[Comprehensive Yingmei] I cover this earth

"stop--!"

At the same time, two people shouted out at this moment.

The samurai's sword was reaching its limit, but the moment he spoke, he deflected the direction, and the light of the sword almost wiped past his face with the black mask, and crashed on the pitch-black sea.

At this moment, the surface of the sea was almost cut in half, and a huge storm was set off, as if there was a gorgeous galaxy surging out of the depths of the seabed.

Black Mask was completely dumbfounded.

He didn't dare to imagine what would happen if the knife light fell on him.

Maybe there won't even be a body left.

The samurai put away the knife, grabbed the neck of the black mask, stepped on the foot hidden in the cloak lightly in the air, completely ignored the laws of physics, leaped out of thin air, and returned to the land, dousing the waves that had been churned up completely. The wet black mask was thrown to the ground.

Batman took one look at Uriah, and if he heard correctly, the kid yelled the word "Stop" at the same time as he did.

Uriah noticed Batman's gaze, he shrugged and said, "There are other uses for keeping him."

The samurai landed lightly on the ground without even a trace of moisture on his body. The knife in his hand turned into a spot of light and disappeared into the night wind.

Then he walked to Yuria's side without saying a word, and fell into... er, autistic state?

Everyone present was still engrossed in the horrific stab just now, and the person concerned just pretended to be an air man without paying any attention...

Ulea: "Uh... that's how he is, don't worry about it."

Everyone: ...There is no way not to care!

The black mask was already frightened, he shouted: "Who the hell sent you! I have offended you, I have to kill them all!"

Ulea walked up to him, knelt down, looked at the terrifying face covered by a black mask, and said, "Do you know Benjamin Wick?"

The black mask looked confused: "...who?"

As soon as he said that, Uriah laughed.

Unlike any other smile he'd ever had, it was cold and mocking, with a creepy gloom.

Anger, grief, and hatred hung over his soul like a curse, colder than the icy night wind blowing from the Atlantic at this moment.

"Just an insignificant Gotham citizen." Uriah said softly, his voice was very soft, but it made Black Mask feel the creepy killing intent, "Even if he dies, it won't attract too many people's attention... ... just ordinary people."

He was talking about Benjamin Wake.

But it seems to be talking about someone else.

Robin froze for a moment, stepped forward, and wanted to say something, but was held back by Batman.

The black mask lost his mind and didn't know what to say. Fear took root in his heart like a poisonous seed, entangled his heart tightly, and made it extremely difficult to breathe.

"People like you probably have a hard time remembering the names of everyone killed by you." Uriah's pupils were a little out of focus, and those strange streamers swam more violently, as if he was looking through the Black Mask looked at the other person.

"I..." At the moment of life and death, the black mask's brain flickered, and the name came to mind in a flash, "I remembered! Is he that accountant! That nosy accountant!"

"Oh, not bad." Ulea's eyes refocused, and he looked at the black mask with a smile, "I still remember it."

"Are you seeking revenge for him?" Black Mask's voice trembled a little, "He, is he already dead?"

"No." Ulea said, "If he dies...do you think we can talk peacefully now?"

Peace: Refers to the fact that he almost split him in half with a knife.

But now the black mask dared not speak out, and tremblingly said: "You, what do you want? I just don't deal with him in the future!"

"Well... the tax should be paid up." Ulea said softly, "And what happened tonight may make you go to prison for a while."

After a pause, he smiled and said, "Isn't it good in prison? At least it's safer than outside."

Hearing the words, the black mask looked at the terrifying light shining in the deep eyes of the other party, and then looked at the warrior who had been standing behind Uriah, and felt like crying for a while: "Ah yes yes yes ,you're right!"

"Also..." Ulea said, "Tell your men that what happened tonight was arranged by Falcone."

Both Batman and Robin were slightly taken aback, looking at Uriah.

...The church is trying to provoke a conflict between the two gangs?Or, is there any other attempt?

"..." Black Mask hesitated for a moment.

He also thought of this level of logic, the guy in front of him must be trying to use his people to deal with Falcone.

But if there is a real fight, it is estimated that it will only be a lose-lose situation.Although he doesn't care about the life and death of his subordinates, letting them go to death meaninglessly will not only lead to an unending ending that is completely opposed to Falcone, but will also make his forces suffer again. With such a devastating blow, it is difficult to make a comeback.

But he only hesitated for half a second before the warrior took half a step forward, and the terrifying sense of oppression immediately returned.

The black mask broke out in a cold sweat on the spot, and the horror scene just now was still vivid in his memory, so scared that he shouted again and again: "Okay! Okay! No problem!"

"Very well," Uriah said, "I think we've reached a consensus then?"

"Yes, that's right, there is no problem at all!" Black Mask nodded repeatedly, fearing that if he nodded slowly, the samurai behind him would chop off his head without hesitation.

Yes, Batman and Robin are there, and the crime-fighting vigilante with a hard eye for sand is by his side, but what's the use of that?

Black Mask bets that if the samurai really wanted to kill someone, a hundred Batmen wouldn't be able to stop him, and even if Superman came!This guy is not human at all, he is a monster!

Uriah looked at him, the smile on his face gradually fading.

He said softly, "Okay."

Before he finished speaking, the streamer in his deep eyes suddenly flowed, and his pupils became completely black, as if containing the abyss and the Milky Way, those streamers slowly condensed, forming a strange and strange imprint.

The Eye of the Secret Star.

Through the eyes of the messenger, the black mask glimpsed the horror and reality from beyond the dimension.

"May the eyes of the secret star stare at you."

The black mask's eyes widened in a daze, and his eyes stayed on the imprint in Yuria's eyes, and he couldn't move away at all. Even though the fear in his heart had reached its peak, his body completely deviated from his reason, and he could only stare at that mark. The imprint is like staring at a black hole that completely locks the eyes.

He knew he was done.

The sense of fear brought about by this mark can no longer be dispelled.

He will be watched by this eye forever, until the day he turns to dust.

……

Robin packed away Bane and the black mask who had passed out, and the samurai watched him work quietly, making Robin uncomfortable.

On the other side, Ulea looked at the lights of the police car that were gradually starting to flicker not far away, and said to Batman: "They came quite fast this time."

"What's your next plan?" Batman asked. "Going to Falcone?"

"...No, not for the time being." Ulea said, "I...cough cough..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly frowned, covered his mouth and coughed.

Gray mist spewed out intermittently from his mouth and nose, and quickly dissipated in the air.

[Warning: The power projection intensity of the Mysterious Eye's body is too high, the pollution degree has reached 10.01%, and the probability of mutation has increased significantly! 】

Just now, in order to ensure that the black mask will always have a psychological shadow in the future, and never dare to touch the people of the Secret Star Church, he used a little power of his body to curse his soul.

This is actually a very risky behavior. Once the pollution level exceeds 10%, it may cause a change. Fortunately, this time it doesn't seem to have a big impact. You just need to wait for the pollution level to drop slowly.

But just to be on the safe side...

Ulea touched the E-rank crystal of faith in his pocket, and gently crushed it.The pure power of faith immediately poured into his body, forcing the pollution back.

[Pollution degree 9.01%, the alarm is lifted. 】

"What's wrong with you?" Batman asked worriedly.

"... Cough. I'm fine." Ulea said, "A little sequelae, nothing serious."

Batman frowned.

He remembered that the last time he saw Uriah, the other party was also troubled by this so-called "little sequelae", and even collapsed alone in a secluded dark alley.He took off all the optimistic or numb or terrifying coats, revealing the most vulnerable side. At that time, even if he was just a child passing by with no power to restrain the chicken, he could easily take his life.

Facing Batman's disapproving gaze, Uriah smiled and said, "It's really all right, don't worry. Well...you don't have anything else you want to ask me? I have to run away right away."

Batman looked at the samurai who stood not far away and stared at Robin at a loss.

"Samurai?" Ulea also glanced at the small figure in a black cloak, "Isn't he powerful?"

Batman: ......

Not only is it very powerful!

This is simply a superhuman!Moreover, it is a nuclear weapon in the world who has no concept of good and evil, will never talk nonsense if he can do it, and will kill as soon as he says it!

"He obeys your orders?" Batman asked.

"You can't say that..." Ulea said, "A samurai has his own order of priority in his heart, and he can listen to whoever he wants. But most of the time, he doesn't have any ideas of his own. And I'm the only teammate around him, so... generally he listens to me."

He paused, looked up at Batman, and smiled at Batman, "But if he thinks you're trustworthy, maybe he'll follow your orders."

Batman was silent for a while, and said: "How many people are there in your Star Nest? Will there be class divisions inside?"

"No." Ulea shrugged. "Everyone in Star Nest has equal authority. As for how many people there are... then I don't know."

Batman doesn't speak anymore.

Ulea didn't speak either. He looked in the direction of the police car and estimated when the conversation should end.For a moment, there was only an undercurrent of cold air and a lingering gloomy atmosphere between them.

"You..." Batman broke the calm, he looked into Ulea's eyes, recalled his almost out-of-control emotions when facing the black mask just now, and asked: "I still want to kill Falcone, Right?"

"..." Uriah didn't speak.

What a joke, of course I want to kill!Who did he owe to this situation?

He didn't speak, but the slightly distorted expression on his face already showed his attitude.

"You don't want to stop me, do you?" Ulea said, her tone becoming less friendly, "He must pay for Angela... for my sister."

He raised his head to look up at the bright and cold moon, and said softly: "This day will come soon."

At present, the situation of the Church of the Secret Star in Gotham has largely stabilized, and the short-term turmoil after Falcone's downfall is completely within the scope of suppression.

The time is ripe for the downfall of Black Mask tonight.The forces of Black Mask will soon clash with the Romans, and he only needs to add a little fire to them to burn away this layer of filth in Gotham.

It's time to start.

Batman sighed silently, but in the end he said nothing.

……

Gordon opened the door and quickly jumped out of the car.

At a glance, he saw the Masquerades from the Masquerade Club packed away, as well as Black Mask and Bain bundled into rice dumplings.There are also all kinds of prohibited smuggled goods piled up next to it.

Batman and Robin stood not far away, and nodded at him from afar.

Gordon: "...so I'm late again, eh?"

He smiled helplessly while beckoning other police officers to collect evidence at the scene and detain the criminals. Before he had time to greet Batman Robin, he saw Bane's severed hand.

Gordon looked confused: ……………

He froze for a moment, and with difficulty moved his eyes away from the neat section of Bane's arm, and looked at Batman: "You, you did it?"

What's going on, Batman suddenly became so ruthless!

In the past, most people's bones were broken, and people were rarely permanently disabled. This time, they just chopped off their hands? ?

Too violent!

Batman paused and said, "No."

"Oh...that's good." Gordon said subconsciously with a sigh of relief, and after he finished speaking, he felt something was wrong again.

Since it wasn't done by Batman, who else could cut off Bane's hands?

He widened his eyes: "Then who did this?"

Seeing that Gordon's suspicious eyes were about to move to himself, Robin quickly waved his hands and said, "It's not me, don't look at me!"

Batman said: "It's a member of the Secret Star Church."

Gordon was taken aback.

"Secret Star..." He subconsciously read a few words, then took two steps forward and said, "Is it the church that believes in evil gods?"

Batman nodded.

"I know, I know... Recently, there have been more and more cases related to this church, most of which are not so serious disputes, and there is no way to find out if you want to investigate... I knew something would go wrong." Gordon Pacing back and forth with hands behind their backs, "I knew something would go wrong!"

"The case?" Batman asked warily.

"Yes," said Gordon, "the less serious cases."

"For example?" Robin was very interested and asked curiously.

"For example...uh..." Gordon stopped pacing, thought for a while and said, "For example, someone came to report that he was robbed..."

"Secret Star Church is still robbing?!" Robin was shocked.

"No. He came to withdraw the report that afternoon. He said that after praying to the eye of the secret star, the wallet came back by itself. There was even two hundred dollars in it. It is suspected that the robbers accidentally put it in..." Ge Deng said.

Batman & Robin: ...

"For another example, someone came to the police after being beaten for no reason. As a result, before we started the investigation, that person withdrew the report, saying that... the wound had healed itself, and the person who beat him slipped and fell into it. In the stinky ditch, now lying in the hospital." Gordon said, his puzzled tone showed that he was also puzzled, "This person also strongly recommended us to believe in the Eye of the Secret Star, saying that it is very effective."

Batman & Robin: ………

"For another example, a few days ago, a jewelry store was robbed. After someone called the police, we immediately dispatched the police. When we got there, we found that all the robbers had been subdued and all order had been restored." Gordon said, "According to the scene The testimony of the eyewitnesses is that because a hostage prayed to the Eye of the Secret Star, all the robbers fell into a deep coma on the spot..."

Batman & Robin: ……………

"Oh, by the way, the most bizarre thing belongs to this incident!" Gordon remembered something again, smashed his palm with his fist, and said, "A man came to report last week, saying that someone poisoned his throat , couldn’t make any sound, but it turned out that the neighbor who lives next door thought he was singing too loudly in the middle of the night, so he prayed to the Eye of the Secret Star to let him be quiet for a week.”

"...The Eye of the Secret Star even cares about this?" Robin couldn't help complaining.

"Yes, the most mysterious thing is that he was really dumb for a week. No treatment worked for a week, and he recovered automatically after a week. Do you think it's strange?" Gordon shook his head and sighed. tone.

Batman & Robin: ………………

Why do they always feel that the eye of the secret star they came into contact with is completely different from the eye of the secret star in Gordon's mouth!

You are completely friendly neighbors and outsiders, right?

"Then, has the Eye of the Secret Star ever committed any evil deeds?" Batman asked, "Such as responding to criminal petitions?"

Gordon shook his head: "I don't know about this, at least not in the cases we accept."

Several people looked at each other.

Could it be that... the Eye of the Secret Star is really doing good things?

"Oh, by the way, there is one more important point." Gordon continued, "As long as the case involves the Eye of the Secret Star, the parties involved are more or less...uh..."

Pointing to his head, he said, "There's something wrong here."

"Expand and talk about it?" Robin asked curiously.

"Do you remember Uriah Hart?" Gordon said mysteriously, "He is the fugitive suspect in the gangster case last time."

Batman & Robin: Sure, he was talking to us just 5 minutes ago.

Seeing the sudden realization expressions on both of them, Gordon went on to say: "Maybe you have little contact with this kind of gangsters and don't understand, but I have encountered a lot. It is really crazy and strange."

Batman & Robin: You may not know us.

Seeing that the two were listening carefully, Gordon quickly poured out all the information he knew: "Their way of thinking seems to have been thoroughly washed by someone, and there will even be more intense and even extreme things. Emotional, there will be intermittent hyperactivity."

Robin: "It sounds okay, it can't be considered crazy..."

"That's true." Gordon said, "But Uriah Hart, that patient zero is crazy. You know, 21 people, all of them were killed by him."

"Actually, he didn't kill it," Batman said.

Gordon froze for a moment: "Huh?"

"We have already found out what happened that day. Although Uriah had the motive to kill those people, he did not actually murder in his subjective will." Batman continued, his tone was very calm, "This That's for sure."

Gordon: ...Although, why did you start calling his name, do you two know each other well? ?

"Speaking of this matter, I recently received several reports of missing persons." Gordon sighed, "The disappearance case is really a headache."

"Is it something to do with the Church?" Batman asked.

"I don't know." Gordon shook his head, a little annoyed, "There are too few clues."

While Gordon was complaining, one of his officers ran towards him and said, "Sir, we're done with custody."

"Okay." Gordon replied, turning his head to look at Batman and Robin, "Since the Church of the Secret Star is also involved in this matter this time, I'm afraid we have to be more vigilant, and we can take Bain's hand Cut off... these guys are probably a lot more difficult than I imagined."

Gotham City is really full of disasters...

Batman narrowed his eyes as he looked at Bane, who had been pushed into the oversized ambulance, and the black mask with handcuffs and a dull face beside him.

Indeed, whether it is a messenger or a samurai, the degree of danger far exceeds the scope of their restraint and suppression.

But such drastic changes bring more than just threats.

At least, Black Mask and Bane, who have been cursed by the outer gods, should have lost their ability to do evil forever.

Suddenly, a beautiful and treacherous light flashed in front of his eyes, followed by a severe headache, which made him groan and put his palms on his forehead.

Gordon was taken aback: "Hey, Batman, are you okay?"

Robin's worried eyes also fell on him: "...B?"

Batman took several deep breaths before suppressing the inexplicable feeling of palpitation just now, and his eyes suddenly flashed the eyes that Uriah stared at the black mask just now.In those dark eyes, there are beautiful and dangerous stars shining.

The eye of the eye.

The Eye of the Secret Star.

He cursed secretly in his heart, he was too careless, knowing how dangerous that thing was, he still looked directly into his eyes when the messenger cursed the black mask just now.

But fortunately, this weird feeling only lasted for a moment and then disappeared.

"I'm fine," Batman said, his tone steady and seemingly fully recovered.

[Bruce Wayne: sanity value 996/999, pollution degree 0.55%, special state: spiritual revelation]

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[Current city: Gotham (a bustling city that develops rapidly, feasts and feasts, but is as dark as silt. The class gap is difficult to bridge, so there must be hatred in the dark. This may become the best breeding ground for cultivating faith)]

[City Comprehensive Faith Index: D (This city has established the most basic understanding of mysterious and extraordinary phenomena, and madness will no longer spread unscrupulously, but they still cannot bear even the most superficial truth. Even so, this city The faith of the city has gradually begun to become a force that cannot be ignored)]

[Number of believers: 1076 (faith has been effectively spread in a small area, and the number of believers has a certain base, and the speed of spread will be much faster)]

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Bruce was awakened by a sudden sharp pain.

He knelt down on the ground, breathing hard, his lungs made a rough sound from being rubbed against by the air like frosted glass, surrounded by fire that soared into the sky, and there was a violent explosion sound coming from his ears in a trance, suddenly distant and near.His vision was a bit blurred, and just as he was about to open his mouth to say something, he felt blood gushing out of his throat, flowing on the cold and hard ground.

He raised his head in astonishment and difficulty, and looked not far in front of him.

There were screams and collapses everywhere, and the burning fire burned his eyes.A blood moon hangs high in the sky, almost dyeing half of the night sky in blood, which is weird and terrifying.

He realized that his body seemed to be out of control, and spontaneously looked not far away, and shouted: "Ulea——"

The messenger stood not far away.

Behind him is the fire that soars into the sky, and he stands with his back to the crimson light. The face that has always been smiling is buried in the shadow, only the pale lower half of the face is faintly visible. Not even a smile.

He held a dagger in his hand.

Behind him, there was a person kneeling there, Bruce's vision was blurred, he couldn't see the appearance of that person, nor could he see the appearance of Uriah.

Ulea's tone was calm: "It's too late, Bruce, thank you all the time... This time it's my turn, let's treat it as the last thing I do for this city and for you."

Before Bruce could say anything, he turned and looked down at the man kneeling in front of him.

He raised the dagger in his hand and slit the man's throat.

Blood spurted out and was quickly swallowed up by the flames.

"No..." Bruce heard himself yell indistinctly, but nothing could stop him.

The dagger fell to the ground with a crisp sound.Ulea turned around again, and the face that was originally full of sadness now grinned again.

Then, he let out a painful, almost inhuman scream, and fell to his knees on all fours. Accompanied by the scalp-numbing sound of bones rubbing against each other, his forelimbs and hind limbs grew violently. It grows to two or three times its original length.

His skin seemed to have all disappeared, revealing mutilated flesh and pale bones, and a pure white mask was put on the face that also lost the skin. On the mask was a strangely smiling face with the corners of the mouth Almost to the base of his ears.

There are no eyeballs in his eyes, only two huge black cavities are left, and gray mist is rolling in the cavities, like the most terrifying abyss.

Because of his too long legs, he leaned forward and almost prostrated himself on the ground. He pulled out a flag gun with a length of three meters from nowhere in his hand. Just one look is enough to give you a splitting headache and even madness.

Flags fluttered in the night wind.Wherever it points, madness spreads without restraint.

Bruce raised his head, and in the night sky dyed red by fire and blood, the blood moon had disappeared without a trace, replaced by the imprint of the eye of the secret star.

He hung looming high, watching him motionless.

That eye was extremely cold. He looked down at all living beings, but there seemed to be nothing in his eyes.

With just such a glance, Bruce's eyes went black, as if he was hit by something head-on, and after a burst of severe dizziness, he suddenly woke up from his sleep and sat up.

A dead silence.

The only sound left in the bedroom late at night was his breathing.

He crawled out of bed slowly, went to the bathroom, turned on the tap and washed his face.

The moment the cold water touched his skin, he woke up with a jolt.

just a dream?

……

wrong.

That dream was too vivid and real, and Yulia's appearance in that dream... didn't seem to appear in his subconscious mind for no reason. The terrifying and weird appearance had surpassed his cognition and understanding. imagination.

Even though the memory of the dream was rapidly fading, he could still feel the almost indelible turbulent emotion lingering in his chest in the dream.

That emotion is hard to describe in words.

——like watching a piece of rough jade being smashed in front of you.

Feelings of heartache, regret, and sadness weighed on him like a tidal wave.

That was the emotion he endured in the dream, so deep in his bones that it still couldn't dissipate after waking up from the dream.

He raised his head and looked at himself in the mirror, and the information about believers of the Outer Gods that he found in some ancient books gradually emerged in his mind:

"Humans cannot bear the power of the gods. Those who borrow his power will be polluted. Once the limit is crossed, people will be deformed into monsters."

limit.

distortion.

The appearance of the completely unrecognizable monster in the dream has begun to blur, perhaps because the brain's self-protection program is at work.

But the sense of horror and despair could not be subsided for a long time.

He lowered his eyes, calmed down his remaining emotions, and his reason gradually returned to his body.

...Why did you have this dream?Was it because he looked directly at the imprint of the outer god in Uriah's eyes, and was his sanity affected?

What does this dream actually mean?Is it a foreknowledge, or a warning?

He walked out of the bathroom, picked up his phone and dialed a number.

"Bruce?" Zatana was a little confused after answering the phone, with a bit of sleepy pajamas in her tone, "It's so late...what's the matter?"

"..." Bruce was silent for a moment, then said, "I had a strange dream."

After listening to his narration, Zatana's tone became clearer: "You mean, you had a serious negative reaction after looking directly into the messenger's eyes, and then you had this dream?"

"Yeah, I suspect there might be some connection," Bruce said.

"You're right." Zatanna said seriously, "After we come into contact with the power of the Outer Gods, it's easy to get their marks. Generally, this is not a good thing, but you are not crazy... ..."

A question mark slowly appeared above Bruce's head: "...Crazy?"

What do you mean you didn't go crazy? Why do you sound surprised? !

"Most people would go crazy in this situation, but you didn't." Zatanna said casually, "The outer gods generally don't deceive you, he doesn't have this mood, so what he shows to you must be some kind of An apocalypse, or a portent."

Apocalypse, or portent...

At this moment, Bruce suddenly felt something and raised his head to look out the window.

The bright moonlight was gradually covered by the night clouds. In the darkness, the bat lights slowly lit up in the night sky of Gotham.