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Underworld Of Roses III
🕑 Added 2022-04-01 16:35:44 +0000 UTC.................
Chapter 53: Underworld Of Roses III
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By the time he finished talking, he found a kick almost reaching his head, one he was barely able to evade, "This is how you want to go huh? If you are who I think you are, then I'm gonna enjoy this."
Nightwing started approaching Ian with a smug smile on his face. He might not have been sure it's really Ian, but batman warned that Ian might pull something similar, so even if it's not him, it should be someone working for him.
Batman also told him that he doesn't trust Ian at all and that if the latter breached the contract, they'd have to prove it, else it would all be for nothing except in special cases.
Nightwing saw this as an opportunity to destroy the contract because despite how useful all of the information provided by Ian for the past month was, he still doesn't want to support a criminal, especially someone like Ian.
"Let's see what you go." And yet another kick almost hit his head, but this time he easily evaded it by simply crouching down a bit.
He didn't act but just circled around Ian as the latter delivered kick after kick, and each one was evaded with style.
Ian stopped and let out a sigh startling Nightwing for a second only to follow it up with a swift kick. It failed to land yet again.
However, it did give him the opportunity to change his fighting style to the style he has more mastery over, and landed a swift punch, and another before Nightwing flip back.
He seemed a bit zoned out as he traced his hand around his nose, feeling blood sinking down, "Playing dirty? Don't say I didn't give you a chance."
Nightwing pulled two black batons from his belt, and pressed a small button on their handle, activating their electrocuting functionality as they lit up with lightning-like rays.
'Ok, that looks scary. I'm definitely not being a coward, this is just a strategic retreat.' Ian convinced himself and nodded before starting to walk away, confusing Nightwing though that didn't last for long as he found himself collapsing to the ground, all due to the homeless man standing not far behind him with a taser.
Ian walked up to a garbage truck stopped in the depths of the alleyway. He got inside as it started driving away, and only then did he start changing his clothes.
He took off his jacket and mask, then took off his black pants leaving white pants underneath. He changed his shoes, took off his gloves, and he was done.
The truck didn't drive too far away before it stopped in a fairly secretive place. Ian walked out and started making his way to a certain predetermined destination.
His clothes were casual and a bit stylish. long-sleeved Liam blue shirt, nice white pants, and simple white shoes. He fixed his hair on the way as it was messy due to the mask.
It was almost like he was prepared for a date just after committing a genocide, granted it was a massacre of demon worshippers, but still. There is no way any couple would be crazy enough to do something like this.
A sweet smile surfaced on Ian's face, one unimaginable for someone who just did what he did. He spread his arms catching the girl leaping onto him.
"We're finally going on a date!!" Selina happily said as she embraced Ian with her legs tightly locked around his middle section.
Just a while ago, she was attired in her cat outfit, but now she was wearing tight black jeans and a casual loose-fit white blouse, showing her perfect curves. She also had silverly dangle earrings, and lastly, black kitten heel shoes.
Ian circled one of his arms around her waist and the other beneath her ass just to hold her in place. That was definitely the only reason.
He then sealed her lips in a passionate kiss and she reciprocated, feeling his intense feelings mostly from what he had just experienced, and she was feeling the same from the mission he gave her.
The few people around were looking at them as if they were insane as they stopped the kiss leaving a trail of saliva between them, and that's because they were insane.
"Sorry it took this long, but I was busy and this is special isn't it?" Ian responded with amusement as he let her down and held her hand.
Selina let out a giggle, her face was bright due to her happiness, "It was insane. I've never had this much fun borrowing something from someone. I jump around and flew throughout the city. How do you think and plan this stuff?"
"I just think of how to make things fun without hurting the goal's success, and it usually happens," Ian murmured as they started walking around, finally like a normal sweet couple.
"How about you? How did it go?" Selina asked curiously though she still doesn't know what he did.
"I am kind of envious of you. It was intense, but still kind of boring because of how good I am. It was nice overall but you got to sway around, hanging from a tower crane, god that sounds awesome."
Ian reflected on the latest adventure more before adding, "But well, I got more than I bargained for, so I am happy."
They really looked like the happiest couple around Gotham, the last word being the key point. In Gotham, the crazier you are the happier you are.
They arrived at their first stop, a nice small coffee. They took a seat, being the only people in the coffee, in fact, it was strange that it was open at this point in the first place.
The date was after all late at night, very late at night, so Ian prepared for everything. They had a very light meal consisting of milkshakes and sweets. They sat very close to each other and just chatted about things no normal couple things about.
They then made their way to their next stop. they slowly walked on their imaginary peaceful date, ignoring the sounds of sirens and gunshots sounding from far away.
They reached Gotham's garden, a nice place and it was getting nicer as it isn't the homeless' home anymore, all due to Ian. It's more clean and peaceful, but it's Gotham so who knows what happens under the tree's branches.
Selina had her arm wrapped around his arm, situated in a comfortable position. It was a peaceful date without anything wild except for the extremely absurd stuff before, but she found it to be the coziest thing in like ever.
'Ah God, I hope this goes on forever... Until we die in one of our wild adventures.'
Suddenly Ian's phone started vibrating. He brought it out and answered just as they took a seat in one of the garden seats.
"What have you done?" A raspy voice sounded from the other line, but Ian could detect traces of anger.
"Hmm? I am not sure what you're talking about, but I am having a date with my girlfriend right now." Ian casually answer, and Selina could see an amused smile on his face.
"Just tell me what have you done."
"Hmm, sure. you convinced me. So what I basically did is vanquishing a few demons and borrowing valuables, and that's it."
Ian's words made Selina giggle as she pondered about his words, gaining a general idea of what he has done, but she didn't care much. She knows he has involuntary done more for Gotham than most, and that's really what matters to her. As long as her hometown is becoming more peaceful, then it's alright.
"You aren't responsible for the war?" Batman questioned, whether he trusted his words or not remains unknown.
"Of course not. I found information about it and used something that was gonna happen for the greater good. I definitely wouldn't do something like that."
It was almost like Ian was being sarcastic, and basically just telling him he's responsible, but that only made Batman trust his words more, having a general idea of what Ian is like.
"You've only told me of two locations where a fight will occur, yet there was another aside from the nightclub which appears to be your doing... Why?"
Batman's words actually surprised Ian, "You sure work fast. It has only been like an hour? But I didn't know about a third location. It's news to me."
Batman was silent for a while, contemplating the situation, and easily understood that it was but another distraction.
He predicted that Ian would use this war as a distraction, so he left his colleagues to look out for any strange occurrences aside from the two locations of action, and something did happen, a third war location that have nothing to do with Ian. Another distraction.
And Ian has almost gone entirely undisturbed, but he took quite a long time, enough for Nightwing to show up.
however, what Batman has yet to figure out is that to a certain extent, Ian's actions were also a distraction. Two other events occurred at the same time, one by Selina and another by the rest of the Roses.
The Roses' actions were also branched out to a few more distractions, and events that happened at the same time.
What Ian needed at this point was more funds, way more funds to expand his network of information. He also needed more raw information which was successfully acquired by Selina among other things.
God, he's a fucking menace to everyone. Surely it can't get worse than this, right?
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Gilgamos
Thanks for the chapter
