"That's a smart boy, isn't it?"

The nasty laughing voice sounded again, and Batman saw the Joker appear behind Peter's chair, holding his face in his hand and saying, "I like him very much, he made the right choice, which is to abandon Batman, or even betray him." ”

"What a wise and great decision, even after he observed you up close and joined the Bat Family, he still didn't change his choice, you know that he is not stupid, but too smart."

"He recognizes you, yes, it's you, Batman, you can't give anyone a good ending, and only by really destroying you can Gotham usher in a better tomorrow."

"You know, I'm telling the truth, like a close friend's admonition, and you never give up that mercy, which turns you from a true hero into an indecisive coward."

"Don't run away, don't run away, or just listen, Batman, hear how Judas knew Jesus, do they really need to be saved? Do they really deserve to be saved? ”

In an instant, Batman was in the dark cabin again, and he heard Jason calling again.

"Batman, where are you? Where are you? Why didn't you come to my rescue? …… Batman, you've forgotten about me, have you? Someone replaced me, right? ”

"I hurt so much...... I hurt so much...... No one will save me, no one will save us, Batman, you already know, but you don't care, you only care about those long-term plans. ”

"Killed by criminals, violated by criminals, how much every ghost in the dark streets of Gotham hurts before they die, you don't care at all, you forgive every criminal for them, but do you deserve it?"

"If we want to have tomorrow, we must live through tonight, and maybe you will make Gotham better...... But we can't wait, I can't wait. ”

Jason's face gradually overlaps with Peter's, extreme fear followed by extreme anger, and Batman finds himself touching a sharp object with his hand.

That's a sharp batarang.

"No...... Not ......"

His own voice grew fainter and fainter, while another voice rang out, "No...... Be sober...... Awake! Mankind! Wake up! Don't attack ......"

This unfamiliar voice gave Batman a thrill, and he regained consciousness for a moment.

In an instant, the only action he made was to press the button on his belt, unlocking the locks on Nightwing and Peter's seats.

"Go ......"

Then, his consciousness fell silent in the endless darkness, and all Batman could hear was the Joker's insolent laughter.

Peter collapsed to the ground the moment he was let go, gasping for breath and finding that he could not stand up with any strength.

For some reason, Nightwing hurriedly helped him up, but Peter shook him off like crazy and stumbled out of the bat cave.

The rain was falling heavier in Gotham, and it was the darkest hour before dawn.

The cold rain made Peter wake up a little, and after the stress gradually subsided, he stood under the tree, adjusting his limbs.

When he returns to the Batcave, Nightwing is gone, and Batman is nowhere to be found, so Peter opens the door to the Batcave prison and frees Poison Ivy.

Poison Ivy realized that Peter's state was not right, so she didn't ask, just looked at Peter's pale face and said, "I think you've learned your lesson now, boy, I told you that Batman is not that simple." ”

"If I said he could easily end all the crime in this city, you might think it's incredible, but he can do it, and the only reason he doesn't do it is because he wants to save everyone."

"He doesn't want to admit that there are crazy innate bad seeds in this world, he thinks he can find a way to save everyone here completely, he thinks one day he will."

"It's hard to say who is crazier between Batman and the super criminal, all I can tell you is that if you're not crazy enough, get out of here, it's a lunatic vs. madman."

Peter fell to his knees, feeling like his heart had become a bomb, and the regularity and irregularity of his beats were all hallucinations, and he could not clearly discern them.

What made him gradually lose his self-awareness was the spider sense that had been roaring wildly but had gradually become accustomed to it because it had been ringing for too long.

Peter's hands on the ground tightened, and the words of the Poison Ivy Woman were like the last piece of a puzzle, finally giving him a little bit of mystical inspiration beyond the clues of rational thinking.

"Death is never the best retribution......

The Poison Ivy Woman stepped forward, cupped Peter's face with both hands, and put her ear close to Peter's lips, wondering what he was talking about.

"Death is never the best retribution, and I have a way of turning it into a gift......"

In the slightly frightened gaze of the Poison Ivy Woman, Peter's eyes began to glow, flashing with a strange, crazy light.

"Damn it." Poison ivy brushed Peter's head aside as if she had touched some harmful garbage, and after a curse, she said, "I said you should have left early, this city would drive anyone crazy, and you were tricked." ”

However, Peter changed his previous stiff posture, jumped up with great agility and strength, and turned around and walked out of the bat cave.

"Where are you going? Wait for me. ”

Poison Ivy apparently didn't want to be alone in the Batcave, and eventually left with Peter.

Peter quickly pulled the car door, sat in the driver's seat of the truck again, and with one foot of the accelerator, the truck rushed out.

Poison ivy was shocked by the rapid start, and let out an exclamation, and Peter said without turning his head, "I'm sorry, but I'm in a bit of a hurry, and you can't wait a moment when you know what you're going to do, right?" ”

Poison ivy heard the excitement, even excitement, in Peter's tone, and she swallowed a little nervously.

Poison ivy has seen the world, and she knows very well what this euphoria comes from and what it ultimately leads to.

But she was a little uneasy, and still asked, "Where are we going?" What are you going to do? ”

"Police station, go to Gotham Police Station."

The puddle was again a huge wave, and the splash wet the roots of the telephone pole, making it look like the mast of a precarious boat.

Batman, who was standing on the top of the building, saw several clowns approaching him, and he just stood there in silence and said.

"You think you can manipulate the fear in my heart, clown, but that's exposing what you're really afraid of."

"There are many eggs in the bat's nest, he feeds them hard, he tries to protect them, and when the shell breaks, one leaves, two disappears, and three betray." The clown sang a certain melad with a familiar tone, and he said, "It is all thanks to me, only by me." ”

"I imprisoned one of your little birds, plucked out his feathers, and carved my name on his face, and you should think how much he suffered, all because of me! It's all because of me! ”

Batman's fists clenched slowly.

Suddenly, a flash of light flashed in his vision, and a figure in metal armor appeared on the edge of the roof.

"Listen to me, old man, you've made the stupidest decision in the world." Knight Arkham's deep voice rang out, "There's a cuckoo bird in your bat's nest, and you're not his father." ”

"Peter Parker, I don't know where you found him, but he planned it all, and you'd better be sober."

Arkham Knight's voice brought Batman back to his senses, and he stared at Arkham Knight's mask, suddenly feeling that the two of them were connected.

"Take off your mask." Batman said, "Don't you dare to face me with your true face?" ”

"It's you who don't dare, I'm just here to point out that you've made another stupid decision, just as stupid as the last one."

After saying that, Arkham Knight turned around and jumped downstairs, but to his surprise, Batman didn't chase him, he just stood on the street and watched Batman's figure disappear into the distance.

He thought that Batman couldn't have noticed that something was wrong with Peter Parker later than he did, that he should have dealt with that kid, and that he had to be there, and he had to see Batman's face as he accepted the bad consequences of his stupid decision.

So the two of them rushed forward and one after the other, towards the Gotham Police Station.

Inside the Gotham Police Station, Poison Ivy looked at Peter in a bit of a daze as she rummaged through the archives, and she asked, "What the hell are you looking for?" ”

"Do you know how the clown died?"

Poison Ivy shook her head, then sighed again and said, "That's another amazing farce. ”

"Tell me about it."

"The story is long...... Well, I'll cut it short, it's also to blame the clown himself, he made a ...... The poison of the Titan Poison may have been an attempt to defeat Batman with this, but apparently he failed, and somehow, he himself contracted the poison. ”

"When Batman was thrown into Arkham Asylum, he was already poisoned, and I was immune to all toxins, so I don't know how powerful the poison is, but I saw the poisoned Joker once through the observation window, and he was already very weak by then."

"Anyway, the Joker died, and I heard Harley Quinn say that he was poisoned, but when I was caught by the Scarecrow, he told me that Batman was actually poisoned, and that the Joker had infused his own poisoned blood into Batman."

"Sure enough." Peter sighed and said, "I've seen Batman lose control several times in the surveillance footage, and it doesn't look like a symptom of a fear gas attack. ”

"Found it." Peter picked up the file from the filing cabinet, dusted it off, and said, "This should be a detailed account of the incident." ”

After getting the file, Peter didn't stay too long, and immediately left with Poison Ivy, and Batman was one step late.

On the way to the next destination, Poison Ivy drove the car, and Peter sat in the passenger seat and looked at the file carefully.

The story is similar to what Poison Ivy said, except that in the police records, the Joker's body was placed by Batman in front of the Gotham Theater where they fought a decisive battle.

A fire burns down the Joker's body, and the vicious criminal is finally reduced to ashes.

The rain was getting heavier, and the wind-blown raindrops were beating on the wagon's bed. Like a crazy song of death, heavy metal plays to a climax.

"What's next?"

"Go resurrect the Joker."

Boom

(End of chapter)