“…… That's the way it is, this time we have to join forces to make up for the losses we lost for a while, and I guess the thieves in Gotham haven't had such a large-scale collaboration yet, so it should be interesting, isn't it? ”

In front of the bar of the Golden Cup, Catwoman with a whip was pacing slowly, and the bar was full of people, while the gangster thugs, who usually guarded against thieves sneaking in, stood outside the door, telling all the guests who came here that the place had closed early.

All because of Copote, who sat behind the bar, and the two gangsters he brought with him who belonged to the Falcone family.

After Catwoman finished speaking, Cobot stood up, walked to the bar, leaned against the cabinet at the bar, and said, "I know, many of you are very dissatisfied with the construction of Gotham, which is being renovated everywhere, and the construction of the Wayne Group in the East Side is also very annoying, and those security robots not only affect you, but also affect people from all walks of life in Gotham. ”

"But you also know that we can't just look at the moment, I'm sure many of you have already moved into the Wayne Group house, or your children have started to go to school in the building's nursery."

Copote's gaze swept around, and several people nodded slightly, most of the thieves who came here were wearing masks and were unwilling to show their true faces, which was actually their way of protecting themselves.

In Gotham's crime industry chain, theft is undoubtedly the bottom, even if it is Catwoman, a thief, her most famous is not for stealing technology, but for her beautiful appearance, no one in this city can afford to be a thief.

Most Gotham thieves are not willing to be thieves, they also have a heart to work hard and strive to be the top in the criminal industry, but then again, if they can occupy a place in the gang, who will be a thief?

Although there are also people like Catwoman who specialize in being thieves because they love a certain category of things, but stealing requires more agility and speed, and they must also strengthen training in this area, which leads to both defense and attack power, they are a big cut behind the gangsters, and most of the time they can only swallow their anger when they are bullied, and unfortunately they are caught, and there is only one way to die.

It can be said that the thieves in Gotham are a class between gangster thugs and ordinary low-level people, and they are half a level higher than the janitors, car washers, and vendors who provide services to the gangs.

But it's not easy to be a thief in Gotham, and there are too many people who are not willing to be a lower-level role in the gang, but they don't have the ability to climb up, and everyone thinks it's easy to steal, and as a result, this industry is even more competitive than the gangsters.

Gotham is a big city with a population of 10 million, the law and order situation is very bad, and the police station does not have so many police forces, so it can barely support these amazing number of thieves, but since the gang reform and urban transformation began, the involution of the thief industry has become more and more intense.

All the thieves who have been summoned to the Golden Cup Bar now are the top people in each region, and it can be said that they are the king of the kings of the kings who fought fiercely from the thief industry, if it weren't for Batman's use of his tracking technology that transcends the times, he might not be able to gather people so together, this group of people has nothing else, and the running skills are first-class.

Among them, there are many kleptomantics with amazing intelligence but distorted minds, thieves with first-class physical conditions who are born with ghost hands, and "collectors" who are so knowledgeable that they can go directly to auction houses to appraise all kinds of cultural relics and jewelry, but the biggest difference between these people and gangsters is that they live among civilians.

Without the intricate network of gangsters, it is naturally impossible for them to live in the North District, they have no proper employment, they cannot explain where the money comes from, and they have to sell stolen goods frequently, and it is not easy to live in the South and West Districts, so they mostly live in the East Side.

They are also beneficiaries of the East Side's renovation program, and even if their income is not as good as before, they are not good at saying anything.

Before Colbert summoned them here, most of them used interception to save money, but many of them were no longer the same as they used to be, feeding their families without starving.

Once you move to a new home, the human courtship instinct will come into play, and if you find a partner and get married, you will have children, and as soon as the child is born, your expenses will increase sharply, and your income will fall, and you will inevitably be anxious.

Before Colbert could say anything, someone asked, "I heard that there are magicians and vampires coming?" Well, I really don't care what they are, I just want to ask, can I take what I stole away? ”

"Of course you can, but only if you follow the arrangement."

The blonde man who spoke sighed deeply and said, "I've been a thief for almost twenty years, and I've never heard of a thief obeying the arrangement. ”

"Of course, you can do it on your own, but do you think you can beat so many people here?"

Copote's words made many experts present hesitate, a top person in the industry will inevitably look at each other, everyone knows each other's technology, the Gotham thief industry is involved in the present, everyone is a thief, and no one has grasped the opportunity to steal the most in the first place.

Besides, what if someone stumbles in order to grab prey? Magicians and vampires are not easy to deal with when they hear this, and a mistake can kill them, and if you have a little morality, you will not have any morality at all, and if you become more ruthless than anyone else, then why don't they fight with the gangsters?

A thin woman in the front row sighed and said, "It's no wonder that the market is bad now, if everyone can eat enough, they won't stare at this bit of meat." ”

"You should also be able to imagine that the market will only get worse and worse in the future." Catwoman leaned against the bar and sighed, "The mayor will definitely suppress theft if he vigorously develops tourism, and the gangsters will not have anything to do with us if they want to wash their hands on the shore." ”

"Whoever can walk is gone." The blonde man said, "Several of our old fellows have already changed careers to set up barbecue stands. ”

"Who wants to be a thief if they can do business? Isn't this a lack of money?! Another voice complained: "If I can get a lot of start-up capital, I will go to the gate of the fourth phase of the project to set up a stall to sell snacks, and my neighbor made a fortune selling this." ”

"I don't want to do it anymore, I'm old and my strength is exhausted, and I won't be able to run away one day." The thin woman sighed and said, "But my sister is very competitive, she is going to study in another city, and I have to pay for her tuition." ”

Listening to the sighs and sighs and complaining, Copote clapped his hands and said: "I know that everyone is in trouble, so I called you over, this time it is a batch of fat sheep, everyone do a good job, make a lot of money to wash your hands and go ashore?" ”

As soon as he heard Colbert say this, the voice below became louder, and the blonde man raised his hand and asked first, "Can you really make a lot of money?" Are those magicians and vampires so rich? Will they come here with money? ”

"Old K, you're such an idiot, who goes out without money?"

"You're all wrong, what they have is definitely not money." A well-mannered man with black-rimmed glasses pushed his glasses and said, "Vampires can live for a long time, they picked up something hundreds of years ago and put it in the present as an antique, do you need to tell me what the value of the antique is?" ”

With a "whoosh", the discussion became heated at the bottom, and this time Catwoman clapped her hands and said.

"Now you know why I'm gathering you, right? Some of you are quick but don't know what is valuable in them, and some of you know antiques but are not good at stealing from people. ”

"For example, although I know gemstones very well, and I can tell from a distance what the gems are set in their clothes, I often haunt museums and the villas of the rich, and I am good at building and picking locks."

"I went to the street to touch other people's pockets when I first debuted, when I was a little girl, and my skills have long been forgotten, I can't hang a hook on the top of his head out of thin air, right?"

The people below laughed, apparently remembering the most famous "Lover's Eye" gem theft.

It was Catwoman's battle for fame, and a gem collector from the Metropolitan wanted his collection to cruise around the East Coast, and everyone advised him not to come to Gotham, but he had to come, and he hired more than 200 security guards to surround the museum.

As a result, Catwoman, the snitch, directly hung a hook and stole one of the most famous gems, the lover's eye, and the gem collector was furious.

Unexpectedly, when these exhibits left Gotham, Lover's Eye returned, and a note written by Catwoman was accompanied - "Your taste is really not good, the gems are too ugly, and I will return it to you." ”

Since then, there is basically nothing to do with this collector in the gem collecting world, and even the gems that thieves do not steal, what is the value of traveling exhibitions?

After successfully livening up the atmosphere, Catwoman folded her arms and adjusted the mask on the side of her head with her hands, which was actually the earphones in her ears, and she did what Bruce told her.

"So, this time we have to divide and work together, and we have to take advantage of the different positions of different types of work, fully squeeze the value of this group of people, and then feed every stratum of the Gotham thief industry with their wealth."

"Now that you have a sheltered house, a complete family, children to look forward to, and a lot of money, you can go to work safer instead of dying in the increasingly elusive stealing industry and the tourism industry of Gotham."

"I have an inside message for you." Copote said with a smile as he looked around.

"Gotham is about to host a big music festival, and the rappers who have been popular all over the East Coast lately will come, and the tickets released on the website will be sold out in an instant, and the scene will be very hot by then."

"Gotham doesn't have the experience to take on such a large event, and organized business practices can't meet the needs of a large number of tourists, and the rest naturally needs to be filled by self-employed."

"The Wayne Group and Falcone's processing plant have already produced a batch of merchandise for the most popular album 'King of Gotham', and you can come to us to pick up the goods if you have the money."

"When the time comes, you will be robbed of three cents of paper for five dollars, and you will make more money than you risk stealing the money of the gang?"

The atmosphere in the arena became more and more enthusiastic, and this group of top thieves in the industry began to talk to each other, thinking about how to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune.

For a long time before, the thieves were in a state of despair, they knew that this would not work, but they did not know how to solve it, and the Gotham police and government obviously could not arrest all the thieves and kill them, which was unrealistic.

But now they see another possibility, and in that possibility, they see something incomparably precious – hope.

Just as the comfortable Metropolis people seek thrills, the Gotham people who lick blood from the knife all year round sometimes dream of a peaceful and happy life.

By the time Catwoman walked out of the Jinbei bar, it was already dawn, and she stood at the door, stretched out, sighed comfortably, and then said to Bruce on the other end of the headphones.

"For so many years, I've been asleep under the sparkle of all kinds of precious stones, and I think I'm much happier than most Gothams, at least I have a little leeway to pursue what I love in a rotten job in a rotten city, most of whom are not so lucky."

"I've been saying I don't understand what you're doing, you're going to starve in the slums, you're going to build buildings, you're going to gather thieves to steal."

"But now, I kind of get it." Catwoman looked up at the occasional glimmer of light shining through the still gloomy clouds, and continued, "Although I didn't sleep all night, I had a good dream. ”

"I dreamed that the gangsters in the city stopped fighting and killing, and gave up ruling the city through violence and terror, and I also dreamed that there were many people who gave up being thieves and chose to make money in a way that did not harm others and lived a stable life."

"I dreamed that my mom liked me, not the cat, I dreamed that the woman who taught me the technique of stealing said she liked me, not what I stole, and I dreamed that everyone was determined to choose me."

"I also dreamed that one day those dark pasts were finally gone, Gotham was really clear, and you stood at my door and asked me if I wanted to marry you."

"Would you agree, then?" Bruce's voice with electricity came from the headphones.

"Will Gotham really be clear?"

"Yes, one day it will."

"Perhaps...... I will too. ”

(End of chapter)