The next morning, Charlie, dressed in luxurious nobleman's clothes, boarded a plane to the seaside city and began his career of "picking up girls on orders".
As soon as he left, Luke's work became busy.
He has to deal with matters big and small, and he doesn't trust others.
Last night, multiple shootings occurred in Gotham City, but this was just the beginning. At midnight, taking advantage of the police's break, a group of thugs armed with modern weapons stormed the East District Police Station in Gotham City and engaged in a fierce battle with the police on duty.
The gunfire lasted for nearly an hour.
The casualties were heavy, with three police officers killed and nine injured. If Batman had not acted in time, the East District Police Station would likely have been breached by the mob.
"Falcone is crazy."
After reading the report, Luke just sneered.
Send your men to attack the police station?
He can do such a stupid thing. He must be dying of idleness fast enough.
The discussion about this incident on the Internet was very heated. Everyone was cursing the Falcone family. The traditional media also changed their tone. An article of several thousand words listed the fifty crimes of the Falcone family, and it seemed that they wanted to nail him to the pillar of shame in history.
"Once Falcone falls, Gotham City will enter an era of chaos."
Luke shook his head helplessly and then put these unimportant things aside.
The Gotham incident brought huge advertising popularity to ShowMe, and the number of users has reached new highs. It has now exceeded 9 million and is heading towards the 10 million mark.
As long as it exceeds 10 million, the company will be able to reach a new level.
The subsequent response to "Operation Invasion" was not good. The number of applicants for the second time dropped sharply to only one-third of the first time. However, the quality was much higher.
Many top hackers have participated in this event. Their skills, reaction abilities and speed are all world-class.
If Barry Allen hadn't been given the task, they might have really attacked.
This guy's learning speed is simply a bug. The Advanced Hacker Essentials written by Luke has more than 100,000 words and contains a lot of computer technologies that are not related to this era.
As a result, it only took him one day to master the knowledge in the book.
What is talent? This is talent.
It can't be learned.
With him in charge, Luke can finally free up his hands to deal with other things, such as Barbara Gordon.
The future Batgirl acted without any sense of propriety. She actually took advantage of Luke's sleep to hack into ShowMe's database and stole all the data related to Batman.
She thought she had done it secretly, but unexpectedly, the real culprit came to her door the next day.
A document recording her theft process was placed on the table. Barbara's face changed instantly and she spoke incoherently.
"Xiao...Mr. Xiao, please don't misunderstand me. I'm not...not..."
"Nothing, not a criminal!"
Luke snorted and demanded, "Where's the data?"
"It's… on my computer."
"How many?"
"Just one."
Luke walked to her room, unplugged the hard drive, and left.
"Wait a moment."
Barbara was anxious, and she stood in front of Luke and said flatteringly,
"Boss Xiao, I didn't intentionally hack into you. I just wanted to test ShowMe's security system. You guys have been doing these 'hacking operations' lately, so I'm helping you find loopholes. That's a good thing, right?"
As she spoke, she lifted her collar, revealing her plump chest.
Seventeen-year-old Barbara Gordon is in the budding season. Under her long brown-red hair is a delicate oval face, and her figure is graceful, neither fat nor thin, exuding the youthful vitality unique to young girls.
Her temperament was different from other women Luke had met.
A cunning light occasionally appeared in her light blue pupils, and her expression was calm and composed. Even when she was smiling coquettishly, the depths of her pupils remained clear.
Cunning woman!
Luke shook his head in his heart, took out a recorder from her jeans pocket, and pinched her buttocks.
"Don't record when you talk to me next time."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Barbara's face changed drastically. She ignored the pain in her hip and strode out to chase after him.
"Luke Xiao, wait a minute, we need to talk."
Luke kept walking, his pace getting faster and faster. "What are you talking about? Talking about you hacking into ShowMe and getting caught by me. I don't think there's anything to talk about."
Barbara ran to the front quickly, opened her arms, and blocked the way.
"We have to talk. If you don't, I'll leak all the emails you sent to Batman."
Luke's heart moved, but his expression did not change. He pushed the girl aside.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Don't try to quibble. I saw it all. It was you who sent the document recording the bribery of Central Bank to Batman. You were the one behind all this."
Luke curled his lips in disdain. "Miss Gordon, you have a very rich imagination. Perhaps you could become a painter."
After several attempts to talk to her, Barbara got angry and grabbed Luke's arm to stop him from leaving.
"You can't leave. You have to make your words clear."
Luke struggled a few times but failed to break free. Instead, she held him tightly in her arms. His arms rubbed against the bulge, and he felt a strange sensation, and he felt helpless.
He hasn't touched the opposite sex for three months!
"Miss Gordon, no, Barbara, can I call you that?"
"sure."
"Okay, Barbara, put your hands down! This is a hospital, there are a lot of people watching, and I don't want to be in the headlines for flirting with a minor."
Barbara curled her lips, "You talk like you're an adult!"
Luke: "…"
"Let go first, and we'll talk later."
"We can still talk even if we don't release it."
"That's what you said."
Luke put his arm around the girl's waist, put his hand behind her, and lifted her up onto his shoulder.
Even though she was carried on his shoulders, Barbara still had no intention of letting go. She kept shouting "molest" and holding on to his arms tightly.
The two of them were pulling each other, attracting a lot of people to watch.
Luke knew very well that Barbara Gordon was competing with him. Once he gave in, she would become arrogant and make many unreasonable demands, and verify her assumptions based on Luke's answers.
Women with an IQ over 150 are so troublesome. They are quick to react, thoughtful, and good at grasping the key to the problem from the details.
Luke suffered at the hands of such a woman in his previous life, and he would never do that again in this life.
Things had developed to this point, and he no longer cared about his face. He shook his shoulders and strode out.
After leaving the hospital, he went straight to the small hotel next door and booked an hourly room under the waiter's meaningful gaze.
He opened the door and started taking off his clothes without saying a word.
Seeing this, Barbara panicked.
"What are you doing! Stop taking off your clothes, I'm calling the police."
Luke placed the phone in front of her. "Here's the phone. Call 911 now. It's best to call your father over to see how his daughter coerced an underage man into checking into a hotel."
"You...shameless!"
Luke sneered in his heart, unbuttoned his shirt, and began to take off his pants.
Isn't it just being a hooligan!
As a man, I am not afraid of you.
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