Stuck in Gotham: My Rise as a Shady Merchant
Chapter 118

To win, sometimes you need a practice match.

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Inside the special training room at Global Defense Agency headquarters.

"I've got him! Hurry!"

In the center of the training room, Immortal, bruised all over, finally found an opening and locked both of Evil Mark's arms in his grip. With all his strength, he managed to hold him still for a brief moment.

Seizing the opportunity, Monster Girl, who had been ready and waiting, immediately transformed and clamped onto one of Evil Mark's legs. On the other side, Dupli-Kate promptly threw a specially made rope around his other leg, and Black Samson and Bulletproof rushed forward to pull it taut and hold him fast.

Robot instantly coordinated with the others and activated his sonic weapon. Powerful sound waves pierced Evil Mark's eardrums, leaving him howling in agony, utterly unable to fight back.

"Take this!"

At that critical moment, Rex swung his modified mechanical prosthetic limb toward Evil Mark and unleashed his most powerful bomb!

BOOM!!!

Smoke filled the air. In the instant before the explosion, the members of the Global Guardians all dodged away in perfect sync, leaving Evil Mark to take the bomb head-on. The blast blackened his entire body.

"Okay, that's it for today's training. Nice work, everyone."

Zuo Ci, who had watched the whole thing from the sidelines, clapped his hands. Then Evil Mark, still howling and struggling a moment earlier, abruptly went limp. Everyone else relaxed at once and slumped to the floor in exhaustion.

Quite some time had passed since the Invincible War. During that period, Cecil had kept Evil Mark and Mohawk Mark... or rather, Bald Mark now, under his control and used them as training equipment.

"Ah, I'm exhausted. I don't think I've worked this hard in centuries..."

Immortal, who had done the most work and taken the most injuries, lay sprawled on

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