Chapter 27: Chapter-27 | Gangster's Plot...
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The Maroni family's gang is also located in the East District of Gotham. This is because gangs are much more rampant than in the West District, where the slums and the university are located.
To put it simply, because it is the most economically underdeveloped area in Gotham, the slums in the West District are a paradise of simple and honest customs compared to there.
The infighting within the gangs in that area is very serious. It is almost impossible for a small gang of only 110 people, such as the previously mentioned Watercourse Gang, to control a nightclub.
The Maroni family's gang owns a restaurant, two bars, a dance hall, and a strip club, which constitutes the largest scale of a gang in the area.
The Maroni family and the Red Raven Gang have a long history of grudges. They have a boundary where their territories intersect, and there is often a fire at a bar there, as both sides want to control this critical intersection. In the end, no one was successful.
The bar became one of the three no-go zones in the East District and the fastest place for rumors to spread.
Sal was able to establish a foothold in Gotham, especially in the dangerous and chaotic East District, because he had some skill.
The Red Raven Gang's act of stealing the production line could not escape his eyes. In a bar controlled by the Maroni family, the closest to the three no-go zones, Maroni lit a cigar and said to his subordinates, "I learned from our old friend, Chief of Police Victor, that the little redhead across the way seems to want to cause some trouble."
His subordinate said, "Yes, they seem to have come from the south or the east. Do you want us to teach them a lesson?"
Salem squinted his eyes and said, "A few days ago, I had dinner with Victor and he was talking about a case where the suspect was a chemistry doctor, apparently a very capable professor at Gotham University. Could this be related?"
His subordinates said, "I've been with that red-headed mistress and have two undercover bodyguards with her. She's been getting hot and heavy with him recently. I'll try to get something out of her mouth."
Salem twirled the lighter in his hand and said, "They want to eat more meat while we have to eat less. But now it seems like they don't just want to share the meat, they intend to swallow us whole. Let's see who is stronger."
Maroni's guesses were very accurate. Without much effort, he obtained all of the Red Raven Gang's plans. The leader of the Red Raven Gang was smart but still quite young and was easily figured out by Maroni.
Meanwhile, Schiller also played a crucial role by obtaining the formula for the fear toxin from the Red Raven Gang and letting Maroni's undercover find it by accident.
Maroni being able to connect with the police chief shows that he is much more experienced. He also has a wider network of connections than the leader of the Red Raven Gang. Soon, he found a reliable chemist to analyze the formula and the conclusion was that it was a large-scale biochemical weapon with extremely strong effects.
After getting this conclusion, Maroni couldn't allow the Red Raven Gang's actions to succeed and immediately called the police chief to inform him of the situation. The police chief was shocked and immediately mobilized the police force to arrest the Red Raven Gang.
As soon as Gordon stepped out, he saw his boss walking around a corner and a fast-moving car hit him. His boss was thrown out more than ten meters away at the entrance of the police station.
Gordon had no time to think about it. He rushed back to the police station to call for help, but before the ambulance arrived, Rantalos had stopped breathing.
Originally, he was a very careful old police officer. However, recently, the Red Raven Gang was so eager to bail out Jonathan that they gave him too many benefits. This caused his greed to get out of control. He even wanted to marry the sister of the head of the Red Raven Gang. Therefore, he was too eager and didn't realize that he had been targeted by the rival of the Red Raven Gang.
Everything happened too quickly. Gordon hadn't even reacted when he was pushed into his boss's position.
Of course, this was also Marloni's heroic deed. To obstruct his opponent, he naturally had to choose someone they disliked the most, and the conflict between Gordon and Rantalos was too obvious. Almost all the police in the police station knew about it, so Marloni naturally chose Gordon.
Of course, the first step in obstructing one's opponent is just the beginning. Marloni naturally also wanted to produce this incredibly powerful weapon.
He was even bolder than the Red Raven Gang. He directly bribed the manager of Wayne Chemical Factory to use a production line for producing nitric acid to secretly produce this poison gas.
He didn't even want to move it. He planned on manufacturing it in a covert way at the Wayne Chemical Factory.
However, the problem remains: to produce fear gas on a large scale, one needs larger separation machines and other high-end equipment. Although Maroni has more money than the Red Raven Gang, he is still unsure whether to make such a substantial investment.
So he sought out the chemist again, asking him to manually replicate a small amount of fear gas. The person he found was much more skilled than the ones in the Red Raven Gang. Although they were unable to completely restore the fear gas, they were able to restore almost 80%. Although the effect could not be concentrated, the effect was still excellent.
Seeing how effective it was, Maroni began to consider investing a lot of money. After all, a simple spray from a spray can could drive someone insane, and who in the East District would be his opponent? Once he took over the entire East District, a few million dollars in income would just be a drop in the bucket.
So Maroni hurriedly purchased the necessary equipment from other states. This cost him millions of dollars and a lot of favors. He also hired a group of chemists to work for him at high salaries.
Naturally, such large-scale production could no longer be carried out at the Wayne Chemical Plant. Maroni had no chemical plants on his territory. As a result, he lit a fire and killed more than 30 workers before stealing a small chemical plant from the Red Raven Gang.
At this time, Bruce finally realized that his family's chemical plant had been stolen, and he finally realized that the gang had begun to manufacture this poison gas.
At the same time, Gordon received a tip from an anonymous person. He claimed to have seen Maroni's men transporting chemical equipment to the Red Raven Gang's former chemical plant. Gordon realized that Maroni was making fear gas and that he had to stop him.
Gordon and Bruce hit it off immediately, and the combination of Batman and the detective was back in the game. They quickly found the car and caught the tail of the Red Robin gang.
In one night, Batman raided the Red Robin gang's home base. Although they were much stronger than the Water Ditch gang, with several hundred members, they did not have any particularly formidable criminals, just ordinary gang members. Batman fought in the front while Gordon arrested them from the back, and in one night over 200 people from the entire gang were arrested.
The head of the Red Robin gang was almost out of breath. Although they had stolen the production line of Wayne Chemical Factory, they had not even produced a single drop of fear toxin. The production line and chemical factory had been taken over by the Maroni gang.
As the head of the Red Robin gang was arrested, he pointed out Sal Maroni, and Batman also targeted the Maroni gang.
However, Maroni was much more sly and cautious than the head of the Red Robin gang. The entire chemical factory was on high alert, with all employees in a state of high tension. Batman hadn't found a suitable opportunity for a while.
Maroni knew that he was being watched, so he began seeking the help of his protector, Police Chief Victor.
The first thing Victor did was try to smooth things over internally by covering up the theft case at Wayne Chemical Factory. Then, under Maroni's instruction, he continued to interfere with Jonathan's trial, trying to help Jonathan escape punishment and allow him to work for Maroni's chemical factory.
But Batman and Gordon were always one step ahead, and they finally exposed Victor's corruption, causing him to flee. The Maroni gang was also exposed, and Maroni himself was arrested. In the end, justice prevailed and the city was safe once again.
Schiller led the police chief, Victor, to the evidence room to obtain a bottle of fear toxin concentrate developed by Jonathan. Upon receiving the concentrate, Maroni became more aware of Jonathan's importance and constantly pressured Victor to release him as soon as possible. Before Victor could take any action, the Dean of Gotham University approached him.
As expected, this person was closely connected to Gotham politics and knew many members of the jury and state legislators. Previously, he had been bribed by the Red Raven Gang and had a close relationship with them. However, now that the Red Raven Gang has fallen, the Dean of Gotham University urgently needs a capable protector. In Gotham, without the protection of a major gang, it is almost impossible to survive.
The dean of Gotham University naturally doesn't mind joining Maroni's gang, and upon learning that they are also planning to use fear toxin, he offers a deal to Victor: "The girl is not careful enough. She brags everywhere that she will be Bruce Wayne's date, so I kidnapped her when she came to see me. If we can influence the heir of the Wayne family and use his power to help Jonathan get off the hook, it will be no problem at all."
"For one woman?" Victor asked. "But Wayne is not stupid. Although he may have a fondness for the party scene, he's just a dating prospect. How could he possibly willingly do something for us?"
"We don't need him to be willing," the principal said.
"You want to kidnap Bruce? No, the risk is too high...," Victor said. "We may not be able to control him."
The entire Wayne family controls a large portion of the economic power in Gotham City. The idea of attacking Bruce Wayne would result in very dangerous retaliation if it failed.
The principal said, "Actually, I already have a plan. We can kidnap Bruce, but we don't necessarily have to control him. We can also replace him..."
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