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Chapter 7: End Of The Petty Thieves III
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The trio remained relatively calm with only a few of their face muscles twitching, his absurdity is incomprehensible. However, it all worked out fine so far, so surely he must know what he's doing... Right?
"This marks the end of the petty thieves... We can't clean the entire place anymore." Ian stated while eyeing the hesitating Barney, "Go on, speak your mind."
"C-can we not?? Maybe they won't suspect that we're still out there if we take like 70... I mean 85% of things.
I just can't imagine doing a heist and leaving all the other valuables inside, I swear I feel like losing my mind just imagine that."
Now it was only Mike and Ralf's face muscles that twitched while Ian looked him with appreciation, immensely proud of the apprentice who surpassed the master in the art of pettiness.
"Trust me, I understand how you feel... However, what you all fail to understand is how nigh impossible our previous heist was. The odds were entirely against us, and even I believed we'll end up dead, in prison, or in Arkham asylum.
You see, I told Frank Falcone that we cleaned the place up, but I don't think he understood what I meant. I bet that not even once did he imagine that we literally cleaned the entire place.
That's how unlikely the heist was. Moreover, we've given up on our organization. The police will raid the base tomorrow and apprehend the true leader of the petty thieves.
We can never allow even a silver of suspicion to rise in the good cops. Frank has a corrupt officer in the PD, and since he'll do the arrest and everything, he'll definitely rise through the ranks.
That's what he wants, an officer that can become the new commissioner of the GCPD before someone else does it. I know there is an officer they can't but on his way to that position, so do you understand?"
Granted the jewelry store they robbed was quite small, one of the smallest in the city, in there wasn't much jewelry inside. It also wasn't well-guarded which is due to basically no one believing anyone would actually rob from a crime family to such a degree at that.
Barney was disappointed but nonetheless understood. The other two on the other hand were impressed. Ian however wasn't finished as seriousness surfaced on his face.
"The most important thing however is... Frank is not to be trusted at all. He is an impulsive ambitious person whose only goal is to rise through the ranks of the Falcone family.
According to what I gathered, he's a long relative of the Falcone family, they don't seem to trust him that much, and for a good reason. Once we do our part, he'll definitely try to get rid of us."
Mike gulped with nervousness and asked, "So what should we do??"
Ian released a mischievous smile, "We'll fuck him over before he does it. We'll use him as a connection to gain more connections, and gain funds because the money we made so far is nothing. literally just a few thousand bucks.
I have a nice heist in mind. We also need to get Barney an Id and I as well, mine is still in the wife's house, so might as well get a new one."
Gotham has reached such a level of lowliness that people without ids are a common thing, and the police pay no attention to it.
The poor, beggars, and the homeless, most of them have no Id. They either lost it or their parents never got them one.
'The level of degeneracy in this city is truly fabulous. I can that it's even a miracle. Perhaps the rumors are true, the city is truly cursed.'
Just as said, the petty thieves have given up on themselves. One might think that cleaning entire groceries stores and selling the products is worthwhile but it's not.
It was a good starting point, and Ian knew when to adapt. He gave the organization to someone else he specifically picked, a beggar he saw to be impulsive, a bit dumb, and ambitious.
They were better talents than him, but he was perfect for the dummies role he prepared for him.
It wasn't long before the police raided the place and apprehended everyone.
They ignored the leader's yelling of him having been set up, criminals always say such things... Or perhaps they ignored that because they work for the Falcones.
A small part of the stolen jewelry was missing which they'll surely investigate... Surely.
Frank got the news soon after, he had his suspicion, but he thought that even if they lied, he'll just have them killed.
However, there was something that baffled him, "The fuckers really cleaned the place. Never mind then, the petty thieves suits them perfectly isn't that right? Hahaha heheheh, finally..."
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"Alfred, did you investigate what I asked for." The area was dark, but one could see a faint dark shadow in a corner.
"I did. They were caught yesterday, but..." The one to answer him was an old man who just entered the area, light from the entrance made his face apparent.
An old man with very little hair, his hair has almost turned completely white. he was wearing a butler uniform, and his form was nearly perfect for someone his age.
"But what?"
"The circumstances were a bit off. It seemed too easy to me, and it shouldn't be.
Robbing a store one time isn't strange but robbing several on the row without fail, the robbers must know what they're doing.
The leader was also caught, and he seems a bit dumb? I couldn't get any more information about him though." Alfred said eloquently and calmly.
The dark figure walked out of the shadows while messaging his head, not much was apparent under his black mask, but he definitely was unhappy, tired and so many other things.
Frustration was apparent on the seeable parts of his face, barely hidden beneath his bat mask which was complemented by a bat suit.
"I've fought and fought without stop... Yet there was so little impact. Corruption is never ending."
Alfred frowned, "Are you okay? Do you need rest?"
Bruce or batman shook his head, "I don't have the luxury to rest. I need to take out the corruption from its very core, and only then can an impact be noticed... Only then will they fear me."
He took a deep breath, his determination never wavered, "There is a lot of weird things happening in the world as of recently.
We have a lot to investigate, the thieves could be a side project, but for now, let's focus on the important matters."
Indeed, the crime families are the ones who run the city, they spread terror and corruption. They're a significant source of the terrible stench overwhelming the city.
Ian is kind of different, he's more on the cleaner side. He was certainly not that clean in his previous world, he was just a collector, and he treated his collections gently.
He remained as such also in this new magical world. Most importantly, he has set his sight on something he wishes to collect, quite the gorgeous thing.
"Well, old Ralf, it's finally time to get rid of your beard!"
"?Wait what??!"