Static flickered constantly across the television screen. The chaotic colors on the museum side stood in stark contrast to the darkness on the other side, like two different worlds separated by a pane of glass.
They could not pinpoint Joker or the victims' location. All they could tell was that they were somewhere underground. But Gotham did not merely have three sets of sewers built in different eras beneath it; many basements had also been illegally connected.
By breaking through the basements of different buildings, they formed new interconnected networks. There were many benefits to that.
For instance, drug mules were certainly safer moving underground, and illegal immigrants could more easily evade the Immigration Bureau. And when someone wanted to carry out some scheme without a fixed base, like now, they could simply find any basement.
Most of Gotham's illegal immigrants came from Mexico and South American countries, while a smaller portion came from the Middle East and Africa. Plenty of people still longed for the Beacon of Freedom. Back in their home countries, they had to submit to warlords just to make and transport drugs, so why not come to the United States and breathe some free air? What if they struck it rich and reached the pinnacle of life?
Though in reality, illegal immigrants in Gotham were synonymous with cannon fodder and meat. No one had ever truly made it big, but there was no shame in dying while chasing a dream.
Even Batwoman could not stop something like that. Everyone had dreams.
She only set up surveillance on the surface because she wanted to force those drawn to darkness back underground. Ordinary citizens only lived aboveground. As long as their living spaces were separated and they never crossed paths, ordinary people would not be harmed.
Unfortunately, even