The heavens begin with the king of gotham

Chapter 5 The reason for being hunted

Li Ming was not idle after he left. He carefully sorted out the reasons why the original person was hunted down and found that there were many strange things.

The original person did well in the underground boxing ring. Last night, the Maroney family sent someone to send a message, asking him to pay 300 US dollars if he lost in the boxing match.

Although the boxing ring is not within the Maroney family's sphere of influence, they all hang out in Gotham, and the original owner doesn't want to offend them. Besides, he still has money to take. He only gets one or two hundred dollars for a fight, so he agrees.

But the match had just begun, before the original actor had even started his performance. His opponent fell to the ground after a few tentative attacks from him, allowing him to win the match directly.

To outsiders, it looked as if he had been knocked out by him, but it made Sal Maroney, the boss of the Maroney family, very angry.

Did your opponent also collect dirty money?

This was Li Ming's first thought, but he immediately overturned it. In his memory, his opponent's attack was weak and weak. It didn't look like he was pretending, but more like he had been drugged.

Sighing, Li Ming combined various factors to restore the truth: the Maroni family found the original person to fight against match-fixing so that they could make a fortune in the casino, and there happened to be other people who had the same idea.

That man did something even more extraordinary, directly drugging his opponent and swaying the Maroni family.

And the original person is just an insignificant little cannon fodder.

But what the big man loses is money, and what the little man loses is his life.

Just like that agent, Maroney has probably been sunk by now.

He wanted to see if he could find out who was behind the scenes and avenge himself.

Li Ming walked all the way to a small clinic near the underground boxing ring. Because underground boxers did not have any protection, if they were injured after the game, they had to go to the hospital for treatment themselves, so the business of the surrounding small clinics was booming.

As far as he knew, this small clinic was also run by the person in charge of the underground boxing ring. This kind of money-making operation was common in Gotham.

He planned to come here to inquire about the whereabouts of his opponent in last night's game, hoping to find some clues about him.

There were fewer people looking for him here, but Li Ming was still very vigilant. He wrapped himself tightly, found a brown-haired street kid, and handed him a $1 bill:
  "Go and ask me if Walker Simpton is in there, and if not where he is. I'll give you $1 after asking."

The street boy quickly took the banknote, glanced at Li Ming, and rushed into the small clinic without saying anything. Two dollars for a question was already a big deal for a street boy.

The waif came back soon, pointed to the third window of the clinic and said, "Walker Simpton is inside, but...he's dead."

"Dead?" Li Ming was not too surprised. On the way here, he had thought about the possibility of murder and silence. "How did you die?"

"I don't know. I heard he died not long after he was brought here." The wanderer shook his head.

Now that the clue was gone, Li Ming didn't plan to stay long. He turned around and left, but after thinking about it, he said one more sentence to the wandering child:
  "Change somewhere, don't stay here these days."

He thought that the wandering child might be noticed by someone who cared about it, and it would not hurt him to remind him.

"Okay." The wanderer nodded, thinking that Li Ming was a nice person, so he quickly stopped him, "Sir..."

Seeing Li Ming look over, he hurriedly said: "I saw someone from the Nicholas family entering that room last night. I don't know if this news will be useful to you sir."

Li Ming's eyes were sharp. Hearing the words of the wanderer, he had clearly guessed his identity.

"very useful."

Li Ming took out another 5 dollars and handed it to the homeless boy. He was very generous. After all, he could just go and ask for it from some kind-hearted gangster after all the money was spent.

The street boy quickly introduced himself after receiving it:

"My name is Peter. I will go near the nightclub in the Diamond District in the future. If you need anything, sir, you can find me there."

"Don't worry, sir, you are the first person to think about me, and I won't go around saying anything about you."

"Okay." Li Ming remembered it. He didn't take Peter's words too seriously, but Gotham was full of homeless children, so they might be of great use.

And Nikolai?

Li Ming had an impression that this was also a gang leader, but his presence was relatively low.

The reason why he could remember it was because Nikolai and Fish Mooney, although they were both under Falcone's command, were equally powerful. But in fact Nikolai and Fish Mooney were close, and they pretended to be at odds just to paralyze Falcone.

But before Nicholas could make any move, he was tricked to death by the Penguin.

Unexpectedly, the information about the person behind the scenes came from the mouth of a street boy. As expected, no one can be underestimated in Gotham.

In this case, let's deal with Nikolai when the time comes.

Suddenly, Li Ming had an idea.

"Peter, I just need your help with something..."

The next few days were the same as the plot, because Park Street where the Waynes were killed was Fish Mooney's area of ​​strength, in order to calm the storm as soon as possible.

After discussing with his boss Falcone, Fish Mooney got back a fake pearl necklace and randomly found a robber with a criminal record as a scapegoat, allowing Gordon and his partner Bullock to make a great contribution.

Oswald found an opportunity to bring down his boss. He told the Montoya duo of the Gotham Crime Unit that Fish had forged evidence and framed others.

The Montoya duo are considered responsible police officers in a messy Gotham police department.

Oswald hopes to use the hands of these two people to get rid of Fishmoney.

But at this time, Little Penguin was far less experienced than he would be in the future, and he did not understand the relationship between Montoya and Gordon's girlfriend Barbara.

The kind of relationship between two women who once held hands and got close.

After Montoya learned the news, he went to tell Barbara, hoping that Barbara would stay away from Gordon.

Li Ming, who was familiar with the plot, knew that Barbara finally chose to believe Gordon and told Gordon about Fish's forged evidence.

It just so happened that Gordon was the most clueless young man in the Gotham Police Department, so he went directly to confront Fish Mooney.

The result is obvious. Rather than getting into trouble after the incident was exposed, Fish chose the simplest way to deal with it, which was to deal with the person who raised the issue.

Because of Gordon's recklessness, he also indirectly betrayed Oswald, causing them both to be killed by an angry Fish.

Guessing that the time would only last two days, Li Ming also started his own plan.

Although the Penguin will not die if he follows the plot, all the favors will belong to Gordon.

Li Ming planned to do something to make Penguin think that he saved him.

It is worth mentioning that Bruce also called during this period, hoping that Li Ming would attend his parents' funeral.

Li Ming did attend, but did not appear in public and only greeted Bruce from a distance.

During this period, all attention is focused on Bruce, and he is not suitable for getting too close.

The next morning.

Li Ming stood at the Gotham Pier with a cup of coffee, looking at the river.

This scene reminded him of the riverside where he accepted the invitation from the abyss.

Ta-ta-ta-ta.

The sound of footsteps behind him brought Li Ming's thoughts back to him instantly. He turned his head and saw an old man with gray beard and hair walking towards him with blazing eyes and a swift pace.

Li Ming smiled, the person he was waiting for arrived.

"I'm sorry to disturb you so early." Li Ming raised the coffee in his hand and said hello, "His Majesty Falco."

　Dear friends, please don’t keep books. Only by reading can you be motivated.

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