The Birth of Catwoman

After seeing Bruce off, who had come looking for trouble, Russell searched the house for a long time but couldn't find a single prop.

Two possibilities!

One possibility is that Bruce was incredibly skilled at hiding things, placing listening devices and similar items in places Bruce never imagined.

Alternatively, Bruce might have left nothing behind because he was overly cautious.

Considering Batman's all-black attire, Russell insisted that the first possibility was most likely, and called out towards the door, "Hey you, the new assistant who came today, have someone tidy up upstairs and buy a new set of furniture while you're at it."

No one responded!

Russell was furious. Just as his ugly capitalist face was about to erupt and he was about to fire the other party, he suddenly remembered that he had already done so.

We need to hire a new assistant again!

"That damn Bruce Wayne, he dared to pry open my headlights. Tonight I'm going to take the wheels off the Batmobile." Russell returned to the grill, muttering to himself as he continued his grand barbecue plan.

Click!

As he put a skewer of grilled meat into his mouth, his teeth bit into something hard. It wasn't a stone or a bone. He spat it out and saw that it was actually a small listening device.

(￣□￣;)

"Damn, this is the kind of situation where even the rooftop needs to be replaced..."

Russell sighed, continued eating his barbecue, and pondered whether to move away from Gotham, this place of trouble.

He came to Gotham City to trigger World Quest through Batman. He met him twice, and even fought him once, but he failed to achieve his goal both times.

Given this, there's not much point in staying in Gotham City.

Thinking of the World Quest, Russell unfolded the map and looked at it. Not far from Gotham was the famous Metropolis, and in addition, there were familiar place names such as Star City, Central City, Star City, Keystone City, and Coast City.

If you want to trigger World Quest, visiting these cities would be a good option.

Here, Russell crossed out the last place name!

However, Russell had previously investigated and found that superheroes like Superman, the Flash, Aquaman, and Green Lantern did not appear.

Here, Russell crossed out the last name again!

Based on existing intelligence analysis, Russell roughly understands the background of the world he is in, which is roughly DC Universe based on the theme of "Justice League". Due to Constantine's appearance, elements such as Hell and Heaven have been brought into this world.

Moreover, judging from the plot of Russell and Constantine's encounter, and the latter's handsome face, he should be a responsible and good person. However, the reality is quite the opposite. Only his face and the plot are similar; Constantine is as scummy as ever.

Using Constantine as a real-life example, it's possible that other superheroes will also possess the strength of characters from the comics...

This is absolutely terrifying!

Because the power of superheroes means that the supervillains are even more powerful!

To trigger the World Quest, Russell now has two options: go find Scummy Constantine or go find Wonder Woman Diana.

Of course, it's possible that World Quest will be triggered in Gotham City, but he just hasn't met the right person yet!

"Wait another week, and if nothing changes, I'll try my luck with Wonder Woman..." With that thought, Russell raised his hand and crossed out the Scummy Constantine.

Actually, Russell also had another possibility in mind: the World Quest might be triggered at Arkham Asylum.

Because he dislikes places where psychopaths and supervillains congregate, he considers Arkham City his second-to-last option, only ahead of Scummy Constantine, and will only consider going there as a last resort.

Night!

The Egyptian Cat was very well-behaved tonight, lying still and admiring the moon, without going out to meet any wild women. Russell was in a great mood and was thinking of buying a whole train carload of high-end canned food as a reward for it tomorrow.

Who would have thought that this lousy cat was completely rotten? Russell had just finished praising it in his mind when it tiptoed to the balcony and started scratching at the window and meowing.

Russell flew into a rage, opened the window, pointed outside, and shouted, "I'm warning you right now: if you step out of this window, don't bother coming back. I won't care if you die out there..."

He stopped mid-sentence, speechless, because the Egyptian Cat leaped down and didn't hear a word he was saying.

"Hmph, I'd like to see what's so great about that woman."

Russell grunted, took out a wristwatch from his Space Ring, tapped it with his fingertips, and jumped off the balcony.

With a deafening roar, the Vertical Takeoff Glider inside the building started up, catching him mid-air and heading straight for the Gotham River outside the dense forest on the outskirts of the city.

"It's not heading towards the city, but towards the Gotham River... What's going on? Has this scumbag cat found a new love, or is he planning to go night fishing for a couple of bites?" Russell asked curiously.

Hearing the sound of the propeller, the Egyptian Cat on the ground looked up and saw its human following it. It grunted twice in dissatisfaction and continued to waddle forward.

Soon, the Egyptian Cat arrived at the shallows of the Gotham River, leaped across several ditches, and pawed at the water twice.

I'm tired!

After being pampered at Russell's house for a few days, she developed an incurable and unwanted "princess syndrome."

Unwilling to suffer such injustice, it tilted its head back and meowed twice, summoning dozens of Wildcat from the surrounding area.

A bunch of cats are having a meeting, but this meeting has nothing to do with a full-scale invasion of Earth, because they haven't come up with a good way to deal with the Dog Pack yet.

"Meow meow meow~~~" XN

After a series of meows that humans couldn't understand ended, the Egyptian Cat and the leader of the Wildcat opposite them reached a consensus and started digging in the sandy shallows together.

Digging holes is Dog Pack's forte, while cats can only dig a toilet at most. After digging for a while, the dozens of cats lost interest, forgot the contents of the previous meeting, and left without looking back, leaving the Egyptian Cat bewildered in the wind.

There was no other way; it could only resort to its ultimate move: summoning its owner, who was there to watch the spectacle.

Russell was very curious about the scum cat's behavior. He hovered in mid-air on a glider. The Nenya, Ring of Water flashed, and five streams of water converged, quickly turning a corpse out of the sand.

Female corpse!

It was someone Russell recognized; he knew the face. The Egyptian Cat had spent the night with her yesterday.

"This is... the birth of Catwoman!?"

Russell sensed something, manipulated the water flow to wash away the mud from the corpse, and gently placed it on the ground. Then, he stepped back a few paces, lowered the glider, and quietly watched as the Egyptian Cat resurrected the body.

A thin mist enveloped the area, and eerie dark clouds rolled in to obscure the moonlight. The Egyptian Cat disappeared halfway into the darkness, its two eyes emitting a ghostly green glow.

It leaped onto the woman's chest, its head drooping slightly, meeting her unseeing eyes.

Buzzing—

A chilling aura of death spread out, and Russell's hair stood on end. With a bang, Wings of Light on his back, using the Angel's Power to block the biting cold.

The power of death emanated from the mist, or more precisely, from the eyes of the Egyptian Cat.

An indescribable force, under the combined influence of dark clouds and mist, resisted the moonlight's invasion and communicated with the eyes of the Egyptian Cat, forming an extremely mysterious energy field.

To Russell, an observer, the feeling was as if the gates of the underworld had been opened.

Meow meow meow————

After a piercing scream, the Egyptian Cat inhaled the surrounding mist and blew it onto the corpse's stiff face.

Russell could see it clearly: the mist, like energy with a physical form, surged into the woman's face, and her dilated pupils visibly contracted.

Like a cat's eye, it narrowed into a vertical line!

Just then, the moonlight dispelled the dark clouds, and as the first ray of moonlight fell, the woman's cold body gradually warmed up, regained its vitality, and her stopped heart began to beat again.

Russell raised his hand and conjured a stream of water, bringing the resurrected woman to his side. His eyes shone as he looked at her.

Having witnessed a near-death experience firsthand, it felt like cat claws scratching at his heart, making him unbearably itchy and eager to know the underlying principles.

There was no Magic Power fluctuation whatsoever!

Russell was certain that he witnessed a transformation from death to life without feeling any Magic Power fluctuations!

"Meow meow cat~~~"

The Egyptian Cat lay on the woman's chest, stretched out its paw at Russell, indicating that it was hungry and wanted him to bring the offerings quickly.

Russell understood immediately and reached out his hands towards it.

Just then, the woman opened her eyes with a soft moan, and there were Russell's two hands reaching towards her chest.

"..."

Their eyes met, and a look of terror flashed in the woman's eyes. One could imagine that what followed was a scream.

Russell remained completely unfazed; even in the middle of nowhere, she could scream until her throat was hoarse...

Oops, I misspoke.

Russell was not annoyed at all. Ignoring the woman's terrified eyes, he calmly picked up the Egyptian Cat from her arms.

Putting aside the fact that this is an obvious misunderstanding, even if it wasn't a misunderstanding but a truly shameless act of groping, with the pair of Wings of Light behind him, he could still turn black into white.

Don't shout, don't be afraid, don't ask questions, we're exorcising demons!

The woman propped herself up with her hands and found herself lying on a curtain of water. She stared in astonishment at the Wings of Light behind Russell, her eyes unfocused, and asked incredulously, "You're an angel. You saved me?"

Russell pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, I found a wandering soul crying, so I came to take a look."

His cat saved the woman, so it's equivalent to him saving her; there's nothing wrong with that.

"Meow meow meow~~~"

The Egyptian Cat raised its paw and scratched Russell's chest. Since it couldn't speak, the woman only glanced at it and then ignored it, saying excitedly, "Thank God, I've always been a devout believer, I knew it..."

"Take a rest first, you're very tired!"

Russell fixed his gaze on the woman, and an invisible Mind Stone force emanated from her, causing her to faint and fall to the ground.

Selina Kyle!

A young working woman living in Gotham, like many others, has believed since childhood that Santa Claus is not a fairy tale but a real person, and aspires to become a magical girl.

Therefore, she studied hard, hoping to get into a magic academy with excellent grades.

After reaching adulthood, under the combined pressures of society, she abandoned her unrealistic fantasies and obediently became an ambitious young woman who worked nine-to-five and even worked overtime on her days off.

But occasionally, when I'm alone in my studio apartment, I can't help but draw the curtains, strike a pose in the living room, and recite lines from the TV series "Middle School Romance" at the same time.

Selina works at a cosmetics company and lives a simple and fulfilling life. But life in Gotham is not something you can simply choose to be ordinary; disaster and opportunity always come unexpectedly.

Especially for someone like Selina, who lost both parents just as she came of age, once the template is matched, it's hard to be ordinary!

A while ago, after taking a shower and changing into her pajamas, she was posing in the living room when she heard a noise from the window and discovered that an Egyptian Cat had come to visit her.

Every night thereafter, the cat would visit, and as long as she wasn't working overtime, she would tease it with cat food and toys.

Unfortunately, Egyptian Cat are rather aloof and have always been indifferent to her toys and cat food.

Selina didn't know that the Egyptian Cat wasn't aloof; it was just that she was too poor, and the Egyptian Cat wouldn't touch the cheap cat food and toys.

Tonight, she stayed at the company again to work overtime to rush the design drawings, which needed to be delivered to the suburban factory before midnight due to the urgency of the matter.

Because it was too late, the factory refused to take the manuscript, so she had to deliver it herself. There, she accidentally witnessed something she shouldn't have seen, and was brutally murdered to silence her. Her body was then thrown into the Gotham River.

Russell sat at his desk, listened to Selina's account of her ordeal, and said speechlessly, "Selina, your story is a bit melodramatic!"

"..."

Selina didn't speak, her gaze following the cat toy in Russell's hand.