Starting from scratch, Batman crushed my dream of getting rich

Chapter 122: Enemies unite, justice walks alone

"Carmine! Look what you've done!"

In Roman's office, Carla Vitti was shouting questions at him. Carla still hadn't found Johnny Vitti's killer, and her pent-up anger was already extremely strong. After learning that Falcone had broken the long-standing rules of the mafia and hired the super criminals in Gotham City, she immediately remembered the reason she came to Gotham in the first place.

The Vitti family is rooted in Chicago, and Carla Vitti begins targeting Falcone upon arriving in Gotham—from the outset, the Vitti family has sought to seize Roman control of Gotham City.

And now, she just happened to have another reason to make trouble.

Even in the eyes of the gangs, that group of super criminals can be called chaotic and disordered murderers, mentally disturbed perverts, and freaks that are born to be unacceptable to the world - the gangs only do things for one thing, that is money, so they set rules, established gangs, built networks of relationships, and carefully operated a stable money-making network in Gotham City that can enable them to make long-term profits.

But those madmen are different; they act solely on their own impulses. The Joker might resort to indiscriminate slaughter in pursuit of a holiday killer; Poison Ivy would turn people who cause extensive plant damage into fertilizer; Scarecrow, when he has nothing better to do, would research new poisons and stage terrorist attacks; the Mad Hatter would brainwash young girls into becoming Alice in his fairytale wonderland, only to kill them when he's not satisfied; and the Riddler, who never hesitates to risk human life when leaving puzzles, is mad in his own way.

Crazy, disorderly, cruel, and acting according to their own likes and dislikes rather than actual interests, all of these are incompatible with the underworld of Gotham City. The Gotham City gangs who pursue stability and rules cannot afford to offend those lunatics and can only carefully avoid them.

But what did the Romans do?
"You hired Poison Ivy, the Riddler, the Scarecrow, and the Mad Hatter! Four freaks! A bunch of perverts!"

Roman stood in his office, staring coldly at the front-page news about the bank robbery in the Gotham Daily. He didn't expect that the combination of Strawberry and Mad Hatter couldn't even withstand Batman, which made all the energy and money he had spent before go in vain - and now, he was in a bad mood.

"Kara, you are my family, and I love you."

The Godfather replied to Kara, turning slightly to glance at her. In that instant, the majesty and coldness in his eyes almost froze the sister who came to accuse him. "But never order me to explain myself to you."

Cara finally took a step back. She turned around and left Falcone's office with an angry look on her face. Fortunately, she did not slam the door when she left, otherwise Falcone might have been in an even worse mood.

A few minutes later, Sofia knocked on Falcone's door.

"Dad, do you have something to talk to me about?"

"Sophia, have you read the newspaper too?"

Falcone handed the newspaper to his daughter. "The headline on the front page is about the failed bank robbery. If this one succeeds, my previous hiring of Poison Ivy will probably be written off. After all, it proves that hiring those lunatics can bring greater benefits."

"Unfortunately, I was unsuccessful. In that case, I have to deal with the second troublesome matter."

"What is it?"

"Turn over a page of the newspaper."

Sofia flipped the page and looked at the next piece of news immediately following the headline. Her expression wavered for a moment. "Sal Maroni is about to sue Carmine Falcone in court. What's Harvey Dent's plan?"

"That's it." Falcone shook his head. "I don't know what's wrong with Maroni. I thought the war between us had stopped after St. Patrick's Day, but he's been insisting on it lately, even threatening to testify against me in court himself. There's definitely something fishy going on."

"I had originally intended to ignore this matter and concentrate on running the family business, but now your Aunt Kara is ready to make a move - I don't want to be attacked from both sides, fighting the wolf and the snake at the same time."

"Go find Maroni and tell him that I never ordered the shooting of his father or him. Falcone will work with the Maroni family to find the murderer. There's no need for us to become enemies, and we shouldn't fall for someone else's scheme. It's a lose-lose situation that benefits no one and will only benefit Harvey Dent, who still hasn't been cleared of suspicion as the Festival Killer."

"And if he really doesn't listen—Sophia, you should know why I sent you."

"Yes, Dad."

Sophia hesitated for a moment, nodded to her father, put the newspaper back on the table, turned and left the office.

Originally, she wanted to ask her father about the arrangements for his birthday - August 2nd is the birthday of the Romans, and there are still about twenty days left. It is time to start making preparations in advance. The birthday party of the Romans is naturally extraordinary. In addition to the small party composed of several direct relatives of the Falcone family, there is also a large banquet in the evening.

But after learning that Sal was going to testify against her father in court, Sophia temporarily gave up the idea of asking more questions. She hurriedly walked out of Maroni's apartment, got in the car and drove to the prison.

Today was also a calm day. Harvey sat in his office, preparing materials for the trial on August 2nd. Everyone in the prosecutor's office knew that this was a trial he attached great importance to. Therefore, even Vernon rarely came into his office to see him recently.

But what's interesting is that recently Inspector Harvey seems to be in the habit of wearing a pair of headphones to work. According to him, this is to block out noise and distractions.

"Isolated, what the hell? I think it's isolated from the world."

"Keep your voice down. Attorney General Harvey hasn't finished get off work yet."

"What are you afraid of? He's wearing headphones and doesn't care what's going on outside. Maroni is accusing Falcone, and he dares to get involved in such a thing. Aren't you afraid? If the Romans get rid of Maroni, they will turn around and deal with him. I'm really afraid of being dragged down by him."

"Stop talking, the Romans are gangsters."

"When someone has the power to control your wallet and your neck, let alone a gangster, even those psychopathic lunatics in Arkham, you'd better follow their thinking. You are a starving person first, and a prosecutor second. Do you understand?"

However, Harvey, who was wearing headphones, could not hear his colleagues' whispers at this time. He was listening attentively to the conversation coming from the headphones.

"Mr. Maloney, you have a visitor—a very important personage—who is here to see you."

(End of this chapter)