Yongye's gaze lingered on the ring of white material for a full three seconds. Then the corners of his mouth visibly lifted.
He fought back a laugh and spoke in the gentlest, most innocent voice he could manage:
"Hello, Mr. Batman. I'm Minato Namikaze, Yongye's junior apprentice."
"My senior apprentice brother sent me to save Gotham."
Batman slowly raised his head. Beneath the mask that covered most of his face, his jaw was visibly clenched with pain.
His gaze rested on Minato Namikaze's handsome face for a moment, then dropped to the phone Yongye had pulled out.
Click, click...
The shutter sounds echoed around the vault before the damp air swallowed them.
Behind his mask, Batman's pupils contracted sharply. Frustration and Rage almost made the agony in his broken back feel beside the point.
He looks so upright and wholesome. Who knew he was just as shameless?
Yongye's junior apprentice? No wonder! The rot starts at the top!
Yongye looked down at the photos he had just taken and nodded with satisfaction. Only then did he put his phone away and adopt a look of concern.
"Don't worry, Mr. Batman. With me, Minato Namikaze, here, you're perfectly safe today. I'll take care of the Nuclear Bomb for you too."
Batman clenched his teeth so hard that a ridge stood out along his cheek. His voice came through them, hoarse with pain and humiliation:
"I'm... fine. Finding the Nuclear Bomb matters most. Your senior apprentice brother didn't come, did he?"
He paused, his wary gaze sweeping over the empty vault entrance behind Yongye.
"Joker is a madman. If we don't do what he says, he really might detonate the Nuclear Bomb. Your senior apprentice brother is... too flashy, too domineering. If he came, he'd ruin everything."
Yongye spread his hands, his