Chapter 114 Gotham in Progress (Part 2)

Gotham City's sewers have a long history, and no matter which urban transformation has taken place, they have basically not affected this place. This is Gotham's darkest underground kingdom.

Basically, no Gotham citizen would come here for nothing. If there are some strange evil scientists and good neighbors in the sewers of Marvel New York, then the Gotham sewers of this period can be said to be dead silent. Even homeless people and beggars would not come down, because they had heard that all people who appeared in the sewers would disappear for no reason.

But Catwoman is skilled and daring. She can get into any corner. In order to avoid Bruce's sight, she got into the sewer in a few seconds.

Catwoman is indeed gifted in this regard. She didn't walk far before she found traces of human activities near the reservoir on the east side.

Originally, she was just curious, so she kept searching following these traces, but soon, the next discovery exceeded her expectations. Catwoman found a huge conference room in the sewer.

Catwoman was still asking for death, but she knew that this was a big deal, so she called Bruce immediately.

Falcone, Bruce and Schiller, who had received the news, arrived at the scene together. The three of them stood in the huge conference room. Bruce looked up at the dome covered with ribbons and said, "This is not something that a gang or a thug can build..."

Indeed, the ceiling here is more than ten meters high, and the entire conference room uses a huge stone support structure. Not to mention the ingenuity of this architectural design, such a large amount of work alone cannot be completed by one or two people.

Falcone stood at the front of the huge conference table. He seemed a little silent. The old godfather's eyes slid along the conference table to the end, looking at Schiller who was thinking there, and asked, "You don't seem surprised."

"You too." Schiller said.

The three of them were silent for a while, and finally Bruce spoke to break the deadlock. He said, "It seems that we have all guessed that there is a mysterious force secretly controlling Gotham, and this is the evidence."

"We all paid a painful price for this." It was Falcone who spoke. He said, "I know that you have not stopped questioning your parents' deaths, and neither have I."

The old godfather closed his eyes, and he seemed to be lost in thought again. He said, "My eldest son died in a similarly bizarre shooting. It was also a night many years ago, but I chose to remain silent until today."

"Do you think these people are the murderers?" Bruce knocked on the table, then he looked at Schiller and said, "Professor, you should have no reason to investigate this matter, and when you faced the killer that day, you called out his name."

"You'd better not be so arbitrary. Then why do you think I'm investigating serial murders around the world?" Schiller said.

Bruce frowned and said, "You already knew the secret about the existence of this organization?"

"Not only that, I know more, but I can't reveal it, and even if you know it, I'm afraid it won't change anything."

"What's its name?" Falcone asked.

"The Court of Owls, their killer is called Claws."

"That nursery rhyme..." Bruce suddenly remembered that there has been a weird and scary nursery rhyme circulating in Gotham City: Beware of the Court of Owls, always monitoring your travels, spying on Gotham City in the dark, hiding in the low wall attic, living with him at home, and lying in bed. Don't mention his name, or Claws will find your head.

Falcone was silent, he didn't continue to ask, Bruce wanted to ask more, but Schiller interrupted him, he said: "What we need to think about now is why this organization suddenly evacuated here? This doesn't seem to be a good sign."

Schiller was really confused, how did the Court of Owls disappear overnight?

In so many comics, he has never seen any Owl Court sneak out of Gotham. Looking at the appearance of this conference room, it seems that it was used not long ago. How could it disappear in an instant?

Bruce rubbed his chin and said, "Maybe they just moved their base?"

"Then why did they suddenly move their base?"

Bruce and Falcone shook their heads. From the perspective of these three people, this behavior is indeed very strange. Nothing big has happened in Gotham recently. Why is this organization in a hurry to move?

And this conference room is indeed very secretive. If they hadn't moved too quickly and left traces, it is estimated that even if all the buildings on the ground in Gotham were rebuilt, this base underground would not be discovered.

With such a huge investment and such a sophisticated construction, it can be abandoned just like that. What happened that they don't know about?

"But now we have confirmed that there is indeed such an organization. It is not accidental that Gotham has developed to this day." Falcone said.

"We must unite." Schiller knocked on the table and said.

"No matter what you think, I must warn you that this organization is more terrifying than you think. It not only manipulates Gotham, but also wants to manipulate the entire world."

"If we can't take out the power to fight it, then Gotham and the whole world will be shrouded in the darkness of the owl's wings."

"I will make them pay the price." Falcone said: "I have waited for this day for too long. My silence does not mean that I have forgotten this matter. I am just waiting for them to leave a feather, and today, I finally waited for it."

"It seems that we all have a grudge against the Court of Owls." Bruce said with his arms folded.

He was not 100% sure that the death of his parents was related to this mysterious organization, but he was extremely sure that if it was this dark organization that controlled Gotham and made it what it is today, then they must be one of the culprits who killed his parents.

Bruce stood on one side of the long table, and Falcone and Schiller stood at the two ends of the long table respectively. In the dark conference room, there was only the slowly swaying candlelight.

Finally, Falcone said: "In order to avenge them, I am willing to form an alliance with you, but this alliance must be secret enough. Any member who joins this alliance must be reviewed by other members, and we have only one goal..."

Bruce continued his words and said: "Break all the mysterious forces that attempt to manipulate Gotham..."

"... Bring a new order to this city." Schiller said.

The three people who returned to the ground said nothing. This covenant did not have any paper documents, nor even any clear regulations, but all three knew that this secret meeting in the underground of Gotham determined the future fate of the city.

Soon, detective Gordon and lawyer Harvey, who were trustworthy in character, ability and belief, also joined the covenant one after another, and the original version of the "Gotham Secret Meeting" was born.

This is an organization that is even more mysterious than the Court of Owls. It has no goals, no action program, and no one even uses any identity of this organization to communicate. They only maintain their superficial social identities, and only when doing something, they have a tacit understanding that is only a little more than usual.

The ultimate goal of this organization is only one: if Gotham is born in chaos, then let it be so chaotic and free forever. Anyone who wants to manipulate it will eventually fail. Gotham will always be Gotham.

After confirming the movements of the Court of Owls, Schiller put aside his concerns and began to prepare for the first reconstruction of Gotham City. The first thing he had to do was to come up with a perfect urban planning plan for Gotham City.

Of course, Schiller himself had no knowledge in this area, but it didn't matter, he had a very useful golden finger.

"Stark, use your genius brain to think of a solution!"

In the laboratory of Stark Building in Marvel New York, Schiller handed a box of drawings to Stark. Stark was puzzled. After reading two pages, he said, "What is this? A city planning map? Why are you giving this to me?"

"Now I need a perfect city planning plan for this city. You'd better get it done quickly. I need it urgently."

Stark took a look at the drawings, then looked at him. The two of them stared at each other. Stark said, "Why do you think I know city planning?"

"You don't, but you can learn. Anyway, you have to learn it anyway. Why not today?"

"Even if you can't learn, Jarvis can learn it. He is a super artificial Wisdom, planning a city should be easy, right? "

Stark opened his mouth, and the swear words were almost on his lips. He looked down at the drawings and said, "You plan to let me do the urban planning of such a large city alone?"

"Okay." Schiller said, "In fact, there is a super genius like you who has come up with the first version of the plan, but because... you know, his supercomputer computing power is not enough, so I can only come to you to borrow some technical support."

Stark didn't hear anything else. He only heard the phrase "super genius like you". He was about to refute, but Schiller threw another part of the drawings to him. Stark stared at it with half-belief and half-doubt, and then he was stunned.

"Wait." Stark looked down and took out some documents from the box, then started to compare them on the spot. He took out more drawings while looking at them. He said, "Is this a test question? This city does not exist in the world at all. You made it up. What's the point?"

"The point is to see who is more talented between the two of you."

"I say it again, there is absolutely no one in the world who is smarter than Stark." Stark stretched out a finger and said, "If you think there is such a person, it must be your illusion. I will prove it to you now."

He also started to write and draw on the map with a pen. He said, "Okay, I admit that he is a genius. His understanding of the logistics operation system is unique and looks perfect..."

"But it must not be the best. I have a better idea... Look here, this central turntable is the problem. You must think this turntable is very important..."

Once it comes to this kind of problem, Stark will become very serious and extremely organized. He said: "I admit that this guy you mentioned is very strong. It seems that he doesn't even use computer tools, but manual calculations, which has almost reached the limit of human beings..."

"But he lacks a little creativity. Like I said, his vision is a bit backward. Cities don't have to be flat, they can also be three-dimensional..."

"Three-dimensional city, yes, it is a three-dimensional city. I know that this concept has been proposed for many years, and no city has been successfully implemented. But if, I mean if, the city you gave me really exists in this world, then the three-dimensional city must be the most perfect solution!"

Stark's tone is quite decisive. He said: "Look at the structure of this city. Structure... Look here! This is the prototype, what is it called? Living Hell? Why would someone name a block like this? "

"Forget it, that's not important. What's important is that their spontaneously formed ecosystem is almost infinitely close to the concept of a three-dimensional city. This is actually part of the standard answer. This model is very suitable for the current situation of this city, especially since it has a port..."

"Look at this person's plan. He uses the central turntable as the main hub. The idea is correct, but as I said, he lacks creativity. The central turntable can be a sphere instead of a circle..."

"Let's move our eyes away from the 2D plane. It's old and outdated. It's too rigid. Now Stark will tell you what a true genius is..."