Chapter 197: Chaos

"You can talk to me if your heart is heavy; you can come to me if your thoughts are loud."

- Unknown

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Gotham, Fashion District

This is an area next to the East End, which is located in the southern part of the East End, but it covers less than half the total area of the East End.

This is where Miller Port is, which is Gotham's biggest port.

Originally, it was the second-busiest area after the Diamond District.

The industry was exceptionally developed, especially in the waters around Miller Port. There were so many cargo ships passing through every day, which was good.

However, what used to be a very busy port has turned into a place where fear and death are spreading.

The bodies of workers and sailors are scattered everywhere, and severed limbs and arms fill every corner of the docks.

There is a lot of blood that flows into the water from the docks. The water is red, just tens of meters away from the port area.

A number of cargo ships are anchored in the water with their lights on, but there are no signs of them sailing or docking. They're just floating on the water.

Looking more closely, there are more than a dozen bodies on the deck, all of them dressed in sailor uniforms!

"No! Don't do this! Please! No!!!!!!"

At this moment, a sailor suddenly fell from the sky onto the deck and started screaming uncontrollably for mercy.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!"

A piercing wail and scream echoed throughout the entire port, then fell silent with a thud.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

A sound of wings flapping came from the sky.

In the sky, a huge humanoid bat flapped its wings continuously and made strange noises with its mouth.

The creature had the face of a bat, but it looked like it was happy like a person right now.

As if the recent massacre had brought it a sense of physical and mental pleasure.

It turned around and flew back to the docks, where it planned to find its next meal.

Howl!!!

Just in that instant, it let out a painful roar and was randomly stabbed in pain and shot through its ankle.

When it looked down, it saw that a spiked Grappling Gun was stuck in its foot, and the spikes were pretty deep in its flesh.

On the Grappling Gun was a tough rope that was several meters long. There was a red figure at the end of the rope.

Next, a red figure rushed towards the humanoid bat at an incredible speed, with the visible shrinking of ropes.

"What have you done, you ugly monster!"

Robin's face turned red with anger while veins popping in his forehead.

He gripped the swiftly retracting Grapplin Gun with one hand and held a short stick that emitted a sparkling electric light.

Just as he was about to hit the humanoid bat in the air, Robin raised the electric rod and swung it at the bat.

Robin raised the voltage of the electric stick on purpose so that it would really hurt the bat. It probably would have killed a normal person with just one touch if it had hit them.

But when it hit the bat, it only paralyzed its body.

A blue electric current ran through Bat's entire body, which caused him to lose control of his wings and fall straight down under the force of gravity.

Robin also started falling freely. He quickly pressed a button on the Grappling Gun, which released the claw from the rope that was attached to the bat's ankle.

He then threw the claw at high speed at the mast of a nearby cargo ship, using the top of the mast as a pivot point and swinging down.

Clang!

Splash!

Two straight sounds echoed from the deck.

The bat hit the deck hard from almost one hundred meters up while making a big dent in the strong ground.

Robin landed smoothly.

After easily binding the bat with a rope, Robin stood up and gazed at the dozens of bat-shaped shadows circling in the sky above the dock, his expression extremely serious.

"Where did these creatures come from?"

A while ago, when the Phantom Thief disguised himself as the White Skull and infiltrated the False Face Society, Robin didn't rush to Robinson Park since Batman was already there.

Robin started cleaning up the streets of Gotham one block at a time, starting at Wayne Tower and working his way out.

While most of the main force of the False Face Society had been drawn to Robinson Park, there were still many people influenced by the riots who had joined in the chaos.

Robin and Batgirl's task was to stop these criminals.

Of course, they weren't the only ones working on this mission. Gotham had many people helping them.

For example, the GCPD... and the Penguin.

Overall, with the strong intervention of the Gotham police and the Penguin's gang, the riots in the city were quickly suppressed.

Before long, Robin and Batgirl were freed up and able to support Batman at Robinson Park.

During this time, Robin, Batgirl, and Alfred back at the Batcave were busy with their own tasks and didn't have time to watch virtual live streams.

So, they were unaware of the confrontation between the Phantom Thief and the Black Mask in Robinson Park.

When they finally had a moment to watch, the virtual live stream suddenly closed, and they couldn't use it to find out the situation at Robinson Park.

This was right at the moment when the Phantom Thief and Batman were using the antidote to restore a person who had been turned into a bat monster, so the Phantom Thief immediately ended the livestream.

Since it wouldn't be good for too many people to know what the Phantom Thief and Batman would be talking about afterward.

So, Robin and Batgirl headed towards Robinson Park from their respective positions.

Robin entered the Fashion District from the eastern part of the Diamond District, while Batgirl crossed through the Upper West Side from Old Town's west side while heading towards Robinson Park from the east and west.

Afterward, Robin was shocked to discover dozens of humanoid bats in the sky above Miller Harbor.

They were attacking from the air, the ground, and rooftops—they were everywhere.

It's worth mentioning that most of the people on the streets of Gotham at this moment were participants in the riots and perpetrators of violence.

With the sudden appearance of countless humanoid bats, the tide of the battle turned, and they became the victims.

In addition to Miller Harbor, the whole northern part of the Fashion District was full of bats. There were hundreds of them.

Batgirl had a similar encounter to Robin's.

After she entered the Upper West District, she quickly discovered countless humanoid bats, to the point where she could feel her old wounds subtly aching.

That didn't mean she was scared. On the contrary, a sense of revenge and excitement filled her heart.

The battle was about to begin.

While fighting the humanoid bats, Robin and Batgirl both caught a glimpse of something new.

Whether it was the humanoid bats appearing in the Fashion District or those in the Upper West District, they were mostly concentrated near the eastern part of the city and seemed to be expanding outward.

There was something happening in the eastern part of Gotham.

It was easy to come to this conclusion.

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