Chapter 92: End of The Falcon’s Reign (1)

Chapter 92: End of The Falcon’s Reign (1)

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"Your anger gives you great power. But if you let it, it will destroy you... As it almost did me."

- Henri Ducard, Batman Begins

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<(Omniscient POV)>

Jim Gordon normally didn't like to trust criminals. As a cop working in freaking Gotham of all places, he didn't trust civilians or even other cops, much less, criminals or in this case a broody vigilante dressed in a weirdly cool black and red metal armor who liked to beat up criminals for a kick... But, something inside him told him that he should, that if he didn't believe the guy, he would be making a big mistake that would cost both him, his force, and this city quite dearly.

"You are Griffin Katz, right? You have a younger brother and a single mother at home, don't you? Do me a favor officer and shoot me right in the head. The chest would do too since they are the most well-known weak points in the human body." Batman gestured at one of the officers behind Jim Gordon who was pointing the gun at him with slightly shaking hands. "Come on, what are you waiting for? Do it. At least, then we will be able to talk calmly without any of you thinking that you are any danger to me, even with all your guns."

"Griffin, don't." Jim tried to be the voice of reason. He himself wasn't sure if the Dark Knight was telling the truth or not but he didn't want to take a gamble. Shooting someone even though the victim asked to be shot was still very much a punishable offense even if the shooter was a cop and the victim was a criminal assaulting a caped crusader.

"Do it... NOW." *Bang* The sound of a bullet pierced the tense atmosphere as the officer shot his gun, his finger still twitching from fear.

"No, I didn't want to. It was a mistake. I was just scared for a moment." The cop immediately tried to defend himself as he put his gun down in fear but contrary to what he was expecting, there was no dead body falling on the floor like a puppet with broken strings.

No, the figure in front of him wasn't even the slightest bit wounded.

"Told you, you can't hurt me. This armor can withstand a heavy military-grade missile that can take out half of this city. One single bullet would not even scratch it... So, now, that we have finally concluded that you guys can't harm me, can we now finally move on to the more important subjects that we need to discuss?

Like all the substantial and non-dismissible evidence I have that can prove that half the drugs, crimes, and illegal weapons in this city are currently being controlled by Carmine Falcon with Penguin and this little nightclub of his being an important part of Falcon's operations." Batman stated as he waved a thick folder in front of the cops' eyes.

"And, what do you get by helping us for free? No wait, let me guess, you are removing competition for whoever you work for, so that they can take Falcon's empty throne for themselves once he goes to jail?" Gordon asked with a disgusted snort.

"But what about him? Doesn't he deserve to be brought to justice?" Selina still tried to plead her cause.

"He will be brought to justice, but not like this. He will be given proper punishment in a court of law, I will make sure of it. I promise you." Gordon too tried his best to calm Catwoman down.

"If you kill a killer, the number of killers in the world remains the same." Bruce urged as he walked towards Selina and held her shoulder for support.

"... I see. Fine, take him. He is yours *Smack*" Selina used her tail to slap and knock out Falcon using her tail, before weakly walking away from the room.

Her mind was already in chaos and regret for not being able to keep her mother's promise. She didn't want to be around Falcon anymore since she would probably not be able to stop herself from killing him if she had to look at his disgusting face for even a few more minutes.

"You can arrest Falcon now. But, remember to keep him secure. A lot of important and powerful people in Gotham used to work with Falcon as his partners or allies, they wouldn't like him talking in court and might try to silence him to save themselves. I am trusting YOU to keep him safe Commissioner, so that he can get his deserved punishment from the court like he should." Batman gave a small nod at Jim while handing him a small matte-black card with a bat insignia embedded in the center. "I'll contact you through that when it's time for us to talk."

"I will keep him away from everyone's claws... Batman. GCPD will do its best to ensure that Carmine Falcon will be punished accordingly by the law." Jim Gordon respectfully nodded back at Batman before proceeding to check the pulse of the criminal godfather. "Thank god, he is alive. Anyway, before you go, do you think you can give me a statement of what was happening here before we... huh, where did he go?" Jim looked around the washroom frantically but couldn't find a single trace of the Dark Knight anymore.

He had only looked away for a moment but the Batman had disappeared like he was never there. "Goddamn animal-themed ninjas." He muttered to himself.

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