Chapter 2165: 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 his 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 protect 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.

The Penguin certainly knew the problem of insufficient police force in the Gotham Police Department, but as Gordon said, he was a businessman. As long as there was a hard bone in the Gotham Police Department that resisted 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 saw the accident report, whose general was this?

He had known about the port accident a long time ago, 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. They were 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 led to Gordon's final defection to him?

This was not an accident. The Penguin was keenly aware that although on the surface this was an accident caused by some criminals taking advantage of the fusion of the two cities, if you look closely at the underlying logic, it was 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 spent a lot of money to build an electronic system for manipulating votes, but 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.

The importance of the deep-water port is not to mention that all the good goods that Penguin gets that others can't get are shipped from this port.

At least 60% of the Penguin's position as mayor is to legally transform the port according to his own wishes. Now it is almost halfway completed. As a result, the deep-water port is filled with sand. At least it can't be used in the short term. This is simply a stab in the Penguin's aorta.

The sugar factory on the North Island is actually a disguised drug factory, mainly used to manufacture some new chemically synthesized drugs. There is only one sugar production line. How can it attract bees? Could this group of mutant bees also be drug addicts?

The factory on the northern island is the Penguin's money bag. Although traditional drugs have a stable source and high-end products are very popular, chemical drugs are more cost-effective when it comes to making money.

The housekeeper of the mayor's mansion has been helping the Penguin to operate the public opinion window. He is one of the few people in the party where the Penguin belongs. He is sharp-minded and timely. He can be said to be the Penguin's right-hand man.

The Penguin couldn't understand the video. Although he did assassinate his political enemies, this was common in Gotham. There was no need to find a room to talk about it. It was just a wave of the hand and a look.

This was obviously a fake image specially made by someone to affect his reputation, but this thing was too real, and there would definitely be many people who would take the opportunity to magnify it and guide public opinion.

The Penguin immediately realized how unfavorable the current situation was to him, and the first thing he had to do was to find out who was instigating all this.

Penguin hesitated and wanted to call the sheriff of Gotham Police Department, but he knew that his dog was loyal but not fierce enough, and the best detective he could rely on was James Gordon.

"James, I think you have realized how unfavorable the situation is for us." Penguin held the phone in one hand and tapped the armrest with his fingers with the other hand and said, "Someone wants to take advantage of the chaos of urban integration to target me, and does not care about the order of the city at all."

"Like you said, I am a businessman. In order to protect my industry, I will do my best. Even if I can't provide justice, I can provide enough jobs, and those real lunatics just want to kill everyone."

"Go find out who is behind all this. Give me a name, and I will let him know how painful it will be for his stupid behavior."

Putting down the phone, Gordon sighed. It didn't feel good to cooperate with Penguin at all, but he connected several accidents in the city faster than Penguin.

The other party was obviously the kind of person who didn't care about casualties as long as he could achieve his goal. Gordon thought that he should deal with this more brutal person first than the Penguin.

But just as he hung up the phone, a strange number called in. Gordon hesitated for a moment and answered the phone.

"Hello, Sheriff Gordon, it's a pleasure to talk to you."

The voice on the other side seemed very low, with a buzzing sound that made people resonate with their hearts, but some small sounds in the background made Gordon's heart hang.

"Sorry, James, your daughter is crying too hard. I don't want her to disturb our conversation this time. You can talk to her for a few words, but please remember that this is my kindness."

"Barbara, Barbara!!" Gordon roared: "You kidnapped my daughter, you damn bastard..."

A scream came from the background immediately, making Gordon swallow all the sounds back into his stomach. He didn't even dare to breathe. 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 she gets hurt, you will get nothing."

"I don't want to get anything from you, Sheriff, and you don't have anything to give me. I'm not like that idiot named Cobblepot, who needs the help of the police to rule this city."

"God has given me a broader stage, and I will naturally seize this opportunity. I just need to teach you a lesson."

Gordon just opened his mouth to say something, but the phone was snatched away by Peter in the back row, and Peter roared into the phone.

"King Bing! Don't think I can't recognize your tone just because you used a voice changer. You're dead!"

"Oh? Spider-Man? I thought you were dead."

King Bing sneered and said, "That idiot Electro didn't completely destroy the collider, and you actually survived."

Peter's eyes widened immediately. It turned out that the accident of the high-energy physics collider was not caused by the mysterious black sun, but a trap set by King Bing for him. King Bing 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!"

"No matter what you say, Spider-Man, this new city is mine, and no one can stop me."

"Ah!!!!!!"

As the woman screamed, Gordon stepped on the accelerator frantically.