The dark figure crouched like a gargoyle statue on the factory roof, only revealing a satisfied smile when he saw the troops break through the gates.
Just as he had expected, neon-like laser fire soon flashed through the pitch-black factory, followed by a series of startled cries. "There's a monster, about thirty feet tall! Requesting backup-aaah!!!!"
Bang!
An explosion rang out like a gas cylinder bursting open. Several soldiers carrying riot shields were hurled into the air. Some were impaled on branches along the riverbank, while others simply vanished screaming into the night.
Then a gigantic mass of humanoid sludge squeezed out from behind the factory, crushed the troops' armored vehicles, swatted down the drones buzzing in the night sky, and fled toward the outskirts.
"Sweetheart, that's not where you're supposed to go!"
Seeing that he was about to step onto the bridge and cross the Gotham River, the dark figure on the roof pressed the remote in his hand with a sinister smile.
Boom!
The bridge shattered and collapsed amid towering flames. Debris plunged into the frozen river, throwing up columns of water dozens of feet high.
With his path cut off, the monster had no choice but to turn and flee toward the city center. Naturally, every escape route he took after that would also be dictated by the mysterious dark figure.
This monster was none other than the mutated actor Baso. In truth, the bombs could not hurt Baso in his current state at all, but since this was his first transformation, he knew little about his new body and abilities, allowing the other man to exploit him.
The dark figure would steer Baso toward Gotham's largest current refugee encampment, the Underground Amusement Park in Robinson Park.
As long as he killed the monster there and removed