In the end, Constantine and Bruce sat side by side on the curb of the street, looking at the bustling neon lights of the commercial street opposite. Constantine's brain, which was poisoned by drugs and alcohol, could always see from this light.
There were many hallucinations, and then Constantine said to Bruce:
"You are not from here and should not be here. You should go back to where you live instead of sitting here and smiling bitterly."
"Yes, they all say that." Bruce replied, they said that I don't belong here and should get out early. I don't live in the same society as them, and I can't find any answers here.
"No, that's not what I mean." Constantine said: "When I say to an angel that you should not walk in the kingdom of hell, I am not talking about how beautiful heaven is and urging him to go back and enjoy that.
Life is a warning to him not to follow our lead.”
"People who are already under the abyss cannot save others. They can't even save themselves. I can't stand up now. I feel like vomiting. My mind is full of obscene hallucinations.
You can't expect me to go to charity halls to help the poor, you can't expect me to go to churches to spread the gospel, you can't ask me to change this city..."
Constantine glanced at his palm, which was covered with lines of time. He was not actually old, but his bad habits over the years had brought his body to the brink of collapse. He said: "You are young, strong, and rich.
Vitality, wealth and stability, you can do a lot of things that I can't do. Those are things that I once wanted to do but failed to do in the end..."
"Why didn't you do it?" Bruce asked.
"Because I was pulled down by the hand stretched out from hell. This is my fate." Constantine looked back at the alley of the slum and said: "Whether I was born in hell or walked halfway and was lured in.
People, they are not born bad people, maybe they also want to save the world."
"Don't think this is a childish thing, Batman. Those things you once thought about in the attic and devoted your time to do may not achieve the results you want. They may be compared to what you can achieve.
It's much smaller, but it's not ridiculous."
"You feel that everyone is looking at you and ridiculing you. You can obviously achieve ten points, but you only achieve one point, and you are so proud of it."
"But in fact, if someone has received your favor, he will only thank you, and those who have not received your favor cannot ask for more on behalf of the recipient, because it is not the bystanders who save him, but you."
"For example, you tried to save me, but for some reason, you were not able to save me. I can see the efforts you put in, so I am willing to treat you as my friend.
If someone jumps out and says, you didn't work hard enough and you should have done more to save me, then I will give him a punch."
Constantine looked at Bruce's face and found that his expression was relaxed. He could understand what Bruce was thinking now, and the frequency of his soul beating was telling his mood at the moment.
Before that, Batman might have thought of all this very simply. His purpose was to fight criminals and avenge his parents. He thought that he had done a very effective job. In just two years, he stopped
Numerous crimes….
Later, Bruce Wayne also planned to make some changes. He planned to use the power of the Wayne Group to do more things. He was originally very ambitious for this.
But the crazy reality was like a blow to the head. He discovered that the reason why Gotham became like this was not what he imagined. Criminals had no shame and poor people refused to work hard. People trapped in this vortex had problems protecting themselves. When he fell
When he came, he couldn't break free.
What he did and thought in the past seemed very ridiculous. He was not the night, because standing on the roof of the Wayne Tower, the night he saw was still not dark enough. He was not seeking revenge, which led to his life experience.
The tragedy may not be just the one or two criminals he defeated.
Constantine took a deep breath and discovered that Bruce was in a very dangerous state. His spirit was slipping towards some kind of abyss, and some hidden nature was being awakened.
He did his best to comfort Bruce
, but Constantine knew that he was not very good at comforting people.
And if Batman doesn't think about it, the consequences will be very serious. It's not just as simple as a well-trained superhero turning into a super villain. The collapse of Wayne Group is the most terrifying thing.
Constantine rubbed his eyes with his palms. He thought for a moment and decided to call for outside help. He turned around and left where Bruce was sitting, found the nearest public phone booth, and called the Gotham Police Department.
In the Gotham Police Station, Gordon is interrogating Cobot.
But he was impatient to do this, because he knew that no matter which hospital Cobot went to, he would be able to issue a mental illness report. In the end, he would definitely not be put in jail. He would still have to go to Arkham Asylum, but there was already
It has become the base camp of gang bosses. When Cobot goes there, it feels like going home.
Moreover, whenever asked for key information about hiring a murderer, Cobot would cross himself on his chest. Everyone in Gotham knew what this meant. The police chief was the godfather's man. With Gordon's interrogation, the chief's
His expression became more and more wrong.
At this time, he happened to receive a call from Constantine. Once he heard that Batman had a problem, he was able to take this opportunity to leave.
Arriving at Bruce's place, Gordon was also shocked by Bruce's current state. He knew better than Constantine the consequences of Batman's madness.
So, he quickly pressed Bruce's shoulders and said: "Bruce! Look at me, I'm James, we can talk, really..."
When he held Bruce's shoulders, he found that Bruce's body was trembling. Gordon listened carefully and seemed to hear the uncontrollable laughter coming from his chest.
Gordon had a bad premonition. He covered his forehead and said, "Jesus! What on earth is going on? Is it that madman again?!"
Suddenly, Bruce raised his head, looked at him and asked, "I gave you the bat light, but why did you barely light it?"
"I..." Gordon hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't want to lie to you. The fact is that as a light, the Bat Light is really useful. It is very powerful and can illuminate the entire yard of the police station. So,
I fixed it on the roof behind the police station building...”….
Speaking of this, Gordon hurriedly said: "However, it is fixed there and can be used normally. Just adjust the angle and the shape of the bat will appear over Gotham..."
"And the reason why I don't do that all the time is because I think you're busy." Gordon sighed and said, "Okay, let's not play those guessing games anymore. Let's be honest. Wayne has to take care of Wayne Group.
, Bruce has to go to school, Bruce Wayne has to raise his children and educate them, Batman has to go out and fight crime..."
"I really don't know when I should look for you so as not to interrupt what you're doing. If it's not a really difficult matter, I'm not willing to use this method to solve it."
Bruce looked up at him, as if he felt that Gordon was not telling the truth. At this time, Gordon turned to look at Constantine. Constantine shrugged and said, "You guys talk first, I have to find a place to lie down."
Yes, I feel very uncomfortable."
After saying that, he turned around and left. Gordon also sat on the curb. He said, "Since I was promoted, I have understood a truth. The inaction of the Gotham Police Department is not entirely due to lack of firepower."
"There are three types of people who will work as police officers in Gotham. One type is the villain with no bottom line. The purpose of coming to the police station is to collect money. Their boss lets them in so that they can do things conveniently. If others
If people give them money, they will be happy to help certain criminals escape."
"The second type of people are just ordinary people. They only regard the police profession as a job. If someone asks them to do it, they will go. Whether the matter can be solved depends on luck. If someone gives money, they will accept it. As long as it is not too difficult to handle,
They just do it, they feel that all the evil that happened in Gotham will disappear naturally and there is no need for them to work hard."
"There is also the last one, just like my colleague Bullock. He looks like a gangster on the surface and often collects money from gangsters, but in fact, he is a good man and uses his own methods to solve many people's problems.
Do your best to uphold justice..."
"What about you?" Bruce looked at him and asked.
"Me?...They say I'm a madman." Gordon looked up at the sky and said, "Indeed, in this city, I am a madman. I don't accept black money or help gangs. As long as someone calls the police, I will call the police."
Do your best to solve the problem, even if it costs your own safety and life."
"At first, I was very angry. How could they call me a madman? It was obvious that they were mad, and it was obvious that they perished with evil. I was the only one who emerged from the mire and remained unstained. But later, I discovered that in Gotham, as a
Being crazy is actually not a bad thing."
Bruce rolled his eyes and looked at Gordon, as if he didn't understand why he said such a thing.
In his impression, Gordon is really the last conscience of Gotham. You can give up hope on anything that happens here, but you can always trust Gordon.
"One day, I got caught up in a very complicated gang dispute. Everyone in the police station, including the intern who had just been here for three days, was trying to persuade me to make the big thing a trivial matter."
"Then, I drove an armed police car downstairs of the mansion. Bullock, who was driving, pointed a rocket launcher at a window of the mansion. I carried a rifle and entered the scene where the gang bosses were meeting."...
"I told them that I must get the truth, otherwise we will die here together. Anyway, except for me, none of them are innocent, and I did it voluntarily."
"They all said I was crazy..." Gordon squinted his eyes and looked at the neon lights on the opposite street. He said, "Everyone of them was shocked and said I was a lunatic."
"They started blaming each other, saying that the other one had provoked me, a madman. Finally, they found out the real culprit behind the scenes, and then shot him dead. One of the gang bosses sent a car to take me back to the police station, and
Tell the chief of police that Godfather shouldn't let a madman be the detective."
"Look." Gordon spread his hands and said, "In this city, if you want to stop evil, you can't be a good person, you have to be a madman."
Gordon took a deep breath and stood up, bent down, held his knees with both hands, looked down at Bruce and said:
"Batman, don't think of yourself as the only normal person in this city, because we all know that there are no normal people here."
Gordon's eyes looked at Bruce with an indescribable hope, as if he were seeing his former self, and he said:
"I don't want to use the bat light to find you, not because I don't believe in your determination to fight crime, not because I think you are unhelpful, but because if you regard yourself as a normal person, then you will not be able to deal with these crazy people."
"Don't be ashamed of being crazy. Only when you are crazier than everyone else can you defeat them."
Sitting there, Bruce thought about the fire he saw. There, he saw a reality even crazier than the clown.
Batman has always felt that he is a normal person, and in contrast, the clown who only laughs is a madman.
But now Bruce discovered that in this crazy reality, no one is immune. During the more than ten years he dreamed of revenge, he was still affected by madness and blinded.
The continuous rain here all year round is fair to everyone. If you think you are not crazy yet, then you may have already gone crazy.
Bruce thought again, if he couldn't be sure that he was awake, then why should he deal with criminals? How could he save Gotham?
Faced with this question, Gordon couldn't answer it. He was not very good at this kind of philosophical thinking, so he could only rely on experience to admonish Bruce.
But he knew someone who was good at it, and he called Harvey Dent, Bruce's mentor.
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