Chosen Evolution: I Can Load the Protagonist Template
Chapter 41

Gotham Villain Certification

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Unexpected, yet also perfectly logical. Batman, Gotham's wealthiest man "Bruce Wayne" beneath the mask, had indeed come knocking.

And this kind of entrance, with its obvious psychological pressure, was very much in line with Batman's style.

However, what was interesting was that in this sudden encounter, the first to act wasn't Cheng Tian, nor was it Batman, but the Little Blue Car patrolling the ground.

The Little Blue Car, which had just been puzzled by Cheng Tian's chimera-like getup, unhesitatingly spun its front around, immediately activated its unit trait, its 8 points of Agility instantly exploding to 16, and rammed its drill head-on into Batman's shinbone with full power!

If you were to ask who the Moth Gang's greatest enemy was, without a doubt, it would be Batman.

In this world, which had been completed by spatial coordination, the Moth Gang's leader, "Killer Moth," was actually an extreme, twisted fan of Batman.

Batman had the Bat-Signal to contact Commissioner Gordon; Killer Moth made a Moth-Signal to send messages to his gang members.

Batman had the Batcave as a hideout; he followed suit and created the Moth Hole as his main base.

Seeing Batman's retro and cool Batmobile, he spent a fortune to build a Mothmobile that tried to be a high-end imitation, parading it around the city.

In some parallel universe, Killer Moth even completely remodeled his face to look like Bruce Wayne under the Batman mask, trying to replace him.

It could be said that Killer Moth's twisted worship and terrifying obsession with Batman was second only to the Joker in the current world.

Compared to a living Batman, an Asian face wearing the wrong gang uniform was completely insignificant!

Batman lowered his head slightly, his cape fluttered, and the sound of sharp objects cutting through the air followed.

In the next second, bat-shaped darts were precisely embedded in the Little Blue Car's chassis wheels, causing the Little Blue Car to flip onto a corpse, its still-running drill spraying fresh blood and flesh everywhere.

"Wow~ As expected of the deep, dark fantasy of the DC universe~"

Cheng Tian couldn't help but sigh as he watched the scene before him.

"...Did you do this?"

Batman, still blocking the entrance to the bar, asked with his deep, gravelly voice that wasn't doing his vocal cords any favors.

"I did it."

Cheng readily admitted.

"Why?"

Batman asked again, maintaining his pose.

"Huh? Do you need a reason to kill monsters?"

Cheng, who would only carefully go through the tutorial once when first encountering a new game, and then choose SKIP every time after that, was quite puzzled by this question.

"I see, a typical antisocial personality... It seems Arkham Asylum needs to open another ward."

Batman, unable to truly understand what Cheng Tian was saying, naturally categorized Cheng Tian as an antisocial personality.

However, upon hearing this, Cheng Tian shook his head vigorously, then looked directly into Batman's eyes and said with a serious expression.

"I can assure you, I am definitely not an antisocial personality! Even in a game, I wouldn't solicit prostitutes on the street, pay them, drag them into an alley, shoot them, and then take my money back!"

Cheng was naturally referring to that game that people always bought whenever it was on sale, which meant that a sixth installment could never be released.

"You chose to kill them, despite having physical abilities that far surpassed theirs. This shows your disregard for life and the judicial system. You have no right to arbitrarily decide the fate of others."

Batman, unsure how to respond to Cheng Tian, ​​decisively changed the subject.

"People? Aren't these just social garbage?"

However, to Batman's surprise, Cheng Tian was not only unconvinced but instead crossed his arms and showed an even more puzzled expression.

This reaction reaffirmed to Batman that this Asian face was indeed an antisocial personality!

Just like the outsider who attacked Killer Moth before!

Words were useless, it was time to let actions speak.

Just as Batman made his final judgment on Cheng Tian, ​​an achievement notification that had concealed its sound effects and prompts, and did not interfere with Cheng Tian himself, quietly appeared.

[Regular Achievement: Gotham Villain Certification] [Achievement Condition: Be identified by Batman as an antisocial personality who must be confined to "Arkham Asylum."] [Achievement Reward: Title "Not Crazy, Not Alive", acquire ticket eligibility for Batman: Arkham Asylumrelated blueprint missions.] [Not Crazy, Not Alive: Green/Excellent, Title. Through your efforts, you have successfully convinced Batman that you are an antisocial personality and see you as a pitiful patient in need of medical treatment and personality correction, even though he actually needs intervention and treatment more than most of the patients and prisoners here... When the title is equipped, you may be able to understand some of the ramblings of madmen.]

Batman, who had just said that Cheng Tian had no right to arbitrarily decide the fate of others, took out a, uh, a Bat-pistol from his waist, a pistol with a particularly thick barrel.

As the trigger was pulled, a small rocket missile with a dazzling flame propelling it at the end flew out of the oversized pistol barrel!

Almost instantly, the missile rushed in front of Cheng Tian, ​​but Cheng Tian also raised his Captain America shield in front of him at the same time as the other party raised his hand to fire.

The missile, upon colliding with the shield, did not explode on the spot as Batman had hoped, but instead, like a glass ball hitting the surface of moist soap, smoothly changed direction, shifted ninety degrees to the side, and flew directly towards the already battered dartboard in the bar.

With a bang, the dartboard and the wall it was hanging on met their end together.

Subconsciously performing a perfect parry, Cheng Tian advanced instead of retreating, an inconspicuous flash of light appearing on his body, and he charged forward with the shield, like an arrow released from a bow, towards Batman's location!

Batman's eyes narrowed, and he crossed his arms directly in front of his chest.

At the same time, the electrical stimulation device inside the Batsuit, replicated by hacking the Electrocutioner's equipment, was instantly activated, and a weak but sufficiently stimulating current began to flow through Batman's body, allowing his muscles to instantly break through the limits of their normal state!

What he never expected, though, was that the moment they made contact, Batman felt no impact whatsoever. Cheng Tian... he simply passed right through Batman's body as if they weren't even in the same space, went through the blocked tavern door, and started running out, taking three or four steps at a time!

Blitz Charge: Template skill, active skill. When you are not holding a shield— You will forcibly charge forward 10 meters in 1 second, stopping abruptly if you encounter any obstacles. When you are holding a shield— You will charge forward up to Agility*2 meters in 1 second. During the charge, you can knock away any unit with Strength lower than yours, dealing Strength*2 + Shield Bash damage. If the opponent's Strength is equal to or greater than yours, you will enter "Phase Shift" at the critical point of impact, lasting 3 seconds. The skill costs 30 MP and has a cooldown of 45 seconds.
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