Chapter 77: Drive the Tiger and Swallow the Wolf (Part 2)
Of course, it is impossible to expect all Gotham to follow the godfather's command. What Gotham lacks the most is the rebellious thorn, and now, the best among them is Sal Marone.
Maroni is a very ambitious person. As you can see from the names he gave his gang, in Gotham, not all gangs can be named after their surnames. At first, only the Falcone family could do this, and now the twelve gangsters established by Falcone are also named after their surnames. In addition, the other small gangsters are named after their respective code names.
It is a very honorable thing to name a gangster by your last name, because Falcone was the first to do so and had an 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 eliminated, Maroni ate most of its remains, and at the same time destroyed another gangster who had been against him. On the street in the East District, almost no one could defeat him.
Of course he wanted to go further, especially since he knew that the godfather was old and the time when the Falcone family changed from old to new is the best opportunity to move mobile phones.
Falcone handed over many industries to Evans. Although Evans was also very smart, he lacked some sophistication and ruthlessness than his old godfather. The two bartenders who were attacked by outsiders in the metropolis this time were from the two bars that Evans wanted to reform.
From this incident, Maroni keenly smelled the fact that the godfather was powerless. Little Falcone was too young. He wanted to reform, but he did not have the very spicy and decisive means of the old godfather. He wanted to maintain stability, but he did not have enough experienced experience. Maroni thought that this was a good time to give the Falcone family a fatal blow.
In Maroni's speculation, he felt that the godfather would not fight against the murderers in a big way. Although losing face may indeed shake his prestige, the godfather is indeed old. Compared to face, what is more important is the transfer of power. At this very important moment, once the energy is dispersed, there is a very likely chaos, and Falcone will not lose his big fortune because of a small amount.
Originally, Maroni had already wanted to make a big fuss to further shake the godfather's prestige. He even planned to pretend to be a metropolitan person to attack the godfather's other industries, but who knew that Schiller was hospitalized on the spot, and the gangsters began to chase the murderers like crazy.
This can be done to Maroni.
Originally, he thought that even if the godfather went to chase the murderers, it wouldn't matter. As long as his energy was involved, he would always find an opportunity to eat up 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 wants to bite a piece of meat from him.
But what was very unexpected was that at this moment, the entire Gotham City became restless, and almost all the gangsters began to dig three feet into the ground.
Under such a big disturbance, Maroni was not sure about it. If he took action now, would the godfather be targeting him like crazy? He wanted to launch a sneak attack, not to really stand on the table and fight the Falcone family, he could not beat him.
But if Maroni didn't do anything, he had already made some small moves. If this wave passed, he had not yet gained a foothold, and the godfather would have settled the score in Qiu Hou and he would have been completely finished.
Just when he was struggling, what he unexpectedly expected was that the leader of the bandits took the initiative to come to him.
These people were also unlucky enough. They were originally a group of terrorists in the Middle East and worked as group mercenaries all year round. They were originally led to the East Coast by another order, but they took another order from the Metropolitan City.
The employer is generous, so they work very hard, but who knows that even Satan is coming, the ghost place of Gotham, is not easy to use. They are chased and fled all over the city, beating them all over the head, and the docks are under the control of the gang family, so they can't get out.
As a last resort, they had to cooperate with the enemy.
Even Gordon knew about Maroni's provocation of the godfather, and of course this group of bandits 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 solve a problem for Maroni before leaving.
Maroni didn't want to do this business, but he thought that this group of people could live for so long under the siege of all Gotham gangs. I think there were two tricks. With such a group of killers, he could do more things.
Of course, Maroni would not let this group of people assassinate the Godfather, which was meaningless and this group of people would not do it. So he turned his attention to another link in the Godfather's new industrial chain, that is, the police.
Maroni knew that the godfather had made considerable profits from this new industrial chain. If this continued, the rule of the Falcone family would still be very stable, and he would have no chance. Therefore, he had to break this industrial chain and not allow the private prison model under Falcone to continue to provide him with so much profit.
Police and judges are indeed an important part of this industrial chain. After all, they must be arrested legally and reasonably before they can be tried before they can be put into mental hospitals.
Falcone would make great efforts to protect Schiller, but he felt that he was not very capable of protecting himself, but he provided so much firepower to the police, so he did not pay attention to them anymore. After all, those who dared to be a policeman in a ghost place in Gotham have some skills. If you cooperate with enough weapons, you will have no problem protecting yourself.
Maroni aimed at Gordon.
At the beginning, in order to deal with the old director Victor, Maroni chose to help Gordon as the throne. He had not learned about the police in detail at that time. He felt that he didn't need to understand it very much. Gotham police were the same. It was normal to cooperate with the gangsters. Even the clerk who served tea and water in the office had at least one gangster behind him.
Maroni felt that since he helped Gordon to the top, as long as he talked to him, Gordon would naturally be able to work for him.
Although it is dangerous to turn back from the Godfather's industrial chain to his side, now that there is such a group of gangsters, it is too soft and can be hard.
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 officer, and Barbara was an intern attorney who worked together in 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 they were not well off their finances, could not quit their jobs, and could not consider getting married and having children. But now that Gordon's financial situation has improved, they chose to live together in Gotham.
On this day, Gordon got home from get off work as usual. Although he had no extra money recently, Barbara also had some savings. The money they had added up to be enough to buy a good apartment.
He made an appointment with Barbara to go to see the house tonight. If it goes well, they can move into their new home within two weeks and no longer have to squeeze into this old rental house.
He returned home and heard Barbara come out, the aroma of food floated out of the kitchen. Gordon took off his coat and said, "What did you do? It smells so good!"
"Your favorite roasted lamb ribs." Barbara blinked, and Gordon walked to the restaurant with her by the shoulder.
"My friend gave me a good suggestion. I contacted the landlord of Pelican Community. We will go and see the house tomorrow. If you are satisfied, you can pay a deposit to move immediately."
"It's amazing," said Barbara. "You know, my family is not in a good condition and I've never lived in a high-end apartment. Does that house have a baby room? I really want a daughter, my little princess!"
"Of course, I think so too." Gordon kissed Barbara on the cheek, and then the two sat down to have a meal separately.
"I want my daughter to learn dance. I originally wanted to be a dancer, but unfortunately I didn't have that opportunity."
"If you become a dancer, you won't know me?" Gordon said with a smile. He said, "I think our daughter should be free. She can do whatever she wants, learn to dance, learn to draw, or be an excellent lawyer like you."
"Come on." Barbara said with a helpless look: "This job is exhausting. I don't want her to become a lawyer. She'd better live a little easier."
"The same is true for dance. It's just that you have never learned it. I see that the students of the cheerleading dance troupes of Gotham University have to squeeze their legs every day. Some students in the dance department have also complained that this industry is a youthful life, and they are prone to losing their jobs when they are old..."
"You really put a lot of pressure on me, you said, what should we do if our kids don't live well?" Barbara asked.
"You have to have confidence in her and what you live is her own choice."
"Even if you are a policeman in such a dangerous city?"
"Oh, my dear..." Gordon said, "Don't say that."
"I know, you 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 policeman who upholds justice."
"But this job is really too dangerous. I have said more than once that we can go back to my parents' home together to live together. Even if the financial situation is tight, it doesn't matter. It's always safe."
Gordon sighed. He actually knew that what Barbara said made sense. With the money he earned now, if he went to the countryside of Arizona, he could buy a villa. At that time, he would find a job as an auxiliary police officer in the local area and Barbara would be a legal counsel. It would be very comfortable and happy.
But even though Gordon knew that Gotham was a ghost place, he just didn't want to leave.
Chapter completed!