Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Tiger's Trick (Part II)
Of course, it is impossible to expect all of Gotham to listen to the Godfather's command, and the last thing Gotham lacks is a thorn in the thorn of rebellion, and now, the best of them is Sal Maroney.
Maroni is quite an ambitious person, as can be seen from the name he gave to his gangsters, in Gotham, not all gangs can be named by surnames, originally only the Falcone family can do this, and now the twelve gangster families established by Falcone are also named after their surnames, in addition to the rest of the small gangs, they are all named after their respective code names.
Naming a gang after his own name is a very honorable thing in Gotham, as Falcone was the first to do so, and it was unparalleled success.
Maroni did this, which means that from the beginning, he had the ambition to challenge the godfather.
After the Red Ravens were eliminated, Maroni ate most of its remains, and along with the other gang that had been working against him, and on that street in the East End, there was almost no one to beat.
Of course, he wanted to go further, especially since he knew that the godfather was already old, and the time for the Falcone family to change between the old and the new was the best opportunity to get his hands dirty.
Falcone left a lot of the property to Evans, who was also smart, but less sophisticated and ruthless than the old godfather, and the two bartenders who were attacked by outsiders from the Met were from the two bars that Evans wanted to reform.
Maroni keenly smelled the fact that the godfather was powerless from this incident, little Falcone was still too young, he wanted to reform, but he didn't have the old godfather's very spicy and decisive methods, he wanted to maintain stability, but he didn't have enough experience, Maroni thought, this was a good time to give the Falcone family a fatal blow.
In Maroni's speculation, he felt that the godfather would not make a big deal to deal with that group of murderers, although losing face may indeed shake his prestige, but the godfather is indeed old, more important than face, the transfer of power, at this very important moment, once the energy is scattered, it is very likely that there will be a big mess, Falcone will not lose a big loss.
Originally, Maroni had already wanted to make a big fuss about this to further shake the prestige of the godfather, and even he had planned to pretend to be someone from the Metropolis to attack the godfather's other properties, but who knows, Schiller was hospitalized on the spot, and the gangsters began to chase down the murderers like crazy.
This time it can be rectified for Maroni.
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Originally, he thought that even if the godfather went after the murderers, it didn't matter, as long as his energy was involved, then he would always find an opportunity to encroach on the Falcone family's estate.
Maroney was a bold man, he didn't feel any unshakable dominance over his godfather, and even if he had, he wanted to bite a piece of flesh off him.
But what he didn't expect was that at this moment, the whole Gotham City was agitated, and almost all the gangs began to dig into the ground.
Under this kind of big movement, Maroni can't make up his mind, if he does it now, will the godfather be crazy and target him? He wanted to engage in a sneak attack, not to really stand on the stage and fight the Falcone family, and he couldn't beat it.
But if he didn't do it, Maroni would have already made some small moves, and if this wave had passed, he hadn't yet gained a firm foothold, and the godfather would settle the score, and he would be completely finished.
Just when he was struggling, to his surprise, the leader of the gang of bandits took the initiative to find him.
This gang is also unlucky, they were originally a group of terrorists operating in the Middle East, working as group mercenaries all year round, they were originally lured to the East Coast by another order, and they ended up receiving another order from the Met.
The employer is very generous, so they work very hard, but who knows that Gotham is a hellish place, even if Satan comes, it is not easy to do it, they are chased all over the city, beaten all over the bag, and the docks are also under the control of the gang family, they can't get out.
As a last resort, they have no choice but to cooperate with the enemy's enemy.
Even Gordon knew about Maroni's provocation of the Godfather, and of course the bandits knew that they wanted to make a deal with Maroni, and as long as Maroni was willing to send them out of Gotham, then they could solve a problem for Maroni before leaving.
Maroni didn't want to do this business, but he thought that this group of people could survive for so long under the siege of the gangs of Gotham, and if he had two brushes and such a group of killers, he could do more.
Of course, Maroni wouldn't let this group of people assassinate the godfather, it didn't make sense at all, and this group of people wouldn't do it, so he set his sights on the other link in the godfather's new development chain, that is, the police.
Maroni knew that the godfather had made a lot of profits from this new industrial chain, and if it continued like this, the rule of the Falcone family would still be very stable, and he would have no chance, so he had to get rid of this industrial chain, and he couldn't let the private prison model under Falcone's control continue to provide him with so much profit.
The police and judges are indeed an important part of this chain, after all, they must be legally and reasonably arrested, and then tried, before the criminals can be thrown into psychiatric hospitals.
Falcone will make great efforts to protect Schiller, but he doesn't think he has the ability to protect himself, but he provided so much firepower to the police, so he didn't pay attention to them anymore, after all, those who dare to be a policeman in Gotham, a ghost place, have some ability, and with enough weapons, self-protection is still no problem.
Maroney took aim at Gordon.
At the beginning, in order to deal with the old director Victor, Maroni chose Fugo to ascend to the throne, he didn't know this policeman in detail at the time, he didn't think he needed to know much, the police in Gotham are the same, and it is normal to cooperate with gangsters, even if it is a small clerk in the office who pours tea and water, there is at least one gangster standing behind him.
Maroni felt that since he had helped Gordon to the throne, as long as he talked to him, he would naturally be able to let Gordon work for him.
Although it is dangerous to go back to his side from the godfather's industrial chain, but now that there is such a group of bandits, the soft ones can't do it, and the hard ones can come.
Gordon is happy at this point, because his fiancΓ©e, Barbara, has finally arrived in Gotham.
He and Barbara met at the Chicago Police Training School, when he was a reserve constable, and Barbara, a trainee lawyer, worked together on the same internship case, fell in love and got engaged.
Then, Gordon came to Gotham to take up a position, originally they could only have a long-distance relationship, because both of them were financially poor, they couldn't quit their jobs, and they couldn't think about getting married and having children, but now that Gordon's financial situation has improved, they chose to come to Gotham to live together.
On this day, Gordon came home from work as usual, and although he didn't have any extra money lately, Barbara also had some savings, and the money of the two of them together was just enough to buy a nice apartment.
He made an appointment with Barbara to go see the house tonight, and if it went well, they would be able to move into their new home within two weeks, and they would no longer have to cram in this old rental house.
When he got home, he heard Barbara come out, the aroma of food wafting out of the kitchen, and Gordon took off his coat and said, "What did you do?" So fragrant! β
"Your favorite roast lamb rib." Barbara blinked, and Gordon took her by the shoulders and walked with her to the dining room.
"My friend gave me a good suggestion, I contacted the landlord of the Pelican community, tomorrow we will go to see the house, and if we are satisfied, we can pay a deposit and move immediately."
"It's amazing." Barbara said, "You know, my family is not very good, I've never lived in a fancy apartment, does that house have a baby room?" I really want a daughter, my little princess! β
"Of course, that's what I thought." Gordon kissed Barbara on the cheek, and the two sat down separately to eat.
"I wanted my daughter to learn dance, I wanted to be a dancer, but unfortunately I didn't have that opportunity."
"If you were a dancer, you wouldn't know me?" Gordon laughs, saying, "I think our daughter should be free, she can do whatever she wants, whether it's dancing or drawing, or being a good lawyer like you." β
"Come on." Barbara made a helpless look and said, "This job is exhausting to death, I don't want her to be a lawyer, she better live a little easier." β
"It's the same with dance, it's just because you haven't learned it that you're full of yearning for it, I see that the students of the cheerleading troupe at Gotham University have to press their legs every day, and some dance students have also complained that this industry is a youth meal, and it is easy to lose your job when you get old......"
"You're really stressing me out, you say, what if our kids aren't doing well?" Barbara asked.
"You have to have faith in her, and it's her choice what she wants to live."
"Even if you are a cop in such a dangerous city?"
"Oh, dear......" said Gordon, "don't say that. β
"I know, you told me a long time ago that your dream is to be a police officer, because you were born in Chicago, an equally dangerous city, and a police officer saved your mother, so you also want to be a police officer who upholds justice."
"But this job is really too dangerous, I have said more than once, we can go back to my mother's house together to live, even if the financial constraints don't matter at all, it is always safe."
Gordon sighed, he actually knew that Barbara had a point, with the money he earned now, if he went to the countryside of Arizona, he could buy a villa, and when the time came, he would find a job as an auxiliary police officer in the local area, and Barbara would be a legal adviser, it would be really comfortable and happy.
But even though Gordon knew that Gotham was a ghost place, he just didn't want to leave.
What's the point, he thought, if the police can't stay in the most dangerous places to protect people?