Spider-Man stood outside the restaurant and knocked on the door. As he knocked on the door, he shouted: "Is there anyone here? Can anyone come and open the door for me?"
Batman behind the monitor covered his forehead. This was the first time he saw someone knocking on the door while fighting super criminals.
Spider-Man knocked on the door for a long time. A gang leader with a face full of tattoos and a scar on the left side of his face poked his head out and said: "Who the hell is knocking on the door in the middle of the day?! I don't know if this place is only open at night. Hurry up."
Get lost!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the gang leader wanted to close the door, but when he grabbed the door handle and pulled the door in, he found that the door did not move at all. What appeared in his field of vision was Spider-Man's sandbag-sized fist.
With a "bang" punch, Spider-Man directly knocked the gang leader who opened the door to the ground. Then he pushed the door outward and squeezed in through the gap.
"Come here! Come here! Someone is breaking in!" The gang leader covered his broken nose and shouted loudly: "Come here quickly! Someone with no eyesight is here to destroy the place again!!"
"Hula la la", after a messy sound, various disheveled gangsters rushed out with guns in their hands. While loading the guns, they cursed and shouted: "Who is this person who doesn't want his life? Dare to come to the Penguin boss's place to cause trouble.
?!"
"How many people are coming from the other side? I will make them die ugly!!"
"The boss is discussing business with the mayor. Whoever makes trouble at this juncture will be killed without any trace of his body!"
"Sorry, I would like to ask, is the Penguin boss you are talking about called Cobot Oswald?"
A slightly childish voice came from the top of the gangster's head, and after a subtle "swish" sound, a spider's thread fell in front of them.
The leader of the gang looked at the spider thread and his eyes became cross-eyed. The next second, Spider-Man, who was sliding down the spider thread, knocked him down with a punch.
In an instant, the sound of "swish, swish" bullets passed through his ears. Spider-Man did not panic. He grabbed the spider silk and swung dexterously to the back of the sofa. He rolled on the spot and came to the back of the bar in the lobby. He opened the cabinet and dug out the contents of the cabinet.
Wine box.
With whiskey in one hand and vodka in the other, Spider-Man threw the wine in the wine box like a grenade, accurately hitting the heads of the gangsters. He only heard "bang bang bang bang bang", followed by howling and screaming.
The bottle of liquor was smashed against the hard skull, and the liquor inside spilled out. The sparks from the bullet grazing the metal object ignited the alcohol. Suddenly, fires broke out everywhere in the hall, and the hall became a mess.
The gangsters were first beaten to death with wine bottles, and when they recovered, they found that expensive liquor had been spilled on the floor, half of the sofa was burning, and the exquisite wallpaper and soft curtains were all covered in flames.
"Put out the fire! Put out the fire quickly! If the restaurant burns down, the boss will beat us to death!"
"Water, water is coming, get out of the way! Let me put out the fire!"
"Where did that damn kid go? I'm going to shoot him in the head!!!"
Taking advantage of the chaos among the gangs below, Spider-Man stood on all fours on the ceiling of the hall, quietly crawling across the hall like a real spider and arrived at the box.
The Iceberg Restaurant was closed during the day and there was no one in the box. Spider-Man rolled his eyes and quickly climbed down along the wall. While the staff in the restaurant were dealing with the chaos outside, he quickly moved the people outside the box.
The name of the booking guest has been changed.
The large box was changed to a small box, the exclusive box was changed to a mobile box, the menu and phone number were changed in a mess, and the black figure was wandering in the corridor for a long time. The fruits of the staff who accepted the reservation in the past few days were in vain.
Already.
So, about three hours later, when the actual opening time of the Iceberg Restaurant came, Penguin Copperpot, who was smoking a cigar and talking business over a glass of wine in the mayor's mansion, received countless angry phone calls.
"Oswald, what's the matter with you? Why is there someone in my exclusive box at the Iceberg Restaurant? Then what's the point of spending money to book your exclusive box?!"
"Hello? Cobot! I'm not telling you, even if the big box is booked, you don't need to change it to the smallest box in the corner for me, right?! There are twelve of us! How can we fit this?
!”
"Oswald, what the hell are you doing?! I'm in Italy talking about business right now, and you called me to ask when I'm going to your restaurant?"
"Cobot, why didn't anyone call to confirm my reservation tonight? Do you want me to order food when I get there? Your business is really getting worse!"
Penguin, who received many bad reviews for no reason, hung up the phone in confusion. Then he immediately called his restaurant and said angrily: "What the hell are you doing? Why are all the reservations messed up? You know this will ruin me.
How many connections do you have?”
The staff in the reservation department was also very aggrieved. He said on the phone: "We obviously did everything well, but the person in charge of calling at the restaurant made all the wrong calls. We don't know what happened."
"I will go over now and throw those who dare to cause trouble for me into the sea to feed the sharks!"
Penguin immediately said goodbye to the mayor and drove as fast as possible to his Iceberg Restaurant. As soon as the car arrived, he froze there.
There is only one iceberg left in the Iceberg Restaurant.
The gangsters guarding the Iceberg Restaurant and all the employees inside were tied up with spider silk and hung from the largest iceberg decoration, surrounded by the burned-out remains of the restaurant.
The Penguin was stunned. He looked up and looked at the figure standing on the top of the iceberg. He blurted out and wanted to call "Batman", but when he looked carefully, he found that the figure did not have a cape.
Suddenly, a sharp siren sounded from behind Penguin. Penguin turned his head and saw Commissioner Gordon of the Gotham Police Department leading a group of police officers rushing over.
"Gordon, what on earth is going on?" Penguin yelled angrily, the fat on his face twitching from excessive anger. He shouted loudly: "Do you want to arrest me? I
What crime was committed?!"
In the past, Gordon could only remain angry and silent when Penguin asked this question, because Penguin did not commit a crime, or in other words, all the crimes he committed were covered up, and the police department could not find any evidence at all.
Many people believe that the existence of Batman in Gotham is unnecessary, but the fact is that if Batman did not adopt non-legal violent methods, then Gotham would be a place where officials protect each other, officials and businessmen interact with each other, and gangs also protect each other.
Not even a single criminal can be found in the city because all procedures are legal.
But this time, Gordon stepped forward and showed his ID to Penguin, and said: "Sorry, Mr. Oswald, when you purchased the building used as the Iceberg Restaurant, you signed the Gotham Ancient Building
Protection Agreement.”
"The agreement emphasizes that you have the responsibility to repair and maintain this building, and you also have the responsibility to protect it intact and continue to pass it on. So can you explain to me what happened to this fire that burned down the famous ancient building?
?"
"I..." Like a real penguin, the Penguin glanced at Gordon, then turned to look at his burned-out Iceberg Restaurant, then turned to look at Gordon again, and stammered and breathed heavily for a long time.
gas.
"I am also a victim!" Penguin emphasized in a higher tone: "My restaurant was burned down! You still come to trouble me, how can there be such a reason in the world?!"
"But just now, the Gotham Police Department received a report from an enthusiastic person that you did not arrange corresponding fire protection measures in Gotham's ancient buildings, and the fire protection facilities were not up to standard, which led to such serious consequences of the fire."
"You violated the "Gotham Fire Safety Law" and the "Historic Buildings and Famous Cultural Buildings Protection and Repair Law enacted by the New Jersey State Assembly." Please cooperate with our investigation of this fire and come with us."
The Penguin was stunned and was taken into the police car. He never dreamed that he had done all the evil in his life and was unrivaled in Gotham's underworld, both white and gray. Not even Batman sent him to prison.
The first time he was legally arrested was because he failed a fire inspection?!
One thing to say is that the fire protection measures of the Iceberg Restaurant are indeed not in place. According to the laws of New Jersey, it can be regarded as a failure in fire protection. But in such a dark city, who would care about a black and white person?
Is the restaurant opened by a super criminal gang boss qualified for fire protection?
Batman didn't care either, so he stood in front of the screen blankly and watched Penguin being taken away by the police.
Sometimes stereotypes and inertial thinking are like this, and no matter how smart people are, they are not immune to them.
When most people think of dealing with Penguin, they will definitely try to collect evidence that he bribed officials, or look for clues that he hired killers to assassinate important personnel.
But Spider-Man doesn't, he really thinks that failure to meet fire safety standards is a very serious matter.
So, after he discovered that the gang members did not use fire extinguishers to put out fires, but connected faucets from the kitchen, he decisively added a few more fires, and then made a phone call to Gordon to report the unqualified fire protection measures of Bingshan Restaurant.
It is the same in most countries. If it is an ordinary building, and the fire does not cause serious casualties, failure in fire protection measures is not a criminal offense, and at most it requires compensation.
But the building where the Iceberg Restaurant is located that Penguin bought is one of the first buildings built when Europeans came to this city. According to American law, it is a protected ancient building.
Then Penguin is legally responsible for failing to protect and repair the damage caused to this building. Even if he will not be prosecuted and imprisoned, he must cooperate with the police investigation and is likely to pay a large sum of money to the federal government.
Subsequent rental contracts will also be affected.
Watching the Penguin being taken away, Spider-Man turned over neatly and jumped off the top of the iceberg. He clapped his hands, made a gesture of attention and said.
"Fire and fire have no mercy, friends, whether you are a normal restaurant owner or the leader of an illegal trading place, you must remember to add more fire extinguishers to your restaurant, and it is absolutely forbidden to block the fire escapes!"
"By the way, the protection of ancient buildings is also one of the things we must learn. Let me tell you quietly, I haven't reported him yet for not maintaining the exterior walls of the ancient buildings on time. These weathering marks and peeling paint are the best evidence.
, if you are sued to the state court, you will have to pay a lot of money!"
