W-was the daytime the time to do such a thing?
Zatanna felt her cheeks flushing.
She took off her tall magician's hat, tossed it casually, and the hat, as if it had wings, spun in the air, made several turns, and hung itself on the coat rack.
She pushed aside the distracting thoughts and carefully considered. The news and newspaper methods relied on magic performances.
This method wouldn't work in the short term.
Zatanna held onto a glimmer of hope and started this magic show, but the audience had encountered incidents three times in a row. In the short term, no one would likely be willing to watch again.
She planned to rely on Gotham's local forces to find her father.
She had been in Gotham for several days and had heard many people say that there was a mysterious figure in the city, marked by a bat shape.
He could go anywhere, do almost anything, and was called Batman.
If she could catch this guy—
Zatanna's eyes gradually brightened.
Riding her motorcycle back to the apartment on the nineteenth floor, Connors was not surprised to see that the originally minimalist room was now covered in vines.
As soon as he opened the door, before he could even enter, Harley Quinn bounced over, looking expectant:
"Xiao Pa, what's your plan?"
But the first thing Connors had to deal with was not stating his plan, but looking at "Poison Ivy" Ivy, who was sitting on the sofa as if she were in her own home, relaxed and at ease:
"You should have noticed that I, like you, possess the Green of All Things. Let's formally introduce ourselves. My name is—"
"No need. Harley Quinn stayed with me for a few days and was practically talking about your name every moment. I even suspected you had brainwashed her," Ivy interrupted Connors.
"I came to Gotham to find the person who stirred my Green of All Things, but I didn't expect that person to be you."
So she came for me. Connors nodded and followed up on "Poison Ivy" Ivy's words:
"Then why did you come to find me?"
"To kill you," Ivy said, her tone light but her words terrifying.
But Connors's Spider-Sense didn't detect a hint of killing intent, and the presence of the Green of All Things meant he wouldn't be just another human in "Poison Ivy" Ivy's eyes.
Therefore, he was only secretly on guard and didn't make any significant moves.
Instead, Harley Quinn immediately became alert, grabbed "Poison Ivy" Ivy's arm, and shook it vigorously:
"Ivy, you promised before that you wouldn't kill Xiao Pa—"
"Poison Ivy" Ivy was dressed revealingly. Although, strictly speaking, she was no longer human, her body's external structure remained largely the same, except for her skin color.
This resulted in, as Harley Quinn grabbed and shook Ivy's arm vigorously, Ivy's also heaving with the motion.
"I promised you before because I didn't know that the 'Xiao Pa' you were talking about was this man with the Green of All Things. But don't worry, I won't kill him now."
"Poison Ivy" Ivy comforted, but the comforting effect was not very good. Harley Quinn shook her even more vigorously.
Connors was quite curious. He had no grudge against "Poison Ivy" Ivy, so why was she saying she wanted to kill him? He simply opened his mouth and asked:
"Logically speaking, I have the Green of All Things, so we are the same kind of people. Why would you kill me?"
As soon as he asked this question, "Poison Ivy" Ivy's skin visibly turned pink, but it quickly returned to normal:
"I want to become Swamp Thing."
The first thing that came to Connors's mind was the humanoid figure made of plants from the comics, smelly all over, looking like a Cthulhu at first glance.
Seeing that Connors didn't speak, "Poison Ivy" Ivy smiled and comforted him:
"Don't worry, your Green of All Things is still very weak now. I will wait for you to grow stronger before I make my move."
"Our two Green of All Things combined should be enough for me to become Swamp Thing. That way, I can control all the plants in the World and make humans completely disappear."
"At the Stadium, I noticed that you could strengthen the Green of All Things by absorbing my toxic spores. Perhaps we can try another faster method."
Connors understood. She was treating him like a child bride—no, a child groom.
"What method?" Harley Quinn stopped shaking Ivy and asked curiously.
A blush flashed across Ivy's face, and she didn't answer.
She didn't answer, but Connors knew what the other method was. It was fortunate that this was Gotham, the World of American comics.
If this were a World of cultivation, "Poison Ivy" Ivy would definitely be the sect leader of the Joyful Union Sect, with only herself as a disciple.
"Didn't you think that by the time I'm strong enough, you won't be able to kill me?" Connors asked.
"It doesn't matter." Ivy took Harley's hand off her arm. "If I can't become Swamp Thing, then I'll find a way for you to become Swamp Thing. As long as this World becomes green, it doesn't matter how."
Is it possible that you're the one who messed up DC's future... Connors muttered in his heart.
"Poison Ivy" Ivy seemed ambitious about the future, but currently had a defeatist attitude, so he didn't continue the topic and turned to Harley Quinn:
"Harley, now it's time to tell you about my plan—are you interested in working with me to lock Batman in Arkham Asylum?"
Harley Quinn's big eyes immediately lit up:
"Okay! This will definitely be big news! But how do we do it specifically?"
Although "Poison Ivy" Ivy on the side didn't speak, her ears quietly perked up.
"I'll go discuss it with Batman and see if he agrees to go in," Connors said.
"Discuss?" Harley Quinn couldn't understand. "Discuss locking him in Arkham Asylum with Batman?"
"Yeah," Connors said with a matter-of-fact expression.
He was indeed planning to talk to Batman about staying in Arkham for a few days, a verbal discussion, not through physical means.
Ivy looked left and right, momentarily unable to tell who was crazy, Harley Quinn or Connors. After hesitating for a while, she also spoke:
"Then—can your plan include me?"
Connors and Harley looked at her simultaneously:
"What are you going to do?" *2
Connors didn't understand "Poison Ivy" Ivy's motive, while Harley was worried that Ivy would steal her thunder again.
"I'm going to watch the fun," Ivy said, just as matter-of-factly as Connors had earlier.
You like to watch the drama too? Connors looked at Ivy in confusion but didn't say anything to stop her.
Anyway, the drama-watching system's judgment of the size of the drama was based on "the more people involved, the stronger they are, the greater the reward." "Poison Ivy" Ivy's participation in the action was only beneficial to him.
Although the plan sounded very ridiculous, Harley Quinn quickly walked towards the apartment door, leaving immediately, acting decisively.
"Wait, Harley," Connors stopped her.
Three people couldn't fit on one motorcycle, and taking a taxi would be too awkward—what superhero or villain goes around taking taxis to do business?
Before undertaking this action, Connors had to go find "Catwoman" Selina and get back the supercar Wayne had given him.
"So, you're going to drive the car Batman gave you, go talk to Batman, and send Batman into Arkham?" Ivy summarized what Connors was going to do next.
"Yes," Connors confirmed "Poison Ivy" Ivy's words.
"Then I'll go with you," Ivy said with an expression of watching the show.
"The motorcycle can only seat two people," Connors said, somewhat awkwardly. The motorcycle "Catwoman" Selina left him wasn't a scooter, so Harley Quinn couldn't squat in front facing him.
Besides, even if she could squat, this mode of transportation was really inappropriate. This wasn't a supervillain, but a super delinquent girl.
"Then I won't go. It's just getting a car back, I'm not interested in this."
Harley Quinn said, then excitedly lay down on the sofa, turned on the TV, and looked forward to the news program focusing on her later.
Connors and "Poison Ivy" Ivy exchanged glances. A pink blush appeared on Ivy's face, and Connors was thoughtful.
Was she going to take this opportunity to try the "faster method" with him?