19. Happiness and sorrow [18/100]
Harvey and Rachel's first date fell through.
This is a matter of course, because they have encountered something a hundred times more important than dating, the owner of the accounting company of the Gotham gang, Liu, who has absconded to the other side of the world, has been caught!
When Harvey saw Liu, he no longer had the dashing appearance he had before, he was taken by Batman, without any protective measures, gliding at an altitude of thousands of meters for nearly 2 minutes, if he wasn't lucky enough, he would have been suffocated by lack of oxygen.
Now that his left hand was handcuffed in the interrogation room of the Gotham Police Station, he snorted coldly as he looked down at Rachel as he walked into it.
"You're here, you're slow compared to the bat!"
He spread his hands on the table, the chains of the handcuffs rattled, and he squinted his eyes and looked at Rachel,
"Little beauty, what do you want from me?"
Rachel burst out of her shoulders, as an excellent prosecutor, she knew what a businessman like Liu needed, so she put on a cold face and went straight to the point.
"You say, if we walk the news of your arrest out there, what will your employers do to you?"
Rachel's eyebrows furrowed, and she said playfully,
"Maybe you don't know, Mr. Liu, in the few days you've been away from Gotham, only seven of the city's 13 gangsters have left... 6 of your employers died in 2 days, and now they must have entered a very irritable state, you know, the guy who fell into mortal danger is always very sensitive, and any slightest wind can usher in their crazy counterattack. β
She shouted a newspaper from her hand and threw it in front of Liu's eyes, whose face changed slightly, who spread out the newspaper, and when he saw the photo of the four bigwigs being hung on the Gotham dock, his body trembled slightly when he saw the four big red characters.
"You know what?"
Rachel lowered her voice, propped her hands on the table, and the beautiful bribe was displayed in front of Liu, but at this time, the prisoner did not have the slightest idea of appreciating the beauty.
"That ship of yours is sinking... Any smart person knows what to do in such a situation, you're not a stupid person, are you, Mr. Liu?"
"Whew..."
Liu put down the newspaper in his hand, he was silent for a moment, and looked up at Rachel,
"I'm hungry, thirsty, and I want to smoke a cigarette... Any decision is made after a lot of thought, you know what I mean?"
"As long as you agree to cooperate, we can provide you with all the things you want. β
Rachel didn't answer Liu's words at all, and the beauty at this time, like a good hunter for hunting, pushed the prey in front of her into the trap little by little, "Say, what are your conditions?"
"I have no conditions, I will not betray my employer!"
Liu leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes, looking like he really looked like a loyal and unyielding fellow, but Rachel knew that he was just a businessman, and for businessmen, there was nothing that could not be sold, unless the price they offered was not enough for him.
"Well, you're a good businessman, Mr. Liu. β
Rachel turned her head to look beyond the special double-sided glass of the interrogation room, where Gordon and Harvey were watching the interrogation.
"An exemption decree and, most importantly... We'll get you out of Gotham. β
Liu opened his eyes,
"Not enough! I want you to drop your charges against my company and declare us innocent... I'm taking a risk, and I'm going to keep doing business in the future. β
Rachel saw a vague gesture outside the window, and she nodded
"Wait a minute. β
A moment later, Rachel walked back with two documents and threw them in front of Liu,
"We can agree to your conditions, but you have to testify in court!"
"Impossible!"
Liu Yi refused, his face shone with anger, and there was a trace of hidden fear in his eyes, "They will kill me, there is no life, what's the use of asking for more money?"
A sneer appeared on Rachel's face, and she clasped her hands over her shoulders.
"You seem to have a sore when you say it, Mr. Liu, please remember that we are talking to you with good intentions, otherwise there will be another "old friend" to talk to you... I don't think you'll want to see him. β
The prisoner didn't speak, apparently, he was swaying, Rachel's smile widened, and her fingers pressed on the headline of the paper, intentionally or unintentionally,
"Or, if we reveal your news, I think that this "red devil" gentleman, who is anxious for revenge but cannot find an enemy, will also be interested in coming and "talking" with you. β
"In addition, in 2 days, in order to kill the enemy... 197 gangsters have already been killed, because of the people he seriously injured, filling the entire hospital in Gotham..."
Rachel took a deep breath, sat down opposite Liu, who was gloomy and uncertain, and said sincerely,
"You see, I'm not really threatening you, but there's really not much left for you, and I'm curious what happens to all your clients if they're locked up for crime?"
Liu's face finally showed a hidden smile, he picked up the pen, signed the document with a sigh, and then opened his hands,
"I'm a good calculator, Rachel Show is a good guy at convincing people to be interested in dating me? Uh, forget it, oh God, can anyone give me something to eat, I'm starving"
Fifteen minutes later, Bruce Wayne, who was repairing his equipment in the Batcave, received a phone call.
"Liu agreed to testify in court, we got the ledger, and now we only need to lock down the location of those guys and arrest them. β
A satisfied smile spread across Bruce's face,
"Very well, I'll leave at once, and send you their location tomorrow morning at the most. β
"By the way, he also came up with a some... Strange request. β
"Huh?"
Bruce snorted in confusion, and Gordon's voice rang out, "He asked for you to protect him until the case is over, it seems that what Cyber did freaked him out." β
"Okay, no problem. β
Batman chuckled, it seemed that the frightened gentleman really regarded him as a "savior", but Bruce was willing to waste some more time if he could use him to wipe out the gangsters in Gotham, but when he saw the dark red armor fragments that were placed on the table, there was a little more worry on his face.
If Cyber hadn't died in the explosion, he wouldn't have let go of this collective revenge against the gangsters, and Bruce's head began to ache faintly when he remembered that guy's previous performance.
The guy who focuses on revenge is the hardest to deal with, and it seems that he has really been busy lately.
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"Here, cheers!"
In the lavishly decorated dining room, which was supposed to seat 150 people, only a dozen or so people sit, tables filled with sumptuous things, expensive drinks, and glamour-dressed waiters with delicious food come and go.
A group of survivors are gathering to celebrate their new life.
"That guy is dead!"
Woolz brushed up his trademark big back again, with a new pendant around his neck, and he stood up, holding his glass high, and said to the others,
"The police report has come out, and in that ruin, in addition to the bones of the poor Lauder brothers, there is a stranger's flesh and blood... I'm sorry, but it's my fault to say these disgusting things in this Makoto..."
The gangster's voice suddenly rose high,
"But brothers, we're safe! Cheers to the dawn of a new era!"
"Cheers!"
The others also raised their glasses in unison, and at this banquet, Woolz, who single-handedly planned the previous trap, became the absolute protagonist, which even Maloney did not disagree, after all, it was this guy who gave his own plan to help them kill the murderer.
And as he said, in fact, the killing frenzy set off by Cyber is not a bad thing, after Cyber's death, the "repartition" led by Woolz and Maloney has given everyone present a new territory, large or small, which is a good thing.
The more territory, the more business, the more money, the stronger the power, the closer to the throne of the Gotham Gang Emperor, except for those unlucky people who died in this frenzy, everyone else didn't care about this greedy eating appearance, after all, they were all beneficiaries.
"Guys!"
Woolz cut the steak in front of him with a knife and fork, and put a piece of fried unpleasant thing into his mouth, and as he chewed, he waved the knife and fork and said to the others,
"You see, if we can kill that red devil, it means that we can also kill Batman... So in the next phase, we're going to focus on that..."
No one answered, unlike the sudden slaughter of Cyber, in the past year, Batman, who beat them in different positions, has become a problem in the hearts of all the gangsters, and they have tried all kinds of methods to try to kill that guy, but the successive failures have even made them have a kind of fear mentality.
In this case, it is also very difficult to ask them to take the initiative to deal with him, once the mindset is formed, it is quite difficult to break it, which is no exception for these gangsters.
The first to talk was Maloney, who drank a glass of wine elegantly and said in a very strong Italian accent,
"Woolz is right, friends, look at us, how pitiful we are now compared to us in the past, what caused this change? It was the arrival of Batman that changed everything, made us fall from the throne to the ground, and anyone could bully us... The policemen, the officials, who were our followers, now they bark at us like dogs. β
"Only by killing him can we go back to the way we were, friends, don't you want to go back to the way before?"
Maloney's words were filled with some kind of dark temptation, and the others slowly stopped what they were doing, and everyone was thinking about Maloney's words.
Woolz put down the knife and fork contentedly, the food did not become more delicious, but after the change of mentality, it would make him feel very comfortable, he picked up the cloth, wiped his mouth, coughed lightly, and was about to say something, but the door of the restaurant was pushed open.
Gordon strode into the dining room, and the moment he saw the police chief, Woolz's expression became gloomy, and he put the cloth in his hand on the side, and snorted coldly,
"What, Chief Gordon, is it against your law for us to go out for dinner in broad daylight?"
The director looked left and right, this gorgeous furnishings and luxurious dress, it was certain that with his current salary, he could not afford this kind of consumption, but he didn't care about this, he walked up to Woolz and looked at the gangster.
This guy had already been captured by Cyber and put in Arkham Asylum to stay with Gambol for a long time, but it was Gordon who released him because Woolz promised to cooperate with him, but Gordon didn't expect that Woolz would betray him so completely.
"I was told before that the wicked never get good, and I thought that was biased, but Woolz, what you did made me believe in it. β
Gordon looked at the human-looking guys sitting at the table with disgust on his face, he took out his police ID card from his pocket, put it in front of their eyes and shook it.
"Ladies and gentlemen, you are suspected of large-scale economic crimes, and the evidence is conclusive..."
"Come on, Gordon, are you really going to disturb people at this happy time? Are you really going to make me embarrassed in front of my friends?"
Woolz's face was also not good-looking, and his current situation could be called happy and sad.
"I know you're happy, and I'm just as happy to see you arrested, don't worry"
Gordon picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it down, he waved his hand, and the heavily armed policeman walked into the restaurant,
"They'll go along, and thank you for the wine, Woolz, but it's disgusting, take them all away!"
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