I, V, Gotham Legend

"I don't like your tone, and I don't want to hear any bad rumors." Valerie threatened directly, but she certainly wouldn't really kill him.

But looking at Valerie's cold eyes and the cold metallic taste in her mouth, cold sweat still soaked the police officer's back.

He could only close his eyes and nod, begging Valerie to let him go.

Valerie pulled out her pistol, grabbed the officer's head with her left hand, and threw him to the concrete floor.

"I've remembered your face. If I hear any rumors I don't like in the future, I will come to you first." After saying that, Valerie rolled up the car window and then drove slowly into the underground garage.

"Hahaha, Uncle Dwayne failed?" The black-masked thug who had been communicating with the police before laughed with glee.

The police officer felt very embarrassed, but when he thought of the feeling of the iron block still stuffed in his mouth and the pain of being hit in the nose, he dared not speak.

The gloating black-masked thug was very glad that he did not provoke Valerie. After all, he was beaten by her in the bar not long ago, and he became much more well-behaved.

On the other side, after beating up the police officer, Valerie felt much better. Her hands on the steering wheel couldn't help but beat the rhythm with the music.

After all, he was hypnotized by an unknown stalker at his doorstep not long ago, and now he is being sexually harassed. As a young man with normal sexual orientation, it is inevitable that he will be stressed.

However, Valerie is not a completely reckless person. It is obvious that this police officer has a long criminal record. Even if the police are alerted, he can still get away with it by claiming that he has sexually harassed her.

Her Qilusi Yiyan even recorded the video. You know, the police officer's hand was almost grabbing her chest.

After driving for a while, Valerie saw a truck not far away finally stop to unload its cargo, and she finally saw what was under the white cloth.

It looked like something out of an amusement park, with railroad tracks, a few statues, and balloons.

Black Mask's men carried these facilities and transported them to the inner courtyard of the Royal Hotel via stairs and trailers, apparently intending to transform this grand hotel.

Valerie got out of the car and followed them. Since she was wearing a work suit, the men in black masks recognized her and ignored her and continued working. After all, this was not something that needed to be kept secret from their own people.

Seeing that they were not going to avoid her, Valerie felt that she could go up to them and ask them directly.

No. 26. Pride

"I don't know what the boss has suddenly gotten into, asking us to renovate this hotel." In the elevator, a black-masked thug carrying a bundle of railroad tracks explained to Valerie.

"Do you want me to transform you overnight?" Valerie was a little surprised.

"The main framework was remodeled a few days ago. What we need to install now are just decorations." The black-masked thug said, "The boss also gave us new masks, which don't match the previous style at all."

Valerie felt a little uneasy, she felt that things were not that simple.

"Really... Ever since returning from Reciqun Tower, the boss seems to have become a different person. He has become a little... unpredictable." The black-masked thug complained to Valerie.

Rexiqunta?

Valerie raised an eyebrow.

That is the most luxurious building even in the new city of Gotham, like a castle. What could Black Mask encounter there?

……

Batman stood in the largest suite on the top floor of the Reese Tower. According to the clues he collected, this was one of the hiding places of Black Mask.

While fighting with Deathstroke, the Penguin took the opportunity to escape, so after defeating Deathstroke, Batman rushed here without stopping, but to his surprise, this place had been blocked by the police.

After quietly knocking out all the police officers on guard, Batman sneaks into the room, and according to the Penguin, this is where Black Mask got into trouble.

After entering the room, the scene he saw made Batman understand what the Penguin meant.

White suit and black skull, this is the classic look of Roman Sionis, also known as the Black Mask.

At this time, the man who was supposed to be wearing a black mask was lying on the ground, with a conspicuous bullet hole on the forehead of the mask.

The man in the black mask was covered with a black cloth, and it was obvious that the body had not been taken away yet. The murder scene must have just been discovered.

Batman looked into the room. This spacious hall was in a mess. There were obvious signs of burning on the ground, probably to destroy evidence.

Not far away there was a pool table that was smashed in half, and it looked like a fight had taken place there.

The most eye-catching thing in the room is the woman hanging on the chandelier on the ceiling like the Son of God on the cross.

There was an obvious bullet hole on the woman's chest, so she must have died from gunfire.

Batman squatted in front of Black Mask's body lying on the ground. The body had been burned, the face and mask were stuck together, and the fingerprints could no longer be identified.

The only way to confirm his identity is to test DNA, but Batman can't test DNA directly here.

He collected some of the male corpse's blood, then stood up and looked at the female corpse hanging from the chandelier.

The body was not disfigured, and he recognized it. It was Tiffany Ambrose, one of Black Mask's lovers. Although she died in a very holy posture, she was a demon with countless crimes to her name.

The angle of the bullet in the victim's chest indicated that she might have been shot by someone lying on the ground.

Batman reconstructed the direction of the trajectory and looked at the floor under his feet. Although it had been burned by a fire, Batman still found marks of shoe polish, which indicated that someone had been dragged on the ground.

Batman walked around again, trying to find more clues.

There were traces of DNA left in the broken parts of the pool table, which should have been left during the fight, but did not belong to either of the two victims.

Batman reconstructed the scene based on the traces at the scene and found fragments of white wool silk cloth on the windowsill.

Very much like the material of a suit that Black Mask would like.

It seems that Black Mask had hidden behind the balcony before and fought with the person behind the pool table.

There are Penguin's fingerprints on the bar counter, so he must have been here, but the fingerprints are on the ashes, which means that when Penguin came here, the case was already over.

Batman gathered his thoughts.

Someone kidnapped Black Mask's lover, lured Black Mask in, and killed him, but Batman had met this person not long ago.

Or is it someone pretending to be Black Mask?

There are still not enough clues. If we can access the national archive database, we can directly check the case files of the Gotham Police Department.

Batman searched the area again, and this time he found quite a lot.

He found a burnt cell phone.

……

Valerie was the first to arrive at the meeting, although she had not intended to come so early.

The meeting place is located on the top floor of the Royal Hotel, which is a large flat with extremely luxurious decoration and furniture. It looks like it was prepared for the upper class in Gotham.

But to Valerie's surprise, the floors and walls that should have been clean were now covered with playing cards.

Is this also a change made by Black Mask?

Valerie was a little uneasy. Even with her limited knowledge of DC, she knew that the ace of the poker card seemed to represent another very bad character in the Batman IP.

Come to think of it, I never actually met this employer, and the amusement park-like transformation of this hotel...

……

"The Joker? Who's the Joker?"

After scanning the surviving SIM card, Batman got an unexpected name.

Before her death, Tiffany tried to send a message to Black Mask, telling him that she was being blackmailed by a man named "The Joker."

But soon after the message was sent, she was hung.

It seems that the murderer of this murder case seems to have surfaced. The Joker kidnapped Black Mask's girlfriend, lured Sionis here, and shot him dead. Then he disguised himself as Black Mask and hired these assassins.

But there are still many doubts. Who was the person being dragged on the ground? Why did the murderer lie on the ground and shoot the female victim?

These problems could be solved if access could be made to the national database at the police station.

Batman left the Laci Tower and walked through the high-rise buildings late at night, heading towards the Gotham Police Department.

……

Valerie felt her breathing become heavier.

If it really was Black Mask or someone else pretending to be him, it would be fine, but if it was really the person Valerie guessed, she definitely didn't want to work with that kind of lunatic.

Judging from the movies Valerie has seen, no one who collaborates with the Joker has a good ending.

The blue-haired woman decided to leave first, but Black Mask's men stopped her.

"Miss V, maybe you are a little impatient... but the boss is withdrawing money from the bank now, please be patient..." Perhaps because Valerie's cruelty finally spread, the attitude of this black-masked subordinate was very humble.

money.

Valerie took a deep breath and sat back.

I need money.

Valerie had thought about asking Batman for help to borrow enough money to change her life situation, but she couldn't bring herself to do it because it felt like she was begging someone.

Valerie's inner pride hindered her. When she first traveled through time, she was unwilling to put down her pride and steal, rob, and beg even when she was almost starving to death, let alone asking others to beg now.

What's more, Batman is not the same as he remembered, and maybe the Joker is also different from what he remembered.

Valerie sat in a chair, staring at the playing cards on the conference table.

“Don’t do anything you’ll regret.”

She suddenly remembered what the middleman had told her.

NO27. Barbara

Sheriff Gordon has not stopped working since he returned to the police station. After the death of Chief Leo, he temporarily took over the responsibility of the police station.

Sheriff Brandon rarely went out to fool around. He gathered his officers together and planned to arrest Batman, which made Gordon unexpectedly relieved.

But then, Gordon's police officers brought unexpected news. They received an anonymous text message saying that someone had captured the famous mercenary, Slade Wilson [Deathstroke].

It was another anonymous text message. Gordon was basically certain that the anonymous person was Batman - or his accomplice.

After arranging his men to deliver Deathstroke to Blackgate, Gordon dragged his tired body back to the office. He planned to take a rest.

Barbara Gordon was sitting in front of the computer browsing the website. When she heard the sound of the door opening, she immediately looked up. When she saw her father's tired expression, she couldn't help feeling a little distressed.

"You shouldn't be so tired. Accept the kindness of the vigilante to help you share the work." Barbara sat next to Gordon and handed him a bottle of water.

"He's not a policeman, he's just a criminal who is venting his violence at will!" Gordon didn't drink the water. Barbara's words made him angry.

"He beat the living crap out of those real criminals!" Barbara couldn't help but defend Batman.

"He is the worst criminal! He thinks his behavior is reasonable, but in fact it is completely unreasonable!" Gordon shouted with his face flushed. The pressure accumulated over the days finally made him explode.

But he quickly controlled his outburst. After taking a few deep breaths, Gordon looked at Barbara guiltily.

She was obviously only concerned about herself.

Gordon has always been honest and hopes to make Gotham a better place, just for his little daughter. After her mother's death, Barbara can be said to be everything to him.

Barbara is only fifteen years old, but she has already gotten used to the darkness of Gotham City...but she clearly deserves to live in a better city.

This city can definitely be better and shouldn't be like this now.

Gordon inexplicably thought of Batman again.

Does he have the same idea?

But the sheriff quickly dispelled the distracting thoughts in his mind.

The Gotham Police Department will never allow the existence of people who defy order and resort to lynching.

"Rustle..." The sound of a broadcast suddenly came.

"He's here, Batman is here! Catch him!" Sheriff Brandon's voice came over the radio.

Gordon literally jumped out of his chair.

"Damn it..." The sheriff hurriedly put on his coat and rushed out of the office.

Watching her father run out of the room, Barbara sighed helplessly and turned back to look at the computer.

Her father would not allow her to get involved in police affairs, but Barbara still wanted to share her father's worries. She used her superb hacking skills to crack several of the Penguin's arms hiding places.

Unfortunately, other policemen might be in collusion with these gangs. Barbara didn't know who she could trust. If she handed it over to them directly, it would be dangerous for her. But if she gave it to her father, he might scold her first.

Barbara felt that it was a bit difficult to deal with. It would be great if there was someone who could guarantee a clear character and had sufficient force.