Chapter 77: Driving the Tiger to Devour the Wolf (Part 2)

Of course, it is impossible to expect all of Gotham to follow the command of the Godfather. What Gotham lacks the most is rebellious thorns, and now, the best of them is Sal Maroni.

Maroni is an ambitious man, as can be seen from the name he gave to his gang. In Gotham, not all gangs can be named after surnames. At first, only the Falcone family could do so, and now the twelve gang families established by Falcone are also named after surnames. In addition, the rest of the small gangs are named after their own code names.

Naming a gang with your own surname is a very honorable thing in Gotham, because Falcone is the first person to do so and has achieved unparalleled success.

Maroni did this, which means that he had the ambition to challenge the Godfather from the beginning.

After the Red Crow Gang was destroyed, Maroni ate most of its remains, and also destroyed another gang that had been against him. On that street in the East District, almost no one can resist it.

Of course he wanted to go further, especially since he knew that the Godfather was old, and the time for the transition of the old and new in the Falcone family was the best opportunity to take action.

Falcone handed over many of his businesses to Evans. Although Evans was also very smart, he lacked some sophistication and ruthlessness compared to the old Godfather. The two bartenders attacked by the outsiders in the Metropolis this time were from the two bars that Evans wanted to reform.

Maroni keenly sensed the fact that the Godfather was powerless from this incident. The young Falcone was too young. He wanted to reform, but he didn't have the decisive means of the old Godfather. He wanted to maintain stability, but he didn't have enough experience. Maroni thought, this was a good time to deal a fatal blow to the Falcone family.

In Maroni's speculation, he felt that the Godfather would not go to great lengths to deal with the murderers. Although losing face might shake his prestige, the Godfather was indeed old. What was more important than face was the transfer of power. At this very important moment, once the energy was dispersed, it was very likely that a big mess would occur. Falcone would not lose the big picture for the small.

Originally, Maroni had wanted to make a big fuss about this to further shake the prestige of the Godfather. He even planned to pretend to be someone from the Metropolitan to attack the Godfather's other industries, but who knew that Schiller was hospitalized on the spot, and the gangsters began to hunt down the murderers like crazy.

This time, Maroni couldn't do anything.

Originally, he thought that even if the Godfather went to hunt down the murderers, it didn't matter. As long as his energy was involved, he would always find an opportunity to erode the Falcone family's industry.

Maroni was a bold man. He didn't think the Godfather had any unshakable ruling power. Even if he did, he wanted to bite off a piece of meat from him.

But what was very unexpected to him was that the whole Gotham City was in a state of agitation, and almost all the gangs began to dig deep.

In this big commotion, Maroni was unsure. If he took action now, would the Godfather go crazy against him? He wanted to launch a sneak attack, not to really stand up and compete with the Falcone family. He couldn't beat them.

But if he didn't take action, Maroni had already made some small moves. If he didn't gain a foothold after this wave, the Godfather would settle the score later, and he would be completely finished.

Just when he was struggling, what he didn't expect was that the leader of the gang took the initiative to find him.

This group of people was also unlucky. They were originally a group of terrorists active in the Middle East, working as group mercenaries all year round. They were originally led to the East Coast by another order, but ended up taking another order from Metropolis.

The employer was very generous, so they worked very hard, but who knew that Gotham was such a hellhole that even Satan couldn't help them. They were chased all over the city and beaten up, and the docks were under the control of the gangster family, so they couldn't get out.

As a last resort, they could only cooperate with the enemy of their enemy.

Even Gordon knew that Maroni had provoked the Godfather, and of course the gangsters knew that they wanted to make a deal with Maroni. As long as Maroni was willing to send them away from Gotham, they could solve a problem for Maroni before leaving.

Maroni didn't want to do this business at first, but he thought that this group of people could survive for so long under the siege of the gangs in Gotham, so they must be very capable. With such a group of killers, he could do more.

Of course, Maroni would not let this group of people assassinate the Godfather. It was meaningless and they wouldn't do it, so he set his sights on another link in the Godfather's newly developed industrial chain, that is, the police.

Maroni knew that the Godfather had made a lot of profit from this new industrial chain. If he continued like this, the rule of the Falcone family would still be very stable, and he would have no chance, so he had to get rid of this industrial chain and not let the private prison model controlled by Falcone continue to provide him with so much profit.

The police and judges are indeed an important part of this industrial chain. After all, they must arrest people legally and reasonably, and then try them, so that criminals can be put in mental hospitals.

Falcone would go to great lengths to protect Schiller simply because he felt that Schiller was not very capable of protecting himself, but since he provided the police with so much heavy firepower, he no longer paid attention to them. After all, those who dared to be policemen in this hellhole of Gotham had some skills, and with enough weapons, they could protect themselves.

Maroni aimed at Gordon.

At first, in order to deal with the old director Victor, Maroni chose to help Gordon take office. He did not know this policeman in detail at the time, and he felt that he did not need to know much about him. The policemen in Gotham were all the same, and it was normal for them to cooperate with the gangs. Even if they were just small clerks serving tea and water in the office, there was at least a gang behind them.

Maroni felt that since he had helped Gordon take office, he only needed to talk to him, and naturally he could get Gordon to work for him.

Although it was very dangerous to turn against the Godfather's industrial chain, now that he had such a group of gangsters, if soft tactics didn't work, he could still use hard tactics.

Gordon was very happy at this time, because his fiancée Barbara finally arrived in Gotham.

He and Barbara met at the Chicago Police Training School. At that time, he was just a reserve police officer and Barbara was a trainee lawyer. They worked together on the same internship case, fell in love and got engaged.

Then, Gordon came to Gotham to work. Originally, they could only have a long-distance relationship because both of them were not financially well-off, could not quit their jobs, and could not consider getting married and having children. But now Gordon's financial situation has improved, so they chose to come to Gotham to live together.

On this day, Gordon went home from get off work as usual. Although he didn't have any extra money recently, Barbara also had some savings. The money of the two together was just enough to buy a nice apartment.

He and Barbara made an appointment to go to see the house tonight. If everything goes well, they can move into the new home within two weeks and no longer have to squeeze in this old rental house.

When he got home, he heard Barbara coming out. The aroma of food wafted out from the kitchen. Gordon took off his coat and said, "What did you make? It smells so good!"

"Your favorite roast lamb ribs." Barbara blinked, and Gordon held her shoulders and walked to the restaurant with her.

"My friend gave me a good suggestion. I contacted the landlord of the Pelican Community. We will go to see the house there tomorrow. If we are satisfied, we can pay the deposit and move in immediately."

"That's great." Barbara said, "You know, my family conditions are not good, and I have never lived in a high-end apartment. Does that house have a baby room? I really want a daughter, my little princess!"

"Of course, I think so too." Gordon kissed Barbara's cheek, and then the two sat down to eat separately.

"I want my daughter to learn dance. I originally wanted to be a dancer, but unfortunately I didn't have that opportunity."

"If you become a dancer, you won't know me?" Gordon said with a smile. He said, "I think our daughter should be free. She can do whatever she wants, whether it's learning dance, learning painting, or being an excellent lawyer like you."

"Come on." Barbara made a helpless expression and said, "This job is tiring. I don't want her to be a lawyer. It's better for her to live a little easier."

"Dance is the same. It's just because you haven't learned it that you are full of yearning for it. I see those cheerleading students at Gotham University. They have to stretch their legs every day. Some dance students have also complained that this industry is a job for young people. It's easy to lose your job when you get old..."

"You really put a lot of pressure on me. What should we do if our children don't live well?" Barbara asked.

"You have to have faith in her, and it's her own choice how she lives."

"Even if she becomes a police officer in such a dangerous city like you?"

"Oh, dear..." Gordon said, "Don't say that."

"I know, you told me a long time ago that your dream is to become a police officer, because you were born in Chicago, a dangerous city, and a police officer saved your mother, so you also want to be a police officer who upholds justice."

"But this job is really too dangerous. I have said more than once that we can go back to my parents' home to live together, even if the economy is tight, it doesn't matter, it's always safe."

Gordon sighed. He actually knew that what Barbara said made sense. With the money he earned now, if he went to the countryside of Arizona, he could buy a villa. At that time, he would find a job as an auxiliary police officer there, and Barbara would be a legal advisor. It would be comfortable and happy.

But even if Gordon knew that Gotham was a hellhole, he didn't want to leave.

He thought, if the police can't stay in the most dangerous place to protect people, what's the point?