"Juice."
Oswald watched the surveillance feed outside the door and stopped the manager as he was about to leave.
"Bring two glasses."
On the screen, the two Spider-Men had just landed outside the garage. Batgirl and Robin had also arrived at the time agreed upon during their evening call. Batman stood beside the car and glanced toward the underground office.
Oswald switched off the feed and lowered his head to organize the documents on his desk. On top were the inspection notices that had arrived over the past few days. Underneath, the handover arrangements for the kitchen, workstations, and deliveries were all ready.
The whole short, fat penguin radiated resignation.
He had known all along that he would have to go in.
The nuclear bomb had caused such a huge incident, and Batman was back. Letting him stay out this long had already given him plenty of time.
Time to tie up loose ends and keep the gangs from causing trouble, not a courtesy to him.
But Spider-Man was back too, and somehow he still hadn't come looking for him.
That was hard to take.
By the time the door opened, Oswald had already come around his desk. Chen Mo walked in first, dressed in his dark red and gold suit. The white eyes on his mask turned toward Oswald, with another spider following behind him.
The two spiders strode in openly, doing whatever they pleased. The whole restaurant was full of hired muscle, and not one of them tried to stop them.
"Oh, my dear Spider-Man, you finally decided to come."
Penguin pulled out a chair for him, took the juice the manager brought over, and placed one glass in front of him before handing the other to Peter.
Chen Mo looked down at it and was about to