"Ha-ha——!" Oswald Copote, the former umbrella boy and now the king of Gotham, is standing on the rooftop, laughing wildly at the Gotham night.

For Oswald Chesterfield Copote, today is a very important day in his life.

The ploy was quite successful.

Several times to sow discord, Gotham bosses Sal Maroney and Fish Mooney turned against each other, and both lost. As Carmen Falcone, who has ruled the Gotham Underworld for many years, is old and frail, Gotham's first godfather, has decided to abdicate after the recent turmoil.

And he, a little brother with an umbrella everywhere in Gotham, a lame 'penguin' who used to be beaten and scolded by everyone, is now standing here overlooking the Gotham night and enjoying the joy of success.

From the moment he has just taken out Fish Mooney with his own hands, he will take over the dark forces of Gotham and become the godfather of Gotham!

Whether it is the four great families or the high-ranking Mr. Mayor, sooner or later he will make everyone remember his name Oswald Copote!

And today, all thanks to this child who suddenly appeared on the rooftop, the penguin's excited eyes fell on Hope.

Hope looked at the crazy man and took two steps back in fear.

This was the first time he had seen a real human, and he had heard his father tell him stories about humans.

The learned Lucian once said that humans are strange, stranger than demons in hell.

Although he had been mentally prepared, the child was taken aback by Oswald Copote's actions.

Excited, Mr. Copote turned and jumped off the platform, limping over and picking him up. Then the new Gotham Godfather, Mr. Gotham, jumped to the top of the rooftop wall with the child - he only had to take one step forward and fall straight down.

This height is quite dangerous for the average human, and Hope looks at the fragile human with some concern as he looks at the churning waves below.

This height doesn't frighten children, after all, Daddy Hope is much more powerful than this when he takes off. Hope is a well-informed child!

At this time, Hope was holding the one-eyed doll that had just been put in the suitcase in his left hand, and Lucian's small cake in his right hand, and was caught in the elbow by Copote, who was forced to look down on the Gotham night with him.

"Wow-" The child was instantly fascinated by the sight.

To be precise, Hope is actually only a country child, and he has never seen such a bustling city scene!

He'd seen nothing but black primeval forests, desolate cemeteries, huge lakes full of monsters, and Daddy's big castle.

But Copote, who heard the child's exclamations, thought the child was frightened by him.

The frightened call makes the penguin people happy.

Sure enough, the joy of success still needs witnesses, and although he would love to call all the residents of the city to the party, this is obviously unrealistic. He could only secretly celebrate.

Luckily, there is a child.

Thanks to this little imp who came out of nowhere, Cobotch thought triumphantly. It was the appearance of this child that stunned Fish Mooney, who was shooting at him. It was at this moment that he found an opportunity to rush over and knock Gotham's famous Lady Fish Mooney, aka his former boss, off the rooftop.

Beneath the rooftop is the cliff and the sea.

May God bless Fish as a fish, and Colbert opened his mouth again and laughed silently twice. He knew that penguins were destined to eat fish.

Thinking of this, Oswald Cobot couldn't help but glance down at the child. He deliberately carried the child to the rooftop, firstly, so that the child could witness the happy moment with him, and for the other reason that he needed to make the child who had witnessed the scene just now afraid of him, so as not to say something that should not be said in front of GCPD.

He didn't really want to get rid of the child who had witnessed his glory days, he felt that this child would bring him good luck.

Presumably the child was too frightened to speak, and he would have comforted him at will, and then the child would have been obedient, Copote thought. Anyway, the children who can appear here will not be the children of rich families, and I am sure that they will be street children looking for a place to spend the night.

Oswald Cobott lowered the noble head of the Gotham King, ready to speak.

Then he saw the little boy he thought was trembling with fright, and swallowed the last bite of cake in his hand. Then licked his fingers.

I didn't look scared at all.

The kid even secretly reached out on his clothes to wipe the cake crumbs off his hands! Don't think he can't see!

The penguin man lifted Hope up with a twisted expression.

Little Hope had his feet dangling in the air, and the soles of his feet were the crashing waves and reefs.

He was a little confused, but he still smiled a little shy at the first human he saw in person, "Hello, sir. I...... I'm Hope. ”

What a memorable moment!

Hope greets a human for the first time!

"Who the hell are you?" The penguin finally realized that something was wrong with the child. He didn't notice just now, the clothes on this child's body were obviously not what ordinary street children could wear.

"I'm Hope!" The child's eyes were suddenly filled with the words 'you are so stupid'. Hope thought to himself, this man's memory is so bad, it's worse than quack. He had just finished saying his name.

And he's so rude.

Quack would have greeted him well, but this uncle didn't exchange courtesies after Hope introduced himself. Children who are not polite will definitely be educated by Lucian, and they will have to endorse!

"Hope? What's your last name? Cobot dragged his legs down from the rooftop and sat on the ground with his butt on his shoulder, but his hand didn't let go of Hope: "Boy, how did you get here?" ”

This is Mooney's secret base, disguised as a dilapidated and uninhabited villa, where no one usually comes. Especially small children.

"Hope is ready to play hide and seek! I'm going to find Daddy! As soon as Copote reminded him, the child suddenly remembered his purpose. He was obviously tidying up in the room, but as soon as he opened the closet, he came here.

It's amazing, but without Lucien, the child feels very insecure.

Hope looked at his surroundings in a bit of panic, then turned his head to look in the direction he had come from—there was now nothing but a slick wall.

There was no Lucian, and there was no quack.

The child immediately tried to run over, but was grabbed by Copote.

How did he get to this place? What about Lucian? What about quack? Hope realized he was alone, and that's when he began to panic.

Well, not only did he not find his father who was hiding, but he also came to a strange place!

Hope, who had never left home, began to get scared.

The child couldn't figure out why, and he couldn't find an adult, even the penguin's hand pulling at his collar didn't prevent him from being aggrieved and teary-eyed.

"Where's Lucian? Quack—" Hope subconsciously called out loudly, only to be covered by Copote's mouth.

The cry was stifled back, and the little boy's red eyes were wet and he looked at the fierce-eyed Copote.

"Listen, don't yell." Cobot knew that James Gordon should have received the news by now, he must be in the vicinity with someone, and the upright Detective Gordon had been waiting for an opportunity to send him back to Arkham.

The penguin picked up the gun that had just been accidentally dropped nearby during the fight, and looked at Hope threateningly: "Although you are still young, I think you should know what this is?" Be quiet, and I'll keep you alive. But if you're ready to keep making noise, I'm going to keep you here forever. Hear no! ”

Hope hiccuped with tears in her eyes - the little cake was a little overwhelmed, but he still wanted to eat it, and he wanted Lucian to show up soon.

The gun was something he had never seen before, so he didn't quite understand what the human was trying to do with a strange little thing.

Copote let go of the hand covering the child's mouth.

Hope burst into tears: "Lucien, where are you, Daddy?" I'm going home—"

Copote: ......

He could only cover the child's mouth again with his eyes and hands.

"Didn't you hear what I said, little ghost?" The penguins were a little angry. He can't be discovered by the GCPD, or the shrewd Gordon will see the traces of the scene, and he will definitely be sent to court, even if he is the king of Gotham, he has to follow certain rules of the game.

"I'll say it one last time," Colbert's voice squeezed out of his throat, "No sound allowed, do you understand?" ”

The child nodded as if he didn't understand.

The King of Gotham put his hand down in satisfaction.

"Daddy——!! Lucian ——!! Quack ——!! ”

This time it was louder than it had just been.

The King of Gotham can almost hear the sound of GCPD police cars.

“Shit！” Cobot cursed twice, he had wanted to be kind to the child who had brought him good luck, but now it seemed that he had to regret the trouble.

The sound of a loaded pistol ringing in little Hope's ears, though he had no idea what it was.

"Bang-"

The loud explosion surprised Hope. The child's attention was indeed easily diverted, and he suddenly stopped calling his father, and looked curiously at the penguin man who was holding his arms and wanted to howl but did not dare to howl.

The King of Gotham rolled on the ground in pain, and just as he was about to shoot, his pistol exploded.

Little Hope, who was very close, miraculously didn't have anything to do at all, and even his face was still white and pink.

Instead, his arm was blown up and bloodied.

The child bit his finger and looked at the penguin with some reluctance: "Are you okay?" Looks super painful......"

Copote said to himself, who the is to blame, this kid is really a bit of a wicked person. He used this gun to fight Fish Mooney for so long, and he didn't do anything, and then he blew up on the kid. Coupled with the fact that this kid appeared inexplicably, Copote, who has always been cautious and cowardly, has some bad premonitions.

"You-"

But before the penguin man could finish his sentence, he saw the child take two steps back and hide himself under the eaves.

asked him very simply: "Uncle, don't you hide in?" ”

Who the is your uncle, Copote viciously picked up a brick from the ground. He didn't figure out who to hide, and he didn't see Gordon anyway.

So he ignored his injured arm and prepared to continue to kill this little ghost.

"Hiding from what?" However, Copote thought about it and asked cautiously.

"Shelter from the rain." The kid had a 'how stupid you are' expression again, and he didn't care about the brick in Copote's hand at all.

Before Hope could speak, the raindrops crackled and unreasonably drenched the King of Gotham into Gotham Soup.

Copote: ...... shit！

He hurriedly threw away the bricks and ducked next to Hope. The child didn't chase him away, as if he didn't mind that he had just scared him.

"You ......" Copote is really a little cowardly now, this kid is a little unscientific.

"Uncle, don't be afraid, the rain will stop soon!" Hope said. Dad often let it rain near the castle, and the dark cloud will pass later, and the Hope children are very experienced.

The King of Gotham was thinking about what to do with the child.

“…… Did you know I just killed someone? Colbert squeezed out a twisted smile.

Hope gave Copot a strange look and said, "But no one died!" ”

Cute and lovable said what Copote didn't want to hear the most.

“…… Didn't you see me push her down? "Of course she's dead," Cobot said. ”

"Nope!" Hope saw no soul and no shadow of death.

"I said she's dead and she's dead!" Cobot jumped nervously, only to be caught back under the eaves by the torrential rain. He didn't believe that Fish Mooney could survive falling into the sea from such a height: "If you say more, I'll strangle you!" ”

This kid isn't some kind of crow's mouth, is it? Cobott was somewhat unconvinced.

He grabbed the child by the collar and picked him up, ready to threaten him again.

Then I felt my ass cold.

The King of Gotham slowly bowed his head.

The poor penguin has a spotted snake on its buttocks, and the venom looks very irritating.

He felt himself numb from his ass.

"Ah, you've been bitten on the ass by a snake!" Hope's eyes widened: "It hurts!" ”

Children can empathize.

What do humans do when they are injured? Little Hope hugged the one-eyed doll tighter, frowning and desperately remembering the human stories his father and Lucian had told.

“…… Alarm? Hope had an idea: "How can you call the police, uncle?" ”

The King of Gotham lay numb and foaming at the ground, unable to utter a word.

At that moment, a bell suddenly rang in his pocket.

Hope was startled, and he cautiously reached out his hand.

James Gordon's voice came from inside the phone-

"Oswald Copote, you're alleged—"

"Uncle, this uncle has a swollen ass and a black face, Hope wants to call the police!"

Gordon, who was about to test the penguin man over the phone: ......?