"Fight with the dragon for too long, and you will become a dragon yourself; stare into the abyss for too long, and the abyss... will stare back."

The amygdala woke up from the severe pain, and he cried and wailed, lamenting the pain and torture he had suffered.

Killer Croc lets go of the amygdala.

Chen Tao looked at him, and even the manic and chaotic brain felt Batman's gaze.

The cry was paused when invisible hands pinched his neck, and he fell to the ground with a whimper, curling up his body tremblingly.

"It's over, Batman. You too are a prisoner of Gotham's evil."

The Riddler announced: "Do you remember Romans? Kamai Falcone, do you know that when young Kamai Falcone's life goal was to end evil in Gotham?"

"-and he later became the biggest gang leader in Gotham, and so did you, Bat. When an upright man succumbs to sin, it is as harmful as a public well being poisoned!"

He said a little crazy: "Therefore - Batman is dead!"

He threw the gun in his hand to the ground: "Bat King has been reborn!"

He bowed to Chen Tao exaggeratedly, like a jester in a stage play: "Batman! You are a criminal now!

He shouted happily:

"There's no difference between you and us!"

The Riddler has been convinced by the logic he has thought up, and Batman, who murdered the Joker head-on, is undoubtedly a partner in crime like him in his eyes.

And Batman has the same qualities as him, but is much more powerful than him, so therefore——

He surrendered, in every sense of the word.

Chen Tao knew that if he hooked his fingers at this time, the Riddler would pounce on him and lick his toes...

Well, maybe the other party will be more reserved and not so exaggerated.

But the attitude inside is the same.

As long as Chen Tao thinks about it, he can get help from the Riddler right away. If he does so, it will definitely be very convenient to defeat Bain, find the nuclear bomb, and save or rule the entire city by relying on the other party's IQ, resources, and force. Bar?

but……

I reject!

"I've been a criminal for a long time, Nygma. Violation of personal rights, illegal possession of deadly force, blatant violation of fortress law, I have never denied it. Now it's just first-degree murder added to the charge."

"But you bastard, listen up."

"You said so much, I think it's all bullshit!"

"Your theory of darkness is nothing more than a variant of the bad day theory."

Chen Tao said:

"You think all people can become slaves to some darkness, just like the Joker thinks that even Gordon can become the Joker if he has just one bad day. But Gordon didn't become the Joker. And neither did Barbara."

He said these words while looking at the blindfolded Jim Gordon.

"Whether it's a bad day or darkness, it's just an excuse for bad guys to do bad things."

"Law? The law is just a piece of waste paper to me. Nygma, please don't get me wrong. I drew a bottom line for myself in the past. I was not protecting myself, but you."

“I’ve been thinking a lot about whether it’s just to sacrifice a small part of justice for a greater justice.”

"So you have your answer now, Batman?"

Chen Tao sighed.

From the moment Edward Nykma opened his mouth, he knew that the person he needed to argue with was not the collapsed Riddler in front of him at all.

It was another member of Gotham's once iron triangle, the police chief who devoted everything to the entire city, Jim Gordon.

He took off Jim Gordon's blindfold. The other party looked at him with pitiful eyes.

"Batman, you were hope."

He said.

Jim's expression was a little dazed, and he stared at Chen Tao:

"You told us, you told Gotham."

"No matter how much knowledge you have or how talented you are, you can't be like Nygma and think you're superior to others."

"No matter how much you want to save your family, you can't sacrifice the lives of innocent people for your family like Victor did. No matter how cold the night in Gotham is, you shouldn't use the blood of others to warm yourself.

"Judicial efforts will always yield results in the end. Society will not always be in a gray area. Justice will eventually be worth protecting."

"You told us that [the world is worth it], even if we have experienced the worst day, even if we have experienced pain that countless people can't even imagine, no matter how painful, no matter how crazy, no matter how desperate, it is still worth it."

He suddenly had a nervous breakdown and said:

"You tell us that the greatness of mankind lies in the fact that after facing the extremely cruel and bloody darkness of human history, we still have hope in it and work hard to heal this human society instead of destroying it with one shot! This is all You said this, you taught us this!”

"Why? Why let the clown win? Why make such a sudden decision? Why do you want to become like them?"

"For God's sake, you should have sent the Joker to jail instead of shooting him!"

"I didn't break him." Chen Tao said: "I cut him into meat paste.

Chen Tao added: "The kind that breaks into pieces. Clown sauce."

"Joker, clown-chan. I'm pretty sure that's some kind of Japanese joke."

Gordon babbled angrily: "What, do you still want to make clown sauce into some kind of bat-clown flavored sandwich?"

"And that's what I did, and I'm sorry, Jim."

"You know after you do this, Batman will degenerate into..."

"Procedural justice is a means, Jim Gordon."

"what?"

"I'll just spit on the Joker's body, Gordon. Murdering the Joker doesn't make me a murderous tyrant or dictator."

"Do you really believe in fallacies like the slippery slope theory? Isn't it true that what we have been pursuing is substantive justice?"

Chen Tao said: "Superheroes have abilities and should inspire the world to make the right choices.

When procedural justice and the system can do this, of course I should support the system and procedures, but when the systems and procedures are dysfunctional and corrupt, I should also supervise the system and procedures themselves.

In essence, the justice pursued by superheroes should be above the law. Otherwise, why don't I just join the system and become a police officer? "

Gordon responded with silence.

Chen Tao sighed. He stopped what he was about to say and shook his head.

This kind of thing is essentially a difference in philosophy and thinking. Jim Gordon has stayed in the system for too long, and his thinking has been framed.

From the time he murdered the clown, he had already thought that it would be impossible for the two of them to form a cooperative relationship like in the past.

This was also the price that had to be paid, and he had already expected it.

"So now, Mr. Nygma. You'd better tell me where you stole Penguin's nuclear bomb."

"What nuclear bomb? I've never stolen a nuclear bomb!"

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