Chapter 31: Just Don't Die
It's no surprise that Tony would have such an idea, and in a way, the two are often compared side by side.
Iron Man and Batman are both children of rich families, both of them have amazing wealth and super intelligence, and they are both do-it-yourself types, and their equipment is basically built by themselves.
In addition, there is a certain overlap in the positioning of the superhero group: both of them bear the logistics of the whole team to a certain extent.
The slight difference is that the team commander in the Avengers is generally Captain America Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, although he has a strong IQ, is not the best in terms of combat, and in the Justice League, most of the time Batman is in charge of the strategy.
At the same time, Batman is the only superhero in the DC world who stands at the top of his mortal body, and Tony Stark was also an ordinary person who relied on equipment for a long time (the cinematic universe has always been an ordinary human, and the comic book world has been strengthened with a desperate virus).
It's just because of Ethan's agitation that Iron Man's development trajectory has changed dramatically, and today's Tony Stark is very different from the 'original' Tony Stark, but it has not reduced his curiosity about Batman, especially Batman's insistence on being a superhero as a mortal for a long time.
Batman is a figure who stands at the top of superheroes, and has participated in countless big events, and in the process of solving so many crises, Bruce Wayne has encountered many opportunities to 'change himself', but he has not chosen these means to make himself stronger.
Bruce Wayne is determined to be an ordinary person, walking in the dark with an ordinary body and doing all kinds of dangerous work, Tony wants to know if the Bruce Wayne in front of him will have this kind of persistence?
If it's just a comic, maybe consider that this is the 'selling point of Batman', but now this is a living person, living in a real world, without those 'commercial elements', will Bruce Wayne still insist on that?
Tony asked himself that he would definitely not refuse, just as he would take the initiative to learn magic from Ethan and use enhancement potions to make himself stronger.
For now, Bruce Wayne is not overly obsessed with those things, and he is still trying to learn everything that can improve himself, and ask Tony for all the things he is curious about.
Ethan was not involved in the teaching of the two, nor was he involved in Bruce Wayne's evening action.
After creating a new bat suit and making a certain amount of optimization, Bruce Wayne has already begun to carry out the first step of his plan - to take action against Falconi, the most notorious gang leader in Gotham, as the first operation of Batman's birth, can make Batman's name and deter all the villains in Gotham.
Tony Stark is also not involved in these things, he doesn't think much of the evil forces of this local gang, he is targeting relatively big threats in the Marvel Universe, such as Hydra intends to control human beings, aliens invade the earth, etc., occasionally a big villain does some more intense evil deeds, if he is in a good mood or when he is in a bad mood, he will also help out.
As for the gangs that survive in the cities, leave it to the local police.
However, considering the situation in the city of Gotham......
Seeing Bruce Wayne return to the Batcave and begin to organize his gear and check some of the bumps on his body, Tony found that these small bits and pieces on Bruce's body were getting fewer and fewer.
"The speed at which you've improved has been truly astonishing. ”
Bruce Wayne is still an ordinary person's body, coupled with the lack of sufficient experience, even if he is fully equipped with some equipment, and under some of Tony's teachings, he has also optimized it, but this does not mean that he will not go wrong.
Especially when landing from a high altitude, it's normal to have bumps and bumps, and Bruce Wayne grew up in the 'collisions' again and again - of course, Tony has a 'collection' of these valuable video materials.
So far, Bruce has suffered more than half of the injuries on his body than he did at the beginning, and maybe it won't be long before he can become the Batman who can change into equipment at any time, and then solve the problem with a lot of hair, and change into a suit to pretend to be Batman.
Tony also got over the addiction of a mentor, and even personally instructed Bruce Wayne to make the first new bat suit with a variety of high-tech.
This set of equipment looks basically the same as the first bat suit, but it carries a small computer on the forearm, which can be used for communication, radio, thermal imaging, recording and displaying maps, password cracking and other functions, and due to the use of special materials, this small computer is very sturdy and can be used as a shield for defense when necessary.
At the same time, there is a small jet device hidden in the gauntlet, although limited by the relationship between energy and space, this jet device can only last for a short time (if you are full of power, it will run out of fuel in a few seconds), but when it is critical, you can change many things, such as emergency direction adjustment when using paragliders, or slowing down when falling.
It's also on the feet, plus a lot of equipment like sonic weapons, small electric shock devices, etc., combined with Bruce Wayne's stealth technology...... Under the cover of darkness, the current Bruce Wayne is no longer an existence that ordinary people can deal with.
However, Bruce insists on not using lethal weapons, and not killing people is still the bottom line he adheres to - because the current Bruce Wayne has not yet understood the supreme rule of 'it doesn't matter if you are paralyzed, as long as you don't die', so now he is still a little unsure how much to start with.
This caused him to suffer a little in the next few actions, and although Ethan didn't say anything about this situation, Tony couldn't help but start complaining.
"Why can't you make a big move?"
"I'm afraid I'm going to kill them if I miss them. ”
"So what? Do you feel grateful to the other person if you take it lightly? Look at these wounds on your body, that's what they give back. ”
Tony shook his head, he never thought about keeping his hands behind when he was fighting—especially when he was targeting the Hydra soldiers, and there was no possibility of him leaving his hands behind when he blasted past with a missile palm energy cannon.
At the same time, he didn't think there was anything wrong with killing those guys? What could these madmen do if they didn't get killed? Can they be told to surrender with a cannon?
Bruce Wayne certainly wasn't that naïve, and there's a reason he insists on not killing heavy hands.
"Because I don't want to be a bottomless being. ”
Not killing is a cordon he has drawn for himself, and he tries to control himself from breaking through this line.
But now he faces an embarrassing situation - Batman is indeed starting to have a certain reputation, but the villains still don't take him seriously.
"Because you didn't really scare them, they just think you're a fancy neurotic, a madman, a nuisance...... But that's about it. ”
Bruce turned his head to look at Ethan, and he felt that this young man, who had always been silent, could answer the questions in his mind.
"So what should I do to make them feel terrified?"
"There are many ways to make people feel scared, and the simplest of them is to make them feel the pain......
Even if Ethan doesn't say it, Bruce will understand this later, it just takes some time.
"A lot of thugs have nothing but themselves, and if you want them to be afraid, you have to make them understand that if they are caught, they will suffer greatly. ”
"Violence?"
Bruce doesn't advocate violence, but violence is sometimes the most effective method, especially for these guys who have nothing, and you don't want to frighten them at all except to directly hurt their bodies with violence.
"Why do many wicked people decisively give in to another wicked person, but show great toughness when facing a good person?"
Ethan spread his hands.
"If you want to use fear to deter the wicked, first you have to understand that, and then you have to be determined to be a wicked person. ”
Batman may be a righteous man, and in a way a good person.
But in the eyes of the bad guys, he must turn into a devil and punish those people with the most cruel means, otherwise Batman will never have a deterrent in the hearts of the bad guys.
Doing so is bound to attract some criticism, which is one of the reasons why Batman is called the Dark Knight: in addition to his frequent presence in the dark, Batman's actions are too evil in the eyes of these people!
But Bruce Wayne didn't care about these things, and when he decided to become Batman, he had already expected this day.
In the next few days, Bruce Wayne returned with fewer injuries on his body, and at the same time, the rumors about Batman in the outside world changed a little.
The cause of the incident is that compared to the previous criminals who were only knocked down and thrown at the crime scene, this time they were all seriously injured and thrown at the door of the police station, and the mildest injuries also had several fractures.
In addition, Falconi, who was supposed to be tied to the headlights in the original plot and suffered a little injury and fright at best, was seriously injured in countless places all over his body this time, and could hardly find a good place, and is still lying in the ward unable to move.
Batman, who used Falcony's encounter to warn Gotham's other villains, unexpectedly got some new information:
Falconi is in the service of a mysterious and powerful force, secretly transporting something special to Gotham, and Dr. Jonathan Klein is the liaison between him and that force, and what secrets does the Arkham Hospital run by this doctor seem to be hiding?