When Riti was thrown to Dick, she felt uneasy because of his gender.
But she had built up her trust in Officer Bella, so she reluctantly agreed.
"I'll ask them if they're willing to do that," she took a deep breath, "but it's unlikely."
Bella instructs Dick to persuade the young prostitutes to go to the cathedral, which is currently under renovation, but Riti feels that her sisters would rather stay at home than in the cathedral shelter they know nothing about, even if this home is dilapidated, dirty, and doesn't really belong to them.
Dick actually has experience in this kind of situation. He said, "We can go there first to have a look. If they are really willing to provide accommodation and food, I think they will change their minds."
So Dick drove and Rettie sat in the back seat as usual.
While driving, the oldest predecessor Robin was also observing the city in front of him——
How familiar is he with the East Side of Gothenburg?
It can be said that he grew up here, starting from the boy in the circus and later becoming the Robin Boy who flew over Gotham. He fought in the East District more than once, was injured, knocked down and then got up, and flew through the sky here again and again. He saw those poor people struggling to survive, and also saw their lives being plundered at will, and finally they also became plunderers. Life is the worthless commodity here.
Even though the Wayne family tried various ways to save this place, they would eventually prove to be futile.
The police will also be corrupt, charitable donations will be embezzled, newly built buildings will be destroyed in another battle, numb people will never care about the changes around them, and when this batch of gangsters are sent to prison, there will be the next batch - their lives are too cheap, even they themselves think so.
Batman can stop murders time and time again, and his powerful strength allows them to become guardians in the darkness, but they cannot fundamentally change anything.
Because the road was muddy, the car was moving very slowly. Dick saw a gang member in front of him using a gun to collect weapons from people. The weapons they collected were already packed into two boxes and placed in wooden boxes beside them. Dick frowned, stopped the car, turned his head and said to Reti, "Don't get out of the car."
Ruiti exclaimed, "They are from Iceberg Construction Company. I know them."
Dick: “…Hmm?”
He stared at the people again and noticed that there were indeed a few familiar faces.
At this time, the group of people found the car Dick was driving. Several people came over and knocked on the car window: "Hey, do you have a weapon?"
Dick's heart sank, but there was an ordinary girl behind him and there were many people here. He rolled down the window and asked, "What's the matter?"
The leader raised his chin and glanced at him: "You have a gun, right? Do you have a gun license?"
Dick: “…” The development of things seemed to be somewhat different from what he expected.
He said in a deep voice, "Yes."
The man's expression froze for a moment. Dick thought for a moment and took out his ID: "I'm a policeman."
"Oh," the man waved his hand to let the people around him disperse, and said with a smile, "Then we are a group, Mr. Officer, did you see that? Aren't you police officers investigating the weapons problem now? But there are too many illegal weapons circulating in our area, so our company was hired to confiscate the weapons of those unlicensed gun owners and hand them over to the City Hall--"
At this time, a strong man tried to resist, and the others rushed forward and soon developed into a small fight of 1vsN. The man coughed twice and waved his hands: "But it's normal to encounter a little resistance, haha."
Dick took a deep breath and said, "I have some work to do. I'll leave now."
However, there was no need for him to stop a fight of this magnitude. As the car slowly drove away, Dick noticed in the rearview mirror that the man saluted with a playful smile.
Wrong move, he thought.
America insists that gun ownership is a right possessed by ordinary citizens who have not committed a serious crime - however, here in the East District, very few people can produce a certificate. Would the gangs go to the police station five or six times just for a useless document?
Driving through the somewhat chaotic streets, Dick found that the closer he got to the cathedral, the calmer the atmosphere became. People were orderly, and there were people directing traffic on the streets. His ID was checked five or six times along the way, but the people who knocked on his window were no longer hooligans.
"Excuse me, can I ask what's going on?" Dick asked. "It feels like the East Side has changed a lot."
The man in front of him was calm and had obviously served in the military. He glanced at Dick and said, "We have been working since last night. The mayor's order is to complete the population count in the East District as quickly as possible. If you are free, you can also come and volunteer."
He smiled and said, "Meals are provided."
It had been less than eighteen hours since last night's riot. Dick shook his head and couldn't help laughing: "...This new mayor is really powerful."
If he didn't have any cases on hand, he really wouldn't mind volunteering to see what the mayor would do with the East District.
The cathedral in the east district used to be a Gothic-style building, with metal white pigeons perched on the spire. But later the church fell into ruin, the pigeons were removed, the glass was smashed and stolen, and the walls were painted with all kinds of graffiti and sticky bloodstains. Only the gargoyles at the four corners of the church remained unchanged, staring at the city in silence.
But now it is very lively here. When Dick got off the car, the people he saw most were medical staff in white coats.
He parked his car opposite the church and found that the entire church had changed drastically.
There is no big hospital in the East District. Although the intestines can be sewn up after leaving a small clinic, you have to be careful not to lose a kidney. Therefore, people in the East District survive by buying medicines and doing their own stitches.
But at this time, the makeshift camp bed was placed outside the church, under the tall statue of Mary that thieves could not steal, and a pregnant woman was feeding her newborn baby. Some people were groaning, some children were crying, the smell was not good, medical staff were shuttling in between, and strangely, there was a cat coaxing the child -
Wearing a white collar with a cross symbol, a black cat lies on the shoulder of the statue of Mary, while other cats squat by the bed or put a paw on the forehead of the child... This is how they coax children, right?
Reti was obviously confused, and she stood there hesitantly. Dick stopped someone and asked, "Excuse me, where is Ms. Millie White?"
This randomly chosen passerby was holding a large bundle of dark green canvas, his hair was disheveled and his forehead was covered with sweat - Dick could see that he was going to pull it into a curtain to simply separate the beds.
The passerby was stunned for a moment and said, "I am Millie White... Who are you?"
Dick: “?”
He hesitated. "Is it Miss White, the mayor's secretary?"
"It's me," Millie smiled helplessly, "Sir, who asked you to come to me... As you can see, we are very busy now."
It was actually true... Dick explained the matter of Reti to her and took over the canvas from her. He picked up the big bundle easily, and at Millie's refusal, he helped her hang up the canvas curtain. Millie also listened to what happened to Reti.
"That's it," Millie stared into Ruti's eyes, making the girl feel extremely awkward. When the girl wasn't paying attention, she stretched out her arms and hugged Ruti tightly. "It's okay. You can stay here with us in the future. The shelter adopts children under the age of 15, and women of other ages will be hired first. You can work here, it's okay."
Ruti stayed in her arms, not daring to move or make a sound. She smelled the pleasant, light floral scent, and she felt herself softening in it.
Millie explained to Riti and Dick, "The mayor asked me to turn this place into a shelter. Originally, it was only for children, but when we registered the population of the East District, we found the first pregnant woman, then the seriously ill people waiting to die at home, and then the people who were injured and infected in gang fights... Because we saw it, we couldn't turn a blind eye."
Dick looked at her and said sincerely, "You are a good person."
Millie said helplessly: "I am from the East End too. I was born in Crime Alley."
She used to be really ashamed to tell where she was born, but today, she holds the wrists of those who are worried and says, "It's okay, don't be afraid, I'm from Crime Alley too."
Currently, the construction team is renovating the second floor of the church into a residence for children, and the first floor will temporarily become a nursing home for patients. Millie remembers the mayor's words - except for children, they will not provide free help, and these people must repay them by working after they are cured.
The sewer project just happened to be short of workers.
But maybe by the time they recover from their illness, the sewers will be repaired, Millie thought helplessly, the mayor is really a good person.
Weiwei had no idea that the secretary had secretly given her a nice guy card.
She is in a meeting.
There were 37 people present in total. These were not necessarily all the City Hall employees who were labeled as "kind". There must be some that Weiwei had not discovered yet. This was just the group she had discovered.
Are there no good people in Gotan? How is that possible? However, most of the good people who can survive in Gotan know how to protect themselves. In other words, when their own strength is limited, they can only show limited kindness, otherwise they will die in an accident sooner or later.
Besides that, Weiwei actually knew that some people had the quality of "justice", such as Police Chief Gordon, but the East District currently did not need just people.
People who are too righteous cannot tolerate small evils. For example, prostitutes like Ruiti who illegally sell Y should theoretically all go to jail.
So Weiwei needs kind people to give her advice. These people are not only kind, but also weak in social status. They can consider things from the perspective of the weak.
"Shelk is smart and useful, but he's not a good person. We can't let him take full charge of the East District now," Weiwei remembered that Shelk was so ambitious that he wanted to get rid of her. "I need a new department to share power. Millie is not enough. She can't handle it."
Weiwei knocked on the table, and the people who were arguing stopped tacitly. They heard her say, "Well, I transferred you from other departments to cooperate with the new policy implemented in the East District of Gotham. You are responsible for making suggestions, and then the person who makes the suggestion must personally follow up on the implementation of the suggestion. Your rights are flexible... The content review is handed over to my personal secretary, Jar."
She clapped her hands: "This new department will be called——"
"The new parliament."
[Main quest activated: City political system·New parliament]
[Congratulations to the player for activating this main quest. You have established a new department, the "New Parliament". This department is currently sparsely staffed and has the same characteristics. You are like a helmsman, adjusting the direction of this small boat. You hope that its appearance will make Gotham a better place. ]
[Can the new parliament achieve your goal? Change the East District and improve the political situation in Gotham? Every month, the system will help players rate the contributions made by this department——]
[This task is a monthly task and will be settled once at the end of each month. ]
[Task rewards: 0~500 diamonds/month, 0~1.5 million gold coins/month]
I didn't expect that a main plot could be activated here. For Weiwei, it felt like money falling from the sky - when she set up this department, she didn't expect that the system would give her money.
Now, it is equivalent to having double insurance of her AI and system to ensure that "this ship" is indeed sailing on the normal course.
After being fired, Martin Joseph seamlessly took over the temporary cell of the MCU - his arrest was like a wind direction, and it took only two hours for everyone to push the wall down. In about two days, he will be able to return to Blackgate Prison from the MCU without a trial. As a "criminal", I believe that the prisoners he once cared for will also take good care of this former warden.
And Vivi, now has to go and see her prison.
"First day at work," she said. "I'm so nervous."