Chapter 575: All Sewn Up (Part 2)
As mentioned before, there are many laws in Gotham, but there is another law above these laws, which can be said to be above all standards and rules, that is, Batman is above all laws.
In Gotham, Batman and everything he makes have priority over everything else.
The liquid storage device made by Victor is very strong. He has long considered the issue of safety. Some people may wonder why he did not just wrap the device with the hardest iron sheet, but used transparent glass material. Isn't this just for the sake of being handsome and ignoring safety?
But in fact, that layer of transparent glass material is much harder than any steel. It is an extremely strong material developed by Victor on the basis of dense ice. It is even more tough than hard diamonds, so that it will not be brittle even if it is very thin, and it has excellent sealing, and it is not so easy to be destroyed.
However, once its opponent becomes the batarang made by Batman himself, then it will become as brittle as glass.
Victor could never have imagined that Batman would use batarangs to attack this thing. He even anticipated that someone might use a nuclear bomb here, so this material is even resistant to high temperature, impact, and radiation, but not batarangs.
Batman and everything he made are the natural nemesis of everything in Gotham, so the moment the batarang touched this solid material, it broke.
It doesn't matter if it breaks, the liquid inside will spray out, and it doesn't matter if the liquid sprays out, but Gotham has another law, the background story of the villain will never be wasted, and what is coming will always come.
In the background story of the birth of Mr. Freeze, Victor became Mr. Freeze because of the leakage of freezing gas after the power outage. This time, it was also Victor's laboratory, and the freezing material leaked, and it was not surprising that another Mr. Freeze was created.
Or rather, there is more than one.
Thomas was cleaned and transformed by this material. He has all the conditions to become Mr. Freeze and perfectly inherited Mr. Freeze's background story, although this story is a little bizarre and tortuous.
The only one who had a problem was Lex.
Before, Lex had met the original Schiller who was about to leave Metropolis a few years ago. At that time, the original Schiller found that Lex had been given an overdose of sedatives, which had seriously affected his development and body organs.
Perhaps out of sympathy, Schiller fed Lex a certain amount of fine wine, that is, the Dionysus factor.
Since Lex used a very small amount, the improvement he brought was not great, which slightly accelerated his recovery ability and gave him some night vision.
Even Alberto, who had fallen directly into a pool of fine wine full of Dionysus factor, did not become a super-recovery monster like Deadpool. In this way, the self-healing effect brought by the Dionysus factor does not seem to be that strong at all.
However, the Dionysus factor cannot work, not because the two cannot absorb it, but because, in addition to its pharmacological and pathological effects, the Dionysus factor is more like a mystical existence, and it can only work on designated people, that is, the Joker.
If he is not the Joker, even if he has the Dionysus factor, the improvement he brings is not great. He can't do what the Joker did, which was like being beaten half-paralyzed by Batman the day before and continuing to jump around and make trouble the next day.
However, Lex's experience this time is consistent with another background story, that is, the Joker.
Don't forget that the Joker has an origin story, which is falling into a chemical pool. Although Lex did not fall into it this time, he was completely submerged by chemical agents, and the effect is the same.
Moreover, this accident was caused by Batman himself, which is equivalent to overlapping with the background of the Red Hood, and Lex has become the person chosen by Batman.
The birth process of Gotham villains can be regarded as cooking. One ingredient, add another ingredient, put it in the pot and stir-fry, and you can stir-fry a villain.
Sometimes, a dish only needs one ingredient, such as Mr. Freeze, who only needs to throw a handful of "low-temperature laboratory raw material leak" into it to stir-fry a dish.
The Joker dish requires two raw materials to be cooked. First, throw a must-have main ingredient into the pot, which is "Batman's choice". The rest can be selected from the background story of "falling into a chemical pool", "Dionysus factor", or "mentally abnormal" and other characteristics.
The main ingredient plus any auxiliary ingredient can make a dish called Joker. Now, Lex not only added the main ingredient, but also added two auxiliary ingredients, namely the background story of "falling into a chemical pool" and "Dionysus factor". Therefore, it is not surprising that another Joker was born.
But at the same time, Lex also fits the background story of Mr. Freeze. The chemical pool that the Joker fell into in the original background story had no other effect except dyeing his hair and face, but the one made by Victor is different. This chemical pool can create Mr. Freeze.
So, Lex, who has two background stories at the same time and stir-fries two dishes with the same ingredients, has become an unprecedented trinity villain - Mr. Freeze, the Joker.
At this time, the blue liquid was absorbed by the two people near the liquid storage device. As the liquid became less and less, the two people covered gradually revealed their true appearance.
Thomas was the first to regain consciousness. After he stood there for a moment, he began to scream wildly.
The scream was like a person being thrown into a frying pan. He kept curling up his body and scratching his skin. His body began to smoke visibly, as if it was burning.
But this is not surprising. In the original comics, Mr. Freeze has one of the biggest weaknesses, which is that he must wear cryogenic armor. Once the room temperature is higher than 0 degrees and there is no protective device, he will die.
If it is indeed Victor who suffers from this, he can immediately analyze what is going on and find the fastest way to maintain his life. After all, he is the most powerful cryogenic scientist in the world, and this is his base camp.
But Thomas was different. He was a college student, and his major had nothing to do with physical chemistry. Although his grades were much better than Bruce's, they were just at the level of an ordinary college student, and had nothing to do with cryogenics. Moreover, it was his first time in this laboratory, and he couldn't find anything useful here.
He didn't know what was happening. The cells that had been transformed by cryogenics had begun to die gradually, but at this time, Batman walked over, grabbed Thomas, and threw him into the liquid storage device, which still had a little blue liquid left.
Batman's level must be much higher than Thomas, so he saw the problem at the first time. Sure enough, after Thomas was soaked in the remaining blue liquid, he stopped screaming, but lay there blankly looking at the ceiling.
In the final analysis, the strength of Mr. Freeze lies in his technical level, not in himself. The cryogenic transformation he obtained can be said to be a burden.
If only this cryogenic transformation is obtained, it is worse than ordinary people. Thomas is in this situation now. Without this blue liquid, he can't survive at all.
Batman ignored Thomas's hateful eyes. He turned his head and looked at another figure standing in the shadow of the room. The laughter that just sounded made his back cold.
Now, Lex's skin was paler than before. When he looked up, Batman saw a familiar crazy smile on his face.
The reason why Lex was not afraid of room temperature and did not almost spontaneously combust like Thomas was because the Dionysus factor in his body was fully exerting its power, and this contest between low-temperature transformation and self-healing ability also brought him more powerful abilities.
While Batman was stunned by the smile, Lex stretched out a hand, and the cold mist floated towards Batman. In just one second, a thin layer of ice formed on the outside of the bat suit.
Batman retreated at a high speed. When he landed and stabilized his body, he exhaled a white mist visible to the naked eye. At this time, the temperature in the room had dropped to near freezing point.
The blue liquid absorbed by Lex did not completely transform his cells, because the Dionysus factor in his body kept healing his cells, so this liquid that could achieve quick freezing was stored in Lex's body and became a kind of power for him.
In short, Lex has now become a freezing gun with sufficient fuel, and the handling is not limited by the form of weapons, and can also change various forms of quick freezing.
With exciting technology, the madness of the Joker, and the wisdom of Luthor, Batman took a deep breath, and he knew that a hard battle was coming.
At this time, in the ward of Gotham City Central Hospital, Schiller was sitting in front of a bed, Gordon was standing opposite the bed, and the third victim, the girl who was stabbed several times, was lying on the bed. The information in Schiller's hand showed that her name was Angel.
Gordon widened his eyes and asked exaggeratedly: "You mean, no one wants to kill you, you stabbed yourself??? You..."
He paused, then said: "Angel, I know that Gotham is a very dangerous place. There are many people here who may take your life. Maybe they threatened you and prevented you from telling the truth, but with me and Professor Schiller here, you should believe us."
"Tell the truth, we will bring the real murderer to justice, you are safe..."
Angel, pale, shook her head, her expression was a little dazed, she said: "No, I'm telling the truth, it's me who wants to kill me, I may be crazy."
"Tell me specifically, what happened?" Schiller did not refute Angel like Gordon, because he could see that Angel's mental state was indeed not good.
Her pale face was not entirely due to excessive blood loss from being stabbed several times. Judging from the details of her skin, her bad complexion should have lasted for some time.
Angel closed his eyes and said in a very weak voice: "A few days ago, I started to have a strange feeling. Whenever I saw my good friend Belena, I felt... felt..." Angel showed a very painful expression and said in a crying voice: "I just... felt the urge to kill her."