These charity galas had more symbolic value than practical value. They were mostly for show.
As for the other executives of Wayne Enterprises besides Weizhan Pharmaceuticals?
Not a single one of them would be innocent, even if they were all killed!
The current Wayne Enterprises was not the future Wayne Enterprises controlled by Batman. Calling it Gotham City's greatest evil would not be an exaggeration. Who knew how many wicked dealings it conducted in secret? Weizhan Pharmaceuticals' Viper Potion was merely the tip of the iceberg!
Li Wei was asking about the consequences once Stan's plan was completed.
Once Stan completed the plan, the odds of him surviving would be infinitesimal, practically zero.
Once so much Viper Potion spread through the air, there would be no time to escape its range!
Stan fell silent as well.
After all, this concerned life and death.
Yet after only a brief silence, Stan's face once again took on an open-minded smile.
"I've made up my mind. Some things always need someone to do them, and some darkness always needs someone to resist it..."
"Mr. Khada Jhin, please lend me a hand..."
Good Man Stan
Since Stan had already made his decision, Li Wei naturally had no objections.
The two immediately packed their things and began preparing for that night's operation.
There was not really much to prepare. Thirty liters of Viper Potion, a set of clothes, and a vehicle were enough.
Everything was already on hand.
All that remained was figuring out how to infiltrate the charity gala.
Wayne Enterprises' charity gala was being held in a luxurious five-star hotel in Gotham City.
The two drove the van Stan had found to the hotel's back alley.
At that moment, the hotel staff were busily preparing for Wayne Enterprises' charity gala that evening. A considerable amount of food and alcohol was needed, and plenty of delivery vehicles were moving in and out of the back alley. Their van was utterly inconspicuous among them.
No one noticed the ordinary-looking van at all.
The two drove around the back alley for a long time.
At first, Li Wei thought Stan was scouting the area. But by the time they made their third lap, Li Wei could no longer hold back and asked.
"Stan, what are you looking for? If we keep circling around, the hotel staff might notice us."
Stan scratched his head in frustration. "I'm looking for a parking spot. With so many vehicles around, we could cause a traffic jam. The police might come issue us a ticket."
Li Wei: ...
Stan, had being a good person made you stupid?
You were about to make major headlines tonight, and you were worried about getting a parking ticket from traffic cops?
Li Wei was speechless, yet somehow found it perfectly reasonable.
After all, this was Gotham. The difference between good people and bad people was just that obvious.
Fortunately, Stan quickly found a parking spot on that lap.
The two disguised themselves as deliverymen, and the thirty liters of Viper Potion were disguised as absinthe.
After casually dealing with the hotel staff for a few sentences, the two easily slipped into the hotel.
No one would have imagined that someone intended to cause trouble at Wayne Enterprises' charity gala, much less infiltrate the hotel this early. Naturally, the security measures were merely for show.
After entering the hotel, Li Wei and Stan took advantage of a moment when no one was watching and slipped directly into the stairwell, heading for the rooftop.
Drawing on Khada Jhin's infiltration experience, the two avoided every hotel employee and surveillance zone along the way, arriving at the rooftop without incident.
The hotel's ventilation system was installed on the roof. Once they reached the top, they easily found the air ducts.
For someone as highly educated as Stan, the ventilation system was hardly sophisticated equipment. After tinkering with it for a moment, he quickly connected the large barrel containing the Viper Potion to the ventilation system.
When the time came, all he had to do was open the valve, and the Viper Potion would rapidly spread into every room in the hotel, including the hall where the charity gala was being held.
That night, Wayne Enterprises had booked the entire hotel, so there was no need to worry about killing the wrong people!
Li Wei quietly watched from the side as Stan finished preparing everything.
"Mr. Khada Jhin," Stan suddenly said, "oh, right, I forgot something. Could you do me a favor?"
"Of course." Li Wei shrugged...
Stan pulled a USB drive from his pocket. "This contains the materials I prepared in advance and a hacking program. Sorry for the trouble, but could you plug it into one of the hotel's computers? Then I can remotely control it and broadcast it during the charity gala. I want to expose Weizhan Pharmaceuticals' true face to the public!"
"Alright, I'll take care of it." Li Wei took the USB drive and slipped it into his pocket, then could not help saying, "Stan, couldn't you install a timer on the ventilation system? That way, you could ensure your own safety..."
Although Li Wei had his own ulterior motives for helping Stan.
He still felt that compared to Gotham's other lunatics and criminals, Stan qualified as a good man. A good man's ending should not be like this.
But to his surprise, Stan shook his head upon hearing the suggestion.
"No. A timer could still malfunction. Opportunities are rare. If I miss this one, I don't know how long it will take before another chance comes along. I have to stay here personally to ensure nothing goes wrong."
"Besides, no matter what, I will have killed people. I will have caused so many deaths. Only if I die can I make the government take this seriously, instead of classifying it as murder or revenge..."
Looking at the determined expression on his face, Li Wei knew that Stan had already resolved to die. Since his mind was made up, Li Wei did not try to persuade him further.
Li Wei now somewhat understood why Gotham produced so many lunatics and criminals.
For someone like Stan, living in an environment as dark as Gotham while still holding justice in his heart and abiding by the law was undoubtedly an exceptionally painful thing.
Either they erupted under that pain and became lunatics, or they sank into it and became criminals.
Leaving Stan on the rooftop, Li Wei went downstairs.
For him, infiltrating the hotel's control room alone was even easier than taking Stan up to the rooftop.
After smoothly plugging the USB drive into a computer in the control room, Li Wei left the hotel.
But he did not return to Arkham Asylum. Instead, he found a tall building across the street from the hotel, carrying two bottles of beer up to its rooftop.
The wind on the rooftop was strong, as though he could reach out and touch the perpetual haze hanging over Gotham.
Li Wei opened a beer and took a deep swig.
Mm, the beer was cold.
It also gradually calmed Li Wei's complicated emotions.
From here, with Jhin's exceptional eyesight, he could clearly see Stan on the rooftop across the street.
Stan was sitting at the edge of the roof as well.
Li Wei smiled. Whether Stan could see him or not, he raised his beer bottle toward Stan and gave it a shake, sending him off.
Would Stan die?
He would, but he would not.
In a sense, from the moment Stan died, his transformation and rebirth would begin.
Wasn't that a good thing?
What was there to be sad about?
Li Wei had long since designated Stan as the test subject for the werewolf experiment. Dr. Hugo's werewolf experiment had not taken the final step of human modification because he had been waiting for Stan!
When Stan returned, compared to how he now had to risk his life just to resist the darkness, he would then gain far greater power and completely transform into a bloodthirsty hunter in Gotham City's darkness!
He would make everyone in Gotham who touched the darkness tremble in fear!
What Li Wei was witnessing was not Stan's sacrifice, but a necessary process on the path toward evolution.
Once he understood all that, Li Wei felt much more at ease.
"I'll make you even stronger..."
Time flew by, and the sky gradually darkened.
Under Li Wei and Stan's watchful eyes, Wayne Enterprises personnel gradually began arriving at the hotel.
As more and more Wayne Enterprises executives arrived, the hotel gradually grew livelier.
The magnificent hotel formed a stark contrast with the homeless people in the alley across the street.
Li Wei suddenly noticed a Rolls-Royce slowly approaching from the distance and stopping in front of the hotel.
When the car door opened, someone completely beyond Li Wei's expectations appeared in his sight.
Bruce Wayne...
Butler Hero Alfred
Bruce Wayne's arrival was completely beyond Li Wei's expectations.
If Stan released the Viper Potion and got Bruce Wayne killed too, that would not be fun at all!
Without Batman in the DC Universe, wouldn't there be far less fun?
Who would tell the dark jokes then?
Gotham could not lose dark jokes any more than the West could lose Jerusalem.
Batman absolutely could not die!
But when Li Wei saw the butler Alfred following behind Bruce Wayne, he finally relaxed.
In the DC Universe, one should not underestimate Alfred just because he was only a butler. In his youth, this butler had been an ace member of the British Air Force Special Forces.
His fighting ability and related physical attributes were nearly at the peak of what an ordinary human could achieve.
Butler Hero's most glorious achievement was beating up Superman!
With Alfred protecting him, a little Viper Potion would not be much of a problem!
The only thing Li Wei found somewhat troublesome was why Bruce Wayne had suddenly come to attend the charity gala today.
In front of the hotel.
Accompanied by Alfred, Bruce Wayne slowly entered the hall.
Although Wayne Enterprises' charity gala was invitation-only and no one without an invitation would be allowed inside.
Bruce Wayne was clearly an exception.
His face was the best pass.
Bruce Wayne's arrival caused quite a stir at the charity gala.
Although they had habitually sent Bruce Wayne an invitation, no one had expected Young Master Wayne, who had only recently lost his parents, to actually attend.
However, it was worth mentioning that nearly everyone attending the charity gala was a middle- or senior-level manager of Wayne Enterprises. Not a single member of the board of directors was present.
This completely dashed Bruce Wayne's plan to have a talk with the board.
In fact, ever since Gordon had "accidentally killed" Mario and gone to Wayne Manor to confess everything to him, Bruce Wayne had gradually realized where the problem lay.
Gotham City had a powerful force preventing him from investigating the truth behind his parents' deaths.
To resist that force, he had to become strong, just as Sheriff Gordon had said, and take control of the inheritance his parents had left him.
Only with Wayne Enterprises as his backing would he have enough power to uncover the truth!
He had come here to reclaim control of Wayne Enterprises!
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