole way due to Connors's Little Trick's support, finally slumped down.
"Ah~!"
On the edge of Gotham Forest at night, a terrified wail startled countless birds into flapping their wings.
""Poison Ivy" Ivy" walked through Gotham Forest with elegant steps, and was startled when she unexpectedly heard this shout.
But there was no follow-up to the shout, so ""Poison Ivy" Ivy" didn't go to check.
In Gotham Forest, she had the protection of plants "awakened" by the Green of All Things, so even if she left the forest, she didn't need to worry about anyone being able to run into her territory and cause a commotion.
Harley Quinn had already left Gotham Forest last night and gone to Arkham Asylum, not far from here.
""Poison Ivy" Ivy" decided to go there as well, partly to find out if Harley Quinn's plan to disrupt Joker's plan was successful, and partly to get a car there.
Arkham Asylum is located in the deep suburbs of Gotham, after getting a vehicle, she wouldn't need to rely on her own legs to walk all the way to Gotham, which would make things much easier.
As for her purpose in going to Gotham, it had nothing to do with Harley Quinn; she was going to find the guy who made her body feel strange, which was Connors.
This guy, who caused her body to have strange reactions whenever she got close to him and used her abilities, whether she killed him or turned him into a plant, she couldn't tolerate him continuing to be active in Gotham City.
The first time she held a concert, Scarecrow and Penguin took turns causing trouble.
The second time she invited a circus performance, the manager caused trouble behind the scenes, directly leading to the accident where the Grayson couple died.
Today was the third time, and it was also a performance specifically invited by Xue Xi, featuring renowned figures from the magic World, to compensate the audience for their losses from the last time and the time before that.
Connors was very curious if something would go wrong again this time.
To prevent accidents, all facilities on the stage this time were checked by security personnel again and again, and any unauthorized personnel were prohibited from approaching.
Connors also didn't continue scattering seeds around the stage this time; he simply let her use her connections to fill the area around the stage with large ornamental trees.
The last time Xue Xi sat with Connors, she personally witnessed the sudden appearance of the large plant net on the stage that attempted to save the Grayson couple, so she didn't refuse Connors's request.
"It was even executed quite effectively—"
Connors looked at the corner of the stage and muttered to himself about a banyan tree over ten meters tall with intertwined roots, whose canopy area was estimated to be twenty to thirty square meters.
Besides the area around the stage, the aisles, edges, and corners of the audience seating—
Wherever there was an empty spot, plants were placed everywhere.
With the presence of these plants, Connors was confident that as long as there wasn't interference from large thermal weapons, magic, or related factors, even if an accident occurred on stage, he could save people immediately.
"Does a magic show need so many trees?" Harley Quinn sat in the audience, and in a daze, almost thought she was still in Gotham Forest, asking blankly.
"Yes," Connors nodded.
"Okay, never mind, I'm going to prepare for the performance, remember to keep your eyes wide open—" Harley Quinn bounced away, her pigtails swaying in the air, making Connors full of question marks.
Seeing Harley's relaxed and cheerful appearance, Xue Xi wouldn't really invite Harley to perform magic, would she?
Perform what? Randomly kill a lucky audience member??