In addition, Talia has a small secret: she defied Leixiao Gu's orders and secretly interacted with Batwoman. She is the only one in the Assassin Alliance who can freely enter and exit Gotham, as long as she is accompanied by Batwoman throughout.
Because Batwoman does not trust her.
She is a bit different from Briss, as she believes that strength dictates respect and that combat power is the standard for everything.
Briss, on the other hand, believes that one's beliefs and will are the standards of strength, and overcoming one's fear is true power.
Leixiao Gu doesn't count because he fears reality and this world; Talia doesn't count either because she fears her father; even Bat Heroine herself doesn't count because the Bat is her source of fear.
In Batwoman's eyes, only a few people like Jester and Deathstroke can be considered strong because they are never afraid.
Even Scarecrow, who invented the fear gas, was so terrified after inhaling his own gas that he cried out, making her laugh out loud. If she weren't wearing the Bat Suit at the time, she would have doubled over with laughter.
However, these differences didn't stop Talia from seeking her out. Sometimes after completing tasks in Midtown or Star City, she always liked to take a detour through Gotham.
Although Leixiao Gu said that Gotham is the cancer of the world, the filthiest place, and that destroying the world should start with the destruction of Gotham.
But she thought Gotham wasn't so bad.
It was filled with chaos and madness, with various masked lunatics constantly appearing one after another, making it feel like watching a play.
Having long lived in barren ice and snow, bored to death, she preferred the hustle and bustle.
As long as she was in Gotham, circling places like Vine Tower or the police station rooftop, Batwoman would silently appear beside her, watching her with cold, suspicious eyes, monitoring her to prevent any trouble in Gotham.
Talia liked it that way, after all, she would just chat with Bat about recent events, talk about how many people she had killed lately, ask if the madmen had put on any performances, and then leave shortly afterward.
Since their first encounter, after Talia lost to Batwoman, she became extremely interested in this powerful masked figure and assumed she was friends with Briss, one-sidedly.
Because Batwoman defeated her but didn't kill her, which to Talia was unbelievable.
If she didn't intend to kill, why fight? Wouldn't killing be a definitive solution?
Actually, she didn't understand Batwoman as well as Jester did. Jester said that Bat and she are alike, and he wasn't wrong.
Although Jester kills, she doesn't do it often because she prefers seeing everyone's hearts filled with the chaos and madness she spreads, allowing them to all laugh heartily together.
The Bat never kills, as she hopes the evil ones' hearts are filled with fear of her, fear of the Bat.
She would break her enemies' limbs or spines, torturing them with the cruelest methods, leaving them forever paralyzed, letting fear torment them for life, just as fear tormented her.
Living in perpetual fear is far more cruel than finding liberation through death.
So, when Gordon and some others consider her Gotham's female hero, Briss never sees herself that way, because her actions are filled with vigilantism, aimed at venting her fear through violence.
Gotham is merely her hunting ground, and she just hunts evil people.
That's probably why so many masked figures come to Gotham because they see a resemblance between Batwoman and themselves.
Briss's strategy was effective at first, but then it lost its meaning.
Because of Jester's appearance, this lunatic came out of nowhere. Even if Briss broke all her bones, she would still happily scream and laugh non-stop, as if Briss made her feel good.
The next time she appeared, the injuries that would have left her paralyzed or disabled were inexplicably healed, allowing her to continue playing new games with the Bat.
Moreover, more people with medical backgrounds gathered in Gotham. Even if Bat would break their fingers to stop them from treating themselves, they were always willing to help each other, continuing the games.
Take Silence, for example, she was Briss's friend in childhood, the family also an old acquaintance. As she grew up, she became a lunatic but remained a super authority in medicine, capable of performing surgery on herself without even needing a mirror, just a knife.
Countless times Batwoman crippled her, only for her to appear alive and kicking next time.
Dr. Hugo, Pigface, Mr. Freeze, Scarecrow, etc., were all experts in biology or medicine, capable of healing any injuries caused by the Bat.
Not to mention the Owl Court lurking in the shadows, eager to sow chaos, also providing medical assistance to the wicked.
This resulted in rumors of Batman suffering from Saint Mother Syndrome in the city, saying she's a weak woman who wouldn't harm even an ant and lets the villains escape time after time to harm the citizens, unworthy of being called a female hero.
Batwoman wouldn't change her original intention, because she just wanted to instill fear in the villains, so she continued her ways, feeling no need to explain, as she was never a hero.
She just felt she needed to update her fighting techniques. How can one maim a person so badly they can't recover?
No answer yet.
Not just her, other Bats from parallel worlds probably share such woes, as old fighting techniques seem a bit outdated. It would be great to have a technique that could evaporate part of someone's body with a punch, preferably leaving only their brain alive.
This way, enemies would better experience the fear, the fear Bats went through in childhood yet could never escape...
Therefore, Talia feels that the Bat is actually like her, both cruel, just in different ways, fooling Gotham's citizens. But Batwoman always remains silent, seemingly not caring what others think, eternally cold.
Talia is always left speechless by Briss and returns to South Badar dejectedly, but after some time, in her boredom, she would run off to Gotham again.
Leixiao Gu has not discovered her little secret, because in many ways, Talia is already no weaker than him, and if it weren't for his eternal life, Talia could completely succeed as the Second Generation Head of Demon.
Talia can already be called a Ninja Master.
Stealth, combat, disguise, archery, she excels in every killing technique, and as a new-age ninja, she also knows hacking and various firearms, surpassing Leixiao Gu in many ways.
Even though Leixiao Gu believes that using firearms doesn't bring the glory of a Martial Artist, assassins earn their rewards by killing targets. If the target has no honor, neither need he.
Except when it comes to issues of gender and Gotham, where he is entangled with heart demons, in most cases, he remains a highly competent leader of the organization.