mtl008 Chapter 3273 Bloody New City (22)
Chapter 3273 Bloody New City (22)
Chapter 3273 Bloody New City (Twenty-two)
After leaving the memorial service, the Pale Knight felt very heavy-hearted. His thoughts were a little confused and he didn't know what he should think about.
He knew he couldn't go on like this, so he urgently wanted to find some work to do. The first thing he did was to fulfill his promise to Fiona. He would investigate the truth behind Willy's death and would never let him be slandered after his sacrifice.
The Pale Knight came to the Gotham Police Department. He needed to ask Gordon about the situation because the majority of people present at the time were police officers.
Gordon is also following the case.
"You're finally here. I'm having a headache because of this little girl. She said she is your special assistant. You'd better tell me she is lying."
Fiona rushed out of the door and said to the Pale Knight, "Mr. Mayor, I found a clue! My father walked away to answer a phone call during the protest, but they won't let me investigate who the owner of the number is. Come and help me!"
The Pale Knight frowned slightly and looked at Gordon. Gordon first glanced at the little red-haired girl next to him, then pulled the Pale Knight to the end of the corridor and said, "Do you really want to let her know?"
"what do you know?"
"That call was made by your staff member Schiller." Gordon said, "Do you want her to suspect you?"
The Pale Knight was stunned, then he grabbed Gordon and asked, "When did the call come from? I want the exact time."
Gordon gave him a specific time of one minute, and the Pale Knight picked up his phone again and flipped through the messages in it.
Then he realized that the call was made at about the same time as the photos of protesters that Schiller had sent him, which were taken in Batman's study.
The Pale Knight seemed to understand something. He took a deep breath and said, "I don't want to hide it from her. She has the right to know the truth, but it's better to know the whole truth. Can you find out the specific content of the call?"
Gordon showed an awkward expression and said, "Our technical department is all involved in investigating the chemical plant explosion. We really can't spare any more manpower."
The Pale Knight hesitated, patted Gordon on the shoulder, and then said, "Do your job, Mr. Chief, and leave the rest to me."
After that, he turned and walked to Fiona, looked into her eyes and said, "That call was made by my staff, but I think you should understand that if he said something bad on the phone, I would not tell you this fact."
Fiona didn't get angry. She just looked the Pale Knight straight in the eye and said, "I believe you, Mr. Mayor, but I want to know what they said on the phone."
"Is this important?"
"Actually, I don't know." Fiona shook her head and said, "I just think I should know."
"Okay, let's go investigate." The Pale Knight smiled at her and said, "Let's find someone who can investigate this matter."
The Pale Knight went out to say hello to Gordon, then came downstairs, and as expected, he met Nightwing who was rushing in.
"Oh my god, you finally showed up. The city is in chaos now. I don't know how that chemical plant could have exploded like that..."
"Don't worry, Nightwing, I have something to ask of you." The Pale Knight pulled Fiona over and briefly introduced the situation to Nightwing, then said: "I hope Batman can provide us with technical support. I want to find out what Schiller said on that phone call."
Nightwing glanced at Fiona's childish face and didn't say anything to refuse. Although he didn't want to contact Batman, he nodded and agreed.
It was raining again in Gotham. It was clearly nine o'clock in the morning, but it was as gloomy as evening. The sound of falling rain could be heard everywhere, as if it was mourning for someone.
Batman was sitting at the table in his study, listening to the recording of the phone call. His fingers tapped on the table until they became thinner and paler, and the hand with the silver ring stopped flipping through the documents.
The profile of a protester appeared in front of Schiller. Willy Tozbek, 43 years old, a hauler at a recycling station, had been married before and had a 15-year-old daughter.
His career was unremarkable, but his life was exceptionally colorful. When he was 16, he was charged with intentional injury for helping a threatened girl at the door of a bar and spent more than two years in jail.
After he was released from prison, he became an employee at a gas station. After an unfortunate explosion and fire at the gas station, he stepped forward and rushed into the flames to save four people. One of them was a firefighter from the local fire department. After he recovered, he introduced him to the fire department.
In the next five years, he saved many people in various vicious bombings, but during a rescue mission, in order to extinguish the fire in the baby room of a house, he illegally used water from a local private enterprise, and was burdened with more than $14 in debt and had to leave the fire department.
Since then, he has been working in various odd jobs. When he divorced his ex-wife, her financial situation was obviously better than his, so he received alimony, but he never asked for it and even gave his daughter living expenses from time to time.
Originally, he could have lived a stable life, but because he frequently participated in protests, he couldn't even find a temporary job and could only work as a porter in a garbage dump with a harsh environment like a stowaway.
He was also the leader of the protesters against the natural forest pollution incident. Many people who participated in the protest knew his life story, and some were even people he had saved. They all believed in him and believed that he was destined to become a thorn in the side of the Charabang Chemical Plant.
After taking the photo, Schiller picked up the phone and called the number provided in the document.
"Hello, Mr. Willy."
"...Who are you?" Willy's voice was a little hoarse, and revealed tension and vigilance.
"You don't need to know who I am. I just want to remind you that the agent hired by Charabon Chemical Plant has been cornered. He is eager to do something to prove to his master that he is not incompetent, and you are likely to become his target."
"So what?" The other party's tone revealed deep anger. He said, "Will he kill me?"
"I'm afraid so, sir."
"Then let him do it!"
Schiller paused and continued, "Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your family. I know you have a daughter..."
"She would be proud of me."
beep - beep - beep -
Hearing the busy tone from the other end of the phone, Schiller slowly put down the phone. Perhaps this is better.
Schiller's original plan was not like this. He hoped that the crazy Ruth would target the Pale Knight.
He brought the Pale Knight from Wayne Manor to Arkham Asylum because he knew that the current director of Arkham Asylum, Tok, was Ruth's man. His purpose was to give Tok a chance to monitor the Pale Knight's mental state.
At the same time, he found Rose and explained to her how much power the Pale Knight and Batman would unleash after joining forces, which made her feel anxious. Rose would definitely find a way to destroy the Pale Knight's mental state, and the best way at the time was to change his medicine.
But Schiller interfered and the sample Ruth got was not the Pale Knight's medicine at all, so naturally nothing could be analyzed. At the same time, she learned from Dean Tok that the Pale Knight's mental state had miraculously improved.
This would make Ruth think that the Pale Knight adjusted the formula of the medicine and completely eliminated the hidden danger of the Joker. Considering that the Pale Knight was originally just an ordinary small town boy with no educational background in medicine and chemistry, it could only be that someone helped him.
The auction held by the Pale Knight at Wayne Manor before was very suspicious. It was evidence of a deep connection between the two of them. From this, it is easy to infer that it is possible that Batman helped the Pale Knight optimize the drug formula, and the two of them have reached a united front.
Ruth was indeed panicked. There was Batman in front of her, the Pale Knight behind her, Catwoman on her flank, and protests broke out at the Charaban Chemical Plant. All the hidden dangers broke out in an instant.
She had to pick one thing to solve, otherwise the people behind her would definitely think she was incompetent and give up on her.
Ruth is just an agent. Without the master behind her, she is nothing. Once the person behind her is no longer willing to solve her problems, she will definitely face imprisonment.
Ruth didn't want to go to jail, and she didn't want to lose her position as a natural disaster fund manager. She had to do something, she had to do it now, and she had to produce results.
You have to pick on the weak, and Rose naturally understands this principle. Without preparation, it is impossible to deal with Batman, and it is also difficult to deal with the Pale Knight. Catwoman has slipped away to somewhere, and this thief has always been difficult to catch.
Then the only ones she can deal with are the protesters.
According to Schiller's original plan, after he sent the protesters' information to the Pale Knight, the Pale Knight would immediately realize that now was the best time to recruit them.
If he could go to the protest site, express his support and encouragement for them, and take a responsible attitude towards the pollution problem, he would definitely be able to win their favor. For this reason, the Pale Knight is not afraid of danger.
Even if it means offending a lot of people, being subjected to violent police enforcement, or being slandered by the media, the Pale Knight will definitely go.
And once he arrived at the scene, Ruth would definitely get the news.
At this time, it depends on whether the malice in her personality can overcome her rationality and make her make the most stupid choice.
Ever since the Pale Knight showed up, everything has gone off track. The originally good natural disaster fund has been questioned, and she, a powerful professional manager, is also facing a lot of pressure.
If it weren't for the Pale Knight, the pollution of natural forests might not have been exposed for decades or even hundreds of years, and the Charabang Chemical Plant would not have been implicated.
And now he's working with Batman. What do they want to do? Turn the whole city upside down? Why can't they just be quiet and die like those low-level people?
Schiller bets that Ruth will shoot the Pale Rider.
Precisely because he is greedy, he understands that the greatest greed in human nature is called "once and for all." Whether participating in gambling or making various risky decisions, it all comes down to this word.
And once the Pale Knight survives this assassination, no one will be able to shake his position.
(End of this chapter)