PFC Chapter 3344 Bloody New City (End)
Chapter 3344 Bloody New City (End)
Chapter 3344 Bloody New City (End)
The unrest in Upper Town was over, but it was far from over.
On the first day of Gotham's establishment, the state legislature, led by the Pale Knight, amended the state's tax laws. The Wayne Group was the first to respond, and everyone else had to follow suit, whether they were willing or not.
What does the New Tax Code say? Take this thing to Mount Rushmore and read it. There is only one statue that won't spit at you. The statue's name is Roosevelt because his nephew did the same thing.
At the governor's inauguration, Pale Rider Jack Napier uttered the president's classic quote.
This statement caused an uproar and was criticized by numerous mainstream media, who said that the Pale Knight was taking a step backwards and trying to drag the world back to the Cold War era.
But soon, this hot topic was covered by more explosive news - the well-known reporter Clark Kent broke the news that the Odein company artificially created cancer.
This is not just the American public opinion that is going crazy, but the public opinion all over the world. Because Odein is almost the best medical equipment manufacturer in the world, and hospitals all over the world have purchased their equipment to a greater or lesser extent.
Now it has been revealed that they used the device to create cancer patients, which will cause panic among almost all patients who have been examined with the device. This is a big problem for any country.
Now the US government has no time to trouble the Pale Knight because governments all over the world are troubled by them.
Some people may ask, Odein is a British company, why do people bother with the United States? The fact is that most governments of countries do not care whether the machine causes cancer. They only care about why this incident broke out.
Don't worry about which country your machine is made in. If you broke the news in the United States, then that's your problem. If you didn't break the news, then there would be no problem, right?
Congress has entered a new round of confusion.
In contrast, Gotham has recovered quite well. The upper class was unfortunately hit by the typhoon, but the crisis in the downtown area was resolved accordingly. People's lives have basically returned to normal.
The new tax law of the Pale Knight is extremely beneficial to ordinary people, but it will take some time for the effect to take effect. The charity fund and welfare system established before came in handy to solve the urgent problem.
Gordon did not return to his job because he now had a new identity, that is, a strong candidate for the mayoral election.
Although Gotham City is the main city of Gotham State, the governor and mayor cannot be held at the same time. The Pale Knight chooses to be the governor, so Gordon is the best candidate for mayor.
While Gotham was busy with the reorganization and handover, Schiller went to Blüdhaven to find the reliable friend mentioned by Harley. He still needed to figure out some things.
To Schiller's surprise, the person he found was a stranger, not a super criminal or a superhero, but just an ordinary-looking doctor.
After a conversation, Schiller learned that the doctor was the son of Maggie, the administrator of the Gotham History Museum. From the doctor, Schiller learned Maggie's true identity - she was once a member of the Order.
Schiller rushed back to Gotham without stopping. When he came to the History Museum again, Maggie was already waiting for him there.
The skinny old woman sat in a rocking chair by the window, looking so peaceful that she didn't seem like someone with a story to tell. Schiller sat in a chair not far away and listened to Maggie telling her story - the story she knew about three hundred years ago.
The Order summoned a meteorite.
This was indeed to satisfy some of their evil plans, but it was not just their plan, it was also the plan of the East India Company.
The Order wanted to prove their faith, not only to spread the gospel of the Lord in Britain or the United States, but also to let people all over the world worship their God of Fire. To do this, they needed strong support, and the East India Company was their best choice.
The East India Company also has its own ambitions. They want to conquer the world, but they also want to rule the world forever. To do this, they also need the assistance of magic. The Order is also their best choice.
The two parties hit it off, and the East India Company came up with an evil plan - to use magic to permanently exploit a large number of ordinary people.
They know better than anyone how powerful ordinary people are, and they understand that there is no essential difference between the poor and the rich. So if they want to make the poor unable to turn over a new leaf forever, they must first turn them into another species.
Not only should their bodies be weakened, so that they suffer from illness all year round, but their spirits should also be weakened, preferably to the point where they can work but cannot think. This way, they will never be able to stir up any waves.
The Order of Order promised to help them do all this.
After a series of complicated sacrificial and divination rituals, they found the best place to pray for God's blessing - Gotham Valley, known as the cursed land, and successfully summoned the meteorite here.
However, the effective ingredients in the meteorite need to be extracted by someone, and they also need to be refined, manufactured and diffused for the second time.
Bakar was chosen to be the key figure in the execution of the plan, but at that time only nobles could be lords. They chose Edmund Wayne, a down-and-out nobleman who had no family to rely on, and the two of them successfully came to the New World.
At that time, General Arkham had been affected by the meteorite and became insane. The two defeated him without much effort, but in the final battle between Edmond and General Arkham, Edmond keenly noticed that something was wrong with General Arkham and did not choose to kill him, but locked him up in the basement of Arkham Fortress.
After General Arkham gradually regained his sanity, he told Edmond his speculation. Edmond also discovered Bakar's unusual behavior - he was creating something in Gotham Village.
After a period of investigation, Edmond discovered that Bakar repeatedly traveled between Gotham Village and the current site of Arkham Asylum, and then transported some things to Gotham Village for processing, and then spread them through pirates and smugglers.
What Bakar processed was meteorite crystal.
Edmond spent a lot of time studying what this crystal was used for. Unfortunately, more of his research results came from himself. He found out that he had cancer and his mental state was getting worse.
Realizing that he was running out of time, Edmund had no other choice. He chose to cooperate with the East India Company to build a new city outside of Gotham Village to avoid the spread of crystal pollution in the new city. However, he did not know that the East India Company was the mastermind behind the incident.
This ultimately led to his defeat in the duel with Bakar, as the East India Company had never supported him from the beginning to the end. The East India Company, the Order of Order, and Bakar were in the same group.
The East India Company pretended to help Edmund in order to use his status as a lord to build water conservancy projects in Gotham. Bakar buried a large number of crystals under the Gotham Village. As long as a reservoir was built above the Gotham Village, the crystal pollution would continue to spread through the Gotham water system.
By using Edmond's reputation, they could ensure that the people of Gotham would not doubt the reservoir. In fact, they did. The previous mayor wanted to demolish the reservoir but failed. Even though the old dam had been decommissioned, the Gotham Reservoir still existed.
Crystal pollution not only led to a high incidence of cancer in Gotham, but also affected the mental state of the people in Gotham, resulting in the emergence of many lunatics. Because Arkham Asylum was built right above the meteorite crater, the lunatics were strengthened every time they were admitted, which led to their mental condition getting worse and worse, and the public security in Gotham became worse and worse, eventually deteriorating to what it is today.
After listening to Maggie's story, Schiller was somewhat moved. In a sense, the East India Company's actions were even worse than the Court of Owls. If they had really succeeded, the world would probably be a completely different place.
But Schiller couldn't help asking, "Why didn't they succeed?"
Maggie sneered and said, "Will you allow a cult that possesses such power to rule the world with you?"
Schiller understood immediately. It turned out to be a classic internal fight in an old anime. But it was normal to think about it. These two organizations with evil intentions might be able to cooperate reluctantly when they had no clue about the plan, but once they had some clues, both sides would definitely be extremely afraid of each other.
The East India Company was afraid of the mysterious methods of the Order, and the Order was afraid of the East India Company's powerful influence around the world. In the end, the plan would not be mutually beneficial, but would definitely be a hindrance to each other to prevent the other from snatching their own achievements.
"It was a long struggle." Maggie's voice was particularly calm. "In the end, the East India Company fell into the long river of history, and the Order of Order also quietly disappeared. But if we have to say who won, I think it should be the Order. They survived to this day."
"Yes, their courageous retreat prevented them from disappearing immediately, but allowed them to survive. They still did not give up their plans and were planning a predicted disaster that would shock the world."
"'Vampires of flame dance in the forest'?"
"It seems you have found out a lot." Maggie smiled, sat up and reached for her menthol cigarette.
"You don't seem to be worried." Schiller said, watching her leisurely posture, "The fact that you told me this means that you no longer want to work for the Order. But you don't seem to be worried about the fulfillment of the prophecy."
"Because the prophecy will not come true." Maggie's voice revealed certainty, "Emond will win in the end."
"why?"
"Because he sold his soul to the devil."
On the outskirts of the forest near Gotham Reservoir, Brad looked at the pool of blood and the familiar burnt ashes and sighed softly.
The anxious look on his face for the angel of death disappeared in an instant, as if it had never appeared. When he looked back, the brightest star in the sky was hanging on the treetops.
A lively party is being held in the camping site near the forest. It is another Gotham Police Department party, with Bruce in high spirits, Gordon immersed in the party, and the Pale Knight and Batman who were forcibly dragged over, but this time there are also Fiona, Catwoman, Nightwing and Jason.
When Bruce was setting up the grill, he looked up and suddenly saw a fire rising from the forest not far away.
Gordon saw it too, and thought the forest was on fire, so he quickly organized people to put out the fire. Bruce also hurried over.
They rushed into the center of the forest, only to find a group of cloaked figures dancing around a tall figure kneeling on the ground.
"Paul?!" Gordon shouted.
Batman looked up, and when he saw the bright star in the sky, his expression changed, and he murmured to himself in a low voice: "Prophecy..."
Just as he was about to rush out, Catwoman stopped him. Bruce also stood there and watched what happened - and watched for most of the night.
This group of cultists chanted there for most of the night, until the sky was bright and the stars disappeared, but nothing was seen being summoned.
Catwoman couldn't stand it any longer, and Gordon couldn't stand it any longer. He waved his hand, and the fully armed police rushed over and arrested all the cultists who looked confused and bewildered.
Schiller found Brad in an alley on Bourbon Street.
"Paul isn't a descendant of the Varley family, is he?"
Brad smiled and said, "You have indeed discovered it. Yes, I pretended to be anxious so that the Order would think that I was worried that the Order would take Paul away to fulfill the prophecy and confirm his identity as a descendant of the Vale family. But in fact, his last name should be Wayne."
"Two children were indeed born to the Vale family. One was sent to the Wayne family, and his descendant is today's Bruce Wayne, or should be called Bruce Vale."
"And the real descendant of the Wayne family who was replaced should have been killed, but I saved him according to the contract with Edmund. His descendant is Paul Vallee, or Paul Wayne."
"And I didn't kill the other descendant of the Varley family who was used to confuse people. I just sent him to a civilian family. I think his last name is... Collins?"
"What a cunning devil," Schiller commented. "Is it so interesting to watch others work for nothing?"
"You're right. This is exactly what the devil enjoys." Brad finally laughed. "Emond wants me to be a hero who thwarts the conspiracy, but I don't want to appear too righteous. I have to add some artistic elements, right?"
"When they found the descendant of the Valais family who had been exiled among the people with great hope, and took great pains to kidnap and control him to make him recite the spell, but in the end, because the card was not right, he could not get through at all and missed the last chance, how wonderful would they feel?"
Schiller couldn't help but applaud him, and along with his applause, the engineering team behind him came in. The smile on Brad's face slowly disappeared.
"Who are they?...Wait! What are they going to do to my house?!"
Schiller showed the land transfer contract he got from David and said, "Sorry, this is my house now."
"No! That building is the entrance and exit of my home to the real world. You can't tear it down! Stop it!!!"
Schiller smiled and said, "Excuse me, it's so interesting to see people working for nothing."
"Now, make an offer and buy your own house back from me, or - give it to me?"
I wrote 2,000 extra words, so it’s a bit late. This incident still has an ending and a review, but they will have to wait until tomorrow.