American comics: Because I am Batman

As the only member of the Gotham Welcome Committee, it is my duty to extend a cordial greeting to every scumbag who comes to Gotham.

——Bruce Wayne

Judging from the good cooperative relationship between the genuine Bruce Wayne, Arkham Asylum, and the GCPD all year round, the scumbags who have received his cordial greetings can form an army together.

To be honest, Gotham is undoubtedly a hellish city, but the strange thing is that this city is obviously overrun with guns, gangs, and corruption. It is extremely dark. You can’t hear the gunshots of gang fights every night. There is something bigger brewing...

This is a city with millions of people.

According to the data that Wayne found in Brucey's Batcave before, during Gotham's darkest days, the ratio of guns circulating in Gotham's black market to the population was almost ten to one.

That doesn't include those that Brucy didn't track down.

Hundreds of thousands of guns and ammunition are gathered in Gotham, which can arm more than a dozen reorganizers based on the number of people. In this situation, the villains in Gotham are still thinking about fighting in the nest, instead of shouting "Princes, Generals, Prime Ministers" , I would rather have the guts, and then have a big deal with Washington.

It can only be said that these guys either have super high IQs, super technology or super financial resources. It makes sense that they have not been able to conquer the entire Gotham after working for so long. Their historical limitations determine their future.

"So you've been talking to me for a long time just to tell me that Batman is a fool?"

Bruce looked at Wayne very dissatisfied.

This is the room that Zatanna arranged for him. It can also be described as a house with four walls. Anyway, there is nothing except a bed.

The most important thing is the decoration here - a vast expanse of white. As far as the eye can see, there is nothing but white.

Wayne thought of some of the seriously ill wards in Arkham Asylum, where manic patients were kept in straitjackets.

"I'm just using it for comparison."

Wayne pulled up the white mattress: "Gotham is such a ghost, so it gave birth to Batman.

But what about a city where guns are completely banned, there is no cohesive gang organization, and there are only scattered social idlers, so the public security is still passable?

What do you think is the possibility of Batman being born in such a city?

And if Batman is born in such a city, what is the possibility that he will be on the right path? "

“I don’t like to think about probabilities, just like I don’t like to think about money, and I generally treat all possibilities as 100 percent.

In this way, you only need to think about how to solve these things after they happen, without having to calculate the probability of them happening, or in which direction they will happen. "

As it happens, I don't like thinking about money either.

Wayne shrugged: "Then let's just presuppose a result. The Batman born in this environment will infinitely magnify the darkness he sees - because the current situation is not as desperate as Gotham, and the people in that city It’s not to the point where every day when I go out I’m shot at or bombed to threaten my life.

Their biggest worry is not how to survive tomorrow, but how to live better tomorrow.

I think those Gotham citizens who have seen the stormy waves must yearn for this kind of life. "

"No beginning or end." Bruce frowned: "If you want to preset the result, you must have a reasonable basis!

How do you know that Batman will amplify the darkness in that city? Can't he leave that city and travel around the country to find a way to save the city, and then gain knowledge and see the world? "

"Well..." Wayne nodded and added: "Then he was actually similar to me at the beginning. He didn't want to become Batman. After experiencing some things, he got hot-headed, put on the bat suit, and then in a Dark justice is being carried out in a city that is still relatively peaceful."

"Then that Batman most likely has a problem with his head. Many, many, big, big problems!"

"Is it more serious than the mental illness of rich second-generation people like us?"

"It's definitely much more serious. If he appeared in Gotham City, he would definitely be at the top of the list of lunatics I most want to send to Arkham Asylum!"

Bruce could see Wayne's doubts. He didn't seem to understand why his reaction was so big, so she began to explain: "First of all, according to you, that city is not Gotham, and it is not as dark as Gotham. ——No matter how bad it is, in terms of architecture, it will definitely not have the dark Gothic style of Gotham!"

Wayne nodded.

“Furthermore, in the city you mentioned, there are no rampant guns, insane criminals, or super-powered criminals.

So I estimate that the Batman you are talking about was most likely robbed, and the robber must be a drug addict who confiscated his hands and killed his family.

This led him to embark on the path of Batman.

So, let me ask you a question, if you encountered this situation, would you choose to resort to the law and the police, or take revenge yourself? "

"If I were in that Batman city and calmed down, I would choose to pursue legal action.

If it was in Gotham, then I would grab a gun and kill him if I could. "

"Then you will be stopped by me."

Bruce smiled triumphantly, but immediately restrained herself: "That's the problem. If the city is not hopeless, then he can choose to resort to law.

And if he is as depraved as Gotham, then he will choose to become a criminal for revenge.

So, where did he go wrong and choose to become Batman? "

Wayne was nodding subconsciously, but then he suddenly reacted: "No, you just gave me two possibilities! You only let me choose between two options!"

“Because normal people will only choose these two, and only these two options.

Only abnormal people, like you and me, would put on bat suits and jump between high-rise buildings to uphold justice! "

Wayne downplayed Bruce's assertion that he was not normal.

"So, since everyone is abnormal, why does that Batman make you so afraid?"

"Not killing anyone is the least extreme of all my extreme rules!"

Bruce said slowly: "In other words, in the eyes of others, I am extreme and paranoid. The only redeeming feature is that I don't kill people and use very weird ways to maintain the fairness and justice of the law.

But from my own point of view, they think that my least extreme approach of not killing people is actually my most extreme approach!

Nothing is more extreme than me not killing anyone! "

"so?"

"If I decide to kill someone, do you think I will stick to the bottom line and only kill the so-called bad guys, but kill everyone who blocks my way in one go?"

Wayne replied without hesitation: "You've proven it to me now!"

"That's it!" Bruce floated up and got close to Wayne, almost touching his face: "Because not killing people is my least extreme principle, so I will not jump from one extreme to another. An extreme!

But the Batman you are talking about has never seen real hell. He seems to have just experienced what he calls the worst day in his life! So I want to do something to vent my hot head!

Because he lives in a relatively peaceful city, his morality as an ordinary person is still restricting him! Let him want to do something that he thinks is righteous and a good thing! "

"But!" Bruce stretched out a finger and pointed it in front of Wayne: "You and I both know, or we have both experienced, that in our line of work, we will always see some very dark things!

The number of scumbags I have met is definitely in the four figures, and there have been quite a few moments where I have actually had murderous intentions, but I basically held back!

Because I live in Gotham, I'm used to the darkness!

But that Batman, he saw some flaws in the light, and then got around himself.

He saw darkness within the light, so he suddenly became jealous of evil and became sworn in with the criminals.

And once he discovers that this world and this city still contains filth and pure darkness, what will he do? "

"Destroy it quickly?"

"That's the mentality!"

After Brucy finished speaking, her eyes suddenly lit up: "You mean, that Batman, who is actually the one who made you absorb the metallic liquid, is the mastermind behind it?

No, that's impossible!

I know whose fault it is that the world is what it is!

I also know who the guy I was fighting against before was!

He is not Batman, or rather, he is a combination of Batman and the Joker! "

Of course Wayne knew about laughter. He had seen the mural with a smiling face in the place where the Wonder Boy was hiding.

"But have you ever thought about..."

Wayne said, hesitating: "Forget it..."

"You want to ask what Laughter did to me? Or what is the purpose of Laughter?"

Bruce looked up at the sky: "His purpose is to destroy the world...and to choose the 'Dark Knight'!"

"I think the priority of the Dark Knight is higher than destroying the world. In other words, one of the requirements for selecting a Dark Knight is that the Dark Knight must have the ability to destroy the world!"

Wayne's words made Bruce deep into thought: "You go on."

"There's nothing to say. You're already dead. Although you still exist in this world in some form, your body did die in the final battle with Super Woman!"

Wayne said solemnly: "In other words, the Dark Knight chosen by Laughing has failed. You have the ability to destroy the world, but you failed to survive!

You are just a defective product!

You can't be the Dark Knight under the Laughing Hand. "

"So!" Bruce immediately thought of Wayne's judgment: "He needs to choose the next Dark Knight, and this Dark Knight is...that Batman?

call--

Although what you said is decent, without evidence, everything is empty talk! "

Wayne puts on the cowl and becomes Batman: "Maybe I do."

On the far side of the earth, there is a fortress buried deep under the sea - this was the royal city of Atlantis, the former ocean empire.

But now, what's wandering here is not the people of Atlantis, but endless black water monsters.

They move according to the established route, and they seem to have no intelligence.

This is true.

Killer Frost Crystal was wearing blue clothes that were as cool as dead water and hid in a distant ice room hidden in a trench.

During the "high tide" of the black water monster, she would swim out of her lair and gaze at the royal city of Atlantis.

That was supposed to be her territory, no, it should be said to be their suicide squad's territory.

Before the final battle, Batman entrusted them with a heavy sum of money to defend this royal city.

In fact, they will listen to Batman even if they don't need money, because once the world is destroyed, no amount of money will be of any use - let alone Batman helping them untie the bomb around their necks.

However, Batman failed, and soon Mr. Freeze led a huge army of black water monsters to capture the royal city.

After Deadshot learned that his daughter was dead, he completely lost his fighting spirit and died in the first wave of offensive.

Captain Boomerang saw that the situation was not good and ran away immediately. He doesn't know if he is dead now.

Harley Quinn... Although after losing the Joker, she became a little normal and followed Batman to make repeated military exploits in the civil war, but she was still overwhelmed when faced with the thousands of troops of the Black Water Monster.

The black spider died in front of her after using his last strength to send her to this trench.

King Shark... Killer Frost was reluctant to admit that she was still sad about this silly shark head. In that tragic war, he helped Killer Frost block Mr. Freeze's blow, turned into a lump of ice, and sank in the abyss-like seabed.

"Hey - Batman, where did you hide something?"

Killer Frost returned to his ice room, took off his diving equipment, and sighed.

"Maybe I can take you in and take a look."

Then, she suddenly noticed a dark figure standing in the center of her room.

"Bat...Bat...Batman?"

Killer Frost opened his mouth wide, and then shot an icicle at Batman without any explanation.

Batman easily dodged her attack, then stepped forward and pushed her against the wall.

"Is this your welcome ceremony for me? It seems you still need to go to Arkham Asylum for further studies!"

"It's gone! It's all gone!" Killer Frost roared hysterically: "Because of you, we have nothing! Our lives are gone!"

"Then don't you want to take it all back?"

Batman took off his hood, revealing an old and determined face.

"Believe me again...believe Batman once more! Everything you lose will come back!"