Besides the "Gordon Enhancement Plan," perhaps he could use him to have Wayne Enterprises custom-build some equipment for him.
If he remembered correctly, Bruce Wayne had a very good relationship with Sheriff Gordon...
As the owner of Wayne Enterprises, if Bruce Wayne spoke up, no one would refuse the business even if Wayne Enterprises had to take a loss.
Thoughts churned in Li Wei's mind as a plan gradually took shape...
The night passed quickly.
When dawn broke again, only one day remained until thirty million cockroaches arrived at Gotham City's docks.
Gordon had also reported to Arkham Asylum early that morning.
"Meeting again, Sheriff Gordon." Li Wei sat in his office chair, smiling at Gordon across from him. "Welcome to Arkham Asylum."
"Hello, Director Li Wei. I'm not a police officer anymore. I've been transferred here to work as a security guard." Gordon spread his hands.
"No, Sheriff Gordon. You were born for the Gotham Police Department. You'll go back." Li Wei smiled.
Gordon did not take Li Wei's words seriously and replied indifferently, "I hope so."
In truth, he was rather confused himself.
He had never expected the whole process to be so simple. The Police Commissioner had personally called him in the middle of the night yesterday to tell him to report to Arkham Asylum today.
Based on what he knew about Arkham Asylum and Li Wei, the Police Commissioner's position alone should never have been enough to force him.
Yet somehow, it had worked.
That alone would have been fine. Perhaps Li Wei wanted to transfer Gordon under his command so he could slowly deal with him. After all, when Gordon had still been a detective, he had caused Li Wei and Arkham Asylum no small amount of trouble.
Yet after arriving at Arkham Asylum today, none of the difficulties he had imagined had occurred. Even the job Li Wei arranged for him was extremely leisurely.
He only needed to patrol Arkham Asylum every day.
It was that simple, and it would even make it much easier for him to investigate Arkham Asylum.
After all, he could now reasonably wander around the asylum and search for its hidden secrets.
Gordon simply could not understand Li Wei's way of thinking.
Didn't Li Wei know what he was here for? Or was Li Wei stupid?
Give him a break!
Falcone would never fear a fool like a tiger!
Something was definitely strange. Though Gordon could not figure out why, he could ask.
"Why?" Gordon looked at Li Wei in confusion. "Aren't you afraid I'll find evidence of your crimes?"
Li Wei smiled and spread his hands.
"Evidence of crimes? First, I would need to have committed a crime. I told you, I'm a law-abiding, upstanding citizen of Gotham."
Khada Jhin, Singed, and Warwick were the ones committing crimes. What did that have to do with our asylum?
Everyone here was an absolutely model citizen!
"But you, Sheriff Gordon, why do you think you ended up like this?" Li Wei asked Gordon with interest. "Are you really a bad person? I think you have more sense of justice than most people in Gotham."
The brainwashing... no, the Gordon Enhancement Plan officially began!
Once Gordon had been enhanced, Li Wei could confidently raise the villains' power level! He still had too few people under his command.
Both Gotham and he needed more villains!
Bruce Wayne should make his entrance too!
I'm a Security Guard...
Faced with Li Wei's question, Gordon fell silent for a moment before cautiously speaking.
"Because the people above framed me?"
Li Wei shook his head. "No, that's only the surface. The real problem is that you don't belong to the people above, at least not in Gotham."
Gordon could not quite understand. He felt as though Li Wei had said something, yet also nothing at all.
Listening to you was like listening to you.
Nonsense! Forget being one of those people above him—even if he rose to the position of Police Commissioner, he could not simply be fired on a whim!
"There's nothing I can do. In the Gotham Police Department, I was only a detective." Gordon sighed, sounding somewhat defeated. "Besides, there's no point talking about this now. I've already been fired."
"No, Sheriff Gordon. I told you that you'll go back. I think the day you understand the meaning of one sentence will be the day you return to the Gotham Police Department."
"What sentence?"
"Politics is the art of struggle and compromise."
After saying that, Li Wei glanced at Gordon, then gave him no chance to speak as he pointed to the clock on the wall.
"All right, Sheriff Gordon. Time's up. You should get to work."
Filled with questions, Gordon walked out of Li Wei's office.
He was neither a scholar nor a philosopher. Before coming to the Gotham Police Department to become a police officer, he had merely been a member of a poster assault squad.
Everything Li Wei had told him was entirely beyond the scope of his knowledge.
Politics was the art of struggle and compromise?
Was Li Wei saying he should compromise? That he should collude with criminals and gangs?
But Gordon felt that if the price of returning to the Gotham Police Department was compromising with those criminals, he would rather not be a police officer at all!
Hadn't he become a police officer so Gotham could believe in law and justice once more?
Li Wei, meanwhile, kept a close watch on Gordon.
That Gordon could not understand his words for the time being was within his expectations.
But that was fine. The seed had been planted. With Dr. Leslie's help, Gordon would surely come to understand that sentence.
The stage had been set. All that remained was for Gordon to take the stage!
Only by understanding that sentence could Gordon be considered truly enhanced!
Gordon might have been one of the people in Gotham with the clearest sense of purpose, but this was Gotham. Even public authority and justice could not fight everyone at once.
At the very least, if Gordon wanted to uphold the justice in his heart, he had to learn to accept and tacitly acknowledge certain things in Gotham, and borrow their strength.
For example, the gangs, Arkham Asylum, and... the future Batman, Bruce Wayne.
After that, unsurprisingly, everything proceeded according to Li Wei's plan.
After joining Arkham Asylum, Gordon began wandering through the hospital, attempting to uncover the secrets behind Arkham Asylum.
But Li Wei had prepared in advance, so Gordon naturally found nothing.
Even the elevator in the storage room beside his office had long been concealed by Li Wei using all sorts of clutter.
Gordon gained nothing, but at the same time, he encountered the equally idle Dr. Leslie...
For Gordon, he was currently at the lowest point in his life. His job was gone, his girlfriend was gone, and everything was gone.
Gentle Leslie appeared in his life at just the right time, greatly filling the emptiness in Gordon's heart.
It had to be said that Gordon might have been stubborn, but his appeal to women truly was undeniable.
From meeting to becoming familiar, then to flirting...
Gordon managed it all in less than a day. Of course, the open-minded Western values also had something to do with it.
"Tsk, tsk. Looks like Leslie's about to get taken by this guy..." Li Wei clicked his tongue in amazement as he sat in his office eating watermelon.
He did not feel uncomfortable about it at all. To him now, women would only become a weakness.
Gotham's lunatics would not care about the principle of sparing one's family. Without even the ability to protect herself, Leslie was not worthy of becoming his weakness.
Even if he really could not resist, which of those female heroes was not stronger than Leslie? Oh, except Poppy and Rek'Sai.
As for Gordon taking Leslie back to his home after work, there was no need to elaborate.
That night, Li Wei had just planned to lie down and sleep. Early tomorrow morning, the thirty million purchased cockroaches would arrive.
But another uninvited visitor interrupted him.
Not Gordon, nor Falcone, and certainly not Bruce Wayne.
It was...
Penguin.
"Cobblepot? Why are you here?" Li Wei poured him a glass of wine and asked with interest, "Is there something you need my help with?"
Although the man had interrupted his plans to sleep, Li Wei showed no impatience whatsoever.
Not only because Cobblepot was his chosen Hero Template vessel, but also because Cobblepot had always avoided him before, looking terrified of being associated with him in any way.
And now, he had actually come to find him on his own?
"Director Li Wei..." Cobblepot nervously swallowed. "I really do have something I'd like to ask you to help with. Can you truly help with anything?"
No one understood the fear in Cobblepot's heart better than himself.
Though the darkness beyond the office door made him feel as if some beast or some other bizarre thing might leap out at any moment and tear him to pieces.
Compared with the terror in his heart, however, Arkham Asylum's eerie environment was nothing.
From the very beginning, he had felt an inexplicable fear of Li Wei, like the innate suppression top-of-the-food-chain creatures had over those beneath them. Even though Li Wei had repeatedly said that he could come to him if he needed help...
After rumors spread through the underworld that Gotham Beast and Khada Jhin came from Arkham Asylum, Cobblepot had stayed as far away from Li Wei as possible. Even when taking detours, he avoided Arkham Asylum's vicinity.
Then, a few days ago, the Maroni Family had been wiped out overnight, further confirming Cobblepot's suspicions. He had heard Khada Jhin had not even made a move.
Arkham Asylum was dangerous!
Cobblepot wanted to keep hiding, but that was clearly no longer possible. If he wanted to continue with his plan, he had to get past Li Wei first!
Cobblepot just did not know whether Li Wei would kill him outright once he voiced his request.
Death was not frightening. What was frightening was this feeling of waiting for judgment!
"Oh? What kind of help? Tell me first." Li Wei smiled at Cobblepot. He had already more or less guessed Cobblepot's intentions. "As long as it isn't destroying Gotham, I think I can agree to it."
"Director Li Wei, it's like this. I want to seize the Falcone Family's power and become Gotham's underground king, wearing gloves like Falcone. I ask that you do not help Falcone..."
After Cobblepot nervously asked that question, perhaps afraid his words would cause Li Wei to misunderstand, he hurriedly added another sentence.
"Director Li Wei, don't worry. Whatever Falcone gives you, I can give you as well. It won't affect Gotham's current state. I'll merely replace Falcone in that position..."
Something Big Is Coming!
After saying that, Cobblepot slumped in his chair as though all his strength had drained away, his eyes vacant as he waited for fate to pass judgment.
To show his sincerity and prevent information from leaking, Cobblepot had not brought any subordinates or bodyguards when he came to Arkham Asylum this time.
He felt utterly unsafe!
Of course, it did not matter whether he had brought them or not. Even if he had, they would have been useless before Li Wei.
Well, at most they could have delayed Cobblepot's death by a few seconds.
And that was only how Cobblepot saw Li Wei.
The current Li Wei was no longer the Li Wei from when they had first met! At that time, he only had Khada Jhin's and Singed's templates.
Now, Li Wei possessed a full seven Hero Templates! More than triple what he had before!
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