I, V, Gotham Legend

"So, name." A fat man with a flat head sat opposite Valerie, and Gordon stood behind him.

"V." Valerie crossed her hands on the table.

Gordon had heard of V. He had recently caused trouble in the notorious Penguin Gang and even blinded one of the Penguin's eyes.

"I'm asking for your real name!" the fat man shouted fiercely.

"Just call me V." She was planning to obey, but the fat man's tone made Valerie unhappy, so she decided not to cooperate.

The fat man wanted to attack again, but Gordon held him down.

"Alright Harvey, Miss V is not a criminal."

It seems that this guy is the good guy.

Valerie also knew why the situation was like an interrogation. As a mercenary, she would naturally not receive preferential treatment from the police.

If I pay a bribe, will the treatment be a little different?

Valerie couldn't help but let her thoughts wander.

"Ms. V, we need to know your real name, not your abbreviation or nickname." Gordon's tone was indeed much gentler.

If Valerie hadn't seen Gordon get angry before, she would have thought he was a kind person.

"Just V," Valerie said again.

Although the real name of the female V in the game is Valerie, and I call myself that in my heart now, but I said that before, and if I am asked to change it now, wouldn’t I lose face?

What's more, no matter whether the name reported was Valerie or V, it would be the same for the police and they wouldn't be able to find out anything.

Because Valerie was parachuted into this world three months ago and is a pure "outsider" with no historical records.

9. Jim Gordon

Seeing Valerie so stubborn, Gordon's blood pressure soared, but he managed to hold back from losing his temper.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t cooperate. We can still find out who you are through facial recognition. There are more important issues now, so there is no need to waste time.

"How did you spot the Clayface?" Gordon asked.

"Clayface?" Valerie leaned back.

"This is the code name the police gave to the monster." Gordon replied.

Valerie nodded, "My eyes have a scanner function that can scan all people, but when I looked at him, I only saw inorganic objects."

Gordon instinctively wanted to say it was impossible, but then he remembered the weapons that popped out of Valerie's arms in the surveillance footage he had seen.

She had been searched before entering the police station, so she shouldn't have any weapons on her.

"Where are your weapons?" Gordon decided to ask directly.

"The mantis blade is the prosthetic on my arm, and guns and other things are in my pockets." Valerie answered truthfully.

Gordon looked at Valerie's empty pockets and frowned.

"Are you here to cause trouble?!" Harvey Bullock, who played the bad guy, was much more direct.

Although it was bizarre, Gordon knew that what Valerie said was true.

"Let's ask other people first, and we'll come back to you if there's anything else." Gordon ended the interrogation.

"Can I see the police file on this case?" Valerie asked.

"You want to join the investigation?" Gordon shook his head. "This is the police's job. Just stay put."

Valerie didn't say anything, she was just trying it, and now she was at the police station, no one could stop her from looking for information.

After the questioning, she was taken to the waiting room, and they were allowed to leave only after everyone else had finished their questioning and there were no other emergencies.

There are two doors in the waiting room, one leading to the inquiry room and the other leading to the workroom. There are two policemen guarding it. Although there are quite a lot of people in the crew, it would still be quite abrupt if one of them suddenly disappeared.

Valerie felt that now was not the time to act.

Looking at the time, it was still early for the end, so Valerie decided to ask the crew first.

"Do you have any impression of the Clayface Man? Why does he hate you?" Valerie sneaked up to Ollie. She wanted to start by asking about her acquaintances.

"No... We don't know how we provoked the monster..." Ollie was sweating profusely, and he was still a little frightened.

Valerie felt that the Clayface must be related to the crew: "Isn't he someone you fired?" Ollie was stunned. He shook his head: "The crew is not a company. Once the personnel are selected, they will not be easily changed."

Except for temporary workers or stagehands, people who do this kind of work obviously don't hate the crew.

"Is that a competitor?" Valerie still didn't give up.

"How could a competitor resort to such tactics?" Oli said with a wry smile.

Indeed, this incident was more like a vendetta, but Clayface threatened to eliminate the entire crew, and it was not even clear who the exact enemy was.

He also worked with the crew as a stagehand for at least three days, waiting for an opportunity to take action.

Valerie asked a few more questions from the direction of personal enemies, family feuds, etc., but got no answers.

Seeing that she couldn't get anything out of it, Valerie gave up. She sat back on the waiting chair and glanced at everyone.

A woman who had just finished questioning was sent back, and the police took away another young man.

Valerie remembered the guy's name... Johnny Christianity, who was also a man aiming to become famous, and he had a very happy chat with her before.

I remember that he was a singer who was forced into the crew by the management company. She seemed to have grasped something.

V approached Ollie again: "Are these actors chosen from the beginning like him?" Valerie pointed at Charisma who was taken away.

Ollie thought about it for a moment, and he roughly understood what Valerie meant: "The male lead was originally someone else, but he was hospitalized due to burns before the crew started filming, so we replaced him. The original actor was just declared dead a few days ago..."

Valerie leaned back in her chair. Has the clue been lost again? After all, a dead person can't commit a crime...

Valerie recalled the Clayface's appearance. No, this one was clearly not alive either.

"Could it be a ghost coming to claim my life?" Valerie curled her lips.

"Hahaha, Miss V, you really know how to joke." Oli laughed dryly.

Valerie had basically locked on to her target, and she simply asked his name and ended the conversation.

There were a lot of crew members, and when everyone was let out, it was already dark.

Since there were still dangerous people watching the crew, Gordon planned to protect them in the police station, but an investor he had never met called and asked the police to release the crew.

Gordon refused firmly, and the investor called Gordon's boss, Director Leob directly.

After agreeing on a large sum of money with the investors, Leob released the crew directly over Gordon.

Gordon had no choice but to send more police force to protect the safety of the crew.

However, Valerie was detained in the police station. Although she was the bodyguard of the crew, as a famous mercenary in recent days, the Gotham Police Department obviously could not let her go.

Investors obviously don't care about this outsider.

This was exactly what she wanted, and Valerie planned to take this opportunity to carefully look through the police files.

……

At eight o'clock in the evening, Jim Gordon sat in his office rubbing his eyes, feeling a headache as he looked at the pile of information in front of him.

According to the rules, Calendar Man will commit another crime in a while. Just recently, an anonymous phone call gave him information about the location of Calendar Man's next crime.

Gordon has assigned police forces to ambush. If the intelligence is true, the Calendar Man should not be rampant until tonight.

Just now, a subordinate reported that the recently popular Red Hood tried to rob the Gotham Bank by crossing the ACE Chemical Plant. When the police arrived, the gang leader Red Hood was missing. Other criminals arrested at the scene said they saw a humanoid bat monster.

What is giving Gordon the most headache now is this woman named V. No clues can be found through either facial or fingerprint recognition. In comparison, her abbreviation-like name can actually reveal more information.

V, a mercenary who became active three months ago, seems to have a strong obsession with becoming famous. There is no record of when he came to Gotham or his experiences before coming to Gotham.

There have been more and more strange incidents like this in Gotham recently.

Christmas is just a few days away, and I really don’t know if I can have a good New Year this year.

Gordon pinched his eyes, thinking about taking a short break.

"Jingle Bell!"

The sudden ringing of the phone made Gordon's heart skip a beat.

"Hello?" Gordon picked up the phone, having a very bad feeling in his heart.

"Sir, the operation has failed... We failed to catch the Calendar Man..." The person on the other end of the line spoke in a calm and resolute tone.

Gordon angrily smashed the phone on the table. He was still busy dealing with the Clayface Man issue here, but he was having trouble over there again. Hasn't anything better happened recently?

Gordon sighed heavily, calmed down, and then picked up the phone again: "Stay at the scene, I'll be there soon."

Then he stood up, put on his coat and hurried out of the office.

The evening was a busy one, with almost all the sheriffs being sent out on duty, and after Gordon left, the office was empty.

Suddenly, there was a ripple in the calm air, and Valerie appeared out of nowhere.

She glanced at the pile of documents on the messy desk, then looked back in the direction Gordon had left.

"It's been really hard work," Valerie couldn't help but sympathize.

NO10. Basil Caro

Valerie came to look for information about the Clayface attack and previous murders. Fortunately, Sheriff Gordon was also investigating relevant information, so she easily found the target.

Re-examining the known information, this crew received the death notice a week ago, the first death occurred three days ago, and it was today that Valerie found the Clayface Man.

The Clayface has the ability to transform into other people, which is the trickiest part. Valerie originally thought that he had become one of the two suspects, but after careful consideration, how did the Clayface switch from a suspect to a stagehand in the limited space of the theater? Where did the original stagehand go?

In other words, he did not switch identities, but directly joined the crew as a stagehand. In that case, when did he kill the assistant director?

Valerie frowned as she flipped to the assistant director's autopsy results.

"Death by asphyxiation...no signs of skull fracture."

Valerie recalled what she saw at the crime scene. There was an obvious crack on the wall where the body's head was located. She thought the deceased had been hit hard against the wall, causing his skull to shatter and die.

She also didn't smell any blood when she checked the scene, and she thought the odor had dissipated or was masked.

It occurred to Valerie that at the end of the fight with the Clayface, the guy had escaped by shooting out part of his identity, using this method of severing his arm to survive.

Since he, a punk from 2077, could easily sneak into the bathroom, there was no reason why Clayface couldn't do it.

Valerie seemed to understand the Clayface's methods of committing crimes.

……

In the dim sewer, a pool of mud was slowly wriggling. The wet clay-yellow mud looked almost indistinguishable from the surging waves in the nearby canal.

As a once famous actor, the Clayface - Basil Caro feels that he has aged miserably.

Seven years ago, he was the hottest film and television star in Gotham, living in the most luxurious neighborhood in the Diamond District and participating in all kinds of high-class activities every day.

My father, who raised me alone, is proud of me. My friends all regard me as the most important topic of conversation in their network. I have a constant stream of fans who want to curry favor with my companies and spend the night with me.

However, everyone has their moments of glory. After becoming famous, Caro no longer focused on honing his acting skills. After making several bad movies, people talked less and less about him.

Since five years ago, he has hardly had any work.

It is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. After getting used to the luxurious life of the top stars, it is difficult for him to return to the mentality of the early days of his career. Even though his income source is not ideal, he still goes to high-end luxury places and gambles and entertains with a few friends day and night.

Fortunately, he accumulated a huge fortune during his famous period, enough for him to use for a lifetime.

He relies on his old capital, and occasionally appears on some nostalgic variety shows or attends some small events. His life is still glorious, and girls who are willing to spend the night with him are still lining up.

He also got a girlfriend.

Everything seems to be the same as before.

However, just half a year ago, under the accusations of several big tycoons headed by the Wayne Group, part of his property was frozen because it was involved in a large number of problems.

As a former top star, it was normal for Carlo to have participated in Gotham-style activities such as money laundering, gambling, and underground bond trading. Although he didn't understand why he was suddenly reported now, it was not a big problem for Carlo.

Although he was now a ruined man, his remaining property was enough to support him.

But bad things seemed to happen at once, and shortly after the assets were frozen, Carlo's girlfriend took away half of the remaining assets.

Carlo lived with her for three years. During this time, he thought he had never done anything to let her down. The breakup and the fact that he could no longer squander his remaining property made him depressed for a long time.