In the context of the main universe, unlike Schiller's universe, which was still in an era of economic upswing, the United States, which had experienced two economic crises, was gradually moving away from the Golden Age.

In times of economic take-off, leaders are expected to be wise, long-sighted, and have the potential to become great men who can lead the country and the world to greater success and create true miracles.

However, in the economic downturn, people always complain that they can't earn money, prices are high, and the quality of life is declining.

That's what most voters in the Lord Universe think in this era, and they don't want great people who boast of America's eternal glory, but they want someone to see the plight of the vast majority of people and get the economy back on track.

As a result, from presidential elections to gubernatorial and mayoral elections, voters are more inclined to be pro-people doers, and the vast majority of candidates are trying to show that they are energetic, capable, and have the wisdom to come up with practical solutions to every problem, and at the same time use some people-friendly hobbies to narrow the distance with voters and make them feel that they are on their side.

Lincoln March and the current mayor Magan have a lot of experience in their campaign teams, and having plenty of campaign experience in this era means that they have created such an image for several candidates, so when it comes to Magan and March, they naturally want to eat all the tricks.

The campaign team portrayed March as a gifted businessman who had achieved great results at a young age, with a keen business sense and a genius investment vision, who wanted to get involved in politics and turn things around with his own hands because he was worried about the current economic environment.

Therefore, when he gave speeches, he often borrowed some famous sayings from Roosevelt to save the city, emphasizing that professional people should do professional things, claiming that he would run the city as his own industry, and as long as the economy could be prosperous, all problems could be solved.

The Magan campaign team chose for him an image of a politically experienced, sophisticated and mature old fox, and emphasized that he was born in a farmer's family and climbed to today's position with his own ability, showing the miracle of a poor boy counterattacking into a celebrity in the political circle.

In his speeches, he often calls his opponent "hairy boy" to play to his age advantage, and at the same time openly and secretly belittles other opponents for being too idealistic, while he is mature and steady, will not mess around, and will develop steadily while stabilizing the status quo.

Obviously, between the two people, March wants to win the favor of the upstart, while Magan wants to stabilize the support of the rich family, but both of them forget one thing - this is Gotham.

If other cities are now at the bottom of development, then Gotham has always been an abyss, and if the leaders who can turn the situation around in the impression of the citizens of other cities are only economic doers, then I am afraid that the citizens of Gotham have the impression that it is possible to improve the image of the city's leaders, and I am afraid that it must be the Iron Emperor.

Savvy and capable doers are already hardliners in other cities, but in Gotham, this is not enough, and strong-fisted leaders are often seen during war years, when people need clear guidance and a tough attitude to build their confidence.

And Gotham can't be said to be in the war years for a long time, it's more like a very complete defeat every few days, so even an iron-fisted general-type leader can't do it, to put it bluntly, all that is needed in this place is a tyrant.

Perhaps an emperor who is tyrannical enough will not be able to solve the root cause of Gotham's metaphysical darkness, but he can at least tell the Gotham people what to do now, even if it is to run all the way to death without looking back, it is better than living in a muddy state now.

What Gotham needs now is not justice, but routes.

Gangster violence, tyrant power, and even theology that is centuries behind, as long as someone can carry out the line to the end, how can the situation be much better than it is now, even if the darkness will still bring physical pain to the people of Gotham, but with spiritual support, it can be regarded as salvation in a sense.

Looking at the comics, it is not difficult to find that the vast majority of Batmen choose to change their route to stand in front of the world, and Gotham is much more likely to be saved, but the problem is that whether Batman in a universe can change his course is not his own decision.

In some remote universes, editors may of course make decisions that go against their ancestors in order to have a good job, but the main world represents the face and lining of the DC world, and the games played by Batman and the villains are the most popular content in DC Comics, so it is impossible for Batman in the main universe to stand in front of the stage.

It's just that now Batman is still Batman, Gotham is still Gotham, and even the Penguin Man is still the ambitious Penguin Man, and the fact that the Penguin Man became the mayor itself has happened in thousands of universes, but the arrival of Robin has accelerated the process.

But perhaps they themselves don't realize that the change in speech and style itself will also affect the actor himself, which is the so-called character acting and acting will come true.

After Jason completely imparts Roy's style of speaking and doing things in his universe and his experience running for mayor of Gotham City to the penguins, the penguins are shocked to see how fucking good this trick is.

The so-called "as long as I have no morality, you can't morally kidnap me", you can also say, "I'm rotten like this, why can't I be rotten?" In short, as long as you clearly understand the positioning of Gotham as a city, and make your moral bottom line perfectly conform to this positioning, then it is like a fish in water to live here.

The Penguin's previous dilemma was that he was born in the chaotic city of Gotham, and used gangster methods to accumulate resources for himself, but after a little success, he gave up such direct means, wanting to cloak himself in the cloak of civilization and blend into the so-called high society.

But the fact is that it takes a lot of manpower and material resources, and it needs to be done step by step and extremely cautious.

But in fact, there is no need to be so troublesome in Gotham, just pull the opponent to the extent that they are as bad as themselves, and then use their rich experience to defeat them, which is the biggest advantage of Gotham's home game.

Now that the war is taking place in Gotham Midtown, the Penguins realize this, and then he quickly throws away his civilized disguise and starts doing what Gotham is supposed to do.

What deep-water port approvals and what Gotham people do need approvals? I'm going to knock the first stake of the pier into the sea right now, and if you don't accept it, come and beat me."

What? Environmentalist organizations condemn from public opinion? But Gotham is environmentally friendly, and there is no shortage of condemnation! So why should I care about condemnation? The deep-water port was built vigorously, the sewage was discharged, and a Godzilla rushed out of the sea, and we also solved it ourselves.

The Penguins are much more well-connected in crime than Robin, and he directly recruited a few regulars of the iceberg restaurant, and then brought the smugglers he had contacted from out of town, and the group directly ignored the environmental protection bill and the state legislature, and the engineering team drove to the site of the dock.

Of course, the deep-water port was not built so quickly, but the smuggling ships of the smugglers couldn't wait, the big ships couldn't stop, and the small boats could also do it.

Don't you care, you ask? Isn't this a small war going on in Midtown? Even if Gordon has three heads and six arms, it is impossible to fight normal crime and stop the war while inspecting smuggling.

This brings us to the fact that Gotham is not strong enough police, so why didn't the FBI come? Petty wars have broken out here, and the army is nowhere to be seen?

If it weren't for the federal government and state legislatures being shrunken turtles, how could Gotham rot like this? Then why can't we be rotten, we are rotten!

Facts have proved that as long as people have a smooth logic that can throw all their mistakes to others, then their waists will not hurt, their legs will not be sore, and their lives will become better.

The Penguins not only built a deep-water port in violation of regulations, but also sent people to pick up smuggling boats, but also directly told all about what they had done in their speeches.

"Dear listeners, I think you've heard that our dear members of the state legislature were yelling at Gotham again, especially at me Oswald, at the last regular meeting."

"But do I care about him? No, I don't care at all, no matter what they say, I don't care, because they never cared about me. ”

"They never cared how many people could have gone to the docks to work as porters to earn money, how many people could have gone to the docks to work as sailors to live a stable life, and they never cared."

"What do they care about? They only care about the bullshit environmental laws! ”

"Just last week, our Congressman Lauder had just purchased a private jet for his new wife and traveled back and forth between the Metropolitan and San Francisco more than a dozen times in a week, and just now, he claimed in his private media that 86 percent of the factories in Gotham had energy waste problems and asked the offending factories to shut down for self-inspection."

"They're not just coming for Gotham, they're coming for me, because I hired more than 2,000 workers to build the dock without getting approval, and I introduced thousands of strong lads to my business partners to run boats, and I told them to smuggle, to be mercenaries, to gangsters."

"But no matter how heinous I am, I can't turn to point fingers at me, these soft-mouthed bastards—Andergis Lauder, listen to me, don't you say I'm a filthy gangster remnant, an executioner with blood on my hands? When you are cut off by me on the guillotine, you better pray that the environmental protection law in your hand will save your life! ”

Batman in front of the screen slowly squinted his eyes, Penguin Man wants to kill the Councilman? No, I'm afraid it's not that simple.

Batman's brain was racing, and he immediately guessed the penguin's intentions, and after a short pause, he disappeared from the bat cave, followed by a bat fighter taking off into the sky and disappearing into the vast night of Gotham.

(End of chapter)