Black Mask

Gotham's nights were when the gangs came alive.

Poison Ivy Pamela's car sped through Gotham, and based on the information brought by her plants, she quickly located the man.

Poison Ivy's power came from a portion of The Green.

The Green was an elemental force of this universe, matched by The Red and The Black.

Similar to the Phoenix Force and Elven Force in the Marvel universe.

Simply put, The Green was connected to all forms of plant life.

At the same time, The Green bestowed vitality upon all plant life.

Poison Ivy could control plants because she possessed this power.

To a certain extent, it even made her immortal.

And beyond that, she could practically control every plant in Gotham.

Therefore, finding someone in Gotham was simply too easy for Poison Ivy.

"Little Jimmy, where are you going?"

To avoid being too bloody in front of Kara, Harley Quinn had only asked Poison Ivy Pamela to bind him up before knocking him out in one blow.

They dragged him straight into a warehouse before waking him up.

Jimmy was a tall, burly white man.

But now that Poison Ivy had tied him up, he looked like he was trembling in fear instead.

"Harley Quinn!"

Harley Quinn held a baseball bat she had gotten from who knew where and gestured with it over his head.

But she was only trying to scare him.

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

"What do you want?"

Jimmy asked fiercely, though he was weak inside.

But anyone could tell he was scared senseless. Cold sweat streamed down his body as he trembled nonstop.

"Talk. Who sent you to grab me? Otherwise, I'll smash your little brother!"

Harley Quinn pressed the baseball bat down below.

With just a little pressure, there would be a sound of eggs getting cracked.

That immediately seized Jimmy's weak point, and he hurriedly said in terror, "I can't tell you. He'll kill me."

"So will I!"

Harley Quinn finally exploded, unable to hold it in any longer.

"You're afraid of him but not me?"

Harley Quinn was furious. Someone actually wasn't afraid of her!

"No, no..."

Jimmy was truly terrified now and could no longer hold onto anything.

After all, loyalty was already a rare commodity among Gotham's gangs.

There was only betrayal here. Endless betrayal.

That was why Penguin emphasized loyalty, even though he did not believe in the stuff at all...

But a group without loyalty was far too terrifying.

Harley Quinn nodded in satisfaction and haughtily raised her head. "Talk. Who gave the order?"

"It was Black Mask, Roman Sionis."

Roman Sionis had been born into the wealthy Sionis Family, though that was in the past.

When he was young, Roman had been Bruce Wayne's classmate.

But after growing up, he murdered his own parents and inherited their billions.

Everything began going wrong from that point onward.

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 soon faced bankruptcy.

At that time, Wayne Enterprises bought out his company as a form of rescue, leaving Roman with nothing.

That experience made Roman blame Bruce Wayne for his misfortune.

Then he returned to the industry he truly belonged in: organized crime.

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

That was Black Mask.

Harley Quinn instantly recalled his history. They had crossed paths before, but Joker had been her backer then, so Roman had not dared touch Harley Quinn.

But things were different now. He believed Harley Quinn had gone solo, so he wanted revenge.

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

"No..."

Before Jimmy could finish speaking, he was knocked unconscious.

In truth, if Kara had not been there, Harley Quinn would have shot him in the head.

"Let's go find Roman."

Harley Quinn's face was filled with murderous intent.

"Wait, are we just leaving him here?"

It was Kara's first time encountering something like this, and she could not bear it.

"Don't worry. He won't die."

Harley Quinn dragged her away.

The three of them got into the car, but Kara felt uneasy inside. This could not go on.

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

Kara spoke up, finding herself a very good excuse.

"Oh, Kara, the fun's only just begun."

Harley Quinn immediately pulled a long face. "Do you want them to kill me?"

She directly began guilt-tripping Kara. After giving it some thought, she decided Kara found it boring because she had not participated enough.

Mm, when they interrogated Black Mask later, Kara would do it!

"But didn't we come out to make money?"

Kara asked in return.

"How are we supposed to make money if we don't find them?"

Harley Quinn said, "They've made a lot of money that doesn't belong to them. We're doing this for Gotham!"

Kara was completely taken in.

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

Poison Ivy Pamela added, "They don't care about the environment or plants at all. They need to be taught a lesson."

With both "adults" saying so, Kara, as a child, could only accept it.

Like a sponge, she voraciously absorbed knowledge about this world.

As for whether it was good or bad, she would have to judge that for herself.

They drove all the way toward the Upper Eastside.

As Black Mask rose to power, the entire Upper Eastside had become his territory.

And finding Black Mask was easy.

They just had to let Black Mask know they had arrived.

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

In America, aside from downtown areas, there were basically no people out at night.

And if you ran into someone outside late at night, you absolutely had to stay alert, because you could be killed at any moment.

Put bluntly, all of America was a giant game of Werewolf. Once night fell, you had to close your eyes.

Even places like Los Angeles and Metropolis were no exception.

Let alone Gotham.

Gotham was crawling with gangs. At night, ordinary people simply could not walk the streets alone.

Otherwise... just look at what happened to the Waynes.

Even Gotham's richest people could get shot to death, let alone ordinary people.

Things had only gotten a little better after Batman, the vigilante, appeared.

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

It worked.

Black Mask quickly arrived with his underlings, a group of thugs called the False Face Society.

They all wore all kinds of masks, but none of them dared wear black.

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

Black Mask's mask was savage and terrifying, as though it radiated fear.

"Harley Quinn, you actually came right to my doorstep!"