"With my help..." Before he could finish his words, Bane went around to the back of the tank and pointed to the half-palm print deeply imprinted on the armor next to the obviously replaced tank entrance door and said, "This looks like the National Guard tank that I destroyed with my bare hands."
"How is it possible?" Penguin's eyes widened, and this action caused his monocle to fall out of his eye socket. "I am an honest and reliable Penguin. How could I do such a thing as taking advantage of others' misfortune and selling their equipment?"
The muscle freak with exploding muscles remained silent.
"Okay, okay," under the other party's gaze, Penguin raised his hands in surrender: "Yes, I picked up those equipments, but I repaired them all. It's very simple, just need to replace some armor parts..."
Bane said nothing.
The tanks he destroyed were all badly damaged. Even though the Penguin picked up these equipment, he was able to repair them in a short time, which in itself proved his strength.
The transaction was going on happily as Bane's men were moving the weapons brought by the Penguin.
"By the way, Bane, I have something to tell you."
The Penguin puffed on his cigar and put his monocle back into his eye socket.
"Did you know that I recently had a nuclear bomb stolen?"
"Nuclear weapons?" Bane paused.
He immediately said, "Damn it, you actually have such a dangerous thing."
The Penguin Man narrowed his eyes slightly.
This action is very intimidating. Even though he is an ugly guy less than 1.5 meters tall, short, fat and with a hooked nose, this action of smoking and squinting his eyes still makes people's hair stand on end.
"You didn't know my nuclear weapons were stolen?"
Bain immediately asked him back: "Should I know?"
The two of them stared at each other for a while, and the atmosphere began to slowly become frosty.
Some of Penguin and Bane's men beside him had already begun to see some clues. They put down the weapons they were exchanging and stared at their respective bosses.
“Hahahahahahahaha!” The Penguin suddenly burst into laughter: “It’s okay, my good friend. I just want to ask you a favor. If you know where the thief who stole my nuclear weapon is, remember to notify me immediately so that I can rush over and tear him into pieces!”
But Bane still tensed his muscles and looked at the Penguin coldly.
“Haha, hahahahaha…” The Penguin Man laughed dryly twice and stopped talking.
He called over a younger brother and said to Bane directly, "Tell the armed helicopters standing by above us to withdraw. I'm afraid Bane didn't do this. There's no need to let them point missiles at our dear customers."
Bane's movements slackened.
The atmosphere began to become harmonious, the tense confrontation disappeared, and the Penguin touched his chin and rolled his eyes.
"My friend, these weapons may greatly enhance your strength," he said:
"But I'm not optimistic about you. You'll soon be defeated like the countless others who have challenged Batman over the years."
Seeing that Bane looked a little gloomy, he didn't care.
He could see that Bane's emotions were not written all over his face like he appeared to be, but the other party liked to play the role of a brainless muscular man, so why not go along with him
Anyway, his goal was to allow Bane to fight the Bat longer so that he could continue to sell goods, so he said bluntly:
"For the sake of our partnership, Bane. I have met many talents from Arkham before, and they all said the same thing."
"Bane is no Batman, so let me give you a simple truth, my handsome ally.
"No matter how many assassins and strongmen you bring in from Santa Prisca and how many scumbags you reclaim from Blackgate, these lunatics in Arkham have seen worse, and they don't fear you."
Bane remained silent.
The following transaction was unremarkable. In a strange silence, this special pair of customers completed the transaction with the merchant.
"The next batch of weapons will be delivered to you in two days. My ally, you will need to spend real money to buy them this time. You know, it only happens once that you can get so many weapons in exchange for one corpse."
He gave Bane a price list, which detailed how much each weapon would cost, and then the Penguin left in a swagger as Bane watched.
A few minutes later, in a secluded corner.
Bane signaled a few of his men to guard the front entrance and put his finger on his earphone: "So, my allies...what do you suggest?"
"I am not your ally."
A British-accented voice came from Bane's headphones, like a butler carrying a tray and asking polite questions in a noble manor.
"We are just nakedly using each other, Bane. There is no need to tie us together... Are you addicted to playing the game of alliance with Penguin?"
It was a rude taunt, but Bane responded with silence.
"I provide you with the necessary information and give you money. You only need to repay me and achieve the goal you should have wanted - destroy Batman. This is my goal."
The mysterious voice said, "Whatever method you use, even if it means destroying Gotham, go and accomplish your great cause."
"I smell a conspiracy," Bain said. "I never believe in helping someone without a reason."
But the mysterious voice ignored him. He continued: "The final sum of money for the purchase of weapons will arrive soon, and then we will never see each other again."
"Give me as much as you can," Bain said.
"Of course, Bane," the figure in the dark paused with his cane, "enough for you to arm all your men to the teeth."
Bane hung up the phone, turned around, and was about to tell his men to take the weapons and leave, but he heard a loud noise.
"What's going on? Zombie, go check it out."
Before the subordinate whom Bane called Zombie Man could make any move, a voice came:
"That's totally unnecessary. Your name is Bane, right?"
“Puff!”
A faint laugh was heard and Bane frowned. He saw the zombie man next to him smile.
Bane silently activated the venom behind him. The dark green liquid flowed, slightly raising his body two or three inches.
"Oh, there's no need to be so alert. We all have to deal with Batman. We are allies!"
"Puchi! Hahahaha!"
The zombie man suddenly fell to his knees and began to laugh hysterically.
Bane looked at the pale man who appeared in front of him: "Joker!"