novelhk Chapter 378 Gotham City Also Has Its Own Reporter Hero
Chapter 378 Gotham City Also Has Its Own Reporter Hero
Chapter 378 Gotham City Also Has Its Own Reporter Hero
"Can we begin?" Rune asked after waiting for a while, while the clown kept rubbing his chin, deep in thought.
After waiting for a while, the clown clapped his hands and said with delight, "I've figured out what's missing!"
We're still missing a beautiful female host!
But Harley Quinn wasn't having it. She pointed to herself, stared wide-eyed at the clown, and said, "Aren't I beautiful? Can't I be a beautiful TV presenter?"
"Oh! Yes, you're beautiful, my little pudding, but you've only ever been a gymnast, a psychologist, and my assistant," the clown shrugged, "but you've never been a host!"
"Oh, right." Harley Quinn nodded thoughtfully.
"A beautiful female host?" Rune rolled his eyes and pointed in the direction where Vicky was pretending to be dead. "There's a woman over there. Let her come. It'll do."
Under his superhuman senses, the female reporter's feigned death was no surprise to Rune. However, since she hadn't done anything wrong, Rune hadn't warned Joker and Harley Quinn beforehand.
The clown walked over with some skepticism and, sure enough, saw the woman covering her ears and pretending to be dead.
"Aha!" the clown laughed loudly. "You're the one!"
With the help of the clown and Harley Quinn, Vicky was forcibly moved to the chair next to Rune. Before she could even sit down, she was startled by the head in front of her.
Moreover, she quickly recognized whose head it was. Vicky felt her blood freeze. That was the supreme god of this planet, the tyrant who brought endless fear and despair, Super Overlord!
But at this moment, his head was placed directly on the table. The blood on his neck had already congealed, and the other half, having been rubbed against the table, was seeping out blood that was now as thick as tar.
Her stomach churned, and acid refluxed, along with the salad she had eaten at noon. This mixture reached her throat, forcing Vicky to bend over slightly, trying to swallow the acid while clutching her stomach to resist the urge to vomit.
Seeing Vicky's distress, Rune gently patted the woman's shoulder and used some magic. "Are you feeling better now?"
After Vicky was patted on the shoulder, she immediately felt something cool rush into her stomach, and her nausea was instantly cured.
"Thank you, I feel much better." Vicky managed a weak smile.
Rune actually recognized her. In other universes, Vicky Vale was Gotham City's reporter, a famous reporter and photographer for the Gotham Gazette, and she had a relationship with Bruce Wayne.
Moreover, during one of the Joker's plans to blow up Gotham City and make Batman feel his own pain, while everyone else was busy leaving the city to take refuge, Vicky went alone to interview the Joker.
Perhaps it was her madness, or perhaps it was her desire to share her ideas and thoughts with others, but this mad child of chaos was very happy to grant an interview and even asked her to follow her all the way.
When the clown showed her the super bomb, she clapped like a little girl, praising the bomb as wonderful and making it clear that she loved purple.
In addition, she has interviewed many Gotham villains, including illogical lunatics like Two-Face, but always emerged unscathed. She can have a pleasant conversation with anyone, including Gotham villains.
However, Vicky's life in Earth-3 didn't seem to be very pleasant; at least, no one bothered to inform her when the others escaped. And she didn't seem to have much courage at all.
Considering the differences between Earth III and the main universe, Rune thought this made sense.
"Alright, let's start!" The clown made a final adjustment to the camera position and then gave Rune a thumbs up.
The TV program has started —
"Welcome—welcome to today's—" Vicky stammered as she recited her lines. Without a teleprompter, she could only memorize the opening from her hazy memory, which was undoubtedly a disaster.
Soon, the clown grew impatient. He looked at Rune and gestured for him to speak.
"Alright, no need for further rambling." Rune spoke up, completely silencing Vicky's words. The camera then turned to Rune, and behind the camera, Vicky's face looked like she was about to cry.
"Look closely," Rune's icy voice echoed to every corner of the world, "that fool who thought himself a god, the leader of the crime syndicate, the strongest man on Earth—Superman, he is dead."
He took the head.
"It's as easy as slaughtering a pig," Rune said with a laugh, but his expression quickly turned serious. "But this is just the beginning."
"Queen of the Superpowers, Ring of Power, Johnny Quick—all members of the Criminal Syndicate, all scum who dare to ride on this world and suck blood, I can tell you very clearly that this is my world, and you intruders who have taken over my personal territory have been added to the death list."
Rune's tone was calm and even, as if he were announcing a given fact, but—
With the strategist and the fists of the crime syndicate dead, what can this organization, which has housed so many villains, use to fight back?
Even if they are still alive, the only way to defeat Rune is if Superpower and Night Owl team up, and also bring in other members of the criminal syndicate.
"Their rule is over," Rune stated the fact. "From this moment on, the old gods are dead, and new gods shall rise."
He leaned forward slightly, his incredibly handsome face, comparable to that of the reader, almost filling the screen.
"This world needs order and justice, but this justice has been delayed for far too long, which in itself is a sin. Therefore, I hereby solemnly apologize to everyone else."
"However, from this day forward, there will be no more chaotic tyranny, no more unlimited freedom, only my laws, and this world will be ruled by me!"
Rune's eyes gleamed with an eerie black and red light: "I allow you to rebel, just as I allowed Superpower and Night Owl to rebel, but the consequences—"
He patted the head beneath his hand and sneered.
Off-screen, the clown burst into uncontrollable laughter, then turned the camera around and gave an exaggerated bow to the countless people watching him, as if celebrating the end of the world.
But those watching this television program know that a new era has begun.
Vicky wanted to bury her head in her chest. What had she heard? Kill all members of the Crime Syndicate?
She didn't want to get involved in this!
No, no, no, Vicky, your performance just now clearly displeased them, okay? It's not fun if you don't even survive tonight! Under this self-hypnosis, Vicky was almost in tears.
She clearly forgot that while the clown and Harley Quinn were insane, they didn't really like—or rather, never killed ordinary people.
"Alright, let's go," Harley Quinn shouted, her face beaming with a smile as she gave Rune a thumbs-up. She also reminded the other Jokers to bring Vicky along.
But this wasn't to silence her; rather, Vicky had already been drawn into the matter, and if she wasn't taken away, who knew what those Syndicate members might do to her.
Now, let's see how the members of the criminal syndicate react —