Chapter 1 Police Station Rooftop

A few minutes earlier, on the police station rooftop…

"So… what you're telling me is…" Joey said in a tone that was somewhere between puzzled and questioning, "…the four of you are actually aliens from a parallel universe?"

"That's right," Feng Bujue replied. "We're just temporarily borrowing these four people's bodies. Once we leave, they'll revert to being ordinary people. They won't retain a single memory of being 'possessed'."

At this point, Brother Jue had improvised a relatively reasonable and unverifiable backstory to explain his identity. In addition, he had expressed his willingness to cooperate with the resistance.

Joey and Maya were naturally skeptical of his claims, but overall, they were more inclined to believe than disbelieve.

"Okay," Joey said with a sigh.

"'Okay'?" Feng Bujue repeated the other man's words with a questioning tone, then continued, "You're not going to ask a few more questions about something so outlandish?"

"It doesn't matter," Joey replied. "It doesn't matter even if you're holding something back."

"Oh?" Brother Jue chuckled. "Aren't you worried… that I'm deceiving and exploiting you?"

"Heh…" Joey smiled, held up a hand, and ticked off his fingers. "You can jump from the top of a building nearly twenty meters high without getting hurt; you can easily carry Maya and me back up here; that 'Harley Quinn' took out fifteen fully armed Robins in just thirty seconds; 'Poison Ivy' memorized the city's entire sewer map in a few minutes; and you…" As he said this, he turned to look at Musashi Koganai, who was modifying the searchlight not far away, "...you actually summoned a strange little boy out of thin air…" Joey shook his head, shrugged, and retorted, "With such vast powers, do you really need to deceive us to exploit us?"

"Hmm… that makes sense." Xiao Tan, listening from the side, nodded in a serious manner.

"What are you cheering about?" Feng Bujue glanced at Xiao Tan. "Go away… go play with your coin."

"Oh…" Xiao Tan was actually obedient. As soon as Brother Jue shooed him away, he sensibly ran off.

Not only did he run off, but he actually took a coin out of his pocket and began to toss it around listlessly.

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[Name: Two-Face's Coin]

[Type: Story-Related]

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Function: Unknown (Only Two-Face can possess)]

[Whether it can be taken out of this scenario: No]

[Remarks: This is a Gotham City commemorative coin issued in 1922, and it's also a very rare "misprint" coin, with both sides bearing a human head. One of the sides has been distorted and made horrific by strong acid. Just like… its owner.]

The moment Xiao Tan entered the scenario, this coin had already appeared in his inventory. But for now, he didn't know what practical use this thing had. After meeting up with Brother Jue, the two had shared this information, so at this moment, Feng Bujue was half-jokingly telling Xiao Tan to go play with the coin.

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"In any case, I accept your offer of cooperation," Joey quickly said to Brother Jue again. "Anyway… we, the so-called resistance, are now down to just two people, so there's no reason to refuse."

Maya, who had been standing beside Joey, reminded him at this moment, "By the way, Joey, I'm afraid we can't go back to our hideout in the sewers."

Joey replied in a helpless tone, "Yes… Darr must have already told the_Bruce the coordinates of the hideout. I think… the other party was waiting for an opportunity to wipe us all out, which is why he hasn't launched a siege yet." He clenched his fist in frustration. "Alas… I have to admit, the_Bruce is a terrifying guy."

"You don't need to be so humble," Feng Bujue interjected. "I think you can compete with him in terms of both physical and mental strength. It's just… you're a bit lacking in experience and willpower."

"Heh… thanks, I hope you're right." Joey received Brother Jue's praise, but he didn't get carried away, merely responding calmly.

At this moment, Maya spoke again, "Um, Mister Clown, I'd like to ask… are you the leader of this little team of yours?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Bujue didn't answer immediately, but turned to look at Ruo Yu.

"What are you looking at me for?" Ruo Yu glared back at him.

"Alright~ I won't look, I won't look." Feng Bujue smiled, then turned back to face Maya and the others, replying, "Um… that's right, I'm the one in charge here."

"Then… can you tell us specifically what your plans are next?" Maya asked.

Joey said, "That's right, I'm also very curious…" He paused, glanced to the side, "…what's the point of modifying that searchlight that's been abandoned for nearly a century?"

"Oh~ that thing." Feng Bujue said, "That's the first step in my grand plan…"

"Guild Leader, 95% of the people who say lines like that are villains, and they're bound to fail in the end." Xiao Ling, who was sitting on the edge of the rooftop on guard duty, chimed in at the opportune moment.

"Stop talking nonsense… this isn't a children's cartoon." Feng Bujue replied with narrowed eyes.

"Precisely because it isn't, it sounds even dumber when you say it…" Ruo Yu added another jab.

"Alright, alright…" Feng Bujue changed his tune helplessly. "This is the first step in a very ordinary plan that I came up with."

Xiao Tan then asked, "Then what's the ultimate goal of this plan?"

Feng Bujue sneered, raised his arms with a burst of second-year syndrome, and replied, "To let Batman… be reborn!"

"What?" Joey and Maya asked in unison, they really didn't understand what Brother Jue meant.

"Speaking of Batman, there's one in the city right now, and he's alive and well." Joey said thoughtfully, "Could it be… you want to revive the legendary Bruce Wayne?"

"Heh… not at all…" Feng Bujue feigned profundity, replying in a meaningful tone, "'Batman' doesn't necessarily have to be one person. This word represents a spirit."

Just as they were talking, Musashi Koganai, who was beside the searchlight, interjected with a strange laugh, "Hiss hiss hiss… Boss, I've finished it."

"You can kill a man, but you can't kill a spirit." Feng Bujue walked towards the searchlight as he spoke. "Just like it's written in a certain novel – people die, but the spirit lives on."

As he said this, he happened to reach the light.

"Look, it's been changed into a smiley face, just like you said." Musashi Koganai looked up at Brother Jue and said.

"Yeah, well done." Feng Bujue said, taking a military shovel out of his knapsack and using the skill [Not-So-Hasty Repair] on the giant searchlight in front of him.

Embarrassingly… Brother Jue failed to activate the skill the first time. As a player with a C-grade (75% success rate) in Machinery Specialization, and [Tenacity of the Ice Refining Alchemist] (10% additional success rate), his luck was indeed up to the standards of a villain.

Of course, the consumption of 200 stamina points was nothing to Brother Jue now. If the skill failed, it wouldn't go on cooldown, he could just use it again.

"Okay, all the circuits have been reconnected, right?" Feng Bujue asked after successfully activating the skill.

"Need you even ask, hiss hiss hiss…" Musashi Koganai replied in his usual weird tone.

Feng Bujue nodded, then came to the side of the searchlight, grabbed it hard, and dragged it, turning this several-hundred-pound mechanical object upward by eighty degrees.

"Then, turn it on," Brother Jue ordered.

Musashi Koganai obeyed, and immediately ran to the electrical box with his lewd little steps, and dropped the operating lever.

Ka-boom—

As the sound of a motor starting rang out, a white beam of light shot into the sky.

"I still don't understand…" Joey looked up at the "smiley face" in the sky and asked, "You said you wanted to let Batman be reborn, but why did you project the Joker's symbol into the air?"

"I'll make you understand," Feng Bujue secured the angle of the searchlight and released his hand. "But now… before the_Bruce and his troops arrive, let me briefly tell you all about… our plan of action for the next few hours."