American Comics: Today's Big News

It's always raining in Gotham, with dark clouds looming overhead, and now the Batman logo is lit up.

Atop a towering building on the street, Batman, cloaked, stands atop a gargoyle statue, his gaze sweeping across the street below.

This street is a necessary route through the area where the riot just occurred, but now there is nothing unusual on the street except for three or four vehicles that are waiting obediently at the traffic light.

After watching for a while, Batman spread his cape and glided off in another direction in Gotham, where the Joker had just been released from Arkham Asylum and needed to be captured again.

Connors sat in the driver's seat, while Harley Quinn in the passenger seat was knocked unconscious and secured with a seatbelt. After passing through one traffic light after another, he drove to one of his residences.

"Waiting at a traffic light in Gotham is as weird as obeying traffic rules in 'GTA'..."

Connors knocked Harley Quinn unconscious in a blind spot of the surveillance cameras, then drove off, obeying all traffic rules, successfully fooling Batman who might have been lurking in the shadows.

At this moment, on the nineteenth floor, in the apartment rented by Connors.

In the warm bathwater, Harley Quinn was stripped naked and thrown into the tub by Connors, her body's chemical odor gradually being diluted and dissolved by the bath salts.

Connors stood aside, making sure Harley Quinn wouldn't accidentally drown in the bathtub while unconscious, and then began to examine his own systems.

While driving, he submitted the "watching the drama" task at the last minute, but he hadn't had time to check the reward yet.

Taking advantage of Harley Quinn's momentary lapse in consciousness, Connors decided to see what reward he would receive this time.

"Being there in person, with superheroes involved, and even Batman possibly lurking in the shadows, is quite a juicy scoop. I wonder what kind of reward I'll get?"

With anticipation, he looked at the system.

[Today's gossip: Harleen Quezel's incoherent state]

[Reward for watching the drama: Spider-Sense]

Spider-Sense?!

Connors glanced at Harley Quinn, who was lying unconscious in the bathtub, and took a breath.

What a huge reward!

Compared to his previous rewards for watching gossip, this is definitely a big prize.

Since you might encounter all sorts of gossip every day, and Connors needs to actively choose which one to submit, the reward also needs to be claimed manually.

When there's nothing worth submitting on a particular day, Connors can use this to accumulate rewards until he deems them worth claiming.

He acquired his "intermediate mixed martial arts" skills through this method, which is also the only reward he has received these days besides money.

But things are different now. In addition to "Intermediate Mixed Martial Arts", he now has "Spider-Sense". As long as he doesn't do anything reckless, Connors can basically guarantee his safety.

Back in the living room, he sat down and wanted to try out the spider-sensing function.

After confirming that there was no immediate danger in her current residence, she was about to try to achieve a "time stop" effect similar to that in the movies when she suddenly heard a faint sobbing sound coming from the bathroom.

Harley Quinn is awake?

Connors quickly stood up. This was Harley Quinn, a famously crazy and beautiful woman in DC. Even with his spider-sense, he dared not leave her unattended.

As for why he brought Harley Quinn back to his home despite knowing this, it was because he planned to get some information about the Joker from her.

As we all know, Gotham City is Batman's city, but it's also the Joker's city. The Joker is a real menace here, and if Connors ever gets a chance to get involved with the Joker, he'll be raving into a mountain of gossip.

Just as he assumed a fighting stance, ready to greet Harley Quinn as she emerged from the bathroom, the glass door creaked open, and a bare foot peeked out first.

Then Harley Quinn appeared before them.

Her red and blue hair was tied back into pigtails, and a large white men's bathrobe covered her body, but it still couldn't hide her hot figure.

Connors' eyes lit up. Harley Quinn had been covered in sticky chemical liquids and he hadn't been paying much attention to her appearance while driving.

After bringing it home, he was so eager to check the system's "gossip reward" that he ignored the other person's appearance.

But then Harley Quinn appeared before him, looking clean and tidy, which brightened his eyes.

Connors' eyes lit up, and Harley Quinn across from him did the same. She took three steps in two to walk up to him and grabbed his suit jacket.

"...?"

Connors was puzzled. The fact that his spider-sense wasn't working meant Harley meant no harm, but what did it mean by taking off her own suit?

He quickly realized it:

He was wearing a dark red suit, and red and blue are Harley's favorite colors. She would be tempted to snatch it if she saw it!

So, in addition to Harley's white men's bathrobe, she also wore a dark red suit jacket.

Wearing a suit over a bathrobe felt awkward no matter how she wore it, so Harley quickly took off the suit and threw it aside, her eyes constantly scanning the room.

Fortunately, the house that Connors had temporarily rented was minimalistly decorated, and Harley Quinn couldn't find anything that could attract her attention, so she eventually focused her gaze on Connors.

"My little pudding doesn't want me anymore, will you take me in?"

Harley Quinn didn't even need to prepare; her pitiful appearance instantly came to mind as she spoke to Connors, who was still sitting on the sofa.

She then strode over to his side, sat on his lap, and wrapped her arms around Connors' neck, looking like a little bird nestled against him.

Before Connors could speak, Harley parted her red lips slightly, gently bit his earlobe with her teeth, and breathed softly.

"Little Pudding" is Harley Quinn's unique nickname for the Joker, and Connors knows this in his heart. At this moment, he is fully aware of Harley's temptation.

Just as their lips were about to touch, Connors pushed her away and stood up:

"This isn't some kind of shelter where you take in just anyone... The Joker abandoned you, does he know you still call me 'Little Pudding' and can't forget him?"

Upon hearing this, Harley Quinn's lips slowly curled into an exaggerated smile, as if she were about to revert to her previous manic state:

"you……"

Her words were rudely interrupted by Connors:

"The Joker has killed countless 'Harleys,' one more won't make a difference to him. How about we turn Gotham upside down together?"

At this point, Connors had changed his mind about extracting information about the Joker from Harley Quinn.

With Harley Quinn, who's always causing trouble, why bother chasing after the Joker and Batman?

Harley Quinn's smile remained, but it had softened from its previous aggressive tone, and then she leaped into Connors' arms.

"So, from this day forward, psychiatrist Harleen Quinzel has disappeared. My current name is—Harley Quinn!"

Connors smiled as he steadily cradled the soft flesh within the bathrobe in his hands.

"That's more like it. Now, let's celebrate the birth of Harley Quinn of Gotham City!"