Phantom Thief Kidd

Chapter 157 The Boulder Falls (Two in One)

(Continuing two-in-one today, I decided to update both updates together in the future, and the time should be chosen before midnight)
There are plenty of survivors hiding in Gotham High, which is great news.

McKesson believes he still has a certain understanding of Gordon's youngest son, James Jr.

Unlike the perverted criminals in the comics, the little James here is naughty, but kind-hearted.

Little James is as much a Batman fan as his older sister Barbara.

It's just that when Batman took the initiative to take responsibility for killing Harvey Dent, little James didn't compromise with reality like his sister.

He never accepted that Batman was wronged for no reason.

Jim Gordon's silence on this matter made James Jr. even more dissatisfied. He believed that his father should not cover up a lie.

Otherwise, how can it be worthy of the title of the only remaining Light of Justice in Gotham?

Harvey Dent's will could not resist the corruption of the clown, and he committed a series of brutal murders.

He even kidnapped him and his sister to blackmail Gordon.

Why let Batman take the blame for Harvey.

Just to push the Dent Act?
The young James did not understand why a bill must be implemented in the name of Harvey, and why Harvey Dent must be a bright and righteous image.

In fact, in Gotham at that time, except for Harvey Dent, no prosecutor dared to face the Gotham gang head-on.

Before meeting the Joker, Harvey was indeed a Knight of Light.

Even Bruce respects Harvey from the bottom of his heart.

To put it bluntly, Harvey Dent is the future star of Gotham.

If everyone knows that even such a Harvey Dent will fall someday, then others will be even less trustworthy.

If the government wants to introduce a new bill, no matter what the original intention is, it will be misinterpreted as a conspiracy theory.

Plus those gangsters are behind the scenes.

The setbacks were unimaginable.

And vice versa?

In order to defend the law, Harvey Dent did not hesitate to fight the gangsters, even if his face was disfigured, he did not give up the justice in his heart.

In the end, he died tragically at the hands of darkness.

Stimulated by this script, the death of Harvey Dent will be deeply felt by every citizen of Gotham.

Pushing through the Dent Act as Harvey's dying wish would be popular.

In the tide of the people of Gotham, the obstruction of the gangsters is like a mantis holding a car, unable to turn over any storms.

This led to eight years of peace in Gotham.

Therefore, Barbara can understand her father. She knows Gordon's inner struggle and entanglement, but he is helpless after all.

Little James can't understand, or maybe he understands, but he doesn't agree with this approach.

In short, the father-son relationship between James Jr. and Gordon is very rigid, but the relationship between his sister and McGison is getting along well.

McKesson and Charlie walked into the school.

Gotham Middle School is the largest junior high school in the city. It has seven six-story teaching buildings, two nine-story laboratory buildings, one five-story administrative building, an outdoor playground with a standard 400-meter track, and an indoor gymnasium.

There is also a three-story library.

If you count the cafeteria and dormitory, five or six buildings will be added.

Many high schools don't have complexes of this size.

However, the junior high school is now in ruins.

The laboratory building, administrative building and teaching building have been baptized by a large amount of explosives, leaving only a few buildings that have not completely collapsed.

Maggison even saw a small half-cut missile from an incomplete teaching building, which is usually used as a standard weapon on armed helicopters.

"There's someone hiding in the toilet over there."

Charlie's little paw pointed at the wreckage of the building not far away.

McKesson looked over and saw a row of restroom stalls isolated among the rubble.

There is also a sign for the women's restroom painted on it.

"Well, it looks like it's a girl hiding here."

Now is not the time to worry about whether it is the women's toilet, Maggison picked up Charlie and ran over.

"Hey, is there someone in there, are you okay?"

McKesson yelled politely first, but there was no response from the people hiding inside.

So, Maggison had no choice but to open the door of the compartment directly.

"Don't come near me!"

Only an immature female voice came into Magison's ears.

As the compartment was fully unfolded, the girl hiding inside revealed her true colors.

This is a blond girl aged fourteen or fifteen, wearing a pair of black headphones, a brown jacket, and a shirt with a red ring around the neckline and the rest is blue.

The red and blue are separated by three gold W-stripes close together, and the outer jacket has the same stripes.

It was obvious that she was not Caucasian, as the girl had a natural tan and a very streamlined figure.

The slightly raised biceps told McKesson that the girl must be exercising regularly.

I saw the girl tightly covering the earphones on both sides with both hands, making them stick tightly to her ears.

No wonder Maggieson didn't respond to calling her just now, so it's strange to hear the voice.

One thing is strange, Maggison noticed that the girl's eyes did not show any emotion such as "fear" or "panic", on the contrary, only "vigilance" could be seen from it.

What's even weirder is that there seems to be a fighting spirit hidden in the depths of her eyes...

McKesson was a little curious about the girl's identity, but now he had more pressing matters to ask her.

He slowly stretched out his hand towards the top of the girl's head, trying to take off the earphones on top of her head.

Unexpectedly, the moment Maggison's hand touched the earphone, the girl's eyes instantly became sharp.

She jerked Maggison's hand away from her head, and for the first time, took her hand off the headset.

With both hands clasped on the baffle of the next compartment, with a push, he easily crossed over and entered another compartment.

This kind of skill is already quite rare for a young girl. In Magison's memory, Barbara didn't have such smooth skills at this age.

"Hey girl, I mean no harm, you gotta take off your headphones so we can talk."

Maggison had no choice but to come to another cubicle. This time he did not approach rashly, but pointed to the earphone channel the girl was wearing, hoping that the girl would understand what he meant.

"No need, I can hear you, and this pair of headphones is not mine."

Unexpectedly, the girl actually answered Magison's words.

"Okay, so can you tell me your name? Are there any other surviving students and teachers? Where are they? I'm here to help you."

McKesson asked with a smile.

"Cassie Sandmark, that's my name."

The girl, Cassie, replied.

"You said you came to help us, are you a policeman? A firefighter?"

"Sorry, I am neither of the two you mentioned."

Maggison shrugged and said.

"Then how do I know if you are a bad person?"

Cassie stared warily at Maggison's face.

"And you look so weird, you look like a monkey."

"Woof! (Someone is coming this way)"

At this time, Charlie suddenly ran over and bit Magison's trousers.

In front of outsiders, it cannot speak human words.

But with the translator Konjac, Maggison can understand the language of dogs.

The information Charlie expressed made his eyes twitch.

"Wow woof woof! (There is only one other person, and it's not an adult smell)"

Hearing this, Maggison felt a little relieved.

"Is this your pet, Uncle Monkey?"

Cassie looked down at Charlie and asked with a wink.

"I kind of believe you're not a bad person now, because only good people have cute dogs."

"Yes, it's called Charlie."

Maggison knelt down and touched Charlie's little head, and introduced.

"Also, it's very impolite to call someone Uncle Monkey."

"But I don't know your name."

Cassie tilted her head, puzzled.

"My name? You can call me... Lupine the Third."
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On the other side, after Barbara and Pamela separated, they went straight to GCPD.

I met some gangsters and thugs on the road, and she solved them all.

The location of GCPD is not far from Robinson Park, and Barbara arrived here in less than an hour.

When Barbara set foot on this familiar land again, her heart suddenly became cold.

"Oh no."

There is no living person in the GCPD now. The entire police station has been burned for many days, and the walls that were originally white are now as black as charcoal.

Barbara walked into the GCPD's armory, only to find it empty as well.

Needless to say, Bane must have removed all the weapons.

"Tell me, why does the leader want us to inspect this place every day?"

Suddenly, a voice came from outside, accompanied by footsteps.

Barbara quickly hid behind the door of the armory, and after listening carefully, she confirmed that there were only two people outside.

"Who knows what the leader thinks, but the GCPD policemen are not dead yet, especially their director Jim Gordon, whose whereabouts are unknown now, and he was never found in the police hospital. Instead, two brothers died .”

"Perhaps the chief was worried that after Jim Gordon escaped, he might join the rest of the police."

Another of Bane's men answered the man's question just now.

"Recently, the situation in the city is complicated. Many brothers died inexplicably. It may be the remnants of Gordon's gang...or other gangsters. Maybe one day we both will die for no reason."

The person who asked the question sighed.

"They just said that Jim Gordon is not in the hospital... It seems that there should be no irreparable accidents with Dad."

The information revealed in the conversation between the two made Barbara happy.

"If Dad wasn't in the hospital, where would he be?"

"There are also surviving police officers, where will they hide..."

Barbara was lost in thought.

"Have you checked everything over there?"

"It's the same as before, how about you?"

"There's nothing new here, it's time to look in the arsenal."

The shouts of the two came from outside, and Barbara narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Bang!"

The large iron door of the armory was opened by two inspectors, and there was nothing inside.

"After the inspection, we can finally go back."

The two walked in and turned around before walking out the door and leaving GCPD.

Barbara came down from the ceiling when they were gone.

She just used the rope launcher to fix herself on the ceiling of the armory, avoiding inspections.

"Although the whereabouts of my father have not been found, at least it is enough to know that he is still alive."

A big stone in my heart has fallen, and there is another big stone left.

"Go back to Robinson Park first, and wait for Pamela's news."

Barbara quietly withdrew from GCPD and walked to the base in Robinson Park.

What she didn't realize was that in a deep alley near GCPD, a looming figure was silently watching her...
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"Lupine... the third?"

Cassie frowned, why is the name so strange?
"Wow! (That person is almost here)"

Charlie reminded Maggison again.

"Shh, someone is coming here."

McKesson immediately motioned for Cassie to be quiet, then turned and waited for the man Charlie had mentioned.

Not long after, there were faint footsteps coming from the darkness.

The sound is getting louder and louder, which means that this person is getting closer and closer.

"Hey, Cassie, look what I found, you can't believe it, it's a cheese ham three..."

It was a boy's voice, and it sounded like it should be about the same age as Cassie.

The corner of Maggison's mouth curled up slightly, and he recognized who the owner of the voice was.

It was James Gordon Jr. he was looking for on this trip.

I saw a well-proportioned boy running out of the darkness with a happy smile on his face.

He held a large bag in his hands, which was full of various foods.

In addition to the big bag, little James also held a sandwich wrapped in a fresh-keeping bag in his hand.

However, when he saw a man in a red suit with a monkey face standing beside Cassie, his words of joy stopped abruptly.

Instead, vigilance and... anger!
"Who are you and what do you want to do to Cassie?"

Little James put the big bag in his hand on the ground, and then assumed an attacking posture.

He and his sister have studied Kali martial arts for a period of time. Although he is not as talented as Barbara, it can also give little James a good fighting power.

At the age of fourteen or fifteen, before his body has grown, he can already defeat normal adults.

"It's all right, little James, his name is Lupine, he's not a bad guy."

Cassie ran over and stood in front of little James.

She took off the headphones on her head that she didn't want Magison to touch, and stuffed them into little James' hands.

"I love your headphones, thank you for lending them to me."

Cassie picked up the big bag on the ground again and counted the contents inside.

"You brought back a lot of food this time, butter bread, toast, compressed biscuits, chocolate bars... enough for everyone to eat for two days."

"Your name is Lupine?"

Little James squinted at Maggison, "Why did you come here?"

"Cassie said you're not a bad person, and I won't question her judgment."

"But that doesn't mean we'll accept you. You don't look like a policeman or a soldier. You don't have anything on your body. I'm curious how you survived in Gotham."

"If you're just asking for some food, please forgive me. There are more than a dozen junior students in the school who are hungry, and the food is for them."

Little James said beyond doubt.

(End of this chapter)