Chapter 148: Adventures of Batman (2)
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"They fear what they don't understand"
- Pat Novak, (RoboCop (2014))
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"Fuck, you are crazy! This cannot be good for my mental health. You know what, I don't want any part in this. Goddamn it, I don't want to be a partner-in-crime of an obsessive arsonist. Just give me my share of the money and I'll walk away. Then you can do anything you wish including burning a bunch of hallucinating watchguards to ashes. That won't be my problem anymore." Killer Moth finally reasoned while raising his hands to show that he didn't mean any harm to Firefly at all.
However, before Firefly could react, a third deeper, and more resonant voice suddenly spoke up from deep within the smoke, "As happy I am to see the both of you trying to reach a consensus, unfortunately, however, the only thing the two of you can share after this will be a prison cell. However, even that will heavily depend on how much of you two are left after once I am done with you two."
"What the hell? Who is it? Show yourself, coward. I swear if you don't come out right now, then I won't care if you are a cop, a security guard, or a civilian. I will burn you alive, no matter what." Firefly threatened as he randomly sprayed fire everywhere around the room from his flame thrower.
"I'd like to see you try." A tall, armored figure with two distinct tall and pointed bat ears at the two sides of his head answered in the same deep resonant voice, before calmly walking up to the two villains from within the smoke.
"Oh, fuck. FUCK! It's BATMAN!" Killer Moth yelped in a mixture of fear and surprise, instinctively trying to make a run for it the moment he laid his eyes on the Dark Knight appearing before him but unfortunately for the villain, a lack of visual clarity because of his bulky gas mask as well as the thick smoke blocking his vision combined in successfully making him fall headfirst onto the floor with quite a loud Thud. "AAHH My Head!" He cried out in pain.
"You idiot. I knew you didn't have it in you to become a real criminal." Firefly mocked with a snicker before shifting his focus to Batman instead. "As for you, I have heard rumors that you are a demon that comes in the night, and not even an onslaught of bullets can penetrate your body. Well, I call it bullshit. But still, I would like to see how you hold on against the purity of fire. I have never seen a burning demon before. I would like to see one today. HAHAHAHA" Firefly laughed maniacally as he aimed his flame gun at Batman, before pressing the trigger.
Immediately, a small river of red and yellow fire flooded Batman, threatening to burn him where he stood but the Dark Knight didn't bother to even move, nor did he react. He just stood still like he didn't even care about the fire at all. Even when the heat touched his armor and tried to burn it to cinders, he just stood there without moving even the slightest, his gaze fixed on Firefly.
wee-oo, wee-oo A couple of GCPD cars also began to finally arrive at the location which made Batman smirk inwardly in amusement before disappearing in the darkness of the night, only leaving a couple of hallucinating security guards, Firefly screaming and crying in pain and Killer Moth still sitting on the floor in the exact same position, his body shaking in fear with a thin stream of liquid visibly dripping down his pants.
It was another successful night for the Darkest Knight.
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(A/N: I've opted not to create mini-arcs for each minor Batman villain, as it would be time-consuming, and most of them are not formidable enough to challenge this version of current Bruce Wayne. Instead, these minor villains will be featured in a series of chapters called "Adventures of Batman," with each villain receiving a maximum of one to two chapters of exposure. Also, these chapters will be placed all throughout the story to make it clear that Bruce isn't just always at home inventing stuff but out cosplaying too when he is needed.)
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