American Comics: Today's Big News

Chapter 26 Catwoman's Windows

The moves that were usually invincible were no longer effective against Connors.

But "Catwoman" Selena Kyle reacted quickly, clawing at the back of Connors' head with both hands.

This grip was so firm it could have ripped her skull off, but she had no intention of killing him; she only wanted to use a quick change of tactics to knock him unconscious.

"Tsk, it really is like a kitten, it likes to scratch people."

Selena's wrists were firmly gripped by two hands, and then Connors used his strength to pull her off him and throw her aside.

He wanted to ask Catwoman if she had encountered Poison Ivy or Killer Croc.

They came to see Catwoman partly to gossip, but also to inquire about the escaped prisoners from Arkham Asylum.

The only two who didn't cause any trouble.

But after being thrown out, Catwoman's body twisted lightly in the air, and after landing on the ground of the rooftop, she turned around and tried to run away.

Connors, prepared in advance, held up a jewel he had cleverly stolen from Catwoman:

"If you run away, you'll never see this thing again."

A fleeting look of pain crossed "Catwoman" Selena's face as she feigned nonchalance, saying:

"It doesn't matter, there are plenty of jewelry stores in Gotham."

As she said this, Selena reached to her waist and pulled out something hidden in her belt.

It was flung toward Connors.

A long whip!

She couldn't understand why, as Gotham's most skilled thief, this man would steal her jewelry right in front of her.

But it doesn't matter. With the whip in hand, her fighting power increases exponentially. She believes that even if this person is incredibly strong...

He was also unable to cope with her whip.

However, what happened left Catwoman puzzled once again.

The long whip was clearly held by the hand that held the jewelry, but no matter how hard she tried, the whip, which used to hit exactly where she pointed, seemed to have lost its way and kept lashing the ground.

*Slap slap slap*—Connors was completely unharmed, while the ground next to him was slapped loudly.

"What did you do?" Selena's voice was soft and sweet, completely at odds with her fighting style and agile figure.

"It's just a little trick," Connors said with a smile.

Catwoman was both anxious and angry, so she stopped aiming at Connors' hand and instead swung the whip around in a wide arc.

Since it's just a trick, I might as well not aim at it at all! Catwoman thought to herself, somewhat annoyed.

Faced with this sweeping whip attack, Connors's illusions were indeed ineffective, so he simply used his speed to take large strides and close in on Selena.

When Catwoman realized something was wrong and tried to escape, it was too late.

The long whip she used for fighting now served as a restraint to bind her, with the other end firmly held in Connors' hand.

Leather jacket, whip, blindfold, outdoors —

Connors, staring at the scene before him with an overwhelming sense of déjà vu, cleared his mind of any unhealthy thoughts and said seriously to Selena:

"Please bear with it for now, I'm afraid you'll run away again if I loosen the restraints. - I want to ask you something, you seem to always be active at night, have you seen Killer Croc or Poison Ivy?"

"There's a man who looks like a crocodile, and another one—well, she should be exceptionally beautiful, maybe wearing green clothes, and a woman who can manipulate plants."

Seeing that Catwoman, whose hands were tied behind her back, refused to speak, Connors casually flicked the whip in his hand.

"Hmm," Catwoman hummed softly.

"?"

Connors sensed something was wrong and cracked the whip twice more.

[Today's Gossip: Selena's Windows]

[Submit or not?]

Amidst the catwoman's soft humming, the gossip system provided Connors with the answer at just the right moment.

"Oh, so you're using this version of Windows..." Connors suddenly realized.

Standing in front of a manhole cover on a Gotham street, Connors made up his mind several times, but he could not accept the idea of ​​crawling into such a place.

The main incident occurred during the day when he was driving towards Gotham Forest and he personally witnessed someone squatting on a drain to defecate.

Catwoman was just a novice thief in this world, completely unaware of Killer Croc and Poison Ivy. Connors couldn't get any information out of her either, so he simply let her go.

Standing in front of the manhole cover, Connors gave himself one last pep talk.

Since he couldn't find Poison Ivy, he could only try his luck in the sewers. He lifted the sewer manhole cover.

"It stinks so badly—"

All the previous encouragement crumbled at the smell of the sewer, and Connors turned and left.

The stench gave him inspiration. Since he was going to push forward the "Man Who Laughs" incident, and neither the former killer Crocodile nor Poison Ivy could be found, he had another place to go.

Arkham Asylum!

After the prisoners escaped from Arkham, Batman used Wayne Enterprises' assets, under the name of Gotham's First Family, to complete the prison's reconstruction as quickly as possible, and the villains captured later were still sent there.

Instead of running around looking for Killer Croc and Poison Ivy, why not just go to Arkham and find the Joker in person?

Then, another problem arose.

Where is Arkham Asylum?

Theoretically, you could ask anyone on the streets of Gotham City and get the answer to this question.

But it's midnight now, and you can only see occasional vehicles rushing by on the street; there aren't a single pedestrians at all.

Between "Ghost Face Bar" and "Andrew Hotel", Connors did not hesitate much before choosing the latter. So, without a supercar, he once again took a taxi to the hotel where the big star Xuexi was staying.

Sheryl, being an outsider, naturally didn't know where Arkham Asylum was in Gotham, but there were people here, cell phones, and internet access, so Connors could easily get the answer.

Xuexi naturally welcomed Connors' arrival with open arms. Half an hour later, he calmly drove out of the underground parking lot in a muscle car that Xuexi had given him.

Arkham Asylum, which combines a prison, hospital, and mental hospital in Gotham City, is naturally not located in the city center, but rather in the deep suburbs on the outskirts of Gotham.

The Gothic clock tower can be seen from afar, but the dim yellow light on the huge clock face does not serve any lighting purpose.

Instead, it looked incredibly eerie.

There was a searchlight every few meters along the wall, and a sentry post every fifty meters, with searchlights illuminating every patch of darkness.

The moon is just as round in foreign countries as it is in China, but the moon in Gotham City clearly looks bigger.

Connors looked up at the huge moon in the sky and the asylum that looked like a haunted house under the moonlight. With a little trick, he passed through the guards and came to the prison where the prisoners were held, and found an empty cell.

Then he locked himself inside.