Chapter 400 The Joker and Bateman's First Official Meeting
When Gordon got home, it was already two o'clock in the morning.
"Have the children gone to bed?" He took off his coat and said tiredly.
Xiao Lai was wearing pajamas and there were red marks on his face from the pillow. He had obviously just gotten up.
Before Gordon came out of the bathroom, she took out a large plate of stir-fried noodles with eggs and shredded pork from the microwave, and a glass of warm milk.
"What time is it now? Of course Barbara and Jim are sleeping. You, on the other hand, are not in good spirits. Is there another murder? You"
Xiao Lai looked at the small horn pendant under his neck with a worried expression.
Gordon didn't hide it, "The identity of the deceased is special. I must quickly find out the identity of the murderer."
"Isn't there Batman? Since it is an important case, let him investigate it," Xiao Lai said.
Gordon smiled bitterly and said: "As a police superintendent, I must always be worthy of my police badge."
Xiao Lai said: "There have been a lot of super criminals popping up in Gotham recently. I'm not sure if they are your responsibility."
Gordon paused for a moment and asked dully: "Is there something in your words?"
"You were not as busy as you are now in the past few years." Xiao Lai said.
"I'm very busy."
"There are too many things going on in Gotham now, and it's not as peaceful as before." Xiao Lai sighed.
"You're going roundabout and implying that the chaos in Gotham comes from Batman?" Gordon frowned.
"I know Batman is a great cross-dressing hero, but Gotham really hasn't changed for the better.
Everyone knows you have a close relationship with Batman because you often summon him with your Bat-Light.
My biggest problem with him is that he puts you in danger." Xiao Lai said seriously.
"Have you ever thought that I caused him trouble? He could have been a leisurely and wealthy man, but now he is carrying my dream." Gordon said softly.
Xiao Lai looked confused, "Your dream?"
Gordon nodded slightly, "Everything Batman is doing now is something I dream of doing, but cannot do because of my helplessness and powerlessness in reality.
You think I'm helping him, but actually we're helping each other."
"I really didn't know that you have been dissatisfied during the past few years of peace.
I always thought that for the sake of peace in Gotham, you didn't care about the means or the process.
Just like you once compromised with Falcone, or even cooperated with Cobot.
In the years when Gotham was stable and prosperous, you also tried your best to cooperate with Harley." Xiao Lai said in surprise.
Gordon smiled bitterly and said: "If I had the strength of Superman, the will and wisdom of Batman, I would have put on my cape and gone do it myself.
But I have no power to change reality, I can only compromise with reality.
In the face of "Gotham in chaos", I choose the peaceful and prosperous era of "Harley the Great" which is more beneficial to the people.
You should be a peace dog instead of a person in troubled times!
Instead of Gotham descending into chaos, it would be better for us to have an Emperor rule over us."
After a pause, he said with a complicated expression: "Tonight I met a gang member named 'Flying Eagle Hawk', and he complained to me that although his ability is no weaker than others, he is just a third-class citizen on the street.
‘Iron Fist’ Malone, who was killed tonight, easily controlled a dock just because he was Harley’s trusted gunman.
He is a first-class citizen.
Did you see that?
Gotham is like Harley's private kingdom. Both black and white are divided into status levels similar to noble titles, and she has the final say as to who each position belongs to.
Even if she didn't say it, or even bothered to manage it, the people below were completely consciously sorted according to her will.
Of course, this Gotham is peaceful and peaceful because no one can rebel.
However, even Hawk Hawk, who is a member of the Black Kingdom, is full of resentment. It is even less possible for ordinary people to freely realize their own will in their own cities.
So, I now make a better choice for true peace and tranquility where the people of Gotham are the masters."
"Are you sure Batman can do it? Gotham seems to be more chaotic." Xiao Lai said.
Gordon said in high spirits: "I believe in Batman, he is braver than me, and he is trying his best.
Xiao Lai, you can also trust him.
From the beginning of the collapse of the old kingdom to the establishment of the new democratic republic, there will always be temporary chaos, but the future is destined to be good."
Xiao Lai sighed: "It doesn't matter whether I trust him or not, but I support you."
"Thank you." Gordon stretched out his big hand and held her catkins.
After a warm moment, Xiao Lai hesitated and said: "Barbara is going to be released from prison, did you know?"
"Barbara" Gordon looked stunned, and the figure of his ex-fiancée appeared in his mind.
Barbara Kean, who caused a series of tragedies with Galavan and Jerome the Clown, was finally arrested.
She voluntarily surrendered.
He has a big belly and is said to be from Gordon.
It later turned out that she was indeed conceived after having a fling with Gordon, that is, Xiaolai and Gordon's eldest daughter, Barbara Gordon.
"Tell me, do you want Xiaoba to know about her biological mother?" Gordon's face was full of confusion.
Xiao Lai immediately guessed what he was thinking and asked: "Are you worried that Barbara wants to see your daughter?"
Gordon nodded lightly, "It would be best to wait until Xiaoba becomes an adult before telling her about her life story, but no one can stop a mother from seeing her child."
"You can ask Big Barbara first."
In the end, Gordon still failed to negotiate with Big Barbara.
Because on the eve of her release from prison, on the night of the 23rd, she escaped from prison
December 24, half past one in the morning.
Gotham, Arkham Asylum.
The large iron gate was smashed open by a heavy truck from the outside, and the glass wall of the checkpoint was smashed by a machine gun. The guard threw his body on the ground before he could even draw his gun to fight back.
When Jim Gordon arrived with the GCPD, Batman had already inspected the crime scene and the entire Arkham Asylum.
At this moment, he was standing in the middle of the front yard with a solemn expression.
"What's going on?" Gordon asked anxiously.
Batman pursed his lips, with a serious look on his face that he had never seen before.
"Someone robbed the prison, and all the serious criminals in the mental hospital were robbed, including several people in the special cells on the 7th floor underground. Harley's personal criminal.
She actually set up a private prison in Arkham and used the prisoners as guinea pigs to experiment with magic potions and newly learned martial arts and magic."
"How do you know?" Gordon asked doubtfully: "If Harley really did that, she would definitely not leave a record for you to see."
Batman took him into Arkham, found the hidden elevator, and went all the way to the seventh floor.
In the innermost cell, Gordon saw a yellow-haired weirdo squatting in the corner, holding his head in his hands and muttering "I'm very good, don't hit me" like a repeater.
"Who is he?" Gordon turned to look at the label on the iron door, "Jerome Valesca"
"Shit, he was the clown back then!" Gordon knelt down and stared at him in disbelief.
A young and handsome face becomes pale and swollen, as if he has gained weight?
The sharp and crazy light in his eyes disappeared, replaced by numbness, confusion and panic.
"Tell me what they did to you." Batman said in a hoarse voice.
Jerome said blankly: "They took turns poking my butt and buttocks and making me suck my vagina.
Dr. Strange took me to the medical room, strapped me to strange instruments, and sometimes gave me medicine.
A woman who can conjure vines, conjures poisonous flowers to spray me, and bites me with snake-like vines."
"You're pretending to be crazy!" Gordon's eyes were sharp, "It's impossible for a madman to speak in such an organized manner."
"My mental illness was cured by Dr. Quinn, and I'm normal now." Jerome's eyes were slightly dull, but his expression was calm.
"This" Gordon was stunned. Is this crazy or not?
"Why didn't you run away?" he asked.
"I'm afraid that if people in combat uniforms ask me to leave, I won't leave. If I don't behave, Doctor Quinn and Doctor Strange will be very unhappy, and I don't dare to make them angry." Jerome shrank.
"He was crippled. He was crippled by Harley Quinn. I have tested his pulse, heartbeat and micro-expression before, and there are no traces of lying." Batman sighed in a hoarse and low voice.
"Even the clown was not crippled, but healed. Quinn, the miracle doctor, deserves his reputation!" Gordon struggled.
Batman's strong cheeks exposed outside the hood twitched slightly, "Are you sure you are the miracle doctor?"
"Maybe, everyone says she is the best psychiatrist in Gotham, and the results after treatment are very good.
Many wealthy families went to the cathedral to worship in order to seek medical treatment for their children.
Because Sister Quinn will also use psychological methods to help believers who are lost on the road of life.
Many rich second-generation people who committed crimes in school have become human-like after being taught by her, and it seems to be really effective." Gordon was unsure.
The two of them walked out of the prison while talking. Jerome, who was muttering in the corner, raised his head, with a flash of light in his eyes.
After leaving the prison, Batman said solemnly: "I don't care how efficient Harley's methods are, but what she did in Arkham violated the law.
I will never let her get involved in Arkham Asylum again."
At the end, he emphasized: "This hospital is the property of Wayne Group."
"Harley is also the majority shareholder of Wayne Group." Gordon said immediately.
Batman was stunned, "She's not old enough."
"Can you manage it?" Gordon lowered his voice and looked worried: "You took away control of the dock from the Penguin. People died every day at the dock, there were gun battles every night, and countless foreign gangs entered Gotham to fight for territory.
Now the Avengers have transported unknown dangerous goods to Gotham through the dock.
You took away the management rights of the arsenal. The microwave evaporator developed by Wayne Military was stolen. The price of weapons in the mercenary supermarket was lowered three times in six months because a large number of weapons from Wayne Military of unknown origin entered the market. The supermarket's
The impact on business has been huge.”
"The security of the arsenal has been replaced by Bruce Wayne, and the dock management system is also being re-formulated." Batman said solemnly.
Gordon sighed, "It's useless to replace anyone else. You have to keep an eye on it yourself. Besides, I don't object to your approach. It's just that you have to eat your food one bite at a time. You can't chew off more than you can chew."
Batman said: "She manages Arkham Asylum. Isn't there a large-scale prison escape? Her home is right next to it."
"I called the manor, but she hasn't been at home for the past two days." Gordon said with a serious expression: "No normal person would touch Arkham. It would do no good and would annoy her.
But someone did just that, just as she was leaving. What do you think this means?
Anyone who dares to mess with her is not an easy person.
Things are beyond our control and Harley must be found immediately."
Batman continued to walk out, and said confidently as he walked: "There is no need to look for her, I have found out the true identity of the person behind the scenes, and I also know what he wants to do.
Robbing prisoners is not the purpose.
In these two days, Gotham will be in chaos by the escaped criminals, who can concentrate on preparing a plan to destroy Gotham.
It's a pity that I saw through his mind, and now I'm going to arrest him."
As he spoke, he also turned on his communication watch and shouted: "Call Flying Robin Cat and go to Arkham Asylum immediately. There will be a big operation tonight."
"With Robin Cat holding the battle, I can handle him. He is just an ordinary martial artist." He turned back to Gordon and said.
"I'm doing my hair, please wait for half an hour." Robin Cat said.
Batman froze and said numbly: "Why are you doing your hair again?"
"What do you mean 'again'? The last time I had my hair done was a week ago. I went to the sewer with you and I smelled bad for two days." Robin cat cried.
Batman sighed, turned off the communication, and muttered: "I need a Robin who doesn't have to do his hair."