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The thirty-first...

Swish!

The money is gone, yes, not a single bill is left!

Mudface's face was contorted with rage; he was now furious and his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.

The mud gushing from his face was flung off as he shook his body, scattering all around him in a mess of filth.

"Where the hell is my money?"

Lex looked at the mud-faced man in front of him, who was furious and about to collapse, and at Depp, who had just walked up to him, spat on his hand, and was counting money. He was speechless.

"He... really can't see you?"

"Lex asked."

"Of course, after all, the guys locked up here can only be considered second- or third-rate villains at best."

Depp handed the counted banknotes to Lex and said, "I'm actually a ghost wandering between Gotham and Smallville, are you scared?"

Lex glanced disdainfully at the banknote smeared with Depp's saliva, shoved it back, and said, "I think Arkham Asylum is more creepy than ghosts right now."

Sometime in the future, when Lex recalls this moment...

He was filled with regret, beating his feet and chest, and constantly cursing himself for having a mental breakdown.

Why didn't she just take the stack of money, then take the Depp saliva off it and study it?

Right now, Lex's mind was completely occupied with how to deal with the mud monster in front of him.

Lex pulled another wad of banknotes from his pocket and said to Mud Monster, "Hey, you filthy big oaf, look here!"

Mud Monster looked up, and when he saw the banknotes in Lex's hand, his eyes immediately flashed red.

"Money! Money!"

It has to be said that this guy's obsession with money is indeed far beyond that of ordinary people.

Lex also keenly noticed this.

Lex said to the eager mud-faced figure before him, "Protect me from harm, and I'll give you ten times that!"

"ten times!"

Overjoyed, Mudface's eyes widened in surprise, only to be covered in mud again.

Mudface's figure gradually shrank, eventually returning to the size of a normal-sized man wearing jeans and a yellow shirt.

The original Clayface, Basso Caro.

Bassocaro took the money from Lex's hand and said in a simple and honest manner, "Don't worry, boss, you're perfectly safe with me here."

The moment the other party accepted his money, Lex's demeanor immediately changed.

The air of authority immediately emanated from Lex, who spoke to Bassocaro as if he were in his own company: “Very well, the rest of the money will be paid to you after I leave here safely.”

He patted Bassocaro on the shoulder and said, "Keep it up. If you do a good enough job, I won't mind giving you double the money."

Upon hearing this, Bassocaro's face immediately lit up with a smile as bright as a chrysanthemum.

No one ever complains about having too much money, not even the villains in Arkham Asylum.

Especially those like Bassocaro, who were imprisoned here because they were so desperate for money that they did something illegal.

Beside Bassocaro, Depp watched Lex, who was using his money to recruit his first report, and smiled with satisfaction.

"It seems that even young Lex is not someone who will die easily."

"This guy, like Bruce, is someone who can find hope for survival even in dire straits."

“I’m getting more and more excited about you joining us, Lex Luthor.”

Once on the second floor, Lex, protected by his mud-covered face, suddenly felt more confident.

He opened the doors of each ward and checked them one by one.

Unsurprisingly, almost every ward was empty.

The other patients at Arkham Asylum seemed to have vanished into thin air.

This made Lex feel a surge of pride.

"It seems that after I bribed this guy named Bassocalo, no one else dared to attack me anymore. Is this all Arkham Asylum is capable of?"

But the next second, several enormous monsters emerged from the two wards behind, bowing and bending over.

The monstrous creature that walked out of the ward stood upright, its head reaching the ceiling as it stood nearly three meters tall.

The monster was clearly rushed out of production, with bloodstains running down its body from muscles expanding too quickly and bursting through its skin.

"I knew it! This place wouldn't be so easy to get through!"

Lex has treated this Arkham journey as a game.

Lex silently counted the six monsters in front of him, which seemed to be the first challenge after the prologue of Mudface!

If you can complete the game perfectly, you can gain Depp's approval.

This is crucial for Lex!

Moreover, for some reason, Lex felt that the fear in his heart had gradually disappeared.

All that remains is competitiveness and a touch of madness that fits the Arkham theme.

Lex commanded, "Bassocaro, take them down!"

Upon hearing the instruction, Bassocaro immediately transformed back into the Mudface Monster and charged towards the monster-man in front of him.

Soon, the six monsters were locked in combat with Bassocaro.

In the monitoring room, upon seeing Bassocaro attack his monster, Hugo Strange immediately pointed at the monitor screen and angrily said:

"What is that idiot Bassocaro doing? Wasn't he helping that bald kid put on his hospital gown? Why is he attacking my lovely monster?!"

Upon hearing this, the Electrocutioner walked over. He looked at the monitor and said, "Who knows what's wrong with this guy? But your monster had better be able to subdue him, or I'll be very disappointed in you."

After saying that, the person being electrocuted gently pressed the switch on his electrocution device, which made a crackling sound.

This immediately sent a chill down Hugo Strange's spine. In this asylum, he had been punished with electroshock therapy by the electricians more than once.

The most terrifying thing is that after the initial electrotherapy brainwashing, he is now unable to even muster any resistance.

But the footage from the surveillance video plunged Hugo into despair once again.

Just moments ago, Bassocaro was like a simpleton when facing Lex, but now he's like a god of war.

After transforming, Bassocaro is far superior to those hastily made monsters in terms of strength, speed, defense, and stamina.

Bassocaro threw a punch, sending the monster that had lunged at him flying back into the ward.

This punch shattered the monster's jaw.

The monster's minced flesh and bones mixed with the mud on Bassocaro's hands, giving off a foul stench.

Bassocaro was clearly very satisfied with his punch.

He even shifted his face from the front to the back of his head while being attacked by monsters, and then winked at his boss Lex.

Soon, the sounds of bones shattering and muscles tearing echoed one after another.

The six monstrous men were one by one beaten into piles of mangled flesh by Bassocaro.

This scene made Lex feel nauseous.

Young and kind-hearted Lex had never even killed anyone, let alone witnessed such a bloody and brutal scene.

When Bassocaro, having resolved everything, returned to Lex's side covered in blood, Lex finally couldn't hold back any longer.

vomit~

He leaned against the wall and vomited profusely, emptying out everything he had eaten at Depp's place at noon.

After a while, Lex, still vomiting bile, said to Bassocaro, "Go clean up that stuff, and don't let me see it. I'll give you another ten thousand dollars!"

Upon hearing this, Bassocaro immediately rushed to the scene of the battle with a beaming smile and quickly threw the severed limbs and pieces of flesh into the ward.

Then, he slammed the door shut and said, "It's completely cleaned up, my boss!"

Lex spat out the filth from his mouth and then said to Depp, who was standing next to him, "Where's the tap? I want to rinse my mouth."

Upon hearing this, Depp immediately took out a bottle of purified water from his pocket and handed it to Lex.

"You actually carry a bottle of water with you?" Lex took the bottle of purified water in surprise, took a sip, and said, "And it's even ice-cold?!"

Depp smiled without saying a word. "I even have a refrigerator in my system space, let alone a bottle of chilled mineral water?"

Seeing Lex talking in the void and then conjuring up a bottle of mineral water out of thin air, Bassocaro's eyes widened in disbelief.

"I thought my bald boss was delusional, but now it seems he can communicate with spirits!"

Bassocaro thought to himself that Lex must have just made a deal with some strange entity, exchanging something he didn't know for this bottle of mineral water!

After rinsing his mouth, Lex drank the rest of the mineral water in one gulp.

“We should move on, Bassocaro,” Lex commanded. “I think I need you to scout ahead for me.”

Upon hearing this, Bassocaro replied without hesitation, "It's an honor to serve you, my most generous boss."

At the same time, a heart-wrenching scream of pain came from the third floor.

This made Depp, Lex, and the others immediately look up.

None of the three showed any fear on their faces at that moment.

On the contrary, it's like seeing two old ladies arguing in the market and being unable to resist squeezing to the front to watch the excitement.

Five minutes later, the howling gradually turned into barely perceptible groans, and Lex said, "Let's move on. I want to get out of here quickly and go home to lie in my big bed and get a good night's sleep."

In the monitoring room, Hugo Strange lay on the floor, foaming at the mouth, groaning in pain, and occasionally twitching in a grotesque manner.

This is clearly what it looks like after being electrotherapy.

The electrician gave Hugo Strange a disdainful look, then said to the others in the monitoring room, "Looks like we'll have to work together. This bald guy doesn't seem to be simple."

After saying that, the person who used electric shocks left the monitoring room first.

Behind him, Mad Hatter, Clayface III and IV, Ventriloquist II, Calendar Man, Killer Moth, Firefly, Victor Zass, and Scarecrow walked out of the monitoring room one after another.