Chapter 3330 Bloody New City (Fifty-Three)
Chapter 3304 Bloody New City (Fifty-three)
When Gordon received the call from the police, he just rubbed his forehead and said nothing. He looked at Batman standing in the corner of the room and said, "I told you, it's not that I don't want to explain to you, but I don't have time. If you are free, then do me a favor."
Gordon put down the phone and looked at him, "Someone called the police and said that the daughter of protester Willy was murdered. The house was full of blood. Vicious cases happen frequently and we don't have more manpower. You go and take a look."
Batman didn't want to move, but Nightwing walked in. He looked very tired and there were wounds on his face, but he still stood in front of the table and said, "The case on Skylark Street has been resolved. A total of 17 people died and 36 were rescued. The murderer was caught, but he only admitted that he had a personal grudge with the factory manager."
Gordon didn't have any expression, neither angry nor sad. Nightwing also felt something was wrong, and he looked at Gordon with a probing expression.
Soon, Gordon stood up, looked at Nightwing and said, "I will resign as the chief. In the next period of time, you have to work hard, just like now."
"What?!" Nightwing looked at him in disbelief, "You want to resign?! How can you resign at this time?? Gotham needs you! Chief!!"
Batman also looked at Gordon. He didn't expect Gordon to choose to resign at this time.
"Gotham does need me, but it doesn't necessarily need James Gordon as the police chief." Gordon lowered his head and said, "I can't let a 15-year-old child take on such a responsibility."
Batman and Nightwing didn't understand what he was saying. Only Gordon himself knew that Willy's daughter's identity could indeed arouse people's sympathy, but a little girl who hadn't even entered high school was really hard to trust.
Since he had taken action against Havize, but let him survive, the criticism from the Havize family would never stop. Instead of falling down in disgrace, it's better to leave by himself.
He wanted to see, if he left him, where would these upper-class people find such a fair and reliable dog.
Nightwing wanted to persuade him again, but Batgirl Barbara had already walked in. She looked up at Gordon silently, then took off her mask.
Nightwing was stunned. He knew how much effort Batgirl had put in to hide her identity. He didn't want his father to know what he was doing.
But Barbara said, "I saw the news just now. That guy named Hawesser said you murdered him. He told you to apologize to him, otherwise he won't let you go."
Nightwing was so shocked that he couldn't speak again. The situation changed too quickly. Gordon actually attacked Hawesser and almost killed him? !
Gordon was also surprised for a moment when he saw Barbara's face, but he seemed to think of something soon. Some questioning words were held back in his heart.
"I told you my true identity just to let you know that using me to threaten you would be the stupidest decision that criminals have ever made in their lives. The worries you have are not real." Barbara said coldly, "If they really dare to come, I will make them regret it for the rest of their lives."
Gordon's tense expression relaxed a little. Barbara probably checked the surveillance after watching the news and heard what Havitser said, thinking that her father took action because his daughter's safety was threatened.
"Yes, you are excellent, and I am proud of you." Gordon said from the bottom of his heart.
Barbara's expression also eased, and the anger and rebuke she thought did not come. But at the same time, she also felt strange. She knew her father very well, and James Gordon would never allow her to do such a dangerous thing at any time.
Except for one situation, that is, he himself wanted to do something more dangerous.
Barbara's heart began to sink more and more.
The last time she heard Gordon say that he wanted her to learn to protect herself was when Batman also disappeared because of the Joker's design, and he had to face this madman alone.
Gordon turned and walked out, and Barbara grabbed him and said, "What are you going to do?"
"Write a resignation report and go home to sleep."
Such words did not comfort Barbara at all. She still held Gordon's arm tightly and didn't let go. She said, "You don't have to face them alone. We will all help you."
"Yes, so I just go home to rest, don't think too much."
Barbara watched his back as he left, her heart pounding. She staggered as soon as she raised her feet, and Nightwing supported her.
"Are you okay?"
"It's okay, I just have a bad feeling." Barbara turned to look at Batman, and then said, "What are you going to do next, Batman?"
Batman didn't want to go to Willy's house. He still wanted to find out the truth of this matter. But looking at Barbara's eyes, he couldn't say no.
This stalemate did not last long, Barbara and Nightwing were taken away by a new case. Batman drove to Willy's door.
Even at noon, the sky was still very dim. The window with broken glass had curtains drawn, and Batman could not see the situation inside.
He had to turn the door handle, and then found that the door was not locked. He pushed the door open and saw Schiller standing in a pool of blood.
Schiller turned around and nodded when he saw Batman. Batman frowned and asked, "Why are you here?"
"Then why are you here again?"
"I'll investigate."
"Then so do I."
"I want to know what happened during this time," Batman said. "I don't think you can say that it's all unrelated to you."
"It's not just that it has nothing to do with me." Schiller opened his hand and walked around the place, and then said, "All the questions you are puzzled about now come from me. That's why I stand here. I'm planning to give it to me. You explain all this. How about it, isn't it much more reasonable than the clown?"
Batman frowned deeply.
Because he is very clear that if a plan is always unknown, it means there is still a risk of failure. But if a mastermind himself announces his plan, it almost means that he will definitely win.
Schiller's hand was inserted into the pocket of his suit pants. He began to pace in the middle of the room and said, "Where should we start? ... Let's talk about you and the Pale Knight first."
"There are some conflicts between you, of course. After all, you were once enemies of life and death, so it is strange to be able to reconcile in an instant. It is normal to have conflicts."
"But you also have a common goal, a very ambitious goal, that is, to make this city completely better."
"For this ambitious goal, you can compromise with each other. It is quite commendable to let go of personal grudges and work for a common goal."
"There is only one small problem, that is, the route is wrong, the faster you run, the more outrageous it is."
"If I were an ordinary person from Gotham, I would just say that I worked very hard and don't work hard next time."
"You would like to ask, what did I think you were wrong. But you might as well ask me, what was right."
"I'm not arrogant, so I don't use those very sharp words to describe your series of actions. To put it simply, the better you do, the worse you will be."
"It sounds contradictory, but that's the truth. Because all your actions to save the city are to wipe the real evil people, to cover up their crimes, and to oppress the people."
"You must feel very wronged. Is it also wrong to fight crime?"
"Of course not exactly. If crime in Gotham is not an investment, it's right. But unfortunately you know very well that Gotham's crime is not a matter of policing, but a means of oppression."
"The fight against crime is to improve the level of public security, but Gotham's crime is not a crime. It does not need to be solved by improving the level of public security. And you must solve it in this way, which is to deprive the public of the right to know the truth. I want to use the word "policy" to cover up the truth of the true evil - exploitation."
"The same is true for the Pale Knight. Raising welfare means solving the problem of poverty, but Gotham's poverty is not poverty. It is not the kind of poverty that can be solved by improving social welfare. And he must use this method to solve it, then It makes people simply attribute poverty to the lack of social welfare."
"Do you know what social welfare is? It's not the kindness of the rich to the poor, but the measures to strive to improve distribution fairness. But it means that it is not actually fair. The measures have not even been improved. It's just a means of covering up. The more you cover up, the more people who lead to unfairness will become more and more unscrupulous."
"This is the illusion of reformists like you and the Pale Knights. You are not the saviors, but the slutcher. You are not the slutcher of society, but the slutcher of the upper class you hate the most."
"They cut the poor and you bandage the wound. When you see the poor wailing in pain, you give them a lot of painkillers. Then everything calms down, peacefully as heaven. But lie down What are the skeletons on the bed?”
"You bandaged the wounds and stopped the wailing, but it just allowed people to die in a slightly less painful way. But people shouldn't have died."
"Your actions have made the injured who really want to resist lose their strength, because their companions are intoxicated by the anesthesia of painkillers. They are also tripped by the bandages that are kindly wrapped around them. In the end, nothing will change."
"You are curious about my plan, but everything on the road I've taken has nothing to do with you. I don't expect you to do anything about the part related to you. I just hope you stop and don't do anything again. Be an accomplice.”
Batman's lips moved, but it didn't seem like he wanted to refute. But just as he spoke, his communicator rang.
Pale Knight's anxious voice came from the opposite side: "Halley is unconscious again! What's going on?! The doctor said that the situation suddenly worsened..."
Batman looked at Schiller suddenly. Schiller stood at the window and said, "Stop, and go some other things."
"What did you do to Halle?"
Schiller just shook his head.
Batman stared at him for a moment and finally opened the insurance of the anesthesia gun on his arm armor. Just as he was about to shoot, he heard Schiller whisper:
"Do you want to meet Jason Todd?"