Black Mask

Gotham's nights are when the gangs are most active.

Poison Ivy Pamela's car sped through Gotham. Guided by the intelligence from her plants, she quickly located her target.

Poison Ivy's power comes from a part of "The Green."

The Green is an elemental force of this universe, on par with "The Red" and "The Black."

It's similar to Marvel's "Phoenix Force," "Elf Power," and so on.

In short, The Green is connected to all forms of plant life.

At the same time, The Green imbues all plant life with vitality.

Poison Ivy can control plants because she possesses this power.

This power even allows her to be "immortal" to a certain extent.

Beyond that, she can control almost all the plants in Gotham.

Therefore, for Poison Ivy, finding someone in Gotham is incredibly easy.

"Little Jimmy, where do you think you're going?"

Harley Quinn, to avoid being too bloody in front of Kara, had Poison Ivy simply entangle the man and knock him out with a single blow.

They dragged him to a warehouse before waking him up.

Jimmy was a burly white man, tall and strong.

But now, bound by Poison Ivy, he looked like he was trembling.

"Harley Quinn!"

Harley Quinn held a baseball bat, its origin unknown, and waved it near his head.

But she was just trying to scare him.

After all, Kara was watching, and she was doing her best to restrain her sadistic urges.

"What do you want?"

Jimmy blustered, though his fear was evident.

But everyone knew he was already terrified, sweating profusely and shaking uncontrollably.

"Tell me, who sent you to grab me, or I'll smash your balls!"

Harley Quinn pressed the baseball bat downwards.

A slight squeeze would result in a messy outcome.

This directly hit Jimmy's weak spot. Terrified, he quickly said, "I can't say, or he'll kill me."

"I will too!"

Harley Quinn finally couldn't hold back and exploded.

"You're not afraid of me?"

Harley Quinn was furious that someone wasn't afraid of her!

"No, no..."

Jimmy was now completely terrified, his resolve gone.

After all, loyalty is a rare and precious commodity among Gotham's gangs.

Here, there is only betrayal, constant betrayal.

That's why the Penguin emphasized loyalty, even though he didn't believe in the thing himself...

But a group without loyalty is too terrifying.

Harley Quinn nodded with satisfaction, raising her head arrogantly. "Tell me, who instigated this?"

"It was Black Mask, Roman Sionis."

Roman Sionis was born into the wealthy Sionis family, but that was a long time ago.

As a child, Roman was Bruce Wayne's classmate.

But after growing up, he murdered his parents and inherited a fortune.

Everything started to go wrong from then on.

Roman Sionis's temper made him conduct business like a gangster. He was more suited to being a gangster than running a company.

So, the company he inherited quickly faced bankruptcy.

At this point, Wayne Enterprises acquired his company in a rescue deal, leaving Roman with nothing.

This experience led Roman to blame Bruce Wayne for his misfortune.

Then he returned to his true calling, the underworld.

He went to a cemetery, dug up his parents' coffins, and used the ebony from them to carve a black skull mask representing his rage.

That was "Black Mask."

Harley Quinn instantly recalled his past. They'd had a grudge before, but at the time, the Joker was her backer, so Roman didn't dare touch the Joker's girl.

But now it was different. He thought the Joker's girl had gone solo, so he wanted revenge.

Harley Quinn's eyes darted around. "Go to sleep, little Jimmy."

"No..."

Before Jimmy could finish speaking, he was knocked out cold.

Actually, if Kara hadn't been there, the Joker's girl would have shot him dead.

"Let's go, we're going to find Roman."

Harley Quinn's face was filled with murderous intent.

"Wait, you're just going to leave him here?"

This was Kara's first time encountering something like this, and she felt a pang of guilt.

"Don't worry, he won't die."

The Joker's girl pulled her away.

The three of them got into the car. Kara felt uneasy and knew they couldn't continue like this.

"I want to go home and sleep. I have school tomorrow!"

Kara spoke up, using a very good excuse.

"Oh, Kara, the fun has just begun."

Harley Quinn put on a pained face. "Are you going to let them kill me?"

She immediately put Kara on the moral high ground. After some thought, she felt that Kara's participation was insufficient, which was why she felt 'bored'.

Hmm, when they interrogated Black Mask later, she'd let Kara handle it!

"But aren't we out here to make money?"

Kara retorted.

"How can we make money if we don't find them?"

The Joker's girl said, "They've earned a lot of money that doesn't belong to them. We're doing this for Gotham!"

Kara was stunned.

"That's right, it's all for Gotham!"

Poison Ivy Pamela also chimed in, "They don't care about the environment or plants at all. They must be taught a lesson."

Hearing the two 'adults' say this, Kara, as a child, could only accept it.

She was like a sponge, madly absorbing the knowledge of this world.

Whether it was good or bad would be up to her to discern.

They drove towards the Upper East Side.

With the rise of Black Mask, the entire Upper East Side had become his territory.

And finding Black Mask was simple.

It was to let Black Mask know they had arrived.

So they went to the streets, got out of the car, and looked for people wandering around.

In America, outside of the city center, there were basically no people at night.

And if you encountered someone outside late at night, you had to be vigilant, as you could be harmed at any moment.

To put it bluntly, the entire America was a giant game of werewolf, where you had to close your eyes when it got dark.

This was true even in places like Los Angeles and Metropolis.

Let alone Gotham.

Gotham was rife with gangs, and at night, ordinary people wouldn't walk the streets alone.

Otherwise... look at the fate of the Wayne couple.

Gotham's richest man was shot dead, let alone ordinary people.

It was only after the vigilante Batman appeared that things got a little better.

Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy Pamela randomly found people on the street and beat them up, then told them, "Go tell Black Mask that his Queen has arrived!"

This worked.

Black Mask soon arrived with his underlings, a group of thugs called the 'Masked Society'.

These people all wore various masks, but none dared to wear black.

Because only their boss, Black Mask, could wear that.

Black Mask's mask was ferocious and terrifying, as if exuding fear.

"Harley Quinn, you've come right to my doorstep!"