Chapter 396: Batman is dead
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As Dick's words fell, the eyes of the four gathered on Roy.
Roy's face changed slightly: "Wait, you have reached an agreement?" Voted for me or what? ”
"Actually, I'm not that much in favor of the idea." Damian pouted, "But since they all agree that I'm too small to fit the uniform, I may be able to accept the reluctance to give you this spot." ”
Barbara spoke, "I know you don't want to take the cloak, Roy. Believe me, no one understands better than me, but now there is no other way. ”
"Yes, you know me, Xiaoba." Roy said lightly, "That's exactly why I think you should be able to understand - I'm not Batman, and I'll never be Batman." ”
"We're past the stage of discussing this, Roy." Tim said, "You've seen it with your own eyes, the city is being torn apart little by little, and there's nothing we can do about it but watch it burn." All Skynet has done is to delay its death, but not for long. Two-faced and Penguin are at loggerheads, and the two forces and many territorial conflicts are enough to swallow the entire city! We can't watch it happen, we have to do something about it. Maybe it's not the best outcome, but we've got no choice. ”
"Tim was right." Dick also spoke, "You know, that's what I thought at first - Bruce's cape shouldn't be put on, and we should take on the task of taking over from Batman. But to be honest, I don't have the confidence to say that right now. After such a period of hard work, I have clearly seen the powerlessness of 'Skynet' in this catastrophe. Now Gotham faces the final fork in the road of fate - either someone will step forward and restore order to the neighborhood; Either destroy it and let what Bruce and we have been fighting so hard to do is in vain. ”
"We don't get along very well, Winged Knight, but there are some things I think I must say. My father did mean this when he was alive - let you inherit his mantle. He once mentioned that you were the best person he had ever met in his life, maybe better than him, and so on. I've never been convinced, but now I think I should say it. ”
"Gotham needs Batman, Roy." Barbara finally said, "It needs you, Roy. Please, you have to do something. ”
Roy was silent for a moment.
Unexpectedly, he glanced at the four of them and laughed.
"You're a dead horse and a live horse doctor." He shook his head and said, "Then let me tell you the results in advance - it won't be useful." Recognize the fact that Bruce Wayne is dead, buried a thousand feet underground, where Batman is buried with him. ”
He sighed softly.
"You think I didn't think about it? Maybe I didn't know him as long as you, but I got to know him well. "Before I met him for the first time, I carefully studied everything I could about Batman, including his dealings with the police and all the cases he handled." ”
"And guess what? I came to the conclusion that he was a madman. ”
Everyone present was not happy.
"I'm just telling the truth." Roy continued, "But don't think it's me who has any subjective opinion of him, no, on the contrary, I respect him with all I can. He is almost undoubtedly the greatest person I have ever met in my life, and his goals, motivations, ideas, and unbelievably stubborn moral bottom line and values once puzzled me. Believe me, I have read countless people, and I have seen through all kinds of beautiful and dirty minds. But Bruce ...... Batman, he's not like anyone else. I can't describe him in terms of goodness or evil or darkness - maybe he's both, but at the end of the day, I think the only way to describe him is 'great', that's the only word. ”
Several people were silent.
"So, no one can be him. You want Batman? There are already three out there, see what the end is now. Roy said, "Barbara knows that I once killed a man, Zas, and was among the many people in Arkham City whose cause of death was unknown. Yes, I killed that person. But don't look at me like that, I'm not obligated to explain what it was, I just want to say that I never regret that decision, because it was the right choice at the time. But equally, I knew that if it was Batman in that situation, he wouldn't do that. I just always make the right choice, but he always chooses the right one, that's the difference between me and him, and I'm not going to try to be him. ”
After saying that, without waiting for a response, he had already walked briskly towards the Batmobile where he had parked in the cave.
"I'm not going to put that cloak on, and I advise you not to do that." Roy jumped in front of the Batmobile and finally said, "Batman is the only man who can stand among the gods and rightly say 'Gotham is my city'. And now, he's dead. ”
The lid of the Batmobile's cockpit slowly slid slid on. The rear of the car spat out flames, pushing the Batmobile down the narrow aisle and leaving the place.
Barbara stretched out her hands: "As expected. ”
"What do we do now?" Tim asked.
"I don't know." Dick shook his head and said.
He walked blankly to the display case of Batman's cape and looked up at the empty mask. From this point of view, Batman seems to be angry and extremely dissatisfied with the status quo he has left to Gotham after a lifetime of struggle.
"I ...... I'm sorry, Bruce. Dick whispered, "I'm sorry. ”
After leaving the manor, Roy sped down the forest road in a Batmobile.
What he said just now meant - he didn't think Batman's cloak should be taken, but that didn't mean he was blind to the current state of Gotham.
There has to be a plan, somebody has to step up and do something. He felt a thought already running through his head, and now he just had to grab it......
"Bang!"
It was the sound of the Batmobile's shell being violently slammed.
After the Batmobile, which has excellent shock absorption ability, withstood an extremely strong external force, the whole deviated from the course and swept out, and when it left the road, it rolled in the air and fell into the mud with four wheels in embarrassment.
The killer crocodile and the poison ivy woman jumped off the highway and stared at the overturned Batmobile with a sneer.
"Batman? He cheated to death? The killer crocodile asked stupidly.
"Not Batman, you simple-minded idiot." Poison Ivy said, "The red spray paint, I recognize, is ......"
"It's me."
Unwittingly, Roy leapt out of the darkness behind them and lunged down at the two. (To be continued.) )