Chapter 8 (1/2)
The night in Gotham seems to be the same forever. The high-end restaurants and nightclubs in the center of the city will never be short of guests. They will squander a lot of money in exchange for physical or spiritual happiness. For example, eat a dinner that will cost the poor half of their life savings, or play with a young man of dust.
In the alleys not far from these buildings, people's screams and gunshots will be heard from time to time. In the dark, evil always dominates.
Any criminal act can be seen in Gotham. No matter how bizarre the crime itself or the perpetrator is, you can see it in Gotham. This is the living museum of modern criminal history.
Chaos and order are intertwined, and the black and white world is fading away, surrounded by gray areas.
Gotham's night will never change, at least not better.
Having worked here for 30 years, James Gordon understood this profoundly.
He started as a small homicide detective and became a sheriff until today's director. As a man, he was struggling.
It's not only because there is some discrimination against men in the world's workplace, but also because everyone knows that he is a man of integrity. However, there are very few really innocent people in the city. Everyone is more or less involved in things in the dark.
The mayor is a regular customer of penguin iceberg restaurant. Senators are selling Arkham's drugs to scarecrows. The chief justice is an old boss of two-sided women. The black mask is attached to Gotham Institute and blatantly uses chemical plants in the city to cover drug production.
In such a city, he can become a police chief, and he has not been killed. Sometimes he thinks it is a miracle.
But reason always reminds him that it is not like this, it is not a miracle, but because there is always a shadow in the dark behind him.
The shadow came and went in the dark, jealous of evil.
She'll take over what the law can't do, or what the police can't do. Gordon's attempt to kill a woman in a uniform is not without the idea of killing them.
Fear.
Yes, anyone who has a dark heart will be afraid of the bat in the dark. She is thoughtful, vigorous, and everywhere, and never soft.
When Gordon was the captain, the bat girl appeared for the first time. At first, Gordon refused the masked police.
Because you say you are a good man, I can't let you shake your face in the city and hit people at will. I always want to see if your actions really have an effect on public security, rather than making the city more chaotic.
Gotham at that time was far from what it is now. The Mafia family dominated by the underworld boss Falcone spread throughout the city, and even half of the police stations were underworld policemen.
Drugs, smuggling, arms, slaves, they do whatever they make money, and officials weave them into umbrellas.
Gordon tried to capture these gangsters, but there was always a lot of resistance. At this time, the bat girl helped him. She used violence to obtain evidence, knocked down the officials who colluded with the gangs, so that Gordon could use the law to punish them.
And in the end, when Gordon and Falcone finally fight each other, bats destroy Falcone's self-confidence, completely destroy the underworld giant, and let the sun come to Gotham.
Since then, Gordon's attitude towards bat girls has turned a blind eye.
Her behavior is really good for Gotham, is good for the people, as for dressing like a bat... Maybe it's a personal hobby?
When I think of that time, Gordon will inevitably show a smile...
”Captain Gordon, I heard that the criminal who robbed the bank last night was knocked down by a strange woman in bat costume. What's the police opinion on this Reporters frantically surrounded the police station gate, where Gordon, the captain, was escorting prisoners from the police car.
”Ridiculous! Ridiculous! Gotham has never had a weirdo in bat tights Gordon is right.
”But we have videos, we have evidence.” Reporters did not give up and said that they all had real hammers.
”All the forgeries are forgeries. On behalf of Gotham City Police Department, I would like to express my serious concern and strongly condemn it!” Gordon said seriously at once.
But after all the prisoners are locked up, he will run to the utility room on the roof and secretly call the bat girl to complain. What's wrong with you this time? Can you avoid the monitoring and do it again next time.
bat girls in those days were quite good at speaking, and their behaviors were quite restrained.
But with the passage of time, Gotham had a bat woman, or spread out, which attracted her friends. Unfortunately, these masked people are all villains and neurotics, which also makes Gotham's security situation rapidly worsen.
After that, in Gotham, if someone called the police again, it would not be the bank being robbed or the family being robbed. Instead, it would be a big event that would bring the whole city to hell.For example, there are madmen who hide nuclear warheads in the city center and want to practice with bat girls on their own, or some people have kidnapped hundreds of hostages in buildings to play guessing games with bat girls.
Fortunately, the bat girl finally solved these problems, but inevitably, her opponents also appeared in the city. They felt that it was the bat who attracted the villains from all over the world to Gotham.
And bats don't intend to explain anything about it. They still go their own way, and their methods are more cruel.
Gordon also became director at that time, and he immediately ordered bat lights to be set up on the top of the police station building, no longer covered up. When the bat light is on, it means that he has something to discuss with the bat girl. There is a new madman in the city, and the bat girl needs to solve it.
Yes, since then, the police will no longer be able to deal with the criminals who appear again. They have to rely on Batwoman. The role of the police is to wait for Gordon's order to clean up the criminals left by Batwoman after the event. At that time, the criminals were often comatose or disabled.
Fortunately, Gotham was dangerous at that time, but at least people were not what they are today. At least at that time, people still had good expectations.
Until bat girl's biggest rival comes.
No one knows where she came from. She has long green hair and a pale face. Her face is always an exaggerated smile. She also likes to carve this smile on other people's faces with a knife.
She did a couple of big things, telling people how crazy she was, and that being crazy was a good thing.
Don't worry about death, hunger and poverty any more. Just laugh happily every day!
She planted the seeds of madness deeply in Gotham's heart, and waited patiently and secretly for them to germinate. From time to time, she would also do something to promote her growth, just for the sake of more fun.
She was entangled with the bat girl, caught countless times, and escaped from prison countless times, as if the city had become their stage, and she only wanted all the attention of the bat to her.