Chapter 261 The Rebirth of Batman

A few minutes earlier, the police station rooftop.

"So... what you're telling me is..." Joey said, her tone a mixture of doubt and inquiry, "...that the four of you are actually aliens from a parallel universe?"

"That's right," Feng Bujue replied. "We're just temporarily borrowing these four bodies. Once we leave, they'll revert to their original, ordinary selves. They won't even have the slightest memory of being 'possessed.'"

At this moment, Jue-ge had improvised a relatively reasonable and unverifiable explanation, which served as an explanation for his identity. In addition, he expressed his willingness to cooperate with the resistance organization.

Joey and Maya were naturally skeptical of his claims, but overall, they were more inclined to believe him than not.

"Okay," Joey sighed and responded.

"'Okay'?" Feng Bujue repeated, questioning her response. "Such an unbelievable thing, and you don't have any more questions to ask?"

"It doesn't matter," Joey replied. "Even if you're hiding something, it's fine."

"Oh?" Jue-ge chuckled. "Aren't you worried... that I'm deceiving and using you?"

"Heh..." Joey smiled, holding up a hand and counting on her fingers. "You can jump from a twenty-meter-high building without a scratch; you can easily carry me and Maya back up; that 'Harley Quinn' took down fifteen fully armed Robins in just thirty seconds; 'Poison Ivy' memorized the entire city's 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 great powers, do you really need to deceive us to take advantage of us?"

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

"What are you chiming in for?" Feng Bujue glanced at Xiao Tan. "Go, go, go... go play with your coin."

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

And not only did he run off, he actually took out a coin from his pocket and began to toss it aimlessly.

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[Name: Two-Face's Coin]

[Type: Story-Related]

[Quality: Normal]

[Function: Unknown (Only Two-Face Can Hold It)]

[Whether It Can Be Brought Out of This Script: No]

[Remarks: This is a Gotham City commemorative coin issued in 1922. It is also a very rare "error coin," with human heads printed on both sides, one of which is distorted and grotesque due to corrosion by strong acid. Just like... its owner.]

The moment Xiao Tan entered the script, this coin had already appeared in his inventory. However, he didn't yet know what practical use this thing had. After reuniting with Jue-ge, the two shared this information, so 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 to cooperate," Joey quickly said to Jue-ge again. "Anyway... our so-called resistance organization is now down to just two people, there's no reason to refuse."

Maya, who had been standing next to Joey, reminded him, "That's right, Joey, our base in the sewers is probably inaccessible now."

Joey replied in a helpless tone, "Yeah... Dahl must have told the_Bruce the coordinates of the base long ago. I think... the other side must have been waiting for an opportunity to wipe us all out, which is why they haven't launched a siege yet." He clenched his fist in frustration. "Alas... I have to admit, the_Bruce is a terrifying guy."

"There's no need to belittle yourself," Feng Bujue replied. "I believe that you can compete with him in both physical and mental strength. It's just... that you're a little lacking in experience and willpower."

"Heh... thanks, I hope you're right." Joey received Jue-ge's compliment, but he didn't get carried away, he just calmly responded.

At this moment, Maya spoke again, "Um, Mr. Joker, I'd like to ask... are you the leader of your team?"

Feng Bujue didn't answer immediately when he heard this, but turned to look at Ruo Yu.

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

"Okay~ I won't look, I won't look." Feng Bujue smiled, then turned back to Maya and the others and replied, "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," Feng Bujue said, "That's the first step in my grand plan..."

"Captain, 95% of the people who say lines like that are villains, and they're likely to fail in the end," Xiao Ling, who was sitting on the edge of the rooftop on guard duty, retorted at the right moment.

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

"Because it's not, you sound even dumber when you say it..." Ruo Yu added another stab.

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

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

Feng Bujue sneered, raised his arms in a fit of chuunibyou, and replied, "To make Batman... reborn!"

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

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

"Heh... not at all..." Feng Bujue pretended to be unfathomable, and replied 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, "Hehehe... Boss, I've got it done."

"You can kill a person, 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—when a person dies, the spirit lives on."

As he said this, he reached the light.

"Look, I changed it to a smiling face, just like you said," Musashi Koganai said, looking up at Jue-ge.

"Hmm, well done." As Feng Bujue spoke, he took out a military shovel from his bag and used the skill [Not-So-Careless Repair] on the giant searchlight in front of him.

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

Of course, consuming 200 Stamina Points was nothing to Jue-ge now. If the skill failed, it wouldn't go on cooldown, so he could just use it again.

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

"Needless to say, hehehe..." Musashi Koganai replied in his usual strange tone.

Feng Bujue nodded, then came to the side of the searchlight, grabbed it with force, and turned this heavy mechanical object weighing several hundred pounds upwards by eighty degrees.

"Then, turn it on," Jue-ge ordered.

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

Ka-chunk—

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

"I still don't understand..." Joey looked up at the "smiling face" in the sky and asked, "You said you want to make Batman reborn, but why did you put up the Joker's symbol in the sky?"

"I'll make you understand," Feng Bujue fixed the angle of the searchlight and let go. "But for now... before the_Bruce and his troops arrive, let me briefly explain to you... our plan of action for the next few hours."