"Bang"

A mass of newspaper mixed with rotten vegetable leaves smashed against the brightly brushed streetside glass door, making a violent vibration, and even a cheer, so that more things fell on the shop.

The staff of the shop cowered behind the door, watching the demonstrators passing by in front of them, and did not even dare to wash the stains on the door immediately.

Everyone knows why today's parade is even crazier, because someone died again last night, the Joker does what he says, Batman doesn't take off his mask for a day, someone in the city will die for him, and anyone with such a madman around will make people crazy with fear.

But they ignore that last night Batman saved 2 people from the Joker.

The whole of Gotham Central was bustling with people, and the parade was always passionate, waving their arms, holding up shoddy slogans, and making roars that they couldn't even hear, and instead of coming together to form a more powerful sound, they mixed up and became worse noise.

It's tiresome.

"Get Batman out!"

"Why should we die for him!"

"Let him take off his damn mask!"

"We want to live!"

They crossed the bustling First Avenue and ended up downstairs in the mayor's office, as if to completely enclose the poor building, and they roared, and when there were more people, they began to smash their things at the policemen guarding the door.

The heavily armored policemen wore hoods, and their expressions could not be seen, but from under their cold exteriors, you could feel their thoughts... These stupid guys.

However, the demonstrators thought that this was to make Mayor Nestor see their power and tried to use their voices and actions to get the town hall to come up with a solution, but the reality was that Mayor Nestor was not in the office at all.

They are simply venting their anger and fear into the air, disguising themselves as pioneers who have dedicated their lives to a just cause... Beneath Guang Weizheng's appearance, there are cowardly souls who stand together, so cowardly that they are not willing to take even the slightest risk.

Outside of the excited marching crowd, the reporters danced even more excitedly as they reported on the intensifying march in Gotham City, wishing that things would be a little more chaotic and that Batman would stand up and beat these guys into meat sauce.

But not for justice, but for more exciting news.

Politicians used the march to attack Mayor Nestor's policies, businessmen took the opportunity to raise prices, and even gangsters scared by the red devil mingled in the crowd.

Everyone here got what they wanted from this trip, only the citizens who were marching, and they didn't even know what they were doing.

This is the group, they are not good at reasoning, but they are eager to move, they are impulsive, impatient, easily suggestive and gullible, their intelligence is inferior to the wisdom of the individual, they are full of primitive violence and bloodthirstiness, and even their moral level is very low.

As Cyber said, "Once you blend in with the crowd, you become infected with their movements, habits, and ways of thinking, and do things that are ridiculous but unaware of it." ”

It's like a show.

"I know there's a driving force behind this, but I can't imagine why it's so bad in just three days?"

Mayor Nestor stood in the police office, in front of him were the chiefs of the various districts of Gotham, and the seven sheriffs of the main office, Robin was absent, and the eyes of the police crossed the two empty positions from time to time, Gordon and Lauber, their leaders, but they were dead in their duties.

In the face of the angry and anxious mayor, Sheriff Smith, Gordon's most trusted sheriff in his life, pondered for a moment and said,

"Mr. Mayor, this matter is actually more complicated than you think, in the past two days of surveillance, we have found a large number of gangsters, and they even appeared as the backbone of the parade... We have reason to suspect that this is a wave of Batman that the Joker dislikes, in order to force him to stand up and show his identity. ”

The reason was reasonable, the mayor nodded, he was not an ignorant man, but when it came to his position and power, no matter how selfless a person could feel anxious, he sat down in his chair and played with the cigar cutter in his hand,

"Why don't you catch them?"

Smith's expression darkened,

"We don't have enough police, and in Gordon... The law and order situation in the city has deteriorated again, the police officers have been assigned to patrol various areas, and we are worried that if we do, we will be used by the Jokers in case of a large-scale injury incident, which will reduce the credibility of the entire Gotham city government to an all-time low, you can guess, it will be a disaster. ”

Nestor stopped talking, his face changing rapidly, and finally, he sighed,

"Look at our people, they're now vulnerable like sheep sent to a slaughterhouse and without a leader, didn't Batman take a stand?"

Sheriff Smith swayed,

"No, and I don't think he needs to stand up, Mr. Mayor, although his actions are illegal, but we can't ignore that in the past year, it is because of him that the order of our city has been biased towards stability, I never believe that if we hand over Batman, the Joker will give up, I have been in contact with too many villains like this, they will only get an inch, they will see our weakness, they will treat us like meat on the felt board. ”

The sheriff's tone was sonorous, and he looked at the mayor,

"I request that all Gotham television broadcasts be banned from broadcasting the Joker's threatening video immediately, which will make these people who fear for their safety even more frenzied, and he is taking advantage of our fears, Mr. Mayor, he is destroying our will!"

Faced with this request, Mayor Nestor was a little hesitant, and after more than ten seconds, he raised his head and looked at Smith and the others,

"Do you know what that means?"

"Mr. Mayor, we are not deceiving the citizens!"

Sheriff Smith spoke, "We've lost 3 brave cops and 7 innocent citizens in these three days, and we have reason to believe that the Joker's madness will continue, but if we do give in, we hand over Batman... We handed over the last sword that could protect us to our opponent, and although we were reluctant to admit it, the fact now is that we can't handle the clown with the police alone, but we really can't let him destroy the will of the city anymore. ”

"Or you can order the National Guard to enter the city and maintain order, which is the best I can think of. ”

"National Guard?"

Mayor Nestor's eyes lit up, he placed the cigar cutter in his hand on the table, and after a few minutes he spoke,

"Yes, I give you permission to block any news about the Joker... Also, I'll let the National Guard into the city, but you have to cooperate well so that you don't cause panic among the people again, and I'm sure that the heavily armed soldiers will give confidence to the frenzied populace, and I don't think the clown can deal with those soldiers... By the way, let the TV station broadcast the footage of the National Guard entering the city, I think this will stabilize the hearts of the people. ”

At the same time, on the 25th floor of the Wayne Building, Bruce, Rachel, Alfred, and Lucius were also sitting in the living room, watching the live parade on Gotham TV, and seeing those slogans, Bruce's eyes became gloomy, and Rachel held his hand, wanting to give him some confidence.

"Now insert a piece of news that the mayor of Zst signed an order 15 minutes ago that the National Guard will send 500 soldiers into Gotham to maintain the current deteriorating order in the city..."

"Whew"

Alfred breathed a sigh of relief, and he said to the others, "Nestor has finally done what he had to do." ”

"But I doubt that the military can deal with the clown. ”

Lucius frowned and said, "Judging from the current form, this guy's manipulation of people's hearts is simply top-notch, look at the turmoil he has caused, the people will naturally feel fear when they see people being killed every day because of Batman, but they don't realize at all that the number of people who die every day in Gotham because of the conflict is not even a fifth of what it was a year ago, and they feel that things are getting worse, but in fact, it keeps getting better." ”

"We can't ask the people to calm down, especially when it's a matter of everyone, no one knows who will die next, the clown just grasps the weakness in human nature and magnifies it, it's like a devil. ”

Rachel said hatefully, "He's shifting that pressure to Bruce, you bastard!"

"Bruce, what do you think?"

Alfred looked at his young master, as one of the closest people, he faintly felt Bruce's inner struggle, and in the face of this question, Bruce breathed a sigh of relief, he looked at the restless crowd on the screen, he said,

"I was originally trying to encourage the right things, to encourage the positive, not madness, not death!"

He lowered his head a little tiredly, he covered his face, "I messed up, I even released him with my own hands, sometimes I really envy Cyber, if I could be as unprincipled as he is, all this would not have happened at all." ”

No one spoke, they knew that Bruce had made a decision, and for a stubborn person, he would not easily change his mind because of other people's words.

"Rachel, remember what I said to you earlier?"

"The city already has its own heroes, it's time for Batman to be history... I know what the Joker will do, and I'll wait for him, this time..."

Bruce's face showed a look of determination, "I'm not going to let him run away again." ”

He looked at Rachel, stroked her hair, and said softly, "Then, we can continue to live as Bruce Wayne, and Harvey will do what I can't do instead of me." ”

"This will be the last battle of Batman, Ducater has taught me that there is a saying in the East, put it to death and come back to life, I know what I have to do, and I know what I really want. ”

Later in the evening, Harvey Dent, who was busy in the prosecutor's office, received a strange phone call,

"Who are you?"

The three days of intensifying riots put the prosecutor's office under great pressure, and Harvey Dent was on the side of Batman, and as a man who believed in law and justice, he surpassed his own rules for the first time and sided with the city of Robin Hood.

But his mood was still very grumpy, not only because of the pressure, but also because Rachel had made it clear that she and Bruce would be married in the near future, poor Harvey was out of love, and people in lovelorn are always grumpy, he asked loudly,

"How do you know my phone number?"

But there was a hoarse and low voice from that one, and Harvey heard it more than once, and his spirit immediately tensed, and he knew that it was Batman.

"You are a symbol of hope, I will never be able to!"

"Harvey, you stand up against the crime syndicate, you are Gotham's first legitimate ray of hope in decades, you don't need to wear a mask to protect the city, you are more qualified than me to be the hero of the city. ”

"The clown wants me... I'll take off my mask and stand up and fight him, Harvey, and I'll arrange a press conference tomorrow morning. ”

"What!"

Harvey Dent's voice rang out immediately, so excited, so angry,

"You can't do this, you can't admit defeat to him, you can't admit defeat to a miscellaneous person, you're doing the right thing, you can't just bow your head like this, I've heard how the people in this city praise you since the first day I entered the city, but look at you now, you actually want to surrender!"

"It's not a surrender, Harvey... I just want to put an end to this dangerous game where human lives are at stake, I'll catch it, I swear!"

Bruce whispered, "This will be Batman's last battle, you will be my best assistant, Harvey, don't be presumptuous, if anyone sees you like this, sees you sympathize with a law-breaking City Ranger, everything is done, all the criminals you catch will be released... Everything doesn't make sense anymore. ”

"My friend, don't forget Gordon's sacrifice, take my banner, and help me protect it in your way, let the wicked be punished, and the good survive. ”

Harvey's expression froze, he didn't know what to say, the dream of a superhero from the type was shattered at this moment, but at the same time, another faith grew.

He put down the phone, leaned back in his chair, and he took the cigar out of the drawer with trembling hands, and in that mellow taste, he felt a will called inheritance.

Batman succumbed him, wanting him to truly become a hero in Gotham, who doesn't need to wear a mask, and who will stand under the light and defend the city with his own power... He felt the pressure on his shoulders, but was that what he wanted to do?

Prosecutors need to be subordinated to politics, Harvey knows that better than anyone, and what about the next Joker? Gotham needs a hero of light who can't deal with someone like the Joker, it needs a dark legend.

No... Batman shouldn't have surrendered like this {can't do this, b the world shouldn't be like this!}

Harvey Dent slammed the cigar in his ashtray and he wouldn't allow him to surrender so easily! Allow!

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