Desperate Harley Quinn Breaks Through the Siege! (Seeking collections! Seeking reads!)

"It's over!"

Harley Quinn's heart sank.

Green plant vines covered her body, beginning to absorb her flesh as nutrients.

She regretted not keeping some bombs on her to take these people down with her.

Now, there was absolutely no possibility of escaping from these laughing people.

Even Poison Ivy, who could control plants, and the resurrected giant zombie Solomon Grundy, were gone.

And those who could manipulate people's minds had also been infected by the Joker Venom.

Her gaze swept across the surroundings.

The ACE Chemical Plant, which had been fine just a moment ago, was now a ruin.

The henchmen of Two-Face and Black Mask were buried under the rubble, with scarlet blood seeping out from within.

Black Mask's body hung limply over the green vines like a withered tree.

Two-Face was bound by vines, motionless, his face as pale as a dead man's.

Nearby, the cold aura radiating from Mr. Freeze was dissipating; he was covered in blood and looked like he wouldn't last much longer.

Harley Quinn gritted her teeth and pulled a dagger Lynn had given her from her pocket.

Rip!!

The sharp dagger sliced through the vines, allowing her to drop to the ground.

Her handgun had fallen to the floor when she was entangled by the vines earlier.

"Heeheehee... Harley Quinn, stop your futile struggle and just be a good specimen for me."

Laughing Poison Ivy walked forward slowly, the smile on her face growing increasingly insane.

Harley Quinn stared fixedly at the approaching Laughing Poison Ivy.

All her gear had fallen to the ground; now, without any burden, she could easily escape to the side.

Moreover, not far from the ruins, there was a van.

If she could just reach that spot, she could start the car and flee this place.

She knew that if she really ran away, the Criminal Alliance would be completely annihilated by the Laughing Legion.

If she didn't run, she would die right here, failing even to make a name for herself in Gotham.

But how could she escape now?

The mechanical arms behind Laughing Robin were clutching several corpses, including some people she recognized.

Laughing Poison Ivy's vines were also piercing through countless mummified bodies.

Even Mr. Freeze was on the verge of death.

Not only that, but Laughing Mad Hatter and the other laughing people nearby were all giggling as they picked up mangled corpses and body parts.

With so many members of the Laughing Legion, could she, Harley Quinn, really escape?

"Fuck! Since I can't get out anyway, I'll take a few down with me! I am Harley Quinn, the Queen of Gotham!!"

Harley Quinn rolled to the side, dodging a massive plant vine.

She picked up a rocket launcher from the ground and fired a shot at the people in front of her.

Boom!!

The missile had barely been fired before it was blocked by the mechanical arms behind Laughing Robin.

Harley Quinn gritted her teeth and continued to fire missiles at them.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

All the missiles in the launcher were fired, slamming into the ruins where the laughing people were standing.

Thick flames and smoke shrouded everyone, but Harley Quinn knew that with the Laughing Legion's equipment, the rocket launcher would have no effect at all.

She rolled to the side, gripped the dagger in her hand, and cut Mr. Freeze down from the vines.

"How are you?" she asked.

"I'm... fine," Mr. Freeze replied weakly.

"Blow them up, Harley, blow them up! This city of Gotham is beyond saving!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than several missiles shot out from the thick black smoke.

Harley Quinn's scalp tingled; her dilated pupils reflected the three incoming missile warheads.

"Holy shit!"

Rumble!!

Debris fell to the ground like dense, heavy rain.

Harley Quinn vomited a mouthful of blood, a searing pain radiating through her entire body, and her ears throbbed with agony, as if she were going deaf.

She tried to scramble up, but was stunned to find her legs pinned beneath a massive rock, rendering her completely unable to move.

Harley Quinn looked toward Mr. Freeze nearby, only to discover his body was riddled with jagged missile shrapnel, lying there motionless.

It looked like he was already dead.

She let out a bitter laugh.

Heh... the Criminal Alliance, just established, had been completely wiped out the moment they encountered the Laughing Legion.

If Joker were still here, he would probably be laughing non-stop at this joke, wouldn't he?

Tap, tap, tap!!

Footsteps echoed from ahead.

Harley Quinn lay on the ground, watching with indifference as Laughing Poison Ivy, the Laughing Robins, and the others approached step by step.

The hands of these Laughing ones were covered in the corpses of the Criminal Alliance members.

But the only one missing was that guy, Deathstroke.

"I knew it, damn Deathstroke, he really did run away!"

Harley Quinn cursed in anger, but a moment later, she murmured, "It's better that he ran; if he ran, he can survive, and maybe he can even save Gotham..."

Gazing at the pale, laughing faces before her, Harley Quinn's life flashed through her mind.

A poverty-stricken childhood dependent on scholarships, the dream of becoming an intern psychiatrist to change the state of crime.

A career as a criminal, a shattered, fragmented life.

These images played before her eyes like a movie.

Heh... Harley Quinn, you really are a joke.

"Queen of Gotham," my foot; once you're dead, no one will even remember you.

"Hehehe... any last words, Harley?"

A voice filled with manic glee came from ahead, interrupting her thoughts.

She lifted her head and saw several dark gun barrels pointed directly at her.

Is this the end for Harley Quinn?

To die in a remote corner, nameless and unknown to anyone.

Heh, how truly pathetic.

A self-deprecating smile appeared on her face.

Then, Harley looked at the Laughing ones before her, raised her right hand, and extended her middle finger.

"Fuck you! Go to hell, Batman Who Laughs!!"

"Is that your last word? Tee-hee-hee, useless!"

The Laughing one slowly squeezed the trigger, and the dark barrels prepared to unleash steel bullets.

Just then.

"Lightning Style: Electric Current Drive, 80,000 Volts, 80% Perfected State: Thunder Blast!!"

As the words fell, terrifying golden lightning erupted with a roar!

The thunderous blast swept across from the other side of the ruins like divine retribution, carrying unstoppable momentum as it slammed into the Laughing ones.

The fearsome golden lightning tore through the air, accompanied by a violent boom, piercing through the abdomens of Laughing Poison Ivy, the Laughing Robins, and the others.

A Laughing Robin widened his eyes, staring fixedly at the figure standing in the pitch-black night—a figure like a nightmare.

Black and yellow metallic armor encased the man's entire body; he looked like a reaper harvesting lives, yet also like an angel bringing hope.

He was filled with immense terror.

At this very moment, the Laughing Robin felt as if he were seeing the shadow of the Batman from before.

That King of Gotham, that figure who was the stuff of nightmares.

Terrifying electric currents erupted suddenly, blasting apart these Laughing ones who were encased in high-performance combat suits.

"Deathstroke?" Harley Quinn opened her weak eyes, staring in shock at the man who had walked up to her.

It really was him!

Since when did he possess such immense power?

Harley Quinn's mind was shaken to its core, and she stared at the man appearing before her in utter disbelief.

She also looked at the Laughing ones ahead, who had been charred to cinders by the electricity.

Surveying the ruins all around, Lynn's cold face remained devoid of any expression.

After he had rushed out earlier, he discovered the Laughing Legion's drone squads and had been busy fighting them on the other side.

It was only just now that he had seized the opportunity to rush over.

He lifted Harley Quinn out from beneath the rubble.

Lynn narrowed his eyes, looking up at the Bat symbol emerging from the clouds above.

"We need to get out of here, Harley."

As the words fell, the two vanished into the long night.

"Hahahahaha..."

A short while later, a burst of manic laughter erupted.

A figure clad in a cerulean combat suit, a wild grin plastered across his face, descended from the high sky.