Originally, Gotham City's nights had been nothing but darkness and a den of sin where all kinds of crime festered. But ever since the Day of Purgatory six months ago, the city had transformed from a den of sin into a law-enforcement stronghold. Whether working day or night shifts, Gotham's police officers patrolled like beasts in their own hunting grounds. The moment they caught a whiff of crime, they pursued the criminals without holding back.
The intensity of law enforcement had terrified countless criminals, and in a short time, Gotham's crime rate had dropped from the highest in the country to one of the lowest. For a while, the city's public safety had reached unprecedented levels. Even Batman, who had given the police so many headaches, had stopped showing up.
But today, six months later, the police had discovered something that gave them a terrible headache.
A shipment LuthorCorp had ordered from Wayne Enterprises had been stolen!
It would have been bad enough if the shipment had simply been stolen. But both companies' employees had been killed while handing it over, and their bodies had been left in a horrific state. Worst of all, the cameras at the crime scene had gone down before the incident, leaving them with no way to find useful clues from the footage.
James Gordon, Gotham City's newly appointed police commissioner, was staring at the autopsy report before him with a deep frown.
"An unidentified large carnivore?"
James Gordon glared at the medical examiner. "After all the times I've asked you to perform autopsies, this is the new conclusion you've reached? Are you suggesting that a giant dinosaur from International Genetic Technologies came to Gotham City, killed people, left no trace, and hacked the cameras at the crime scene?"
The cameras had obviously been tampered