In the Galavan incident, Cobot was not the mastermind, but a victim of coercion. Therefore, he only spent four years in Blackgate Prison.
By the time he was released from prison, Harley had cleared her name and came to shore. The framework of the Quinn family was still there, but it had changed from the Black Bond family to the 'Quinn Consortium'.
Cobot inherited the territory and authority vacated by Gotham City.
Basically, he is equivalent to the sum of three-quarters of Maroni and one-half of Falcone.
The other quarter of Maroni was divided among small gangs.
The other half of Falcone, which is a legitimate business, is still in the hands of the Quinn chaebol.
In any case, he became Gotham's well-deserved No. 1 gay man.
But he is just the successor, and Harley is the founder of the country.
After sweeping away the Court of Owls, she took control of Hedao, politics, and business.
Not to mention opponents, we didn't even encounter any stumbling blocks.
She established the 'Quinn Empire'.
Then, she began optimizing her assets like Gotham's industries.
She was the emperor and created many kings and dukes.
Cobot gets a kingdom, the Gotham Underground Kingdom.
Now, facing Bateman's challenge, his king was about to be unable to survive, so he came to the "Emperor" to complain.
The meaning of "Emperor Harley" is also very simple: Bateman, like you, maintains my rule in different ways, and I don't care about your fights.
Penguin Humanity said: Bateman is probably no different from the previous Black Knights and Batons. He is just a small meteor in the sky over Gotham. He cannot establish his own "kingdom". If he dies, I will have to clean up the mess. But if he dies, I will be the one to clean up the mess.
Before, break me first, what will you do then?
"Batman and Dark Knight may seem to have the same baton, but they are actually very different. Batman has a Batmobile, but the baton is really just a baton.
Bateman has changed into more than ten sets of armors within a few months of his debut, one set is better than the other, and Black Knight wears one suit until the hole in his pants (a hole was made by a sniper rifle).
Mr. Shadow runs on his feet, and Bateman recently even built a supersonic Batplane.
Bateman is a superhero, the others are just costumed heroes.
I have great confidence in Bateman and think he can establish the ‘Baptman’s Dark Kingdom’ in Gotham.” Harley said with a smile.
"Do you know Bateman?" Penguin asked.
"Do you think I know you?" Harley asked.
Penguin nodded, "You must know him, even I have some guesses."
"Oh, tell me." Harley said with great interest.
"Bat Armor, Bat Chariot, Bat Motorcycle, Bat Fighter..."
Penguin counted on his fingers, "Especially fighter planes, which can rise and fall vertically, hover in mid-air, and have advanced intelligent operating systems and autonomous driving systems.
I asked experts and there is only one company that can provide these technologies.
Even if we don’t talk about technology, how many billions of dollars will it cost to build these equipment?
Who can afford to burn it?”
Having said this, Penguin said meaningfully: "Harley, Gotham has never been short of smart people. I can guess it, and many people can guess it quickly.
If you know what a person loves, it will be easy to deal with him.
Knowing what a person's weaknesses are makes it easier to deal with them.
Just like when Galavan grabbed my mother and made me bark like a dog.
So, I really don’t think he can last long unless you help.”
Harley pondered for a moment and said: "I will not help Bateman, nor will I suppress him. Everything will take its course."
Cobot frowned and said: "In the past two months, at least five South American gangs and eight Eastern European gangs have entered Gotham.
Because where Bateman passed, he left behind a vacuum of power and interest.
If this continues, Gotham will become more and more chaotic.
The superficial order of ‘the highest crime rate in the country’ can no longer be maintained at first.”
"Then don't keep it up. Cobot, a new era is coming - the era of superheroes.
The new era means that the old order is broken and a new balance is established.
Just like when the era of Falcone and Maroney ended, a new era began for you and me.
This is the torrent of history, and no one can stop it, so it’s better to just go with the flow." Harley said.
"Well, I understand..." Cobot said thoughtfully.
Harley smiled and asked, "Is your mother okay?"
Penguin nodded and sighed: "Thanks to Father Carlisle's care over the years, I am in good health. I can stand on the stage and sing for two hours."
The two chatted about household matters for a while before ending the conversation.
...
"Bruce, Bateman's identity is almost exposed."
After seeing off Cobbler, Harry called Bruce.
"Who?" It's not Bateman's deep and hoarse voice, but Bruce's warm magnetism.
Harley repeated Copot's analysis and said: "You are too boastful. That Bat fighter is more advanced than the F-35.
The F-35 costs more than 200 million yuan alone.
Your fighter plane is No. 1, and its cost is more than ten times higher.
Anyone who has estimated the value of Bateman's equipment will shout, 'I'll buy it, he must be so rich', and then subconsciously think of the richest man in Gotham, the richest man in the United States, and the richest man in the world - Bruce Wayne."
"Even the current Godfather of Gotham, Cobblepot, reports to you, and you are still secretly ruling Gotham." Bruce said seriously.
Harley turned the silver coin at the ceiling, "You always grasp the key points so easily! Yes, I am ruling Gotham, and I am Bateman's biggest enemy."
Bruce was silent for a moment and said calmly: "I'm not stupid. Copper can think of it, how can I not know it?"
"Oh, then I'm done."
"Hey, hey?" Bruce looked at his phone and hung up.
His expression was depressed, and his heart was even more depressed.
He was still waiting for her to ask him about his plan!
...
Two days later in the afternoon, in front of the Pentagon.
The late October sun shines warmly on me.
Harley and Ivy both had long hair and were wearing brown and green windbreakers respectively. They walked out of the car laughing and chatting.
"Mr. Wayne, look here!"
"Bruce Wayne, why are you near the Pentagon?"
"Miss Lucy, as a Swiss national treasure diver, how did you get together with Bruce Wayne?"
...
A burst of noise came from the corner, and with it came Bruce Wayne in a suit and tie with a bright smile.
He held a slim woman in a long cashmere coat in his right hand, and there were twenty or thirty reporters around him. The flashlights flashed rapidly, and the recorder almost poked into his nostril.
"Oh, Selena was cheated on." Ivy exclaimed.
Then, she became angry again, clenched her fists, and gritted her teeth: "This bastard played with the kitten's feelings and defrauded me of two Devil Fruits. I will use him as fertilizer!"
"Click!" Harley was not as excited as Ivy, so she just took out her phone, took a photo, and sent it to Selena.
"Ding dong!"
Selena replied instantly: "I helped him choose this woman."
Ivy came over to take a look and said in disbelief: "The kitten is so... bold?"
Harley's eyes flashed and she said with a smile: "Today, Bateman will probably make big news in Gotham."
Ivy was stunned and said in surprise: "Bruce is clearing his suspicions?"
Harley nodded slightly, "I'm afraid this is not enough, the next step..."
She frowned and thought for a long time, "Does Bruce want to openly be friends with Bateman and give him equipment? But the side effects of this are not small."
With doubts, she and Ivy entered the Pentagon.
In the small conference room on the second floor, they met many scientists from well-known laboratories and CEOs of information technology companies, including Lex Luthor.
"We don't have the director of the technical department, so it's just you two?" Luther looked around, his eyes locked on Bruce who was whispering to Lucius not far away, and asked doubtfully: "Are you two going to jointly take over this project?"
Harley shook her head, "This time I'm just going through the motions to see how powerful your company's AI is, and I have no plans to win the project.
Compared with a mere profit of hundreds of millions of dollars, I value the confidentiality of my data more."
"Naive!" Luther said bluntly, "You think the Pentagon won't ask you to disclose database information if you don't participate in government projects? You think they are too kind."
"You think of me too kindly."
Harley glanced at him and said equally unceremoniously: "Compared with my own interests, the Pentagon and national security are worth nothing.
If you want me to honestly open up the source code of databases and artificial intelligence, just dream."
"You think too simply." Luther lowered his voice: "The Pentagon's purpose this time is to build the military's own artificial intelligence.
Select the strongest technology from several of our companies to build the strongest AI.
Then, relying on the most powerful AI, our database becomes their back garden where they can come and go at will."
"Then the technology they have to choose is indeed the strongest." Harley said with a faint smile.
Luther stared into her eyes for a long time, "You are very confident. Where does your confidence come from? There has been a lot of bad news about Paradise Mountain Technology Company recently. The company's stock has plummeted, and you don't seem to have any countermeasures."
"Bah bang bang..." A muffled sound of tapping the microphone came from the previous podium.
It's General Lane.
When everyone stopped whispering, he said seriously: "You can stand here, you must all know the purpose of this gathering.
We want to know what kind of technology you can provide, who are the developers of the technology, and what results have been achieved with these technologies...
Please convince us with facts."
The first person to take the stage was Dr. Swann from Central City's Advanced Technology Laboratory.
He was a tall and thin middle-aged man with a smile and looked like a good old man.
"I am the director of the laboratory, but we mainly study special particles born under high-speed collisions. We don't have a deep understanding of artificial intelligence..."
After listening to his rambling for four or five minutes, Harley couldn't help but mutter: "This guy is more perfunctory than me, but if Star Labs was selected by the Pentagon, there must be something special about it."
Luther's eyes flickered, "Could it be that he, like you, has hidden good things and is confident in defending against data theft by the military?"
"What good thing do I have...that you are eyeing?" Harley asked with a wooden face.
Luther smiled and said: "Don't get me wrong, I just followed your previous thinking..."
The second person to appear is Moira Quinn from Star City.
She was very formal and brought several directors of the information laboratory to not only use PPT to introduce the capabilities and features of their information protection wall, but also demonstrated the anti-virus capabilities and simple intelligence on site.
Well, Queen from Star City and Quinn from Gotham are not related.
"The Green Arrow in Star City has been very popular recently. It has already entered the top 20 in the superhero category," Harley said with a smile.
"Green Arrow?" Luther raised his eyebrows and shook his head slightly, "I don't pay much attention to ordinary people wearing tights."
"Who are you paying attention to? There are far more heroes with superpowers than ordinary people, such as Animal Man, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Warhawk and Dove, Black Bolt..." Harley said.
Luther had a touch of sarcasm on his face, "There is no difference between ordinary people who suddenly gain extraordinary power and nouveau riche who suddenly get rich.
He will only let out his newly acquired power based on his instincts, and gain spiritual opioid-like vanity and satisfaction from it.
Only Tearman has his own ideas and he is practicing his ideas... Even if his ideas are equally hypocritical, he is the only one qualified to attract my attention!"
"Miss Quinn, it's your turn." General Lane called.