I, V, Gotham Legend

Gordon's already gloomy heart sank even more. If this was true, that Batman might have been in prison long ago.

"Fuck it, speed up!" Gordon shouted and took the lead and quickly entered the prison.

The prison seemed to have been robbed, with signs of smashing, burning and vandalism everywhere.

Unlike what Gordon had imagined, which was full of thugs and criminals, the gangsters and escaped prisoners that could be seen in the corridor were all lying on the ground.

"This is..." Gordon knelt on one knee in front of a lying thug. The man was wearing a black suit and a black skull-like mask. He was obviously dressed like a black mask gangster.

He fainted on the ground, breathing weakly, but his life was not in danger. He must have been knocked unconscious. There were obvious bruises on the exposed part of the broken mask.

"Batman..." The perpetrator was obvious and Gordon felt complicated.

But he was still determined in his heart that Gotham would never allow the existence of such violent vigilantes who would resort to lynching.

"bong!"

Suddenly, an explosion was heard in the distance, and the walls of the room Gordon was in shook slightly.

"Damn... on the roof! Follow me!" Shouting, Gordon rushed forward.

They moved very quickly, and unlike the hard fight they had imagined, the journey was smooth, and all the supposed enemies the police team saw fell unconscious to the ground, and it was obvious that they had been severely beaten.

Fortunately or unfortunately, the Calendar Man is missing and may have escaped, but the frozen body of the Clay Face Man is lying peacefully on the side of the road.

He had been thawed before being transferred to the Black Gate, and now he was frozen again. He must have met someone on the way to escape and was beaten up.

Gordon could guess who it was, which made him feel even more mixed.

Gordon called back the team responsible for searching for hostages and asked them to take in the prisoners who had collapsed on the ground.

After passing through the execution room, you can reach the tower. Climb up the tower and you can see the target. Hopefully it's still not too late.

Gordon led the team forward, but when passing the execution room, he just casually glanced at the gas cell on the left and stopped involuntarily.

The gas cell is an execution facility built by the mayor for humanitarian reasons to reduce the suffering of prisoners. It has not been used for many years.

But Gordon saw a familiar person in the cell.

"Captain Rio... Oh my God..."

The man in wrinkled police uniform and short and fat was obviously the boss that Gordon hated. At this moment, his face was ferocious, staring at the ceiling without any light in his eyes, and blood was flowing on the back of his hand. It was obvious that he had been desperately hitting the bulletproof glass cell before falling down.

he died.

Although in Gordon's mind, Chief Leo's death was his own fault, but as a director, even if he died, he should have been executed after trial and according to legal procedures.

Instead of becoming a tool for gangs to establish their authority and satisfy their perverted sadistic desires as it is now.

Gordon suppressed his anger and led his troops forward.

Arrest Sionis immediately and make Black Mask pay for his contempt for order!

However, when they reached the tower through the corridor, the police were stunned again.

The stairs leading to the roof were blown up, and there was a pile of drone debris on the ground.

The blown-up stairs could not pose a threat to the police officers, but it was enough to delay them and give Black Mask a chance to escape.

Gordon had even heard the sound of the helicopter. He had received news before that Black Mask was going to escape by helicopter.

"Hurry up!" Gordon had to urge his subordinates.

The helicopter circled around the tower, and the sound of the propeller stirring the air was deafening. Gordon could even hear explosions coming from the roof from time to time, as if someone was fighting on it.

When Gordon and others finally passed the broken stairs and were only one door away from the top of the building, the sound of the helicopter had gradually faded away.

"Damn it!" Gordon cursed and kicked open the door leading to the rooftop platform.

When they finally rushed to the terrace, they saw a shocking scene.

It was a giant more than two meters tall, with green scales all over his body, like a suit of armor.

The giant had tight muscles, leaving no doubt that he could pull off a person's head with his bare hands. Facing this side, visible to all members of the police force, his hands had nails as sharp as daggers.

If Gordon had the choice, he would never want to fight this giant even if he had to face ten gang leaders.

But this desperate giant was now lying on the ground like a dead dog.

The scales on its body were covered with burn marks, broken teeth were scattered all over the ground, and its dagger-like claws were limp on the ground. It was obvious that it had fainted.

In addition to him, there was a group of black-masked men lying on the terrace.

And right next to this crocodile man stood a humanoid bat covered in black.

The bat's body was hidden under the cloak, almost blending into the darkness, with only a pair of eyes shining with white light staring at the police team that suddenly broke in.

Apparently, the bat and the crocodile had fought before, and it ended with the bat's complete victory.

Gordon reacted quickly. He immediately ordered his men to aim at Batman and shine the searchlight on Batman's head.

"You are surrounded! Give up resistance!" Gordon shouted loudly.

The police force kept their distance from Batman, forming an encirclement around him alone, but the policemen still swallowed their saliva, the invisible pressure made them feel as if they were the ones being surrounded.

For a moment, no one dared to step forward.

NO23. Assassins

Looking at Gordon and others pointing their weapons at him, Batman just took a few steps back.

As the most impregnable prison in Gotham, Blackgate was built on a mountain facing the sea. Behind Batman was a cliff, and beneath the abyss was only the surging sea.

"Don't move, give up resistance! Hold your head and squat down!" Gordon's partner Bullock pointed a pistol at Batman and shouted sternly.

Batman has nowhere to turn, he's theoretically backed into a corner.

But all the police officers present had a bad premonition, which made those who should have been in a higher position dare not act rashly.

Batman ignored the policemen. When he retreated to the edge, he seemed unaware that there was a cliff behind him, and his body fell backwards like a diver.

"Hey!" Bullock shouted anxiously, and Gordon rushed to the place where Batman fell.

"Om..."

With a deafening roar of engines, an airplane like a giant bat rose from under the cliff and soon reached a level with the terrace of the Black Gate Tower.

The Batplane's searchlight shone onto the terrace. The dazzling high beam made Gordon raise his hands to cover his eyes. The strong wind brought by the plane blew Gordon's clothes and hair.

Gordon tried hard to open his eyes in the strong light, and through the gaps between his fingers, he looked into the pair of white eyes in the cockpit.

The Batplane rose up and disappeared from the sight of the police team in the blink of an eye.

Gordon put down his hand and looked in the direction where the plane disappeared with a complicated expression.

"Batman doesn't exist, right?" Looking at Gordon's dazed look, his good partner Harvey Bullock said sarcastically.

……

It will take some time for the young master to come back, so Alfred tidied up the workbench in the Batcave, which should be useful later.

The Bat Cave is located directly below Wayne Manor, and when Master Wayne discovered the cave, there were already a considerable number of signs of human life.

But according to the young master's investigation, these traces of human activities date back to at least 120 years ago.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The roar of the engine came from far away, and an airplane flew through the waterfall like a gate and landed on the terrace not far from Ah Fu.

A hatch opened at the bottom of the plane and Batman fell out.

"Welcome back sir, I think you should take a rest first. Tonight is Christmas Eve. Do you need me to heat up the Christmas dinner?" Alfred's eyes were gentle.

"No, Alfred, tonight is destined to be a long night." After saying this to the old butler, Batman brushed past him and walked quickly to the workbench.

"I met a human crocodile who told me that Black Mask paid a lot of money to hire an assassin to deal with me." Batman recalled not long ago.

Before Sheriff Gordon brought his men over, Batman beat up the Crocodile Man and broke several of his teeth with his iron fist, but the guy was also a tough nut and only extorted this much information from him.

Fortunately, Batman did not gain nothing. On the road, he noticed that someone was using a drone to monitor Black Mask. The drone was smashed into pieces by Crocodile Man, but the memory card was preserved.

Batman inserted the memory card into the computer, pressed a few keys on the keyboard, and easily cracked the password.

Inside were several videos that seemed to record Black Mask's hired assassins.

It is quite convenient to know the approximate number and appearance of the enemy at once.

Batman watched the video with an expressionless face, but Alfred behind him had a frown on his face.

Nine people were demonstrated in the video, almost all of them were industry leaders, and quite a few of them were so famous that even Ah Fu had heard of them.

When they saw the familiar blue-haired woman, Alfu and Batman frowned almost at the same time.

"V, this is trickier than I thought."

Batman said seriously as he watched the video where Valerie shot and killed five Penguin thugs in a flash.

Alfred was sweating profusely. He couldn't imagine the scene of Master Bruce being shot in the head at the same speed.

The video continues, and the two people in the Batcave have different thoughts.

"Bane, he would actually become a killer for money?" Batman suddenly said in surprise while adjusting the progress bar.

The man in the video picked up a strong man with one hand and crushed their throats with his bare hands.

Ah Fu's heart was filled with anxiety. He couldn't help imagining the bodies thrown on the ground like garbage as Master Bruce.

There is also a long section in the video showing Black Mask abusing the staff of Blackgate Prison. Batman chooses to fast forward because he can't bear to watch it.

After watching the video, he finalized his next plan. First, he had to find the owner of the drone, who might know where the Black Mask was.

He pulled out a piece of white metal from his belt, which he had picked up while collecting memory cards.

But the butler behind him suddenly spoke up at this time: "Master, I think... even you know that you and I are the only two people in this world who know your identity."

Batman guessed what Alfred was going to say, but he didn't interrupt.

"If you choose to stay here tonight, their mission will naturally fail." Alfred finally said what he had wanted to say for a long time.

"If that happens, these assassins will target innocent people and lure me out," Batman refused.

"But... there are nine assassins who want to kill you. You are their prey..." Alfred said earnestly.

"You're wrong, Alfred." Batman lowered his head and continued to observe the drone fragments in his hand, "I'm hunting them."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade the young master, Alfred let out a long sigh.

Batman knew Alfred was worried about him, but he couldn't give up Gotham for his own safety.

He changed the subject and said, "There's only one person in Gotham who can do this."

He showed the butler the fragment in his hand, and in the corner of the fragment, Ah Fu could see a broken letter C.

"With this font numbering and the shooting trajectory in the video surrounding the Levi District, if nothing unexpected happens, it should be Oswald Cobblepot's stuff."

"This is really... Young Master, can you find him? Mr. Cobblepot is famous for his cunning and elusiveness throughout Gotham." Alfred still didn't give up.

"If it was half a month ago, it would have been difficult." Batman's fingers raced across the keyboard. "But Penguin had a conflict with V before, and according to rumors, one of his eyes was pierced by a fragment. If that's true, he should have undergone professional surgery."

A large amount of hospital information appeared on the screen.

There are a limited number of hospitals in Gotham, and even fewer that can perform professional retinal surgeries. Given Cobblepot's suspicious nature, he probably won't look for doctors from other cities.

Because he was afraid of being found, Cobert would not stay in the hospital. He preferred to hire a doctor to be by his side. And surgeons happened to be a profession that did not require traveling very much.

Batman screened out a large number of hospitals based on the travel records of "eye surgeons" half a month ago.

Looking at the few remaining people on the screen, Batman pulled up their bank transaction records through the Internet.

In order to ensure the success of the operation, the Penguin should pay a considerable tip. He is equally famous for his generosity and cunning.

Among the dazzling array of transaction records, Batman saw a man named Richie at a glance. He remembered that he was a cadre under the Penguin.

Using the bank account information, Batman tracked Richie's cell phone signal and locked down his location.

24. Hallucination

"Om."