Chapter 10: Bruce Wayne's Means
Bruce sat expressionlessly in the bat, the advanced fighter plane flying at high speed towards its destination under satellite navigation. The stars embedded in the night are like street lamps, marking light marks on the high-speed moving window curtains.
Bruce glanced at the photo standing aside, the boy in the photo smiled as mischievous as he remembered, took his eyes back from the photo and put it in the environment outside the window again, and then increased the speed of the fighter to the highest speed, leaving a remnant of broken sound in the sky and disappearing in an instant...........
"I'm in trouble...."
Clark listened to the faster and faster heartbeat, a little annoyed that he hadn't noticed this sooner. Judging from Gordon's description, Bruce's recent behavior can't be summed up simply as sad, it's like...
He knew that Bruce had always wanted to avenge his parents, and no matter what kind of case he was following, the man would never give up tracking the murderer who killed his parents back then.
He asked Bruce, what are you going to do with finding that murderer? Is it to hand him over to the police? Still is...
Bruce's answer was silence, but Clark believed that if he asked Bruce what to do with the Joker now, that answer would be the last thing he wanted to hear.
There was also a follow-up message from Gordon, although the official version was that the border police had discovered the Joker, but through other sources, it seems that the Joker has obtained Korrick's citizenship and is likely to return to Gotham as Ambassador Korrick. This country called Corrick is also crazy, and actually has a madman as an ambassador.............
"Don't let the hatred gobble up, Bruce!"
Clark flew in the air in the direction of Bruce as he thought about how to stop this. He couldn't let this happen, and if Bruce really wanted to kill the Joker, he definitely couldn't do it in this state.
The Batfighter hovered above a dilapidated building, which stood out among the ruins.
The country has always been at war, the rebels and the dictatories have been fighting, and the soil is full of traces of war, and a barely standing building can be called a mansion.
Through the infrared scan, there were three people in the room, and one of them was the guy he was looking for.
Infrared imaging showed a person in the room leaving, and soon the dilapidated iron door was opened, and a guard-like soldier stepped out of it and walked to the nearby ruins for convenience.
Bruce quietly descended from the plane in the night and knocked the poor creature unconscious. After entering the house and quickly eliminating the other guard, he pushed open the door to the room where the last man was.
"Hah, I'm still wondering how long it will be before you come..."
The man with his back to the door said in a familiar and piercing voice, and his words did not hide his extraordinary excitement.
There was no answer from behind, and the clown pouted in dissatisfaction, then turned to look at the man standing in the doorway like a black ghost:
"What? Not happy to see me? Oh, that really hurts my heart."
After speaking, he wiped a handful of non-existent tears.
Batman still stood there without any action, and the Joker continued dissatisfied:
"Do you like the surprise I gave you?"
This time Batman answered the Joker's question, and a low and depressed voice echoed in the space with a somewhat different voice than before:
"Like it very much?"
"Huh?! It's true? Oh, that's great! Ha, I knew you'd like it. ”
The Joker jumped up with a jumper, jumped up to Batman's side, and leaned into his ear and said:
"You don't even know how beautiful that child's screams are, and do you need me to let them go to you? I recorded it."
The Joker's right hand moved towards the fake flower on his chest, but something faster than he moved passed through his chest.
The fake flower fell off along with part of his suit, and a steady stream of green liquid flowed out of the broken flower stalk, emitting a strong corrosive smell wherever the liquid flowed. The clown hurriedly took off his coat and expressed his displeasure:
"Hey! It's one of my favorite suits....."
The next second, a hand stuck on his neck and prevented him from continuing.
"I'm here to return the favor"
Low, hoarse, and full of death, but definitely not the usual Batman-like voice, the voice made the Joker flutter for a moment.
"Hey.... That's what you are... Sound... Ha.... Click.... Click..."
Being squeezed by an external force creates a pitch-shifting sound, but it doesn't stop the clown from laughing wildly.
Batman lifted the Joker hard and slammed it against the wall, the old wall made a shock, and a sharp batrang pressed against the Joker's neck, as long as it was forced, it could puncture the major artery under the skin.
“.... Why not get your hands dirty? ”
The Joker didn't care about his state at all, but showed a weird smile, like a demon, and kept incitement in Batman's ear:
"That kid is so cute, he's been calling Daddy."
Batman's face is somewhat reflective, and his eyes are not visible from a distance, but when you get close enough, you can see the beautiful steel-blue eyes hidden beneath the mask.
The clown was close enough to see the man's pupils that suddenly contracted when he heard this.
The pressure on his neck intensified, and the clown squeezed a creepy laugh out of his slender throat as he waited for the cold dart to pierce his skin.
The roof suddenly collapsed, and Batman's darts finally failed to penetrate the Joker's artery, and a strong hand held Batman's two hands tightly:
"Enough, blet him go"
Superman even showed up to prevent the clown from becoming dead.
“... Let go of me."
Batman has the qualities of the limits of the human body, but it can only be among humans. Without Kryptonite, he would not have been able to win against Superman in hand-to-hand combat.
"B, that's enough, let go"
Superman's tone was uncompromising and he spoke in a tough tone.
Batman looked at the big blue man who was clutching his two hands, and finally let go of his hands.
The clown, who escaped death, didn't appreciate it at all, coughed violently a few times, and then yelled at the guy who broke through the wall:
"Hey! You nosy big blue guy, it's none of your business."
The Joker has an inexplicable obsession with pulling Batman down, even if it is he who dies.
"B, calm down, you can't just kill him, I know you're in pain, but not now"
Superman pays no attention to the clown lying on the ground and shouting, just one is persuading Batman. Batman's silence couldn't fool him, and the sound of his rapidly beating heart was enough to explain his anger at the moment.
"Hey! Did you listen to me, you nasty guy, don't bother me playing games with the little bat! ”
The clown was dissatisfied with being ignored, and as soon as he regained his strength, he jumped up from the ground and roared at Superman in dissatisfaction. But in the next second, his vision changed to a different angle, and the whole person was frozen upside down on the wall, which is one of Superman's superpowers - freezing breathing.
Superman walked over and looked at the Joker's eyes, and said in a tone completely devoid of the temperature of the children of the sun in the past:
"Shut up or I'll make you disappear"
Looking at the faintly reddened blue eyes, the clown said disdainfully:
"Cut, Superman kills?"
Superman, the most powerful man on the planet, has always given the impression of being gentle, he will only appear when people need him, and when disaster comes, the threat of this man is completely ignored by the clown.
"You seem to have mistaken the clown, you don't necessarily need to die to make you disappear, you've probably heard of lobot surgery, you're not crazy enough to understand what I mean, huh?"
Lobot surgery is a very controversial procedure that was once used on criminals who were unable to eradicate criminal behavior. Looking at the red that came up from the depths of those blue pupils, the clown finally closed his mouth.
Finally getting the pesky guy to shut up, Superman turned his attention to Batman again, and even after thinking all the way with his super brain, he still couldn't figure out what reason to use to persuade the man.
Hurried footsteps were heard in the distance, and not only Superman heard it, but Batman also heard it.
“...... Take him away."
Batman's voice reverted to its previous synthesizen-like sound, much to Superman's relief. So when he turned around and planned to take the clown who had been frozen into a lump with him, the clown made a piercing objection:
"Hey! You can't do that to me, I'm an ambassador, and I'm going to represent this country in the United States tomorrow! ”
The Joker's words made Superman think about it, and Sheriff Gordon's unreliable clues, I didn't expect Korrick to really let this madman be the ambassador.
Superman looked at Batman uncertainly, if he kidnapped the Joker like this, it would cause diplomatic problems, and there was no way to convict him if he tied the Joker back like this, and the ambassador had diplomatic immunity.
Batman's heartbeat didn't change in the slightest, and the footsteps outside were getting closer and closer.
"Let's go!"
Batman pulled out his hook and clawed from the hole where Superman came in** towards the Batfighter above the house, leaving the place the moment the crowd rushed into the room...........
The next day, as the Joker himself said, as Korrick's diplomat, the Joker once again set foot on American soil.
The news almost drove Gordon insane. Because of the name of a normal person, many Gotham people have not yet realized what it means to name the diplomat who wants to establish a diplomatic embassy in Gotham.
"What are we going to do?"
Clark asked with some uncertainty, the ambassador has immunity, and now the laws of Gotham can't bind the clown, which is really stupid, in other words, they can't use normal and legal means to stuff this madman back into Arkham.
"Humph! Is it an ambassador of a small war-torn country like Korrick..."
Bruce narrowed his eyes as he looked at the high-spirited face on TV.
The next day, Wayne Enterprises announced that it had extended its tentacles to Korrick in the name of humanitarian aid, and soon the proposal was put on the agenda, and Bruce Wayne personally went to discuss the specifics with Korrick's rulers.
Ten days later, the Gotham police released evidence that the new ambassador of Korrick was the number one Joker on Gotham's wanted list, and Korrick announced that he would strip the Joker of his citizenship and deport him.
The Gotham police were able to arrest the Joker and throw him into Arkham's separate cell once again on charges of kidnapping and murder.
"Uh... Bruce, how much did you spend this time? ”
Clark asked, uncertain.
"I don't like to talk about money..."
"Okay"
Clark shrugged, after all, he was Bruce. Wayne, isn't it?