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When Dick got home, Depp calmed down and lay down on the bed to sleep.

Suddenly, I discovered that the system had given me another mission below the Gotham Knights missions.

Mission Name: The Simple and Honest People of Gotham City

Mission World: DC, Gotham

Mission objective: Make Gotham the city with the lowest crime rate in the United States for at least three months.

Mission Reward: Heart of Gotham, one Destiny Crystal.

Heart of Gotham: Placing it in the center of Gotham City creates a protective shield that covers the entire city for twelve hours.

How did Gotham become the city with the lowest crime rate in the United States?

And it's going to last for three more months?

System, you're dreaming!

And then there's Gotham Heart...

Create a protective shield that covers the entire Gotham City?

Is it to prevent the battle in Gotham City from being interrupted by the Metropolitan Police and superheroes?!

Exhausted, Depp didn't pay much attention and chose to go straight to sleep.

On a country road a dozen kilometers from Gotham, a man with green hair and pale skin was singing and dancing merrily as he walked towards Gotham.

As night falls, the streetlights, spaced far apart, emit a faint glow, dimly illuminating the highway.

"Tick-tock tick-tock~"

"Tick-tock tick-tock~"

"Gotham is my home, and I'm going home~"

"Charge! Charge! Charge! Time to go home!"

Joseph, now a clown, walks around singing and dancing.

No one knows how far he went, and no one knows why he didn't hitchhike.

The sound of horns rang out behind him, and the clown turned around, revealing a terrifying smile on his crimson lips.

"The car's here! Boom!"

squeak~

A sudden screech of brakes rang out, and the clown's nose was pressed right against the car window.

The man sitting in the front seat was quite frightened when he saw the green-haired freak leaning forward with his nose pressed against the car window.

This made them feel a sense of humiliation, which quickly turned into anger!

"Damn it, is this guy looking for death?"

"This freak's appearance is fucking disgusting!"

They opened the car door, grabbed a Mossberg 500 shotgun, and shoved the clown into the roadside bushes.

The guys in the back of the truck looked like they were watching a good show, sticking their heads out of the windows.

They were waiting to hear the green-haired freak's wails.

A few seconds later, the expected wail did not occur. Instead, the two guys who had pushed the clown away returned with strange smiles on their faces.

Their mouths were agape, and they couldn't help but burst into happy laughter.

Haha, hahahahahahaha.

However, a few sharp-eyed people in the back seat noticed that although the two men were laughing, their eyes were full of fear.

The two laughing hysterically stuck their heads in through the car window.

Then two gunshots rang out, and the two guys were blown out of the head.

The clown emerged from the bushes and carelessly tossed aside the Mossberg 500.

"Your car music is great; it's a song that will make you laugh out loud."

After saying that, the Joker ignored the guys in the car and continued singing and dancing as he walked toward Gotham.

A thick, reddish-white liquid drenched the guys in the back seat of the car.

They were terrified and furious!

But soon, only uncontrollable smiles remained on the faces of these guys.

Haha!

Hahaha!

Hahahahaha!

The entire pickup truck was filled with a terrifyingly cheerful laugh.

Chapter 103 The Viti Family

Snapped!

Gordon slammed several photos on the police station's desk, and detectives gathered around.

"What's this?" Brock asked, eating his hamburger.

Gordon pointed to the photo and said with a serious expression, "This was taken this morning on a country road leading to Gotham. The people in it are all dead."

Brock looked down at the photos, all of which featured a small truck as the main subject.

Outside the truck, two men, with only a quarter of their heads remaining, were hanging themselves from the window using their necks and chins.

The inside of the truck was covered from top to bottom in a bloody mess of red and white blood and brain matter.

Half of a laughing mouth was still hanging from the armrest of someone's chair.

Clearly, it was those two unlucky guys who got their heads blown off who caused this.

The other passengers in the carriage were covered in red and white blood and lay on their seats.

His mouth was wide open, revealing a hearty laugh.

But these guys' eyes were filled with fear, as if they were laughing involuntarily, watching themselves walk step by step toward death.

The bloody and bizarre scene in the photo instantly killed Brock's appetite.

He tossed the remaining half of the hamburger into the trash can, frowned, and asked, "The guy who did this is a real freak! And why are these guys laughing like that in the carriage?"

"God knows why these guys were laughing as they died, and apart from the two who got their heads blown off, the others didn't have any wounds."

Gordon took out a photo from the back and pointed to the tattoos on the arms of two of the criminals.

"Notice this, this is the symbol of the Carlaviti mafia family, the sister of the Roman Cameronfalcone."

Brock asked doubtfully, "Carla Vitti? Is that the Vitti family that's been causing trouble in Chicago?"

Gordon nodded and said, "It's them. They probably heard about Falcone's retirement, so they're rushing to Gotham to get a piece of the pie."

Gordon's guess was correct when Calravetti learned that his brother had retired and passed the position to the young cripple of the Corbert family.

She immediately scolded her brother for not sharing such a big piece of cake with her.

Falcone said at the time, "You don't understand Gotham, Carla. It's not a place for normal people! I'm warning you, don't get involved in Gotham's mess, it's for your own good."

But Carla clearly ignored her brother's advice and warnings. She immediately convened a family meeting to discuss expelling the Penguins and bringing Gotham under the control of the Viti Mafia.

Meanwhile, the Viti family immediately dispatched a small group of people to Gotham to scout out the situation.

But unexpectedly, this group of unlucky people encountered the Joker on the way and, in a very foolish move, decided to teach the Joker a lesson.

As expected, Gordon threw photos of these guys onto the police station's desk today.

"Gotham's major gangs, under Oswald's leadership, had finally managed to have a period of peace, and now this damned Vitty family wants to stir things up?"

Brock said angrily, "But who exactly intercepted the Viti family's advance team? Could it be... the Penguin Gang?"

Gordon shook his head and said, "It's possible, but we can't be sure right now."

At noon, at Depp's Antique Shop.

Depp, Gordon, and Bruce all gathered together.

"Brothers, I need your help with something."

When Gordon pulled out the bloody and bizarre photos of the Vitty family, Depp and Bruce immediately exchanged a glance.

"The Smiley Man?"

"The Joker is back?"

Gordon was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then immediately slapped his forehead and said, "I've been so busy with the kids lately that I've gone crazy! The way these guys died does seem like the work of the Grim Reaper."

It must be said that the scene in the photo is truly chilling.

Even Bruce couldn't help but shudder.

Bruce, suppressing his discomfort, picked up the photos and examined them one by one, immediately spotting the Viti family's logo.

He said, "This guy's messing with the gang again?"

In the eyes of Bruce and others, although the Man with the Laughing had only been active for a few days, all his targets were gang members and criminal groups.

Therefore, he had reason to suspect that the Laughing Man was a special kind of killer who only targeted criminals.

“That’s right, this guy has been active again after almost a year.” Gordon took a sip of his strong liquor and said, “Whether his targets are criminals or gangsters, he is still a threat to Gotham.”

Bruce agreed, “That’s right. We can’t let such a psychopathic killer return to Gotham and continue his insane killings. We have to catch him as soon as possible.”

At this moment, Depp frowned, looking worried.

He didn't know that the Joker wasn't just an ordinary psychopathic killer, but a guy who could amuse himself with everyone and whose madness was unpredictable.

He's also the most damn troublesome guy in all of Gotham.

none of them!

Depp looked at Bruce, a sense of感慨 (gan3kai3, a feeling of mixed emotions, often including regret or apprehension