It was another night of howling winds. Those hiding in warm homes only remembered that the wind had sounded especially piercing that night. It was not until they woke the next morning that they learned those sharp cries had not been just the wind, but also police sirens drifting through the night.
When Pride woke up, he saw the dazzling yellow police tape through his bedroom window, cutting through the dust mist rising from the lake like something glaring from another world.
By the time he got up, Greed had already added wood to the fireplace. As he walked downstairs, he asked, "What happened last night?"
"You just woke up?" Greed said in surprise. "The police came in the middle of the night. I heard the kidnappers were hiding in the house with the chestnut tree. The children have already been rescued. But of the three culprits responsible for the kidnapping, only one remained here. The other two have vanished. They'll definitely strike again."
Pride walked over to the phone and said, "I need to call Victor and Ron. They both have children at home. They have to be careful."
"I'm afraid that'll be difficult. Halloween is almost here, after all. The children have been looking forward to it for a long time. You can't stop them from going out for candy."
"Then send someone to follow them. We can't just let them walk into streets where kidnappers might be hiding. A lot of children these days don't even know what crime is."
Pride sighed helplessly. "Brainiac has basically eradicated crime across the world. It has indeed given children a good environment to grow up in, but it has also inevitably made them lose their vigilance."
It was hard to imagine that, in a city like Gotham, children would emerge