Chapter 3573

"This is too passive," Pan Ni said, "If terrorists put bomb raw materials in every subway station in Cat Getan, and they only need ten minutes to assemble them after entering, then unless we search carpet-style, there is no way to prevent it."

"Carpet-style search naturally still has to be done, after all, there is Brainiac. He can find people to search. And the explosives used by the other party are relatively safe, and ordinary people can also clear them. It's just that once the other party finds us acting, they might advance the detonation time."

"Then send people to guard all subway stations at the same time?"

"What if it's not just subway stations?"

Pan Ni rubbed her temples and said: "Powder explosives are even harder to deal with than liquid ones. And they can get TNT, maybe they can get plastic explosives. That thing won't be checked by security machines at all, so it's even more troublesome."

"You are right. If it's just tracking and blocking, it's indeed too passive," Wei En paused and said, "Our ultimate goal is to make them terminate the plan. Then maybe blowing up Diamond Street is the same."

"Would this be a bit... ah, wait a minute. We are the Villain Alliance!" Pan Ni's eyes gradually brightened, she said, "Yeah, we are not police. Since we know who is making trouble, just kill them all, right?!"

She turned to look at Jack, showing a big smile to Jack.

"Joker has been quiet for too long, making some people think they can rule this city. Now we must prove that they are very wrong!"

"They only did one thing wrong," Jack played with a King card in his hand, stood up and moved his shoulders, revealing a crazy smile and said, "They will never... never... play with bombs with Joker! Hahahahahaha!"

Cat Getan Diamond Street, 5:00PM.

Off-work time. The whole street is full of traffic, blocked and unable to move. The office buildings are still brightly lit, and those who don't get off work are the majority.

The delivery boy rang the bicycle bell, rode past the pedestrians quickly, but was soon blocked outside the cordon.

"What's wrong with this?" he stretched his neck and asked.

"Investigating the securities company massacre case. Witnesses claim that the person who did it was the famous mercenary Deathstroke. Someone said they saw his figure again at noon today. In order to catch this cruel guy, we blocked the entire Diamond Street."

"During the investigation, employees and employee vehicles must have work cards to enter. Idlers are not allowed to approach. I hope you can cooperate with our work..." a policeman said to the reporter's camera.

"You are here to deliver food, right?" a young policeman walked over, took the bag from the delivery boy, and said, "Give me the address, we will find someone to help you deliver it. Don't go in, that mercenary might not have gone far yet."

"Okay, thank you, officer." The delivery boy smiled at him, turned his bicycle, and rode back in the direction he came.

The young policeman carried the takeaway bag and wanted to walk inside. The policeman responsible for checking at the cordon gate glanced at the address on the takeaway bag, and then looked at his colleague.

"Deliver it later," the old policeman with gray hair smoking a cigarette said, "Traffic jam now. Walking from here to this address, it will take 20 minutes. It's better to wait until it's not blocked and drive over."

"Also," the young policeman nodded, "Then I'll put it over there first."

He carried the takeaway bag and walked toward the police car. There was a sun umbrella and a table set up there, full of coffee. Other takeaways were placed on one side of the table.

The takeaway bag was put down. The policeman glanced at the addresses on the other takeaway bags, and without exception, all pointed to the same building—"Taggart Financial Building".

Just as he turned to walk toward the police car, he suddenly saw a purple light reflected on the police car window. He turned his head sharply and saw all the electronic screens on the office building light up at the same time.

A figure with green hair wearing a purple suit appeared on the screen. He didn't make any sound, just made a number with his hand.

"3..."

"2..."

"1..."

"Boom——！！！！!!!"

The violent explosion smoke rose into the sky, and a small mushroom cloud rose on the skyline of Cat Getan. The police hid behind the police car the moment the purple figure appeared, and the flying fragments left deep marks on the car body.

Screams and cries were endless. Fire soared into the sky, smoke filled the air. This street, often referred to as the "most tragic financial battlefield", finally became a real battlefield.

The Taggart Building in the center of the explosion collapsed slowly, dragging down the two buildings next to it. Countless cars on the ground were destroyed, and people not in the explosion range fled in panic like crazy.

On the distant skyline, the Injustice Batman who had just jumped off the helicopter looked at the direction of Diamond Street with a heavy gaze and slowly spat out a word: "Joker..."

"Is that Joker?" Batman, who fell behind him, frowned, but swung down from the roof faster than Injustice Batman, rushing toward Diamond Street at the fastest speed.

When they arrived, the aftermath of the explosion had subsided. But just from the state of the scene, one could see what a tragic big explosion this was—half of the street was razed to the ground, and the entire street was affected. Everyone upstairs and downstairs in the three buildings did not escape this disaster.

Batman, who felt something, raised his head sharply. On the highest building, he saw that purple figure.

A poker card floated down slowly, just falling in front of Batman. After landing, the front side was up, the upside-down Joker and "JOKER" were ignited by the sparks on the ground, gradually turning into charred ashes.

What made Batman feel the most fear was that Joker left just like that.

No crazy laughter to attract Batman's attention, no jumping in front of Batman to giggle and let Batman beat him up, nor loudly boasting about his work and asking Batman for an evaluation.

He came silently and disappeared silently, leaving only the poker card representing his identity, but it was more like a cruel and precise—deadly joke.

Who is the best criminal in the world?

Is it Joker?

No. Batman thought, the best criminal in the world is Joker who is not interested in Batman.

The survivors started the cars that could still be started and left the dangerous explosion scene at the fastest speed, but in such a scene, there were still people going against the current—of course, not the police and doctors who came to save people, but reporters.

A Chevrolet with the Cat Getan TV logo drifted and stopped horizontally in front of Batman. Reporters and photographers took long guns and short cannons and rushed toward the center of the explosion. The reporters from New Jersey TV station were not to be outdone, holding heavy photography equipment and still sprinting for a hundred meters.

What Batman didn't know was that Brainiac's voice sounded in their headsets at the same time: "According to Brainiac's estimation, this is the biggest urban explosion disaster of this century. And the situation at the center of the disaster has stabilized. If you can get first-hand reports, it will definitely be the best news of the year."

The reporters were like they had been injected with chicken blood and rushed inside, just to be the first to photograph the information of the explosion area. The air force units were not to be outdone, major TV station helicopters arrived at the scene at the fastest speed, holding long-focus lenses and shooting fiercely at every corner.

"Hello, Batman. We see you are at the scene of the explosion, did you see the murderer? It is rumored that Joker issued a warning three seconds before the explosion. Do you think this is a provocation by this cruel criminal to Diamond Street?"

"Hello, this Batman. When did you arrive? Did you record the whole process of the explosion? If you want to sell the explosion scene footage, please contact us..."

"Hello, Batman. Brainiac claims that this case is the most significant urban explosion case of this century, even far exceeding the 9/11 terrorist attack. How high do you think the possibility of Joker being the murderer is? Can we call him a terrorist?"

Two Batmen were squeezed to the wall by countless reporters, unable to get out. Batman shouted: "Stop squeezing! Stop squeezing! Let us go out to save people! There are still many people in the ruins..."

He looked toward the explosion scene. Logically speaking, reporters had arrived, so the police must have arrived soon.

But when Batman got rid of the reporters' entanglement and ran toward that side, he found that the police had arrived, but they just pulled a cordon at the explosion scene and had no intention of saving people at all.

Batman wanted to rush through the cordon, but was stopped. A policeman waved his baton and said: "Don't go over, don't go over! The building is still collapsing! It's very dangerous there, don't go over!"

Batman just wanted to say something, when a reporter who rushed near the building was hit by falling building fragments and was carried into an ambulance by his colleagues.

"There are still many people in the building!" Batman said in a deep voice, "They might not be dead yet, we have to save them!"

"Sorry, but the situation inside the building is too dangerous now," the policeman still said stubbornly, "We can't let anyone go in. Letting people in to rescue might only cause more people to be injured."

Batman couldn't care so much, directly flipped over the cordon and rushed into the disaster scene. The fragments of the collapsed building were piled into a small hill. Just when he was thinking about where to start, he heard the rolling sound of wheels in the distance.

A row of police cars drove over from the other side of Diamond Street, followed by heavy machinery. There were excavators and cranes. Cat Getan Police Commissioner Gordon walked out of the car and directed the machinery to clear the building fragments.

Batman breathed a sigh of relief and walked toward Gordon. Who knew that Gordon didn't give him a good face at all.

"James, I just saw Joker upstairs..."

"You still have the nerve to say?!" Gordon said quite irritably, "Since there is no Batman in this universe, Joker has never appeared again. As a result, as soon as you guys came, Joker started committing crimes again. You say, what is going on?!"

"Uh..." Batman was a little embarrassed. Because he knew what Gordon said was the truth. He hadn't been in this universe for a long time, and this was Joker's first crime. Could it really be because they came to Cat Getan that Joker appeared?

"That's it." Gordon waved his hand at him, quite impatiently, "I warn you, if you want to chase Joker, it's best not to break anything. Otherwise, I will make you look good!"

What Batman didn't know was that not far away, a reporter faithfully recorded all the words Gordon said, and Brainiac's words were circling in his mind.

"There will definitely be a lot of news reporting the explosion tomorrow morning. But it will mostly just report the number of casualties. If you can extend other topics from this, you will definitely be able to stand out in the massive reports."

"I have already thought of the news headline," the reporter said to Brainiac, "'Cat Getan Police Commissioner James Gordon reveals: Diamond Street terrorist attack was actually Joker trying to intimidate the reappearing Batman'!"

?? Plan pass

? (End of chapter)