On the interstate highway from Gotham to the metropolis, Gordon frowned and watched his colleague lift up the nameless corpse that had been cut off his face, and when he passed by, he opened it again and checked it for a while, and then asked his colleague to carry it away and transport it back to the police station.

"That madman did it so quickly," Gordon's old partner Brock asked, eating a hot dog, looking at the transported corpse.

"Damn it, Brock, can't you just watch the occasion eat, you can eat it on such a heavy scene."

"Come on, Jim, this shit can happen at any time, you can't hurt your stomach because of this, besides, you should be used to it in Gotham." Brock was speechless, even though he said this, his mouth still kept chewing, and the butter stained on the stubble showed that Brock was eating really well at the moment.

"That's why my craving is getting bigger and your belly is getting rounder, Bullock." Bullock teased him, and Gordon lit a cigarette for himself, the only way to focus his thoughts.

At night, in the morgue of the Gotham City Police Department, Gordon and Bullock arrive at the room of the faceless nameless corpse and listen to the coroner's report.

"The fingerprint and blood type comparison results are out, and the match with Edward Nigma is 94%, plus the clothes he is wearing, it can be determined that it is the Riddler, that is, the corpse of Edward Nigma."

"Wow, this madman is helping us out, he's changed his ways" Bullock made a sneer, and while he didn't know why the Joker killed the Riddler, Gotham did have one less evil spirit.

On the contrary, Director Gordon on the side frowned. Like Bullock, he doesn't understand why the Joker killed the Riddler, and you can't guess the logic of a madman, especially the Joker. But there are too many strange things in this, he doesn't know the Joker, but he knows the Riddler, he came from the darkest era of Gotham, the Riddler Edward Nigma was once his colleague, but he was in the criminal team, he was in the archives, and the two rarely had the opportunity to meet.

But he has to admit that Edward has a high IQ, especially when he uses his IQ to commit crimes, and he really suffers a lot. But now, he was killed by the Joker, and although the facts were in front of him, he always felt that it was impossible, and he had to find some evidence to confirm his suspicions.

"Jim, what are you thinking about The Riddler, we're a little less stressed." Bullock looked at Gordon with a frowning brow and couldn't help but pat him to draw his attention back.

"Is the Riddler really dead?" Gordon, who came back to his senses, asked his partner rhetorically, and immediately knocked Bullock down.

"What, blood type, fingerprints, these have all been compared, except for this face, but the problem is that it was the clown who killed him, and you don't know that the clown's killing methods are strange."

"Yes, I know it's the clown who did it, if it's him, we can't guess what kind of tricks, but we seem to have fallen into a blind spot, because it was the clown who did it, so we think the Riddler was killed, but on the other hand, if the clown didn't kill him at all, it's also a very good thing, you said it yourself, we can't guess the idea of a neurotic at all."

Forehead... Gordon's words made Bullock not know what to say, but according to Gordon, this is also very possible, but the biggest problem now is how to explain the corpse lying here. Just then, a familiar deep voice sounded behind them.

"Director Gordon is right, that corpse is not the Riddler at all."

"Wow! Damn, can you not be so scary when you order this, Batman, the people on duty outside" Bullock, who kept eating in his mouth, was so frightened by Batman that he almost took off the hot dog in his hand, and then turned around and saw this familiar figure, and couldn't help but complain.

Batman ignored Bullock's question, stepped forward, and grabbed the nameless corpse's left hand, which had a thick layer of calluses, which was left by holding some kind of tool for a long time. But the work of the Riddler has nothing to do with this, Gordon and Bullock are both old cops, so they naturally understand what Batman wants to say, and they understand it all at once.

"But the fingerprints and blood type all match the number."

"Professor Pig-Face, this kind of thing is not a difficult thing for him, and he also escaped from Arkham." Batman explained.

"OK, so now, that madman faked the Riddler's death, that means he may have kidnapped the Riddler, the question is what does this guy want the Riddler to do, let's play Guess Guess"

"I don't know, but I'll find out, Gordon, you don't have to follow this matter anymore, I'll solve it."

"That's good news, it's just that you" and his partner checked the unlucky guy who was killed by the Joker, and as soon as he looked up, Batman had already disappeared from his vision, and Gordon, who was already surprised, waved his hand, and after stuffing the corpse back into the lattice with his partner, he left the morgue and returned to their respective homes.

And Batman, who left the Gotham Police Station, also made a patrol at Gotham's night as usual, although because of the night owl's control of Gotham's events before, several underground bigwigs in Gotham once gathered together to the outside world, and enjoyed a month's honeymoon period, and the whole Gotham was fine, but a month was enough for the honeymoon period to fade down. The streets of Gotham have started their daily day again, and the gunshots that rang out from time to time have become the main theme of the city, and Batman is still the biggest fear in the city, as long as he is still patrolling at night in Gotham, these dark guys have to be cautious.

In the bat cave under Wayne Manor, in addition to Dick, who returned to Naxinno City to continue to be a police commissioner, the second-generation Robin, now renamed Jason Todd, is training against the third-generation Robin, Tim Drake, and the fourth-generation Robin Damian Wayne. The old butler Alfred on the side was standing there, and next to him sat the little princess Helena Wayne, Raven Rachel, and the magical girl Casssandmark (full name Kassandra Sandmark).

The old housekeeper also saw Wayne Manor so lively for the first time, and the children he raised did not have much contradiction with each other, and began to have their own lives, which was what he felt the happiest, but in his heart, he still cared about someone.

With a sigh in his heart, the old butler handed over the towels to the three who had finished the confrontation training. "Looks like you're recovering well, Master Jason."

"Thanks, Alfred, I didn't expect to recover so quickly from such a serious injury, and it seems that it is not a bad thing to come back from the dead." wiped the sweat on his body, after a confrontation training, his physical strength was not consumed too much, and this time because of the night owl, Jason, who originally had a bitter grudge against Batman, saw Batman appear in such a timely manner to save himself, and the resentment in his heart has long been gone, but the Bats have always been arrogant, and they won't say it if they don't hate.

At most, it's just that he won't go against you, especially for Tim and Damian, who thought he had replaced him, Jason also put himself in the position of his brother for the first time to look at them, except for Damian, who has not completely gotten rid of the bear child's personality, the relationship with Tim has eased a lot.

Just as Jason was about to ask where Batman was going, there was a unique engine roar from inside the Batcave, and Batman appeared in front of everyone in the Batcart, rushing over the waterfall.

"Father~" Seeing her father appear, Helena ran over and prepared to give Batman a hug. But before his hand touched Batman, he was picked up by Batman and placed next to Alfred, "Not now, Helena, you should go to bed at this time, Alfred, take the girls up and rest." ”

Batman, who was still at work, did not remove his mask in front of his daughter, and after explaining a word to the old butler, he walked straight to his big computer and started his work. Alfred, who couldn't say anything at this time, could only take Helena's little hand and beckoned Raven and Cassie to go up to Wayne Manor first, leaving Jason and the three to accompany Batman, the old father.

Looking at Batman, who was sitting in front of the computer and reviewing the images of the cameras he had installed in various areas of Gotham City, Jason's expression was a little complicated. There are some things that don't need to be explained by Batman, he knows the reason, and there is only one person who can make Batman so nervous, and even start to regulate and monitor the treatment of cameras in the city.

"He's running out again, isn't he, and you're going to do the same as last time"

Jason's words were soft, but they made Batman temporarily stop what he was doing, and he was silent for a long time before he said, "You know, Jason, I can't kill him, this is my last line." ”

"I know, so I don't want to quarrel with you on this matter anymore, I'm arguing with you, since we can chat calmly, then I also want to tell you, I'm ready to go."

"Where to go."

"I don't know, but it's not just Gotham that's the case in this world, it's also true in many other places where there isn't a Cloak Fighter to deter those evils."

"What about you, are you going to continue to replicate what you did in Gotham?"

"Don't look down on people too much, killing never solves the problem, this is what you taught me, but killing can solve the person who creates the problem, this is what I learned outside, but for now, I will find a balance between killing and not killing, this is the reason why I want to leave, I have to find a reason for my existence, you have helped me go half the way, the rest, it's time for me to go, father."

A father, so that Batman can no longer continue to persuade anything, the child grows up, there will always be a time when he wants to spread his wings and fly high, he can't apply his principles to every Robin, since Jason wants to find a balance between killing and not killing, then he has to choose to believe him.

"Is there anything I can do to help you?"

"Yes, I'm going to take Barbara away, you're going to have to do Gordon's mental work, she's been stuck in Gotham for too long, and I want to take her to see the scenery outside."

"I will, is there anything else to say."

"Almost, if you really have something to say, you should go buy some children's bedtime books, Helena is only eight years old, don't let her climb up and down with you all the time, take an hour out every night to tell her stories, I think she'll be very happy, and also, you look at Barbara's uniform, don't let her wear it, even if you want to be a bat girl, you have to make her eighteen years old first, you are such a daughter, we are such a sister, and finally there is Damian, his character, If you can't do it, you can throw him over to the Titans, with Raven, there's a bastard over there who can restrain him, that's all, take care, father. ”

A lot of chatter, like a son who traveled far away to tell his parents who stayed at home some precautions, completely forgot that he had an awkward relationship with Batman before, and now he only thinks about how Batman should live after he leaves. And Tim and Damian, who have been silent on the side, also looked at their second brother, and a month of getting along with each other had already made them no longer estranged from each other, and naturally their eyes showed reluctance.

But Jason left anyway, waved his hand at Tim and Damian, drove the locomotive, and left the Batcave. And Batman, who has had his back to Jason from the beginning, is also in Jason driving the locomotive, listening to the distant sound of the engine, recalling the time when he adopted Jason, from the beginning of the alley to see the unruly Jason unload his car tire with a wrench.

to the excitement of Jason putting on a Robin suit and standing next to the Batmobile beckoning to him to keep up, to the sadness when he held Jason's bruised body in the snow, to the joy of finally seeing his son come back from the dead and standing in front of him, and he arrived in time to save his son in this incident. Thinking like this, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and he smiled, and said in a low voice, "You are the same, son." ”