I, V, Gotham Legend

It seems that Master Wayne was aware of V's visit, which made Ah Fu feel completely relieved.

After making a pot of black tea, Alfred returned to the living room.

"Where is Miss V from?" he asked as if he didn't care while pouring tea for Valerie.

"China." Valerie didn't mind exposing this. "You can also think of me as being from Night City."

"So, you immigrated here?" Alfred stood politely.

"No, I came here as soon as I woke up." Valerie took the tea carefully. "I'm still an illegal resident."

"Illegal household?" Ah Fu was a little surprised. He had indeed had relevant speculation before, but it was rejected by Master Bruce.

"According to Master's idea, your hacking ability is enough to solve this problem."

"No, my intelligence is too low." Valerie shook her head.

"Well... people should have confidence in themselves. It's just a temporary difficulty. With Miss V's excellence, she will surely be able to overcome it..." the old butler comforted carefully.

"No, this... I'm not giving up on myself or anything. What I'm talking about is intelligence, a kind of attribute. Since my intelligence talent is not high, I can't perform very complicated hacking techniques..." Miss V explained helplessly.

"Hacking is ultimately just a skill. You can get better at it with practice. It has nothing to do with talent." The old butler smiled gently.

The conversation between the two was totally off-kilter.

Valerie gave up explaining. If she continued, her past would be exposed. She had no choice but to lower her head and drink tea to hide her embarrassment.

"Master, we still have some time now. Would you like to tour the manor?" Alfred invited Valerie after she finished a cup of tea.

"Well... that's fine..."

Valerie had taken a quick tour of the manor before, but had never really taken a good look at what was inside the villa.

More importantly, Alfred was a little too polite and enthusiastic. If his attitude towards Valerie had been a little worse, it would not have been difficult for Miss V to refuse.

Wayne Manor has a history of nearly two hundred years. It was built almost at the same time as the city of Gotham. After continuous renovation by successive owners, it has now become the most mysterious palace in Gotham.

Alfu gave Valerie a watch strap that would protect her from being accidentally injured by the recently set up defense system.

Miss V touched it and instantly remembered how to make it.

They walked through the living room and came to a library, which was a very large space. Each bookshelf was about three stories high.

Such a large bookshelf is still packed full.

Valerie stared at some quaint bamboo slips on the bookshelf.

"It's an ancient book from the Han Dynasty in China." Alfred saw Valerie's gaze and explained to her, "It's from your hometown, young lady."

"Is it valuable?"

"Priceless."

And there's stuff like this everywhere.

NO30. Miss V visits Wayne Park

This ancient book from the Han Dynasty was bought by three generations of the family from a noble family from the Qing Dynasty at a high price. It is said to be a family heirloom.

After obtaining the old housekeeper's consent, Valerie flipped through the bamboo slips. Surprisingly, she felt she could understand it.

The characters of the Han Dynasty were very different from the characters she knew before she traveled through time. Although she thought she could read a little, it was still a bit exaggerated to be able to read all the small seal characters fluently.

Although I still don't understand the meaning of this pile of classical Chinese.

Valerie thought again of her talent in languages. Before she traveled through time, she couldn't read English very well.

Could it be that I have a problem with languages?

Valerie stuffed the bamboo slips back and turned to ask Ah Fu if there were any books in other languages.

The Wayne Library has a rich collection of books in all languages. In addition to ordinary ancient books and Han Dynasty bamboo slips, there are also Latin parchment, Egyptian papyrus, etc.

"It's really full of artifacts..." Valerie put the book back in her hand.

The result was disappointing, she couldn't understand other languages.

Is there some principle that I haven't discovered yet? I need to learn it first?

Staring at the quaint collection of books in front of her, Valerie stroked her chin in thought.

"Is there anything else you need?" Alfred looked at the blue-haired woman.

"Let's wait until I can understand it." Valerie said gloomily.

After leaving the library, they walked around and found that the manor also had a wine cellar, a swimming pool, a banquet hall, etc.

Walking into the restaurant, the extremely spacious room was brightly lit. Expensive-looking mahogany furniture was placed in the center, and there was a piano next to it, which was wiped spotlessly clean and looked well-cared for.

"Does that guy usually eat at this table?" Valerie saw an extra-long dining table in the restaurant that could probably accommodate twenty people.

"Unfortunately, as far as I know, the young master never eats at the table." Usually, Ah Fu brings the dishes to where Bruce works.

"Is this dining table just a decoration?" Valerie felt sad.

"If Miss V wants, you can dine at this table with the young master in the future," Alfred hinted.

Incredibly, the silly Miss V actually understood Alfred's hint.

"You're not trying to match me up with Wayne, are you?" Valerie realized her gender and crossed her arms over her chest. She felt goose bumps all over her body.

Seeing the resistance on Valerie's face, Alfred thought to himself that something was wrong, as if he had aroused the lady's disgust.

"What I mean is that the young master will hold a fundraiser tonight and will invite a bunch of Gotham celebrities to dine there."

In fact, although there will be a banquet, it is just a common buffet format, but Ah Fu decided to temporarily change it to a dinner party.

Anyway, he was the one who decided all the procedures. Bruce was very busy and had no mood to take care of these things.

Valerie stared at Alfu with distrust.

"If Miss V doesn't mind, would you be so kind as to come and join us at the banquet tonight?"

Alfred took out a white envelope from his arms, which contained an invitation.

"I'm not a celebrity..." Valerie shook her head and refused, "I'm here to ask for money. Give me the money, and then we will have nothing to do with each other except work."

Alfred was extremely anxious. The girl in front of him seemed to be very resistant to Master Wayne.

Although the young master didn't seem to have any sexual desire for V at the moment, it was still very rare for him to be so interested in a girl.

Although he could understand the young master's vision of saving Gotham, Alfu still hoped that he could live a less painful life.

But now, Valerie has clearly refused.

"If that's the case, then I won't force you." Alfred put the envelope back in his arms. "It'll be a while before the young master comes back. Let's go back and have a seat."

Valerie asked the butler to lead the way, and she followed cautiously.

But the old butler had just taken two steps when he suddenly stopped.

He thought of something.

"Ms. V, you are the strongest person I have ever met. I mean, I heard that you are a mercenary." Alfred turned back to look at Valerie, "Can I hire you as a bodyguard for this party?"

"You still don't give up..." Valerie was a little helpless, "I have seen the abilities of the famous Batman, and your manor is full of traps. Do you need extra security?"

"The legendary Batman is very powerful, but Master Wayne is just an ordinary man." Alfred has always believed this, "and during the party, all the traps in the manor will be temporarily closed."

"Aren't you going to give each of you one of these?" Valerie shook the bracelet.

"This thing can only be obtained by people who are trustworthy. Otherwise, it would be bad if it was lost." Ah Fu explained. "Also, cooperating with Master Wayne will greatly help Miss V's reputation."

Yes, with such good conditions, if it were in the past, Valerie would have agreed long ago.

But this guy's real purpose is to make Batman kick me!

Valerie shook her head in protest.

"Please, Miss V." Alfred looked directly at Valerie, "You are the only one besides me who knows the identity of the young master, and he trusts you so much."

Valerie looked at Ah Fu's haggard face and struggled internally.

She had a very good first impression of Ah Fu. Generally speaking, requests from people she met in normal interpersonal interactions were very important to her.

But his real purpose was to get someone to poke me in the face.

"If you don't want to get too close to the young master, you can distance yourself from him. It won't waste much of your energy."

If the purpose of making this request just now was to bring her together with the young master, then now she really wants to hire this bodyguard.

Miss V's ability is unquestionable, and with her help, the safety of the fundraising event can indeed be guaranteed.

"..." Valerie was speechless, "Why are you so obsessed with me?"

Alfred did not answer.

"I'll go back and think about hiring a bodyguard." Valerie decided to leave first.

"Aren't you going to meet the young master first? You haven't received the money yet, right?" Ah Fu asked.

"...I'm leaving now, we'll talk later..."

Money is still important, but it’s not particularly important now. Valerie just wants to stay as far away from people who want to pick on her as possible.

Alfred had no choice but to obey V's choice. He took Valerie back to the manor yard and watched her get into the car.

"Please take care, ma'am, and I hope you will be able to accomplish your goals successfully."

Alfred said politely.

"...I will seriously consider your employment." Valerie rolled up the car window.

NO31. Fundraising

The Iceberg Club is located in the backyard of the museum. It is the base camp where the Penguin started out and countless arms deals were concluded here.

In a secret box in the club, after completing a series of examinations, the doctor took the suitcase full of money and left.

The famous Penguin, Oswald Cobblepot, collapsed on the sofa, stroking the glass fragments on his left eye with his short and fat little hands.

Today is probably the last follow-up check-up, this doctor is no longer useful.

Cobert has already hinted to his men to prepare to get rid of the doctor. He doesn't want to let someone who knows his condition live too long.

Even though he didn't know much.

Even this time when he returned to the Iceberg Club, the Penguin had been hiding here since the first two hideouts were cleared by V and Batman respectively.

Whether it is a secret or not is another matter, but at least this place has been transformed into a fortress.

After resting for a while, Cobert rang the dinner bell and asked his men to deliver the freshest batch of salmon as dinner for tonight.

The private room was well soundproofed, and Cobert could not hear any sound from outside.

Normally, subordinates would be well prepared and would respond quickly after ringing the bell.

But Cobert had been waiting for a long time, and still no one came.

Based on my experience of the previous two times I was single-handedly brushed, this is definitely not normal.

He immediately picked up the umbrella next to the sofa, where his weapon was hidden.

"Dang!" There was a sound like metal falling to the ground at the door, and then the door of the box was pushed open by silver-white armor.

"I'm here to discuss cooperation...Cobert."

The person who entered the door was an old man wearing high-tech armor...

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Wayne Manor can be said to be an isolated palace. It was built in the suburbs far away from the city. In the past, people in Gotham could only see this mansion from the beach of Founder Island.

But today, Wayne Manor was unusually lively, with countless luxury cars driving into the manor's underground garage and countless people in gorgeous clothes talking to each other.

The lobby of the main building of the manor was decorated with lights and even Bruce Wayne, who seldom talked to others, came up to greet people in person.

After seeing off a couple with a smirk, Wayne welcomed the next guest.

"Yo." The girl in a beautiful yellow dress and blue hair waved to Wayne.

"Ma'am, I don't seem to know you." Bruce's expression remained unchanged.