Chapter 512: Same Road, Different Choices
Arthur's belief is very firm, or in other words, after experiencing these things, it has become his obsession!
It is also with the blessing of this belief that he can barely suppress and resist the erosion of the crazy ravings, but this is also a temporary solution. After mastering many skills, Arthur began to treat the symptoms and wanted to find a way to help himself solve this problem. By accident, he came into contact with a mysterious organization, which he was not unfamiliar with, and it was the Shadow Warrior Alliance.
Here, he met the Ninja Master. After contacting each other, he found that the Ninja Master did not seem to be a bad person. Of course, Arthur also knew the true face of the other party, a madman who was committed to destroying Gotham.
But the Ninja Master did have what he urgently needed, such as extraordinary fighting skills and mysterious power that could calm the mind. The former made Arthur stronger, and how could the latter help him resist the erosion of crazy ravings.
Arthur, who considers himself the righteous Batman, certainly knows that he and the Ninja Master are not the same kind of people. He just wants to use him to strengthen himself. It would be best if he can still coexist peacefully with him and Gotham. If he wants to make trouble, Batman will let him know who has the final say in Gotham!
After receiving training from the Ninja Master, Arthur has indeed undergone a qualitative change. On the one hand, his various abilities have made great progress. On the other hand, he can also find a balance between madness and calmness, so that he can enjoy the gift of crazy talk and ensure that his reason is not affected.
Of course, Arthur is also very clear that this balance is very fragile. Once the balance is broken, the consequences will be extremely serious.
He also realized that he seemed to have walked the path of Batman, also experienced the death of his parents, and also accepted the teachings of the Ninja Master. Even now, his posture and habits are becoming more and more like the always calm bat.
Is this really what he wants?
Arthur sometimes gets confused, but he has no choice. With the belief or obsession of revenge and saving Gotham, he can only become Batman. In order to suppress the darkness and madness deep in his heart, he can only be forced to become calm and turn his flesh-and-blood heart into a solid and cold stone!
‘Haha… I understand Bruce Wayne more and more. ’
Arthur returned to Gotham after a long absence. The city seemed to have not changed much. It was still shrouded in the clouds of sin and corruption. There were not many traces of the chaos in the past. Even the burned Wayne Manor had been rebuilt at this time.
The only thing that changed was the once black-haired and loyal butler, who was now gray-haired. The old butler was particularly relieved to see the mature and calm young master. When he learned that the young master still had not let go of his obsession with revenge, he could only sigh deeply.
He told Arthur that he had been secretly investigating the fire during this period and found too many suspicious points. That night, Wayne Manor had both bodyguards hired by Arthur and police protection. It was impossible for a group of thugs to sneak in and set a fire secretly, but it happened.
Arthur also investigated it himself and noticed signs of conspiracy behind it, but with his ability at the time, even if he used the money of the Wayne family, he could not find out the specific situation, so he planned to become Batman and investigate it himself.
The old housekeeper told him that he had secretly investigated the police patrolling around Wayne Manor and the bodyguards hired by Arthur over the years. At first, he did not find anything unusual, but as time went on, he gained something. He found that several of them suddenly disappeared a few years later, including police and bodyguards from security companies.
Now it seems obvious that most of these missing people are inseparable from the mastermind behind the fire that night, which is an important clue.
Arthur persuaded the old housekeeper that he didn't need to run around anymore. Now that he was back, he could leave the rest to himself.
He first went to the Bat Cave to build a batch of equipment, and then visited the police station late at night. He first carefully searched the files of the missing police officers, but after finding nothing, he found Jim Gordon.
Batman and Gordon are an old partner. This is a job that can be copied. Arthur just needs to do it. He learned that Gordon was investigating a missing case recently, so he made a deal. He solved the case for him, and Gordon helped him keep an eye on the police and look for clues about the missing police officers.
After some negotiations and dealings, Gordon agreed to cooperate with him. When the two jointly investigated the missing case, they unexpectedly discovered that this seemingly ordinary case actually involved a police insider. After further investigation, they actually found clues about the missing police!
Arthur was overjoyed and captured the gang leader who knew the clues. After a severe torture, the other party was still stubborn and refused to say anything. When he talked about the fire in Wayne Manor, the gang leader even sneered and said that it was all the Wayne family's fault.
Thomas Wayne was going to run for mayor, which caused a lot of turmoil in the city. The gang leader was an ordinary worker at the beginning. As a result, his family was killed in the chaos, so he embarked on the road of gangsterism.
He attributed all the roots of his suffering to the Wayne family, and believed that the culprit of the tragedy in Gotham was the Wayne family!
Of course, Arthur was furious. Thinking back to the scene that night, his anger burned through the string of reason, and he couldn't help but kill the gang leader on the spot.
Sheriff Gordon arrived at this time, and despite being beaten up by Arthur twice, he still stopped him.
"He deserves to die! This bastard has blood on his hands. Only if I kill him can those innocent victims rest in peace! Let me kill him!" Arthur was a little crazy. Under the bat mask, the winding and ugly "earthworm" kept shaking, giving people the feeling that he was laughing.
The black and bruised gang leader laughed non-stop, pointing at Arthur and cursing: "Look, this is a freak, a lunatic, does he think he is really a hero? Hahaha, you should find a mirror to look at, you are a clown!"
'Clown? '
With a puff, Arthur stopped moving, but the corners of his mouth rose up a big arc, and he laughed uncontrollably. Yes, he was obviously a clown, but he had to play Batman. Even if he played Batman, why did he have to be like that bat and insist on the precept of not killing?
His eyes were extremely cold, but he laughed extremely loudly. He stared at the gang leader who couldn't laugh, and spoke as if he was telling a funny joke: "I will make you die happily and joyfully!"