Chapter 141: Gotham City's First Deep Affection

【Ding】

【You have a new gig available; please check it】

Ma Ma Zhaodi was driving on a Gotham street when the long-absent system prompt suddenly popped up in his ear. He had not received any system gigs during this period, which seemed to indicate that the system would not trigger gig missions when he did things unrelated to superheroes or supervillains.

He had considered handing the Gotham transformation plan over to Bruce and the others, then going out himself to encounter events that might trigger gigs, but after wandering around Gotham for a week, he still found nothing. Meanwhile, the prison indeed needed someone who could keep the prisoners in line yet was relatively not dangerous to help; such a person was truly hard to find in Gotham City.

Ma Ma Zhaodi felt quite helpless about this, but good deeds should not only be done when there are system rewards; this plan held extraordinary significance for Gotham, and since he had advocated for it and participated in its design, he was willing to contribute some effort. So he had previously asked Batman to release Poison Ivy and return those ten vines to her.

"What? Even that Bat has times when he needs something from someone?"

"You don't seem particularly angry?"

Poison Ivy casually controlled the vines to form a simple garment; Ma Ma Zhaodi expressed great gratitude for this—it showed she respected the opinion he had raised during their last meeting.

"I can feel that since St. Patrick's Day, someone has been planting trees in Gotham City," she replied with a smile. "Batman told me that you and he also planted a few."

"Ah, cypress trees, used to mourn the dead."

Poison Ivy shrugged; she did not care about the reason for planting trees: "In any case, someone has been planting trees in Gotham, and this has put me in a good mood. From the time I was locked up until now, that forest has expanded a little; that is good. So I intend to listen to what you have to say."

"There is a private prison that needs someone who can hold the place together; this person should preferably be a criminal, so certain rules and restrictions can be bypassed to deter those prisoners."

Poison Ivy heard this and yawned.

"Sigh, forget it; it sounds like it has nothing to do with plants, brings no benefits, and this job is too boring."

"There is payment."

"Payment... still boring, but since you took such good care of all ten children, I can guard for you for free for one month."

"This job is long-term—how about this: I can give you a flowerpot and some fertilizer as payment."

Poison Ivy raised an eyebrow.

"The same kind of flowerpot and fertilizer you saw last time; you should also be able to feel that any plant can be grown in this flowerpot, so if there are some plants on the verge of extinction, or some particularly hard-to-raise plants—you can plant them in this flowerpot, and they are guaranteed to live well."

And so, Poison Ivy joined Wayne Prison.

Having only Poison Ivy was still not enough, so while Ma Ma Zhaodi was in the prison, he also asked others to help him find a second supervillain who could be recruited to his side; once found, he could leave the prison.

Catwoman and Batman had to be ruled out; the former's nature was too wild and she would never stay in one place obediently; the latter still had to handle numerous matters concerning Gotham and was stretched too thin.

At this moment, the ideal candidate in Ma Ma Zhaodi's eyes was Mr. Freeze, who had destroyed GothCorp just a few days ago.

He also asked Bruce and Chief Gordon to check relevant information on this Victor Fries, thereby confirming the version of his origin story.

A doctor at the state university, a young cryogenicist, had a wife named Nora; the two had a very good relationship.

The wife's file indicated she suffered from a rare cancer; with current medicine, treatment required a large sum of money, and the hope of a cure was unknown.

The records showed that after the test results came out, Victor resigned from his teaching job, applied to several companies and was rejected, and finally joined GothCorp, which had little practical achievement, then proposed a genius-level cryogenic freezing research concept, thereby becoming famous overnight.

Then came the news everyone knew—GothCorp's supervisor and Victor had a conflict, a serious accident occurred in the laboratory, and he disappeared that night.

After that, GothCorp used his frozen wife to promote extensively, solicited investments everywhere, and was then destroyed by Mr. Freeze—this time, he successfully took his wife away.

A story very similar to Drake and his wife; only Drake was somewhat lucky, as his wife eventually recovered; whereas Victor was unlucky, he became a supervillain and kept his wife alive through illegal means.

When he saw the records, Ma Ma Zhaodi breathed a sigh of relief, because this was clearly the origin version he remembered; Victor belonged to the neutral good alignment and could be recruited as a teammate.

Of course, when Bruce saw these records, his expression was not very good, because this genius doctor had once applied to Wayne Enterprises, S. T. A. R. Labs, and LexCorp respectively, yet was rejected by all.

"Why would a company miss such a genius who could almost be said to have achieved an epoch-making accomplishment?"

Ma Ma Zhaodi said nothing, thinking that it was not just Wayne; both Barry Allen and Lex Luthor also missed this genius; in a sense, the three of you could be said to have been blind at the same time.

About fifteen minutes later, Ma Ma Zhaodi arrived at an abandoned warehouse in Gotham City; according to Alfred's location lock, Mr. Freeze was inside.

Ma Ma Zhaodi casually took out a bowl of Laba porridge and drank it, giving himself a cold-resistance buff, then took out a fruit candy and a milk candy and put them in his mouth, and finally kept ready to put on the pumpkin head.

If things went smoothly enough, these preparations would probably not be needed.

Finally, he opened the system panel and began to read this time's gig prompt.

【Gotham City's First Deep Affection

Mission introduction: Undoubtedly, there are many couples in Gotham City—same-sex, opposite-sex, neurotic, loving yet killing each other, logically chaotic—but no matter how you look at it, these relationships can all be described by one word: chaos. Therefore, a normal male-female relationship like Victor Fries and Nora, who are together for a lifetime with only each other, even seems somewhat unreal.

Note: Tired of the love triangles, love quadrangles, casual one-night stands as common as daily meals, and melodramatic family relationships of superheroes and supervillains? Then come take a look at Mr. Freeze, Gotham's First Deep Affection, and cleanse your eyes.

Status: Pending completion

Reward: Mr. Freeze's friendship, enhanced cold resistance】

Ma Ma Zhaodi nodded in satisfaction; the specific requirements of the mission were as expected: to cure Mr. Freeze's wife, Nora. This would probably take one milk candy or one fruit candy; if neither worked, he would use one Life Quick Recovery.

But why was there also a special defense against low-temperature attacks in the reward?

Who was this for?

PS: Stuck on writing; the next chapter will be posted a bit later

(End of this chapter)