Chapter 77: Drive the Tiger and Swallow the Wolf (Part 2)
Of course, it is impossible to expect the whole Gotham to listen to the Godfather's command wholeheartedly. What Gotham lacks most is rebellious thorns, and now, the leader among them is Sal Maroney.
Maroney is an ambitious man, as can be seen from the name he gave his gang. In Gotham, not all gangs can be named after their surnames. Initially, only the Falcone family could do so.
The twelve gangster families now established by Falcone are all named after their surnames. In addition, the other small gangsters are named after their respective code names.
Naming a gangster after one's own surname is a very honorable thing in Gotham, because Falcone was the first to do so and achieved unparalleled success.
Maroni did this, which means that he had the ambition to challenge the Godfather from the beginning.
After the Red Crow Gang was wiped out, Maroni ate most of its remains, and by the way, he also killed another gangster who had always been against him. On that street in the East End, Maroni was almost unbeatable.
Of course he wants to go further, especially since he knows that the godfather is old and the time when the Falcone family is changing from old to new is the best opportunity to take action.
Falcone handed over many properties to Evans to manage. Although Evans was also very smart, he was a little less sophisticated and ruthless than the old godfather. The two bartenders who were attacked by outsiders from the metropolis this time were none other than Evans.
From two pubs that Evans wants to reform.
From this incident, Maroni keenly sensed the fact that the Godfather was unable to succeed. Young Falcone was still too young. He wanted reform, but he did not have the decisive methods of the old Godfather. He wanted to maintain stability.
But he didn't have enough experience, Maroni thought, this was the right time to give the Falcone family a fatal blow.
In Maroney's speculation, he felt that the godfather would not go to war to deal with the murderers. Although losing face may indeed shake his prestige, the godfather is indeed old. Compared with face, the transfer of power is more important.
, at this very important moment, once the energy is distracted, big troubles are likely to occur, Falcone will not lose the big for the small.
Originally, Maroni had wanted to make a big fuss about this to further shake the Godfather's prestige. He even planned to pretend to be someone from the Metropolitan to attack the Godfather's other properties. But who knew that Schiller was hospitalized on his own, and the gangsters
They began to chase the murderers like crazy.
This time, Maroni couldn't stand it.
Originally, he thought that it didn't matter even if the godfather went after the murderers, as long as his energy was tied up, he would always find an opportunity to eat into the Falcone family's industry.
Maroni is a bold man. He doesn't think the godfather has any unshakable dominance. Even if he does, he would like to take a piece of flesh from him.
But what was completely beyond his expectation was that at this moment, the entire Gotham City became restless, and almost all the gangs began to dig deep.
Under such a big commotion, Maroni couldn't make up his mind. If he took action now, would the godfather go crazy and target him? He wanted to make a sneak attack, not really stand on the stage and go.
He couldn't beat the Falcone family in the ring.
But if he doesn't take action, Maroni has already made some small moves. If this wave passes and he still hasn't gained a firm foothold, then the godfather will settle the score and he will be completely ruined.
Just when he was struggling, what he didn't expect was that the leader of the gang took the initiative to find him.
This group of people is quite unlucky. They were originally a group of terrorists operating in the Middle East. They worked as group mercenaries all year round. Originally, they were lured to the East Coast by another order, but they ended up being picked up from the metropolis.
Got another list.
The employer was very generous, so they worked very hard, but who knew that in this hellish place, Gotham wouldn't be able to do anything even if Satan came. They were chased and fled all over the city, beaten all over their heads, and the docks were also damaged.
They are all under the control of the gangster family and they still can't get out.
As a last resort, they can only find cooperation with the enemies of their enemies.
Even Gordon knew about Maroni's behavior of provoking the godfather. Of course, these gangsters also knew that they wanted to make a deal with Maroni. As long as Maroni was willing to send them away from Gotham, they could do it before leaving.
I solved a problem for Maroni before.
Maroni originally didn't want to do this business, but he thought that the reason why this group of people could survive for so long under the siege of Gotham's gangs was because they had two skills. With such a group of killers, there was only so much he could do.
More.
Of course, Maroni would not let this group of people assassinate the Godfather. It was meaningless and these people would not do it, so he set his sights on another link in the Godfather's newly developed industrial chain, which was the police.
Maroni knew that the Godfather had made a lot of profits from this new industry chain. If this continued, the Falcone family's rule would still be very stable, and he would have no chance, so he had to
Get rid of this industrial chain, and the private prison model under Falcone's control cannot continue to provide him with so much profit.
The police and judges are indeed an important part of this industrial chain. After all, they must arrest people legally and reasonably, and then try them before they can put the criminals in a mental hospital.
Falcone would go to great lengths to protect Schiller because he felt that he was not very capable of protecting himself, but he provided the police with so much firepower that he stopped paying attention to them. After all, he dared to do this in Gotham.
The local police officers are somewhat capable, and with enough weapons, self-protection is no problem.
Maroney targeted Gordon.
At the beginning, in order to deal with the old director Victor, Maroney chose to help Gordon take the position. He did not know the police officer in detail at the time, and he felt that he did not need to know much about it. The police in Gotham were all the same, working with gangsters.
It's really a normal thing. Even the clerk serving tea and water in the office has at least one gangster standing behind him.
Maroney felt that since he had helped Gordon take the position, he could naturally get Gordon to work for him as long as he went to talk to him.
Although it is very dangerous to defect from the Godfather's industrial chain to his side, now that there is such a group of gangsters, even if they are soft, they can be tough.
Gordon was very happy at this time, because his fiancée Barbara finally arrived in Gotham.
He and Barbara met at the Chicago Police Training School, when he was just a reserve police officer and Barbara was a trainee lawyer. They worked together on the same internship case, then fell in love and got engaged.
Then, Gordon came to Gotham to work. Originally, they could only have a long-distance relationship because neither of them was financially well-off and could not quit their jobs, let alone think about getting married and having children. But now Gordon's financial situation has improved.
, they chose to come to Gotham to live together.
On this day, Gordon came home from get off work as usual. Although he didn't have much extra money recently, Barbara also had some savings. Together, the two of them had just enough money to buy a nice apartment.
He and Barbara made an appointment to go see the house tonight. If everything goes well, they can move into a new home within two weeks and no longer have to squeeze into this old rental house.
When he returned home, he heard Barbara coming out and the aroma of food wafting from the kitchen. After Gordon took off his coat, he said: "What did you do? It smells so good!"
"Your favorite roasted lamb ribs." Barbara winked, and Gordon held her shoulders and walked with her to the restaurant.
"My friend gave me a good suggestion. I contacted the landlord in Pelican Community. We will go check out the house there tomorrow. If we are satisfied, we can pay a deposit and move immediately."
"It's great." Barbara said, "You know, my family situation is not very good and I have never lived in a high-end apartment. Does that house have a baby room? I really want a daughter. I
The little princess!"
"Of course, I think so too." Gordon kissed Barbara on the cheek, and then the two of them sat down to eat.
"I want my daughter to learn dance. I originally wanted to be a dancer, but unfortunately I didn't have that opportunity."
"If you became a dancer, wouldn't you know me?" Gordon said with a smile. He said: "I think our daughter should be free. She can do whatever she wants, including learning to dance.
, you can also learn to draw, or become an excellent lawyer like you."
"Come on." Barbara said with a helpless look: "This job is so tiring. I don't want her to become a lawyer. It's best for her to live a more relaxed life."
"The same goes for dancing. It's just because you haven't learned it that you are full of yearning for it. I see the students in the cheerleading dance troupe at Gotham University have to press their legs every day. Some students in the dance department have also complained that this profession is
It’s easy to lose your job when you get older..."
"You're really putting me under a lot of pressure. You said, what should we do if our children don't do well?" Barbara asked.
"You have to have confidence in her, and it's her own choice to live her life."
"Even if you are a police officer in such a dangerous city like you?"
"Oh, dear..." Gordon said, "Don't say that."
"I know, you have told me a long time ago that your dream is to be a policeman, because you were born in Chicago, an equally dangerous city. A policeman saved your mother, so you also want to be a defender of justice.
police."
"But this job is really too dangerous. I have said more than once that we can go back to my parents' home to live together. It doesn't matter even if we are financially strapped. It will always be safe."
Gordon sighed. He actually knew that Barbara was right. With the money he earned now, he could buy a villa in the Arizona countryside. Then he would find an auxiliary police officer there.
Barbara works as a legal consultant, which is really comfortable and happy.
But even though Gordon knew Gotham was a hellish place, he just didn't want to leave.
He thought, if the police can't stay in one of the most dangerous places to protect people, what's the point?