Chapter 30: Discussion and a friendly sparring
I pointed to the frozen crocodile, but this time I didn't need to aim. I shot another arrow painfully at the top of the ice. It was all money thrown away. I still haven't found a gold mine that can reimburse me. You can expect Mr. Bruce to come back soon, because I really can't afford this.
The three members of the Bat's family and friends group had no idea what she was going through. They just saw a flash of white light, and the Killer Croc, who had previously been just a vague human silhouette, disappeared completely.
An irregular piece of ice, three meters high and five meters wide, remained where the enemy should have been. Only a fuzzy figure could be seen through the transparency of the ice.
Several people let out a long sigh, perhaps because it was cold, after all, after two shots, all the heat around had been absorbed. Theoretically, it can create liquid nitrogen at over 100 degrees below zero. After chemical reactions, the lost energy in the air doesn't reach the required limit, but it can still be maintained at around 50 degrees below zero.
"It's all right, the mission is accomplished, I'll leave first..." Thea said to the few people with relaxed faces, ready to turn around and leave, afraid that the few people would ask them to take them back.
There would be no problem in taking the Catwoman with her. The two flew back and forth several times. If Catwoman brought up the subject, she wouldn't object, but Robin and Barbara were a little harder. The two fought the Crocodile for a while. The smell on their bodies really wasn't pleasant.
Maybe I can tolerate Barbara, and being women, I can fly back with her, but I can't stand Robin's smell. If they ask for help, I'll go, regardless of whether they agree or not, it's uncomfortable.
"Get down from there, let's have a talk..." Catwoman quickly grabbed her.
Seeing that she couldn't run away, Thea could only get off the skateboard honestly and was pulled by a few people to find an open space away from the ice for the meeting on-site.
"Should we go further? Will he hear?" Robin pointed to the ice with the Killer Croc wrapped up and asked several people. Since he didn't understand the principle, he was focused on Thea.
"He's unconscious and can't hear us. Don't worry." Barbara didn't even wait for Thea's response. She shut down her boyfriend's dumb question in a few sentences. At the same time, she thought to herself, the difference in basic knowledge is so big that I'll definitely enroll my boyfriend in a cram course. If I get a diploma, it'll be better when we get married.
Although Barbara ended the matter with a stern tone, Thea still nodded. "Barbara's right, he should be unconscious now, and with the thick layer of ice, he can't hear anything."
Robin felt a little embarrassed. He felt like there were only women in the room, except for him, so he should make more use of his skills. However, his weak performance would only backfire, so he smiled timidly.
Seeing that he wasn't speaking, several women showed no intention of continuing the conversation, although they were all discussing, they couldn't find a good way to deal with the ice cube. The three Bat family and friends unconsciously looked at Thea. Does this mean it's my fault? I have to fix this before he freezes to death!
Thea was also a bit confused. What she and Felicity had originally considered was power and duration. At most, they also considered the cost. She really hadn't thought about how to deal with the result she had caused.
"Felicity, do you have any ideas?" At this point, I can only ask my friends for help.
"... " A silent silence came from the headset.
"Well, let's find Commissioner Gordon and discuss this together." Catwoman finally made a reasonable suggestion at the critical moment. In fact, she herself had no idea. This was a sign of taking the initiative to shift the blame.
Several people thought it was a good idea and responded one after the other, saying that having an elder in the family is like having a treasure. They must give their best to the elders' subjective initiative. They were all thrown out to make excuses for themselves and for others who had no idea: "Wait for me to call. The four heard a busy tone in their headsets and knew that Felicity had gone to call someone, but there was no waiting for anyone else.
"Miss Thea, are you interested in competing with me?" Barbara made a suggestion enthusiastically.
Several people had different reactions. Catwoman was looking forward to a good show, Robin was a little worried about his girlfriend, and Thea was bored. She was ready to find a grassy place to sleep. You know, her recent schedule has been sleeping during the day and fighting monsters at night. She was forced to form a team and went to Gotham, and her biological clock hadn't adjusted yet.
But looking at Barbara's victorious expression, she was too lazy to banter with her. She was definitely intimidating her with her weapons. She tossed away her bow and arrow and waved to her, "Let's go."
Seeing her toss away the bow and arrow, Barbara and Robin, who were preparing to challenge, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. No way, Thea's high-tech arrows were almost invincible against ordinary people, let alone against them. If Lady Shiva were here, you could suffer great losses if you weren't prepared. After all, this is an age of science and technology, not an age of martial arts.
But as a Catwoman who had fought her many times, when she saw her toss away her weapon and her two companions showed relaxed expressions, she could only smile, indicating that she would just watch quietly and say nothing.
Now that everyone had given up weapons with so many advantages, Barbara also tossed away her belt, no, it was a whip disguised as a belt.
Thea wasn't there during the initial battle and didn't see where she got the whip from, so she was really shocked when she suddenly saw her opponent unbuttoning her belt and almost shouted, "I give up."
I feel like she's being a bit pretentious. Where can I pass the whip? On the arm or the thigh? Wouldn't it work? It would be too easy to cause ambiguity by holding a weapon tied to the waist. As a woman, I'd be surprised. And what if the opponent is a man? When you take off the belt and your combat power is five, you immediately turn into a werewolf. That combat power can exceed a hundred.
Thinking about it makes me feel dangerous, so I try to convince her, girl, you have to respect yourself, the adult world is still very dangerous! But when she thought that the friendship between the two hadn't reached that level, even if it did, she didn't want to listen and could only give up.
When she realized she was giving a false alarm, Thea's original laziness was pushed aside. She was originally prepared to deal with it to kill time. As she was so determined, yes, her belt was untied, so she had no choice but to help her.
We walked to the field empty-handed and stood guard against each other. No one took the first step. Barbara signaled for Thea to attack first, which made her a little funny. You're not as good as me, so you're giving me the first move? I hope your loss isn't too ugly.
"Attention." After the reminder, Thea launched an attack first. She used a Wing Chun lifting hand to hit the opponent's face directly. Barbara used a judo move to try to grab the opponent's arm., get ready for the next throwing skill.
But Thea is also good at judo. How could she be caught so easily? Wing Chun is known for its rigid defense. She spread her arms out, blocked Barbara's arms, and went straight for her center.
Although Barbara had never seen this style of fighting before, she reacted quickly, immediately switching to wrestling and launching a burst of intense attacks to try to regain control. However, what started as a mutual exchange of blows soon turned into a fierce one-sided attack from her side. It seemed like the fight was evenly matched, but in reality, she had no advantage.
The two fought for less than a minute, and Thea had already figured out Barbara's Kung Fu routines to some extent. It would be unfair to say she was weak in hand-to-hand combat. You could see she had trained hard, but her moves were too predictable. She just repeated karate, judo, and wrestling moves, which worked well against ordinary people.
But dealing with Thea, who can now fight Lady Shiva unarmed, is a bit tricky.
Firstly, there's a problem with her moves. These moves are very disadvantageous against larger enemies. Like Killer Croc, if you use throwing skills, you'll be in trouble. Robin knows this very well. It's just because they're both women now, with similar strength and physique, that they can fight for several rounds.
Secondly, she doesn't really have much experience in unarmed combat, which makes her waste a lot of unnecessary energy. Maybe if she used the whip, she wouldn't have to move so much. But now, facing Thea's strong attack, she can only try to dodge and use a lot of energy to keep moving. Thea's approach made it difficult for Barbara to maintain distance.
The last and most critical issue is that she's never seen Wing Chun. Batman knows this fighting style; after all, he claims to know 127 types of martial arts. Maybe he has a strong body and doesn't like this kind of hand-to-hand combat. If you don't like something, you usually don't use it. If Batman doesn't use it, Barbara must never have seen it. Also, with little experience against this style, she could last at least five minutes in the past, but now she's almost exhausted after more than a minute.
If this were in the past, she would have been defeated quickly. Original Thea is humble. Also, the concept in this world is to use as much force as possible. If you're merciful with the enemy, they'll be ruthless.
But the situation now is a bit different. I'm fighting outside my home, and it's a friendly fight with a friend. Most importantly, this fight is against the current leader of my own camp. Making her look bad easily would damage the friendship between us.
But Thea couldn't admit defeat; it would be too false. I sighed in my heart that this opponent was too weak and hadn't used many of her moves yet. I had no choice but to abandon the advantages of Wing Chun and switch to karate. The two continued to train slowly.
When Robin first saw that his girlfriend was defeated, he became extremely anxious and wanted them to stop, but he also knew that neither of them would listen, at least not the competitive Barbara.
While thinking about how to resolve the fight without hurting his girlfriend's face, he suddenly realized that Thea had changed her movements. He had never seen Wing Chun before, but he felt that the attack was fierce, powerful, and overwhelming, and he kicked her. If it were him, he would probably be defeated.
As for the current move, he could see clearly. Isn't that karate? It seemed she wasn't familiar with karate. The original expectation that his girlfriend would win resurfaced. Maybe she could win? After all, if a girlfriend fights with other people, if she still wants to have a good life, she will support her girlfriend.
Thea didn't know that she had given others the illusion that she could win and fight back. To be honest, she didn't really practice much karate, just like Batman didn't practice Wing Chun. It's not that she didn't practice. She didn't know how to do it, but it just wasn't suitable for her.
Now, to act and also to waste time, she could only use this set of tricks that are the best in the world. Others use the best tricks in the world. It's just because she's not proficient enough...
Although Barbara didn't know why she changed her movements when the chances of winning were extremely low, she didn't think about it during the battle. She took a deep breath and didn't dare to advance this time. She began to spar with Thea with a solemn expression.
As the fighting time extended, Thea's various unskilled skills gradually disappeared, and her powerful martial arts foundation also burst out. You must know that she has been training with Lady Shiva all the time. Sometimes she thought her master simply couldn't find a sparring partner and was using her to have fun instead of training alone.
Bruises and bruises are common, but hard work pays off. Thea's actual combat ability has improved a lot. Although there are still several inconsistencies, with her rich combat experience, she was gradually able to control the pace. The current amount of exercise is suitable for her; it's almost like running normally.
On the other hand, Barbara was still immersed in the fantasy that she could win and launched round after round of fierce attacks, without any concern for defense.
But with Thea's calm response, all the physical strength in her body was quickly consumed.
At this moment, everyone on the field saw her problem. Thea didn't fight her at all. She was just having fun. Robin was very anxious in his eyes, but the Catwoman didn't care. She had already seen it; Barbara was in trouble and, for a while, she felt that Thea had given her too much face.
"Hoo, ho." With rapid breathing, Barbara finally realized the distance between them. She was so tired that she was sweating profusely. Thea, on the other hand, acted like a normal person. Even a fool could tell that the other party was being merciful and intended to be straightforward. She wanted to admit defeat, but she couldn't get the words out of her mouth.
Since she couldn't admit defeat, she could only stall for time. At this moment, she was full of expectations for Felicity. Please, find my dad quickly, and this competition can be stopped. At the same time, she also wondered where her father was—they had been fighting for almost ten minutes. Where did he go?
Worried about gains and losses, she lost even more fighting spirit. The original nine offenses and one defense turned into nine defenses and one offense. Thea had originally intended to admit defeat or stall for time, the more she attacked. The two women began to fight. The defensive battle was a scene that couldn't even be described as difficult. It was as slow and light as a fight between two vegetative people. It required strength and speed.
After another ten minutes of fighting, the Catwoman got tired of watching and went to observe the ice cubes alone. Only Robin was still silently cheering for his girlfriend.
Barbara's physical strength was consumed too much in the early stage. Although the consumption was later reduced, physical strength was depleted too quickly. Some martial arts masters can maintain a balance between consumption and slow recovery, but those few people there are no Barbara here.
As she continued to encourage herself, she couldn't admit defeat. Dad would come soon, right? Come on! Come back soon!
Finally, she heard Felicity's voice in her earpiece.
"Hello, everyone, I found the director, let's get started." The voice on the earpiece sounded a little rushed, and you could hear that she ran a lot before finding Director Gordon.
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