American comics: Damn it, I’m surrounded by those who worry about their fathers!.

Chapter 568: Azu's Chivalry, Gotham Divided by the Evil

A-Zu wanted to go in and see what was going on inside Gotham. After seeing Oliver appear, he felt bored and prepared to pull him in to take a look.

"of course."

Oliver nodded when he heard A-Zu ask if he wanted to go in.

"Do you have any idea?"

He asked Azu.

"I can fly you in, but if you change into the hooded man's outfit, you should be able to get in easily, right?"

A-Zu directly revealed the other party's identity.

Oliver took a step back in panic, "How do you know?"

A Zu used what Peter often said as his own line: "Because I just know, I always know what I want to know."

"I am the greatest superhero in the world, and I can know anything I want to know."

Oliver: “.”

He thought this guy was really an egomaniac.

Oliver took a deep breath and asked him, "What is your father then?"

Hearing Oliver's words, A-Zu was stunned.

Then he looked around guiltily, puffed up his cheeks, and turned into a giant mushroom, exhaling the air in his mouth.

"My father is the greatest superhero in the multiverse."

After A-Zu said this, he felt like he was a genius.

Oliver was instantly speechless after hearing what A-Zu said.

He discovered that this guy seemed to be a "daddy's boy" and was both respectful and afraid of his father.

"Okay, whatever you want."

Since A-Zu knew his identity, he no longer concealed it and returned to the car to change into his own hooded uniform.

Although he was not impressed by Zu, he knew that he was very powerful, so he agreed to let Zu go to Gotham with him.

After half an hour.

Gotham.

The dilapidated buildings are a bleak and doomsday scene.

On the deserted street, dust covered the floor.

There was the roar of a helicopter flying in the sky, flying low towards the residential area.

Then the helicopter dropped a bag of supplies.

The journalists sitting in the helicopter waited until the food was dropped, then raised their cameras, trying to take pictures of people fighting over food and even killing each other.

However, before he could take the photo, a federal government helicopter arrived to drive him away.

After the news helicopter flew away, a group of children came out and immediately grabbed the food on the ground.

A girl with long blond hair and a little dust on her face grabbed a piece of chocolate and immediately ran home clutching the food.

But she hadn't reached her home yet, she had just run to a fire escape behind an alley.

With a "whoosh", a pair of hands stretched out from the fire escape, snatched her chocolate, and ran up the fire escape "thump thump thump".

The little girl looked at the chocolate that was snatched away from her in astonishment, bit her lip, and immediately went upstairs to chase after it.

However, the boy ran so fast that he soon left her behind.

With a "bang", the boy who snatched the chocolate jumped in front of the fire door, ready to push it open and leave.

However, as soon as he pushed open the fire door, he saw a figure blocking his way.

A-Zu, who was standing in front of him, stretched out his hand with a cold face and picked up the boy who was unable to react in time.

The boy was caught off guard and was caught in mid-air, his legs struggling.

"What kind of animal would steal food from a little girl?"

A-Zu glared at the other person and asked in a bad tone.

He took the chocolate from the other person and threw him to the ground.

"roll!"

If it weren't for the fact that the other party was also a minor, A Zu wouldn't mind giving him a warm look.

The boy, frightened by A-Zu's eyes, started running and hurried outside.

"Whoosh!"

Before the boy had taken a few steps, a dull sound was heard in the air.

In front of him, on the ground, was an arrow.

A bag of bread was hung on the arrow.

Oliver, wearing a hood, walked over to the stunned boy and said, "Take the bread away, and don't steal other people's food next time."

The boy glanced at Oliver, picked up the bread on the arrow and ran down quickly.

After the boy left, Oliver looked towards A-Zu.

"Protect the weak and resist violence." He didn't expect that A-Zu actually had some chivalry.

A Zu didn't know that Green Arrow had changed his impression of him, so he returned the chocolate to the blonde girl who was chasing him breathlessly.

The little girl, with beads of sweat on her forehead, took the food and thanked A-Zu.

"Do you know the situation in this city?" A-Zu asked the little girl.

"No, I don't know."

The girl shook her head and said to A Zu: "But I know someone must know."

"Who?"

"There was a girl who exchanged intelligence for food. For example, she knew where the army's freeze-dried food was stored. She would tell some people, have them take it out, and then give her some of it."

Green Arrow came over to her and asked, "How do you ensure that those people will come back and give her food?"

The little girl thought for a moment and said to Oliver, "She said that the army poisoned the food to prevent it from falling into the hands of the enemy, and she was the only one who knew how to disinfect it."

Oliver fell silent as he listened to the little girl's words.

It takes talent to be fooled by such rhetoric.

What army would poison its food?

Even if one is afraid that the enemy will steal the food, no one would poison their food.

If you can’t finish it, why not burn it?
"Can you take us to her?"

Oliver calmed down and asked the other party.

"can."

The little girl nodded heavily.

Soon she brought the two of them to an iron gate.

A-Zu knocked on the door.

A few minutes later, the door opened and a girl about fifteen or sixteen years old wearing glasses carefully hid behind the door and looked at A-Zu.

"Who are you looking for?"

"I am John Padrick, son of Peter Padrick. Can we talk?"

"Peter Padrick?"

The girl with glasses showed a shocked expression on her face. "Is he the man who was said to have arrested all the super criminals in Gotham overnight?"

A-Zu was a little confused.

Did my dad ever do something like this?!
After learning the identities of John and Oliver, the girl led them over.

"I'm Barbara, Barbara Gordon."

After introducing herself to the two men, Barbara started a conversation.

"I used the intelligence I had to exchange for more intelligence and recruited a lot of employees. Did you know that there are three dozen telephone terminals in Gotham equipped with two-year batteries? That's GEMCON - the Gotham Emergency Communications Network. Fifteen of them are still usable."

Barbara shared her own experience, “I started planning when the infectious disease crisis occurred.”

"So what's the situation in Gotham now?"

Oliver asked the question that concerned him most at the moment.

Taking a deep breath, Barbara said to the three people, "The feudal system still exists here, thanks to Jeremiah Arkham. Before he left the city, he released all the criminals and mentally ill people that your father had arrested overnight."

"The neighborhoods and streets nearby are all controlled by various gangs and factions. Land grabbing is a big deal now."

As she spoke, Barbara took out a map, put it on the table and showed it to the two of them.

"The blue one belongs to the Gotham Police Department. My father (Gordon) is there. I sent a message to tell him that I am fine. I hope he can rest assured."

Pointing out the map, she continued, "The Street Devils are already here, and they're busy stalemate with the Mean Boys to the south."

Barbara then revealed the territory of the super criminals.

"Two-Face occupies the courthouse; Crocodile Man roams around, killing everyone he meets; Black Mask and his masked gang take over the fashion district; and the Ventriloquist and his 'Scarface', who lost a hand in the earthquake, become the iron fist of the new town."

She paused and continued, "Poison Ivy seems to have taken over Robinson Park, but that's just a rumor because no one who went in ever came out."

"The Huntress rules the streets of East Side with her own rules. The Joker is missing, and the Penguin is the only one who is not insane. He has turned his district into Casablanca, built a black market, and provided a safe haven for those who can afford it."

Listening to Barbara's words, A Zu grumbled, "Very good, they even divided the territory. If father were here, it would probably take only half a day to catch these people."

Meanwhile, Padraic Farms.

Peter was talking to Rhea and Kara.

"I don't quite understand why the federal government would abandon Gotham."

Kara said to Peter somewhat depressed.

"It's normal because it's not the first time they've done it."

Peter put Baobao, who was in his arms, on the sofa and said to Kara, "Do you remember the San Francisco earthquake in 1906, a century ago?"

"The earthquake reached a magnitude of 7.8 and lasted for a minute. The earthquake caused the death of nearly 3000 people and displaced more than 20 people."

Peter slowly said to the people in the living room: "Faced with such a serious disaster, the US government at the time, especially the San Francisco local government, showed a sense of ridiculousness."

"When announcing the death toll, in order to avoid causing a drop in land prices and damaging the interests of some real estate developers, the San Francisco government fabricated a number that no one would believe - 478 people. This resulted in a significant reduction in the actual amount of funding for subsequent financial assistance."

Peter shared what he knew about the San Francisco earthquake.

"Moreover, when the earthquake occurred, the mayor at the time issued an order that federal troops, regular police forces, and all special police stations had the right to shoot on the spot those who took advantage of the chaos to loot and commit other crimes."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this order.

Doesn't this make the scene more confusing?

"The more serious problem is yet to come. Since insurance companies stipulate that houses can only be compensated if they are damaged in fires, many citizens have started to set fire to their homes in order to get compensation and rebuild their houses. These arson fires are linked to the fires caused by the earthquake."

(End of this chapter)