Watching the police take the unconscious Jonathan away, Batman turned his head and stared at the water stains on the dining table, his dreamy and charming color in the dim light.

After leaving the alley of Green Street, Batman wanted to go to the tall building next to him and call for a plane, but as soon as he turned around the corner of Green Street, he saw the bright light of the truck's headlights shining on the wall, shining a very obvious arc trace.

The circle of light of the headlights got closer and closer to Batman, until it shone on his face, and a huge truck drove towards him, Batman narrowed his eyes, but didn't dodge it at all, until the car stopped less than a meter in front of him.

Batman looked up and saw a miserable white face, the Joker grinned wide, smiled at Batman, and then, rolled down the window, propped his elbow on the bottom of the window, poked his head out of the window, looked at Batman and said, "Look at our big hero, another evil criminal has been arrested today!" ”

"Such a chaotic and crazy Gotham should have made me feel happy, but I've been sad lately, it's all because of you! Batman! You're not in Gotham, I don't even have someone to talk to! ”

The Joker lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth, but he didn't smoke it, just let the smoke drift out of the window, and Batman looked up at the front of the truck that was close at hand.

The giant truck was like a terrible beast, and if it had been before, he would never have allowed this madman's truck to get so close to him.

Because Batman doesn't know if the Joker will step on the gas, if he really steps on it, Batman will have no way to hide, and before that, he will never pin his life on the thinking of a madman.

In the past, he always felt that these madmen were chaotic and crazy, completely incomprehensible, but now, Batman felt that they were no different from one math problem after another, although each problem was different, but the core theory and formula were completely the same.

So Batman said, "Can you give me a ride?" ”

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The Joker flicked his cigarette ash with his fingers and shook his head into the car, Batman walked to the other side of the door, opened the door, and sat down, the Joker skillfully took the cigarette into his mouth, held the steering wheel with both hands, and like a seasoned taxi driver, asked, "Where to go?" ”

"Rodriguez Manor." Batman replied.

When the truck starts, there is always a rumbling sound, and when the engine starts, the tremor from the industrial force is like a symphony with a rapid rhythm.

Batman heard a strange "gurgling" sound from the back compartment, he turned to look at the Joker and said, "Professor Victor told me that you and the other truckers helped transport those crazy citizens who were frozen and solved the big trouble in Gotham City." ”

"What's the big trouble for you?" The Joker said as he drove, "If Batman were here, there would be a more efficient way, instead of using the stupidest way like us poor citizens." ”

"I didn't mean to leave Gotham behind."

As soon as Batman's words landed, the Joker's fingers tightened, he lowered his head, let the broken hair on his forehead cover his eyes, and stretched out another hand to wipe the corners of his mouth with the base of his palm, so that the lipstick drawn on his face faded, which made the smile on his face look brighter.

“…… There was some accident and I had to go to another world to solve some problems, so this place can only be handed over to Gordon Victor and the gangsters, I heard, you have a good relationship with the gangsters? Batman turned to look at the Joker.

The Joker only paused for a moment, then shrugged his shoulders and said, "Yes, Master Batman, of course I will do a good job, because if we don't do a good job, you see a messy, dirty, and dilapidated garden, and you will definitely whip us, woo woo woo ......"

"In your mind, is Wayne Group like this?" Batman looked a little relaxed, he leaned back in his chair, and said, "Although I didn't participate in the rescue of Gotham, this journey did teach me some truth." ”

Batman is like a wanderer returning from a trip and wants his friends to share the beautiful moments of the trip, but the Joker's hand is clenched, and he looks a little nervous.

"I've been told that Wayne Group is wrong, but it's not bad in our business strategy, or in our development plan, but it's wrong in our presence."

"As long as capitalists like me still exist, then the people at the bottom like you will never have a happy life, do you think this theory is correct?" Batman asked, looking at the Joker.

"It's going to be two things." Suddenly, the Joker's tone became deeper, like a philosopher who thinks and speaks, and he says, "You don't exist, will Gotham be better?" If capitalists don't exist, will the world be a better place? ”

"Isn't that a problem?"

The clown shook his head vigorously, and when the green's nest head shook, it looked a little funny, and he said, "I guess, you must be full of noble consciousness now, and you feel that by burning yourself, you can save me, and you think that as long as you sacrifice the Wayne Group, you can save Gotham......"

"But you're not a capitalist, someone will, Batman, and what I've always told you is, don't think about saving those who aren't as noble as you, and don't want to sacrifice yourself for them, because it's not worth ...... at all."

"You have to love yourself, of course you have to love, you are the most perfect genius in this world, far away from me and other ordinary people." The clown's tone seemed much calmer, the truck kept moving forward, and it could be seen from the muscle marks of his arm when he turned that his mood at this time was actually not as calm as he appeared.

"Capitalists do not exist, there is no oppression and exploitation, everyone is equal...... But do you think they will be satisfied? The clown shook his head lightly and said, "If I and other truck drivers live ten times better than they are now, no, not just ten times, maybe a hundred times, a thousand times, then each of us will have big villas, yachts, and each of us, Bruce Wayne." ”

"But no one is satisfied." The clown took another turn around the truck and said, "If all of us have a hundred houses, then someone will want a hundred and one." ”

"If it is to be used for living, then a house is enough, and the extra house he wants is just to be superior to the others."

"Batman, you have to understand that human beings are so ugly, they spend their lives using all kinds of despicable means to trample their own kind under their feet and satisfy their greedy desires and vanity."

"Even if you give all your wealth so that all the people in this world can be fed and clothed, they will not be grateful to you, they will only think, why don't you choose them to be the most special of all people, above everyone else."

"And if you do elect a manager, or just give him an empty reputation above others, they will not be grateful to you, they will only feel that they deserve it, because of their wisdom, courage and other good qualities."

"That will even look down on you because of this, and even be dissatisfied that you want to replace you, and they will even think you are stupid, and feel that if you are in your position, they will not care about other people's lives and deaths."

"Wake up, Batman, no one in this world can understand you, those who are saved by you are not your people, you sacrifice, nothing can be exchanged."

The Joker turned his head to look at Batman, and in the light of the headlights, the two of them were just as pale as they were, so there was a bit of similarity, and the Joker whispered, "They don't deserve your sacrifice at all." ”

"What about you?" Batman asked.

The clown was stunned, and he repeated: "...... What did you say? ”

"I said, what about you? Do you think you deserve my dedication? Batman looked back at the Joker, and the moment the two of them looked at each other, the Joker took the lead in turning his head back.

"Suppose that I give all my wealth in exchange for the life you really want, I don't mean the life you now live as a criminal, but the kind of life you once wanted, the kind of life you once saw hope for......"

"Jack, if I did, would you choose not to be a criminal?"

There was a "zila" sound, a piercing brake sound, and the clown lay on the steering wheel, and when he straightened up, blood flowed from his forehead, and the blood flowed to the corners of his eyes, staining half of his cheeks, and he looked at Batman with a child-like sincere look and said:

"Batman, you're crazy!"

"I'm not crazy." Batman shook his head and said, "I took enough medication as prescribed by the doctor before I came here, and my mind is now very clear enough to make such a hypothesis." ”

Batman asked again: "If I were willing to abandon everything I have to save you, let you go back to your most promising moment, to choose again, would you still go down such a path?" ”

The clown's hand grips the steering wheel, and he looks out of the windshield at the road.

It's raining again in Gotham, and when the rain falls on the ground, a layer of mist rises under the light of the headlights, as if the ground is smoking.

"I know I've made a lot of mistakes in the past, and one of the biggest ones is that I'm not determined enough."

"If I really want to fight criminals, I shouldn't be stingy with all forces, whether it's Batman or Wayne Group, as long as I think, when the huge capital machine is activated, all evils will be wiped out by me, even if it comes at the cost of becoming an evil dictator."

"And if I'm going to save people, I shouldn't divide them into criminals and ordinary people because of my own personal vendettas, and if I'm going to save them, I have to save everyone, including the criminals I hate the most, and you, Jack, whether they deserve to be saved or not, whether they want to be saved or not."

The clown's body suddenly trembled, his chest began to rise and fall violently, he covered his face with both hands, and slowly slid down until he pulled the red blood inside his eyelids, and he could see it all.

"Which path do you think I chose?" Batman asked, looking at him.

Suddenly, the Joker showed a smile, but when he looked at Batman's eyes, it was not as crazy as before, but with some begging and humbleness.

The Joker bent down, took out a flashlight from the toolbox next to the driver's seat, and with that humble smile, he looked at Batman and said:

"Batman, do you want to hear a joke?"

Without waiting for Batman to answer, the Joker pushed open the driver's door and rushed into the Gotham rain, and before reaching the truck, he turned on the flashlight and shot straight into the sky.

The clown wiped the rain from his eyes with some difficulty, and said with some stumbling, "You see, there is a pillar here, and if I climb up this pillar, I will be able to pass through the rain clouds and never get wet again." ”

"But I can't climb, you know, why can't I climb?"

Batman looked at him in silence, and the Joker brought the flashlight to him, allowing the pillar of light to block his eyes, and his hand was on the switch, looking into Batman's eyes.

The Joker sniffed hard, shrugged his shoulders again, and bent his eyes into an arc of laughter, his figure looking a little rickety, and Batman was in him, and saw the old men he had seen, with a familiar flattery, like every little person who lived at the bottom of Gotham.

But suddenly, his facial expression became hideous again, the muscles around his nose were raised, his facial features were wrinkled, he lifted his lips to show his teeth, gritted his teeth and said:

"I will never allow, a perfect genius, to burn himself, turn into a ladder, and send those ugly fools to heaven!"

"Batman...... They don't deserve it! ”

The Joker turned off the flashlight and slammed it to the ground, and between the splashes of parts, he looked at Batman and said word by word:

"If one day, you really want to save all the fools here, then leave me a rainy night in Gotham, and say goodbye to your dear friends and respectable opponents forever, I will never be with those ugly, dirty, and stupid ordinary people!"

"What if I choose you?" Batman asked.

The clown froze there, and he repeated again in disbelief: "...... What did you say? ”

"You don't want to be saved at the same time as the ugly, dirty, and stupid ordinary people you call them, so what if I choose you between the two?"

"You won't ...... You can't! Of course you ...... Of course you don't ......" the clown yelled, "I'm a criminal!" I've wanted to kill you several times! I can create a bombing right now and blow up half of Gotham into the sky! ”

As soon as Batman wanted to speak, the Joker shouted angrily, "Don't make assumptions, Batman!" I know you've learned a lot from your psychology professor!! Just to provoke me!! There's no way you're going to do that!! ”

"Between the citizens of Gotham that you've always wanted to save, and the evil criminals with whom you share a grudge, how can you choose criminals?! There's no logic to do that!! ”

Batman sat in the seat of the truck, looking at the Joker condescendingly, although his actual position is indeed higher than the Joker, but there is no doubt that he still occupies the high point in terms of momentum.

For the first time, he looked the clown in the eye and said calmly:

"Then guess why I left Gotham before?"

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