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Chapter 860
chapter 0355 part 3
"Sir, let me remind you, the public order/security in Gotham hasn't been very good lately. Don't wander around aimlessly. And the same goes for this lady, it's best not to leave the Wealthy District!"
Listening to the driver's kind reminder, the man smiled: "Thank you for the reminder, I'll be careful!"
Diana also nodded at the driver, thanking him for his good intentions.
"Hello, I'm Tang Song. My friends call me Tang, from New York!"
Facing the hand extended by the man beside her, Diana hesitated slightly before shaking it.
"Diana Prince, you can call me Diana!"
"Tang, you are Chinese!" Feeling Tang Song's hand briefly squeeze and then withdraw, Diana felt a slight liking for this man who knew his boundaries.
Of course, it was just the kind of non-aversion one feels towards a stranger.
Diana vaguely felt that Tang Song's name sounded familiar.
"You can tell by this face, haha!" Tang Song smiled.
Infected by Tang Song's hearty smile, Diana also laughed: "Indeed, you Eastern people have very delicate skin!"
With the conversation started, Diana and Tang Song chatted in the car.
The man named Tang's knowledge and intellectual capacity made even Diana, who held several doctor degrees, feel a bit ashamed.
What surprised her the most was that this Easterner was very knowledgeable about ancient Greek history and Olympian Mythology.
With a common topic, the two became more and more engrossed in their conversation. Unknowingly, Diana told the man the locations of some ancient Ruins she had discovered on Mount Olympus.
"Bang bang!"
Several muffled gunfire sounds suddenly came from ahead. The driver performed an emergency stop. Tang Song, sitting in the back, seemed not to have reacted. If Diana hadn't steadied him, he would have hit his head on the back of the front seat. "Thank you!" Tang Song said with a startled look, nodding at Diana. He then asked the driver:
"Driver, what's going on?"
"There are two Gangs fighting up ahead! We can't get through, let's take a detour!"
The driver leaned out to look at the intersection, then turned back to ask the two passengers for their opinion.
"Okay, drop this lady off first!"
Tang Song nodded at the driver.
"Is your Gotham City this chaotic? Gun battles in the street, doesn't the Police Department do anything!"
The driver turned the car around and drove for a distance before entering another road.
"The Police Station in Gotham City has only improved somewhat since Gordon became Director, but the detectives below still don't dare to provoke those Gangs!"
The driver shook his head: "But these Gangs weren't this rampant before. I heard that Penguin is dead, and now all the Gangs, big and small, in Gotham City are fighting over the territory he left behind!"
"Penguin!? Is that a nickname?"
"Oswald, the biggest Gang Boss in Gotham. Penguin is his nickname. With his death, the whole of Gotham will probably be in Chaos for a while!" Hearing Tang Song's doubt, the driver sighed.
Perhaps because of the recent gun battle, the three people in the car lost their interest in chatting.
The driver drove smoothly and quickly, and soon reached the first Destination, Gotham's largest and most luxurious shopping center. The luxury goods street here almost covers the world's top luxury goods brands.
"Goodbye! Tang~"
After getting out of the car, Diana turned and waved at Tang Song before walking towards the shopping center.
"..."
Smiling and waving back at her, Tang Song, who was sitting upright, suddenly had a change in demeanor.
"Didn't realize this lady was a rich person. So beautiful and so rich, sir, you should really seize the opportunity!"
The driver stepped on the accelerator, leaving the core area of the Wealthy District. He glanced at Tang Song through the rearview mirror, feeling that this passenger seemed a bit different.
But where he was different, he couldn't say, it was just a feeling.
"The Princess of Themyscira (Paradise Island), of course she's not short on money!" Tang Song smiled.
"Princess, this lady is a Princess! I knew I felt intimidated talking to her! She really has presence!"
The taxi stopped at the Hilton Hotel Entrance. The driver took the tip Tang Song handed him and quickly promoted himself: "Sir, are you here to travel in Gotham? Do you want to hire my car? I'm familiar with all the major attractions in Gotham City!"
"Thank you, but I won't trouble you. I won't be staying in Gotham City for many days. I'll leave after I finish my matters!" Tang Song politely declined the driver.
"You still have matters to handle,"
"Just a small matter, won't take many days!"
The driver pulled a business card from under the driver's seat and handed it to Tang Song.
"This is my phone number. You can contact me if you need anything!"
"Okay! I'll contact you if I need to!" Tang Song took the business card and turned to walk towards the Hotel.
Outside Gotham Harbor, at the abandoned dam, the area was now completely occupied by Parademons. Countless dense Parademons were entrenched in this old district, their numbers despairingly large.
Barry Allen, with a yellow talisman paper attached to his body, ran at super speed through this old district.
"23673, 23674, 23675, 23676,..."
Even though it was daytime, the sunlight overhead was obscured by the dense army of Parademons.
On the roofs of the abandoned houses nearby, rows and rows of Parademons squatted and stood everywhere.
The senses of these extraterrestrial life form bio-weapons had been specially modified. Their sense of smell could not only detect scent but also sense the fear of their prey.
As Barry Allen ran past at super speed, this group of bio-weapons that fed on fear, although they couldn't see Barry with the invisibility talisman, sensed that fear.
Countless dense Parademons flew up, trying to catch the prey emitting fear.
But the prey's aura was fleeting. The Parademons who missed could only circle in the sky a few times before landing back on the roofs.
Barry Allen counted the number of Parademons, overcoming his inner fear, while drawing straight lines on the ground with the bone rod in his hand, following the satellite guidance on his wrist.
Wherever he went, a shallow groove half a foot deep extended rapidly. Within the straight shallow groove, streaks of gray Misty Energy attached themselves to the ground.
Upon reaching the node indicated by the satellite, according to Constantine's instructions, Barry Allen took a flag from his backpack and fiercely inserted it into the ground. The flagpole sank into the ground.
(end of chapter)
"Sir, let me remind you, the public order/security in Gotham hasn't been very good lately. Don't wander around aimlessly. And the same goes for this lady, it's best not to leave the Wealthy District!"
Listening to the driver's kind reminder, the man smiled: "Thank you for the reminder, I'll be careful!"
Diana also nodded at the driver, thanking him for his good intentions.
"Hello, I'm Tang Song. My friends call me Tang, from New York!"
Facing the hand extended by the man beside her, Diana hesitated slightly before shaking it.
"Diana Prince, you can call me Diana!"
"Tang, you are Chinese!" Feeling Tang Song's hand briefly squeeze and then withdraw, Diana felt a slight liking for this man who knew his boundaries.
Of course, it was just the kind of non-aversion one feels towards a stranger.
Diana vaguely felt that Tang Song's name sounded familiar.
"You can tell by this face, haha!" Tang Song smiled.
Infected by Tang Song's hearty smile, Diana also laughed: "Indeed, you Eastern people have very delicate skin!"
With the conversation started, Diana and Tang Song chatted in the car.
The man named Tang's knowledge and intellectual capacity made even Diana, who held several doctor degrees, feel a bit ashamed.
What surprised her the most was that this Easterner was very knowledgeable about ancient Greek history and Olympian Mythology.
With a common topic, the two became more and more engrossed in their conversation. Unknowingly, Diana told the man the locations of some ancient Ruins she had discovered on Mount Olympus.
"Bang bang!"
Several muffled gunfire sounds suddenly came from ahead. The driver performed an emergency stop. Tang Song, sitting in the back, seemed not to have reacted. If Diana hadn't steadied him, he would have hit his head on the back of the front seat. "Thank you!" Tang Song said with a startled look, nodding at Diana. He then asked the driver:
"Driver, what's going on?"
"There are two Gangs fighting up ahead! We can't get through, let's take a detour!"
The driver leaned out to look at the intersection, then turned back to ask the two passengers for their opinion.
"Okay, drop this lady off first!"
Tang Song nodded at the driver.
"Is your Gotham City this chaotic? Gun battles in the street, doesn't the Police Department do anything!"
The driver turned the car around and drove for a distance before entering another road.
"The Police Station in Gotham City has only improved somewhat since Gordon became Director, but the detectives below still don't dare to provoke those Gangs!"
The driver shook his head: "But these Gangs weren't this rampant before. I heard that Penguin is dead, and now all the Gangs, big and small, in Gotham City are fighting over the territory he left behind!"
"Penguin!? Is that a nickname?"
"Oswald, the biggest Gang Boss in Gotham. Penguin is his nickname. With his death, the whole of Gotham will probably be in Chaos for a while!" Hearing Tang Song's doubt, the driver sighed.
Perhaps because of the recent gun battle, the three people in the car lost their interest in chatting.
The driver drove smoothly and quickly, and soon reached the first Destination, Gotham's largest and most luxurious shopping center. The luxury goods street here almost covers the world's top luxury goods brands.
"Goodbye! Tang~"
After getting out of the car, Diana turned and waved at Tang Song before walking towards the shopping center.
"..."
Smiling and waving back at her, Tang Song, who was sitting upright, suddenly had a change in demeanor.
"Didn't realize this lady was a rich person. So beautiful and so rich, sir, you should really seize the opportunity!"
The driver stepped on the accelerator, leaving the core area of the Wealthy District. He glanced at Tang Song through the rearview mirror, feeling that this passenger seemed a bit different.
But where he was different, he couldn't say, it was just a feeling.
"The Princess of Themyscira (Paradise Island), of course she's not short on money!" Tang Song smiled.
"Princess, this lady is a Princess! I knew I felt intimidated talking to her! She really has presence!"
The taxi stopped at the Hilton Hotel Entrance. The driver took the tip Tang Song handed him and quickly promoted himself: "Sir, are you here to travel in Gotham? Do you want to hire my car? I'm familiar with all the major attractions in Gotham City!"
"Thank you, but I won't trouble you. I won't be staying in Gotham City for many days. I'll leave after I finish my matters!" Tang Song politely declined the driver.
"You still have matters to handle,"
"Just a small matter, won't take many days!"
The driver pulled a business card from under the driver's seat and handed it to Tang Song.
"This is my phone number. You can contact me if you need anything!"
"Okay! I'll contact you if I need to!" Tang Song took the business card and turned to walk towards the Hotel.
Outside Gotham Harbor, at the abandoned dam, the area was now completely occupied by Parademons. Countless dense Parademons were entrenched in this old district, their numbers despairingly large.
Barry Allen, with a yellow talisman paper attached to his body, ran at super speed through this old district.
"23673, 23674, 23675, 23676,..."
Even though it was daytime, the sunlight overhead was obscured by the dense army of Parademons.
On the roofs of the abandoned houses nearby, rows and rows of Parademons squatted and stood everywhere.
The senses of these extraterrestrial life form bio-weapons had been specially modified. Their sense of smell could not only detect scent but also sense the fear of their prey.
As Barry Allen ran past at super speed, this group of bio-weapons that fed on fear, although they couldn't see Barry with the invisibility talisman, sensed that fear.
Countless dense Parademons flew up, trying to catch the prey emitting fear.
But the prey's aura was fleeting. The Parademons who missed could only circle in the sky a few times before landing back on the roofs.
Barry Allen counted the number of Parademons, overcoming his inner fear, while drawing straight lines on the ground with the bone rod in his hand, following the satellite guidance on his wrist.
Wherever he went, a shallow groove half a foot deep extended rapidly. Within the straight shallow groove, streaks of gray Misty Energy attached themselves to the ground.
Upon reaching the node indicated by the satellite, according to Constantine's instructions, Barry Allen took a flag from his backpack and fiercely inserted it into the ground. The flagpole sank into the ground.
(end of chapter)
