However, with the arrival of Wonder Woman, Barbara and Charise still didn't start fighting.
Because Diana also brought two 'outsiders.'
They didn't want to make the conflict known to everyone.
Showing conflict would be exploited by those with ulterior motives, and this is also a weakness.
For example, Superman and Luthor, The Flash and Grud, Wonder Woman and Ares, they're all famous arch-enemies.
If someone wants to deal with them, reaching out to their arch-enemies makes it easy to gain momentum, and magnifying the situation is never good.
Whether it's the Bat Clan or the Humiliation Squad, they are accustomed to operating in the darkness, and being scrutinized with a magnifying glass would feel unbearable.
The sound of rain masked the discord, and Barbara simply turned to thank Poison Ivy, who remarked that after all, she is a member of the Birds of Prey, so rescuing Barbara is only natural.
Harley bounced over to Barbara's back, inviting her to go for a SPA together next time.
Barbara could only answer with a dry laugh, but in reality, after the Earth got flooded, she didn't want to associate with any aquatic therapy for a while.
"Xiaodai~~~~"
Harley didn't notice Barbara's embarrassment, or she saw it and pretended not to, dragging out her tone and ran swiftly over to Diana, diving into her arms.
Soaked to the skin, Harley was all cool and icy, and Diana rolled her eyes helplessly, grabbing her twin ponytails to pull her away: "Why are you here?"
Harley's small hands were still locked around Diana's waist, wrestling exaggeratedly with the Female Hero, and upon hearing Diana's words, she nodded towards Zorro with her chin.
"He asked me to come to Gotham, I certainly wasn't planning anything bad, oh right, want ice cream? I made it."
Previously, when separating from the Celestial Eye Association, it was Deathstroke who transformed into Batman and got her out. Now beside Diana appeared two people, one was Pandora whom Harley recognized, and the other cloaked entirely in black was certainly Deathstroke.
Having finished speaking, Harley also called Poison Ivy to bring the cones over, and thus a walking Venus Flytrap-like plant approached, its mouth opening to reveal ice cream inside.
This is Harley's mobile fridge.
Though Diana loves ice cream, she had just eaten some not long ago, and standing in the rain now, she couldn't possibly have any more.
She turned her gaze towards Su Ming and sighed gently.
"Why did you let her come to Gotham? What are you planning again?"
"Everything I do is to save the world."
Su Ming replied innocently, seeming so sincere.
He spoke so reasonably, Diana was left speechless.
Indeed, Deathstroke has saved the world twice, but after each crisis, Deathstroke's power grew wildly, while the Justice League besides Hawk Woman and Barry has hardly moved, and each member also faced various hardships.
She suspects that Deathstroke arranged to let the Justice League bear all the costs while hoarding benefits for himself.
Diana had no objections to this, the stronger this man became, the happier she was...
But she hopes he can choose a different timing to gather benefits, like right now with troubles everywhere, maybe temporarily abandon some plans to gain benefits, and even if later she accompanies him to gather them it wouldn't be a problem.
Su Ming took out an underwater fish lure from his backpack and placed it in front of Harley, the little thing was bought from Stormwind City, it rotates itself in water to attract fish, and in the rain, it spun like a windmill.
Harley's attention was indeed attracted by the red and white toy, she took the lure and started playing with it.
"There's no special plan this time, what I want is in Luthor's hands, but for the safety of Earth, we need to deal with the Laughing Bat first."
Su Ming explained to Diana, the Laughing Bat had no real value now, besides researching him psychologically, the benefits one could gain from him weren't worth the costs.
As such, it was best to have him exit quickly, Destruction Legion was the real issue at the moment, Batman needed to be liberated from Gotham to take the lead.
Diana gave him a deep look, rain sliding down her face in the nightfall, her white skin, rolling drops of water, all illuminated briefly by a flash of lightning.
"Alright then, what do we do next?" She turned her gaze away to watch Harley playing with the red and white toy.
"We don't know the Laughing Bat's location yet, we have to wait for now, let them deal with the Joker first." He headed towards the crowd, his steps splashing water.
Oliver pulled up his hood, taking a deep breath, he could never get used to the smell of Gotham.
And Himeko passed through the curtain of rain, looking at her brother, waiting for him to come beside her.
"Assemble." Su Ming said to everyone, using a cold tone in the cold night: "Batman and Joker should be in the Gotham Natural History Museum right now, because I saw the Bat Flying Vehicle there, though digging further below the museum leads to Gotham's complex sewer system, does anyone know the exact location of the Joker? Raise your hand now."
And besides Harley, everyone else looked at each other.
"Do you know exactly where he is?"
"I guessed, wherever he is, last time Batman wanted to get married, he surely wasn't happy, if I were him, I'd definitely capture the bride to play games."
Harley raised her hand, laughing out loud, this was the most probable situation.
Su Ming knew this answer too, the Joker always appeared for Batman, and Catwoman was always a hidden trouble.
But this intelligence didn't help in locking down an exact location, so Green Arrow's combo of teleportation and backstab couldn't be used, only the old method may have to do.
"Harley, keep leading them on your task, I have other matters with Wonder Woman and Green Arrow."
Barbara came up to them, not wanting to take action with the Humiliation Squad: "Can I come with you guys?"
Su Ming sighed, shaking his head slightly, he had hardly filled Green Arrow's weaknesses, no way to bring an ordinary person to run around.
Against the frenzied Dark Knight, Barbara had no advantage whatsoever.
"Sorry, I think you'd better move with the main team."
"But..." Barbara grabbed Diana's hand, her red hair pressed against the blue high collar.
"That's just a personal vendetta, isn't it?" Su Ming whispered.
Barbara looked uncomfortable: "You know the Fallen Knight? How do you know?"
Of course he knows, and he knows what Charise will do: "Don't worry, the Fallen Knight wants to kill you with her own hands, she won't let you die at someone else's hands."
"Uh... that sounds even less safe." Barbara smiled wryly.
"Tell her to cease fire temporarily for justice, she'll understand, she's not crazy."
"Alright." Barbara pouted and waved to Diana: "I hope tonight isn't my last night."
Su Ming asked again, "When did the Joker capture you?"
Barbara covered her face: "As soon as we separated, I got caught just after returning to Gotham."
Su Ming nodded, indicating he knew there was a fake.
Diana just smiled at her, freed her hand: "Go ahead, we have work to do."
"Let's go."
Watching Harley drag Barbara away, Su Ming ordered the two beside him, then quickly left in the opposite direction, disappearing again into the night.
...............
Batman was sprinting in the sewer at this moment because the Joker had given him a location and a countdown for Catwoman's life.
He had placed a collar on Catwoman's neck, not only a timed bomb but also set to explode if her heartbeat goes above or below a certain value.
As for what the value is, he didn't say, because it wouldn't be fun if he did.
The place isn't far, and it's faster to go through the sewer because the Joker had blocked the path Batman came from, don't even think about going back to the Bat Flying Vehicle.
The game's reached this point, originally underground, find the nearest manhole cover along the sewer to return to the surface, and have Ah Fu operate the flying vehicle to pick you up.
"Ah Fu, can you hear me?"
"The signal's not too good, young master, maybe you should buy new Bluetooth earphones."
Ah Fu calmly retorts, which helps Batman gradually calm down.
"Did our surveillance see the situation at the blast point over there?"
"Based on the time the vibration occurred compared, that explosion happened in the park inside. Unfortunately, the backup network coverage isn't there, usually, that's managed by the surveillance satellite."
Batman moves quickly, his cape flying high behind him: "Have Brother Eye start hacking into the artificial satellites, if Celestial Eye Association has them, we want theirs, the imaging's good."
"Lady Waller won't be happy." Though Ah Fu says this, he isn't slow, his hands move on the keyboard like Beethoven playing music.
Considering he's wearing the Batman Riot Control Armor, this should be even more challenging.
Batman doesn't hesitate: "Do it, I'll double compensate her in money."
"Hmm, looks like she's sure to earn this money, already locked onto the Celestial Eye Association's satellite signal, needs just a bit more time." Ah Fu retorts again.
"Good, prepare the flying vehicle, wait for me near the middle of E District 12th Street."
"Copied."
Batman surveyed the surroundings, the dark sewer filled with stench, seemingly human bones still soaking in the sewage, ghastly pale light flashed before his eyes.
Found a manhole cover at a high spot, he shot out a grappling hook, but after pushing twice not opening, he had to take out plastic explosives again.
Time might be tight, but he still drew a bat under the manhole cover.
"Boom!!!"
Batman ejected from the sewer, the warped manhole cover and pressuring debris all flew out. The Bat Flying Vehicle was right overhead, he shot out the grappling hook again, directly diving into the cockpit.
Switched to manual control, booster at max, swiftly charging in one direction.
He must catch up.
The flying vehicle sped quickly, he just briefly tried to contact the Bat Clan but heard nothing, and the location mentioned by the Joker has been reached.
With blue fire tailing the flying vehicle, it was quite conspicuous in the night, and on the ground, people were waiting for him.
That was Bane.
Only to see he had repaired the pipelines on his back, regained his giant size, in his hand he grabbed an item, slamming it against his knee, the sound of bones breaking heard even within the flying vehicle.
Bane casually flung the blood-spitting creature, raised both hands to the sky, roaring at Batman continuously, gesturing for Batman to come down and settle the score.
The giant stands on the filthy street, spotlight from the flying vehicle locked onto him.
Yet he acts as if standing on a wrestling ring with a crowd watching, presenting various mocking gestures.
Batman stared coldly at him, finger pressing several buttons on the control panel, then pulled the red trigger beneath the control stick to the limit.
Just because he won't kill doesn't mean he won't use hot weapons, .50 caliber rubber riot dispersal machine cannon, ever seen one? It used to be for demolishing buildings, but hitting Bane won't be lethal.
The sound of tearing cloth immediately sounded, two water dragons on the ground swiftly rushing towards Bane.