Chapter 2140: Battle of Two Cities! (VII)
The Penguin hung up the phone in a daze.
He looked down at himself, turned his head to look at the phone, and then turned back to look at the gangsters waiting at the door. For a moment, he didn't know who was crazy.
There were few people in the Gotham Police Department who had not been conquered by him, and James Gordon was one of them, so the Penguin paid special attention to him. He knew that Gordon was like a dinosaur egg, which looked as fragile as an egg on the surface, but once he found an opportunity, he would definitely be in trouble.
Fortunately, he had a weakness. The Penguin felt the edge of the phone with his hand and thought that people with weaknesses were always easy to be manipulated, so Gordon's upright characteristics could be used by him. After all, Gotham's political arena was not a stagnant pool, and many people were watching the position under his butt.
If you want Gordon to become a good old musket, you have to hold the trigger named Barbara firmly. The Penguin was about to blurt out the name of a killer.
But he thought about it, what did Gordon mean by the last call he made to him? It sounds like a provocation. There are only two months left before the election, and you still have a lot of messes to deal with.
But this kind of provocation is not good for anyone. Gordon wants to solve the problems of the docks and the streets more than anyone else because there are normal public facilities there.
And Gordon is a good policeman, so even if these territories are under the control of Penguin, he will do his best to protect them.
At this point, their interests are consistent, and Gordon is not the kind of person who makes idle calls to chat, so what does he mean by saying this?
Penguin was thinking, and Gordon's phone call came in again. Penguin picked up the phone and snorted twice, his hooked nose raised higher. If this damn detective dared to talk to him in that sarcastic tone, he would definitely make his daughter look bad.
As a result, he heard Gordon say.
"Listen, Oswald, I don't have time to waste time with you. The current situation is indeed a bit too complicated, but I think you are right about one thing. You are a businessman, not a politician."
"If you want me to compare which one is worse, I can't choose at all, but no matter what the circumstances, you will defend your territory for your own industry, while politicians will do nothing after being elected."
The Penguin felt more and more wrong.
"Prepare a batch of weapons to be sent to the warehouse on Geer Street. In addition, I need about 20 strong guys, the stronger the better. If the New York Police Department does not do anything, then this city deserves to be named Gotham."
The phone was hung up again.
The Penguin was flattered.
Of course, the Penguin knew that the Gotham Police Department had insufficient police force, but as Gordon said, he was a businessman. As long as the Gotham Police Department had a hard bone to resist him, he would not easily bet, let alone make a large investment.
Even if he had countless weapons thrown in the warehouse to rust, he would not add bricks and tiles to an organization that might resist him.
Gordon never bothered to ask for his help. Even though the prematurely aged sheriff was about to be drowned in the crime wave in Gotham, he still gritted his teeth and stood firm, and even laughed at him calmly.
Penguin hated this kind of contempt, but he was also afraid and jealous. He was never a person who dared to love or hate. He couldn't imagine why a person in a desperate situation could refuse to kneel and sneer at the unfair and cold life.
Penguin never imagined that he would be recognized by such a person, so it was not an exaggeration to say that he was flattered.
But he was suspicious after all. At this moment, he began to think about what he had done to make Gordon change his mind, or did this diehard detective finally change his mind and start to lay traps with conspiracy?
You don't know until you check it. Once you check it, you will be shocked. When Penguin looked at the accident report, whose general was this?
He had known about the incident at the port, but he didn't expect it to be so bizarre. Even if he searched all over Gotham, he might not be able to find such a big sand mountain. Did Gotham's broom finally become a spirit?
The circuit network accident on the street was even more serious. Within a few seconds of the accident, the electricity consumption was more than that of the Penguin in the previous year. This electricity was enough to power half of Gotham for a week.
This was not over yet. The Penguin soon received a report from the sugar factory on the northern island, saying that a large group of mutant bees attacked their factory, which was much stronger than the mutant brown bears and mutant honey badgers they usually encountered. The factory security could not cope with it at all.
Then another beetle kidnapped the housekeeper who was working at the mayor's mansion, hijacked the TV channel, and demanded a ransom.
Before the Penguin could respond, the editor-in-chief of the current affairs news of the Gotham Daily released a video to the public, in which the Penguin was arranging assassins to assassinate his political enemies with saliva flying, and his ugly posture was fully exposed.
The Penguin was a little confused by this series of punches. Could it be that these inexplicable criminals were the fuse that Gordon finally turned against him?
This was not an accident. The Penguin was keenly aware that although on the surface it was an accident caused by some criminals who took advantage of the situation after the fusion of the two cities, if you look closely at the underlying logic, it is obviously aimed at him.
First of all, Geer Street has invested a lot of money, and it is the latest industry to invest. In addition to entertainment industries such as bars and nightclubs, there are also poppy factories underground. The most important thing is that he has spent a lot of money to build an electronic system for manipulating votes, and it has not been put into use yet. It is very likely that it will not be able to catch up with this election because the circuit is scrapped.
Not to mention the importance of the deep-water port. All the good goods obtained by Penguin that others cannot obtain are shipped from this port.
At least 60% of Penguin's appointment as mayor was to legally transform the port according to his own wishes. Now he has almost completed half of it. As a result, the deep-water port has been filled with sand and cannot be used at least in the short term. This is simply Stab the Penguin's aorta. The sugar factory in the North Island is actually a disguised drug factory, mainly used to manufacture some new chemically synthesized drugs. There is only one sugar assembly line, so how can it attract bees? Are these mutant bees also drug addicts?
The factories on the northern island are the Penguin's money bag. Although traditional drugs have stable sources and high-end products are very popular, when it comes to making money, chemical drugs are more cost-effective.
The butler of the mayor's mansion has been helping Penguin run the public opinion window. He is one of the few members of Penguin's party. He has keen information and timely action. He can be called Penguin's right-hand man.
And the Penguin couldn't understand that video even more. Although he did assassinate his political opponents, this was common in Gotham. There was no need to find a room to talk about it. He just waved and said something. It's just a matter of eyes.
This is obviously a fake image specially concocted by someone to affect their own reputation, but it is too real, and many people will definitely take the opportunity to amplify it and guide public opinion.
Penguin immediately realized how unfavorable the current situation was to him, and the first thing he had to do was figure out who was instigating all this.
The Penguin hesitated for a moment and wanted to call the captain of the Gotham Police Department, but he knew that although the dog he raised was loyal, it was not ferocious enough, and the best detective he could rely on was James Go. Logged in.
"James, I think you have realized how bad the situation is for us." Penguin held the phone in one hand and tapped the armrest with his fingers on the other hand and said: "Someone wants to take advantage of the chaos of urban integration to target me. , and has no regard for the order of the city.”
"As you said, I am a businessman. In order to protect my industry, I will do my best. Even if I cannot provide justice, I can provide enough jobs, and those real madmen just want to kill everyone. ”
"Go find out who is behind all this, give me a name, and I will let him know how painfully he will pay for his stupid actions."
Putting down the phone, Gordon sighed. The feeling of working with Penguin was not good at all, but he connected several accidents that happened in the city faster than Penguin.
The other party is obviously the kind of person who doesn't care about casualties as long as he can achieve his goal. Gordon believes that he should deal with this more brutal person first than the Penguin.
But as soon as he hung up the phone, an unknown number called. Gordon hesitated for a moment and picked up the phone.
"Hello, Chief Gordon, nice to talk to you."
The voice on the other side seemed very low, with a hum that resonated with people, but some small sounds in the background made Gordon's heart skip a beat.
"Sorry, James, your daughter is crying too much. I don't want her to interrupt our conversation. You can have a few words with her for this, but please remember, this is a mercy on my part."
"Barbara, Barbara!!" Gordon roared: "You kidnapped my daughter, you damn bastard..."
There was a scream in the background immediately, causing Gordon to swallow all the sounds back in his stomach. He didn't even dare to breathe out. The hand holding the phone kept shaking, and the muscles on his face began to twitch.
"Don't do this, let Barbara go, please." Gordon gritted his teeth and said, "If something happens to her, you won't get anything."
"I don't want anything from you, Sheriff, and you have nothing to give me. I'm not like that idiot named Cobot who needs the help of the police to rule the city."
"God has given me a broader stage, so I will naturally seize this opportunity. I just need to teach you a lesson."
Just as Gordon opened his mouth to say something, the phone was snatched away by Peter in the back seat, who roared into the phone.
"Kingpin! Don't think that because you use a voice changer, I won't be able to recognize your tone. You're dead!"
"Oh? Spider-Man? I thought you were dead."
Kingpin sneered and said, "That piece of shit like Electro didn't completely destroy the collider. You actually survived."
Peter's eyes widened immediately. It turned out that the accident at the high-energy physics collider was not caused by the mysterious black sun, but a trap created by Kingpin. Kingpin hired the Evil Six!
"I won't let you succeed." Peter clenched his fists and said, "If you don't release the hostages quickly, I swear you will stay in jail until you die of old age!"
"No matter what you say, Spider-Man, this new city is mine and no one can stop me."
"ah!!!!!"
At the same time as the female scream came, Gordon stepped on the accelerator frantically.