In a certain plane, there is such a saying.

"Those who fight against dragons should be careful not to turn into dragons. When you stare into the abyss, the abyss is staring at you. ”

This passage sounds mysterious, cool, grandiose, and vague at the same time, and people just read these words together, feeling the breath of middle school, but rarely really understand the meaning of this sentence.

Because it's not a statement, it's a question...... It asks: What is the difference between the brave and the evil dragon? Whether there is really a difference between the inside and outside of the abyss.

The same sentence structure can be replaced by millions of different doubts.

What is naivety and what is maturity?

Is there a right or wrong between the two sides who are insulting each other?

In the eyes of beasts, are humans also beasts?

What is the difference between a person who uses violence to punish a criminal and a criminal?

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Well, these questions are too deep and too far into the hole, so let's return our gaze to Gotham, to the night of this sin capital, to a guy many years ago who was also dubbed "weirdo...... Batman.

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Everyone knows that Batman doesn't kill.

He may smash your limbs, he may beat you to dementia, he may throw you into a black prison where you can be crippled alive, he may leave you with a lifelong disability and misery...... But he doesn't kill.

You can think of this as a secondary paranoia with a false Madonna's heart, but of course, you can also understand him with a simpler idea, because it doesn't kill...... It's his bottom line. Because he wants to save the city...... Although the place has been filled with sin, he always thinks that as long as there is one person who can stick to the so-called justice, then the city can still be saved.

Well, in fact, from a certain point of view, this is a very distorted and deformed psychology, because the so-called justice is a fictitious illusion at all, but it is this psychology that makes him a "hero" full of sin.

Yes, full of sin, as I said before, Gotham City is an abandoned city, and there is only sin here...... All people here are sinners. Batman, of course, too. He is an extrajudicial sanctioner, without a police officer card, without an arrest warrant. He was violent in the night, he did everything that was not allowed by law, he was like all the weirdos, he wore fancy clothes and faceless makeup, and he was even stranger than the weirdos, because his costume was so much cooler than any supercriminal. Speaking of which, in addition to not killing and not robbing...... He doesn't seem to be any different from the criminals he fights. And he doesn't rob because he doesn't have to. So if he doesn't kill people, he seems to have become the only kite string that can pull him from falling.

Yes, he can kill, and he even wants to shoot those criminals every second.

But...... And after that?

Kill the next one?

And the next one?

This is Gotham, and if you want to get rid of the evil, there's only one way to do it, and that's to blow it up...... There is no one left.

That's not salvation, it's slaughter.

So as long as Batman kills someone, then he is no longer Batman, but a murderer with no bottom line, and he is a more terrifying existence than any criminal......

So it was that night...... All the super criminals throughout Gotham were dumbfounded.

They saw the one called Harry. Quinn's girl was lying in a pool of blood, and her graceful figure could make any man with normal physiology swallow saliva.

And beside her, there stood a monster, a monster in a black cloak, almost merging with the night.

...... Batman, killed!

At that moment, the sins that had accumulated a whole life began to drag this self-proclaimed righteous man to degenerate, resentment, hatred, madness, and thousands of emotions all engulfed him at the moment when the kite string was broken.

A demon was born......

In that moment, all the supercriminals realized that they had to kill Batman and that there was no other choice!

But...... How to kill?

He disappeared into the night again, and no one knew where Batman was. Usually, he always appears from the darkness and breaks someone's bones and sends them to prison, but from this moment on, no one knows if he will directly tear someone's throat the next time he appears.

The whole of Gotham City was plunged into one of the most terrible panics ever. All the supercriminals went into hiding, some disappeared, some left Gotham directly, and some were ready to turn themselves in and hide from Batman in prison.

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The penguin man sat in front of Ziliang and told these things.

"So...... That's why you criminals suddenly disappeared eight years ago? Ziliang frowned and said, "No, if it's just like this, then Gotham shouldn't be what it is now." ”

The penguin nodded: "Of course, it's not that simple, because there is not only Batman in Gotham City, but another person...... joker！ He said, and then seemed to sink into another memory.

After that night, Batman hasn't appeared for a long time, but everyone knows that it's because he has too many sins, the birth of a hero is extremely difficult, and the birth of a demon naturally takes time.

It was at this time that the Joker appeared.

No one knows what he thinks, anyway, he didn't hide like other supercriminals...... Instead, he appeared at the main entrance of the Wayne Building with great fanfare......

It was the middle of the day, and he was shooting frantically at the door of Wayne Tower, no one had ever seen a clown like that, he wasn't laughing wildly, he was angry, he was roaring, he was madly invective, calling Batman a coward!

On that day, he planted a bomb in the city, and no one knows exactly how much he planted, but it is certain that the Joker was in a bad mood that day, and a Joker in a bad mood was enough to blow up the whole of Gotham.

The way to stop the explosion is simple, as the Joker has a device that detonates with a single touch.

But...... The madman swallowed the disarming device in front of everyone.

That's when people finally realized that he was luring Batman out...... And lure Batman to kill himself.

"And after that?" Ziliang seemed to have finally raised some interest, his eyes quickly swept over the notebook, it was hard to imagine how fast he was reading, in short, he seemed to be very happy, his sleepy eyes were completely open, his breathing was a little tight, and his face was flushed with excitement.

"And then ......," the penguin man continued, "and then Batman appeared, and he walked out of the Wayne Mansion...... In broad daylight, it's in the sun...... But he wasn't wearing that gear, and he wasn't wearing a mask...... I was there at the time, and maybe the ordinary citizens and police didn't understand what that meant, but at that time, I already knew, Bruce. Wayne is Batman. ”