Superhero Comic – Overlord’s Path

"Bang"

A group of newspapers mixed with rotten leaves was smashed on the brightly painted glass door of the street, and gave a violent shock, and even brought out a good cry, so more things were smashed on the shop.

The staff of the shop hides behind the door in awe, looking at the demonstrators passing by, and even the stains smashed on the door dare not wash them immediately.

Everyone knows why today’s parade is even crazier, because someone died last night, the clown said he would do it, Batman didn’t take off his mask one day, and someone in this city would die for him. Crazy people make people scared and crazy.

But they ignored it, and Batman saved two people from the clown last night.

The entire Gotham Central District was full of people. The parade was always full of passion. They waved their arms, held up crude slogans, and made roars that they could not hear. Those voices did not get together to form more The powerful sound waves, instead, were mixed and turned into worse noise.

Annoying.

"Let Batman get out!"

"Why should we die for him!"

"Let him take off the **** mask!"

"We want to live!"

They crossed the prosperous first avenue, and the final destination was downstairs in the mayor’s office, just like to completely surround this poor building. They roared. After more people, they began to put their hands on Something hit the police guarding the door.

The heavy police wear hoods and can't see their expressions, but from their indifferent appearance, they can feel their thoughts...these stupid guys.

However, the demonstrators thought that this was to allow Mayor Nestor to see their power and tried to use voice and action to urge the City Hall to come up with a solution, but the reality was that Mayor Nestor was not in the office at all.

They are just venting their anger and fear in the air, disguising themselves as a pioneer in a fair cause and devoting themselves... Under the glorious appearance, they are cowardly souls standing together one by one. , Cowardly, so unwilling to bear even a little risk.

The reporters stood outside the excited parade crowd, and more excitedly covered the intensified parade in Gotham City. They wanted things to be more confusing and Batman stood up to beat these guys into meat sauce.

But not for justice, but for more powerful news.

Politicians used the march to attack Mayor Nestor’s policies. The merchants took the opportunity to raise prices, and even the gangsters who were scared by the red devil mixed in the crowd.

Everyone here got what they wanted from this parade. Only the citizens of the parade did not even know what they were doing.

This is the group, they are not good at reasoning, but eager to take action; they are impulsive, irritable, susceptible and credulous; their wisdom is lower than individual wisdom; they are full of primitive violence and bloodthirsty desires, even they The moral level is also very poor.

As Cyber ​​said, "Once you are in the crowd, you will infect their movements, habits, and ways of thinking, and do something ridiculous but unknowing."

It's like a farce.

"I know there is a pusher behind this incident, but I can't imagine why the situation has deteriorated to such an extent for 3 days?"

Mayor Nestor stood in the office of the police station. In front of him were the sub-committees of Gotham’s various districts, as well as the seven sergeants of the General Administration. Robin was absent. The police’s gaze crossed the two empty positions from time to time, Gordon And Lauber, that should be their leader, but they have died in their duties.

In the face of the angry and anxious mayor, Gordon’s most trusted Sheriff Smith pondered for a moment and said,

"Mr. Mayor, this matter is actually more complicated than you think. During these two days of surveillance, we found a large number of gangsters. They even appeared as the backbone of the parade... we have reason to doubt, This is a wave against the Batman that the clown dislikes. The purpose is to force him to stand up and show his identity."

This reason is very reasonable. The mayor nodded. He is not a stupid person, but when it comes to his position and power, even selfless people will feel anxious. He sits on a chair and plays with his hands. Cigar cutter,

"Why not catch them?"

Smith's expression dimmed,

"Our police strength is not enough. In Gordon..., the security situation in the entire city has deteriorated again, and the police officers have been assigned to patrol in various areas, and we are worried that once the action is taken, the clown will use it in case of mass injury. The incident reduced the credibility of the entire Gotham City Government to the lowest point in history. You should be able to guess that it would be a real disaster."

Nestor stopped talking, his face changed quickly, and finally, he sighed,

"Look at our people, they are now fragile as if they were sent to the slaughterhouse, and there is no leader of the sheep, Batman did not say anything?"

Sheriff Smith shook his head,

"No, and I don’t think he should stand up. Mr. Mayor, although his behavior is illegal, we cannot ignore it. In the past year, it was precisely because of him that our city was in order. Only in favor of stability, I never believe that we handed over Batman, the clown will be willing to retreat, I have touched too many such villains, they will only be intimate, they see our weakness, they will treat us as felt Meat on the board."

The sheriff's tone was clanging, he looked at the mayor,

"I request that all Gotham’s TV broadcasts be immediately banned from playing the threatening video of the clown, which will cause these people who worry about their safety to fall into even crazier anxiety. He is using our fears. Mr. Mayor, he is destroying our will. !"

Faced with this request, Mayor Nestor hesitated. After ten seconds, he looked up at Smith and others.

"Do you know what this means?"

"Mr. Mayor, we are not cheating the citizens!"

Sheriff Smith said, "In these three days, we have lost 3 brave policemen and 7 innocent citizens. We have reason to believe that the clown's madness will continue, but if we really succumb, we Handed over Batman... we gave the last sword that could protect us to our opponents. Although we are very reluctant to admit it, the fact is that we can’t get clowns but we can’t take any more jobs just by relying on the police. He will destroy the will of this city."

"Or you can order the National Guard to enter the city to maintain order, which is the best way I can think of."

"National Guard?"

Mayor Nestor's eyes lit up. He cut the cigar in his hand on the table. After a few minutes, he said,

"Yes, I authorize you to block any news about the clown... In addition, I will let the National Guard enter the city, but you have to cooperate well, not to cause the people to panic again, I believe that the soldiers with guns and ammunition will be restless People’s confidence, and I don’t think that the clown can deal with those soldiers...yeah, let the TV broadcast the picture of the National Guard entering the city. I think this will stabilize the people’s hearts."

At the same time, on the 25th floor of the Wayne Building, Bruce, Rachel, Alfred, and Lucius also sat in the living room, watching the parade action broadcast on Gotham TV, and seeing the slogans, Bruce’s eyes changed. Sadly, Rachel held his hand and wanted to give him some confidence.

"Now insert a news! Mayor Nestor signed an order 15 minutes ago that the National Guard will send 500 soldiers into Gotham to maintain the current worsening urban order..."

"call"

Alfred breathed a sigh of relief and said to others, "Nestor finally did something he should do."

"But I doubt if the soldiers can deal with the clown."

Lucius frowned and said, "From the current form, this guy is a top-notch manipulator. Look at the storms he caused. The people see that every day someone is killed because of Batman. Feeling fear, but they are completely unaware that the number of people who die every day in Gotham due to conflict, even one-fifth of a year ago, do not feel that things are getting worse, but in fact, it has been changing it is good."

"We can't ask the people to calm down, especially this kind of thing for everyone. No one knows who will die next. The clown just grasped the weakness in human nature and magnified it. It's like a devil. same."

Rachel said bitterly, "He is transferring this pressure to Bruce, this bastard!"

"Bruce, what do you think?"

Alfred looked at his young master. As one of the closest people, he faintly felt Bruce’s inner struggle. Facing this problem, Bruce sighed. He looked at the restless crowd on the screen. He said ,

"I originally wanted to encourage the right things and encourage positive things, not crazy, not death!"

He bowed his head wearily, and he covered his face, "I messed up, and I even released him personally. Sometimes I really envy Cyber. If I can be as principleless as he is, all this will not happen at all. occur."

No one spoke. They knew Bruce had made the decision. For a stubborn person, he would not easily change his mind because of the language of others.

"Rachel, remember what I said to you before?"

"The city already has its own hero, it's time to make Batman history... I know what the clown will do, I will wait for him, this time..."

Bruce's face showed a firmness, "I won't let him run away again."

He looked at Rachel, stroking her hair, and said softly, "Then we can continue to live as Bruce Wayne, and Harvey will do what I can't do for me."

"This will be the last battle of Batman. Ducard taught me that there is a sentence in the East, and he will die. Then I know what I should do, and I know what I really want."

Later, Harvey Dent, who was busy in the prosecutor’s office, received a strange call.

"who are you?"

These three days of intensified riots put great pressure on the prosecutor’s office. Harvey Dent is a good Batman party. As a person who believes in law and justice, he exceeded his own rules for the first time and chose to stand. On the side of the city Robin Hood.

But his emotions are still very irritable, not only because of pressure, but also because Rachel has made it clear that she will marry Bruce in the near future, poor Harvey is falling out of love, and people in love are always grumpy, he Asked aloud,

"How do you know my phone number?"

But there was a hoarse voice in that one. Harvey heard the voice more than once, and his spirit immediately tightened. He knew that it was Batman.

"You are a symbol of hope, I can never do it!"

"Harvey, you stand up against a criminal syndicate. You are the first legal light of hope in Gotham's decades. You don't need to wear a mask to protect this city. You are more qualified to be a city than me. hero."

"The clown wanted me... I took off the mask and stood up to fight him, Harvey, to arrange a press conference tomorrow morning."

"what!"

Harvey Dent's voice immediately rang, so excited, so angry,

"You can't do this! You can't confess to him! You can't confess to a miscellaneous person! You're doing the right thing, you can't just bow your head like this, I have heard about the people in this city from the first day I entered the city Praises you, but look at you now, you actually surrender!"

"This is not surrender, Harvey... I just want to end this dangerous game of life as a bet, I will catch him, I swear!"

Bruce whispered, "This will be the last battle of Batman, you will be my best assistant, Harvey, don't be stubborn, if someone sees you like this, sees you sympathizing with a city ranger who violates the law, everything All my efforts have been abandoned, and all the criminals you caught will be released... everything is meaningless."

"My friend, don't forget Gordon's sacrifice, take over my banner, help me protect it in your way, let the wicked go down, let the good people survive."

Harvey's expression froze. He didn't know what to say. The dream of a superhero that had been raised since childhood was put into disillusionment at this moment, but at the same time, another kind of faith grew.

He put down the phone and leaned on the chair. He never shook his hands and took out his cigar from the drawer with shaking hands. In that mellow smell, he felt a will called inheritance.

Batman chose him and wanted him to truly become a Gotham without a masked hero. He would stand under the light and use his power to maintain the city...he felt the pressure on his shoulders, but Is this what he wants to do?

Prosecutors need to obey politics, Harvey understands this truth better than anyone, and what about the next clown? Gotham’s bright hero can’t deal with people like clowns, it needs a dark legend.

No... Batman shouldn't surrender this way! He can't do this! This should not be the case in this world!

Harvey Dent pressed the cigar hard in the ashtray, he would not allow him to surrender so easily! No...allow!