Soon, the makeshift Avengers, composed of Evans, Cobblepot and Batman, began their investigation into every corner of Gotham.
Batman's idea is correct. Investigating this kind of thing should be more comprehensive than detailed.
Especially when dealing with a mysterious organization like the Court of Owls, the effect of investigation from the top is not obvious, but investigation from the bottom can obtain some additional information. The earliest breakthrough came from Cobot. To be precise, Cobot.
The team that Porter organized at the Vocational School in Living Hell.
There is no need to introduce the origins of the students in the vocational school. There is no doubt that the vast majority of people here were born in the slums, grew up in the slums, and will live here for the rest of their lives.
They are very familiar with the entire Gotham City life, and they are very familiar with it. The reason why they listen to Copot's orders is because everything that happens here is closely related to them.
In the classroom of the vocational school, Little Fatty Tire crossed his arms and said: "...Do you think we are willing to live the same life as before? The whole corridor smells like a garbage dump, and my nose is almost broken. Do you know? My home's
The bathroom, I couldn’t even turn around!”
"Isn't that because you are too fat?" Rocket said, the girl with flowery arms. She curled her lips and continued: "But to be honest, it was too dangerous for children like us before. When I was 8 years old,
I was hit by a bullet in my right arm when I was young, leaving a very ugly scar. I had to cover it up with a tattoo..."
Red Truck lit a cigarette and said while smoking: "I've gotten better recently. I followed that guy named Doyle in the tow truck business and made a lot of money. My dad thought I finally got the hang of it and learned how to rob."
."
After saying that, several people laughed together.
Rocket turned to look at Cobot and said, "Are you telling the truth? Our chaotic life before was due to the poison in the rain? This sounds too ridiculous."
"Actually, it's a bit strange." Little Fatty Tire frowned and said, "You all know that my grandfather is the oldest old man in the living hell. He only died the year before last."
"He told me before that there was a major renovation in Gotham City, and all the other streets in the East District had tap water. Although various problems often occurred, there was no place like a living hell. The wells were used.
Hundreds of years."
"Please, don't you think it's a bit strange to fetch water from a bucket in this age?" Tire asked, spreading his hands.
Red Truck also said: "Actually, the strangest thing is the location of those wells. My father has bad legs, so I have to fetch water every time. It's been like this since I was a child."
"I have discovered before that there are five wells in the North District and only one in the South District. But obviously there are more people living in the South District. Every time they have to go to the North District to fetch water. When it was first built here,
Haven’t you thought about this issue?”
Perhaps because these students are younger, they are more receptive and understanding of new things. When Cobot said that there might be a problem with Gotham's rainwater, they did not think it was nonsense like adults.
, but I recalled something wrong from some details.
Rocket put one leg on the stool and complained: "Anyway, now that we have running water, we don't need to drink water from the well anymore."
"But don't forget." Cobot said gloomily: "Tap water is not created out of thin air. If this kind of rain continues, Gotham's groundwater will also be polluted, and no one will be able to escape by then.
"
"Then what are we going to do? I don't want to go back to the old days."
Red Truck and Rocket Bomb looked at each other. Red Truck pulled his hair and said: "Okay, we are all bad boys, as they say, born bad, but we all have to admit that we are indeed living now.
It’s much better than before, if only it could stay like this forever.”
"We can't sit still and wait for death." Cobot looked at them and said, "That's not the style of Gotham people. We must take the initiative. The first step is to investigate."
Several people looked at him, and Tire said: "Before, all the professors said that you are the best among us in learning, and you should also have the best brains. What do you think we should do?"
Cobot took out a plan, and the eyes of several others fell on the table.
Facts have proven that when it comes to people's vital interests, everyone is very capable of action.
The people in the living hell were the first to receive the reform and the first to realize the benefits of the reform.
If they had been living in that kind of chaotic environment, of course they would not want to change, but now that they have tasted the sweetness of reform, they certainly will not allow themselves to return to that chaotic and dangerous living condition.
Even though the three children, Red Truck, Tire and Rocket, are inconspicuous, their parents and parents are all engaged in vital work in the living hell.
The most obvious one is Red Truck. He can drive and ride a motorcycle at such a young age, and he is also familiar with cargo routes. In fact, this is because his parents do this.
His father and two uncles used to drive garbage disposal trucks, and his mother was a street sweeper on the street next door, so she was very familiar with the terrain here. Gu Sui
As you can tell from Rocket's name, her father is an arms dealer. In fact, it is not because he is poor that he lives in the living hell, but because it is convenient to do business here.
Although their tire business is not big, it is very important. His mother runs a small gas station, which is the place where information is exchanged most quickly. Most of the drivers who come and go here will brag between refueling.
chat.
When these three people went back to deliver the message, their cultural level was very limited and their expressions were not very clear. Their parents' ability to understand was also limited, and the whole story was changed beyond recognition.
Soon, a rumor began to spread in the living hell - someone was continuously poisoning Gotham's water source. This poison would make people crazy, and if they didn't want the living hell to return to what it was before, they had to find it.
The murderer who poisoned the house.
As a result, the enthusiasm of these Gotham citizens is very high.
As we all know, the people of Gotham have bad tempers. If you shoot them once, they will fight to the death to shoot you twice. When they hear that they have been poisoned, of course they will be furious.
Moreover, the whole thing became more and more mysterious, spread faster and wider, and many people believed it to be true.
Matters that are related to their own life and safety are more or less careful, so as soon as there is any disturbance, they will start transmitting information layer by layer until it reaches Cobot's ears.
In this way, Cobot's intelligence sources became very wide. Among the many true and false intelligences, he quickly filtered out useful information.
The first is that when the living hell well was built, there were disputes. There was only one well in the South District, but the residents of the South District could not just sit back and watch their interests be harmed, and of course they would resist.
But in the end, the matter was dropped. The information Cobot got from it was that there had been a brief epidemic outbreak in the living hell, and many people died. According to the information provided by the residents, their elders or relatives
Cobot compiled the death list and found that most of the dead were people from the South District, and they were those who resisted the most fiercely.
This proves that someone is indeed controlling the water source in the living hell area.
Next, Cobot obtained an old map of the Living Hell area. This was obtained from an old drug dealer. When he was young, he traveled throughout the Living Hell and drew the map in order to smuggle contraband.
From this map, it can be seen that there are many wells in the North District for a reason.
The buildings in the North District are looser and there are more open spaces, while in the South District, because the population is too dense and the buildings are too densely built, there are almost no open spaces.
This further supports the speculation of several people that the Court of Owls may have used this method to allow rainwater to contaminate the drinking water of the residents of Living Hell. The rain and the pollution of drinking water turned this place into the most crazy and chaotic place in the East District.
place.
After obtaining sufficient evidence, Cobot began to investigate another question: Why is the living hell so important to the Court of Owls? Is it worth them spending so much effort to arrange it?
Colbert really couldn't guess this, but at this time, the alliance of the three came into play, and Batman's thinking became more scientific.
In a small meeting between the three, Batman speculated: "First, the strategic location of Living Hell is not important. Although it is the most densely populated place in the East District, it is not actually a transportation hub, and its location is relatively remote.
Far less strategic than Elizabeth Street.”
"Second, the living hell is a slum within a slum. Even if all the people here disappear, it will have no impact on Gotham's economic ecology. From an economic perspective, it is better to target Green Street."
"If I have to say the characteristic of a living hell, then I think it is the large number of people." Batman concluded: "Nowhere in Gotham has such a population density."
"This is probably their experimental site." Cobot also stared at the map and said: "There are many people here, and most people cannot escape even if the living conditions are poor, and because of the poor sanitary environment, even if some epidemic diseases break out
, people won’t find it weird.”
"More importantly, the ecology here is closed." Evans drew a circle around the living hell area with his finger and said: "There is a well-established commercial system here, and people's basic necessities, food, housing and transportation can be solved, so the flow of population is
The range is very small.”
"The Court of Owls must have something planned in the Living Hell, that's for sure."
Then, Batman said: "The only question is, since there is a layout, there must be surveillance. How do they monitor the living hell?"
The three of them paused for a moment, then looked at each other and said at the same time: "Well!"
“Everyone needs to drink water, and everyone needs to fetch water. Even if it is inconvenient for some people to go out to fetch water, their family members will definitely do it for them. When fetching water, if you have to throw the bucket down, you will inevitably look towards the well...
…”
Batman's deep voice sent chills down the backs of the other two people: "At this time, there is someone at the bottom of the well, looking at you..."
This chapter has been completed!