"Of Gotham City's 30 million people, 5 million have been directly or indirectly involved in first-degree murder."

This is some underground safe house in Gotham City, the Riddler's lair, the safest and most secretive of the kind.

It was arranged in the style of an ordinary study, and the killer crocodile sitting on the sofa pulled out a copy of Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" from the bookshelf next to it, and after reading it for a while, he found that he could not understand a word, so he threw it on the ground in anger.

The ventriloquist picked it up and stuffed it back.

"About 15 million people have committed crimes, and the remaining 10 million people who have not committed crimes are not because they are good civilians, but because they are recluses, gamblers, and women in the red light district."

The Riddler's voice rang out in the room, and Jim Gordon was tied to a chair with his eyes blindfolded and his mouth stuffed with a ball of cloth.

"And the reason why they didn't join the criminal army was not because of any noble qualities, but because they weren't driven to a dead end."

The TV was playing, and the Riddler confirmed that it was live. Batman was there, just as he had planned. He continued:

"So you get it? There are no good people in Gotham, and the only ones who can be called good people are addicts and gamblers, because they don't hurt anyone but themselves. ”

"I'm so tired, year after year, day after day. Living in a bunch of garbage heaps, non-stop crime. ”

"If you're so tired of sinning, why don't you stop?" The movie freak said, "Can you stop sinning? ”

"No, you don't understand."

The Riddler stood up a little nervously, then sat down on the couch and crossed his legs, like a poor lonely and helpless child.

"It's a war, and if we really give up sin because we're tired, then he's won...... Batman won. ”

"So what? Can't you live without sinning? ”

The killer crocodile found a packet of potato chips next to it, then opened it and threw it directly into his mouth.

"No, it's not. Batman won, but it wasn't me who lost. ”

Ha? Killer Crocodile thinks he's completely insane.

He knew that riddles were a specialty of the Riddler, just as the uncle who sold hot dogs at the park gate would have his own unique recipe. But the Riddler had never said such a difficult riddle, at least not in his memory.

The Riddler was a little nervous, and he hugged his knees, like a little boy hiding in a corner during a thunderstorm.

"You don't understand, I'm not me at all. I mean, I don't represent myself at all. ”

"I was naturally attracted to my kind, just as bats have always attracted us all," he babbled. Just like you, Killer Crocodile, you've always attracted all the criminals in Gotham City who share your beastly heart.

"So if you call for it, you can easily pull up an army that is loyal to you.

"You are their king, the kind of pure beastly criminals who surround you, just like the high-IQ criminals around me, the laughers who are struck down by life and despair, the fearful admirers around the scarecrow."

"We, our so-called super criminals, we are their spiritual pillars, the bat has a saying that is very true, most of the criminals are superstitious and blindly follow ......"

The Riddler continued:

"We have the same qualities as them, but we're so much stronger than them, so they're so easily convinced by us."

"We are not representing ourselves, but a part of the evil of Gotham, and we represent those people, becoming some kind of embodiment of this evil."

He stared blankly at the TV, where Batman was beating the Joker.

"It's useless to kill me, kill me, Tutankhamun, the clue master or some other criminal like me, he will take my place, he may not be as strong as me, but he must be the strongest of the remaining people, and so on...... And so on! ”

"We are never special! So the bat knows very well that killing us will not stop the crime, on the contrary, his act of murdering us will only exacerbate the breeding of crime. ”

"Every successful crime is a great encouragement to other offenders. Once he opens this opening, he really becomes a part of the darkness, so he can't destroy the darkness anymore, you know. ”

"If the bat does that, then he will be like us, he will attract other criminals, attract others to imitate his murder of criminals, and then this metropolis of 30 million people will become a slaughter field of slaughter, with rivers of blood and piles of bones. Because if you want to be more serious, everyone is a criminal! ”

Riddler says:

"Everyone can shout the banner of justice and kill people at will, and the law will become a waste of paper. Bats would never do that. ”

"Alarmist." The movie freak commented: "Supervillains are just a little special." ”

"What's so special about me?" The Riddler said:

"Before us weirdos, there were Falcone, the Romans, before Rain Falcone, there was the Lion King in Gotham, before there were the four families of Gotham, and before that, I was just a puppet of Gotham's evils, a marionette. It doesn't matter if this puppet is called Ed or Edward. ”

"It's like a clown, how many times has the clown died, how dare you say that he is still the same clown?"

"We saw with our own eyes that he disappeared in the explosion, and then two or three months later he came back again, fell into the river, disappeared, and came back two or three months later, and he came back again, and he came back again, and he will always come back, and he can only be dispersed but not die! Gotham only needs a madman who can tear the corners of his mouth to the base of his ear, and does it matter what that madman's real name is? ”

"He beat me again and again, and our game never stops until one side can't hold it anymore and falls. The bats are trying to turn the city around on their own! How shocking you are, he can't be knocked down, he never hesitates, he doesn't need to rest at all, he is extremely intelligent, his wisdom is outstanding, his will is as strong as steel, like a god walking on earth! ”

The Riddler's voice grew louder, and he stood up, waving his hands:

"It's not scientific, it's impossible! Why do such people exist! ”

"You don't understand how desperate it is to face such an opponent!"

"No matter how hard you struggle, how hard you struggle, you're going to be sent back to Arkham. It's so sad! ”

He slumped back on the couch.

"Death may be a relief for me. That way I don't have to bother myself with my incompetence and the sins of Gotham, and I can't stop sinning. ”

"It's not just because of my mental illness. No matter what determination I make to do anything other than sin, Gotham's sins will pull me back like a big invisible hand, and it will enslave me! Wrap me up! ”

"No matter how much I cry and struggle, he's going to force me to manipulate me with that damn puzzle! Go and show his fangs to the son of Gotham, who was born in darkness but betrayed it! I am a dragon who should be slain by a knight, but I am also a slave of darkness! ”

"Only death can give me rest. But the bats are not willing to give me even this last peace. He doesn't even kill clowns! Did you know that Bat is a cruel avenger, but his revenge is not me, not Two-Face, not Joker! It's the sin of Gotham City! It is not the perpetrator who wants to put an end to him, but the crime itself! ”

But sin and sin cannot be ended, as long as there is a human being living in this world, sin and sin will never be ended! But that's what he did! He's trying to achieve an impossible goal, torturing himself and everyone! He's not a human being! ”

He lost all his strength and sat down in his chair as if all his bones had been removed.

"I'm tired, I'm really tired."

He muttered in a low voice, "So now there are no more riddles, no more tests, no more games." It's time for everything to come to an end. ”

He picked up the phone on the table and connected to Batman on the TV: "Batman - now, as I said, kill the Joker!" ”

He walked up to the whining Jim Gordon, pulled out a pistol, pressed his head side by side with Jim Gordon, and pressed the gun to his temple.

"No riddles, no hints, now I have only one command. Kill the Joker, or Jim Gordon and my heads will bloom in no time. ”

"Either kill the Joker and save me and Gordon, or let the Joker go and let Gordon and I die."

"Batman, you can hear me and make your choice, don't think about pretending to stab or shoot the Joker in a non-lethal position, I want you to dismantle the Joker, only when I see him dismembered, I will confirm his death and release Jim Gordon."

"Whether it is you, me, the principle of being coerced, the iron law that cannot be broken, must all be destroyed today, if you can't destroy them, then destroy me."

"I decided to kill the clown using femtosecond laser smashing technology. This technology is able to crush the material on a microscopic scale. In a sense, the clown is going to be dismantled. ”

"That's right, now."

The clown burrowed into the red cabinet, and then quickly, the planks of the cabinet fell off, revealing its crystal coffin.

"Kill him immediately, no matter what method you use!"

But Batman ignores him, and he walks up and talks to the Joker for a while.

"You killed him, why didn't you ...... Wait a minute. ”

The Riddler suddenly realized that he wasn't such a stupid person, he shouldn't have realized it now.

"You see, I made a mistake. I've always felt that supervillains like you love games, and I thought your desire to play would never end. ”

"I'm an idiot, just like you. You see, you're in your room right now, making the same clever mistake I am. ”

"You assume I can't break the iron law."

"You assume I'm defenseless, unexpected."

"You assume that my mercy never ends."

"You assume I don't have the courage to deal with what happens if I don't kill the iron or it is broken."

"You assume that these are not prepared footage, and that I'm talking dying nonsense with the Joker in the Old Wayne Tower."

The amygdala wanted to move, but was immediately pinned down by the killer crocodile, and he was pushed to the ground and tied up.

"You also assume that the ventriloquist and killer crocodile are not my people."

"—you're assuming that the movie freak can't have been Batman in disguise."

Click!

The Riddler pulled the trigger, but no bullets came out. Although he had long thought of this result.

"You even assume I didn't quietly swap out the bullets in your gun."

"Why do you think so little of me, Edward Nygma? Why do you assume that you alone will break the mold? ”

The Riddler turned his head and smiled wryly.

"So, wasn't the Joker killed? You lied to me? ”

"Nygma, Nygma...... You're still so arrogant. ”

"Guess what, Edward—you've only met me once, but you'll know me forever, who am I?

"Note that what I'm going to say next is not metaphor, rhetoric, theory, or anything else."

The Riddler heard Batman say:

"The Joker has been killed by me."