A Grandmaster of a Generation

Watching her opponent effortlessly evade her attack, and seeing that utterly joyless face, Barbara realized she had been tricked.

Files on a desk caught fire, and the flames gradually spread, illuminating both of them in full.

"Who exactly are you?" Barbara clenched her small fists and assumed a fighting stance.

Su Ming adopted the opening stance of Tai Chi and winked at her. "Bruce must have told you about me. Otherwise, how could you have arranged a new life for me?"

"You're not the Joker. Who are you really?" Barbara shifted her feet and circled slightly, trying to find an opening.

But her opponent's presence was like a mountain, standing firmly before her without the slightest flaw.

"You Bat-Family people get tense whenever you see someone laughing loudly. Thanks to that, I was able to lure you out. You have the image-like memory unique to a genius brain, but the side effect is that you remember things far too clearly."

Su Ming crooked four fingers at her, signaling Barbara to come at him. Going around in circles endlessly was just wasting time.

Her gaze flashed. She suddenly took two steps forward and raised her leg in a kick, the long hair over her shoulders drawing an arc through the air as her leg whipped up a gust of wind.

Barbara's martial arts style differed somewhat from the rest of the Bat-Family. Her teacher was Richard Dragon, that blue guy who had once been one of DC's top martial arts grandmasters.

Richard's master was Master Otomo, whose other disciple was Lady Shiva. However, Shiva later studied other martial arts as well, including the League of Assassins' assassination techniques, and became a grandmaster of her generation.

Richard fell somewhat short. Rather than furthering his martial arts, he became a Superhero and took