Chapter 12: Explosions

As we all know, Kotham City is a peninsula city, and the two main passages connecting it to the outside are the sea bridge in the south and the cave tunnel in the north. However, after Bane arrives in Gotham City, the cave tunnel to the north is blown up by him; The bridge was blocked by the U.S. military, who could not afford the consequences of a nuclear bomb explosion. Bane's men made it clear to them that if one of them left Gotham City, they would detonate a nuclear bomb.

The U.S. military became a veritable watchdog for Bane during this time, but they had to do so for the sake of Gotham City and the citizens of Gotham.

As night came, the clown began to give an impassioned speech throughout Gotham City, and the sound spread through hundreds of broadcasts reached not only the whole of Gotham City, but also the ears of the American troops stationed on the bridge.

Commander Calvin stood at the front of the garrison, looking out at Gotham City as he listened carefully to what the Joker had to say.

By the time the Joker finished his speech, Calvin realized the seriousness of the matter, and if what the Joker said was true, then the city of Gotham would be completely plunged into darkness and chaos for the next month.

"Help me get through General Aloka's military phone, immediately!" Calvin eagerly turned around and shouted to the communications soldier behind him, and when he turned around to look in the direction of Gotham City again, he found a figure slowly walking from the other side of the bridge.

"Lights!" Calvin waved his hand behind him, and the dazzling incandescent light of the searchlight shot at the figure like a pillar of light, Calvin narrowed his eyes slightly, and saw the person walking by.

An Asian man, regardless of height and appearance, looked ordinary, did not seem to have anything noteworthy, he blocked the blinding white light with his hand in front of his eyes, but his footsteps did not stop and still walked towards this direction.

"Sir, please stop, you can't pass through here." Although Bane had clearly lost control of Gotham City, Calvin still didn't dare to let him go. Eight years ago, when he was a captain, he had heard about the crazy clown in Gotham City, and now that this terrifying man had reappeared, Calvin couldn't guarantee that he would do anything even crazier, and Calvin didn't dare to risk letting him go until he had negotiated with him.

"Well, this ......" The Asian man looked at Calvin, as if he wanted to call him, and Calvin replied knowingly, "Calvin, you can call me Calvin." ”

"Uh, okay, Chief Calvin, I didn't want to pass through here, I was just entrusted by a man to come here to convey a word to you."

"Entrusted by someone?" Calvin muttered to himself in confusion, who could it be? After thinking for a moment, he shouted at the Asian man, "Who told you to come and speak?" ”

"I don't know him, Chief Calvin, he gave me a hundred dollars, and told me that as long as I bring the words to the person in charge here, the money will belong to me, are you the person in charge here, Chief Calvin?"

"I'm ...... Wait, can you describe what that person looks like? Calvin felt a little uneasy in his heart, but he didn't know what the problem was, so he could only ask.

"Well, I can't see his face clearly, he has ugly and scary clown makeup on his face, I don't dare to look at it more."

"Clown makeup?!" Calvin was shocked, it was the clown, he asked this Asian man to pass a message to himself, what did he want to do?

"Then tell me, what did he tell you to preach?"

"He told you to follow the old rules, or you will suffer the same consequences."

What the Asian man said sounded difficult to understand, but Calvin immediately understood that the clown's request was also that no one should be allowed to leave, otherwise he would detonate a nuclear bomb.

An exact same requirement as Bain.

"Okay sir, I see, you can go back." Calvin waved at the Asian man, motioning for him to leave.

"Chief Calvin, that gentleman wants me to give you something, and he says it's a sign of his sincerity." As he spoke, the Asian man pulled a small box out of his arms and waved it twice at Calvin.

"Sincerity?" Calvin muttered a few sentences, what does this clown mean, to show sincerity? Does he still want to make a good impression on me?

"Come here, then." Doubts to doubts, Calvin didn't have too many doubts, and the Asian man trotted towards Calvin at his signal.

It wasn't until the Asian man walked in front of him that Calvin was proud to see his appearance clearly, it was indeed very ordinary, and the only thing that could be regarded as special should be the pair of extremely feminine willow eyebrows, these two willow eyebrows added a bit of grace to this ordinary face, in short, it was not a young man who would be annoying.

"Here you are, Chief Calvin, so that my mission is done." The Asian man handed Calvin the small black wooden box in his hand, a happy smile on his face, as if he was glad that he had easily received a hundred dollars.

Seeing this, Calvin also smiled, "I'm sorry, I can't let you go because of my responsibility, and now that the things have been delivered, you can go back." ”

"Okay, Chief Calvin, I'll go first." The Asian man turned and trotted away as he spoke, and Calvin glanced twice at the back of the Asian man leaving, then turned his attention to the small wooden box.

"Sincerity?" Calvin opened the lid of the small wooden box, and what caught his eye was a black ball, about the size of half a palm, the back of the ball should be flat, because the ball did not roll in the wooden box at all, Calvin picked up the ball and looked at the back, what he saw made his pupils shrink!

On the back of the ball is a small smooth screen, and on this small screen, a string of numbers is rapidly decreasing.

Countdown!

And a thousand milliseconds!

Calvin suddenly changed color, grabbed the ball and threw it out of the bridge with all his might, but it was too late.

A thousand milliseconds equals one second!

An inconspicuous red light suddenly lit up on the ball that had just been thrown off the bridge, and at the same time, below the checkpoint on the bridge, on the opposite side of the bridge, a timekeeping instrument glued to the bottom of the bridge began to time.

Countdown!

Ten seconds!

After throwing the ball out, Calvin subconsciously squatted down with his head in his hands, but after waiting for three or four seconds but no expected explosion came, Calvin slowly got up in confusion, and then he suddenly realized that he had been tricked!

A clown's prank? Calvin immediately thought that this should be a clown's trick, but what's the point of playing himself like this once?

Several soldiers not far from Calvin hurriedly ran over and asked, "Sir, what's wrong?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just a ......," Calvin could finish his sentence when a scorching flame erupted from beneath their feet!

Ten seconds to clear, starting from the bottom of the level, a violent explosion erupted, and this explosion was like a chain switch, one bomb after another exploded under the bridge, along the bridge all the way over, in an instant, the majestic sea-crossing bridge in the middle of the section was blown up most of the way, lost the support of the front and rear bridge decks, and the remaining bridge rails and bridge cables were all smashed on the sea frozen by the wind and snow. The not-so-thick ice shattered, and the icy waters brought waves of water that swallowed up the wreckage of the firelight!

As for the troops stationed on the bridge, even if they were lucky not to die in the explosion, they still could not escape the fate of being swallowed by the cold sea, and none of these dedicated soldiers guarding the bridge survived, and all died!

On the bridge deck in Gotham City, the Asian man who handed Calvin the wooden box stood at the crack and stared at the huge hole in the ice, with a smile on his face, and muttered to himself, "The stage is set, Bane, but don't let me down." ”