Chapter 156 The Fall of the Boulder (Two in One)

(Today I will continue to post two chapters in one. I decided to update the next two chapters together. I will choose the time before midnight.)

There are many survivors hiding in Gotham High School. This is good news.

McGilson believes that he has a certain understanding of Gordon's youngest son, James.

Unlike the perverted criminals in the comics, James here is naughty but kind-hearted.

James, like his sister Barbara, is a fan of Batman.

However, when Batman took the initiative to take the blame for killing Harvey Dent, James did not compromise with reality like his sister.

He never accepted that Batman was wronged for no reason.

Jim Gordon's silence on this matter made James even more dissatisfied. He believed that his father should not cover up a lie.

Otherwise, how could he deserve the title of the only remaining light of justice in Gotham?

Harvey Dent's will could not resist the corruption of the Joker, and he committed a series of cruel murders.

He even kidnapped him and his sister to threaten Gordon.

Why should Batman take the blame for Harvey?

Just to implement the Dent Act?

James, who was still young, didn't understand why a bill had to be implemented in the name of Harvey, and why Harvey Dent had to be a bright and just image.

In fact, in Gotham at that time, except for Harvey Dent, no prosecutor dared to confront the Gotham gang.

Before he met the Joker, Harvey was indeed a knight of light.

Even Bruce respected Harvey from the bottom of his heart.

To put it bluntly, Harvey Dent is the future star of Gotham.

If everyone knew that even Harvey Dent would fall one day, then others would be even less trustworthy.

If the government wants to implement a new bill again, no matter what the original intention is, it will be misinterpreted as a conspiracy theory.

In addition, those gangs are behind the scenes.

The obstruction is unimaginable.

What about the other way around?

In order to defend the law, Harvey Dent did not hesitate to fight with the gangsters, and even if his face was disfigured, he did not give up the justice in his heart.

Finally, he died tragically at the hands of darkness.

Under the stimulation of this script, every citizen of Gotham will be deeply moved by the death of Harvey Dent.

The implementation of the "Dent Act" as Harvey's last wish before his death will be highly supported.

In the tide of the entire Gotham people, the obstruction of the gangs is like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, and it can't make any waves.

Then it created a peaceful time for Gotham for eight years.

Therefore, Barbara can understand her father. She knows Gordon's inner struggle and entanglement, but he is helpless after all.

Little James can't understand, or maybe he understands, but doesn't agree with this approach.

In short, the father-son relationship between Little James and Gordon is very stiff, but the relationship between him and his sister and Maggieson is good.

Maggieson and Charlie walked into the school.

Gotham Middle School is the largest junior high school in the city, with a total of seven six-story teaching buildings, two nine-story laboratory buildings, a five-story administrative building, a standard 400-meter outdoor playground and an indoor gymnasium.

There is also a three-story library.

If you count the cafeteria and dormitories, there are five or six more buildings.

Many high schools do not have such a large complex.

However, this junior high school has now become a ruin.

The laboratory building, administrative building and teaching building have been baptized by large-yield explosives, and only two or three buildings have not collapsed completely.

Maggieson even saw a small half-missile from a broken teaching building. Generally, armed helicopters use this kind of missile as a standard weapon.

"There is someone hiding in the toilet over there."

Charlie's little paw pointed to the wreckage of the building not far away.

Maggieson looked over and saw a row of toilet cubicles surrounded by rubble alone.

There was also a sign for the women's toilet on it.

"Well, it seems that the person hiding here is a girl."

Now is not the time to worry about whether it is a women's toilet. Maggieson picked up Charlie and ran over.

"Hey, is there someone in there? Are you okay?"

McGilson called out politely at first, but the person hiding inside didn't respond.

So, Maggieson had to open the door of the compartment directly.

"Don't get close to me!"

A rather childish female voice came into Maggieson's ears.

As the compartment was fully opened, the girl hiding inside also revealed her true face.

This was a blonde girl of about fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing a pair of black headphones, a brown jacket, and a shirt with a red circle around the collar and the rest of the blue.

The red and blue were separated by three closely connected golden W stripes, and the outer jacket also had the same stripes.

Obviously, she was not a white person, because the girl's skin was naturally bronze, and her figure was streamlined and very beautiful.

The slightly raised biceps told Maggieson that this girl must have exercised regularly.

The girl covered the earphones on both sides with both hands, keeping them tightly against her ears.

No wonder she didn't respond when Maggieson called her just now. It was strange that she could hear the sound.

One thing was very strange. Maggieson noticed that the girl's eyes did not show any feelings such as "fear" or "fright", but only "vigilance".

What was even more strange was that there seemed to be a fighting spirit hidden deep in her eyes...

Maggieson was a little curious about the identity of this girl, but now he had more important things to ask her.

He slowly stretched out his hand to the top of the girl's head, trying to take off the earphones on her head.

Who knew that when Maggieson's hand just touched the earphones, the girl's eyes instantly became sharp.

She violently shook Maggieson's hand off her head, and then took her hand off the earphones for the first time.

With both hands on the baffle of the compartment next to him, he easily crossed over with a push and entered another compartment.

This skill is quite rare for a young girl. In Magison's memory, Barbara did not have such smooth skills at this age.

"Hey, girl, I don't mean any harm. You have to take off your headphones so that it will be convenient for us to talk."

Maggieson had to go to another compartment. This time he did not approach rashly, but pointed to the headphones worn by the girl, hoping that the girl could understand what he meant.

"No need, I can hear you talking, and this pair of headphones is not mine."

Unexpectedly, the girl actually answered Magison's words.

"Okay, then can you tell me your name? Are there any other surviving students and teachers? Where are they? I'm here to help you."

Maggieson asked with a smile.

"Cassie Sandmark, that's my name."

The girl, that is, Cassie, answered.

"You said you were here to help us. Are you a policeman? Or a firefighter?"

"I'm sorry, I'm neither of those two."

McGilson shrugged and said.

"Then how do I know if you're a bad guy?"

Cassie stared at McGilson's face with a vigilant look.

"And you look so weird, like a monkey."

"Woof woof! (Someone is coming this way)"

At this time, Charlie suddenly ran over and bit McGilson's trouser leg.

In front of outsiders, it can't speak human language.

But with the translator konjac, McGilson can understand the language of dogs.

The information expressed by Charlie made his eyes flash.

"Woof woof woof! (There is only one other person, and it doesn't smell like an adult)"

Hearing this, McGilson was slightly relieved.

"Is this your pet, Uncle Monkey?"

Cassie leaned down and looked at Charlie, blinking and asked.

"I'm a little convinced that you're not a bad person now, because only good people have cute dogs."

"Yes, its name is Charlie."

McGilson squatted down and touched Charlie's little head, introducing him.

"Also, it's very rude to call someone Uncle Monkey."

"But I don't know your name."

Cassie tilted her head, puzzled.

"My name? You can call me... Lupin III."

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On the other side, Barbara and Pamela separated and went straight to gcpd.

She met some gangsters and thugs on the way, and she dealt with them all.

The location of gcpd is not far from Robinson Park. Barbara arrived here in less than an hour.

When Barbara stepped on this familiar land again, her heart suddenly sank.

"Oh... no."

There is no living person in gcpd now. The whole police station has been burned for many days. The originally snow-white walls are now as black as charcoal.

Barbara walked into the GCPD armory and found it empty.

Needless to say, Bane must have moved all the weapons.

"Why did the leader ask us to patrol this broken place every day?"

Suddenly, a voice came from outside, accompanied by footsteps.

Barbara quickly hid behind the door of the armory and listened carefully to confirm that there were only two people outside.

"Who knows what the leader is thinking, but the GCPD police are not all dead, especially their chief Jim Gordon, who is now missing. There is no trace of him in the police hospital, but two brothers have died."

"Maybe the leader is worried that Jim Gordon may join the remaining police after escaping."

Another of Bane's men answered the question of the man just now.

"The situation in the city has been complicated recently. Many brothers have died inexplicably. It may be the remnants of Gordon's gang... or it may be other gangs. Maybe one day the two of us will die inexplicably."

The man who asked the question sighed.

"They just said that Jim Gordon is not in the hospital... It seems that Dad should not have encountered an irreversible accident."

The information revealed in the conversation between the two people made Barbara happy.

"If Dad is not in the hospital, where would he be?"

"And the surviving police officers, where will they hide..."

Barbara fell into deep thought.

"Have you finished checking over there?"

"It's no different from before, what about you?"

"There's nothing new here, it's time to go to the armory to take a look."

Two people shouted outside, and Barbara narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Bang!"

The big iron door of the armory was opened by two patrols, and there was nothing inside.

"The inspection is over, and we can finally go back."

The two walked in, turned around, and walked out the door, leaving the gcpd.

After they walked away, Barbara came down from the ceiling.

She just used the rope launcher to fix herself on the ceiling of the armory and escaped the patrol.

"Although we haven't found Dad's whereabouts, at least we know he's still alive, and that's enough."

A big stone in my heart has fallen, and there is another big stone left.

"Let's go back to Robinson Park first and wait for news from Pamela."

Barbara quietly withdrew from the gcpd and walked towards the base of Robinson Park.

What she didn't realize was that in a deep alley near the gcpd, a looming figure was silently watching her...

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"Lupin... III?"

Cassie frowned, why is this name so strange?

"Woof woof! (That person is almost here)"

Charlie reminded Maggieson again.

"Hush, someone is coming here."

Maggieson immediately signaled Cassie to keep quiet, then turned around and waited for the person Charlie said.

Not long after, there were faint footsteps coming from the darkness.

The sound was getting louder and louder, indicating that the person was getting closer and closer to here.

"Hey, Cassie, look what I found. You won't believe it. I have a piece of cheese, ham and three..."

This is a boy's voice, and it sounds like he should be about the same age as Cassie.

The corners of Maggieson's mouth curled up slightly, and he knew who the owner of this voice was.

It was the little James Gordon he was looking for.

A well-proportioned boy ran out of the darkness with a happy smile on his face.

He held a big bag in his hands, which was full of various foods.

In addition to the big bag, little James also held a sandwich wrapped in a plastic bag in his hand.

However, when he saw a man in a red suit with a monkey face standing next to Cassie, his joyful words stopped abruptly.

Instead, he was alert and...angry!

"Who are you and what do you want to do to Cassie?"

Little James put the big bag in his hand on the ground and took an attacking posture.

He and his sister had studied Kali martial arts for a period of time. Although he did not have as strong a talent as Barbara, it also allowed little James to have a good fighting ability.

At the age of fourteen or fifteen, with his body not yet fully grown, he can already beat normal adults.

"It's okay, little James, his name is Lupin, he's not a bad guy."

Cassie ran over and stood in front of little James.

She took off the headphones she didn't want Maggieson to touch, and stuffed them into little James' hands.

"I like your headphones, thank you for lending them to me."

Cassie picked up the big bag on the ground again and counted the things inside.

"You brought back a lot of food this time, butter bread, toast, compressed biscuits, chocolate bars... enough for everyone to eat for two days."

"Your name is Lupin?"

Little James looked at Maggieson with a squint, "Why did you come here?"

"Cassie said you are not a bad person, I will not question her judgment."

"But it doesn't mean we will accept you. You look like neither a policeman nor a soldier, and you have nothing on you. I am curious how you survived in Gotham."

"If you are just asking for some food, please forgive me for refusing. There are still a dozen hungry junior students in the school, and this food is for them."

Little James said without question.