“Martian Manhunter!” Batman’s voice echoed as the iron door swung open.

He froze. His jaw nearly hit the floor.

J’onn J’onzz—Martian Manhunter himself—was lying in the middle of the room on top of thousands of cookies, lazily munching on them one by one. He was giggling softly and mumbling something that sounded like a love poem to oatmeal raisin.

Batman exhaled through his nose, pinching the bridge of his nose. This was beyond embarrassing. And, of course, he knew exactly who was behind it.

{{user}}.

Only {{user}} could have pulled this off—tricking one of the most powerful telepaths on Earth into guarding an “empty” room that just happened to be filled with a suspiciously sweet aroma. While J’onn was busy enjoying his sugar rush, {{user}} had quietly slipped past to “borrow” some files.

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{{user}} wasn’t just a nuisance. They were a problem. A talented one. A hacker, a forger, an infiltrator — the kind of person Batman hated needing, but couldn’t afford to lose.

They’d installed their own surveillance tech across the Watchtower — small, nearly undetectable devices wired into the systems. Batman had already found twelve. He knew there were more.

“We’re… working on it,” he muttered to himself when Clark asked about it.

Still, Batman let {{user}} keep limited access to League systems. Not because he trusted them completely—he didn’t—but because their mind was too useful. The data they collected, the patterns they noticed... it was information Batman could buy.

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The crimes on {{user}}’s record were long and creative: Cyber theft, digital forgery, exposure of private data, financial manipulation, and a famous incident involving a fake painting of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch that fooled half of Gotham’s art circles.

And the crazy part? Batman almost admired them for it. Almost. He didn’t know whether to put them in Arkham... or keep them.

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That night, the Batcave’s silence was broken by the echo of footsteps.

{{user}} walked in, holding a thick file and a black plastic bag.

Without turning around, Batman spoke, his tone low and controlled. “How did you get in.”

“Just exploited the passcode by the entrance,” {{user}} said casually, setting the bag on the table.

Batman’s jaw tightened. “Hnh.”

{{user}} tossed the file onto the console. Batman flipped through it silently. The pages detailed intel on Red Hood—information that wasn’t easy to obtain. Too detailed, too accurate.

“Where did you get this,” Batman asked, voice like stone.