wayne house.
The sky was a dim misty blue, with sparse stars hanging in the corners. Occasionally, a light flashed across the sky. It was the tail light of an airplane. Someone pointed at it and said, "Did Superman fly over Gotham?"
Bruce joked: "Superman doesn't glow."
Superman rarely comes to Gotam, and even if he comes as a small reporter, he will not fly around arrogantly in the air.
Wayne's house is located in the suburbs of Gotham, covering a large area. The guests' luxury cars were parked in a row. Some people who arrived late had to park their cars on the road. Well-informed guests already knew that Mayor Anna would also attend. "Bruce Wayne is worthy of being able to invite that lady," they said.
However, as time went by, almost all the guests arrived, but Mayor Anna Eleck still did not show up.
"Looks like you've been left out." Tim signaled his adoptive father with his eyes.
That may be true.
But there's nothing to be surprised about, Bruce was spared by more than one person, such as the Clown, who is Batman's archenemy, and other criminals who enjoy defeating, teasing and making fun of Batman. They might suddenly announce at three o'clock in the morning that three bombs were planted in the city. In fact, when the bomb boxes were opened, a kidnapped little girl, a dead cat, or expired Halloween candy would be found.
...but Batman has to go.
As Bruce, he was also let off the hook, mostly in this way to make "Sweetheart" remember the women, who now had to be special to have a chance of marrying into a wealthy family. Sometimes Bruce would cooperate in the acting, and other times he chose to give them a breakup fee and exchange them for a gentle and considerate "love partner". They were not irreplaceable.
The music blended perfectly with the sound of the fountain. The night was dim and in a few minutes, the dinner would officially begin. In the fragrance of flowers, some people were already chatting ambiguously with their hands linked. No oncoming car lights could be seen at the end of the road and no one thought that the mayor would come.
Bruce shook his head, put down his glass, and walked to the center of the garden.
Suddenly he heard an approaching roar.
The grass leaves chose to succumb to the tearing of the wind, the fragrance of flowers filled the air, and strong lights swept down from directly above. Bruce squinted his eyes, his right hand already hidden behind his waist, ready to react at any time, but he stopped, he recognized what the sound was.
It was a helicopter propeller. A helicopter with the City Hall logo painted on it descended from the sky and hovered three to five meters above the ground. The guests stopped talking and hurriedly moved away in the noise - Bruce even heard a few curses.
There are long tables and grills on the lawn, and there is no place to stop.
Everyone moved away except Bruce Wayne, who stood with his head raised directly under the helicopter, looking so small and as if he was scared.
The hovering helicopter seemed impatient. It first increased its altitude, then turned and suddenly dived. At this moment, the door of the plane was opened.
The woman in the fishtail dress seemed to have no fear. Without any thought, the moment the door opened, she jumped lightly and fell from the sky.
The long blue skirt spread out and blew into the wind, like a real open fish tail. Everyone thought she would fall into Bruce's arms, except Bruce himself.
The other party calculated and landed accurately half a meter in front of Wayne. What a hell, she was wearing a pair of ten-centimeter rhinestone high heels, but she managed to stand up straight by slightly bending her knees.
The helicopter "hit the target" and after the person jumped out, it swung its tail and left the sky above the Wayne House. At this moment, it had become a bright spot of light in the sky. The woman raised her hand, put her messy long hair behind her head, and glanced at Bruce: "Where you are standing is not very safe."
They were almost about to collide, Weiwei thought.
"If even my own home is not safe, then there should be nothing safe in Gotan." The man in front of him had a particularly handsome face, and his blue eyes were like the night and the sea. As an NPC, he could definitely rely on this face to serve as a poster girl (?), but this is not a love game. He raised his other hand, "Ms. Alec? Hello, I'm Bruce Wayne. What a surprising appearance."
Weiwei tilted her head and said, "Ah, the original plan was to take a car, but then I thought about it and decided that a helicopter would be safer. At least no one would be so arrogant as to use a rocket launcher in downtown Gotam."
Bruce was silent for a moment, then smiled again: "Are you kidding?"
"Isn't it funny?" Weiwei shrugged and took his hand. "It's already started? Am I late?"
Of course not, Weiwei just hit the spot.
Bruce Wayne was a caring host. It was Vivi's "first time" to attend a banquet hosted by celebrities in Gothenburg, so he naturally took her with him and introduced her to the other guests.
No mission was activated during the conversation, but Vivi was not discouraged. She took note of these people very seriously. Although the game style was not very realistic, everyone's appearance was not much different. Except for NPCs like Bruce Wayne and his adopted son whose models were quite stunning, the others were only marked with "rich" or other symbols on the map.
——But their wealth may not be less than that of the penguin people.
Anyway, it's impossible to just show up at the dinner and leave, so I might as well find a way to get some investment.
With so many people present, how could Weiwei only catch Bruce Wayne and fleece him? It was rare for her to wear a suit with special effects, and it would be a waste if she didn't use it on a few more people.
"Want to play cards?" Looking around, Weiwei offered her hands, "But we are all friends, there is no need to gamble money, just gamble on something else."
Something without a price can be far more expensive than something with a price tag on it.
As the host, Wayne did not object at all. It would be better to say that this handsome rich man was very good at this. He was very good at making the atmosphere of the banquet frivolous.
They simply organized a game of poker. Perhaps because there was a mayor at the table and there were more young people at the whole party, Vivi could feel that everyone at the table was very excited - except Wayne, who was watching the game.
Weiwei wasn't actually worried about how to win, because she didn't have any cheating tools, but she could see the emotions of everyone on the map. After playing a few rounds like this, she would be able to figure out what the other party was thinking when they were calling cards, and it wouldn't be too difficult to infer their cards from that.
During the first two rounds of probing, Weiwei was concentrating on observing other people's reactions, which was equivalent to her counting the cards, and Bruce was also observing the mayor.
When "Anna Elle" jumped out of the plane, Bruce began his detective observation mode -
She was more than two meters above the ground but did not show any discomfort, which shows that her lower limbs are very strong. However, there is no sign of exercise on her body, which does not make sense.
During the conversation, she acted like she was meeting someone for the first time. Bruce deliberately mispronounced a few words and introduced the two people's names incorrectly, but to his surprise, the mayor didn't seem to notice at all.
——Does this mean that Anna has not investigated the upper class society in Gotham?
This didn't make sense, but Anna gave him the feeling that she had a certain understanding of the guests present. However, this understanding was biased towards a specific aspect and was limited, so she couldn't identify certain mistakes in details. How did she know them?
If Weiwei knew what he was thinking, she would tell him that the map only showed occupations but no names, and she was actually quite troubled.
But Weiwei is not worried at the moment. Since there is no money involved, the game naturally becomes more entertaining. At the card table, everyone starts chatting and gradually relaxes. Now they naturally talk about the "Penguin Man" incident.
"From my father's father to my father's generation, the gang bosses in Gotham have changed for several generations. Before, it was the Romans? Now it's Black Mask, Penguin Man, Two-Face, and..." The man who spoke paused and naturally avoided a certain name. The emotional symbol of [disgust] flashed over his head. "In short, even if Penguin Man falls, there will be other lunatics, and that is Gotham."
Weiwei stared at the cards and said casually, "So you guys want to go and watch the fun? I think they will be present at the trial. It's rare to see a penguin go to jail."
The girl sitting opposite her laughed: "Ah...but isn't he always thrown into prison by Batman? It's just that he always gets out."
"A public trial is different," Weiwei stressed. "But it doesn't matter if you don't go. The Kotan Daily has already agreed to report on it. The trial will be broadcast live throughout the city."
"It's a big battle," the poker player sitting on Weiwei's left squinted his eyes. "If the penguin man can stay in prison, it will be a good achievement during your term."
Maybe everyone had drunk some wine, and the atmosphere was relaxed.
"There is always a way," the man opposite said vaguely, "The dead can't leave the prison, right?"
Bruce frowned.
Weiwei smiled and threw the Joker card in her hand away: "Isn't that too much of a waste?"
"Speaking of which, gentlemen, I have an interesting idea. Are you curious about what prison is like?"
The people present were either rich or noble. Some frowned and said nothing, but naturally some responded to her question: "Of course I'm curious. Maybe this is a place that people like us will never enter in our lifetime, right?"
That may not be the case, Weiwei thought.
“事實上，囚犯們的生活不太差，我想在電視上做一檔節目，直播囚犯們的監獄生活，”她聳聳肩，“未必會賺錢，但總有人想看的，而且應該能夠産生正向的宣傳作用吧——比如告誡小孩子們千萬不要犯罪，不然就是企鵝人那樣的下場？”
她的話語帶來了一片笑聲，有人附和道：“什麽時候？”
“短時間內不行，”他們重開了一局，薇薇開始摸牌，“市政|府還有很多別的工作要承擔呢，比如為貧民們提供救濟以及供暖，東區的很多房子也該修繕了，不然未必能撐得過冬天，地下管道早就老化了……”
這就不是大家感興趣的話題了，但依舊有人好奇“監獄直播”的設想，薇薇在兩個話題間切換，還能夠保持自己牌桌上不敗的戰績，下了牌桌之後，她拉到了三四批贊助，加起來超過三十萬金幣。
“哥譚人民肯定會感謝你們的。”端着酒杯休息時，薇薇真心實意地對贊助者們這麽說。
只要完成主線任務的時候還能有結餘，她一定會去搞什麽“監獄直播”，到時候讓企鵝人來念這一波贊助商名單，不準念錯一個字！
不過今天最主要的任務還沒解決呢——
【支線任務：獲取來自韋恩的資助】
【任務獎勵：0~50萬金不等（将直接注入公用資金）】
薇薇把沒有入口的紅酒放在一邊，随手把頭發撥到耳後，尋找布魯斯·韋恩的位置。
她的動作突然一頓。
薇薇的禮服套裝其實由內衣、魚尾裙、絲|襪、水晶高跟鞋、項鏈、戒指、耳環、妝容和發型共同組成，不愧為“套裝”，可以一鍵拆卸，但此時，她右耳的藍寶石耳墜不見了。
在發現丢了耳環時，她激活了一個支線任務。
【支線任務：貓女的敵意】
【哥譚著名的竊賊小姐似乎對你有着莫名的敵意，這或許只是個警告，你該如何應對這件事呢？】
【提示：貓女認為哥譚東區是她的地盤，她保護着這裏，維持着這裏的穩定】
【（貓女已經進入了僞裝狀态，你無法在地圖上找到她）】
哥譚東區……哥譚的貧民窟，地勢下陷最嚴重的地方嗎？
就在來參加晚宴之前，薇薇剛讓謝爾克開會讨論過，主題就是如何遷走哥譚東區的市民，完成地下的改造。
——看樣子這敵意來得并不是毫無緣由。
該……怎麽做呢？
薇薇突然站了起來，有些驚慌地摸了摸自己的耳朵，然後開始摸索沙發，查看茶幾下方，很快，就有女仆過來詢問——
“抱歉，我的耳墜可能掉在了什麽地方，”她努力表現出驚慌中夾着難過的表情，“我的耳墜……那對我很重要，抱歉，能幫我找一找嗎？”
“請您稍等，女士，我們立刻去找。”
薇薇摘下左耳的耳墜遞給她，目光期待。
接着，就到了表演時刻了——
她用了整整十分鐘時間來表達自己的不安與難過，當面對是布魯斯·韋恩時，簡直是泫然欲泣了。
“那是……來自我重要的人……我也沒想到會，抱歉，給你添麻煩了，實際上它并不太昂貴……”
韋恩闊佬安慰性地拍拍她手臂，大部分賓客都已經離開了，他們還在尋找那枚“耳墜”。
然而事實上，耳墜早就被貓女帶走了。
布魯斯看上去挺愧疚的，真實意圖是利用對方的愧疚“套取投資”，這讓薇薇不存在的良心稍微動了動。
“那是在韋恩莊園失竊的，我願意承擔賠償，雖然耳墜的意義遠比它原本的價值來得重要，但我希望能做出一點補償……”他好像還去查看了監控，這種有錢又好心的富豪可以再來一打嗎？
這個男人提起“賠償”二字時，在薇薇眼中簡直是在發光，不過她的真實目的并不是這個。
“不，那并不是您的錯。”
薇薇沉默了一會兒：“不談這個了，我有些控制不住情緒了……不如我們來聊點別的……”
半小時後。
【支線任務“獲取來自韋恩的資助”已完成】
【你獲得50萬金幣的投資金額】
【你額外獲得了20萬金幣的個人賠償】
九點五十分。
今天的會議開得比較晚，算是難得一次加班，米莉目前的舍友是希拉，他們住在老城區市政廳的分配住房中，在職員工居住不需要承擔租金，這讓米莉的生活能稍微好過點——畢竟她還沒畢業多久，沒有攢下錢。
然而這個時間點，米莉卻并沒有往員工宿舍的方向走去，她買了一堆方便食物，搬上了自己的二手吉普，往犯罪巷開了過去。
“該死的，”不知道是前段時間又發生了什麽，諸如黑幫火拼之類的小事，犯罪巷的住房本就擠擠挨挨的，留給車輛通過的路線并不寬敞，如今地面塌陷一塊，她必須拎着食物步行了。
米莉把車開出去一段停在銀行——她要是停在巷口，回來車就沒了——摸了摸自己腰間別着的防狼電棒，下了車。
“不用擔心……”她低聲對自己說，“你已經習慣了，不是嗎？”
穿過這段黑暗的小路，她的目的地就在前方，不用害怕，只需要安靜、忍耐，就可以到達。
犯罪巷的格局沒什麽變化，即使不遠處的哥譚市區發展地日新月異，這裏還是原來的模樣，好像幾十年都不變，不過米莉恍惚間發現，離自己上次回來，有些差異的。
路旁多了幾棵樹，地上多了垃圾桶，施工中的下水道井口旁挂着指示牌，只是不知道被誰踢了好幾腳，在路邊成人用品店廉價的燈光下，鞋印十分顯眼。
“啪”
米莉突然被人推倒在地上，她愣了一下，立刻想要掙紮，可還沒等她抽出腰間的電棒，那玩意就被一只手給拔了出來。
她購買的零食滾落在地上，被人掐着脖子拎了起來，那根電棒如今抵住了她的背後，有人粗着聲說：“把錢都拿出來。”
米莉緩緩舉起雙手：“我的現金都用來購買吃的了……我真的沒有帶錢……”
她的後背被狠狠戳了一下，萬幸對方并沒有通電。
米莉微微顫抖着：“我身邊真沒有帶，但我可以去取……”
“無聊，”身後的人說，“你只是想要逃跑而已。”
“不……”意識到對方要做什麽，米莉說，“不，別……求您……我有存款。”
“但你沒有帶。”身後的人又笑了一下。
似乎這就應該是米莉人生中聽到的最後一句話了，她會因為有夠無趣的原因而死，如果她身邊至少帶了二十美金，或者多準備點防身的道具，說不定會是另一種命運。
她急促地呼吸着，她想：我該說什麽……我怎樣才能活下去……我……
她感到無比的恐懼以及絕望。
她認為她在此刻産生了幻覺。
——天亮了。
整個天空瞬間亮如白晝，就像是太陽出現了，身後傳來了匪徒被光亮刺痛雙眼的驚呼聲，米莉卻來不及去管，她閉上眼睛，蒙頭向前沖去，她就像是撲進了陽光裏。
米莉對這裏無比的了解，這是她長大的地方。
她順利的，幾乎是毫無困難地沖進了自己的舊房子裏，跌跌撞撞沖上樓，撲到了床上用被子把自己裹起來，然後她才開始顫抖。
金色的光沒有消失，從窗外透進來，把室內照得亮堂堂。
沒有危險，沒有匪徒，只有手中柔軟的被子，這一刻米莉終于轉過了頭。
窗外，一棵樹正在發光。
一棵普普通通的行道樹，高大，枝繁葉茂，它強硬地堵在了道路中央，它正在發光……它是金色的！
米莉聽到了其他“鄰居”們破口大罵的聲音，顯然很多人都被這刺眼的光芒影響了。
可她突然笑出聲來，甚至笑得嗆了起來。
“啊……缤紛行道樹……”當時市長女士趴在桌上，随口問道，“哥譚市哪裏的路燈總是修不好？哪裏總是黑色的？嗯……這棵樹能有什麽用呢？”
現代哪會有什麽地方窮得連路燈都沒有呢？
當時米莉舉着咖啡壺，下意識地說：“……公園街？”
“噢，聽起來不錯，像是一條種了很多花的街道。”
公園街，目前的名字是“犯罪巷”，是危險與犯罪橫行的地方，死在這裏的著名人物有托馬斯·韋恩和瑪莎·韋恩，哥譚闊佬布魯斯的父母。
“不知道不同情緒會是什麽顏色呢……應該只有強烈的情緒才會導致樹葉變色吧？不然公園街會變得五顏六色了，嗯……聽起來蠻好玩的！”
好玩……嗎？
她凝視着窗外，眼中含着淚水。
她看到金色的光芒慢慢消失了。
但她知道那曾經亮起過。
恐懼與絕望……是金色的嗎？
有人推開了她房間的門，打開了燈，然後快步走到她身邊，捧起了她的臉：“米莉？發生什麽了？”
對方有着一張美豔妩媚的臉，行走間像貓一樣無聲而柔軟。
"Nothing... where were you before," Millie whispered, "Selena?"
With the investment, Vivi got on the helicopter. She insisted on waiting for the helicopter from the City Hall to arrive instead of asking Wayne's housekeeper to take her back.
Black Mask's hatred for her is not low. Viviken doesn't want to trouble the old butler to help her dispose of the body. What if an innocent person is implicated?
They gradually rose higher, and after fastening their seat belts, Weiwei operated the panel -
The earring in her right ear is back.
A set is a set, how could it be stolen? Simply re-equip it on the interface, and the accessories you accidentally lost will reappear.
I wonder if the thief named Catwoman would become suspicious if she found that the things she stole suddenly disappeared?
——Who can steal the loot from the hands of a thief?
Two days later.
Gotan Grand Court.
The trial of the penguin man "Oswald Cobert" is about to begin.