Chapter 114: The Riddler is Born! (5000 chapters)
Arkham Asylum.
Levi took a deep breath.
He could clearly feel the power of fear rising all the time.
The feeling of this crazy growth of power made him a little intoxicated.
Of course, this is due to the miniature inspector, who is a very dedicated "Double XP Card"!
Whenever he accumulates a certain amount of fear power, he thinks that he will give this fear power to the miniature inspector, and then exchange it for double the fear power from him.
When it comes to the speed at which information spreads, there is no industry like the media and journalists!
When Jerome and Jonathan's actions at the police station were exposed by the Gotham news media today, Levi's fear power ushered in a real explosive growth.
And it's not just a momentary explosion, it's a continuous explosive growth!
More than the last time, Jonathan turned into a scarecrow to commit crimes in the Upper East Side, and the increase has increased!
Today is just the beginning, and the amount of fear power has increased more than twice as much as the last time!
As for what Jerome and Jonathan did, as a qualified musician, Levi naturally watched the whole thing.
He didn't just watch Jerome and Jonathan's entire crime.
Even after the two separated, he was still keeping an eye on Jerome and Jonathan.
Jonathan naturally had nothing to say, although it was the fear that hung over Gotham, but after he separated from Jerome, he honestly returned to his hiding place.
As for Jerome's side.
Levi also learned about Gellervin's next steps.
He wants to step on Jerome to get on top!
For this, Levi just smiled.
Want to step on Jerome on the top?
Jerome will let him know what it means to play with fire***, and he doesn't need to worry about it himself!
However, there is one thing that Li Wei did not understand about what happened today.
Those Gotham citizens are terrified of Jerome, and Levi can understand it, after all, there is no normal person who is not afraid of a madman, because you never know what he will do in the next moment.
Especially when this madman still has enough power in his hands to decide your life and death.
However, the source of the greatest fear that caused those Gotham citizens was Jonathan!
This made Levi a little incomprehensible.
After all, Jonathan didn't actually make much action today.
He simply threw a dreadful gas smoke bomb into the hall of the police station during the confrontation with Jerome at the police station, and ended up killing a Gotham police station chief.
What is there to fear about this?
In fact, the reason why Levi has this kind of doubt is entirely because of the asymmetry of information.
Fear comes from the unknown!
Because when Jonathan was crazy in the Upper East Side before, the police department announced that the other party only relied on a poisonous gas called fear gas.
But in the footage leaked by the news media today, the method used by the scarecrow to kill the chief of the Gotham police department has nothing to do with fear of poison gas, and it is incomprehensible.
No one knows what the black mist that spawned out of thin air in the hands of the scarecrow and killed the Gotham Police Chief was!
If fear gas can also be defended by means such as some gas masks, then this unknown black fog does not know how to defend against it at all!
In addition, the Gotham Police Department was almost completely wiped out by the criminals in just one day.
The sense of security in the hearts of the citizens of Gotham is gone.
So it's natural for them to be afraid.
But these are not very important to Levi.
He only needed to know that the power of fear had exploded.
As for these powers of fear, who provided them? And how it came about
Target?
It doesn't matter at all!
And, I'm afraid, he's going to be busy next.
Gotham is about to go haywire!
Once the chaos starts, the number of deaths will definitely not be small!
His soul essence income will also usher in a wave of explosive growth.
At the same time, he will continue to use Senna's giant spear to attack those dead souls to obtain the Black Mist Enhancement talent.
Moreover, the power of fear that comes in every day needs to be manifested by him himself, and then he can get a "double effect" from the miniature parallax monster!
On Jerome's side, Galevin also gave orders to Jerome and his men after announcing his plan.
Before his next plan begins, that is, before the charity gala begins.
Jerome and his men were not allowed to leave the stronghold.
This kind of order does not belong to the attitude of collaborators at all.
A crowd of mentally ill criminals are making a noise, they've had enough of the Black Gate Prison and Arkham Asylum!
Now that they've left that kind of ghost place, they naturally want to have a good time!
As a result, now Gallemann actually wants to continue to restrict their freedom?
It's strange to say yes!
This is the first time that these mentally ill criminals have had a completely irreconcilable conflict with Gellerwin, the "capital".
Looking at the many swords-rattling psychopathic criminals, Galevin narrowed his eyes.
He had expected this situation.
He had already arranged for the people of the Order Order of the Holy Duma, armed with heavy firepower weapons, waiting outside the gate of the stronghold.
As long as these psychopathic criminals have the slightest trace of hands.
The members of the Order of the Holy Duma will rush in at the first moment and take out all these psychopathic criminals.
Although it is a pity to waste these good chess pieces, it is not easy to change your plan!
And, in his current plan, these psychopathic criminals are no longer a necessity.
Real necessities, all it takes is Jerome alone!
Seeing the anger of many of his subordinates, Jerome smiled and waved his hand at the others.
At this time, Jerome's prestige as the boss was finally manifested.
With a wave of his hand, the group of subordinates fell silent.
"Good! Mr. Galeven, we have agreed to your request." Jerome had a consistent smile on his face. "I hope your charity gala will be held sooner, people don't want to be stuck in this room for too long."
"Of course."
Gellerven shrugged.
The strange smile on Jerome's face made him feel a little uncomfortable, and he quickly lost interest in continuing the conversation, and finally gave Jerome a deep look, and then turned to leave the stronghold.
After Gellerven left, the mentally ill prisoners, though disgruntled, did not understand why Jerome would agree to the guy's terms.
However, the fact that they dare to vent their dissatisfaction with Galeman does not mean that they dare to vent their dissatisfaction with Jerome.
At least if Galevin wants to kill them, he needs to find a proper reason.
But Jerome won't!
Greenwood, who was shot by Jerome in the police station, is an example of this!
That guy was shot out by Boss Jerome just because he questioned the scarecrow on Boss Jerome's behalf!
Maybe it's because Boss Jerome is scared?
The mentally ill criminals had some uncertain thoughts in their minds.
Jerome didn't really care what these men would think.
Jerome had already discovered the members of the Order of the Holy Duma who were hiding outside the door.
But he wasn't afraid, even if these members of the Sect were holding heavy fire into the room, Jerome was completely sure that he would retreat, or even fight back!
After all, the firepower of the weapons in the hands of these members of the Order is no more
Ferocious, and only a thermal weapon against ordinary people.
He agreed to Gellerwin's request only because, like Gellerven, he had his plans.
And this plan also happened to use the charity gala prepared by Gallervan......
Except for the Gotham Police Department, the victim, and the security environment in Gotham.
The most affected are the Wayne Group and Bruce Wayne.
Originally, the riddle that Jerome had left behind yesterday during a live televised raid on the Wayne Newspaper Building.
The riddle left behind by Kada Ember when he first appeared is also listed as one of Gotham City's most recognizable hell jokes.
Almost everyone thinks that the mystery is also Bruce's parents.
In just one day, this hellish joke was spread throughout Gotham City.
Of course, there is the first hell joke as a basis, and the second hell joke did not cause too many waves, after all, the citizens of Gotham City are already a little used to it, and it is okay to say that they have laughed!
Even the communication effect is not as deeply rooted in the hearts of the people as the first hell joke
But when the content of the camera was broadcast on TV, everyone knew they had guessed wrong.
The answer is bowling!
Although after the answer was revealed, the citizens found out that it was just an ordinary riddle and had no connection to Bruce Wayne's parents.
But this hellish joke has unexpectedly exploded again! It frequently appears in the mouths of citizens.
And with the constant spread.
There are some bold Gotham citizens who have recreated this hellish joke.
In their mouths, Bruce Wayne's parents are equated with bowling......
When Bruce found out about this and reacted from a brief moment of astonishment, he was so angry that he smashed a lot of antiques in his manor!
Jerome, or Kada Ash, has already announced the answer and has nothing to do with his parents.
But these Gotham citizens are still talking about their parents' hellish jokes!
Obviously my parents didn't do anything wrong!
This incident brought Bruce Wayne into contact with the real evil in human nature for the first time!
Even Ah Fu can only do to comfort the young master in a low voice on the side.
Now that the Gotham Police Department has been almost wiped out under Jerome's attack, Ah Fu knows it well.
The next Gotham City is going to be chaotic!
And the Wayne family, as the group with the most wealth in Gotham City, will be the primary target of others!
The first to bear the brunt is Young Master Bruce, who is the only heir to the Wayne family!
Those who covet the Wayne family are not only the criminals who participated in the riots, but also the second-tier elites after the Wayne family.
Now for the Wayne family, those so-called hellish jokes don't matter at all.
The important thing is that the Wayne family will save themselves during this most chaotic time in Gotham!
Safety comes first!
Therefore, during this period of time, Ah Fu will definitely not agree to Master Bruce leaving Wayne Manor!
He even carried Bruce behind his back and fully opened all the defense systems of Wayne Manor!
Now even Selena can't get in through the wall again! Guarantee that Wayne Manor's defense line is foolproof!
As for the young master's investigation of the owl court......
This doesn't have much of an impact, after all, in Wayne Manor, there is an archive that belongs to the Wayne family.
At the same time that Bruce Wayne was thundering.
In the West Quarter of Gotham City, in an apartment.
Edward Nigma is also going through a major transformation in his life.
He thinks he's a smart guy like the other ignorant citizens of Gotham.
For Jerome in Wayne Newspaper
His intuition tells him that the correct answer is not as simple as others think.
It is absolutely impossible to guess the Waynes with the first reaction!
But although he felt that the answer to the mystery was wrong, he thought about it for two days in a row.
He couldn't guess the right answer, and he would always subconsciously associate it with Mr. and Mrs. Wayne!
This strong sense of separation made him feel as if two completely different people appeared in his mind, and both sides were arguing all the time.
A rational.
A sensibility.
This fierce quarrel in his mind caused Edward to have a splitting headache.
Of course, until the end, Edward did not guess the correct answer.
Edward's mood fluctuated slightly when he saw on the TV news that Jerome had slaughtered the corpses of his former colleagues who had been ostracizing him in the past.
When he saw the scarecrow appear in the camera again, Edward's mood fluctuated a little, just a little. qs
But when he saw Jerome under the lens of the camera, he said that the correct riddle was bowling.
Edward was struck by lightning!
He thought about the riddle for two days, and the answer to the riddle was so simple!
Am you as ignorant as those ordinary Getai citizens?
This is unacceptable to him!
"Bowling? The answer to the puzzle is bowling......
A smile appeared on Edward's face, muttering to himself.
It's just that his smile is very complicated, and he can't tell whether it's helpless or happy.
At the same time, Edward's two versions of himself wearing different colors of clothes also had more obvious changes.
One of them wore a dark green suit and a gentleman's top hat, and held a staff of civilization in one hand and a playing card in the other.
This self clearly has the upper hand!
Suddenly, as if he had been injected with hormones, he pressed another self in a white T-shirt to the ground and beat him.
As the green figure kept hugging his old fist.
With his white color, his figure became fainter and fainter, until finally, he completely disappeared under the blow of the green figure!
The two figures that appeared in his mind were the two selfs who were dressed differently.
Obviously, each represents two diametrically opposed personalities.
The white T-shirt represents Edward Nigma in the past, although he has some quirks for guessing, but he is essentially an honest person with not very high emotional intelligence.
And the self in a dark green suit represents the true self hidden deep in Edward's heart!
Innate high intelligence, arrogance in the heart, real evil......
At this moment, the smile on Edward's face changed suddenly.
When he raised his head again, the embarrassed but polite smile that he had always had on his face had become evil!
And although Edward's outfit has not changed in any way, his temperament has changed, which is diametrically opposed to the original honest temperament, and has become as evil as his smile!
At first glance, an inexplicable chill rises in the heart.
"I won."
There was no one else in the apartment, but Edward muttered to himself with a wicked smile on his face.
Edward has finally made a major change in his life!
From the forensic consultant who was excluded in the police station, the old good man in the girl's mouth, to the talent who can make the most of his innate super high IQ now!
But......
His emotional intelligence hasn't changed much.
Emotional intelligence has nothing to do with IQ!
Edward first glanced around his apartment, inhaling deeply, letting the rotten smell of the old furniture fill his nostrils.
"It's a good feeling to be yourself! But ......"
Edward continued to mutter.
"I'm obviously the person with the highest IQ in the entire Gotham Police Department, but why would I be the worst person in the police department, not only do I have no money, I don't have a girlfriend, and I can only live in this kind of dilapidated apartment, it's really a waste of IQ......
"Riddles? Or two unsolvable riddles? It's just such a simple riddle, but I'll let the people of Gotham know who is the best riddle master......
Accompanied by Edward Nigma's muttering.
A villain who would later envelop the whole of Gotham City in a terrifying riddle.
At the same time, he is also the existence that makes countless other villains shout this same slogan.
Riddler!
And so it was!
"Riddler, get out of Gotham!"
In the days to come, this slogan of consensus from countless villains and heroes will hover over Gotham City, like the perennial clouds and haze over Gotham......
For the birth of the Riddler.
Levi didn't know.
Although his vision was all over Gotham City, Levi didn't have the heart to pay attention to the others at this time.
He didn't even bother with Gordon, Jerome and Bruce Wayne's heavy targets.
Not to mention Edward Nigma, who is already a transparent person!
Because Levi was busy lying on the windowsill of his office at this time, attacking those dead souls, after these souls died, the black mist emitted from their bodies was constantly strengthening Levi's attack power and attack distance!
As the news aired, Jerome's attack on the Gotham Police Station was like pouring cold water into a pan of oil.
Let the whole Gotham explode in an instant!
It's only been a few hours.
In the streets of Gotham, many new criminal gangs have sprung up.
With the emergence of these criminal gangs, the number of deaths in Gotham gradually increased.
You know, it's not just the victims who have disputes with your criminal gangs, but also other criminal gangs!
At the same time, the number of new dead souls within Levi's attack range also began to skyrocket!
He had a hunch that if he continued to strengthen at this rate, it might only take two days, or even less than two days, for his attack range to be strengthened to the point where he would envelop the entire Gotham City, or even radiate beyond Gotham City......