American Comics: Today's Big News

Robbery of banks, bombing of streets, poisoning, murder.

What has a scarecrow not done?

But today he ran into Connors, a tough nut to crack down on, who tried to extort money from him.

Even a typical big heist wouldn't yield five million US dollars, let alone Scarecrow spending all his savings to prepare a canister full of "fear gas" for his truck.

Let alone five million US dollars, he'd be in trouble even if he had to pay five hundred US dollars now.

Even if he could come up with that much money, Scarecrow would never hand it over to Connors just to unlock a car door.

The tanker's glass was exceptionally strong, and the scarecrow couldn't break it with his bare hands. There wasn't a single handy tool inside, and the small cab had practically become his prison.

Connors stood beside the hood of the car, staring wide-eyed at the scarecrow's headdress inside, and couldn't help but exclaim:

"This lock-picking master's skills are incredibly useful..."

His original intention was simply to lock the liquid inlet and outlet of the tanker truck; the various locks inside the truck were just something he did on the spur of the moment, but the effect was surprisingly good.

If things continue like this, Scarecrow will be trapped inside the car and unable to get out until Batman arrives.

Connors wasn't in a hurry and planned to wait patiently, but Harley Quinn disagreed:

"Little Pa, let him out quickly."

Connors asked in confusion, "What?"

Harley Quinn grinned, and seeing that Connors didn't open the car door immediately, she took off her shoes and pointed the high heels at the car window.

Snapped!

Numerous cracks suddenly appeared on the car window.

The scarecrow was overjoyed:

"Well done, Harley, keep it up!"

Harley Quinn did not disappoint the Scarecrow; with a few more slams of her high heels, she shattered the glass completely, sending it crashing to the ground.

Connors took a few steps back, intending to see what Harley Quinn's purpose was in releasing the scarecrow.

"After Gotham fell, you definitely deserve some credit, Harley Quinn. You certainly didn't disappoint me!"

After the scarecrow finished speaking, the "fear gas" from the bottles and jars on his body emerged from the tanker truck before him, intending to plunge the people in front of him into fear before calmly emerging from the truck himself.

But Harley Quinn was standing not far away at a fire hydrant mounted on the wall, the nozzle of the hose pointed at the tanker's glass.

The abundant moisture prevented the scarecrow's fear gas from spreading in the air, thus preventing Harley from falling into fear.

When the Scarecrow realized this and hurriedly tried to climb out of the tanker, Harley Quinn also dropped the water gun nozzle and picked up a stone from the roadside.

"Snapped!"

"A lackey of the clown?"

"Snapped!"

"You people?"

"Snapped!"

"Dear Scarecrow?"

Holding stones in her hand, Harley Quinn began smashing them repeatedly at the scarecrow's head that had just emerged from the tanker truck, all the while letting out maniacal laughter.

The makeup and eyeshadow on her face were affected by the water splashed from the fire hydrant, and they ran down her cheeks like two tear tracks.

"Oh my god, don't kill the scarecrow..." Connors quickly stepped forward, stopping Harley Quinn while simultaneously smearing the scarecrow with his hand.

The bottles and jars filled with terrifying poison gas were instantly "locked up".

Strictly speaking, it wasn't a lock; Connors simply destroyed some of the switches and safety features that the scarecrow had set up on these devices.

Based on his increasingly in-depth use of the "master of lock picking" technique, these things were just second nature to him.

Currently, the only locks that can stump him are the extremely large, extremely complex, and extremely simple locks.

"Harley, what's wrong?" After destroying the scarecrow's equipment, Connors stopped paying attention to him and instead focused on Harley's condition.

Why is it that even though the Scarecrow and the Riddler both collaborated with the Joker, people still call them "Scarecrow" and "Riddler," instead of "The Joker's Scarecrow"?

"But my act of helping the Joker escape Arkham has branded me as the Joker. Even though I announced on television that 'Harley' was independent, they still see me as the Joker's vassal."

Harley Quinn laughed as she tossed the stone aside, her tone light as she spoke words that were anything but lighthearted.

"..." This is a question that Connors really doesn't know how to answer.

In the comics, Harley Quinn and the Joker split up so easily, but there weren't this many follow-ups.

He couldn't possibly tell Harley:

"Go and create a big news story yourself, so that Batman will consider you his number one enemy, separate from the Joker, and your reputation will be thoroughly established among the other villains."

While it satisfied his need for a gossip-loving system, his close relationship with Harley Quinn would also make him a "villain," which did not meet Connors' requirements for himself as a "gossipmonger."

"I've decided, I'm going to make a big splash!" Harley Quinn seemed to have a new idea. "This time, I'm not going to rely on anyone!"

Connors covered his face; what he feared most had come to pass.

What bothered him even more was that the Batplane was already hovering thirty meters above the ground, and then Lord Wayne landed from the sky, just in time to hear Harley Quinn's words about making big news.

Batman appears, Harley Quinn decisively leaves, and the little madwoman is off to stir up some news, I wonder what kind of trouble she's planning.

Only Connors, Batman, and Scarecrow remain in the open.

"You're here?" Connors greeted him casually.

"..." Batman was somewhat helpless. His good mood, which hadn't even had a chance to release the Fear Gas before Scarecrow was completely ruined by Harley Quinn's "crime warning" and now he saw Connors present.

He had an instinctive feeling that nothing good could come of Connors being there.

Sure enough, Batman soon saw Connors reach out and open the car door, pull the Scarecrow out, and then wave his hand at the Scarecrow.

Not only Bruce Wayne standing in front of him, but even Scarecrow himself, the owner of "Fear Gas," didn't realize that the devices he was wearing had already started working.

Different liquids are rapidly mixed through pipes to form "fear gas," which is then dispersed into the air by atomizing devices.

Almost instantly, Batman lost sight of Scarecrow and Connors, and in his place appeared a dark cave, with giant bats swarming at him from all sides.

"I remember that people trapped in terrifying toxic gas would have their senses unable to receive signals from the outside world..."

Unlike before when Batman vs. the Joker, Connors did not cheer for Batman, but chose to watch the battle quietly from the sidelines.

Unfortunately, Batman was in a hallucination, unleashing his attacks at thin air, and Scarecrow, mindful of Connors' presence, dared not engage Batman, maintaining his distance at all times.

The battle was really not worth watching. If Connors hadn't covered his mouth and nose with his wet clothes, he might have even yawned.

Then, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the marks Harley Quinn had left on the ground:

"Bane and the Penguins are also in action."

……

At this moment, Bane was standing on the top of a tall building, observing with a telescope in his hand. After seeing Batman and Scarecrow next to a seemingly idle, muscular young man, he decisively chose to leave.

The Penguin is ordering his men to storm Gotham City Stadium, intending to open fire indiscriminately, but the entire stadium is completely covered by black ice.

The person who created this solid ice is none other than the star singer "Ice Moon Flower Snow" Xuexi.

Unlike her glamorous image on the concert stage, she was now tied upside down in the air by green vines that looked like living things, tied in a fancy way. Her clothes were mostly torn, and there was a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth, clearly indicating that she had just gone through a fierce battle.

The person who drove her into this predicament was none other than Gotham's number one star, Poison Ivy.

She came following her inner turmoil, but the Gotham Stadium was covered in ice, and many plants around it had been frozen to death. This made her decide to kill this unfamiliar woman first, and then go find the source of her turmoil.