"Bang!"
Solomon Grundy smashed a large pit into the concrete ground.
Kiyomizu, controlling the White Knight, retreated after drawing his sword, watching the deep, bone-visible wound on Solomon Grundy's neck heal within seconds.
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Mr. Freeze knew that the big guy he was controlling was not on the same level of speed as the White Knight controlled by Kiyomizu, so he didn't chase after him, but waited for Kiyomizu to attack.
As long as the White Knight engaged in close combat, even if Solomon Grundy's speed was slow, he would still have a chance to attack the White Knight.
After all, he was a villain who had been in the business for many years. Even if he couldn't get into Gotham's Villain Hall of Fame, he had still been in Gotham's Villain All-Star lineup several times. With Mr. Freeze's IQ, his combat experience couldn't be low.
Kiyomizu dodged Solomon Grundy's attack and clicked his tongue.
This zombie with an immortal body is like this. If you don't directly kill him with absolutely powerful attack power, or destroy his weaknesses, then Solomon Grundy can still exhaust his opponents with his strong defense ability and self-healing ability, even when facing opponents stronger than himself.
Of course, Kiyomizu has ways to kill Solomon Grundy without using his trump cards, but that would be a bit of a waste.
After all, too strong of an attack might require repairing the internal components of this puppet again later.
However, it's not like there aren't other methods.
The White Knight aimed at Solomon Grundy, raised his right arm, and fired a thick freezing ray.
The icy chill caused the surrounding air temperature to drop instantly. Before Solomon Grundy could react, most of his body was frozen in ice.
Kiyomizu was quite satisfied with the combat power of the puppet Solomon Grundy.
Hogg Conglomerate's foundation is too weak. The mid-range combat power is okay with those Titan serums in stock, but previously, there was only himself for high-end combat power.
After alleviating Nora's condition and extending her lifespan, Mr. Freeze was devoted to him, which barely counted as one more high-end combat power.
However, his abilities are somewhat specialized, his weaknesses are too obvious, and he himself is more inclined to be a scholar than a high-level thug.
Now that he has the puppet made from Solomon Grundy, and it can exert considerable power without him having to control it, it can be regarded as filling this gap.
Don't look at Hogg Conglomerate stomping on the Two-Face Gang and punching the Iceberg Lounge some time ago, but its foundation is still too shallow.
Although the Two-Face Gang is now subservient to Hogg Conglomerate and gives a large sum of money every month as tribute, Harvey Dent doesn't dare to show his face in front of him easily, and he is even singing a duet with the Penguin, ostensibly settling the accounts of the last time with the Iceberg Lounge, but in reality, it is all thunder and little rain.
There's no way around it; the situation is forcing them.
Hogg Conglomerate is too strong, making the current situation in Gotham's underworld a pattern of one superpower and two strong forces.
And Kiyomizu only spent less than two years to achieve this step.
Who knows whether Hogg Conglomerate, which continues to develop in the future, will swallow them up?
As long as they are not stupid, Two-Face and the Penguin will definitely join hands secretly to protect themselves.
With this powerful puppet, even if Kiyomizu can't spare time sometimes, he doesn't have to worry about any major problems.
It's just that, having developed to this point, Hogg Conglomerate is already close to its peak.
It's not that it can't continue to develop, but it has to change its strategy.
No matter how big a gang is, how big can it be?
Although it is said that the ultimate goal of a gang is to become a local warlord, and the ultimate goal of a local warlord is to change the dynasty, at this point in time, the regime on this land is still the most powerful regime in the world. Its fate has not yet expired, and it is impossible to allow local warlords to appear on its territory.
Not to mention that there are many capable people and countless superheroes in this world. Overthrowing the regime is not that easy.
"But fortunately, I have now accumulated a certain amount of capital, which is very different from the past. With the addition of the League of Assassins, I now have enough energy to start the next step."
In the office on the top floor of the building, Kiyomizu tapped his pencil and looked at the documents in front of him.
After Mr. Freeze accompanied Kiyomizu to complete the test, he returned to the mansion Kiyomizu bought for him to be with his wife.
Those who work only need to do things well, while Kiyomizu, as the boss, needs to consider a lot.
The scale of Hogg Conglomerate has approached the top of the regular gang. If it wants to continue to develop, it must take the official path.
And now is the best opportunity—Sharp, that idiot, almost destroyed the entire Gotham because of the Arkham City incident less than a year after becoming mayor, and was imprisoned under Batman's operation.
No one is wrong, one first, one hair, one inside, one appearance, one inside, one look!
Relying on the power of the League of Assassins, Hugo Strange can push even a piece of trash like Sharp to the position of mayor, so can I.
It's just that a suitable candidate needs to be selected.
He can't be like Sharp, too stupid, nor can he be too smart, which is not easy to control.
It is best to have some handle on him for easy control.
Kiyomizu flipped through the intelligence collected by the League of Assassins page by page.
This person is too upright, no.
This one has a mistress and is also involved in corruption and bribery. Put him on the shortlist first.
This person is also quite corrupt and colludes with gangs, but he doesn't have a wife and children as a weakness, which is also not suitable.
As for this… Commissioner Gordon, you also want to improve?
That's even more impossible!
In the end, after several screenings, Kiyomizu finally selected a suitable candidate.
Hamilton Hill, a Donkey Party member, has a clean identity. In his early years, he was a typical middle-class white man. He worked in a law firm and began to participate in politics at the age of forty. He was a member of the executive team of the former mayor, inherited some of the former mayor's political assets, served as a Gotham City Councilor last year, and participated in the mayoral election.
Last year, his votes ranked fourth, and he had a good voter base.
Judging from his campaign strategy, he should want to build himself into a politician who reforms Gotham with relatively moderate means and provides more employment opportunities.
He believes that Gotham's current high crime rate is due to the high unemployment rate. As long as this problem is solved, Gotham's high crime rate will naturally decline.
