Chapter 15 - 15 Install Saber (1/2)
Over the next several days Gray spend all his time stealing from the various crime families and criminal gangs within Gotham City. There was more than his own fair share of blood money circulating throughout Gotham City, and for the right price, anyone would tell anyone anything.
”Thanks, here's the money I owe you”.
Gray slipped a yellow paper bag towards a homeless fellow who nodded and returned under the cover of his makeshift tent.
The number of homeless people within Gotham City was by no means a small one, and more than once has the criminal activity within Gotham City been witness by these forgotten people.
Luckily, that lack of existence, was of benefit to someone like Gray.
The homeless man, a man in his late thirties was name was Skinny U. He was a broker for information regarding the various underground activities in Gotham City, and constantly moved from location to location to avoid getting himself mixed in with the wrong people.
”I got some more info if you want it Rider. Someone asked me if I could get the details on an armored convoy passing through Gotham tonight. It's not making a stop in the City, but its close enough that one could hit it with enough time to get clear of the State Police, as well as GCPD”.
Gray, who had only given the alias of Rider to Skinny U, rubbed his chin before asking,
”Whose thinking of targeting it?”.
Skinny U smiled and held out his hand, much to the ire of Gray. He gave the homeless man another hundred dollar bill and the latter smiled before answering.
”Apparently it's the Penguin's men. He left Gotham for a brief amount of time and I've heard rumors that he's back in town. But if even I've got this information than ”he” must already be aware of this”.
Skinny U's face turned solemn at the mention of ”he”.
Within Gotham City, only one man's name would be outlawed amongst the criminal underbelly that was Gotham's underworld.
Gray frowned for a moment before shaking his head while standing up.
”I'm not one to underestimate my opponents Skinny U. The Batman has on more than one occasion proved himself to be able to fight against Gods and win. I would be stupid to walk into a fight without knowing my enemies capabilities”.
The twenty year old waved goodbye to his homeless looking informant before putting on his hood and vanishing in a streak of faint green lightning.
After the fight with the Team at the airport outside of Gotham, Rider's actions had been a lot more covert and efficient when it came to stealing money from his enemies. He utilized Achilles Noble Phantasm [Dromeus Komētēs: Comet Form], on every heist, and gotten in out and out of the criminals faction territories before even a single guard could wake up from the superficial injuries Gray had given them.
Even if he couldn't run so fast that the kinetic energy generated could open a hole in the space/time continuum, it was still more than fast enough to knock out some guys without them noticing.
His degree of integration with Achilles had grown so strong that he could summon [Diatrekhōn Astēr Lonkhē: Spear-tip of the Star Traversing Skies] without having to use the Class Card, and his physical strength, agility and endurance had increased to superhuman levels.
Although he couldn't block bullets with his skin like the real Achilles could, Gray wasn't too far of reaching such a degree of physical resistance.
He stood silently over Gotham City, wearing nothing but black to help him blend in with his surroundings.
Black dress pants which are flexible despite their high class appearance. A white shirt hidden by a black hooded jumper, only the collar and the ends of his shirt were visible to other people. A black overcoat which reached down to his knees, and a single long black scarf to hide his face, the parts the his hood couldn't.
Needless to say the price tags on all of these pieces of clothing were undoubtedly more than what the previous Gray could ever even hope to afford. And yet he had several copies of the same piece of clothing, and the number of the young cashier that served him in the clothing store, a bonus for some of his ”status”.
She was undoubtedly a pretty girl, but wasn't someone that Gray was looking for.