"Which distinguished guest wanted to discuss business with me tonight? Honestly, ever since I got out of there and started making my way in the world, no one has ever come looking to talk business with me."
Shimizu straightened his collar and followed Penguin toward a private room at the Iceberg Lounge.
"Oh, Wade, my friend, don't tell me you've never made a deal with that Harvey Dent fellow. I don't believe he would give you such a large piece of territory for nothing."
Penguin adjusted his glasses and said with a genial smile.
"So who is this person who wants to talk business with me? If he managed to get you to introduce him, what does he want to discuss?"
"His name is Marone. He has quite a history with Two-Face."
Penguin said.
"A history?"
"Harvey Dent's face became like that because Marone threw sulfuric acid on him in court. We should thank Marone for removing Gotham's White Knight and giving the Dark Knight an enormous headache."
Penguin shrugged.
"The Two-Face Gang must have caused him plenty of trouble, right?"
"Of course. Marone was nearly thrown into a sulfuric acid pool at a chemical plant by Harvey Dent, but he joined Falcone and was rescued by people Carmine sent."
The Falcone Family, the Two-Face Gang, and Penguin's Iceberg Lounge were currently Gotham's three most powerful criminal organizations, with influence across both the underworld and the legitimate world.
Falcone was the strongest and had the deepest foundations. The Iceberg Lounge had the most money. The Two-Face Gang had risen later but surpassed others in momentum, boasting the greatest numbers. Its overall strength was on the same level as the other two.
In the past, the position now held by the Two-Face Gang had belonged to the criminal family Marone was