Chapter 2247

Batman accessed the network of this universe and checked a lot of information about Barbatos, but he knew that the information that could be found on the Internet was ultimately just the tip of the iceberg. To be more in-depth, he could only consult professionals.

He remembered the Oxford University researcher Constantine mentioned. He really hadn't heard that Oxford University had a major specifically for studying mysticism.

The mysterious sacrificial square that appeared underground greatly increased Batman's vigilance. Regardless of who these four pillar gods were, they had already emerged in the universe, which proved that it wouldn't be long before they took action.

Batman's plan in his mind began to take shape.

After the dark energy in the Green's body was expelled, he gradually calmed down, and then was almost scared to death by his own recklessness and rashness. How did he forget that this is Cat Getan? Cat Getan is the most famous weird place in the three realms and five elements.

In fact, before Pamela found the Green to study plants that could survive in Cat Getan, the Green had investigated this city, but he found that this place indeed rejected the intrusion of all green elements. It wasn't that anyone had set up any barriers here, but it seemed that this place had already been filled with certain things.

Now that I think about it, I'm afraid this weird city is the stronghold of that damn dark dragon in the universe. Barbatos, I finally caught you.

After figuring this out, the Green didn't entangle anymore. After all, he encountered such a series of annoying things as soon as he came here. He wanted to fight but happened to encounter the gathering of underground dark power. Where in the world could there be such a coincidence? This was obviously a trap prepared for him by Barbatos. Even a fool knew that this place shouldn't be stayed in for long.

The Green wanted to turn around and leave, but still the same sentence, the atmosphere has already been paved here, is it that easy to leave?

When Schiller gave Nick a look, everyone knew their good doctor was back. When Nick gave Strange a look, everyone knew that this matter today probably couldn't be ended well. And when they found that Loki, who should have been there, was gone, everyone knew that this matter was probably just the beginning.

Sure enough, there was a loud noise in the sky, and thunder appeared. I saw a thunderbolt after a crack in the sky above the north district of Cat Getan, a bright space crack lit up, a hammer fell like a meteor, followed by a strong figure.

"Loki, you damn liar!!!"

The roar echoed over the manor area in the north district. After Mjolnir, the hammer of Lei Shen, fell, its power didn't decrease. The electric light was prosperous, and countless bright current lights shot out along the center of the fall, almost instantly burning the manor area into scorched earth.

The furious Lei Shen was not to be outdone. He swung the hammer crazily. Human buildings were as thin as paper in his hands. Between a few electric lights, the gorgeous manor was instantly extinguished.

The gangster boss who was standing on the ground watching the fun was stupid. I heard someone's house was on fire, I went over to see, it was my house, it was my house!

Alberto, who was standing alone by the window on the second floor, looked at the electric light and fire in the distance, only revealing a cold expression. He put his arms around his wife beside him and printed a kiss on her forehead.

"Is it okay?"

"You're fine if you're here."

Then he looked out the window and said, "This farce that has lasted for fifty years should end. We will eventually sink to the bottom of the river of history and drown quietly."

Before, the great monarch Vandal Savage had a wild consumption in Cat Getan. Besides letting a large amount of funds flow into the Wayne Group, in fact, the most important thing was to let those antiques in Savage's hands flow into the art market.

At that time, it was actually when the gangsters made the most money. They hadn't completely washed ashore, and the logistics industry had just developed. Black and white means were used together, and money was like falling from the sky.

Unfortunately, people can never earn money outside their cognitive range. Gangsters are gangsters. Even with the era filter, it can only be said that the twelve families share one stone of wisdom, and the old godfather occupies eight buckets alone. People without long-term vision, without high wisdom, and without faith and path, how could they not be confused by the pie falling from the sky?

Money came too easily, so naturally they didn't feel heartache when spending it. Gangster bosses were famous in the art and luxury market, and when they photographed those seemingly precious and worth showing off treasures at one crazy price after another, they never thought that antiques in prosperous times are gold in troubled times. The cultural relics that belong to them but only have historical value are fragile and unbearable.

Exchanging a large amount of working capital for antiques meant that they almost couldn't take out money to increase production. The more crazy they were, the earlier they would be eliminated. It can be said that the gangsters who can remain now can be considered relatively smart.

The second screening is washing ashore. In fact, when the music festival started, a small part of the gangster bosses had already realized that the means of the underworld were not only gradually becoming useless, but also becoming a stumbling block.

After society restored preliminary order, certain criminal acts would bring greater trouble. Taking a step back, they were excitedly examining the site selection of new small commodity processing plants. A subordinate called and said that a certain street had another serious fire, not only killing 40 or 50 thugs, but also involving more than 100 workers. Who wouldn't have high blood pressure?

Small commodities with Cat Getan cultural attributes were completely money-printing machines when they went on sale in the early stages of the music festival. One factory is equivalent to one more money-printing machine, and one factory is affected, and hundreds of thousands of US dollars will be lost in one day.

But gangsters have always relied on violence and power to survive. It's not that you say don't fight, you don't fight. The other party has provoked you. As long as you are still a gangster, you cannot seek justice from the law, you can only fight back yourself.

But fighting back wastes manpower and material resources, and affects investment in production. James Gordon doesn't get used to your problems. If the commotion is too big and affects too many people, he will seal your factory for any fire reason. If you want to seek justice from the police station by violent means, then you don't have to do anything.

So a very small number of smart and courageous gangster bosses, although they still maintained their status as heads of the twelve families of gangsters on the surface and respected Falcone, in fact, they had long invested the money they earned into legal industries. By the opening of the music festival, they had already washed out a considerable amount of working capital.

In contrast, those less clear-headed gangster bosses fell into a vicious cycle. Others eat meat, and he can't drink soup, so naturally he has to build a factory.

But they were used to being arrogant and domineering before, and didn't know how to avoid the edge. The territory and money for building the factory were all robbed. The factory was fine when it was built, but when it was built, the enemies came to the door, and the people and the house were burned together, and they had no way.

But the more they couldn't do it, the more they envied the factory. Others could make money, so they had to find ways to rob others. But the more they robbed others, the more enemies they incurred, and the more they fought.

Cat Getan today is different from the past. Social order is established, and the results of economic development can be tilted to the lower levels, and ordinary people can obtain more legal employment opportunities.

Can go to the train station to set up a stall to sell cold noodles, why put your head on your pants and fight with others? Selling a portion of cold noodles for five dollars, and getting a thank you from tourists, dying in a gangster fight, the pension may not necessarily have this price.

Most ordinary people have a natural wisdom of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages while living in the city. In essence, it is better to live than to die. Without a critical moment, no one wants to play with their lives.

This led to a large number of young people who should have entered the gangster system at this moment to supplement fresh blood for the gangster thug group choosing to change careers. Those with relationships find relationships, and those without relationships find ways to sell something on the street. Isn't it better than joining a gangster and playing with guns?

To outsiders, gangster members are much cooler than street vendors, but Cat Getan locals had long ago disenchanted with gangsters ten thousand years ago, deeply realizing what a cruel and dark survival system it is. So as long as they get a little hope of leaving, they really show their magical powers, run if they can, and run as much as they can.

This will lead to fewer and fewer people that orthodox gangsters can recruit, but the more serious problem is that the asking price for a single person is getting higher and higher.

When everyone around chooses to live in social order and can obtain considerable income, those who intend to play with their lives naturally have to weigh the value of their lives.

If I bet with my life and don't earn as much as others working nine to five, why don't I go sell cold noodles too?

So their asking price can be called a lion's mouth in the eyes of gangster bosses, and they don't ask for wages by the week or month like before, more like mercenaries at a flat rate.

Because gangster bosses are busy with other things, fewer people are willing to join gangsters and the asking price is high, so selection must be more cautious, but there is no one else in the gang who can do this, so many headhunting organizations and middlemen brokers have emerged, eating the price difference on both sides, and pitting these rich and stupid big guys to death.

After Cat Getan's human resources became a complete buyer's market, the money in the hands of these not-so-clear-headed gangster bosses went out faster, and they didn't have the ability to calculate carefully. Just dealing with various enemies was already exhausted.

By the eve of the music festival, their working capital was basically spent, and the economy was crumbling.

But they still had one last hope. Savage, although he didn't make any progress in Cat Getan, is a real long-lived person, and the antiques in his hands are all real.

This era hasn't reached the period of capitalist bubble collapse, the global economy is stable, so antiques still have a certain market. As long as they can sell the antiques they photographed back from the auction at a low price, they can soon withdraw a large sum of funds.

But unfortunately, God doesn't help. Odin's messenger brought the punishment of justice. After Lei Shen, the God of Thunder, broke free from the space rift, he happened to land in the center of the twelve families' base camp through a special channel.

What's more coincidental is that thunder is a power that can completely ignore the physical medium resistance as long as the power is sufficient. Lei Shen, in a rage, gave all the manors and underground storage rooms a center bloom. The things inside cannot be said to be intact, they can only be said to be sound and appearance.