Chapter 89: The So-Called Truth (I)
In front of the city hall building, the people who had gathered here to carry out a general strike to put pressure on the city government watched as the mayor was killed, and the mercenaries led by Bane took control of the scene. The original riot only took a few minutes to settle down, after all, the citizens of Gotham, the people are old and simple, and the mayor is just dead, and we are still curious what this old brother with a breathing valve will say.
Standing in front of the podium that should have been explained by the mayor, Bane looked at these Gotham citizens who were not panicked at all because he killed the mayor, and couldn't help but give them a thumbs up, these are good seedlings, at least in terms of psychological endurance, they are higher than some mercenaries. But he didn't appear here simply to kill the mayor, what he wanted to do was more ruthless than that.
"I know that in the last week, everyone has felt the pain. The virus that is hanging over the city is constantly attacking your body, your health, your life, and like those high-ranking guys, they are still enjoying themselves, never thinking about what they have done, and they are angry, right? ”
These simple words resonated with the citizens of Gotham, who just stood there and let out a roar at Bane's words.
"Yes, you must all have a question in your hearts, why is it only yourself who has been recruited, why is there only this pain that you have endured, and these people don't, you can act as if nothing happened, and the city government, you can also act as if nothing happened, and tell you that everything is okay, to be honest, they acted too fake, so I killed this guy, and I stand here just to give you the truth."
At the same time, the late Thomas Elliott Manor bunker is locked in a cage, and Batman, who is in the same room as the Joker, also wakes up from pain. Unable to act, Bane's brokeback blow made Batman want to get up as soon as he woke up, but he could only fall to the ground weakly, and at the same time, the TV hanging on the wall turned on, directly starting Bane's live broadcast in front of the city government building.
When the defeated enemy is seen standing in front of the city hall in his city, while the citizens of Gotham gathered around him give a speech to Bane, Batman can't do anything.
"Tut-tut, Batboy, you care more about him than I do, Uncle Jock is very sad."
Sitting there, the clown, who hadn't slept all night, watched Batman show such an embarrassed appearance, and was also teasing Batman.
"Joker!"
Lying on the ground, Batman also saw the old rival sitting there like this, like an elegant gentleman, as long as he could ignore the heavy makeup on his face. At this time, the clown who sat there and watched Batman struggle on the ground did not have that crazy posture, he just stepped forward and helped the inmobile Batman back to the bed, with very gentle movements, and then sat back in his place, looked at the cage and said.
"See, eventually, we're in the same room, and there's a lot to talk about, so let Uncle Jock share some stories with you, starting with him."
As he spoke, the clown put his index finger to his lips and made a silent motion, and on television, Bane's speech began.
"I know, you're questioning why this unknown virus is there, why it's Gotham. And I happened to get a manuscript and a record from a doctor named Thomas Elliott. ”
On the podium, Bane was also there with a document that he took out out of nowhere, and when the name of Thomas Elliott was spoken, the citizens of Gotham below couldn't help but gasp, they knew a lot about this famous doctor in Gotham, and it can be said that the character set up by Thomas Elliott was the same as Thomas Wayne forty years ago.
As a powerful person in Gotham, he has never hated the poor and loves the rich, and often goes to the slums for free medical treatment to save the dead. It took a lot of money and resources to build Gotham, and all the traffic in Gotham was repaired and improved, but such good people also died in Crime Alley, and because of this, because of the death of the Waynes, the powerful people of Gotham were all in danger and began to pay for work, and various preferential policies were carried out in the name of the city government, and social welfare was improved, so that the situation in Gotham was so much better.
And Thomas Elliott, who just died, is the kind that can be equated with the deceased Wayne and his wife in the hearts of these Gotham citizens, but now, Bane said that there is a document from the deceased Dr. Thomas Elliott, which also makes these Gotham citizens seem to understand something.
Looking at the documents handed to him by Thomas Elliott, Bane couldn't help but smile, the contents of these documents were enough to completely destroy the city, and now, he was going to light the first fire that destroyed Gotham. Thinking like this, he also used the projection technology he carried with him to project the document out, and at the same time, he also matched it with a sound.
The weather was cloudy on March 23
This is the first year of Arkham Asylum's official operation, and with the help of the Wayne Group's resources, publicity, we have been able to secure enough funds from the citizens of Gotham.
After I got it, according to what I said before, the funds of the powerful were returned, and the money of the citizens was divided into thirty-seven, although I only had thirty percent, but this was thirty percent of what belonged to me alone. Maybe it's wrong, but for me, it's enough money for me to do more neurological research, and I'll be cured of the patients who are locked up in Arkham.
The weather was cloudy on July 20
The Joker is locked up again, this time for nearly blowing up the Met, and trying to kill a mother and son. But what I'm more curious about is why he peeled off his face, doesn't he feel pain? It's interesting, it's so interesting, I need to look into it, and it will take some time to get the Joker out of Arkham, but I don't think Batman will find out.
The weather was cloudy on August 1
On this day I received a patient in my clinic, Edward Nigma, who was dying, with a tumor in his brain, malignant, even I could not remove the tumor while keeping him conscious, he would die. But why, from his eyes, I don't see a little surprise in him that he thinks he is going to die.
The weather was cloudy on August 15
The Joker has been caught by Batman again, but the virus I'm working on has reached a critical point, should I use Arkham as an experiment? It doesn't matter, they are sick and criminals, what if they are cured or not, how can there be a future without their sacrifice.
One by one, the manuscripts were played out in the tone of a diary, and in the underground prison, the inactive Batman watched the live broadcast on TV and felt a little shocked. After he found the Riddler's medical records and the Arkham Asylum shift doctor table from Thomas Elliott's office, he had a little guess that his friend also had many secrets that he didn't know.
It's just that he didn't expect that he would fund it to treat patients with the sequelae caused by the Assassins' Alliance's attack on Gotham and the release of fear gas throughout the city. With the help of the gimmick of the Wayne Group, the Gotham magnates who attend charity drinking parties, inject money into them, and provide all kinds of resources, are just using Arkham Asylum as a tool to collect money.
Thinking about it, he also remembered that when he was Bruce Wayne, he had every quarter on his desk about the repair request for the Arkham Asylum. At that time, he didn't think too much about it, after all, he often went in and out of Arkham Asylum, and how many times he dismantled and beat him, he approved it, and now that he thinks about it, it is undoubtedly a trick to set up a name and then make money together, he just didn't expect that these powerful people were so black-hearted, and they were even greedy for this money.
On the side, the clown who watched all this was laughing heartily, and tears of laughter were about to flow out.
"Look, Batboy, this is your friend, this is the Gotham you've been guarding. You always think that every time I appear, these guys will get a lesson, but in fact, it has never been, they have never learned any lesson, they are just a bunch of hungry wolves that can't be filled, hahahaha! ”
The Joker's words hit Batman's heart, and he couldn't refute what the Joker said, he could only lie there and watch the live broadcast on the TV. When Bane released this document in the form of a diary, all the Gotham citizens gathered at the city hall also made a noise, they didn't know what the truth was, and they didn't know whether what was true in front of them, but so what, the seeds had been planted from the beginning, and these contents were just introductions.
Whatever the truth is, for them now, that's the truth they want. This can explain why those powerful people seem to be fine, but they have to worry about whether they will die or not, no matter who they are, at this moment, there is only infinite resentment towards the magnates of Gotham City.
"That's right, that's it, I know you're angry, because everything you have, including the power to know the truth, is controlled by these high-ranking guys, and your life and death are too, tell me, is this Gotham the Gotham you want?"
"No!"
The voices shouted together shocked the sky, and the citizens of Gotham, who had already been furious about Bane's inquiry at this time, and learned the so-called truth, were obviously provoked by Bane. Looking at the guy who shot the mayor, they didn't have doubts, but became a little closer, because they knew that it seemed that what was going to happen next, and they had a faint expectation.