This Is War

While Poison Ivy was speaking, she walked straight up to the attic balcony. In the blink of an eye, dense vines and flowering branches had covered the entire outer wall. Layers of interwoven green ivy stretched freely across the antique wooden attic, with fiery red flowers and leaves growing among them.

Ma Zhaodi had no intention of following. He forcibly turned Jason and Solomon around and headed in the opposite direction from the attic, planning to go first to the rally point outside Chinatown. The two Batmen, meanwhile, followed Poison Ivy straight onto the balcony. Bruce watched as the attic transformed into a green-covered building almost instantly, secretly assessing this universe's Poison Ivy's abilities.

She was clearly different from the Poison Ivy of his universe, who specialized in control and mind manipulation. This Gotham's Poison Ivy had far greater control over plants, and the plants in this universe were far more powerful.

It was practically the evolution from a martial-arts style to an immortal-cultivation style.

"Did Scarecrow reveal anything more about his plan?" he asked. "He couldn't have accomplished this much alone. Is Deathstroke working with him?"

"Maybe—but you know us, don't you?" Poison Ivy curled her lip. "There can be no trust between supervillains. Everyone has their own agenda when they meet, nobody reveals their entire plan, and betraying allies or recruiting enemies is always on the table. Anything could happen."

"All I can tell you is that when I arrived, Deathstroke wasn't there."

Apparently, Poison Ivy had really only come up to the balcony to enjoy the view. Feeling the rain wash over her, she stretched lazily, completely unconcerned as she showed off her figure to the two Batmen in the downpour. The rain was nourishing to plants, after all, so she rather liked rainy scenery and rainy