Opened a martial arts school, and his eldest disciple Batman

Chapter 60: Toxic City

Bruce also sighed: "I really didn't expect that he would leave in such a cruel way."

The only thing Bruce found difficult about Lei Xiaogu's escape was facing Du Mu.

After all, he didn't put Lei Xiaogu in prison at the beginning because he thought he could easily escape from prison.

After handing Lei Xiaogu over to his master for imprisonment, he built these prisons himself and completely broke Lei Xiaogu's limbs, confident that the other party would never be able to escape again.

But I didn’t expect the Assassin’s League to react so explosively… For a moment, they were unable to cut through the welded metal cage, so they simply cut off Lei Xiaogu’s body and took the corpse away.

I have to say, this is indeed a big trouble... After all, Bruce's behavior is not simply to defeat the opponent and let him go easily as in the original comics, but to cruelly imprison him in an inhumane way.

This can be considered a mortal feud.

It is unknown how long it will take the Assassin's League to transport Rex's body to the Middle East to revive him and then return to Gotham for revenge.

During this period of time, it is like a time bomb is installed under the bed. You know it will explode, but you don’t know exactly when, which makes it even more difficult to sleep and eat.

Du Mu turned around and looked at Bruce's injuries. He couldn't help but frowned and asked, "How could you be injured so badly? The Assassin's League was missing a Lei Xiaogu, but you were beaten like this by them?"

Bruce was silent for a moment, then answered, "It was a woman... Rexiogu called her Ms. Shiva. She was very strong. I had been trained by her when I was in the Assassin's League, but I didn't expect that the gap between her and me was so huge. I had never even touched the upper limit of her strength at that time."

Ms. Siwa?

He is the pinnacle of ordinary people without super powers in DC, and even a tough guy like Deathstroke would choose a response method that does not require fighting when facing him directly... such as kneeling down and raising his hands in surrender.

That makes sense. Even though Bruce has mastered the true qi and the Four Phase Fist now, the Assassin's League did not send only Shiva to fight alone.

The Four Phase Fist is indeed not very good at facing multiple enemies at the same time. It was not easy for Bruce to suffer only minor injuries when he was besieged by a group of powerful enemies led by the world's top warrior.

However, the main goal of the enemy's mission is not to kill Bruce, but to "rescue" Lei Xiaogu.

Du Mu hesitated for a moment, then said, "During this period of time, have you had time to come to the martial arts gym to practice? My strength has improved recently, and I can try to teach you some new things."

Bruce was stunned. He had studied under so many masters and had been a disciple many times, but this was the first time that a master, after improving his own strength, came back and said that he had new things to teach and asked him to come back and learn.

"Okay, but it might take another two days."

Bruce said calmly, "My operation in the East District of Gotham will soon be closed, and I will soon catch a group of high-ranking gang members. After I deal with these, I can spare three days to study with you."

"Your schedule is really tight."

Du Mu shook his head. He couldn't devote himself wholeheartedly to such heavy work.

He is used to moving forward in a natural way. When his strength increases, he will take care of things that were difficult to control and displeased in the past. He is not like Bruce, who wants to achieve his goals and build his ideal city even if he tries his best.

Bruce raised his head and looked at the cages full of dead bodies. He sighed, "Those...those are the high-ranking gangsters I arrested before. Some of them are cautious, and some have strong connections. They cannot be convicted for the time being."

"I originally planned to lock them up for a few months, and then send them to prison as criminal executors after I dealt with the people behind them. But I didn't expect that the Assassin's League would kill them."

Only then did Du Mu realize that Bruce was planning to release them, no wonder he built this birdcage prison.

This way of imprisoning prisoners is indeed cruel if it lasts a lifetime, but if one has already made up one's mind to only imprison them for a few months, there will be no psychological burden at all.

Are you uncomfortable living here? It is very humane to let you sleep lying down.

Banner didn't say a word the whole time because he couldn't understand.

He is now extremely confused. Didn't Du Mu say that this is another modern society similar to the Earth?

Between them, who has the wrong understanding of modern society?

——Bruce was indeed too busy. Even though he was still injured and even though his master came to visit his home, he still couldn't stay quiet for a while.

His mind was full of Gotham affairs. After receiving the information from his helpers through the radio, he immediately put on his cape and left from the cave at the foot of Wayne Manor in the Batmobile.

Du Mu and Banner went to Gotham City to purchase supplies.

As soon as he entered the city of Gotham, Banner suddenly felt a slight discomfort.

Maybe it was the gloomy sky, maybe it was the hot and humid air, or maybe it was just the peculiar smell coming from the people passing by; he couldn't tell.

Banner couldn't help but ask Du Mu: "Is this New York? The air quality feels so bad."

Du Mu denied it, "No, this is Gotham, a city that does not exist in your world."

The two got into a taxi, and during the journey, Banner occasionally caught a glimpse of black people exchanging drugs in the alley, some of whom even appeared to be minors.

What a terrible city... Banner couldn't help but comment.

It was even dirtier than New York. The ground around the sewers was muddy. Just by staying there for a while, the humid air made Banner's clothes stick to his back and sweat oozed from his forehead.

This discomfort has even reached the point where the body's magic power needs to be suppressed.

Perhaps the only thing that Banner appreciates about this city is that there are many high-rise buildings that conform to Gothic aesthetics, and they are all landmarks that can be seen from several streets away.

But what this means more is how many short, old buildings there are.

"I thought New York was bad enough... This is like a mix of modern New York and Chicago in the 90s."

Banner kept wiping the sweat off his face, but Du Mu didn't sweat at all.

As his magic power operated, his body temperature was constantly maintained at the most comfortable level as his mood changed... This was not even an effect that Du Mu actively wanted to achieve.

Just looking at Banner's reaction, Du Mu felt a little strange.

Although the magic that I injected into Banner's body can suppress his extreme emotions, it does not mean that Banner is suppressed and is not allowed to have any emotional fluctuations.

Du Mu then deepened his perception of Banner, and projected his entire spirit outward, allowing his magic power to serve as the skeleton of the spiritual entity, filling the surrounding space.

Suddenly, Du Mu realized something.

Banner's irritability was not a completely natural reaction.

Something is affecting him...

No, it's not just Banner.

Everyone.

Every person passing by, every person sitting in the store, every person looking down at their phone.

They were all enveloped in a strange...energy?
And these imperceptible and extremely tiny sources of energy come from the majestic skyscrapers standing several blocks away.

It was these energies that made Banner inexplicably irritable, nervous, and uncomfortable all over.

And if an entire city of people were in this kind of environment for a long time...it would be difficult for them to maintain their mental health.

This city is toxic.

Literally.

(End of this chapter)