Chapter 819: Batman Behind Enemy Lines (Part 1)

"Just like that, I spent a crazy night and successfully made my disguise known to everyone, but I still don't plan to leave here, because I still have too many things to learn."

"After meeting the Godfather, I became more curious about the rules and order. I don't know whether this is a product of the times or the result of special reasons..."

"But yesterday's experience made me understand a truth. Sometimes, if you want to figure out how the rules work, you don't have to become a person in the rules. Breaking the glass makes it easier to see the internal structure..."

"I have seen the ecological structure of the bottom of the gang, how those children survive, and their masks. Now I plan to see the gang leaders. The secret of the book, so I have come up with a good idea..."

"Wait a minute!" Suddenly a voice interrupted Bruce. Harvey Dent sat opposite Bruce, picked up his glass and said, "I think there should be less discussion between your two paragraphs. Why don't you add some explanation of the concept?"

"Because I'm not sure..." Bruce paused and said, "I want to add some discussions about Marxism, but I'm not sure whether my professor will accept this part. After all, the issues about class antagonism have always been more radical, and I think my professor is more conservative."

"Why do you think so?" Harvey asked, leaning back in his chair and taking a sip of ice wine. Bruce recalled and said, "He pays almost no attention to politics. All his knowledge of current affairs comes from newspapers and radio. I have never heard him talk about the election, and he seems to have never voted. "

"I think if I rashly express some radical views, it may lower my score."

Harvey nodded and said, "Indeed, most of these people are right-wing, and in the current situation, you'd better not talk about those sensitive views, be careful that the CIA will knock on your door in the middle of the night."

Bruce showed a strange expression, but he continued: "Let me continue, remember what I told you before, Jason successfully got the house number of the suspicious person?"

Harvey nodded and said, "Of course, you just said ten minutes ago that the poor little guy was injured for this..."

"The next day, the old godfather 's son Evans Falcone, or his other personality, Alberto Falcone, found us. "

"We went to the Falcone Manor, and Alberto told us that at a dinner party held three days later, he would officially take over the Falcone family and become the new godfather."

He raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Has the old godfather finally decided to abdicate?"

Bruce observed Harvey's expression and said, "You don't look happy."

"Because I'm not sure whether the new godfather will do better than his father. Under the rule of the old godfather, Gotham is not safe, but it is still stable. If this system collapses in an instant, it may bring greater chaos..."

"Of course I know this." Bruce touched his chin and said, "So, I talked to Alberto. "Of course, I didn't write about the content of the conversation in this article, because I was afraid that my professor, who was too flexible in thinking, would have some too bold views on the next changes in Gotham..." Bruce skipped this part directly, and then he said: "The point is that Jason told Alberto the house number, and Alberto fulfilled his promise and let Jason show his face in the gang. The gang leader of that block felt proud, so when Jason recommended me to join the small gang, he did not refuse. " "Then what kind of disguise did you use to join the gang?" "I gave it a name, called Match Malone." "Match Malone? This name is too weird." A gang member stared at Bruce and said, but then he shook his head and said: "Since it is the boss's order, you will go to the nightclub next door tonight to stand guard... Oh, wait a minute, you are a newcomer, let me think about it, forget it, you should go to the casino to watch the place. "

"Kid, remember, in the casino, you don't need to know who is rich and who is poor, who is powerful and who is not. You just need to remember that once you buy, you are not allowed to regret it. If you dare to regret it, just load the gun directly. Do you understand?"

This gang member obviously led many newcomers, and his language was very concise and easy to understand, so Bruce nodded, indicating that he fully understood.

Then, that night, he went to the casino covered by the gang. This casino was not the kind of magnificent gambling city that Bruce had been to before, but a small casino full of smoke and miasma. Most of the people who gambled here were members of other gangs.

Bruce worked there for two days and did not encounter any trouble. Most people were very disciplined. If they lost money, they would just wail and leave dejectedly. Few people dared to cause trouble.

The life of a gangster is actually very boring. When there are customers, they stare at the customers. When there are no customers, they squat in a corner, light a cigarette and start smoking, smoking from morning to night, and then from night to morning.

Bruce wanted to change jobs, not because he felt that he couldn't learn anything here, but because he felt that the cost of disguise here was too high. In addition to smoking, he also had to breathe second-hand smoke, third-hand smoke and fourth-hand smoke...

But it's not that easy to transfer out of here. He can't go to the gangster boss and say, I feel too bored doing this, please give me a job, then he might really fail.

So one day, Bruce became what he hated the most. He knocked out a gangster who was guarding the door of a nightclub, successfully let him go home to recuperate, and created a job for himself.

Being a security guard in a nightclub is much more interesting. The class gap between people coming and going here is very large. You must have a pair of wise eyes to know who to be fierce to, who to flatter, and who can enter and who can't enter.

And the reason why Bruce hesitated at the bottom for so long is because he needs to observe, observe the differences in appearance of the various classes of the Gotham gangsters, and prepare for the next plan.

After working for a few days, Bruce has summed up many rules from the comings and goings of people here, especially in terms of appearance and dressing.

The lowest-level thugs are just like him, wearing sunglasses, a jacket, boots, a cigarette in his mouth, a gun in his hand, squatting on the street.

He glances to the left and right, takes out the magazine of the gun and counts the bullets when he has nothing to do, and puts the magazine on when someone comes, making a loud "click".

The more advanced ones are the core members of the small gangs, but their dress is similar, but they have officially left the category of street thugs and look more serious.

To distinguish these two types of people, they mainly rely on their different expressions. The former likes to roll their eyes and curl their lips when they have nothing to do, showing an expression of "I will make you look good if you dare to make trouble."

The latter, because they have already held some leadership positions, they are always responsible for dirty work and are often in a hurry. When they greet people, they have already walked past before the other party responds, with an unconcealable tired look on their faces.

The leaders of small gangs also have some characteristics. They have some scars on their bodies, because to reach this level, they must bleed. They also have one or two sets of formal suits, but they don’t wear them normally, and even if they do, they will look relatively cheap.

Bruce can’t tell the specific price of the suit, but because he wears expensive suits all year round, he can tell whether the suit opposite is cheap. If it is, it means that he should be the leader of a small gang.

So far, it is still a simple difficulty, and you can tell by looking, but it is difficult to distinguish the gang bosses above.

From the small gang leaders to the members of the twelve families, the high-level gangs dress similarly. They wear dark suits wherever they go, with leather shoes that are polished to a shine, and occasionally wear dark or brown sunglasses, and have cigars in their hands.

When they come to the nightclub, they often drive a black vintage car. The car stops in front of the carpet. The head bodyguard sitting in the passenger seat will get off first and command the younger brother behind to stand next to the carpet. The driver will get off last. He must hold an umbrella first when getting off, face the back of the car, and open the door.

The leather shoes must come out before the person. After standing on the ground, he stamps his right foot on the spot, adjusts his tie with his left hand, and walks forward with big strides. When passing by the security guard at the door, he does not look sideways. The last bodyguard at the end of the team stays to check the invitation and register his identity.

From the big gang leader who commands five or six small gangs to the boss of thirteen streets in the East District, their attire, behavior, and demeanor are basically the same, and even their movements are uniform.

Bruce almost doubted whether they had unified training somewhere? Even the stomping of their feet when getting off the car was exactly the same.

After standing guard at the door for a few days and getting familiar with another brother standing guard, Bruce realized that every gang leader in Gotham, from top to bottom, imitated the Godfather.

It is said that this is the behavior habit of the Godfather when he was young, and there is no reason for the Godfather to have this behavior habit, he is just handsome.

But this makes Bruce feel a little confused. What if some little genius is smart and understands this behavior pattern and uses the same set of combos to sneak in? How can we tell them apart?

Bruce asked his colleague about this problem, and the colleague who was missing two front teeth showed a mocking smile and said: "You are really a fool. You can't figure this out."

Bruce said that he was willing to learn, and said a few good words. The other party really said everything. He said:

"In Gotham, if you don't become a gangster, where do you get cars and bodyguards? Just like the two of us, if we can get such a good car and such a strong bodyguard, wouldn't we be gangsters?"

"In other words, you have a car, a house, and people, so what's wrong with letting you go in? You are crazy to give up your good life and become a killer, pull out a gun and kill people, right?"

Bruce thought about it, and it was indeed the same reason. You have the capital to disguise yourself as a gangster boss, so aren't you a gangster boss?

Of course, there may be rich people disguised as gangster bosses, but what reason do rich people have to disguise themselves as gangster bosses? Rich people are already so rich, why do they have to live on the edge of a knife and fight every day?

Living in a mansion, driving a luxury car, smoking cigars, and living a life of drunkenness and dreams every day, isn't that good?

Bruce nodded in agreement, thinking it made a lot of sense, and then turned around and got a long luxury car commonly seen in gangs, and an expensive suit.

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