American comics: From Hogwarts to God on Earth

Chapter 490 Giving Catwoman a Little Shock

"Can you put me down? I have my pride too—"

Rune continued walking, the catwoman behind him still bound like a dumpling, a practice akin to being paraded through the streets that made the woman both ashamed and angry.

She was merely testing Rune's ability to save Batman, and while there was a "small" amount of personal grudge involved, she only extended her alloy claws slightly, resulting in only a minor scratch.

This suit was Batman's birthday gift, and it's not lethal at all!

Furthermore, what happened to the saying that mages are afraid of assassins? This isn't what we were told!

Rune rolled his eyes. Her attack was really not threatening at all. Even his beast senses didn't bother to warn him. But if it were Wolverine, his claws would probably have already pierced her.

Tsk, I'll have to remind the other Catwoman later, otherwise it might ruin Batman's happy sex life.

"Don't move. Right now, only those supervillains are on the street. Ordinary people can't see you like this."

"That's why I want you to put me down—because only supervillains can see this!" Catwoman shrieked, her lower face visibly turning bright red. "Especially those women, they're such a chatterbox!"

Rune glanced at the catwoman. "Take it!"

With that, Rune continued to "parade" the catwoman through the streets.

The levitation cloak is no ordinary magical item; it is virtually indestructible, capable of protecting the wearer from both physical and magical attacks. Moreover, it possesses its own consciousness, and without Rune's permission, the catwoman certainly wouldn't be able to get down.

Catwoman could only curl up into a ball and keep quiet to avoid being seen by other supervillains—just thinking about Harley Quinn's mouth made her shudder.

If she were to see it, it would be equivalent to all the supervillains in Gotham, and even the entire world, seeing it. That crazy woman's personality, connections, and charisma are among the best in Gotham and even the entire DC Universe.

Who knows how long Harley will keep talking about this!

Of course, this did not prevent her from assessing Rune's strength.

Gotham is in complete chaos right now, thanks to the tough-guy culture of its people. Many law-abiding citizens are now going out to rob people to make extra money, and they've long been used to it.

"Hey, you! Stop right there!" A guy with his face covered by a stocking rushed over, picked up a pistol and pointed it at Rune. The funny thing was that the stocking had a very low denier, which meant that the guy's face was almost completely exposed to Brother Eye's view.

In other words, even if he hadn't encountered Rune, he would have been rescued and beaten up by Batman afterward, and then sent to Blackgate Prison.

The mentally challenged robber stared at Rune and his robes, his greed almost overflowing. Rune didn't even need to use telepathy to see through his thoughts.

"You—" Rune sized up the idiot robber, "You're not a local from Gotham?"

"So what?!" He swallowed hard. "Hand over the money and the robe right now!"

Rune sighed; he hadn't seen such a fool in a long time.

"What do you mean by sighing? Are you looking down on me?!" The robber was enraged by Rune's reaction, and he then released the safety, preparing to pull the trigger.

Catwoman, who was being burying her head in the sand by Rune, was speechless. She finally spoke up and complained, "He's calling you stupid. Real Gothamites wouldn't dare wear a mask like that, and you're trying to steal from someone who's obviously a superhuman. Didn't you see that the other Gothamites didn't dare come any closer? Did you run all the way from Central City?!"

Central City is the Flash's main area of ​​operation, and the rogue gang there even has rules against drug use and harming women or children, making them seem unusually benevolent as a villainous organization.

Only this city could produce such a foolish robber—Barry is too kind.

Catwoman's words directly stung the foolish robber. She was right; this guy was wanted after a robbery, and if the Flash hadn't been out of Central City at the time, he would have been in jail long ago.

In order to avoid being recaptured by the returning Flash, he fled to Gotham City overnight—because he heard that the superheroes there didn't kill anyone, and Gotham was a notorious lawless area with many gangs, practically a goldmine.

Yes, this idiot wants to make a fortune in Gotham.

The robber immediately opened fire. It was clear that the robber had practiced shooting techniques many times, as he was able to fire all seven of Colt's bullets in the blink of an eye, with decent accuracy.

But putting aside the fact that this can't even be considered a super shooting skill, and that super shooting skills themselves aren't even considered very powerful skills in the DC universe, the only way to improve this ability is through technology, and researching and manufacturing firearms and forging shooting skills are completely conflicting.

As for technology, magic, and physical strength—at least those with superpowers who use these powers don't need to spend extra time honing other skills.

Even superb archery skills are more desirable than superb marksmanship, so those who only possess superb marksmanship skills can generally only become second- or third-tier heroes or villains.

Rune easily stopped the seven bullets in front of him. They hovered in the air, as if stuck in some kind of thick glass, unable to move.

Catwoman could even clearly see the bullets spinning, and judging from Rune's expression, it seemed quite easy for him.

Seeing this, the idiot finally remembered to run away. He hurriedly turned his back and tried to run in multiple directions. However, Rune was not Batman, nor had he joined the Bat-family.

In other words, he did not have a principle of not killing.

Rune simply waved his hand, and two enormous tentacles grew from the ground. They quickly grabbed the robber, ignoring his pleas for mercy, and gently tightened their grip.

Pfft!

A pile of minced meat was thus created, but the head was still intact. However, due to the shock of excessively high blood pressure, the robber's face turned bright red, and his eyes almost popped out.

This cruel execution made Catwoman's eyes widen; those superheroes would never do such a thing.

"Um, why did you kill him?" Selena asked cautiously. Her physical strength wasn't very strong. Rune could crush this robber, so he could crush her too. Therefore, her tone softened.

I thought he was a villainous hero, but he turned out to be a cruel anti-hero, or worse, this mage might even be a villain!

To make matters worse, Batman, himself, and Alfred already owe him a favor!

Rune glanced at Selena in surprise. His psychic abilities passively told him that Selena was frightened. "Why are you suddenly scared? Aren't you familiar with the methods of those Gotham villains?"

"You can read my mind?!"

Rune shook his head. "I can tell just by looking at your expression. I just don't understand why you feel sympathy for a robber. If I were just an ordinary person, I would be dead by now. You don't sympathize with me, the victim, but instead sympathize with the perpetrator. What kind of logic is that?"

As he spoke, Rune pointed to a small alleyway nearby and asked, "Right?"

A somewhat maniacal laugh rang out, "Yes, yes, my friend, Rune is right, hahahahaha!"

Catwoman's eyes widened.