City Of Scars Batman นิยาย & เรื่องราว

"I'm just nervous for you. I mean, if you follow him out to Boston, what will you have then? You'll be trapped, won't you? Sort of at his mercy." "That's a little dramatic." "I'm serious. What if he turns out to be, like, a psycho murderer? And he tries to cut off your toes and eat them?" "You've been listening to too many podcasts." I hesitate, trying to remember if he ever looks at my feet. But no, Scar's not into that. I'm pretty sure. "I'm just saying, try to think about what a move like this would be like. Strange city, reliant on a man. All that stuff."

--- **The Fractured City** At dawn, the western horizon fractures. A city thrusts upward, its architecture a schizophrenic collage-glass spires fused to concrete slums, neon signs written in a language that squirms when read. It shouldn't exist. The Seed's roots recoil from it, thorny veins blackening at the tips. Veyra finds me gripping the storm-gun. "Scouts went missing there last night. Their mutations... reversed." "Reversed?" She peels back her sleeve. Where serrated bone once protruded, smooth skin remains. "The city *erases* scars. Even the old ones."

They were all connected, pieces of a puzzle I was desperate to solve, but every step forward felt like a trap. We moved through the alley, Scar leading the way, his rifle raised, while the remaining team member, a wiry man with a buzzcut, covered our rear. Liam kept me close, his arm around my waist, half-supporting me as my bare feet scraped against the wet pavement. The city loomed around us, its towering warehouses and graffiti-smeared walls closing in like a cage. The rain had slowed to a drizzle, but it did nothing to wash away the fear crawling up my spine.

Silence fell over the Wastes, broken only by the howling wind. Caleb let out a deep breath, the silver tattoos fading back into his skin. He walked over to Scarlett, who was leaning heavily on her jade brush, her chest heaving. He wrapped a strong, warm arm around her waist, pulling her close. "Not bad for a villainess," Caleb murmured, pressing a kiss to her temple. "Not bad for a lab rat," Scarlett teased back, though her hands were shaking slightly from the adrenaline. But the victory was cut short. The fist-sized ball of scrap metal on the ground suddenly began to project a low-resolution hologram. It wasn't the Herald. It was a massive, sprawling cityscape of dark metal and violet light