Chapter 288: Gotham City with Simple Folk Customs
"Why are you smashing things? Aren't you afraid of disturbing the neighbors? Even if all the neighbors are deaf, it's not good to disturb the cats and dogs. Do you have any sense of public morality?"
The moment he opened the door, Xia Yu was like a landlady with a cigarette in her mouth and big curly hair. She yelled towards the outside without even looking.
After being yelled at by him, the group of tattooed and fleshy men outside the door were stunned and for a moment they even forgot what to say.
"Hey, hey, if you have something to say, say it quickly. If you have to fart, fart quickly. I have to go to work tomorrow!"
Xia Yu yelled at the group of strong men in front of him without any politeness, and the other person who was caught by the group of strong men saw him being so presumptuous and hurriedly reminded him in a low voice.
"Xia, they are Black Mask's thugs, they are here to collect a debt from us."
The man who reminded Xia Yu was named Zhou Hao. He was a fellow villager and colleague of Xia Yu. Both of them worked at the Gotham Police Department and both owed Black Mask a large sum of money. They could be described as brothers in distress.
It’s just that Zhou Hao only owed 40,000 US dollars, but he owed a million US dollars. The amount owed by the two was very different, but the same thing was that neither of them had the money to pay it back.
After Zhou Hao's reminder, the thugs who came to collect the debt gradually came to their senses, and the leader looked at Xia Yu with a grin.
"You are quite arrogant. You owe Lord Black Mask a million dollars. Even if you sell yourself in pieces, you still can't pay it back."
Hearing this, Zhou Hao, who was arrested, turned pale, while Xia Yu, who was facing the ferocious thugs, looked calm.
Black Mask is one of the number one villains in the comic "Batman". His real name is Roman Sionis. As a villain, Black Mask always lives up to his own setting, which is to do all kinds of evil.
In a side story in a certain issue, Black Mask, in order to take revenge on Catwoman Selina, directly sent his men to capture Selina's sister, brother-in-law and one of her friends.
Later, Black Mask severely injured her friend, brutally killed Selina's brother-in-law, and forced Selina's sister to eat her husband's corpse, driving her crazy.
Of course, such an extremely cruel man is not without other achievements. In the comics, he has completely controlled the entire Gotham underworld at least twice. Although he failed in the end, it is enough to show how powerful he is.
Therefore, Zhou Hao turned pale when he heard the name of Black Mask. If Xia Yu had not yet obtained the plug-in, he might only be slightly better than Zhou Hao.
"Haha, isn't it just one million? This amount is only enough for a meal!"
Xia Yu had an arrogant and domineering look on his face. If he wasn't wearing cheap clothes and living in this shabby apartment, he would have looked like a totally arrogant second-generation rich kid.
When the strong men saw Xia Yu's appearance, they exchanged glances with each other.
Is this guy crazy? What about the money he owes? Are they really going to dismember him and sell him?
Although Xia Yu could not understand eye contact, he had telepathy and could sense what the strong men were thinking. Xia Yu, who originally wanted to play the role of the returned Dragon King, suddenly felt uninterested.
With the help of telepathy, the strong men suddenly felt that they had lived half their lives in vain, and they would work like slaves for Xia Yu no matter what in order to have a fulfilling second half of their lives.
However, facing the loyalty of these strong men, Xia Yu was extremely disgusted. They were not beauties or anything. Taking them as his subordinates would not only be troublesome but also an eyesore.
Hearing this, the strong men burst into tears immediately, thinking that they did not understand the boss's mind and insisted on apologizing no matter what. Not only did they give all the debts they collected in the past few days to Xia Yu, they also insisted on going back to find their former boss Black Mask to apologize together.
But Xia Yu never liked making a big fuss, and said bluntly that there was no need to be so serious, he could just go and meet Black Mask.
Seeing Xia Yu being so considerate of them, the strong men burst into tears, thinking that the new boss was so gentle and they must repay him.
So this group of strong men took out their cell phones and threatened and begged, and managed to get more than one million US dollars. Then they handed it all to Xia Yu without any explanation, and said that if Xia Yu didn't accept it, they would jump off the building.
Xia Yu had no choice but to accept the strong men's sincere request. Seeing that Xia Yu accepted their request, the strong men immediately cried and laughed as they led the way in front of him, leading Xia Yu to where the black mask was.
Before leaving, Xia Yu handed all the banknotes given by the strong men to the stunned Zhou Hao. After all, they were brothers in distress before, so there was nothing wrong in helping each other.
I don’t know if it was because the scene was too bizarre or for some other reason, but Zhou Hao hadn’t recovered from his shock until Xia Yu walked away.
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If Gotham during the day still looks a bit like a city, then Gotham at night turns directly into a man-eating den.
If you want to wander around Gotham at night, the first thing to do is to remember to take your weapon and pay attention to the alleys.
Because no one knows whether there are a group of idle people lurking in those alleys, ready to borrow some pocket money at any time. After all, Gotham is a place famous for its simple folk customs.
However, because of the strong man who was leading the way, Xia Yu did not meet those idle people who were looking to borrow some pocket money.
This also made Xia Yu a little depressed. Although the Gotham Police Department has always been quite corrupt and its law enforcement power is weak, it is still a police station after all, and its chief is Gordon, who hates evil.
As a member of the police station, Xia Yu also wanted to become a real crime fighter, so he was ready to arrest those gangsters.
But until now, no foolish hooligans have come to him. Does he want him to fish for law enforcement? But fishing is easy to lose horses.
Just as Xia Yu's thoughts were wandering, the strong men led Xia Yu to a building.
This building is Black Mask's lair, the Sionis Building. Although Black Mask is involved in the underworld, most gangsters have some legitimate businesses, and this building is the disguise that Black Mask uses to run his legitimate business.
"Okay, go and turn yourself in. No need to send me off."
After arriving in front of the building, Xia Yu waved his hand and asked the strong men who sent him to surrender themselves. After receiving orders from the new boss, the strong men immediately ran towards the Gotham Police Station.
Since the boss has given the order, they must follow whatever he says. This is the attitude towards the boss.
Although the Gotham Police Department will not take any action, at least they will make an overt effort. At least the criminals that Batman throws over will be locked up by the police station.
If the police encounter a criminal who is too dangerous, they will escort him to Arkham Asylum, but for the real villains, returning to Arkham is like returning home.
If you could interview a super villain, he or she would definitely express his or her thoughts in this way.
Arkham feels much better than home! Everyone in Arkham is talented and speaks well. I love being in Arkham!
While Xia Yu was thinking, he walked towards the entrance of the building, but before he could enter, he was stopped by the bodyguards at the door.
"Stop, this place is forbidden to enter."
The bodyguard's words brought Xia Yu back to his senses. Looking at the bodyguard's serious face, Xia Yu shook his head.
"I'm not trying to go in, I'm here to enforce justice."
Hearing this, the bodyguard who stopped Xia Yu couldn't help laughing. When the other bodyguards were about to laugh sarcastically, a gun was suddenly pressed against the bodyguard's forehead.
"you……"
“Bang!”
A gunshot was heard and the world fell silent. Xia Yu ignored the other bodyguards' actions of drawing their guns and instead put the muzzle of the gun in front of his mouth and blew out a breath.
"Justice executed!"
