Getting Married

"I'll draw their fire." Batman walked straight ahead. The guards opened fire as soon as they saw him, but with his Observation Haki, not a single shot hit.

Every Batarang he threw claimed a gorilla's life.

"Nice." Roland approached slowly. "But did you have to go that hard?"

"They're gorillas, and dangerous ones at that," Batman said. "Grodd's mind control is gone. The ones still here are his die-hard loyalists—gorillas bent on invading the human world."

"Aren't you worried your information could be wrong?"

"I've observed them. They may look like humans on the surface, but they're built differently." Batman tightened his grip and snapped a gorilla's neck.

"All right." Roland took out two guards as well, and the two of them charged into the pharmaceutical plant.

"Hairless monkeys? How did you get in here?" A gorilla in a lab coat froze. He poured the chemicals in his hand into a reaction vessel, then hurled it at them.

"Wind of the Night!" Roland raised a hand. A small tornado blew the vessel back, setting off a violent explosion.

"Make it quick!" Batman said.

"Finishing Move: True Eight Maidens: Serpent!" Dozens of gales sprang up. Their terrifying winds carried razor-sharp force and blew with extraordinary speed. Roland swept those moving storms through the entire plant, tearing it apart.

"You made quite a racket," Batman said.

"It was more efficient."

"We don't know the Central City police. These guys may be gorillas, but as far as the police are concerned, everyone who died here was a person. That could cause serious trouble."

"Then let's get out of here."

"Not yet. I'm burning the place down first." Batman found several bottles of chemicals, mixed them, and set them alight. "Fortunately, these gorillas chose a good site. There are no buildings or woods nearby,