I, V, Gotham Legend

"V?" Even Rhino's stupid brain remembered the name, and he finally remembered why the woman looked so familiar.

Valerie sniffed and frowned as she looked at the situation in the house.

"Is this some kind of competition? I thought we had finally found the human traffickers' base... It's okay, you guys continue." Valerie wanted to leave.

After finding the first human trafficking base a month ago, Valerie has been searching Gotham for similar ones, looking for them one by one.

In addition to humanitarianism, another reason is that Valerie realized that the Court of Owls was deeply involved in these dark industries and there was a high possibility that there were remnants.

A centipede is still alive even after death, so it is better to be clean.

Seeing that the people here were just having an ordinary fight and it didn't seem to have anything to do with the owl, Valerie had no interest in getting involved.

But Rhino was not going to let her go. He stood up roughly and glared at Valerie: "You want to leave after destroying the place? Do you look down on Scarface?"

"I've never heard of him. Who is this little character showing off?" Valerie glared back impatiently.

Normally, Valerie would not bother to talk nonsense and would just strike back at such people, but now she was still on her menstrual period, and her temper suddenly made her want to curse them harshly.

The woman's contemptuous attitude towards the boss made Rhino furious. He pointed at a subordinate next to Valerie and said, "Catch her for me!"

"Ah I?"

The subordinate was also confused, he obviously knew Valerie.

NO4. Miss V is particularly irritable today

Thinking of the cruelty of Rhino and the boss behind him, the subordinate compromised. He remembered V's good reputation and prayed in his heart that she would not kill anyone.

"Aaaaaaahhh!" The subordinate ran towards Valerie with his gun in hand and his eyes closed. He did not dare to shoot for fear of angering the famous V.

But Valerie, who was already irritated because of the special day, didn't care about that. She pressed her subordinate's head down at a speed that ordinary people couldn't see and smashed it hard against the wall.

The subordinate was knocked unconscious by this blow, but Valerie, who was in a bad mood, did not intend to let him go. She held the man's head and knocked it against the wall again and again like ringing a bell.

There were cracks on the wall and the subordinate's face was already bloody, so Valerie finally threw him aside.

At least no one died.

Helena's shoulders hunched in fear. She knew Valerie was on her period, but she still found it horrible.

Rhino was shocked by Valerie's violent behavior, and then showed an interested expression: "You have good blood, you are qualified to serve Scarface."

"Everyone who thinks they have some power has told me this, but they all end up in a bad way." Valerie was still disdainful.

She remembered that the last person who invited her was Bane, and even earlier it was Siwa and the Romans. Now she saw that all three of them had been severely beaten by her.

The rhino bared its bloodshot fangs and stood up from the stool. The shadow of its huge meat mountain covered the blue-haired woman.

"What an ungrateful woman. She thinks highly of herself just because she has a little fame." The rhinoceros's huge body rushed towards Valerie like a chariot.

But Valerie didn't take him seriously. Compared with giants like Bane or Crocodile Man, the rhino was obviously a little small.

Valerie turned to look at Helena and said, "Look, this is what you should do to deal with a big fool like this."

As she said this, without even looking at the rhino, she reached out her hand and pressed it on his head, then applied force.

The rhino felt as if a mountain was pressing down on his head, and he fell to his knees uncontrollably.

How is it possible... This guy looks so weak...

The rhino struggled and sweated profusely.

"Have you learned it?" Valerie asked Helena.

"..." Helena didn't know how to answer. She thought Valerie would make a cool move and then use some high-tech that was not from this era to deal with the opponent.

"What if... I'm not strong enough to defeat the enemy?" Helena thought for a moment before speaking.

Although Helena has become a super strongman after wearing the gorilla gloves, without these high-tech things, she is still no different from an ordinary person.

"You're stupid. You definitely can't just force it like that!" Valerie seemed to be saying, "You don't understand such an obvious truth?"

Helena didn't say anything. What she wanted to ask was what to do if she couldn't confront him head-on.

"If you can't beat him, you have to get behind him and knock him out or cut him, like this."

As she spoke, Valerie squatted down and smashed the rhino's head hard on the ground, leaving a hole in the concrete floor. The two-meter-tall man lost consciousness instantly, and Helena felt phantom pain just watching.

"If you're really worried, you can always finish him off." As she said that, Valerie took out a cocktail stick and stabbed it into her back, where her heart should be.

The rhino's limbs trembled for a moment, and then fell silent.

Helena swallowed, she wanted to learn it only because she couldn't do it.

"It means stealth, knocking down the target from behind. You should practice staying calm." Seeing Helena's confused expression, Valerie explained impatiently, "Come with me for dinner some other day."

Helena was even more confused. What did stealth have to do with staying calm and eating for free?

Valerie stood up. The pain in her abdomen made her feel unhappy. Although the pain was nothing to her, it was persistent and annoying.

"Okay, are you going to make me pay the price for not knowing what's good for me?" Valerie looked at the group of people in the room who were bleeding from the fight and the other gangsters who were standing by with guns.

These people were so scared that they shook their heads like rattles.

"We came here to apply for a job, but were forced by this guy to fight each other. He is Scarface's subordinate." The person closest to him explained the situation directly.

"You are gangsters." Helena frowned.

"No, no, no! We're not yet! We just almost went astray!" Sensing that V's followers' tone was wrong, these people with a strong desire to survive immediately distanced themselves from him.

"Then these must be it." Valerie looked at the men with guns.

These people were so frightened that they clenched their weapons tightly in order to gain some sense of security.

"Test what you have learned." Looking at these people who were ready for battle, Valerie turned to Helena and said.

The so-called becoming stronger is definitely not just about high technology. In the past month, Helena has been following Valerie to carry out missions, learning and getting used to the combat skills summarized by Valerie.

Helena nodded to Valerie, who stepped forward and raised her fists in mismatched gloves.

"Remember, the person who is about to beat you up is called the Huntress." Helena's eyes flashed coldly.

...

The moon is dim and the stars are sparse. It seems that the temperature is getting warmer, and the birds' chirping at night has become more frequent.

A group of people in black suits walked into the basement. They had different expressions, but all of them were filled with fear.

There were thugs all over the place, most of them looked like they were knocked unconscious, but some of them seemed to have their necks broken.

The gangsters walked over to the largest man lying on the ground, looking at the pool of blood under the rhino, and were hesitant to speak.

"Thump, thump..." The highly recognizable footsteps were heard, and the gangsters reacted immediately. They stood on both sides and looked at the people behind them.

To be precise, it looked like two people, a well-dressed, white-haired old man holding a child-like person in a suit and tie.

They walked very slowly, but no one dared to rush them because the man in the old man's arms was their boss [Scarface].

"Arnold..." Scarface shook his head as he looked at the rhino lying on the ground, "Kick him."

"Boss, he looks deader than dead," the old man said with some concern.

"He's still alive. Kick him awake, or you'll have to kill him." Scarface said mercilessly.

Arnold didn't delve into the logic behind Scarface's words, but the boss was giving him orders, so he had no choice but to walk over to the rhino and kick it hard on the head.

"Ouch..." The rhino cried out in pain, then opened its angry eyes.

He wanted to scold the person who suddenly attacked him, but when he opened his eyes, he saw the boss he admired the most.

It was a wooden doll wearing a suit, about the size of a child, with a scar carved on its ferocious face with a blade.

It fits over Arnold's hand, and the carved eyes seem to be glaring at the rhino.

"Boss, are you the one who saved me?" The rhino was as docile as if he had seen a god.

"I've read your medical report. Your heart is on the right side." The puppet Scarface shook his head, but it was obvious that it was Arnold who was speaking without moving his mouth.

5. Ventriloquist

"You mean V? I was ruined by that guy?"

Scarface, hanging on Arnold's hand, shook his head as if staring at a rhino.

At this time, Rhino and a group of gangster colleagues were hung upside down, with boiling water under their heads.

Arnold stood in an area where he would not be affected. Although his flattering subordinates prepared a chair for him, as a butler, Arnold was very diligent and chose not to sit down before the boss's consent.

"It was all Lord Rhino's fault that he provoked V!" A thug with a bruised face and nose who was hanging from the ground betrayed Rhino without mercy.

"Boss, that woman underestimated you!" Rhino emphasized the reason why he started the war.

"I believe in your loyalty, and I also believe in your stupidity." Scarface concluded.

"Hehehe, I knew the boss would believe me." Rhino was not angry at being called stupid.

"But my place was destroyed in your hands, and it was all because of your recklessness." Scarface didn't intend to just let it go. He called to his subordinates, "Put him down and let him leave me one finger. The others go in and don't let them get soaked to death."

This is a custom that originated in East Asia and is extremely effective for gangs to establish their authority.

The thugs put the rhino on the ground with simple movements, and someone nearby handed over a shiny dagger.

The other thugs who were hung showed expressions of despair. The ropes that tied them were lowered, and these people were soaked in boiling water while screaming.

Rhino knelt on the ground, took the dagger, and looked at his right hand with a serious expression.

"Boss..." Arnold, who was holding the puppet Scarface, trembled and said, "Rhino fought for your dignity and almost lost his life. He didn't have to..."

"So I spared his life." Arnold stopped talking halfway and ventriloquized himself.

The little mouth of the puppet in his hand opened and closed, as if the real puppet was speaking.

The surrounding gangs are no longer surprised by this split personality.

Although they would call the puppet named Scarface the boss as requested by the boss, everyone knew that the real boss was still this seemingly timid old man.

To become a big shot in Gotham, one must be more or less mentally abnormal, and someone as crazy as Arnold is definitely a future big shot.

Some people who knew Scarface and his trusted thugs privately gave Arnold a more appropriate nickname.

【Ventriloquist】

However, although everyone was aware of the boss's condition, some people still didn't understand the situation.

"Are you questioning the boss's decision?! You damn sour old man!" Rhino bared his teeth at Arnold.

"No! Of course I'm not... I will always be loyal to the boss!" Arnold was trembling with fear. He was most afraid of being abandoned by Scarface.

"Then watch your stinky mouth!" As he said this, the rhino cut off his little finger. He groaned in pain but had no complaints.

There are many people in the gang who are like Rhino. They believe that Scarface is not a mere puppet, but a real person, or even something of a higher level, and they worship him fanatically.

It is worth mentioning that Arnold himself is one of them.

These fanatical fans will even go so far as to bully the real ventriloquist himself in order to please Scarface or to envy Arnold.

"Okay, bring up those people at the back! Next, it's time to consider the matter with V." After supervising the completion of the punishment, Scarface patted his wooden palm.

"Should we make V pay the price?" Rhino raised his hand and accepted the bandage from his men, as if it was not him who had just cut his finger.

"I've heard that V is a famous mercenary. She can be our helper and solve those troublesome eyesores." Scarface had a different idea, "For example, Batman, or Harvey Dent."

"Are you sure, Boss?" One of Scarface's subordinates felt strange. "In that live broadcast that day, that woman seemed to be working with Batman, right? She was accompanied by a woman dressed like Batman."

"They are not the same kind of people. We can let them fight each other." Scarface smiled evilly.

Arnold hugged Scarface with admiration. His boss always had many plans, but unfortunately he never told him.

Rhino is always jealous of the boss's trust in him, but Arnold thinks the boss should trust him more.

...

In the abandoned factory in the industrial area, clanging sounds continued to be heard, like a blacksmith hammering something.

Valerie stood in the bumpy yard of the abandoned factory. In front of her was a pile of foundations made of different materials, arranged in a row like mahjong tiles.

These were all failed space stations, and although they could all fly, Valerie could not identify them as vehicles.

At this time, Valerie was holding a hammer, knocking on a metal foundation, which was the prototype of the next space station.

Normally, Valerie could just rub it out with her hands, but more than a month of continuous failure made her doubt that her method was wrong. Coupled with the irritability caused by her menstrual period, she wanted to smash something even more.

This piece of metal and this hammer became pitiful punching bags. The metal was smashed beyond recognition. Obviously, Valerie had given up on building the foundation of the space station. She now just wanted to smash things to vent her anger.