I'm just acting like a pervert, I'm actually a good prisoner

"I don't understand what you mean."

Xie Qi tilted his head, seeming confused.

"I just came to this city, where can there be enemies?"

The Penguin carefully observed Xie Qi's expression, trying to find what he wanted from his seemingly ignorant face.

"You don't have to play dumb with me. I know everything from my informant. You have been against the police since you appeared in Gotham. I heard that you ran away from Gordon twice. Now Gotham and the police are controlled by Molly. Did you come to Gotham just to live under their surveillance?"

"I didn't expect you to pay so much attention to me."

Xie Qi loosened his hand on his stomach and stood up from the sofa.

The man in black behind the Penguin put his hand on his waist and looked at him vigilantly, while the Penguin was still sitting in his original position and touching his umbrella.

Xie Qi spread his hands to show that he had no ill intentions.

Sergei stepped forward and put a document on the table, motioning the Penguin to look at it.

The document was very thick, probably dozens of pages.

Penguin flipped through a few pages on the table, and then stopped his hand. He immediately picked up all the information and looked through it in detail.

"You... hacked into the intelligent brain?"

Hearing the other party's somewhat unbelievable tone, Xie Qi chuckled.

"This is just a small part. You don't know until you see it. It turns out that there are so many industrial chains behind the former dark emperor of Gotham, smuggling, usury, human trafficking... Although they are all in District 50 now, as long as you follow some clues, you can find those delivery channels."

Penguin was sure that no one knew that he came to find Xie Qi before.

But these materials were found within just one hour of his arrival...

The heavy information was thrown on the table.

The smile on Penguin's face disappeared, revealing his original sinister expression.

In the second round of confrontation, Xie Qi won.

"Mr. Cobert, I really like you."

This was the first time Penguin heard a man say this to him.

He looked strange, with a twisted expression and entanglement, and some speechlessness.

Xie Qi ignored him and continued his performance:

"You are one of the few people I have ever seen who can abandon everything for power and wealth, including family, friends, and country... You regard the struggle for power and strength as the only meaning of life, and regard almost everyone as your enemy and tool."

Every time Xie Qi said a word, the Penguin's face became a little uglier.

"You may think I am mocking you, but no, I really admire you.

How many people can be so extremely selfish? Many people want power and status, but they cannot give up the kindness in their hearts. Such people can only live in the world in a muddle, let their abilities be exhausted in entanglement, and finally can only be lost in the crowd."

"But you are different."

Xie Qi slowly approached the Penguin. The height difference between the two was obvious, not to mention that one was standing and the other was sitting.

"Your world is pure and simple. Only people like you can get rid of unnecessary constraints."

"What do you want to say?"

The Penguin interrupted after listening to a sentence that was not sure whether it was to praise or criticize him.

Xie Qi was not angry and still kept smiling.

"What I mean is that although you can be regarded as the dark emperor of Gotham, you can't be called a top criminal master. A truly excellent criminal master will control others while respecting their free will and force them to accept their will. They can only be called low-level criminals."

Although he said it in a roundabout way, Penguin understood it at once.

"Do you mean you don't want to cooperate with me?"

"You can't say it so absolutely. I am a businessman, just like you. Everything can be traded. Information, weapons, potions... anything.

But these are all appearances. If you want to change the pattern of Gotham City, you only need a few changes in key positions, and this is also the art of control."

Xie Qi sat down next to Penguin and closed the distance between them.

Sensing the action of his men behind him to draw their guns, Penguin raised his umbrella to stop them.

"So what do you mean..."

He realized the implication of Xie Qi's words and looked at him with a flickering look.

"Since you want to run for mayor, you must know that the will of the masses is the easiest to manipulate. They will only see what they like to see, and only a few people can influence the final result."

Since the Penguin appeared, he has not shown any idea of ​​wanting to be the mayor, but Xie Qi has analyzed his inner pursuit from his every move.

The Penguin opened his mouth, but was interrupted by Xie Qi.

"I'm not talking about Molly Weston, he is just a puppet of the intelligent brain. Without the intelligent brain, he is nothing."

Seeing the Penguin frowning and thinking, Xie QiChuckling.

"Speaking of which, why doesn't Mr. Cobblepot seek cooperation with Batman? I heard that he is the righteous hero of Gotham. If he knew what Mayor Molly did secretly with the intelligent brain, he would definitely take the initiative to take action, right?"

"Batman?"

The Penguin had a very complicated feeling when he heard the name.

As the crime king of Gotham, he was of course an enemy of this righteous hero.

He once wanted to expose Batman's true face and completely expel this so-called Gotham hero from Gotham.

But just when he had this idea, he found that without Batman, he would have no opponent and goal to strive for. It seemed that only in the contest with Batman could he find the value and meaning of his existence.

And this idea has been constantly invading his mind during the three years when Batman disappeared.

"The key you are talking about is Batman? That arrogant Dark Knight will not be used by you. Although the intelligent brain is used by Molly, it does a good job in protecting the safety of citizens. What can you use to convince him to fight Molly with you?"

Xie Qi looked at the criminal leader who was supposed to be Batman's enemy but spoke for Batman curiously.

"It sounds like you know Batman very well. Can you tell me about him?"

The Penguin did not refuse this request. He picked out a few important events in which he had opposed Batman and told Xie Qi.

"If you can really pull Batman to your camp, I can temporarily put aside my grudge with him and work with you to get Molly out of power."

The Penguin said something he didn't believe in, after all, no one knew how stubborn Batman was better than him.

The conversation ended in failure.

Both of them had their own ulterior motives and didn't trust each other.

Just before leaving, Penguin asked the question he had always wanted to ask, "What is your purpose in coming to Gotham?"

This was also the question Edward had asked Xie Qi before.

At that time, he said that he wanted to re-establish the rules, but facing Penguin who also wanted to become the king of Gotham, he had to change his words.

"Me?"

Xie Qi touched his chin, tilted his head and smiled.

"Life is too boring, just looking for some fun."