But it hadn't been Falcone who ordered her to do it. Falcone didn't even know Fish had sent people to kidnap Ian, who was about to be transferred to Arkham Asylum!
Everyone Fish had sent to take part in this operation was one of her trusted confidants, so they naturally had no reservations when they spoke.
What Li Wei heard next made him have to admire her audacity.
Fish's purpose in kidnapping Ian was actually to break into Falcone's vault!
Li Wei had to praise Gotham as the true capital of traitors!
Penguin Cobblepot was an informant, a double agent, even a triple agent.
Fish Mooney was plotting to pull off a big job against her own boss, Falcone.
Even the Russian who had recently died in the gang war had once been Fish's "card partner." The two often played poker together at night. If that Russian hadn't known what Fish was planning, not even a ghost would believe it!
The whole damn city was full of traitors!
That only proved that in Gotham, only constant strength could keep people loyal!
But what Li Wei couldn't understand was that Fish clearly knew Ian was being sent to him, and she had been there the last time Falcone invited him over.
Why did she dare provoke him?
The conversation between Fish and her men that followed answered Li Wei's question.
Fish had actually included Li Wei in her calculations!
On one hand, Ian's genius talent for explosives could help her open Falcone's vault.
On the other hand, she wanted to kill with a borrowed knife.
That was right—kill with a borrowed knife.
She wanted to use Li Wei as her blade to stir Gotham's underground into even murkier chaos, so she could fish in troubled waters and rise to the top!
"What nerve!" Li Wei sneered. "You even dared scheme against me. Now let's see if you can bear the consequences..."
Fish had long since made it onto Li Wei's kill-on-sight list.
Now that he knew the truth, his intent to kill her only became firmer!
The murky waters of Gotham's underworld?
Li Wei had never cared!
As long as the interest was high enough, no one was off limits!
Even Bruce Wayne could die if the interest was high enough!
Li Wei didn't care who controlled Gotham's underworld, or even if the entire underworld was uprooted from the ground!
After all, Gotham had never lacked darkness. At worst, Li Wei would personally prop up a new underworld overlord!
But now Fish had dared to scheme against him.
She had to die!
Li Wei continued monitoring the abandoned factory, making sure Fish didn't quietly slip away...
At the same time, Li Wei was planning that night's operation.
Killing Fish wouldn't be difficult.
Stan alone could make her die without a sound.
But this was Arkham Asylum's first counterattack. The whole of Gotham had to understand that Arkham Asylum was not to be provoked!
And if someone provoked it, they had to be prepared to die!
Kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.
Fish was that chicken!
At the same time, they couldn't leave behind any evidence that clearly pointed to Arkham Asylum.
Li Wei scribbled and sketched on paper for a long time before finally devising the perfect plan.
Fish's countdown to death had begun!
As the sky gradually darkened, Dr. Hugo brought Stan to Li Wei's office.
"Director, we're here."
"Good. Since you're here, get ready to move out. I've already found out it was Falcone's subordinate, that black woman named Fish, who did it."
With his back to the two men, Li Wei stood by the office window and looked out at the perpetual gloom hanging over Gotham as he spoke coldly.
Dr. Hugo and the honest Stan exchanged a glance, neither daring to ask too much.
Did it matter whether Fish had really done it?
If the director said it was her, then it had to be her!
"I can go by myself, Director!" The formerly honest and simple Stan changed completely. Fur surged across his body, a phantom wolf's head flickering behind him, while bloodthirsty light flashed in his eyes.
No one craved blood steeped in sin more than he did.
Whenever he tore open sinners' throats amid their screams, the spurting blood made him lose himself completely!
Yet Li Wei shook his head.
"No, Stan. This is the first time Arkham Asylum has formally stepped onto Gotham's stage. We have to make Gotham understand one thing..."
Li Wei turned around and stared directly into Dr. Hugo and Stan's eyes, his tone indifferent.
"Arkham Asylum—touch it, and you die!"
Dr. Hugo's heart skipped a beat. He was highly accomplished in psychology, and he also understood Li Wei well.
He knew that the calmer and colder Li Wei's tone was,
the more it proved that Li Wei was serious!
He found it hard to imagine how miserable Fish's death would be.
Well, she really was unlucky, becoming the chicken used to scare the monkeys.
There was no more needless talk.
Once the target was confirmed, Li Wei led Dr. Hugo and Stan out of the asylum.
All three took on the appearances of their Hero Templates, their disguises flawless.
Dr. Hugo transformed into Alchemist Singed.
Stan transformed into Zaun's Fury, Warwick.
As for Li Wei, he put on his mask again, donned a theatrical costume, and continuously spun "Whisper" in his hand.
The sight left Stan, a rabid fan of Khada Jhin, so excited that he nearly let out a wolf howl on the spot.
Khada Jhin had returned!
Another grand performance was about to bloom in Gotham!
The three traveled from Arkham Asylum to the outside of that abandoned factory.
Under the night sky, the abandoned factory was abnormally quiet, without the slightest sign of anything unusual.
It had to be said that Fish and her men had some skill. They had disguised the factory well.
But they were facing power far beyond their imagination.
Just like Fish's supposedly flawless plan had already been seen through completely by Li Wei.
Both Li Wei and Stan could clearly sense Ian inside the factory, as well as the sentries hidden in the darkness outside it.
Stan could even sense the steady flow of blood through the sentries' veins!
Only Dr. Hugo stared blankly at Li Wei and Stan, both of whom looked as though they already understood everything. Unable to hold back, he asked,
"Director, why can't I see anything???"
Li Wei: ...
"You don't need to see anything. Once the fight is over, just go inside and take a look around." Li Wei said irritably. "Remember, leave no blade of grass standing. Even the ants in the factory have to die!"
This wasn't really Dr. Hugo's fault. Singed's abilities had nothing related to scouting or enhanced vision.
In the darkness, Li Wei waved his hand.
"Stan, make your move! Remember, make it loud..."
Li Wei Was Khada Jhin
As Li Wei's voice fell, Stan, transformed into Zaun's Fury Warwick, burst out of the darkness.
At the same time, a chilling wolf howl rang out across the night sky!
"Awwooo..."
Stan made no attempt to hide himself and charged straight toward the abandoned factory!
One of the sentries lay directly in his path!
The moment the wolf howl sounded, chaos erupted inside the abandoned factory. Every sentry's scalp went numb!
Everyone in Gotham's underworld now knew that a Lethal Beast had appeared beneath Gotham's night sky. Every appearance meant a massacre, and the human firearms they relied on were utterly useless against it!
No one wanted to encounter that Lethal Beast.
When the sentries in the abandoned factory looked tremblingly toward the source of the sound, they saw Stan's figure rapidly approaching them!
Under the night sky, the blurry silhouette of a beast ran on all fours, closing in at an utterly unnatural speed.
Its identity was obvious. The last trace of hope in the sentries' hearts was finally extinguished!
At that moment, the sentries in the factory would rather have seen Boss Falcone walking toward them. Though what they had done with Fish might enrage Falcone enough to have them sunk into the sea,
at least they might have had a chance of surviving, right?
But upon encountering this Lethal Beast, the experiences of both the Maroni Family and the Falcone Family proved that no one left alive after falling into its hands!
There was no more to say, and no warning was given!
Overwhelmed by the terror rushing toward them, the sentries in the abandoned factory immediately pulled their triggers at the approaching figure.
In an instant, tongues of fire shot out from the abandoned factory, nearly forming an impenetrable web of intersecting gunfire!
Every sentry inside the abandoned factory understood that no matter why they had been unlucky enough to encounter this Gotham Beast, only one side would survive tonight!
At a life-or-death moment like this, naturally no one held back or slacked off.
For a moment, the gang members' desperate resistance actually managed to temporarily suppress Stan's advance!
Of course, it only briefly slowed Stan down. Nothing more.
Stan weaved nimbly through the web of gunfire, dodging every bullet fired at him with the keen instincts of a beast.
Though he wasn't afraid of being hit, since blood in battle could quickly heal his injuries, Stan had no desire to withstand such dense firepower head-on. The combined kinetic force of so many bullets would continuously slow him down.
That would be far too inefficient. He was already impatient to tear out their throats!
As long as their fire weakened or they paused to reload, he could rush in at any moment and rip them apart!
Perhaps that would be faster!
But don't forget, Stan wasn't the only one who had come this time!
Bang!
With a soft muffled shot, a dark purple flash tore through the black night, passing through the dense web of gunfire...
Then it struck the head of a sentry in the factory who was wildly firing a machine gun with perfect precision.
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