Three hours ago, Harbour House.
This is a club.
Winster walked in and, under the guidance of the page boy, entered a room deep on the third floor. On the door of the room were carved two owls.
Winster's ancestors were British and came to the United States across the ocean. His family has fallen on hard times compared to its glorious past, but he still has "noble" blood, and the people here recognize that blood.
Besides, he is so outstanding that he deserves the last seat in the room.
He walked in and nodded slightly to the people sitting there. Except for him, everyone else was wearing an owl mask. There were a few empty seats at the top, and the other seats... Winster knew that they were occupied by famous bigwigs in Gotham City. Maybe they would not appear on TV reports, but their families controlled the economic lifeline of Gotham City... What if someone dared to resist? Then send out the claw killer to kill all the sprouts before the other party grows up.
A lady beside Winster, also wearing an owl mask, said kindly: "You should cherish your position, which once belonged to--"
"Anna Ellech."
Winster smiled and said, "Of course."
He will certainly cherish his hard-earned status as a true court participant and completely eliminate you, the hateful bunch.
This is a parliament, but it is not, because a city's parliament cannot be at the top of a club, but the participants are indeed members of the parliament. It is better to say...
This is the real parliament.
Anna Ellech had a chance to actually get to the bottom of the pack, but she blew it.
She is arrogant and stubborn, never attends meetings, and works with outsiders to change the situation in Gothenburg. Look, even the Wayne family is on her side.
Winster heard someone whisper: "Rossey has gone to England... Never mind, she will come back sooner or later."
Winster knew about Mrs. Rossay's relationship with the mayor. After all, he was a member of the Owl Court, so he didn't even frown when he heard this.
He couldn't recognize all the people sitting there, but some of them had distinct features in their figures and personal accessories, so Winster could recognize them at a glance. For example, the person speaking now was Justice Meg Scott.
He seemed to be just chatting with others -
"There is no truly fair law in this world," the justice said. "The legal provisions are supplemented every year, and new ones are added every year because people find that the law is no longer applicable or is not so reasonable in certain special circumstances... so judges are needed. If the law is truly fair, then wouldn't computer AI also be able to assume the duties of a judge?"
His voice was full of laughter. "That's impossible. This is how it should be in court. Lawyers on both sides use the court as a battlefield, and the judge is the arbitrator. I will send the criminal I think to hell at the appropriate time."
He arrogantly acts like a God judging others.
The person opposite him chuckled and shook his head: "It's time to send little Anna down, right?"
The lights around dimmed, and it seemed that more people were sitting at the long table in the darkness. Winster held down his cuffs to block the reflection of the dark red cufflinks. He waited quietly, and then, a white owl mask was placed in front of him.
The irony is that, like an investiture ceremony, he had to stand up and respectfully accept the symbol of sin.
Winster endured his disgust and completed his joining process, and the Owl Court began to discuss business -
How to teach Anna Elle a lesson.
Standing behind Anna was the Rothsay family. Even though Mrs. Rothsay did not attend the meeting, her influence was still there.
Since we can't kill the mayor directly, we'll chop off her claws, clip her wings... and kill her reliable and capable subordinates.
"Beware the Owl Court, spying on you wherever you go."
Their people were everywhere, so they knew about Anna Ellech's ridiculous new parliament and who to kill to really hurt her.
"Millie White," the owl paused when he read the surname that was obviously a civilian name, "use a trick to lure away the sharp claw who betrayed us - Tal White, then kill her and hang her head on the flag of the town hall."
He looked around and the others nodded slightly.
In fact, Owl didn't care about the secretary at first, even though she became the head of the East District Cathedral and opened a... hehe, shelter. But she was a subordinate that Alec valued, and killing her was a warning.
"Sergey Benolov and Oswald Cobblepot, stabbed them to death and hung them from that tree in Crime Alley."
Someone sighed quietly: "I love this kind of drama. The dead return to their hometowns. Criminals should die on the land that nurtured them."
Winster gave a sarcastic smile beneath his mask.
The penguin man Cobert was not originally in the owls' plan, as he had been in jail before. But gradually, the owls came to their senses and found that this guy seemed to have completely become the mayor's lackey, and he took the initiative -
If it was just to kill Serk, the penguin would probably applaud, because if the competitor was assassinated, he could immediately take over the other's job.
In that case, let them die together.
"Violin, whose real name is Carol Ryan, has been working for the mayor since he gave himself this ridiculous name... It doesn't matter. The bomb buried in the claw will automatically detonate at a low enough temperature. As long as the low temperature penetrates into her cells and puts her into true hibernation, then both the traitors and the mayor's lackeys will turn into fireworks. Our claws can be used repeatedly, which is really great."
They nodded. As for the tourists and other police officers who might be killed in the explosion, that was not within Owl's consideration.
And what about the reputation of Gotham? What would become of Gotham after such a terrible and evil incident... It didn't matter, she just became what she should be.
Gotan was a helpless little girl, she was everything they wanted her to be - forever.
Winster glanced at the armstrap.
"Finally, it's Vivi White, Anna's favorite girl," the owl hummed, "not only Anna, but also the magician's favorite child. In this case, we should give them a little pitiful respect and give her a grand death."
It was only natural that a magician's child died during a magic show.
He did not describe in detail how to deal with Vivi. As for the new parliament, it was not important. These fragile humans could be killed at any time. Protecting them was far more difficult than destroying them. They could observe Alec's reaction and consider whether to leave her a playmate.
Most of the people here can be considered Anna Alec's elders. In their eyes, the mayor, who is not even 30 years old, is really playing house with the entire Gotham City. Although she is the heir of the Alec family and the only descendant of Mrs. Rothesay, no one looks down on her because of her illegitimate daughter.
When the clock struck midnight on June 3, the meeting ended.
Winster hid his hands under the table and waited.
He knew that these words would be sent to the warden of the prison, Bethevin, through his armband-like eavesdropping device.
More than an hour later, the assassin named Claw sneaked into Iceberg Construction Company and encountered Tal White. Just like the Owl conspiracy hidden in the dark, Tal, the former Claw, was in the light, while Owl was in the dark. After they learned that Violin was with Tal, they knew that everything was planned.
Batman's wings swept over Gotham, and from the back door of the Iceberg Construction Company walked out the violin covering its wounds and the humanoid Frozen carried on their backs.
At the same time, in the East District Cathedral, Claw, who had been pretending for three days, twitched his lips and walked out of the rented house opposite the cathedral.
This cathedral cannot be destroyed for some reason. Once the door is closed and every window is locked, even Bane cannot break the ordinary glass to get in. However, the management of the church is not so perfect. There are always people who come here as volunteers. Although they are not paid, they are provided with three meals a day so that they will not starve to death. Claw lurked here three days ago and worked for three days. He left a window for himself in a hidden corner.
He could have killed Millie earlier, but June 3rd was the day the magician had agreed to perform his magic, and for the sake of drama, the bigwigs decided to have all these guys die on the same day.
Soon, the owls received the news that the cathedral mission was successfully completed.
It would be much easier to kill Sherk and the Penguin Man - the bad mayor gave Sherk the right to bail the Penguin Man out of prison. Now there is a bomb collar around the Penguin Man's neck, and Sherk can press the button at any time - but Sherk doesn't do that, because if the Penguin Man dies, it would be a loss for the mayor's property. It would be more appropriate to exploit him and squeeze out all his abilities.
Sherk's position is also easy to find. The mayor's recent "hobby" seems to be road construction? Therefore, the former secretary-general has been in the engineering team, especially after the previous director of logistics was secretly arrested, he has to take on logistics work. If Sherk's workload is 10, the penguin's workload is 20, so during this festival celebrated by the whole city, his team is still working overtime near the Land Bridge.
Perhaps because there is a famous criminal in the team, the confidentiality level of this construction team is very high. I think the mayor does not want the citizens to know that she enslaves criminals to do the work, but they do work quickly and well.
All the Owl Court had to do was send one Talon over to kill the entire construction team, then drive up, pick up the two bodies, and hang them from the blinding glowing tree in Crime Alley in the early morning.
When good news came from several places, Weiwei was confronting the killer sent by Claw.
It was impossible to use the skill underground, and the flying knife was frozen in mid-air, but the Claw Killer obviously knew a certain technique -
No matter how powerful the enemy's gun is, it means nothing if he can't hit.
Claws chose close combat, the blade cut through the ice, ice chips splashed everywhere, and lightning flashed from time to time. That was Jason's prop.
They are good at close combat, and they will not kill Vivi White here because a good show is about to begin and the opponent is an important magic show prop.
Coincidentally, Weiwei thought so too.
Even though he looked down on the girl in front of him, Owl sent twice as many killers to deal with her. Scarlet eyes lit up in the darkness one by one. They were the owl hoods of Claws. One of the Claws said, "You will be judged, just like Millie White, Tal White, Shelk Benolov, Oswald Cobblepot, and Carol Ryan. Owl has sentenced you to death."
Weiwei heard the breathing of the person next to her become twice as heavy. Jason Todd, the former Robin, was obviously very angry. He understood what Claw meant. He also knew the names of these people, so he became even angrier. More and more owls waded in. At this time, the underground was like an ice cave. In the reflection of the ice surface, the girl surrounded in the middle had an unclear expression.
But they heard her laughter.
She said, "It just so happens that I was looking for you."
"The magic show has already begun," she said with a smile, "I wonder if you would like to join us and perform a magic show dedicated to everyone?"
But coming back to the subject...who is this Carol Ryan?