The design was just as sharp and fierce, but on the girl's slender, delicate frame, it had none of its usual menace. Instead, she looked indescribably sweet.
The blood-dark red seemed to have turned into red velvet cake; the sharp lines of the cut somehow softened. Even the little horns on her head, meant to symbolize a devil, looked neither fierce nor frightening. They seemed like soft decorations that only made her cuter.
Wearing this outfit, she looked less like a vigilante who walked through the darkness and fought violence with violence, and more like a girl dressed up for Halloween.
When Matt first "saw" Miaomiao standing before him like this, he fell silent for a long while. Even his fingertips paused.
Even a blind man like him, who couldn't see the girl's delicate features, felt that she was almost excessively cute like this.
"What do you think?" Miaomiao twirled like a little girl showing off her new clothes. "Does it look like yours? I based it on your suit."
"You..." Matt's Adam's apple bobbed. "Are you trying to..."
"Go on night patrol with you," Miaomiao said as though it were obvious. Seeing Matt frown, she hurried to explain, "You know I'm not an ordinary person. I'm not just strong-I have other powers too. Besides, I go on night patrol with Batman in Gotham. I'm not a beginner, so don't worry."
At the mention of Batman, Matt swallowed the objections that had been on the tip of his tongue.
Yes, Batman. Back when he was still in school, he had heard the legends of the Bat of Gotham City. Perhaps hearing Batman's story was part of what had led him to borrow his boxer father's "Devil" moniker and become someone who worked in the darkness, just like Batman.
But Batman