Harvey Dent would puff smoke when he smoked, but Carmine Falcone wouldn't.
"Deathstroke was stopped?"
A cigarette butt was flicked to the ground, then stomped out by a leather shoe.
"Boss, are you worried about those enhanced humans?"
"No."
Carmine shook his head at his subordinate's question.
"More than half of the enhanced humans are already dead. We have more people. If bullets don't kill them, we'll run them over with cars. As long as we throw enough lives at them, we'll eventually kill them."
"Then what are you worried about...?"
"We've been fighting for so long. I'm worried that the Bat will show up and mess up my plans."
Carmine Falcone had the deepest foundation among Gotham's gangs. In terms of numbers, the Two-Face Gang might be similar to Falcone's, but Falcone was stronger in terms of personnel quality and weaponry.
Adding in far more affiliated gangs than the Two-Face Gang, Falcone had originally planned to use Deathstroke's power to quickly eliminate the Two-Face Gang and Hogg United.
He believed that with Deathstroke and his own gang's strength, the enhanced humans and robots on the other side wouldn't be able to resist for long.
By the time Batman jumped in to intervene, the troublesome elements within the Two-Face Gang and Hogg United would have already been dealt with by Deathstroke. Then, he could pay Deathstroke more to confront Batman.
Once the Two-Face Gang was dealt with, and Hogg United, a gang with strong upward momentum, was also resolved, he could unify most of Gotham's underworld.
But he hadn't expected that Watt of Hogg United could fight Deathstroke for so long while using that mechanical battlesuit.
If Batman, the Gotham Police Department, and other forces joined the fray, the outcome of this battle might become unpredictable.
...
...
"Barbara, status report."
"Dick and Tim have contained Penguin. He has no opportunity to raid other people's strongholds, nor can he help the criminals in Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Penitentiary escape."
"Good. One problem is enough. I don't want a second one."
In mid-air, Batman looked at the distant battlefield, changing direction to enter the fray.
His large Bat-wings blocked the scattered missiles on the battlefield. Batman himself, like a giant bat, swooped onto the face of a Titan enhanced human and, while doing so, injected him with a syringe into his neck.
As early as when Wayne Enterprises' satellite captured the footage of Qingshui and Two-Face's transaction that night, Bruce Wayne had collected the blood of those Titan enhanced humans wounded by Qingshui that same day and began developing an antidote.
The second Titan enhanced human was precisely hit by a Batarang in the gap between his bulletproof helmet and armor. A needle built into the tip of the Batarang injected the serum.
At the same time, the body of the first enhanced human injected with the serum began to shrink and revert.
Then came the third, fourth, fifth...
In just a moment, seven Titans were all taken down.
Meanwhile, the police previously arranged to cordon off the battle scene also began to enter, pushing forward in layers with riot shields, compressing the combat area.
"That son of a bitch, Batman!"
Harvey Dent cursed under his breath, then hid.
He didn't want Batman to use this opportunity to capture him and send him to Arkham Asylum.
Qingshui and Deathstroke's battle was also interrupted by Batman.
A Batarang precisely arced through the air, flying towards Deathstroke.
The latter tried to deflect it with his sword, but the Batarang was equipped with an electromagnet and automatically latched onto Deathstroke's long sword.
Deathstroke decisively threw the sword towards Qingshui, who was trying to seize the opportunity to attack.
*"Boom!"*
Halfway through its flight, the Batarang attached to the sword automatically exploded, emitting an electromagnetic pulse.
Black Gold's steps faltered, and Qingshui inside also frowned.
Affected by the electromagnetic pulse, all the infrared displays, ballistic calculations, and other sensory and auxiliary control devices previously set up inside Black Gold failed.
However, only the auxiliary functions were affected; Black Gold was driven by Chakra Threads, not electricity.
Batman's movements hadn't stopped.
Several spherical objects were thrown to the ground and exploded, emitting a large cloud of thick smoke that enveloped the surroundings.
Just because others' infrared vision was blocked didn't mean Wayne Enterprises' black tech would be.
From within the dense black mist came the sounds of Deathstroke and Batman clashing.
In the distance, an engine roared. A black Batmobile careened across the plaza, crushing all obstacles in its path, rushing towards Black Gold. It fired miniature missiles at Qingshui; they exploded without any firelight.
Batman didn't kill, so when these miniature missiles exploded, they unleashed ultrasonic waves capable of stunning a strong adult.
Qingshui felt his head spin, and immediately activated Swift, launching himself into the air, forming hand seals.
"Wind Release: Typhoon Pass!"
The smoke was instantly blown away by the strong wind.
"*Wind Release: Violent Wind Palm!*"
The moment Qingshui saw Batman fighting Deathstroke, he unleashed his Ninjutsu.
A compressed ball of air shot out. Batman and Deathstroke reacted in an instant, then exchanged a glance, tacitly kicking each other away.
As he flew back, Deathstroke pulled a submachine gun from his waist and fired at Batman. Batman, in turn, threw two curving Batarangs at Deathstroke, then wrapped himself in his cape to block the bullets.
"*Boom!*"
Air currents surged, and a shallow crater several meters in diameter appeared where the two had just been.
Watching Qingshui land lightly, Batman silently updated his intel on the Puppeteer.
He seems to possess an ability to control air currents, and…
The Black Gold metallic armor isn't primarily powered by electricity.
Under their gazes, Black Gold took heavy, imposing steps to stand beside Qingshui.
The matte black metal was covered in shallow bullet holes and several gashes from Deathstroke's cuts.
Batman quickly discarded most of his previously formulated anti-Puppeteer plan and began re-analyzing Qingshui's abilities and counter-strategies.
A strange balance was struck between the three.
"Now, it's time to end this farce."
Batman was the first to break the silence.
He knew he couldn't defeat the Puppeteer right now, much less with the equally powerful Deathstroke by his side.
But the gangs had suffered heavy casualties, and all the Titan-enhanced individuals had been dealt with. If Deathstroke and the Puppeteer would just stop, the conflict could be temporarily resolved.
"I don't consider this a farce. Harvey Dent tried to use me as a pawn, and Carmine Falcone wanted to eliminate me after realizing he couldn't turn me into his personal blade. Do you think… I'd just let that go?" Qingshui said with a displeased expression.
"Falcone still owes me money," Deathstroke's voice came from behind his mask as well.
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