Seeing that everybody was more or less ready, the middle-aged ringleader gave a final speech. “Alright, everyone, listen up.” He didn’t continue until everybody had stopped to look at him. “Tonight, we have to be fast and hard. Don’t get caught up with the cops. We’ll break in, find the target, and evacuate. If anyone is injured and caught, keep your mouths shut. Everybody will supervise the transfer of your share to your account. Got it?”
The criminals replied with discordant voices, “Got
it.”
Then, everybody looked up. Because a cold, mechanical “Got it” had also rung out above their heads just now.
Some guys with quicker reflexes pointed their guns at the source of the voice without hesitation. But they didn’t see anything out of place. There wasn’t any trace of a person on the empty factory’s steel beams.
While everybody was still in a daze, a black giant glided out of a dark corner of the warehouse and swooped at them as his cape hardened into narrow wings.
The black giant kicked out with both legs in mid-flight at the stomachs of two criminals on the edge of the group, and there was the faint sound of cracks.
The two criminals were sent flying and hit the criminals next to them.
At the same time, four dark shadows on gray metal wires flew in arcs from the black giant’s hands toward the furthermost criminals. Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! “Ouch! Ah! Oh! Pu~!” After a series of noises, eight or so criminals were either kicked away or tied up by the rope darts.
The cape on the black giant’s back went back to normal as he slowly landed in the middle of the criminals.
“First warning! Everybody, lay down your weapons and drop to your knees on the ground, and I guarantee you’ll be fine.” A mechanical voice rang out as the triangular lenses on the black helmet flashed red, like bloody eyes which stared coldly at the criminals.
A bald man dropped his pistol and asked in a shaky voice, “B- Batman?”
The stranger with bloody eyes looked at the baldie. “Very good. You’ll keep all your limbs when you go to prison.”
All the criminals exchanged alarmed looks. Nobody moved.
If anybody had opened fire a moment ago, they might have followed that lead.
Yet, the first person to stand out dropped his gun and surrendered. Then… should they surrender too?
Even though they were villains, they weren’t entirely crazy. They had seen on TV how Batman valiantly saved people in recent days. Naturally, they were a little hesitant to shoot him.
Secondly, Batman was very strong, and in a small group of hoodlums, he only needed to deal with every one of them with a single kick or punch.
They themselves weren’t small fry, but they didn’t think they could fend off an attack by Batman.
Luke secretly sighed. Why are you really surrendering?! I only said that in order to set Batman up as a knight. He could only continue, “Now, everybody drop your weapons, lie on the ground, and put your hands behind your head.”
The criminals still didn’t move.
They were too cowardly to attack first.
Whoever made the first move was usually the most unlucky one; the criminals understood this principle.
However, they were unwilling to just lie down obediently either. Luke: “Warning! On the count of three, I will attack you. One!
“Two!”
“Bam!” There was the sound of a crash as half a brick suddenly fell from the wall of the warehouse and hit some broken metal.
The criminals whose nerves were already stretched taut subconsciously pulled the trigger.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Gunfire rang out, but Luke just stepped forward and picked up two criminals in front of him before he hurled them at the criminals nearby.
As the two men flew out and distracted most of the others, Luke’s sturdy figure charged forward swiftly and shouldered a guy who was firing an AK. The guy’s AK flew out of his hands as Luke pushed him back several steps to smash into a wall.
Luke then swept his right leg out to hit a criminal nearby in the face and send him spinning around. After that, he kicked a criminal who was firing wildly on his right. This unfortunate criminal smashed into his companions behind him like a cannonball.
At that moment, the criminals’ heads had gone blank. All they knew was to pull the trigger and shoot like crazy at the black giant.
But to their despair, all their bullets shattered or were deflected when they hit the dark suit, leaving nothing but white marks on it. Pa! Bam! Clang! With a series of noises, Luke didn’t stop moving as he made his way around the factory.
Like sandbags, all the criminals were either sent flying by Luke’s fists and legs, or knocked aside by the heavy Batman suit. They flew everywhere like cannonballs.
In less than twenty seconds, they had all fallen. They yelled and moaned as they lay on the ground in weird positions. Some of the unlucky bastards were even hanging from or had been smashed into various items, including but not limited to tables, benches, beams, cars, and dustbins.
“Three!” Luke finished his countdown unhurriedly.
Bang! Bang! He abruptly kicked two criminals next to him who were tied up with the rope darts. They both screamed.
“Ah!” “Ah!”
Luke had broken their shins.
Luke strode to the center and said, “I did say that if you still make a move by the time I count to three, don’t think about going to prison with all your limbs intact.”
The two criminals felt like crying. Bro, we haven’t moved at all since you tied us up!
Luke was too lazy to pay attention to the two unlucky bastards. What was the most important thing for family? Of course, it was to stick together! He hadn’t used much of his strength in the fight, and had crushed the criminals with nothing but the bulletproof suit. The more savage criminals who were clearly bent on killing him had crushed joints at the very least, while those who hesitated and were less fierce only had broken arms or legs. At that moment, Luke focused his attention on the middle-aged ringleader who had just gotten up from the ground. The two parts of his body that had been hit just now suddenly warped, and traces of what looked like sand appeared. A moment later, his twisted arm was back to normal.
Luke raised his eyebrows. “A super ability?” The middle-aged ringleader grinned maliciously. “You actually forced me to reveal my ability. I’m going to kill you!” With that, he charged forward. As the middle-aged ringleader rushed forward, fine sand within a ten-meter radius around him started to quiver, and in less than two seconds, a sand vortex was formed.