Earth-0, Gotham.
"Cash transactions aren't accepted, and transfers are even less so. Settle in gold or jewelry. Special metals and technology are acceptable too. Kryptonite can be priced by the kilogram."
Cindy leaned against the wall of Wayne Manor's living room. The beautiful redwood paneling made her armor look all the more vivid—provided one ignored the swathes of bloodstains covering it.
Her Icon Armor differed from Su Ming's. His was formed by Strangle and could clean itself. Hers was simply alloy armor made from Promethium and Nth Metal, so after a series of battles, it had naturally gotten rather dirty.
The room was a mess. Some furniture and decorations had been smashed, while frost hung in many places.
Cindy acted as though she saw nothing of the scene before her, nor of Earth-0's Batwoman beating up her own father. She simply continued quoting prices.
She had a list in hand, detailing who had been defeated and how much each victory was worth.
She knew Batwoman's attitude toward villains, so Constantine did not need to persuade her. During the operation, she rarely went for killing blows.
Missing an arm or a leg was just a flesh wound to Gotham natives. Someone would always find a way to fix them up, and they could continue playing with Batwoman endlessly in the future.
At the start of Cindy and Zha Kang's operation, Mister Freeze had been the first to defect to the Justice League's side. The chaos of the Year of the Villain had greatly affected diamond production and circulation. He needed more diamonds as fuel to maintain his wife's cryogenic chamber.
Gotham was not a mining district, and neither the hulking Bane, ruler of Bane's City, nor Old Batman Thomas could conjure diamonds out of thin air. Mister Freeze had no choice