It was another morning that was neither warm nor bright. Gordon put down the sixth cup of coffee in his hand and rubbed his eyes vigorously. When he opened his eyes again, they were so red that they seemed to bleed.
There was a knock on the door, and a heavily armed Nightwing walked in. Gordon took another sip of coffee and said, "Your face looks stinky, as if you haven't slept for a few nights. What's wrong?"
"Protests against pollution broke out in Area X15. Batgirl captured traces of criminals in Arkham Asylum, and initially suspected it was Bane or Killer Croc."
"Did you go investigate?"
"Not yet." Yeyi frowned deeply and said, "I'm just here to talk to you about this issue. GTO has been in arrears with salary for more than a month. What are you going to do?"
"It is not your duty to stop the protests." Gordon shook his head and said, "If there are super criminals, then wait until they show up and then stop preaching to other people. That's it."
Nightwing, who was standing at the door, hammered the door panel hard, and then said: "I'm not preaching, I'm just telling a fact! The situation in the city has gotten better, why don't we take advantage of the victory and pursue it?"
"Because these things are not as simple as you think." Gordon sighed softly and said: "Batman protects you so well that it is always difficult for you to see the deep roots of the problem. If you want
Investigate and stop the actions of super criminals by yourself, I won’t stop you, because the equipment on your body is worth at least 50,000 US dollars, and I have to find a way for those who are not so rich."
"You are always compromising." Nightwing said: "Today you will do this, tomorrow you will do that. Even the clown can convince you."
"Please don't forget that the GTO you are in now was founded by the person you call the clown. Abandon your meaningless anger."
After Gordon finished speaking, he put on his trench coat and left the office, while Nightwing chased after him and said, "Where are you going?"
"In the city government office building, someone asked me to talk about security expenses."
"Why are you negotiating with those vampires?!" Nightwing raised his voice and said, "If they hadn't deducted our funds under various pretexts, we wouldn't have been unable to pay our wages."
"Yes, but do you have any other way to stop them? Kill them all?" Gordon turned to look at Nightwing and said, "I understand your anger, but you'd better understand that I'm not
It was only during this incident that I realized the reality, and things like this happen all the time. Compared with the deeper reasons, your anger and the anger of all of you are not worth mentioning."
"So now you're looking for a solution to your problem? What are they going to blackmail you for?"
"I have been dying." Gordon turned his head back, pushed up his glasses, and said: "It's like a patient who has been in the intensive care unit for more than ten years. How can he still fight death every day for decades?
Can't you make me understand that the bill I get when I get out of the hospital doesn't matter at all? What do I have to lose?"
Nightwing stopped, his fists clenched tightly, but he quickly caught up with Gordon and said, "I'll go with you, they will definitely try to cheat."
Then his tone softened and he said: "Sorry, Director, I'm not pointing it at you, I'm just angry. I've always been angry."
"I said, I understand your anger, because I have been angry with these people every day for a long time."
"Then you're not angry now?"
"Anger is a good antidote to fatigue. When I feel tired, I will let myself vent my anger, and I will feel better."
"I don't know how to evaluate you. I even put my own anger on the scale to evaluate it, and then use it carefully."
"Yes, because to this day, even my own body and my psychology are a very important part of the resources I can use. Apart from that, there is really nothing else."
Nightwing fell silent, looking very sad, and Gordon didn't even look back at him, but just added something as he got in the car.
"The thing I regret most right now is that I didn't stand up when Batman beat the Joker."
"Did you give in to your anger at that point?"
"I don't know. In fact, I didn't feel anything at the time, only numbness, but this made me have to give in repeatedly when negotiating with the Pale Knight."
"It's okay, I'm still here." Yeyi said, "I will help you."
As the car drove towards the municipal building, the street scene was still desolate. The dim light in the morning filtered through the clouds, bringing the whole city back to the Victorian era, and the drumbeats played by all the scenery seemed like the end.
Gordon and Nightwing got out of the car together, and when they stepped into the municipal building, they noticed something different. Every employee was a little panicked, sneaky, and sweating profusely.
Gordon moved his eyes away from a fat man and looked at a woman who was giving a speech behind the glass wall of the office. He had a slight impression of the two of them because the last time he came here to find the Pale Knight, these two
Individuals spent three and five hours in front of the coffee machine respectively.
Gordon didn't think there were so many busy things in the city government on weekdays. Maybe something happened.
He quickened his pace, got on the elevator and hurriedly pressed the button, the ominous premonition in his heart getting stronger and stronger.
At this moment, Nightwing's phone rang. He answered it and said a few words. After hanging up, he said to Gordon: "Batman called me again. He hopes I can go back, but I really can't."
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"I know he doesn't support me joining GTO, but using such a trick to ask me to go back is a bit too childish." Yeyi lowered his eyes and said.
"Although he is not a person who needs companionship, Alfred just passed away. Maybe he needs someone to comfort him."
"That person is not me." Nightwing said: "Maybe I'm just a replacement for his first Robin, but he can't even think about shouting at me."
The two of them got out of the elevator together, and the receptionist led them to the door of the mayor's office with a smile on his face. The smile was so sincere that Gordon thought he had taken the wrong medicine.
Gotham City's police chief is never popular anywhere, and if the chief's name was James Gordon, he might not even see a single smiling face for six months.
The door to the mayor's office was pushed open, but it was not the Pale Knight sitting inside. Although it was not the Pale Knight who contacted Gordon, he thought he would be there.
If he disappeared at this time, it would look a bit like an escape. The Pale Knight is a person who will not show weakness. Because of this, he looks particularly convincing.
"Hello, my name is Schiller Rodriguez. You can just call me Schiller." Schiller stepped forward, shook hands with Gordon and said, "I invite you here today mainly to talk about public security.
The issue of funding.”
"Isn't Mr. Napier here?"
"He is busy with other things, which are much more important than the issue of public security funding. I am his staff and can fully represent him."
"I don't think there is any more important issue than public security," Nightwing said.
"Yes, but we are only talking about public security funding. Although the issue of money is also important, the mayor does not have to care about all the details." Schiller said with a smile.
They sat down in the reception area, Schiller sitting alone on one side, and Nightwing and Gordon sitting on the other side.
There is no mistake, every song is published and every content is read one by one!
"GTO's funds are insufficient." Gordon said very straightforwardly: "There is very little natural disaster fund left to pay for the team's expenses. We are in arrears with wages and urgently need a sum of money to fill this hole. Municipal funds can
How much do you take out?”
Schiller took a sip of water, and then said: "If I say not all of them, who are you going to ask to fill in the rest? Batman?"
Gordon immediately became alert, and Schiller waved his hand and said: "Don't be surprised, the Pale Knight has told me Batman's true identity. This is proof that I am trustworthy. Let's not talk about these meaningless issues."
I have been struggling for too long.”
"Yes, that's what I think." Gordon could only reply: "We can reduce the frequency of the team's activities, which can save some money. Batman should be able to use the remaining funds."
"Don't you think there's something wrong with this?" Schiller said: "Batman has not supported the establishment of this team from beginning to end, but you want him to pay for it."
"He doesn't support it just because this team was founded by the Joker, but Mr. Napier is no longer the Joker." Nightwing said: "I think he has never turned this corner. He should learn to combine the bad guys he once was with the current one."
Good people look at it independently.”
"Why do you think Napier is no longer a clown? Is it because of the things he has done now? Of course we admit that he has done good things, but that does not mean that he is no longer a clown at all."
"Are you a lobbyist of Batman?"
"On the contrary, I am a clown staff. I pointed out that this is just to tell you that Batman's concerns are unreasonable.
Gordon felt that his heart had been sinking down. He said, "Are you a funeral he wants to explain?"
"It's not so severe to this point." Schiller shook his head.
What Gordon and Night Wing feel puzzled, although the news he said is worse than one, the man in front of him always has a relaxed attitude.
"I hope you know, whether it is Batman or clown, neither your life -saving straw, not from the hope of Batman to the hopes, what will improve this city."
"But the pale knight is indeed ..."
"He did do more loudness than Batman, but this does not mean that he did better. He just turned the contradictions that had hidden in the water under the water, but how to resolve this contradiction, he never could get it.
A trustworthy answer. "
"He saved the slums." Ye Yi said: "Save many families with a charity fund and give many children a chance to read."
"Yes, this is a good thing, but this is not the answer." Schiller said: "If a country needs to expect a rare leader who has been rare for a century to have good intentions to own this, then this is exactly the problem itself."
The two opposite him frowned deeply, as if he was thinking about his words, and Schiller took the saying.
"Whether it was the former Batman or the pale knight now, they saw contradictions, a choice of silence, but doing my best to solve it. One choice to put the contradiction on the table so that people can see hope, and
Work with him. "
"The two thoughts and practices are good, but there is a problem with the method."
Gordon leaned forward, and then said, "What do you have?"
"The elite class, that is, the mice who have taken the funds of your security and natural disasters, are not our enemies."
"What are you talking about?" Ye Yi felt a little unbearable. He said, "So your method is to praise them to do it right, do well, and then surrender to them?"
"Of course I want to praise them."
"Why?!"
"Because they have money." Schiller looked at Dick's eyes: "They are rich, and they make money than anyone. At the right time, they are happy to spend money. Why should I be enemy?