Chapter Ninety-Four: To the Brilliant Man
As night fell, Gotham, who had been forcibly isolated, once again began her crazy side, and the citizens of Gotham who had chosen to give up on themselves wandered around the streets of Gotham in groups of three or five, each armed with a torch and a gun, gathered in the group to which they belonged, and flaunted their might in the streets. They're crazy, they're enjoying it, they're choosing to be the masters of the city, and they're gathered here for one thing, to watch the execution of one-time Gotham Police Chief James Gordon.
The thugs who received the news, or who had chosen to lead the city to the abyss of depravity, gathered in front of the Wayne Enterprise Building, looking up at Gordon, who was now hanging from the city's rail train, the Scarecrow of Dread, who was about to be executed, and the silence standing there. They stood there, looking at Gordon tied up, excitement in their eyes.
For those who live in the city of Gotham, James Gordon is a historical symbol etched in their memories, spanning at least three generations. Because this old man who climbed all the way from a police detective to the position of the chief of the Gotham police department, there are too many things worth recalling, since he came to Gotham when he was young and vigorous, he has always insisted on his justice, and these methods of coercion and temptation have not made this old man let go of his pursuit of justice.
Starting with the first gangster emperor of Gotham, the Roman Falcone, to the rise of rising stars such as the Penguins, or the later Joker, the self-proclaimed criminal emperor of Gotham, every guy has been in contact with Gordon to some degree or another, and has also caused him harm. But there is no doubt that those injuries have become the motivation for Gordon, a police officer, to insist on justice.
It can be said that perhaps it is precisely because of the existence of Gotham and Gordon, an old policeman who insists on justice in his heart, that there will be a place for Batman, because he knows that at least he is not alone in fighting for the city. And the personality charm of this old policeman is enough to make every superhero who stays in Gotham give the highest respect, only now, this old policeman who has fought all his life for the justice of Gotham is going to die, and die under their trial, this feeling of personally sending a person who loves the city to the guillotine with his own hands makes them excited and wants to see this scene happen.
"Citizens of Gotham, lords of the city, I think you already know who this old man is." Standing on the top of the train, Bane also played his own speech, stirring up the emotions of the citizens of Gotham below. "Yes, James Gordon, the justice of the city, his name, his deeds are in the minds of each and every one of you, he dedicated his life to the city, I am not wrong."
Below, the citizens of Gotham gathered here let out a shout in response to Bane. In the distance, those Gotham citizens who were hiding at home and didn't dare to go out were watching the TV with frightened eyes through the live broadcast, Gordon, who was about to be executed, didn't know what he was thinking, they were terrified, but in the same way, there were people in action, and between the buildings, the team belonging to Dick's bat family was shuttling.
After learning that Gordon was still alive and about to be executed, they also rushed to the Wayne Enterprise Building as soon as possible, and they wanted to save the old man. But in the same way, this reality show facing the entire Gotham citizens is not yet their turn.
The magical girl Raven, who was about to wrap her team with magic and shuttle to the sky above the rail train in the city, was about to shuttle, when an invisible fluctuation came, making her pain unbearable, and the magic that was maintained was lifted, and Dick and his party just fell from it, looking around vigilantly.
"You can't go anywhere, Bat Family."
The voice of the shadow sounded in the air, and as the new god of the Apocalypse, Dissad interrupted the raven's attack for the first time. Although in terms of IQ, the self-proclaimed thinker of the Apocalypse Star is always deflated by Batman, but as a new god, he also has his own power, that is, powerful mind control, which is enough to interfere with Raven, a magical girl whose mental will is not very strong, so that it cannot be used for two purposes.
And beside him, the Gotham villains who joined, or were controlled by Thomas Elliott, also gathered together, and rushed up after Dissad interrupted the Raven's teleportation, and fought with Dick and them together, among them, the highest combat power of Little Jonathan, Raven and Wonder Girl, also suffered from Dissad's attack alone, the dish is a little dish, but it can't stand the three on the opposite side are all children, and the Wonder Girl has just come of age, but it is also a good fight.
But that wasn't what Dick wanted, and if they were dragged here, no one would be able to save Gordon, and they would have to watch the venerable old cop die.
"Damn! Faiz! Where the hell are you! Are you just watching? What you say is a lie, a betrayal from the beginning! ”
One person faces the attacks of several Gotham villains, and Dick is also there, roaring at Curvin who doesn't know where. He tried to trust the feeling in his heart, to trust the outlier Faiz who had once cheated him, but as time went on, he also became more and more irritable, because he was afraid to guarantee what would happen next.
"Huh? Faiz? You'd better mind yourself first! ”
The mercenary Bronze Tiger, who joined Thomas Elliott's camp, got into a fight with Dick with a somewhat hideous smile, and the whole of Gotham began to become restless with the execution reality show of Gordon, the police chief. Standing in the air, Thomas Elliott, in the form of an alien single gale, was also capturing the message coming from the wind, and he faintly felt something wrong, but he couldn't say it, so he could only use this ability to understand it thoroughly, and at the same time, he also put his mind on the Wayne Enterprise Building.
At Wayne's corporate building, Bain's speech continued.
"Yes, James Gordon has dedicated his life to the city, his family, his life, all messed up because of Gotham. But have you ever thought that this is also his political show? He could have avoided these tragedies because he was a police officer, and every time he acted, he had enough evidence to arrest the prisoner and even kill him on the spot. But he didn't, he just took it to court again and again, and then watched the prisoners swagger out of the courthouse in collusion with the judge.
The guy who brought you and the city pain, is once again at large in Gotham, and he could have avoided a lot of tragedies, as long as he pulled the trigger, you say, such a person, is it still worthy of admiration, is it still worth pitiful! ”
"No!"
"Kill him! He, like Batman, is the cancer of the city! ”
"We don't need this kind of person to exist, kill him!"
Hysterical voices shouted from below, and the citizens of Gotham, who had fallen into decay, stood there, making all sorts of groundless accusations against the veteran policeman who had dedicated half his life to Gotham. Gordon knelt there, looking at the faces of the people below, some of whom he knew, some of whom were his neighbors, some of whom were the vendors selling hot dogs who patrolled the streets, and it was because of his patrols that they had the courage to operate on the streets with peace of mind.
I no longer have to worry about the hooligans who roam the streets coming to collect protection money from them, and I occasionally call a few colleagues to take care of their business together, so that they can be busy and fulfilled in the day. But now, their appearance has become strange, not at all like they are remembered, thinking of this, Gordon can't help but sigh, no wonder his old colleagues will say that the city is now hopeless, the police, have lost the reason to maintain order and insist on justice.
"Yes, we cannot accept such a hypocrite to live in this city, but as the master of this city, we give this director the last mercy to let him say his last words. What else would I like to say, Director Gordon. ”
With a bit of amusement, Bane handed the microphone in his hand to Gordon. And Gordon didn't have any expression on his face, just looked at the citizens gathered here below. And farther away, the citizens who locked themselves in their homes, the former police officers, were also watching this moment, watching the chief who was splashed with all kinds of dirty water, and as for Gordon, he said: "There has never been a Batman. ”
Well?! The sudden words made Bane stunned for a moment, and the citizens below were stunned for a moment, as well as the figures in the distance, they were also stunned for a moment, and they all didn't understand Gordon's first sentence at this time. Stunned, Gordon's words continued.
"There has never been a Batman, our city has been through so much that we think of Batman as the dark knight of the city, thinking that he was born because of us. Yes and no, because Batman can be everyone, as long as that person still loves the city, still wants to save the city, and yearns for the light, then he is Batman, even if you kill me now and reject Batman, in the end, in this city, the turned off searchlight will shine in the night sky again.
Those who have ghosts in their hearts will huddle in dark corners again, praying that the dark knight will not be staring at them. In that case, you will have to worry, because by that time, Batman will be everywhere, so what are you waiting for! Bane, cut off my head! So that I can keep my eyes open and watch you being thrown off the throne by the citizens of this city! ”
In the end, Gordon shouted this sentence in a roaring manner, and Bane, the mercenary who overcame the fear in his heart and caused Batman's broken back, actually took a step back at this moment, because of Gordon's roar, because of the way Gordon looked at him. This small step back appeared in the eyes of those citizens who locked themselves in their homes through live broadcasts.
Such a small step has also become a big step of courage in the hearts of these citizens!
In the eyes of these Gotham citizens gathered in the Wayne Enterprise Building, Bane's retreat represented a point, he was scared, he was frightened by Gordon at this time. Bane, who noticed this situation, was also a little annoyed, and at the same time replied.
"Amazing courage, Director Gordon, you have the right to be respected, but I'm sorry that this is the end of the conversation!"
As he spoke, with a wave of his hand, the scarecrow, who was smiling a little weirdly behind his back, raised the scythe in his hand and prepared to cut off Gordon's head. And at this moment, a gunshot rang out from the depths of the dark road.
"Bang!"
Just a gunshot overwhelmed the agitation here in the Wayne Enterprise Building at this time, and made these Gotham citizens gathered here, let the scarecrow who was about to be executed, and Bane look in the direction where the gunshots came from. In the dark road, a figure surged and walked towards this side, and at the same time, there was a melodious singing.
This song is not unfamiliar to the citizens of Gotham, because this is the song of the Gotham Police Department, and it belongs to the battle song of the Gotham Police Department. The citizens of Gotham who had gathered here also seemed to sense that something was wrong, holding torches and turning on their car lights, as if trying to illuminate what was going on in the dark road, but they did so too much because someone had helped them solve the problem.
On both sides of the dark road, citizens who locked themselves in their homes and stayed with their families, waiting for rescue, turned on the light switches in their homes. As the lights of the first house came on, the light illuminated a corner of this dark road, but it was only the beginning, the first light was like a signal, and after it was lit, the second, the third, the fourth... Until the lights of all homes are bright!
The lights that lit up one by one also illuminated this road that could not see everything in the darkness at this moment, and at the same time, it also illuminated these people who walked towards the Wayne Enterprise Building. Their eyes were a little confused, fearful, but more courageous, they wore police uniforms and police hats, and the confusion and fear in their eyes receded with the light that illuminated them everywhere.
These people are the police of Gotham City, and they are the police officers who were labeled by the citizens of Gotham as complicit with the powerful and abandoned by the citizens of Gotham. Among them, there are so many people who have been in the same league as the gangsters, but they are also human beings, and when they come out of their homes and put on this police uniform that has been taken off, they are the city's maintainers of order and the city's heroes!
At the forefront, Deputy Chief Foley, who had spoken to Gordon in the morning, walked at the front in his decorated police uniform, with a gun in his raised hand, and it was obvious that the shot that had attracted attention just now was fired by him. And now, the deputy director put the gun in the holster, looked at the Gordon who was tied to the train, and still a little shocked, and couldn't help but smile.
"It's really, why didn't I realize that you old guy was so eloquent, and you would put such cruel words, it's a pity that you are not the mayor~"
"When the police chief is the mayor, will his steps be too big, and it will be easy to pull eggs!"
Gordon also responded loudly to the ridicule of his old colleague, even though he was still facing a death crisis at this time, the old man was extremely relaxed.
"What are you afraid of, you're at this age, and you still want to come to the second spring?"
With a joke, Representative looks at the lights of thousands of homes behind him, it is they who illuminate the road in front of him, and also let himself find a reason to insist on justice. Looking at his fellow police officers who stopped behind him, the deputy director also said aloud.
"Cheer me up, our director can watch there!" Then he turned his head, pointed to Bane on the train, and continued: "That's the kind of guy who messed up our city, messed up our lives, and lost our jobs, but we are the city's police!" It's not these messy guys, it's the citizens who support us, our families, at least, we can't let down the people who support us~"
With the encouragement of Deputy Chief Foley, these unarmed police officers also took steps, many of them did not have guns, only the police uniform that brought them a sense of honor, and a baton, but at the moment they were fearless, and courage was their best weapon. The Gotham police, who filled the road, moved forward like this, and the Gotham citizens who had gathered here, or the mob, began to lose their previous momentum as these policemen took steps.
They began to retreat, began to pick up the guns in their hands, and pointed the muzzles of the guns on the safety of the policemen, and at the same time, the mercenary troops belonging to Bane also drove the equipment they had taken from the military department of Wayne Enterprises to build a firepower network in front of them, ready to sieve. The disparity in weapons didn't deter the policemen who had gathered here, and they walked on, even though they knew what was going to happen next.
On the train, Bane looked at the policemen, and then at Gordon on the side, and couldn't help laughing.
"Interesting, just a few thousand people, do you think you can win, no weapons, no tactics, all with blood? Try to take a few more steps forward, and then you will understand that blood is useless in the face of absolute force, Director Gordon, very encouraging speech, but thank you also for allowing me to deal with these so-called rebels. ”
But Gordon, who couldn't move there, also laughed at this time, and the laughter was so loud that Bane frowned.
"What are you laughing at?"
"I'm just thinking about happy things."
"What a happy thing."
"Enthusiasm is useless, but the establishment of this city itself was built by the builders with enthusiasm."
In response to Gordon's taunt, Bane just raised his hand, and the mercenary who received Bane's signal also pulled the trigger at this time, and with the first gunshot, the mob that was shocked by the Gotham police also opened fire. The spitting tongues of fire, the unfolding metal storm, fired at the policemen, who were only blooded and fleshy, trying to tear them apart, but at this moment, all the guns were silent in the next second of spitting flames, and the bullets flying in the air also lost power and scattered on the ground.
The brass warhead collided with the asphalt, making a crisp sound, a situation that also left Bane scratching his head.
"How is that possible!"
"How could it be?"
Among the policemen who filled the road, a voice came out, and then, a red figure walked out of it, it was Ke Wen who appeared in the form of an alien Faiz. He just stood there, but all the focus was on him, and Cowen, who stood up, looked at Bane, and said there.
"Admittedly, just with a heart of blood, and flesh and blood are a bit thin. But human beings themselves are a kind of creatures that create miracles, and miracles are always linked to the blood in the heart, if not, how can there be so many heroes born, the so-called heroes, themselves are full of blood and exist people, the impossible is possible, cloth is what heroes are best at? Besides, you're not good at math, Bane, look around you~"
As Curwen appeared, Bane also noticed that around him, three gray dimensional walls rose and then disappeared. At the same time, around the Wayne Enterprise Building, a landmark building that is considered a transportation hub in Gotham, there are groups of people walking towards him and surrounding him. And the appearance of these people made the Gotham mob gathered here feel terrified.
Because, they can see these people who suddenly appeared, each of them had a mask on their faces, a bat mask. That was the biggest fear ever planted in the hearts of these of them, the mask of Batman! They didn't speak, they just walked and merged with the police force on Kewen's side, and in an instant, the numerical advantage was broken, and at the same time, it also brought a psychological advantage.
"Batman!"
"It's Batman! He's back! ”
"How is that possible! Can't everyone be Batman, fake! It's all fake! ”
Restless voices sounded in the crowd, looking at the black bat masks, at this moment, the Gotham mob and gang members gathered here also recalled the fear of being dominated by Batman, the dark knight, again! Before their whispers could subside, at the end of the road, the sound of horses' hooves rang out, turning all eyes from far to near.
The black horse, the black cape, the sexy ass and chin, and the familiar shape made Bane feel unbelievable. The Dark Knight Batman, who had his own severed back, appeared in front of Bane on horseback. As Batman rode a horse and stopped beside Kewen, in the dark night sky, the bat searchlight that had long been turned off turned on again, showing the Batman logo in the night sky.
On the top floor of the Gotham Police Station, Wally used the electric energy provided by his speed force to turn on the bat searchlight, and at the same time looked into the distance, and couldn't help complaining: "I'm just a tool man, right, there are only two functions left, oh, you guy is really funny!" ”
With a little unhappiness, Wally also looked into the distance from the top floor, watching all this develop.
"Now, can you answer me, is this blood useful or useless? Well? ”
Looking at everything in front of him, Bane couldn't believe the reality he saw, the Batman who was cut off by himself appeared here, and the citizens who should have given up resistance and sat still here are now gathering here to resist themselves, and all of this is caused by this guy next to Batman. This sense of loss from heaven to hell made Bane can't help but be angry, and he roared at Curwen.
"You guy, what the hell is sacred!"
"It's just a passing Kamen Rider, remember it for me!"