Chapter 111: Aftermath

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Chapter 111: Aftermath Gordon stood at the door of the interrogation room with his hands on his hips and said, “You mean to tell me that someone reported to you that they saw two monsters several dozen meters tall chasing each other in the Living Hell neighborhood?” Then he pressed down on the shoulder of the new police officer and said, “All you need to do now is ask that informant one question - how much did he take?” The new police officer was a little embarrassed and said, “But there are several people who are all saying the same thing...” “That’s just a group of people taking drugs together.” (XD) After the new police officer left, Gordon leaned against the door frame and thought to himself that these newcomers were getting worse and worse. Two monsters over ten meters tall fighting in the slums? This is Gotham, not Hollywood. Besides, even if it were true, if the local gangs saw it, they would definitely fire a rocket at it. Given the number of gangs in Gotham, if this were really true, Gordon would now be busy going over to collect the bodies of those two monsters. So this incident didn’t have much impact other than sending the police to search for drug-taking venues in the East District again. But Bruce and Venom’s troubles were far from over. First of all, Bruce is a skeptic. Secondly, he is a human supremacist. In the following days, Venom was subjected to inhumane torture. Bruce listed his doubts about Venom in a table. The table of contents alone was as thick as a fist. Bruce successfully made Venom start to miss Stark. He now realized very clearly that his host was absolutely, extremely, 100% insane. There was no other possibility. Venom now wanted to unilaterally withdraw his previous question about whether Stark was human or not. Compared to Bruce, Stark was a very standard human template. Finally one day, Venom could no longer stand Batman’s insanity. He said to Bruce, “For the sake of me helping you out before, let’s part on good terms. You go get a high-powered sonic generator and then we’ll part ways and never see each other again!” Bruce may be the first person to have a symbiote voluntarily propose to leave its host. But Bruce didn’t even think about it and rejected this recognition from the symbiote. He said, “No, you are the first alien life form I have come into contact with. I have only completed 2% of the first of my 897 research plans on alien life forms. There are still 98% of 896 plans left. You must cooperate with me to complete all the research, and then I will consider whether or not to let you leave...” Venom was truly desperate. Originally, symbiotes could voluntarily leave their hosts, but the prerequisite was that after leaving this host, they could immediately find another host. Otherwise, after he ran away from Bruce’s body, Bruce would immediately be able to catch this lump of mud. He had thought about it before, taking advantage of Bruce’s contact with others and running to someone else’s body. But ever since Bruce’s dark outburst, not only could Venom read Bruce’s emotions, but Bruce could also read some of Venom’s emotions. He had to come forward as Bruce to compensate and then expressed that in view of the high compensation, the godfather could let Catwoman go. Falcone didn’t care much. He had seen many bold thieves. Since she was Batman’s lover, he let her go. But this can’t go on like this. With Gotham’s reform, these thieves who don’t do honest work are increasingly running out of options. “What do you think I should let Selina do? Last time I suggested she become a teacher, but she refused to do it. She said that the place where she worked was too far from her apartment and she couldn’t take care of Maggie...” Schiller sat across from him at the table and said, “Have you considered that she has a considerable advantage?” “What?” “She’s very charming.” Looking at Bruce’s somewhat confused expression, Schiller said, “This may not be much of an advantage in Gotham and may even bring her some trouble, but it would be different in other places.” “Like where?” “Like Hollywood.” Schiller took a sip of water and said, “If she can make the famous Batman dizzy, haven’t you considered letting her become a Hollywood movie star or something?” Bruce was stunned for a moment. He had never thought of this idea. And Schiller was serious. Catwoman was beautiful, but that wasn’t the point. Her acrobatic skills were just icing on the cake. She only had one characteristic that could be considered the strongest in DC: charm. Catwoman could make Batman dizzy. Note that it was Batman, not Bruce. In some comics, the Dark Knight who was so obsessed with hatred could be influenced by Catwoman to marry her and have children and live a normal life. What kind of personal charm is this? Bruce, Venom and Schiller worked together to deal with the dark tide from Batman’s dark side. But all of this was easily resolved by Catwoman alone. In some comics, Batman let go of his hatred, obsession and all the unpleasant memories of the past for her and turned back to shore. With this kind of charm at the level of law, why not hurry to Hollywood to become a star? “...and you have to consider that Gotham’s industry will eventually need to transform. If we need to develop towards the entertainment and tourism industries, a city business card is essential,” Schiller said. Bruce also thought he made sense. Being a movie star is not only a legitimate profession but also very profitable. It can be said to be both fame and fortune and good for the development of Gotham City. Why not? And Catwoman herself has great potential to be a career woman. Although theft is not a decent job, at least she is also working hard to support herself. Otherwise, with her looks, she could easily become a mistress for any gang leader and live comfortably without having to live in that dilapidated apartment on the edge of the East District.

Chapter 111: Aftermath

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