However, he had found the roster of prisoners the prison had sent over throughout the years.
It was easy to imagine that those prisoners had not met good ends...
But for Li Wei, that was a good thing. He would not need to go through the trouble of cleaning up the scene himself.
Li Wei returned to the hospital's main entrance.
He casually picked up a wooden stick from the ground, dipped it in the blood on the floor, and left the name of The Caster—Khada Jhin—on the wall.
Then Li Wei paused, a mischievous smile appearing on his face.
He added a riddle to the wall.
"Woo-woo..."
Just as he finished all this, waves of piercing sirens sounded in the distance, drawing closer and closer.
Li Wei glanced toward the sirens and curled his lips meaningfully before vanishing completely into the night after a few leaps.
This grand performance had only just begun. It still needed the police department to fan the flames.
The show was about to begin...
Riddle
When the police cars arrived at the scene with their piercing sirens.
Every officer on the scene froze in shock.
The sea of flesh and blood flowers spread across the front of the mental hospital was an eerie, bloody sight that had never appeared before, even in Gotham, the city of sin!
They had thought it was merely an ordinary turf war between gangs. They had only come to go through the motions, but now it seemed things were not as simple as they had imagined!
Because no gang would ever waste the effort to turn corpses into such a bizarre sea of flesh-and-blood flowers, something almost like artwork!
Especially after they cautiously passed through the flower sea and saw the blood-red words painted on the mental hospital wall.
The responding officers immediately decided to request assistance from the Gotham Police Department.
This matter involved the Maroni Family. It was no longer something they could handle.
Anything involving powerful people could easily cost them their lives if they were not careful!
Why risk their lives for a job that paid only a few thousand a month?
Soon, after receiving the request for assistance, the Gotham Police Department dispatched detectives.
The ones who came were Gordon, who had only recently been transferred to the Gotham Police Department, and his partner, Harvey.
As a seasoned Gotham native, Captain Harvey felt slightly uncomfortable looking at the scene before him. But after only one glance, he made a judgment based on the circumstances.
He took out his flask, drank a sip, and walked over to Gordon, who was still carefully examining the scene.
"Gordon, we should stop investigating this. The Maroni Family controls half of Gotham's underworld. Anyone daring to cause trouble for them must have quite the background."
Harvey had grown up in Gotham, so like the other officers, he understood the art of self-preservation.
But Gordon did not see it that way. He looked at Harvey and raised an eyebrow.
"What? Harvey, do you know this Khada Jhin?"
Harvey quickly shook his head. "No."
Gordon continued asking, "Then do you know any clues about this case?"
Harvey continued shaking his head. "No."
Gordon's brow finally furrowed.
"Then why not keep investigating? Whether it involves the Maroni Family or not, whoever the other party is, this behavior is a provocation against the law and justice! Since they left behind the name Khada Jhin, we'll follow that lead. I refuse to believe they can leave no traces at all!"
As Li Wei spoke, he crouched down again, trying to find more clues at the scene.
"...And that damned riddle!"
Harvey listened to Gordon's grumbling and hesitated to speak.
His feelings were complicated. He was gratified to see the righteous young man he once had been in Gordon.
But at the same time, Harvey knew all too well what kind of murky swamp Gotham was. It was not something little people like them could change through their own strength.
In the end, all of Harvey's thoughts became a long sigh.
He had nothing tying him down anyway. Since he had decided to support his partner, he would see it through with him!
Having made up his mind, Harvey also began searching the scene for clues.
He only hoped that this Khada Jhin would not be too difficult to deal with!
Damn it, those hyenas carrying cameras were here again!
In the darkness, Li Wei contentedly put away the "sniper rifle" in his hand.
He had watched everything that had just happened through the rifle's scope, and it had all gone exactly as he expected.
Gordon truly was Gordon, Gotham City's one and only pure white lotus.
Only if he insisted on investigating would tomorrow's performance receive enough attention!
As for the riddle, it was only a little joke. Whether the Maroni Family could guess the answer or not, they were dead anyway!
Li Wei returned to the asylum without attracting anyone's attention.
Khada Jhin Experience Card Paused Remaining Time: 22h
Tomorrow was the main event. He could not waste the experience card's remaining time!
Li Wei did not return directly to his office. Instead, he tied Dr. Hugo, who had been locked in a patient room, back into the wheelchair and pushed him into the office with him.
Just as Dr. Hugo stared blankly, wondering what Li Wei was planning this time.
Li Wei turned on the television in the office.
The television was old, but fortunately it still worked.
"Watch."
Li Wei dropped onto the sofa and ignored Dr. Hugo beside him.
The television was currently airing news from a local Gotham station. The report concerned the "murder case" at Scott Mental Hospital.
Although television stations and other media outlets could not help the police solve cases.
Their noses were no less keen than the police's.
After Gordon and Harvey arrived at the scene, reporters quickly arrived as well.
The footage currently playing on television showed Captain Harvey being interviewed by reporters.
"...At present, we have provisionally classified this murder as a homicide. Next, our police department will continue investigating the case. The killer left the name Khada Jhin on the wall, along with a death notice and a riddle..."
"The death notice mentioned the Maroni Family. The perpetrator stated that if the answer to the riddle could not be guessed, he would head to the Maroni Family tomorrow for a grand performance..."
Though Captain Harvey appeared perfectly polite on the surface, his heart was filled with a thousand motherfuckers that he could not say aloud.
Instead of wasting time talking nonsense here, they would be better off carefully searching the scene for any remaining clues!
So far, they had found no useful clues at all. In all of Gotham, there was no information whatsoever about the name Khada Jhin!
As for that damned riddle, they had no leads at all.
They did not even know where to begin!
The shooting of The Waynes had happened not long ago and still had not been solved. That alone was enough to give the Gotham Police Department a headache, and now this case had been added on top of it.
Once this was reported, if they could not solve it within a short period of time, it would be no different from admitting the Gotham Police Department's incompetence to the public!
—Though in Gotham, police incompetence was already common knowledge...
But Harvey could not afford to offend these media reporters either. Sometimes public opinion was sharper than a knife.
"Next is the surveillance footage provided by the police department..."
The image on the television shifted, switching to surveillance footage.
In the footage, Li Wei had transformed into Khada Jhin and killed those gang members.
Beneath elegant gunfire, bodies blossomed into dazzling flowers one after another!
Of course, the surveillance footage had not captured what Li Wei looked like before transforming.
At this point, Dr. Hugo, sitting beside Li Wei, went numb!
He knew this scene!
Li Wei had definitely done it!
Back then, Li Wei had worn that exact bizarre outfit when he killed everyone in the Indian Hospital except Dr. Hugo!
The same outfit, the same method of death.
"What exactly are you trying to do?"
Dr. Hugo asked his question again, but his voice was filled with terror.
"Me?"
Li Wei smiled. His expression was incredibly calm, without the slightest hint that he was the murderer behind this massacre.
"Of course I'm going to build my hospital into Gotham's largest mental hospital. I think taking on the city hall's criminal psychiatric treatment business would be quite good. What do you think?"
Li Wei's answer made Dr. Hugo's face fill with a cold sneer.
"Gotham will not allow uncontrolled elements to exist. You have no idea what you'll be facing. You're courting death!"
Facing Dr. Hugo's mockery, Li Wei shrugged, utterly unconcerned.
"You mean the Court of Owls behind you? Don't worry. I don't plan to turn against them for now. What I need is a Gotham where chaos and order coexist. Of course, if they don't know what's good for them, I'll satisfy them too."
Dr. Hugo opened his mouth in astonishment.
Li Wei even knew about the Court of Owls?
And it seemed he had already prepared a countermeasure?
Dr. Hugo understood Li Wei less and less. Was this still the worthless Li Wei he knew?
So things had gone out of control from the moment he chose Li Wei as his puppet director...
Just as Dr. Hugo sank into self-doubt, Li Wei stood and shook his head.
"Enough. You'll soon know everything you want to know. Now that you've watched TV, it's time for you to go back to your room."
Seeing Li Wei walk toward him again with that humiliating mouse scroll wheel in his hand, Dr. Hugo ignored his confusion and hurriedly asked one final question.
"Li Wei, what exactly walks into an alley on two legs and comes out on two legs? What's the answer to the riddle you left behind?"
Famous Throughout Gotham!
Li Wei ultimately did not answer Dr. Hugo's question.
What a joke!
If he answered such a dark joke, all the virtue he had accumulated over the years would be gone!
In the end, Dr. Hugo could only be pushed back to his room by Li Wei with a heart full of doubts.
If the law had any use, Dr. Hugo would certainly have protested for his right to know and his right to personal freedom.
Unfortunately, this was Gotham. Here, the law was nothing more than a prostitute's fig leaf.
After settling Dr. Hugo in again, Li Wei returned to his office and lay down on the bed.
He felt no discomfort whatsoever from the killing.
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