22. Return - Invitation

You can question the character of Bruce Wayne, the biggest playboy in Gotham, but you can't question his taste.

The renovated old gun bar is full of praise for Robin, who can already walk on the ground, although Daddy has a stinky face, but he has a classic antique decoration made by the designer invited by Bruce at a high price, almost perfectly retaining the aesthetics of the last century of Daddy, and filling in a lot of modern decorations, the fusion is very good, even the most picky person, can not find fault.

However, although the bar was decorated, the owner of the father fell ill.

The rapid cooling of the weather, coupled with the cold wind in the docklands, made Daddy, an old man who is almost 75 years old, fall ill on the third day after returning to Gotham, and has been recuperating in Cyber's villa for the past few days.

For the sake of the Devils' Gang managing the docks in an orderly manner, he is now a member of the "Christian" family.

But when Cyber saw that he was like a father who had been crushed, he felt quite bad in his heart, and a kind of fear came to his heart... Daddy has recently become more and more accustomed to staying alone in the house and writing books, as if he has suddenly changed from that grumpy old man to an ordinary old man.

Cyber had a bad feeling, and after seeing Daddy's sallow skin and the obvious increase in wrinkles on his face, which had begun to hunch, he knew that he might soon lose the first old man he had ever received him in the world.

So after returning to Gotham, Cyber made a decision that he would not do anything during this time, and that he planned to spend time quietly with his "loved ones".

When Kevin walked into the bar, Cyber had just brought the last soup to the table, and today he was cooking it himself, Daddy, Robin, Catherine, and Director Gordon, who had been invited, and his little daughter Barbara were all sitting on the side, and Cyber saw Kevin and beckoned,

"Go wash your hands and eat. ”

"Hmm"

Kevin answered, and walked quickly to the bathroom, completely devoid of the prestige of the docks.

Daddy has a special personality charm, he is rude, he is full of swearing, he is impatient, he likes to listen to old-fashioned music, but he is a little good, he can always put his heart into the person he accepts, whether good or bad, this Kevin also feels.

The young man also respected the old man, and he quickly sat down beside Catherine and Barbara, and reached out to pick up the food with a spoon for the two little girls, the children were always irresistible in the face of food, and the two little Lori, who were similar in grade, giggled and played, and while Daddy held the hands of Gordon and Robin and had a long pre-dinner prayer, Cyberber took a cigar in his mouth and sat in the last seat.

It's like the last piece of territory has been filled.

"You didn't get into trouble going to New York, did you?"

Daddy drank a bowl of soup, smacked his mouth, and a satisfied smile appeared on his unenergetic face, he looked at Cyber,

"What happened to Catherine, why did she make that call?"

Cyber skillfully picked up a ball with chopsticks and threw it into his mouth, chewing it while saying,

"Well, that's Catherine's parents going to send her to an aristocratic school, the very advanced kind, so I asked the child's opinion, and she thought we didn't want her anymore... It's just not clear. ”

"Well, I hope so. ”

Daddy glanced at Cyber, he was 100% sure that Cyber wasn't telling the truth, but Catherine was also tight-lipped about the matter, and in the end, Daddy simply didn't ask, everyone had their own secrets anyway.

Cyber glanced at the little girl who was eating with her head down, he knew very well that Catherine did not tell her father the fact that she was a mutant, and the little girl was afraid that Daddy would look at him with colored glasses like everyone else, but in fact, Cyber was sure that Daddy would not give up Catherine because of this matter, but this was the little girl's private affair, and it was inconvenient for Cyber to check it, so he went.

On the other side, Robin and the personable Director Gordon are also discussing other things, and Kevin takes care of the two little girls, and the family seems to be happy.

"Well, things have been a bit bad in the city lately. ”

Gordon wiped his mouth with a cloth, he lit a cigarette for himself, and said to Robin with some sorrow,

"Falconi is dead, but his brother Maloney is trying to rebuild his criminal empire again, and now it looks like the situation is a little bad, the whole city is almost a mess, and the criminals who are hiding in the crowd are also trouble, there are too few police officers who can be used, Robin, I really hope you recover quickly, Pete is still a little uneasy about doing things. ”

"I said, Mr. Director, my brother is miserable enough, he still needs to cultivate for at least half a year. ”

Cyber scooped up a bowl of soup for himself, and as he drank it, he said, "Isn't there still Batman?

Gordon glanced at Cyber, among the people sitting here, only him, Cyber and Daddy knew the identity of Batman, this guy was clearly pretending to be confused, and after a while, Gordon also put down the knife and fork in his hand, and said with some regret,

"No matter how strong Batman is, he is just one person, there is a population of 800W in this city, and he can't be busy, but recently some people who imitate Batman have come forward to confront those troublemakers, which makes people a little worried, they are not strictly trained, they are just ordinary people. ”

"Where's the Narrow Island?"

Cyber put down the bowl and asked in a low voice, "What about order on the narrow island?"

At the mention of this question, Director Gordon had an even more headache, he rubbed the corners of his forehead, reached out and took off his glasses, and said with a dejected face,

"We have managed to stabilize the order in the central city, and we are doing our best to stabilize the other districts, as for the narrow island, no one wants to go to that place at all, the people in it are running out, and those who are left behind are unstable, Gamball and Woolz, the leaders of these two gangs have used the narrow island as a battlefield, and their people are fighting in it, and the old Tim of the East City, he seems to want to join in, it's a mess. ”

"The most troublesome thing is that there are their spies in the police station..."

The chief's voice was filled with a sense of frustration, "I don't know who can believe that bastard of Rauber has left me with a stinking sieve, and that he is still the deputy chief of the police department, which is disgusting." ”

"Hmm... Is it getting this bad?"

Robin had just returned to Gotham, and the young police officer was a true idealist, and judging by the look on his face, he wanted to go back to work right now and put all the disruptive bastards in jail.

"It's worse than you think, kid. ”

Gordon put on his black-rimmed glasses and let out a long sigh, "Now we can only wait for the situation to improve." ”

"NONONO, MR. DIRECTOR, YOUR MIND IS SHACKLED! SPEAKING OF WHICH, IT WOULD BE BETTER TO DEAL WITH THESE DISPUTES IN ANOTHER WAY. ”

Cyber patted his stomach in satisfaction, and he leaned back in his chair as if he had no bones, and said to Gordon, who was looking at him,

"The name of justice works a lot of the time, but there are times when we need a more brutal approach, and that's when the police don't come in. ”

"Huh?"

Gordon looked at Cyber suspiciously, who snapped his fingers,

"Kevin!"

"Oh, I'm here. ”

The young leader of the Devil's Gang, who was helping Barbara with vegetables, looked up and heard his boss say, "Can you let you manage the narrow island as well as the docklands?"

Kevin thought the boss was joking, he smiled and stretched out a thumbs up,

"Of course, throwing all the drug dealers into the sea, cutting off the hands of murderers and sending them to prison, and finally breaking the legs of thieves, in less than a month, I can guarantee that Narrow Island will be safe. ”

Everyone at the table laughed, only Gordon didn't smile, Daddy, they all came back recently, they didn't know, this young man who looked a little gloomy, but laughed very shyly, did this in the docklands, and in less than 20 days, the security in the docklands immediately became the best in the whole of Gotham.

"The wicked have to be grinded by the wicked, my Grand Gordon. ”

Cyber spat out a smoke ring, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became playful, "It's inconvenient for a good cop like you to do it, let Kevin do it, you don't have to worry about the devil's gang, they are all paid in the Wayne Group now, but they are just wearing a layer of gangster skin." ”

Gordon pondered, but he didn't answer immediately.

Mr. Director is over 40 years old, he has long passed the age of blood, and now he has changed from an idealist to a pragmatist, he wants to use the limited resources in his hands to maintain the safety of the city, his hometown, Gotham does have a lot of scum, but there are more innocent civilians.

Now he cares more about the result, and as a police officer, he wants all the bastards in the city to die, in a way, Gordon and Batman are actually the same kind of people, they advocate justice, and he doesn't really care much about the means to achieve justice.

However, Cyber's suggestion was also a little too sensational, once it got out, his position as director was no longer necessary, he took off his glasses, put them in his hand and rubbed them slowly, and finally, he said cautiously,

"That place can't be given to you... The Docklands are the future economic hub of the city as invested by Wayne Industries, and the city will turn a blind eye to it, but the Narrow Island will not, and we intend to take this opportunity to redevelop it, but if you can really put an end to the disgusting feud there in a few days..."

Gordon put his glasses aside, and he looked at Cyber seriously,

"Can I trust you? I don't want to see a massacre. ”

"Massacre?

Cyber spread his hands exaggeratedly, and the smile on his face became cold, "The criminals have already turned their backs on their civilian status since they started committing crimes, and I don't talk about justice here, and I don't have the right to judge them, do I?"

"We just use our own means to achieve what we want. ”

Kevin picked up the second half of Cyber's words, and the young leader of the Devils Gang squinted his eyes and propped his hands on the dinner table, "This is a personal conflict, Mr. Gordon, the Devils Gang and the Gamball Gang have a conflict of interests, isn't it normal for us villains to attack each other?"

"As someone who was born on Narrow Island, I would like to see my hometown look different. ”

"As for Gambor's unchanging guys..."

Saibo moved his fingers and said with interest, "I think Arkham Asylum is a good fit for them, they obviously have a serious violent mental illness or something, in short, I don't think a normal person will put a peaceful life but take a gun and play a game with others, give them to me, and I will make them a real "good baby". ”

He held out a finger and gently shushed at his lips, and he looked at Director Gordon, who was lost in thought,

"You know, your prison can't hold them... But I can. ”

"But why are you doing that? Cyber, I'm curious, you don't seem to be a meddler. ”

Gordon had already made his decision, but he had one last question, and in the face of it, Cyber shrugged his shoulders and looked at Catherine and Barbara,

"No way, my uneasy sister is going to transfer to Gotham in a month, my old man is sick and a gust of wind can blow down, my little brother still has a broken leg, leaving those bastards running around the city, I'm not at ease, really..."

He closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair, crossed his hands and placed his fingers on his chest, and the not-so-dim light above his head hit his face, and the faint darkness covered most of his face.

"For those who make me feel uneasy... I generally take some... Well, "coercive measures". ”