Chapter 246: Misdirection Part 6

By the time police finally arrived on the scene, they found three of the five individuals were dead, with Harley casually sitting in the living room watching some old cartoons.

"Gotta love the classics. Oh, you guys are finally here, what took ya so long?" Seeing the Gotham PD, Harley got up from the stained brown couch and skipped over before pointing towards the bodies. 

"You're going to need to write a report, right? So these guys tried to rape some innocent girls, and I caught them red-handed, but they tried fighting back. So I had no choice but to use force..."

As the two officers who arrived at the door, they looked at Harley with suspicious gazes. However, she kept on ranting about how the fight had gone.

Ever since she became one of Gotham's premier heroes. Her interactions with the Gotham PD had increased exponentially. In fact, she was perhaps the most interactive. This meant many officers had grown used to her antics. The many headaches she gave the Commissioner were well known among officers. 

Although he had no love for criminals, murderers, rapists, and the like, the Commissioner respected the law greatly, almost to a religious degree. So, during the beginning, he and Harley would often clash. 

But there wasn't much he could do about her. It was better to have her handling criminals than to have her as one. Considering how she was now under the Commissioner, he was a bit biased toward her actions, and numerous officers knew this.

After Harley was finally done talking, she didn't even bother staying as officers began to walk in and collect clues and evidence they could use against the two young men still alive. 

They had also called for an ambulance once they caught sight of just how much damage Harley had done to these two young men's groins. As for Harley, she happily skipped out of the building to go rendezvous with Diana. 

As she left, the two officers looked at each other with one asking, "It's your turn to report."

"No way! I reported her last week. I'm not going to meet with the Commissioner and tell him what happened. You are!"

"I wasn't even listening to what half of that crazy dame was saying."

"Rock, paper, scissors?"

"Rock, paper, scissors."

…

The rendezvous point turned out to be one of the numerous medical camps that had been set up in and around Gotham to treat people who succumbed to the spores. There, one could see numerous police, medical personnel, and even volunteers helping victims in numerous ways. 

Superman and Flash had also rendezvoused here because it was where the Commissioner was based, along with a lot of media demanding answers. The person at the forefront was Vicki Vale. She was currently chasing after the Commissioner as he was walking toward a set of vehicles with his officers in toll.

"Commissioner, Commissioner, would you like to comment on the attack? Is Gotham not as safe as Arias Markovic stated it to be? or was this just a lapse in judgment from the police? Commissioner? The people would like an answer," Vicki Vale persisted.

One of the officers had told her back as the Commissioner was about to enter the vehicle. However, before he could, Superman flew over with Flash soon zipping onto the scene as well and stopping just right behind Superman. 

Seeing the duo the Commissioner let out a tired sigh. This was already a very stressful day for him, so dealing with superheroes and villains was one of the few things he didn't want. 

Superman didn't mince his words nor did he try to hide as he outrightly asked the Commissioner, "Do you allow the heroes under your department to kill people as they see fit?"

All eyes were on Superman as he said this. The Commissioner frowned. What immediately came to mind was an image of Harley, and he couldn't help but rub his temples. 

He was fine with letting her actions slip every now and then, so long as it was kept under wraps and the criminals were dangerous. However, with Superman and Flash in Gotham, the situation may blow up. 

Not wanting to come across as unaware, the Commissioner answered somewhat honestly, "Well, that depends. Self-defense? Was it in order to save the civilian? If so, then yes. But if the criminal was defenseless or surrendered, then no, we do not allow that."

Superman's frown grew deeper as he looked at the Commissioner. Unknown to the Commissioner, Superman was using his super hearing to listen to the Commissioner's heartbeat. If it grew faster, Superman would know that he was lying. 

However, the Commissioner remained calm, so his words were likely the truth. This made Superman ease his expression as he looked around and saw that a crowd was gathering. Vicki Vale, somewhat aware of what was said, couldn't help but shadow Superman.

"Superman, what do you mean?" Not wanting to cause a public spectacle, Superman didn't say anything else except, "You should reconsider the heroes your department supports." 

Having said that, Superman flew away, and the Flash soon zoomed away as well without adding anything. After the duo left, Wonder Woman arrived on the scene, but she didn't come alone… 

As she hovered in the air above the camp, she held the headless body of the man she had slain.

"Good people of Gotham, let it be known today that I, Diana, Princess of Themyscira, have slain this man for his attempts at forcing himself upon a woman who was weakened by these spores." 

Having said this, Diana threw the body onto the ground, causing numerous gasps to escape from everyone present. Even the Commissioner couldn't help but look surprised. The police officers were also frozen in place and didn't know how to react. So they simply looked up at Commissioner Gordon.

The Commissioner didn't know how to proceed from here and inwardly wished that Arias was here to control these two. But Vicki's eyes lit up, and she quickly told the cameraman to divert the camera towards the body and then Diana. Vicki then questioned Wonder Woman, "Wonder Woman, what's the meaning of this? What happened? Can I get an exclusive?"

Diana gave a proud nod as she put her hands on her hips and declared, "Of course. I feel that I need to send a message to criminals everywhere that crime in Gotham will no longer go unpunished."