Reid didn’t involve himself further in the discussions about the partnership. With Tony there, there was no need for him to expend any effort oter.

  The agreement was reached remarkably quickly. Within just half a day, Tony had ed up all the business reted matters a Gotham City to return to New York.

  As for Wayerprises going public, the topic was no longer brought up. Everyone could see that while the partnership between Stark Industries and Wayerprises was mutually beneficial, Alfred’s influence pyed a signifit role in shaping the terms.

  One of the unspoken prerequisites for the partnership was halting the pns to take Wayerprises public. This wasn’t explicitly written into the agreement, but it was something all parties uood.

  ……

  Back at Wayne Manor, Reid had returned once again. With the partnership finalized, Alfred’s rolepy pertage had reached 100% and stabilized.

  This meant that even if Reid, while maintaining Alfred’s appearance, itted heinous acts in Gotham, the rolepy pertage wouldn’t drop.

  At the same time, this also sighat Reid could now use the card to create a e, allowing the real Joker to manage everythied to the Jang.

  However, Reid wasn’t in a rush. Instead, he focused on cheg Alfred’s character mission.

  Even now, it remains pletely unged.

  Despite successfully seg the partnership with Stark Industries, there was no ge at all.

  "Could this still not t as pleting the mission? System, e out and expin this!"

  The system, feeling rather wronged, relutly appeared. It was like an old, fotten piece of scrap paper—only remembered when Reid needed something. Most of the time, this ungrateful host pletely ig.

  But what could the system do? It wasn’t like those overpowered systems from web hat could threaten to erase their hosts.

  [I'm here, my esteemed host. What seems to be the problem this time?]

  Hearing the system’s tone, which sounded like a servant from some feudal era, Reid couldn’t help but feel a chill run down his spine. He had no idea what kind of strange phase his system was going through, but it didn’t matter as long as it answered his question.

  "Why hasn’t Alfred’s character mission been pleted yet?"

  [Oh, that…]

  The system breathed a sigh of relief, afraid that its unreasonable host might once again cause some major trouble and draw out the souls hidden within the system.

  Now, hearing su ordinary question, no one could have imagined just how relieved the system truly felt.

  [It’s like this, host. The system doesn't have the ability to foresee the future, so for a task like maintaining Wayerprises, after the ditions are met, it requires a period of time to maintaiatus quo before we determine if the task is successful.]

  "Is that so?"

  Reid nodded. It made sense, just like in video games, after meeting the ditions for a quest, you often had to maintain the status for a while before pleting it.

  "Alright then, you go now."

  [Uood~ Host, the system is leaving now.]

  Like a servant arriving, then leaving just as humbly, Reid couldn't help but wonder if his system had bee obsessed with watg Qing Dynasty dramas.

  But most people who watch these period dramas usually get immersed in roles like the Prince or Princess. Why did his system... seem to be so caught up in the role of a eunuch?

  But after a moment of thought, Reid realized that his system couldn't turn into a pretty big sister or a handsome little brother. It robably genderless.

  Looking at it that way, calling the system a eunuch wasirely wrong.

  [Ah~choo!]

  Just as the system had left, it suddenly sneezed.

  [Wait, I don’t even have a body. How could I possibly get sick?]

  The simple minded system had no idea that someone was talking about it behind its back.

  [Could it be that the souls inside are stirring up trouble again? I might not be able to trol the host, but do you really think I 't deal with you?]

  ……

  Let’s set aside the imagined se of the system and its internal souls engaging in some chaotic battle. After learning that the character mission required more time to plete, Reid didn’t hesitate. He reached into himself and pulled out Alfred’s card.

  Following the instrus in the system’s manual, he activated the card with a focused thought.

  A green glow enveloped the card, and as the light took form, the Joker appeared before Reid.

  "Oh~ my dear friend, I k! You're far more trustworthy than that little Bat!"

  “No, no, no, I’m not your Bat. Save that se for the day I pull Batman out of the system.” Reid said, shaking his head firmly.

  The Joker’s peculiar i in him made Reid uneasy. Even though the Joker would obey his ands unditionally and couldn’t harm him due to system restris, Reid couldn’t shake the disfort.

  He didn’t want to wake up in the m and find his bed surrounded by scary little ghosts, transformed by the Joker from children.

  “Alright, my friend.” the Joker relented with a grin. “What do you need me to do?”

  The Joker didn’t push the matter further. After all, while Reid’s personality was a bit darker, it cked the purity that made Batman so fasating to him. Reid intrigued the Joker, but not obsessively.

  “What I need you to do is exactly what you’d normally do in Gotham.” Reid replied. “Just don’t destroy the city. Do whatever you want, but remember, I need Gotham under my trol, not in ruins.”

  "Okay! My friend, wait for it. I will send the gift to you."

  .......

  There were no plicated pns. Reid simply told the Joker his pn, and the rest was left to the Joker to carry out.

  The system had granted Reid the abilities of the Joker and Alfred, but Reid was aware that in terms of a, the Joker was far more professional.

  "Now, I am finally liberated."

  Sihe Joker and Alfred were ied, Reid returo his inal appearance.

  Now, he had time to explore this world that had inally only existed in fi.

  Of course, it wasn’t Gotham City, but Westchester ty and New York City—these were the key locations.

  He had to figure out the general development of this world. Was it developing acc to the ics or the movies?

  'As for the first stop, let’s go to Westchester.'

  Having made his decision, Reid gathered the necessary information for his identity, then drove a Wayne family luxury car, leaving Wayne Manor and heading toward Westchester ty.

  The reason he was going to Westchester was that in the Marvel Universe, a certain group existed, and if they were real in this world, they would surely establish a presehere.

  That group was mutants, and the famous Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, home to the X-Men, was located ichester ty, New York.

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