46. Human nature torture [45/100]

Gotham is a city built on the coast, and the whole city is surrounded by the sea, which is why it has been able to develop in the past with the help of the shipping industry, but the downside of this terrain is that it has only 7 bridges and tunnels directly connected to the land, as well as railroad tracks erected in the air.

The threat of the clown is the purpose, even the big hero of Gotham Harvey Dent was plotted by him, and now life and death are unknown, after the news came, the confidence of the entire Gotham was seriously hit, although the mayor also announced that he was kidnapped, but the news of his safe return under the rescue of the police, and also transferred 500 National Guard troops into the city, trying to save the city's confidence, but this series of measures, but only let the city recover from the brink of collapse.

And now, the Joker has made another threat, this time facing the whole of Gotham, almost everyone who can move is moving, all the tickets for all the ships that are still docked at the Gotham Pier have been snapped up within 1 diagon, and some people have even started the business of transporting people away with a net, and the train station is overcrowded.

But the throughput of Gotham's port, which has become increasingly chaotic lately, is far from meeting the city's needs.

With 800 people here, even if only a third of them trying to escape the city, the terrible flow of people is an extremely serious challenge to the city's public transportation facilities.

After 2 inclinations, the night of Gotham has come, and the citizens who are forced to helpless can only risk the tunnels and bridges, but unfortunately, the mayor has announced that no one can pass through the bridges and tunnels, of course, for the sake of their lives, and Mayor Nestor really doesn't want to see the news of anyone hurting.

The National Guard was sent by him to the bridges and tunnels, with instruments to detect explosives, almost inch by inch, everywhere to detect danger, two armored vehicles blocked in front of the bridge, and the soldiers pulled up the defense line with loaded guns, they were preparing to prevent the occurrence of shocks, in this case, once chaos occurs, the terrible consequences are much more terrible than the real explosion.

The entire city traffic line has been completely paralyzed, the people who are trying to drive out of the city have made a big mistake, the congested traffic has been photographed from the port area to the central area, everyone is frantically honking their horns, knowing that no one will give way to them, and there is no way to give way, but the natural despicability of human nature is undoubtedly shown at this moment.

On both sides of the road, full of scuffling fellows, the shadow of death hovering overhead, laughing wildly, this pressure destroys almost everyone's fragile spirit, all it takes is one spark for this destroyed chaos to turn into bloodshed, and then, like a spark of fire, more enemy fires throughout the city.

The whole city was full of chickens and dogs, the Gotham Police Department's alarm call was blown up in 15 minutes, and after Woolz's death, the already terrified gangsters surrendered to the Joker, and they attacked wildly under the orders of the new boss, kidnapping everyone they could.

There were gunshots everywhere, and some people took the opportunity to rob, force X, and do things that they would not dare to do on weekdays, and the chaos triggered a despicable ** in people's hearts, like adding fuel to the fire.

You see, the words of the clown are not unreasonable, under the rapid development of civilization, what is hidden is the more and more fragile human heart, you know, in the age of barbarism, but there is no such thing as madness, in that era, people like clowns may be regarded as prophet-like characters.

But when the glossy cloak of civilization is removed in a form of madness, exposing one's true self to the sun, is this evolution or degradation?

This is what the clown wants, to show the ugliest and most comical side of the order of the whole society in front of everyone, he doesn't need their money, he doesn't need their lives, he just wants to destroy everyone's spirit.

Gotham on this day is like a real hell on earth.

In the docks, the passenger ship named "Brave", a mercenary ship of the Gotham Port Authority, which was supposed to transport goods and dock workers, was urgently mobilized to transport these citizens, and the crowd that had been waiting on the shore came cheering, and they crowded on the railing of the dock, waving the money in their hands.

The captain said proudly to the first mate,

"It's really hard to get a ticket, so I said it would be good to come to Gotham in the first place, dock! Double the ticket no, no, no, triple it! We can run another trip before midnight, the next one."

The captain squinted at the crazy people on the dock, he couldn't even look at the edge, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes,

"Tenfold!"

However, good things cannot always be taken by one person, and at the moment when the "Brave" docked, more than a dozen heavily armed police cars escorted seven large prisoner cars to stop at the port, and the heavily armed police fired into the sky, and it took several minutes to clear a road at the dock.

Then the National Guard escorted the mortals in orange prison uniforms and chain-toe shackles out of the prisoner cart, and at the forefront, the assistant to the mayor of Nestor said forcefully to the captain of the Brave,

"Now it's an emergency, your ship has been requisitioned!"

"Why? It's not legal!"

The captain shouted, obviously there was a chance to make a lot of money, but he encountered this kind of thing, how to keep him from going crazy, but the next moment, a young man of the National Guard came over, he held a pistol in his hand, and looked at the captain indifferently,

"We were ordered to escort a group of dangerous prisoners out of Gotham, if you don't plan to sail, you can come down, I have someone who can sail, do you understand?

"But why?"

The captain refused to back down, and he pointed to the citizens who were waving their hands frantically on the docks, and then to the prisoners who were escorted into the cabin.

"Isn't the life of a citizen as precious as those damned scum?"

"No matter what the Joker is planning, he has gathered the remaining forces of the entire Gotham gang, and it is a ticking time bomb to keep these people who have something to do with the gang in Gotham"

The mayor's assistant patted the captain on the shoulder and whispered,

"Help, man, if all goes well, I can apply for the privilege clause from the Port Authority for you!"

The captain's eyes lit up suddenly, he looked up at the night that had darkened, he pursed his lips, and the mayor's assistant took out his pocket watch and looked at the time,

"It's 9:34 p.m., and if we're fast enough, you can come back and have another trip that no one is going to have trouble with money, is it?"

"Okay, let them come up quickly, we'll be on the boat in five minutes!"

On the other side, a cruise ship full of lucky Gotham locals has also been offshore, and everything seems to be so normal, except for the disgruntled shouting of the people who saw the government send away the prisoners first, and instead left the citizens on the docks, everything seemed to be harmonious.

In the basement of the Wayne Building, Lucius was busy manipulating the giant sonar that monitored the entire city in front of him, and the large network of ultrasound and sound collection built by mobile phones throughout the city, this middle-aged man is now the uncrowned king of Gotham, and even the secrets hidden by the mayor will not be hidden from his eyes and ears as long as he wants.

But Lucius wouldn't do that

"Found it, Wayne!"

Lucius turned on the contact he was wearing in his ear, and he locked the ultrasound band in a fixed area, shrinking and shrinking, and finally, he reported a location.

"Fourth Avenue in the docklands, near the construction area of Narrow Island, if I'm not mistaken, it's the site where Wayne Industries plans to build a new Pier 21, he's on the 14th floor, oh, by the way, there's a lot of hostages, conservatively estimated at more than 40 people, children, women, there's members of the Clown Gang watching them, no matter what you're going to do, you'd better get them out first!"

"Roger!"

Bruce's voice came out, and in the dim darkness of the night, the batmobile started up in the dark alley and sped all the way towards the docklands.

Lucius put down the contact, he looked at the screen in front of him, there was a slight struggle on his face, and finally, he picked up his phone and dialed the call.

"He's in the construction zone on Fourth Avenue in the docklands"

Lucius whispered into the microphone, "Cyber, Bruce rushed over, but I'm afraid he'll do the same thing, you're right, Joker, a dangerous character like him, shouldn't continue to exist." ”

"Very well, Lucius this time, I won't give him another chance. ”

The long knife that had been wiped clean reflected Cyber's eyes, which were indifferent gazes, which could be seen in the eyes when one made up one's mind, and the look would never deceive.

"Click"

With the long knife in the sheath, Cyber put down his phone and put the ghost face on his face, he looked back, in the dark living room of the villa, in the mirror, the reflection was a dark red figure.

Mottled mask, slender armor, shaky dark red cloak, in the darkness, he let out a low laugh, opened the door, he took a deep breath, and strode into the darkness.

"Are the prisoners still quiet?"

The captain of the Brave took a sip of wine and looked at the first mate beside him, who nodded, "More than 20 soldiers are watching them, the Gotham government is here this time, and the safety of their guns is open." ”

"Well, that's good, let's speed up, I really don't want those scum to stay on my ship. ”

The captain snorted, and he pulled the joystick, but the next moment, all the lights of the entire Brave, dimmed, and after a few moments, they came back on, and the light dimmed a lot, and the captain froze for a moment, and shouted,

"What's going on, why did you switch the backup power supply?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the boatswain rushed up with an anxious face.

"Captain, Captain, our engine failed, some wires were cut, I saw him jump overboard, G, Miscellaneous, and we're stuck here!"

"What?"

When the captain heard this, he turned his head suddenly, and saw that the cruise ship that had been going side by side with them had also stopped, and the lights on the deck had all been extinguished, and he could faintly see that several people had jumped off the deck, and they had suffered the same thing.

"What's going on, can anyone tell me?"

The captain shouted, and the boatswain shoved a box into his hand, and he wiped the sweat from his forehead, "This is what I found in the cabin!"

At the same moment, on the Valiant and the cruise ship, the radio was turned on, and the voice that had brought terrible disaster to Gotham sounded again, exploding like a bomb in everyone's hearts.

"Hi ladies and gentlemen, I'm the host of tonight's game, you can call me The Joker!"

"Tonight you will participate in one of my social experiments, with the magic of diesel fuel and ammonium nitrate explosives, I am ready to blow you all up into the sky, don't try to find the location of the bomb, it is placed there only I know, and whoever tries to get off the ship, as long as I see it, you will all die!"

"Brave and Flying, you are the participants in the experimentation by me, listen to me patiently, listen to me, there is a detonator on each ship, but pay attention, it can detonate another ship, it is 10:17 p.m., and when midnight comes, I will blow you all up. ”

On the Flying yacht, a young girl screamed, and the whole ship instantly fell into madness, and on the Brave, when the first prisoner stood up, the indifferent young type turned his gun on him and opened the safe,

"You're down!"

Before the clown could finish his words, he seemed to sense the agitation on the two ships, and after a few seconds, he spoke again,

"But if one of the boats blew up the other first, I'll be merciful enough to keep the boat alive, so which boat will it be? Who will survive? Damn scum, or innocent citizens?"

His playful voice was full of ridicule,

"You see, I said that I wanted you to participate in the game, and now it's up to you to decide the fate of more than 400 people!"

"Oh, by the way, maybe you should hurry up, because the people on the other ship may not be as noble as you and put their lives in the hands of others, which is really stupid, isn't it?"

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