"All officers with rank insignia on your shoulders, get in here!" Commissioner Gordon ordered. "Lee, take a squad to the Diamond District and get Cobblepot to hand over his weapons. Harvey, take a squad to Maple Street! Everyone else, stay put!"
"What about the East End?"
"The East End—we don't need to worry about it."
At the Falcone estate, Carmine Falcone gave the order. "Let it out."
"Yes." Sofia nodded.
"But Father, wasn't it our secret weapon against Batman?" Mario asked. "If Batman learns anything about it, dealing with him will be much harder."
"Keeping Gotham safe comes first. I want to see whether those things that look like monsters can stand up to a real monster!"
In the sewers beneath Gotham City's East End.
"Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday!" A huge monster tore through the road and climbed out from underground.
His skin had the blue-green cast of a corpse, his clothes hung in rags, and he held a red-winged man in one hand.
"What kind of monster—"
"Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday!" Solomon Grundy let out a deafening roar, seized the red-winged man, and slammed him into the ground.
Chunks of concrete flew, but the man appeared unharmed and kept struggling.
"Even an angel can't beat him? What kind of monster is that?"
"Gotham City truly is a place of sin. We should cleanse it completely!"
"The question is, what do we do now?"
"For now, all we can do is wait for the angel and that monster to finish fighting—"
Several people dressed as cultists whispered among themselves, watching the battle with concern.
"I never thought that monster would be so strong. Good thing I usually stay out of his way." Killer Croc poked his head out of the sewer. "I could take shelter beneath