A week had already passed since they returned to Gotham.
Miao Mu had not shown himself, nor had anyone come looking for him. Only Jerry, Nygma, Otis, and the others had secretly gone to see him.
When the old brothers met, they horsed around for a while before quieting down.
Although Gotham City was peaceful now, nearly every surviving force had turned its eyes toward Arkham District.
Even the number of vehicles entering Arkham District had increased considerably.
Everyone wanted to know whether this long-unseen sheriff was about to make another big move.
At the Iceberg Lounge, Oswald looked at his computer screen, which displayed a photo of Miao Mu sunbathing in the yard.
A paparazzo had risked his life to take it.
Looking at Miao Mu, Oswald felt deeply conflicted. Should he go meet him?
But with his current identity, he was a fugitive, one who had escaped from Belle Reve Penitentiary, codenamed Dream, under the CIA.
And Miao Mu was also being watched by the CIA. If Oswald went there, he would be walking straight into a trap. As for other methods...
He could not even get into Arkham District. Anyone with decent intelligence knew about that place.
It had become Miao Mu's personal territory, and everyone had tacitly accepted it, so long as Miao Mu stayed there.
They would gladly pay out of pocket to build him a castle, then raise a high wall around it and let him live out his remaining years in peace.
His destructive power was simply too great, and that was hardly good news.
All of Gotham's factions had been thoroughly reshuffled. The underworld was finished; those powerful, highly organized family gangs were gone.
All that remained were a few small-time thugs, incapable of posing any real threat.
At most, there was