The umbrella flew from his hand and landed in a puddle. Its canopy fell open, and the toxin capsules hidden between its layers rolled out, instantly scattered by the torrential rain.
Penguin fell onto the wet road, sewage soaking his tailcoat, but still struggled to retrieve the fallen black umbrella. His eyes brimmed with venom, yet he clung to his dignity as a Gangsters kingpin, gritting his teeth in a cold sneer.
"Very good, little girl. You've succeeded in angering me. Remember my name-Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot."
"Huh? What?"
The rain was so loud that Miaomiao casually dug at her ear, and his words slipped right past her.
Miaomiao felt a little embarrassed. He had been speaking to her so earnestly, yet she hadn't listened properly. That really wasn't very polite of her.
"Sorry," Miaomiao apologized sincerely. "I didn't catch that. Could you say it again?"
Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot: (▼皿▼#)...
She did that on purpose, didn't she? She had to have, right? Yet in those eyes, Penguin, who had seen every shade of human warmth and cruelty, every kind of deceit, actually saw sincere remorse.
Maybe... she really didn't mean it?
"I said, remember my name-" Penguin had no idea what possessed him, but he actually repeated himself patiently. "My name is Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot."
Miaomiao listened very carefully this time and was certain she had heard every syllable, but...
"Oswal... what-pot?"
How was anyone supposed to remember a name that long?! (╯-＿-)╯╧╧
"Are you making a fool of me?!"
Penguin's squat body practically bounced off the ground. He strained onto his tiptoes, trying to look down at this bat girl who wasn't much shorter than he was.
"Do you know who you're talking to? The current head of the great Cobblepot Family, the uncrowned king of Gotham City's underworld!"
Miaomiao