Starting from scratch, Batman crushed my dream of getting rich

Chapter 149: Business trip is part of working, you have to taste
The situation in Wayne Prison is not difficult to understand.

The Godfather's investigation took only three days, and then Alberto's sentence was a foregone conclusion.

There was no other way. For Alberto's sake, he had no choice but to fight the Maroni family to the bitter end. But by the time Luigi was imprisoned, the Falcone family's influence would surely be 70% or 80% gone. Furthermore, considering Gotham's new system, which was constantly transforming gang members into ordinary members of society through labor reform, he had little chance of defeating the Prosecutor's Office and the Gotham Police Department, which had allied themselves with Wayne. His imprisonment was inevitable, so choosing a better cell ahead of time was a wise move.

At present, it seems that the only drawback of Wayne Private Prison, apart from the considerable amount of labor, is that it "cannot be bribed with money." However, "no fighting, bullying and violence are allowed" also brings considerable security to this prison.

"Alberto, forgive me."

With mixed feelings, Falcone called Sheriff Gordon.

Snapped!
"Does that bastard really want to fight us to the death?"

In the Maroni family's mansion, Luigi slammed the phone in his hand. The Godfather had already been sending out signals of peace talks between the two sides. The two sides had already agreed on a time and place for a negotiation.

This made Luigi feel a little relieved. The damage caused by the hand-to-hand combat with Falcone these days was quite severe, and it even led him to think about taking a long-term view.

Although many core members of the family were killed and the son was suspected of being abducted, if you think about it carefully, the festival killer incident may not have been instructed by Falcone - because a long time has passed since the day Alberto was arrested, the Maroni family has not welcomed the second madman who was shooting around with a gun, and the Romans have not been secretly searching for their son. This shows that Falcone may not know what Alberto did.

Maybe he really thought his son was dead?

Luigi, having recovered, carefully reviewed the situation. Both Maroni and Falcone were already severely weakened, which calmed his mind. He thought that if both sides could exchange information, perhaps a better solution could be found. Even if they took a step back, the situation wouldn't get any worse. At worst, they could just keep fighting. Xavi was a very effective weapon, and he was confident he could inflict a crushing defeat on the Romans.

But then, more bad news came.

Falcone changed his mind and directly canceled the meeting between the two parties. He threatened to completely eliminate the Maroni family, leaving only one mafia family in Gotham City, and then return all the three shots he received as a child to Sal Maroni.

"That's too much. Do you really think the Maroni family is afraid of going to jail?"

Luigi spat fiercely: "The Romans want war, fine, then we will give them war!"

I can only say that they are worthy of being father and son, even the words they say are exactly the same.

And the very next day after Luigi said this, Ma Zhaodi received a call from Harvey.

"Things are on the right track, Old Ma," he said. "Falcone agreed to our terms for his son, and Maroni shouted slogans, saying he would fight him to the death."

As soon as these words were spoken, a new prompt suddenly appeared on the system panel.

【Ding】

[Your current part-time job in Gotham City has been completed. Gotham, your work location, is about to undergo an upgrade. According to system predictions, the number of local part-time jobs will decrease sharply during the upgrade.]

【The performance evaluation of this stage is: Excellent】

[Reward skill for this phase: Batman's Friendship, Gather and Start a Group]

[This stage's bonus skill: I didn't kill anyone]

[Batman's Friendly Note: Now that you have this thing, you should know it's useless - Batman doesn't remove you from his counter-attack plan, nor does he hit you any less gently.]

【Gather and start group

Note: To deal with this kind of evil heretic, there's no need to talk about chivalry; we all have to fight together!

Ma Zhaodi looked at the first reward with mixed feelings, and even wanted to hit Batman because what it said was right.

But when he saw the second reward, he immediately perked up and carefully looked at the effect of this skill - to put it simply, when he went on business trips or work in other universes, he would be given the authority to bring people with him. He could choose a friendly character with whom he had already gained "friendship" in this world. As long as the other party agreed, he could take a ride with him and travel back and forth to that universe together.

"Oh awesome! If I take Batman with me when I go on a business trip, won't it be like taking off right away?"

But if you think about it carefully, Batman doesn't always have time, so he still needs to be mentally prepared to go alone.

I didn't kill anyone

Note: I would shoot people to pieces with a gun, I would break their spine with a guardrail, I would hit them on the head with a metal baseball bat and send them flying three meters, I would hit them directly on the body with a motorcycle, I would throw them directly from the windowsill to the ground below - but no matter what, in a nutshell, I did not kill anyone, I am innocent.

——by Kiryu Kazuma

Note 2: Batman gave a thumbs up]

"No, buddy?"

Ma Zhaodi looked at the annotation and grumbled, "Are you two on the same page?"

Jokes aside, the skill's effects are incredibly powerful. This is an active skill, currently limited to Ma Zhaodi himself, and lasts for twelve hours. As for the skill's effects, as the notes state, as long as this skill is active, no matter what weapon Ma Zhaodi uses, the target will not actually die, and the opponent will always be able to survive.

This range can be further upgraded, though it seems to require a significant expenditure of Asset Points. The first upgrade costs $100,000 USD, expanding the effect further, allowing Ma Zhaodi to designate two targets for the skill to last for 24 hours. If the range is upgraded further, the effect will become "No one within the skill's range can kill anyone else."

As for how much the second upgrade would cost, Ma Zhaodi was not too curious. He only had $150,000 worth of asset points on him now, and he planned to save them for emergencies.

【Searching for new part-time job locations】

[Found a very willing employer——]

[The location for the odd job has been searched. This odd job is a special business trip assignment. After completing the work, you will receive an employee privilege upgrade, and the system will open up the right to work and travel outside of Gotham City.]

[Note: This employer is only able to provide knowledge and skills as compensation. You can choose to refuse and the system will search for a new business trip commission.]

[Remuneration for this business trip: Advanced Mechanical Mastery, Master-level Aerodynamics Mastery, Master-level Kite Skill Mastery]

[This business trip is to: Gotham City – Battle of Jokes and Riddles]

(End of this chapter)