Metamorphosis, Evolution!

But he still had no idea what to do. He could only look to Alfred, the butler who had always stayed by his side, with pleading eyes.

"Alfred, what should I do?" Tears slowly rolled down from the corners of Bruce Wayne's eyes.

No matter how much he would one day make Gotham's criminals tremble in fear, he was still only a high school student who had just lost his parents.

Alfred's expression was equally dark.

Though he was nominally only the Wayne family's butler, in truth, he was closer than family in this household.

Now that someone had made such a sick joke, it was not only an insult to the Wayne family, but also an insult to his "family"!

And Alfred was thinking further ahead than Bruce Wayne.

Clearly, after the live television broadcast, this sick joke had already spread throughout Gotham. If they did not respond, the Wayne family would become a complete laughingstock in Gotham.

Ban the public from speaking? Not even the Wayne family could do that!

But they could make people afraid to bring it up!

"Young Master Wayne, leave it to me. I'll pressure the Gotham Police Department to find the murderer of your father and mother as quickly as possible." Alfred paused. "As for that Khada Jhin, I'll contact people in the underworld and have them help search for him as well."

Alfred might have been a butler, but before becoming one, he had been a special forces soldier retired from the British Special Forces!

Mercy? Hesitation? Not a chance!

Wayne was still young. Alfred did not want him to get involved in these filthy matters too early, so he would handle it himself.

He had to make Gotham and Khada Jhin understand that the Wayne family could not be desecrated!

Bruce Wayne nodded gratefully at Alfred.

"Alright. Thank you, Alfred."

Ever since his parents had passed away, Alfred had been the one staying with him and protecting him. Without Alfred, he did not know what would have become of him.

At the same time, Wayne silently engraved Khada Jhin's name and appearance into his heart...

Li Wei slipped into the crowd, then quietly left it again. He hailed a taxi and returned to Arkham Asylum.

He had not attracted any attention along the way, just like any other ordinary Gotham citizen.

The taxi driver excitedly chatted with him the entire way about Khada Jhin and that sick joke.

"Khada Jhin actually dared to mock Wayne Enterprises in Gotham. Isn't he afraid of retaliation from Wayne Enterprises?" His words were filled with admiration for Khada Jhin's courage. "If Young Master Wayne can swallow this, then he'll really become Gotham's laughingstock!"

It was no exaggeration to say that in Gotham, offending Wayne Enterprises might carry consequences even worse than offending the Gotham Police Department. Wayne Enterprises could be called Gotham's invisible ruler.

Li Wei listened with a secret grin. Bruce Wayne wanted revenge? Then go find Khada Jhin. Khada Jhin had said it—what did it have to do with him, Li Wei?

I'm the good director of Arkham Asylum!

The moment Li Wei returned to his office, he impatiently checked his gains from this time!

He had hit the jackpot!

His system panel had changed completely compared to before.

League of Heroes Mall System:

Heroes owned: Khada Jhin

Soul Essence: 1535 points

Khada Jhin's trial card had now completely vanished, replaced by a permanent Hero Template with no time limit whatsoever.

Li Wei tried transforming once more and made a new discovery.

After obtaining a Hero Template, even without transforming into Khada Jhin's appearance, he could use the abilities of Khada Jhin's Hero Template at any time.

Whether to transform and put on a disguise was entirely up to Li Wei!

That gave him much more room to maneuver!

After all, the appearance of a Hero Template was still somewhat conspicuous compared to ordinary people.

Aside from that, there was nothing much to say about Khada Jhin's abilities. They were still the same as before, and after the past few days, Li Wei had already become thoroughly familiar with them.

At last, Li Wei turned his attention to his Soul Essence balance.

With a balance of 1535 points, nearly five hundred Soul Essence points had been gained. Naturally, they could not all have come from those Maroni gang members.

Quite a few had come from people killed by stray bullets in the chaos, or people who had died elsewhere in Gotham.

But Li Wei did not care whether they had been innocent. That had nothing to do with him. What concerned him now was something else.

He could buy Alchemist Singed's Hero Template!

Dr. Hugo could finally be put to use as well!

He acted immediately.

There was no cliché of warm currents flowing through his entire body.

Click, purchase, complete.

Three steps.

Singed cost 1350 points. After completing the purchase, Li Wei had only 185 Soul Essence points left.

In the short term, unless something major happened, he likely would not be able to purchase another Hero Template.

Li Wei was in no hurry to install Singed's Hero Template onto Dr. Hugo. With a thought, he loaded Singed's template himself.

After buying a new hero, naturally he had to try it out first!

"Shake, wobble, shake... to shake or not to shake, that is the question..."

A massive jar, half a person's height, abruptly appeared on Li Wei's back. It contained an unknown dark green liquid that continuously bubbled inside.

Li Wei's body changed, and his clothes turned into tattered green strips of cloth. A spiked pauldron covered his right shoulder, while his left hand held a heavy shield.

Most eye-catching of all was Li Wei's head... which had become bald.

He awkwardly rubbed his slightly cool scalp.

Li Wei: ...I got stronger, but I also got balder?

Sure enough, this template suited Dr. Hugo perfectly. He was bald to begin with, so becoming stronger would not make him any balder.

But Li Wei's attention quickly shifted away from his bald head to something more important.

Like Khada Jhin's Hero Template, using a Hero Template did not merely grant a hero's abilities. It also infused him with relevant knowledge.

This was even more apparent with Singed, a scientist!

Khada Jhin had given him knowledge of assassination and art, while Singed gave him knowledge related to scientific research.

Knowledge of Hextech Crystal Technology and Bio-modification Alchemy...

Transformation, Evolution!

As Li Wei felt the knowledge being poured into his mind, he felt as though he were reading an unreadable heavenly tome.

Of all that knowledge, perhaps the only thing Li Wei could understand was the information about organ rejection.

His beautiful biology teacher had taught him that back in high school...

As for everything else, he could not understand any of it.

Although this knowledge had not required a long learning process and had been directly infused into Li Wei's mind, technology without foundational theory was like a castle in the air, difficult to support.

Li Wei finally accepted reality.

He was not a researcher. Professional matters should be left to professionals. Dr. Hugo would definitely be interested in this knowledge!

Li Wei understood one thing very clearly: for him, spending this time finding ways to acquire more Soul Essence and buying more Hero Templates was what he should be doing.

Not researching things like the origins and evolution of life.

As long as he had enough Hero Templates, what kind of scientist could he not get?

Heimerdinger, Viktor, Jayce...

Any one of them could be considered a world-class scientist!

After accepting the truth, Li Wei finally turned his attention to what he should be focusing on.

Singed's combat abilities.

They were largely the same as in the game: four active skills and one passive skill.

Toxic Surge (Passive).

Poison Trail (Active).

Mega Adhesive (Active).

Suplex (Active).

Contagious Agent (Active).

Basically, all of Singed's abilities were related to chemicals and poison.

Hmm...

Li Wei stroked his chin and pondered for a moment.

And he could run fast!

Li Wei could use the abilities of different heroes at the same time without restriction.

He came up with an almost shameless fighting style...

He could use Khada Jhin's long-range attack abilities. If an enemy got close, he could activate Singed's ultimate and Poison Trail, then kite the enemy!

When the enemy advanced, he retreated. When the enemy stopped, he harassed them. When the enemy tired, he attacked.

Of course, that was assuming any enemy could actually get close to him through Khada Jhin's terrifying long-range firepower.

After briefly familiarizing himself with his new abilities, Li Wei returned to his original appearance.

Now came the main event.

Li Wei left his office and went to Dr. Hugo's ward. He tied Dr. Hugo back into the wheelchair and pushed him toward the director's office.

Because Li Wei had gained so much and was in a good mood, he did not take away Dr. Hugo's ability to speak this time.

"Li Wei, what are you taking me upstairs for now?" Dr. Hugo asked with mixed feelings.

It would be a lie to say he was not afraid. The scene of Li Wei's massacre at Indian Hill Hospital not long ago still lingered in his mind, constantly reminding him what a dangerous person Li Wei truly was.

Yet after being locked in the asylum ward for two days, he had somehow gradually become accustomed to this life.

Though he had no freedom and had to eat Li Wei's horrendous cooking, at least his life was not in danger, right?

"Of course, I'm giving you back your freedom." Li Wei smiled. "Didn't you say that if I ever needed you, you would be at my service? The time has come."

Though he did not know what Li Wei wanted him to do, an ominous feeling suddenly rose in Dr. Hugo's heart.

He struggled unwillingly. "Director Li Wei, let's talk this over, let's talk this over..."

Li Wei ignored his struggle completely. No matter how Dr. Hugo fought, the wheelchair remained as steady as a rock in his hands.

With the combined effects of two Hero Templates, even without using their abilities, his physical strength had already reached a level ordinary people could hardly hope to match.

As they drew closer to the director's office, Dr. Hugo's pleas gradually turned into furious curses.

In the end, Li Wei had no choice but to stuff his old friend—the mouse wheel—back into Dr. Hugo's mouth.

At last, peace and quiet.

Once inside the office, Li Wei could not be bothered to waste words with Dr. Hugo. Under Dr. Hugo's terrified gaze...

A dark green orb of light suddenly appeared in Li Wei's hand. Simply looking at it, one could sense the ominous, poisonous, evil aura radiating from it.

This was Li Wei's first time granting a Hero Template to someone else, and he carefully examined the orb in his hand.

It felt no different from anything else, light as a feather, as though it weighed nothing.

The ominous, poisonous, evil aura on the orb even carried a faint, almost imperceptible warmth for him.

Holding the orb in his hands, Li Wei walked up to Dr. Hugo with a smile.