American Comics: Multiverse of Madness.

Chapter 517 Scavengers Returning to the Old Land

The moon casts a silvery light on the treetops.

In the quiet alley of Gotham Port, a rectangular purple portal suddenly opened, and then a man in black walked out quickly.

"I'm used to it"

Looking at the trash can less than three meters away from him, Zhang Yi didn't know how to complain for a while.

Returning to the Flashpoint One universe, Zhang Yi felt very complicated. He wanted to see how the old Batman and young Barry Allen were doing now.

At the same time, he was also a little worried about whether the universe had changed since he had been away from here for so long.

Since Miss Time's positioning is not accurate, and the universe should have been in a destroyed timeline, even Zhang Yi, a time traveler, cannot be sure of what the place has become now.

However, looking at the normal buildings around him, at least it proved that the universe was still in a safe state. Zhang Yi was already prepared to set foot in the ruins.

Zhang Yi tightened his collar and walked out of the alley quickly.

Gotham is a city with severe cloudy and rainy days, and the moon rarely rises. In this kind of weather, it is difficult for the bat light to illuminate the pattern of bats on the clouds.

Of course, that only applies to other universes. This Gotham has long become one of the safest cities in the world.

In the last century, Batman Bruce Wayne had personally killed the criminals here, and he also retired honorably. If Zod hadn't come and forced him to come out again, it is estimated that the name Batman would never appear again. World.

Walking on the streets of Gotham in the middle of the night, Zhang Yi couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

If Batman in the wasteland saw this scene, his expression would probably be very wonderful. He might never have imagined that the night in Gotham could be so quiet and peaceful.
Just when Zhang Yi was thinking.

Suddenly, a faint cry for help reached Zhang Yi's ears.

This also made Zhang Yi, who was originally in a good mood, have a smile on his face, feeling very embarrassed.

Well, Gotham really doesn't stand the test of praise. I just thought that everything here was completely peaceful, but I didn't expect that the slap in the face would come so quickly.

Without any hesitation, Zhang Yi turned around and walked towards the direction where the cry for help came from.

Under normal circumstances, Zhang Yi would not want to meddle in such noisy matters, but this is the city of old friends after all, and the big black umbrella in his hand is still supported by the old bat.

When he needed the ability to protect himself the most, it was the old Batman who gave him a little trust and help, which allowed him to reach where he is now.

Now that he encountered something like this in the other party's city, Zhang Yi would not sit idly by and ignore it.

There was only one cry for help, and the distance was not particularly far. The reason why the sound was so small was probably because the other party was restricted and could not shout out loudly.

After dispersing his magic perception, Zhang Yi quickly located the location of the caller.

Under the steps of the Gotham Harbor drainage canal, a tied-up man was staring in fear at the thin man in front of him.

The tied man was round and fat, wearing a noble suit and a million-dollar luxury watch on his wrist. He looked like a rich man from the upper class.

But at this moment, he didn't look noble at all. His delicate clothes were soaked by the rancid sewage, and he himself was trembling constantly, with fear written in his eyes.

"I told you not to yell, do you think I don't dare to kill you!?"

In front of the tied man, a very thin man wearing a gas mask was shouting angrily at him with a hoarse voice.

It seemed that he still didn't feel relieved, so the man went up and kicked the opponent hard in the stomach.

"Please, please sir, I have never offended you at all." The fat man whispered in pain, his words full of pleading.

However, his words did not make the thin man look good at all, but instead aroused his anger even more.

"Have you not offended me? Hahaha, you have not offended me, yes, of course you big people will not remember me as a small character."

The thin man kept beating the fat man in front of him, and his voice gradually became hysterical.

"It is because of you that I have been in prison for ten years for no reason! I lost my family, I lost my daughter!"

Under the continuous punches and kicks of the thin man, the fat man's face was covered with blood. He wanted to shout for help, but he didn't dare.

Firstly, it's because this is Gotham Port, and basically no one will come to this place in the middle of the night. Secondly, because this move will anger the guy in front of him, and the other person will probably kill him for it.

But the fat man obviously didn't know that the other party had no intention of letting him go.

"Please, please sir, I can give you whatever you want, money, power, women, I can give you everything you want."

Hearing this, the thin man sneered, looking at him with eyes filled with murderous intent.

"I only want money and status for my family. I have been imprisoned by you for ten years on trumped-up charges. How are you going to make up for the time I lost? I can't even find my family!"

"I, I can help you find it. Really, trust me, I can contact the Gotham Police Department to help you."

"Do you think I will continue to believe your lies?" The thin man stared at the other person coldly, as if he were looking at a corpse.

After the words fell, the thin man took out a dagger from his arms and slowly walked towards the fat man.

"Don't worry, I will let you feel my pain."

"no, do not want."

"Please, don't do this!"

"Hey!"

Just when the thin man raised the sharp blade in his hand, Zhang Yi finally couldn't help but interrupt him.

Hearing the noise, the thin man shuddered. He turned around suddenly and looked in the direction of the sound, with a flash of panic in his eyes.

"You're here, old bat."

Before he finished speaking, the scene that the thin man expected did not appear. Instead, a guy in a windbreaker stood above and looked at him.

Under the moonlight, he could even clearly see the other person's Asian face.

"Wait, who are you?"

"Just a scavenger returning to his old place." Zhang Yi subconsciously wanted to buckle the hat on his head, but when he raised his hand, he remembered that the hat had been turned into goggles and given to Pietro.

Therefore, Zhang Yi had no choice but to smooth his hair. "If you just beat him up, I can pretend you didn't see it, but if you want to kill someone, that's a bit over the line."

"You are the one who crossed the line, right? Damn it, get away from me!" the thin man yelled angrily.

"I'm sorry, I can't just watch you hurt others. Maybe I can make him get the punishment he deserves and help you find your loved ones, how about that?" Zhang Yi said seriously.

"Shut up! It's impossible for me to believe you anymore. You, like them, are all liars, damn high-class liars. You are not the masters of Gotham at all!"

Shouting crazily, the thin man ignored Zhang Yi above him, turned around, took the dagger, and stabbed the man in the chest.

boom!
There was a gunshot in the dark night, and the bullet hit the blade of the dagger steadily. The huge force instantly caused the thin man to let go of his hand.

The dagger with the remaining crater came out of his hand and fell on the cold rocky ground, making a crisp sound.

Holding his numb palms, the thin man turned his head in horror and looked at Zhang Yi's position, only to see that the other party was holding an umbrella, the tip of the umbrella pointed directly at him, and there was a slight smoke coming out.

This strange scene frightened the thin man directly. He never expected that the other party was actually carrying a firearm, and it seemed that the firearm was combined with an umbrella.

Who is a good person who would make such a hidden weapon specially used to kill people? !

"You, who are you? I've never heard of a person like you in Gotham."

The thin man couldn't help but take two steps back and looked at Zhang Yi with uncertain eyes.

"When I was here, you should still be in prison." Zhang Yi listened to the conversation of the thin man very carefully. "Give up your resistance, trust me, I will help you."

"I believe you?"

The thin man lowered his head, seeming to be thinking about something.

After probably a few minutes of silence, the thin man let out a deep laugh and raised his head slightly.

".Then you ask them if they answer."

Hearing this, Zhang Yi frowned slightly.

Immediately, his ears moved, and a rustling sound sounded from the darkness, as if something in some position was moving rapidly, approaching from the darkness.

The sound came from all directions, spreading in all directions. The sound got closer and closer, and Zhang Yi's face became worse and worse.

Finally, the unknown creature appeared in Zhang Yi's sight. It was the rats that came out of the gutter. They were extremely fast and came in groups. In just a few seconds, they filled the whole place. ground.

Looking at these disgusting little guys, Zhang Yi's scalp went numb for a moment. He really couldn't accept creatures like mice.

"Ratcatcher, huh?"

When Zhang Yi heard the thin man talk about his experience before, he felt it sounded familiar. Now that he saw this scene, he was able to confirm the other person's identity.

The other party was a ratcatcher from Gotham who was falsely accused of becoming a criminal because of a street fight. As a result, he was imprisoned on this groundless charge.

After he came out of prison, his spirit and thinking became extreme. He believed that the threat to Gotham was not the rat plague, but these humans.

So, armed with a device that could communicate with and control rats, he began to retaliate against Gotham officials, destroying them both physically and mentally.

Control mice?
Thinking of this, Zhang Yi turned around and looked at the swarm of rats. His pupils began to turn scarlet. At the same time, brown fuzz appeared on his skin, and his teeth gradually became sharper.
(End of this chapter)