21. Gotham - Shadow of the Brotherhood
Gotham Pier, which occupies almost a fifth of Gotham City, was once a symbol of the city's rise and fall, from 200% of its shipping throughput to less than 30%, and it is almost entirely a testament to how Gotham has slipped into the mud, at least by the time Cyber arrives in the city, the port and docks are almost a mess.
Deserted, shabby, and smelling of decay except at night and for a specific day or two a week, the former Dark Emperor Falcone was once the most popular merchant in Gotham Harbor, and even if everyone knew that his ships were full of contraband, at least he could bring work to the port's workers.
After Falconi's death, the dark empire he left behind had long been shattered, and the underground gangs of the entire city were extremely active during this period, and everyone who was qualified or unqualified was aiming to become the next Falconi, but when a black bat ruled the night of Gotham, their road to "king" became extremely difficult.
However, when it comes to the port area alone, at this time, it exudes a new flavor, especially after the establishment of the new port area invested by Wayne Industries, after Wayne Industries opened up new businesses, the port area seems to have recovered a trace of the past in less than half a month.
Even the docks were popped up with workers, many of those who had quit were back in blue uniforms, and most importantly, under the immature but code-abiding rule of the newly created "Devil's Gang", security was much better.
"Bang"
Three emaciated, shabby-dressed, bruised-nosed and swollen young men were thrown into a remote corner of the dock area, 3 meters in front of him, a broken platform, with a 5-meter-high fault and nearly 15 meters deep in the sea, which exuded enough cold smell at this time of year.
They looked around in horror, five big men with indifferent faces stood in a circle, they were holding cold daggers or black pistols in their hands, and in the distance, there were two people patrolling with cold automatic weapons, and on their wrists, they all had a devil tattoo with blood droplets, which obviously represented their identity.
"We warned you three days ago. ”
A gloomy voice came from behind these people, and the five big men brushed out of the way, and a young man in a black trench coat and sunglasses came out of the house behind, he was wearing black gloves, and he looked like a big man.
"Don't bring your disgusting "business" to the docks, this is our territory, and we don't allow those things on our territory!"
Kevin reached out and took off his sunglasses, the young man exhaled, and a white mist visible to the naked eye appeared in the cold air, his voice was as cold as a knife, his eyes narrowed, and a trace of murderous aura flashed, obviously, this was to imitate a guy who made people feel frightened when he squinted his eyes.
"Poison X... You like this, don't you?"
Kevin reached out and took a small packet of white crystals from his subordinates, he turned it upside down, shook his head, and threw it into the sea in front of him, 1 second later, the sound of a heavy object falling into the water was heard, making the bodies of the three young men who had sneaked into the dock area with poison X tremble.
Knowing the way the Devils behave, they were completely frightened.
"We're also forced, and Boss Gambol says we can't sell enough for this month, so he'll kill us... Boss Kevin, please, let us go, we're forced too!"
They begged for mercy in a panic, but the expression on Kevin's face did not change in the slightest, he bent down, stretched out his hand and patted the three young men on the face, and said with a hint of regret,
"Little Gambol is horrible, I know... He's always wanted to bring the docklands under his turf, he's an ambitious man, I know... You're tired of working under him, and I know that it's normal for you to be afraid of him..."
The expressions of the three young men soothed, they seemed to see hope, but the next moment, the gentleness in Kevin's eyes changed, his gloved left hand slammed into the neck of a guy, and his voice became irritable,
"Then you're not afraid of me?"
"Aren't you afraid of the Devils?"
This sudden outburst made the spirits of the three young people crushed in an instant, and the remaining two knelt on the ground like crazy, frantically begging for mercy,
"Please... We don't dare to come again! Please! Let us go! Please!"
"Tsk, beg for mercy... But if you don't get caught, maybe you'll be glad and call us a bunch of shit behind your back, I know what you think... But it's a pity that everyone has to pay for what they do, and you're not kids, are you?"
Kevin let go of the young man who had been so frightened that he peed his pants, he covered his nose in disgust, stood up, took a step back, he waved his hand, and the big man standing behind him stepped forward, tied the arms of the three people, and stuffed a small dagger into the hands of the three people.
They dragged the wailing and struggling drug dealers to the edge of the fault, Kevin took out a box of delicate cigars, distributed them to the brothers around him, and then walked to the three panicked, forced kneeling behind the fault in the mist, he looked at the vast sea, and whispered,
"You will be punished for doing wrong, but I will not take your life, I have no right to do so, do I?"
His left hand rested on a guy's shoulder, and his voice became deeper,
"You see, you have knives in your hands, and if you can cut the rope before you drown, you have a good chance of escaping..."
Kevin cracked his mouth and put on his sunglasses,
"Don't worry, my words count, as long as you can escape, I will let you go, I will never break my word!"
His palm slapped the guy on the shoulder,
"Good luck, friends... Oh, by the way, with the experience of someone who has come before, I would like to remind you, hold on to the dagger, and don't throw it away, otherwise, at the current temperature, you will freeze in less than 5 minutes and drown. ”
"Goodbye. ”
"Bang Bang Bang"
The three drug dealers were pushed out to sea by Kevin and two other big men who were kneeling there, and in their wails, Kevin and his brothers had turned away.
In the half a month since the establishment of the Devil's Gang, 37 people have been thrown down on this fault, and this unique "punishment" has made the Devil's Gang, which now only has 25 people, famous, but to be honest, Kevin said simply, among the 37 people, so far, only 3 people have been able to escape their lives.
"Uh..."
Kevin threw up his head and exhaled a puff of smoke, he looked at the still gloomy sky of Gotham City, and shook his head,
"Calculate the time, the boss should be back soon. ”
He stood in front of a black sedan taking pictures in the port area, opened the door, and said to the subordinates standing beside him, "In the recent period, we must ensure the security of the dock area and don't cause any trouble. ”
"Yes!"
The subordinates responded in unison, these people were those friends with good conscience that Kevin found on the Narrow Island, after the "Narrow Island War", the destroyed Narrow Island was full of displaced people, and Kevin easily recruited them.
And under the devil training of the two old mercenaries who stayed in Gotham, they finally had a trace of what Kevin wanted, plus the weapons left by Cyber, they finally withstood the first counterattack of those gangsters, but in the firefight a few days ago, they also lost 4 brothers.
The Devils are not so much a gang as they are the security forces of the Wayne Port Authority, they receive regular salaries from the Port Authority, so they don't need to use some illegal means to make profits, but the shops and merchants in the docklands still pay regular "protection fees", which is not much, at least much less than in the rest of Gotham, but only a symbol.
In general, the existence of the Devils Gang is necessary, which even the new chief of the Gotham City Police Department, Gordon, has to admit this, the police force is limited, and the prisoners released by the Shadow Warrior Alliance are stirring up trouble in all corners of the city, and he has to rely on this semi-official organization to maintain law and order in the docklands.
"Boss, these drug dealers have disappeared in the past two days, but there are still a lot of petty thefts, and there were still knives and injuries yesterday, and we don't have enough manpower. ”
A big bald head scratched his head and said to Kevin, who was sitting in the car, with some embarrassment,
"You can't sink those thieves into the sea, can you?"
Kevin rolled his eyes, and he replied impatiently, "Then catch one, break one leg and throw it out!" I can steal something to make ends meet, and if you dare to reach out to the dock warehouse, I don't need to say more, right?"
"Hmm"
The big bald head touched the sweat on his head, it is actually quite comfortable to do things under Kevin, this boss is not strict with his subordinates, and some small mistakes can be ignored, but the only bad thing is that Kevin is a little too ruthless, and even the reputation of the Devil Gang is not very good.
Kevin probably saw the bald man's worries, he started the car, and said to the bald head faintly,
"Sergey, the Devil Gang is scary, the more they are afraid, the more they dare not be some dangerous people under our noses, if everyone likes us, then for the big shots, is it still necessary for you and me to exist?"
"Yes, Boss, I see. ”
The bald Sergei replied loudly, but Kevin ignored him, slid the steering wheel, and the black sedan drove towards the periphery of the dock area, where the old gun bar was, he had to go and see his father, the weather had cooled down badly recently, and his physical condition was a little worse.
However, when Kevin's car stopped in front of the newly decorated old gun bar, he saw a black Dodge SUV covered with dust, and his face was happy, he knew that the real boss of the Devils, Seber Hawk, was back.
Almost on the same night that Cyber and Catherine returned to Gotham, a cargo ship from Canada quietly docked in Gotham Harbor, a small cargo ship carrying high-quality logs, and they docked in Gotham only to resupply and rest, so three hours later, it quietly sailed away from here as it had come.
But in the darkness of the night, no one noticed, some of the "passengers" left the cargo ship, and they infiltrated Gotham City under the leadership of the leader, and the five people, like ink dripping into the water, only needed a moment to completely melt into the water.
"The order of the head of Asazo is clear. ”
A strong, bear-like creature twisted his neck and made a clicking sound, and he stood in the uninhabited ruins of the narrow island, and in front of him, were 4 strange guys.
"Find that Cyber Hawke and take him to New York, easy and happy work, do you all understand?"
"Uh-huh, I like this kind of task, I don't need to use my brain. ”
A feminine man with a gray cobra wrapped around his arm smiled, he stretched his body and lifted the glasses on the bridge of his nose, "It's a good temperature in this place... Much better than hell Quebec. ”
"Hmm..."
The bear-like man nodded, and he waved his big hand, "Then go ahead, let the fool who dares to offend the Brotherhood see the true power of the Brotherhood!"