Harley's Gift: The Stasis Ice Coffin!

Link's secret underground base, Research and Development Area.

It was even more advanced than the heart of S.T.A.R. Labs, packed with equipment far ahead of its time.

But at that moment, the most eye-catching thing in the entire area was a little object sitting in the middle of a workbench.

It was a perfectly spherical metal creation no bigger than a palm. Its shell was not a single piece, but countless precise, scale-like silver plates, each etched with intricate patterns too fine for the naked eye to make out.

Through the gaps between the plates, a deep-blue crystal glowed softly and coldly.

"Puddin! You called me here to look at this little marble?"

Harley Quinn bounded up to the workbench in breezy casual clothes, chewing bubble gum. She reached out a curious finger to poke the pretty little ball.

"Don't touch it, sweetheart."

Link spoke from beside her. He was carrying two cups of coffee and handed one to Harley.

"That's no marble. It's a new toy I made for you."

"A toy?" Harley's eyes lit up. "Does it explode? The kind that goes bang and rains colorful little candies from the sky?"

"No." Link took a sip of coffee and smiled. "It doesn't go bang."

"It just goes shh."

Link picked up the delicate metal sphere and placed it in Harley's palm. It felt icy cold, like a piece of ancient, unmelting ice.

"I call it the Stasis Ice Coffin. A toy made to shut those noisy people up forever."

With that, he took Harley's hand and led her to the testing ground in the center of the Research and Development Area.

At Link's command, the alloy floor split open, and a tall figure slowly rose from beneath it.

It was a humanoid combat robot with a menacing shape,