As the Scepter absorbed, the energy within Parallax's body rapidly decreased.
In this place devoid of fear, he had no way to recover his strength.
So Parallax's struggles became weaker and weaker, and soon he was too weak to even push away the floating city.
And the Scepter crystal in Dane's hand also turned yellow, emitting an evil aura.
"The power of fear, this power should be very compatible with Batman."
However, given Bruce's suspicious nature towards everything, he probably wouldn't accept this power.
This power did not match Shazam; although Dane's existence instilled fear in many high-ranking government officials, the public generally had a very good impression of him.
Not to mention he had just saved the residents of Coast City, and now was when everyone's goodwill towards him was at its peak.
At this time, "Justice League and Shazam" had already topped the trending searches on major social media platforms.
Even traditional print media and TV news broadcasts began publishing and reporting information about the Justice League and Shazam.
But more than half of this information was revealed by the Kuaishou streamer with the ID "Rich N," and more detailed things were unknown... oh, not entirely.
Sharp-eyed netizens discovered several familiar figures in the Justice League.
In Gotham, many gang thugs also liked to browse Kuaishou in their free time.
This day, the Yamaguchi-gumi boss was nestled in his stronghold, happily counting banknotes.
A few days ago, he received news that Batman seemed to be a bit busy lately and had no time to bother with them.
And Red Hood was clashing with big bosses like Penguin and Black Mask, and hadn't come here to manage them for a long time.
Batgirl had recently re-emerged, but would he, the venerable Yamaguchi-gumi boss, be afraid of a mere girl?
This was simply a joke!
So the Yamaguchi-gumi decided to seize this hard-won opportunity and quickly make money!
Just as he was intoxicated by the smell of Franklins, enjoying his solitude, a subordinate suddenly rushed in.
"Boss, boss! Something's wrong, boss!"
The loud voice instantly ruined the Yamaguchi-gumi boss's good mood; he glared with a fierce, angry face at the subordinate who disturbed him.
"You'd better give me a good reason!"
The subordinate ran up to the boss, looked at the green banknotes spread across the table, and couldn't help but swallow.
Hearing the boss's unfriendly words, he quickly pulled out his phone: "Boss, look at this video!"
The Yamaguchi-gumi boss looked at the small screen in confusion; his face darkened at the first glance.
I paid you to be a thug, and you're scrolling through Kuaishou short videos, are you trying to die?
But at the second glance, he felt something was off; some people on it looked a bit familiar?
He rubbed his eyelids, snatched the subordinate's phone, and looked closely.
Once he saw clearly, his entire face immediately wrinkled: "Batman? Red Hood? And Nightwing?"
They were together? And doing a live broadcast? Broadcasting what?
Teaming up to fight gangs?
But he patiently continued watching and found that these lunatics were not in Gotham.
He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, even feeling a little secretly pleased.
If these lunatics weren't around, then couldn't they do whatever they wanted?
Before the Yamaguchi-gumi boss could fantasize about the future, his subordinate quickly interrupted his reverie.
"Boss, don't just look at this; there's more below!"
He looked down at the words and found that the video creator was very diligent and had even divided it into episodes.
So, with the idea of getting first-hand information, he clicked on the video playback below.
Then his face turned green.
Shazam, Superman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter... what kind of monsters were these!
Especially Shazam, resisting a nuclear explosion; was this really a human?
The Yamaguchi-gumi boss really wanted to accuse it of being special effects, fake hype.
But there was an official Kuaishou certification below the video, stating that the video was authentic and true.
Moreover, many well-known domestic and international news studios were recommended below, also corroborating the authenticity of these videos.
He exited the video with a last glimmer of hope, returned to the main interface, and found that all the content was related to the Justice League.
He didn't expect Gotham's Batman to be quite popular across All America!
And most of the evaluations were positive.
Many comments expressed the biggest dissatisfaction with Batman, questioning why he didn't kill those drug-dealing scums... I earn money through labor, okay, if you don't use it, don't buy it!
The Yamaguchi-gumi boss cursed loudly, but after cursing, he fell into deep thought.
One Batman was already difficult to deal with, not to mention he had helpers in Gotham.
But now, the Justice League? If they also interfered in Gotham's affairs... would there still be a chance for people like them to live?
In the past, the Yamaguchi-gumi still had confidence in showing those who prevented them from making money a little bit of color.
But facing someone who couldn't even be killed by a nuclear bomb, he felt it was better not to be an egg hitting a rock.
So he made a decisive decision and immediately called his thugs to instruct: "Be honest for a while!"
His subordinate scratched the back of his head, not understanding what "honest" meant.
Not killing people or not setting fires, surely they couldn't even stop selling drugs, could they?
However, the Yamaguchi-gumi boss really made his subordinates stop the drug trade; he planned to observe the trend.
Not only the Yamaguchi-gumi, but every gang in Gotham knew Batman and Red Hood.
When they discovered that these two guys actually had such powerful teammates as backup, they immediately scaled back their operations, and many human traffickers stopped transporting people to Gotham.
Even underground forces like Penguin, Two-Face, and Black Mask felt it was tricky.
Unlike other small fry, they all knew Superman!
That guy who stood there letting them shoot him, not even a hair out of place, was like a god, definitely not someone they could deal with.
Moreover, they had also found out through their network that another person had participated in the encirclement and suppression of Scarecrow.
Among them, a You-Know-Who directly killed Gotham's most insane criminal, Joker.
They had dared to oppose Batman for so long, the biggest reason was that they knew Batman would never kill anyone.
What if Batman did?
This question sent shivers down the spines of all villains; then he would be an enhanced version of Joker!
"It seems we should also restrain ourselves a bit lately."
Penguin puffed out his big belly and took a drag from his cigar.
Two-Face sat in front of him, his Two-Faces showing two expressions.
The normal face looked excited and happy, while the burned face looked angry and wary.
"So that's it?" the scarred, burned face said unhappily.
"They haven't even done anything yet!"
"Perhaps you should listen to Penguin," the normal face said brightly, "By the time they actually come, it will be too late, won't it?"
"Shut up, Harvey!" Scarface roared.
Penguin, however, remained calm. He was long accustomed to the arguments between Two-Face's split personalities and skillfully mediated:
"Stop bickering, both of you. I made this decision after careful consideration."
"You've all witnessed Superman's power. We don't have a way to deal with him yet."
Saying this, Penguin unhurriedly took another puff of his cigar and continued:
"But these are only temporary. I've noticed that ever since a batch of our old friends from Arkham Asylum died, they haven't appeared in Gotham for a long time."
"You mean to say..." Two-Face caught on to something.
Penguin nodded, a smile playing on his lips:
"Our Dark Knight is a very arrogant man. He would never allow anyone else to interfere in the city's affairs, not even his teammates."
"Then why should we hold back? Can't we just continue as usual?" At this point, Two-Face suddenly realized.
His two different faces stared at Penguin: "Are you up to something?"
"Exactly!" Penguin admitted.
"All the gangs in Gotham are starting to shrink their influence right now. Isn't this our perfect opportunity?"
"We'll do the business no one else does, sell the things no one else sells. It won't be long before the entire Gotham underworld is ours!"
Penguin's eyes burned with ambition: "We will become the true Masters of this city!"
"Then why did you tell me to hold back?"
"When I said 'hold back,' I didn't mean do nothing. I meant to move the battlefield outside of Gotham."
"Then where should we go?"
Penguin smiled. He said, "What do you think of Blüdhaven?"
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