As for what happened on Gordon's side.
Li Wei knew very well. In fact, he knew even more details than Gordon did!
Whether it was the city councilor's murder or Penguin's return to Gotham, everything had remained under his watch.
The field of vision opened up by Mass Infatuation's Invisible Flowers spread across all of Gotham, making little difference from seeing things with his own eyes.
Li Wei refused to believe that, at this point, Gordon still had the mind to investigate his asylum!
The city councilor's murder actually did not have much impact.
It would not even affect the progress of the Arkham development project!
But Cobblepot seeking out Gordon was a different matter!
Ever since Cobblepot had crawled back to Gotham from the sea last time, he had thrown himself into the Maroni Family.
After developing for some time, Cobblepot had risen steadily through the ranks. He had even become the Maroni Family's second-in-command, taking over its bars and restaurants!
Now that he had stepped forward to find Gordon, it was neither under Maroni's orders nor Falcone's orders.
He was preparing to officially make a move against Gotham's two major gangs!
That was right, both major gangs!
Both the Maroni Family and the Falcone Family were within his range of attack.
Perhaps before long, Gotham's entire underworld would have only one voice left!
Cobblepot's voice!
Of course, Li Wei was not worried that Cobblepot would recklessly come provoke him.
Rather, once Cobblepot became Gotham's new underworld overlord, Li Wei might be able to shape him in the direction of Graves the Outlaw!
After several days of passive income, along with Stan's hunting of gangsters and criminals after becoming a werewolf, Li Wei's Soul Essence balance had already reached more than 2,800!
Purchasing Graves's Hero Template required only 1,350 Soul Essence. He had more than twice that amount to spare!
But plans could never keep up with changes.
That day, as a prison bus drove into Arkham Asylum, Li Wei's plan to create Graves the Outlaw was forced to be postponed...
The First Patient!
Blackgate Prison was a maximum-security prison in Gotham City. Even in a city as wholesome as Gotham, it was a place that struck fear into people at the mere mention of its name.
Unlike Arkham Asylum, which specifically held criminals suffering from mental illness, Blackgate held extremely dangerous death row inmates!
Of course, if prisoners in Blackgate Prison required medical treatment, Arkham Asylum also had to receive those prisoners from Blackgate and treat them.
This was the monopoly agreement for medical services that Arkham Asylum had signed with Gotham City Hall not long ago.
The insignia painted on this transport vehicle already proved that it had come from Blackgate Prison!
This was the first batch of prisoners Arkham Asylum had received. It also meant that City Hall's first medical subsidy payment was about to arrive!
As long as sick prisoners were sent into Arkham Asylum, City Hall had to allocate the corresponding subsidies according to the number of people and the medical expenses.
As for whether these patients would be cured, or how they would be treated.
Who cared?
They were criminals anyway. In Gotham, criminals were hardly a rare species!
The moment money was involved, Li Wei perked up. He even began looking forward to whether the patients sent by Blackgate Prison this time would be villains he recognized!
Perhaps he could take this opportunity to settle on a vessel for the next Hero Template!
Li Wei had even changed into his especially formal suit and brought Dr. Hugo and Stan, his two "employees," down to the main entrance to wait as quickly as possible.
He wanted this new member to immediately understand what it meant to feel at home!
But when the transport vehicle stopped inside Arkham Asylum and its doors opened.
The blood-covered driver struggled out of the driver's seat.
Only then did the three standing at the entrance notice that the sides of the transport vehicle had been riddled with bullet holes!
Li Wei's expression began to turn solemn.
Something was clearly wrong with this scene!
Li Wei hurriedly led Hugo and Stan over to the driver.
"Call the police. Ian... Ian was... was taken..." The driver grabbed Li Wei's pant leg, leaving a bloody handprint near the cuff as he spoke in broken fragments.
After saying those words, the driver's eyes widened. Unable to catch his breath, his head tilted to one side, and all signs of life vanished!
Li Wei frowned deeply, his expression exceptionally unpleasant. He stepped back and forcefully pulled his pant leg free from the driver's grasp.
He looked with some disgust at the bloodstained cuff of his trousers.
Although having blood on his pants made him uncomfortable, he was not a germaphobe or someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder. It would not make his mood this terrible.
Was he upset over this transport officer's death?
That was even less likely!
A few people died in Gotham every day. Li Wei could not possibly grieve over all of them!
What truly made him unhappy was that someone actually dared to make trouble on his turf!
The first patient sent by City Hall to Arkham Asylum had been snatched away halfway there!...
This was practically a slap in Li Wei's face, a slap in Arkham Asylum's face!
But when Li Wei found the file of the prisoner being transported in the vehicle, his expression became even worse!
Ian Hargrove.
An emotionally unstable anti-capitalist!
And a genius with explosives!
This genius's most notable feat was using nothing more than ordinary candy and white vinegar to concoct an explosive for his crimes!
After reading Ian's file, Li Wei's expression darkened further.
Ian Hargrove was practically a new member custom-made for him. Not only could Ian bring him enormous subsidies from City Hall, but Ian was also the perfect hero vessel custom-made for Demolition Genius Jigs!
Ever since arriving in the DC universe, Li Wei had always treated life like a game.
Even when dealing with the Maroni Family before, Li Wei had been the same. In his eyes, it had only been a grand performance.
This was the first time he had felt such intense and clear killing intent toward a target!
He swore it! No matter who the other party was, they were dead!
He had to kill them!
He wanted to keep a low profile and make a fortune quietly, that was true, but that did not mean he would grovel.
If someone groveled for too long, others would easily mistake them for a real coward!
He had to let Gotham's entire underworld know...
No one could provoke Arkham Asylum!
Otherwise, everyone would probably come stomp on Arkham Asylum in the future!
Seeing Li Wei's expression gradually turn cold, Dr. Hugo and Stan beside him fell silent as cicadas in winter.
Although they could not read minds and had no idea what Li Wei was thinking.
They had both now loaded Hero Templates, and their strength was naturally no longer what it had been. They had developed a kind of instinctive perception for the strong.
Li Wei had loaded three different Hero Templates, making him far stronger than either of them.
Dr. Hugo and Stan could clearly sense the increasingly surging killing intent emanating from Li Wei!
Even though Li Wei's killing intent was not directed at them, they still felt as though they were having trouble breathing...
"Dr. Hugo, Stan..." Li Wei's voice was icy. "Come out with me tonight."
"Alright!"
"No problem!"
There was no need to mention Stan, that good old man. He regarded Li Wei as his benefactor, so naturally he agreed to anything.
As for Dr. Hugo, even though he was usually fond of running his mouth, he definitely would not provoke Li Wei at a time like this.
"Fine. Leave it for now. Come to my office after dark." Li Wei became increasingly calm instead.
Even... frighteningly calm.
After leaving Dr. Hugo and Stan behind to clean up the aftermath, Li Wei returned to his office alone.
Killing intent was killing intent, but the more this was the case, the calmer Li Wei became.
This was also one of the reasons people around him had always called him an oddity.
Li Wei sat in his office chair and wrote several words on a piece of paper.
Ian, Blackgate Prison, explosives genius, gunfight...
First, he needed to find out who had taken Ian and where Ian was now!
Although Li Wei had not witnessed the entire process himself, with the "vision" spread throughout Gotham, as long as Ian appeared, he would never escape Li Wei's eyes!
Once he followed the trail, he would find the true mastermind behind it!
As soon as he found them, their death day would arrive!
Li Wei began constantly shifting his vision across Gotham City.
This was bribery, no...
This was flesh trade, no... Should he take a closer look?
This was murder to silence someone, no...
After observing several criminal acts currently underway across Gotham City, Li Wei finally found something unusual.
An abandoned factory on the outskirts of Gotham City!
This factory had clearly been abandoned long ago. The weeds growing across the grass around it were nearly as tall as a person.
Yet several vehicles were constantly coming and going!
Not only that, two heavily armed gang members stood watch in front of the factory, as though guarding some important cargo.
Although Li Wei could not see inside the factory because it was beyond the limits of his vision.
At that moment, he saw an extremely familiar figure step out of a vehicle. At the same time, Ian from the transport file was dragged out as well!
Fish Mooney? Falcone's subordinate?
Could Falcone have been the one who took him?
Not a Blade of Grass Left!
But as Li Wei continued watching, he realized that things did not seem so simple.
Although Khada Jhin was not proficient at lip-reading, he knew some basics. Who knew why an assassin would understand lip-reading.
But that was not important. What mattered was that Li Wei watched Fish speaking to her subordinates and vaguely made out what they were saying!
Fish had sent people to take Ian!
He was now being held in this abandoned factory and forced to make explosives for them.
With Fish's influence, doing this was extremely easy.
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