After the man was locked up, Weiwei asked the prison guards to send the information of "Matchstick Malone" to her.
"Car theft," Weiwei stared at the phone interface and scrolled down silently, "His information seems...no problem?"
This Matchstick Malone's life experience is unremarkable. His biggest problem is theft and robbery. However, the statute of limitations for robbery has long expired, and the judge only sentenced him for large-scale theft.
Then, this guy did not resist, did not try to escape, and obediently went to jail to serve his sentence.
Matchstick Malone was indeed his nickname when he was in the underworld, but it was not very famous and it was a nickname from many years ago. He did not appear very often in recent years. It is not difficult to imagine how difficult this man's life was, as he fell from a private detective who once had some fame to being arrested for stealing a luxury car.
Compared to other crimes such as random serial killings, mass murders, mind control, terrorist attacks, homemade gas, mass poisoning, and bombing of GCPD buildings, this guy is like a poor little baby among Arkham prisoners.
——So how did he get in?
If Weiwei had more free time, she would probably go and meet him directly, but now she was busy, and putting him in the mental ward did not activate any side quests, so she just put the prisoner aside for now.
Anyway, he still has three years left in his sentence, so there's no need to rush.
And...there are single rooms in the psychiatric ward!
"Mallon," Weiwei instructed the prison guards on the phone, "This man, he will continue to be locked up in the mental hospital ward, but he can be treated like ordinary prisoners, including exercise and cafeteria. I will deal with him when I come back."
While Weiwei was making the call, the person she was waiting for also arrived.
Arkham's Warden Sharp is currently recuperating in Gotham Hospital due to the trauma he suffered. Sitting opposite Vivi, the warden, is Arkham's Director of Logistics.
As for what they were here for... Of course, they were taking advantage of Sharp's absence and the prisoners' absence to dispose of some "defective" prison supplies.
The head of the logistics department was a man who hated mentally ill criminals.
"The existence of these mentally ill people means nothing to this society," the man opposite said, holding up his coffee cup with dignity. "They are just consuming taxpayers' money."
Weiwei did not comment on what he said. These criminals did consume taxpayers' money, but the problem was that the taxpayers' money was not reaching the mayor's hands now. It was better for Arkham to exist, at least it could hold back a group of criminals - wasn't it just fine last month?
However, her purpose was only to purchase a batch of devices for mentally ill criminals at a low price. Since Sharp was not here, the Director of Logistics Department could handle it with full authority.
With the combined effects of the "Honest Merchant" badge and the "Miser" title, she bought out almost all the inventory at a very low price.
After signing the contract, the minister himself seemed to find something wrong. He touched his forehead in confusion and said, "I don't know why, Ms. Bettywen, but I feel very friendly when I see you. I think we can continue to cooperate in the future."
Weiwei stood up and shook his hand, then glanced at the clock: "Goodbye, sir. I have another appointment."
The man who had just withdrawn his hand was stunned: he was planning to invite the warden to dinner and engage in necessary socializing.
But this lady behaved rather impolitely... Is she really not from the upper class?
——The Minister didn’t know at this time that they would indeed meet again soon.
That night, he will meet with Betty Wen because he was reported for embezzlement of public funds.
Are you kidding? How could the mayor give you money when doing business with you?
Not only the money from the sale of this batch of goods, but also the money he had secretly obtained from previous sales was confiscated, and public assets were added.
However, when leaving, Weiwei encountered a small episode.
A worker stopped her and said he had a message for a patient. He was stopped by the man when he entered Arkham for construction. He asked the worker to bring the message to Warden Bethevin.
"I don't really understand how he knew you'd come here," the worker said, "but it's just a coincidence that the man asked me to bring the following..."
"'You've lost some of your skills, Bella.'"
That's all.
However, like the strange matchstick Malone before, the mission was not activated.
Weiwei thought something special would happen, but in the end nothing happened. She shrugged, made a note of the incident, and then went to complete the task assigned to her today.
Weiwei decided to find a coach for "Weiwei White" under the identity of "Betty Wen".
She discovered that the skills she learned with the character cards were the most suitable for the character cards themselves, but not necessarily for the entity. The skill upgrades obtained as mission rewards were indeed unreliable.
When she is using her original form, she rarely fights with others, relying entirely on her powerful strength and strange gadgets to get by.
The main body has not activated any tasks to upgrade skills. In this case, I can always find a suitable skill trainer with money, right?
She first used the simplest method, and asked Bettyven, an "adult with a job", to hire a martial arts coach to train "Vivi". She could also fight with them as a parent... This martial arts coach should at least be able to beat Bella Bettyven, right?
The current skill list of the warden is as follows according to the skill level:
[Torture lv12, Motorcycle Skills lv9, Close Combat lv7, Lockpicking lv5, Shooting lv5, Solving Cases lv3, Sniper lv1]
It’s just level 7, so it should be... okay, right?
Then the NPC in Gotan City spent an afternoon proving to her that it was not possible.
After knocking the last Muay Thai coach to the ground, the warden was obviously confused.
She stood there in a daze for a while, then opened her phone and saw messages from other coaches who had made appointments with her, saying that they would not accept the order - the problem was that the warden had not even gone to fight with them yet, no, had not gone to compete with them.
"It seems like you have a private contact..." She said casually, "Who else do you think will be the next candidate?"
The Muay Thai coach lay on the ground, watching the woman mumbling to herself, but he didn't dare to say anything, he could only criticize in his heart -
"Which parent would enroll their child in more than ten courses at the same time? Is this something a normal person can learn? This child would have to stay awake for 22 hours just to finish one round of classes, right? You guys are just looking for a legitimate reason to fight with someone!"
It was not until he saw the woman go out and get on the motorcycle that he dared to get up, holding his waist and abdomen, and went to find a doctor crying "ouch".
As for Vivi, she crossed out the option of "fitness coach" in her mind. The next option was the military. She could use her identity as the mayor to find the guards, or use Bella's identity to find Winster's SWAT or a well-trained prison police. Both seemed to be possible.
But Weiwei recalled their performance in the previous battles——
There were no skills outstanding enough for her to discover among the green names, and she couldn't even read the panels of the red names.
"It seems to be in vain..." The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the motorcycle as she rode between the high-rise buildings. The candidate in her mind had changed from a prison guard to a prisoner. Instead of looking for a prisoner, she might as well let Batman train her.
——I just don’t know if Batman is willing to take on this part-time job.
The motorcycle eventually stopped at the highway entrance to South Hinckley.
In addition to looking for a "skills trainer", she used the identity of "prison warden" to find a suitable address for the rose garden.
The rose garden rewarded in the last dungeon finally feels more like a game. As long as you have the materials and your own land, you can directly click on the blueprint to build it.
[Materials: 7 liters of mercury, 3 kilograms of gold, 18 tons of any wood (high-grade wood can increase the hidden level of the rose garden), 300 kilograms of wormwood, 600 grams of corn, 700 grams of dandelion...]
It’s these strange materials that, at first glance, seem very... magical?
In short, Weiwei collected all the materials easily, taking some directly from the package and purchasing the other part online.
She went to South Hinckley because land prices in South Hinckley were lower.
In the whole of Gothen, the lowest land price is in South Hinckley, and slightly higher is Bristol. These two areas are both in the suburbs. The difference is that South Hinckley is on an island and belongs to an autonomous county. The penguin man’s warehouse was previously located here.
The public security here is also more chaotic than in Bristol.
Vivi has obtained her identity, and "Vivian White" has obtained her own social security number. Although her age has not reached the adult standard, she can also purchase land if someone guarantees her.
——Considering that this estate could easily rise overnight, it’s better to choose South Hinckley.
…
At this time, Matchstick Malone also finished his work for the day.
While being imprisoned in the mental hospital, Bruce actually calmly considered whether he should escape from prison - he vaguely realized that if he wanted to escape, this prison would not be able to hold him.
However, his sense of morality stopped him, and between escaping from prison and being released on bail, he chose the latter. The former made him feel like he really became... a criminal?
The funny thing is that he is indeed a criminal now, but this is the most contradictory part in Bruce's heart.
Why was he so desperate as to steal Wayne's car?
So, why was he in prison? Did the contact outside the prison get caught and betray him?
While Bruce was struggling with this, the prisoner across from him was still making annoying noises.
The criminal named Xiao Chou was bargaining with the prison guard who was passing by: "...Why reject my request? Poor Mr. Xiao Chou just wants to read a book!"
The prison guard twitched his brows. He seemed to want to escape but he suppressed his instinct. "The reason for the rebuttal was 'to ensure the life safety of the criminal.' The warden said that she was worried that you would commit suicide with the book."
The prison guard strode away after saying this, ignoring Xiao Chou's strange laughter.
He walked up to Bruce.
Bruce: “?”
He silently moved to the door and stared at the prison guard, who was the one who sent him in... or rather, tricked him in with the excuse of a job and then locked him up.
The prison guard also looked very confused. After a while, he said, "A07S1771, do you want to participate in the voluntary labor tonight?"
Bruce chuckled. "Cleaning up the psych ward?"
The prison guard coughed lightly and came closer to talk: "No, the warden said that you were locked up here, but you have the same rights as those criminals living in multi-person dormitories. You just got a single dormitory."
"So..." The prison guard seemed to think this order was a bit strange. "After you finish your cleaning task, you can go to the cafeteria to eat, and then you can go to the library."
Bruce paused. "What is that voluntary labor?"
The prison guard nodded. "This is the extra working time for the prisoners. You can choose to use your rest time to work for the prison. This work will be counted towards your evaluation and will be helpful for reducing your sentence. The time is after 20 o'clock."
Is that so? Bruce remained calm, but was very suspicious.
Labor after 8 p.m.? But the working hours are not specified. Is this really labor and not a trap?
However, it is indeed time for dinner.
Other criminals cannot go to the cafeteria to eat, but Bruce is not a criminal in the mental hospital ward, so he can still go to the cafeteria.
Bruce found the men who had been recruited from the six-man dormitory in the cafeteria and asked them some questions. He found out that there were only five people in the dormitory now. They were very disappointed when they saw Bruce - they thought Bruce had escaped from prison because he had not come back.
Who knows...
Did he get a single bedroom?
After Bruce left, several people looked at each other: On the first day in prison, a thief with ordinary crimes was transferred to a single cell?
Tsk tsk.