[Zhongyingmei] It's not a slime!

The story about Constantine, Clark and Ruby is actually not long.

Clark always felt that it was a very long story, perhaps just because the roles he played in it and the experiences he encountered made him feel painful, thus infinitely prolonging the time of the story in his mind.

After all, the time of happiness is always short, and the pain is always long.

However, this length is always an illusion. It took him less than 10 minutes to finish telling the story to Bruce.

After Bruce finished listening, his hands under the table clenched involuntarily.

Before he knew it, the world was almost destroyed—how many invisible threats is this fragile world facing?

He can't help but think about what choice he would make if he faced the same problem that Constantine faced back then.

And what's really scary about this problem is that there really doesn't seem to be a more suitable option than Constantine's way of handling it, in which no one will die, and everything will be almost perfectly and quietly It was dealt with silently, which is obviously a good thing for the whole world.No panic, no death, and even negligible financial loss, no one understands how difficult it is than these superheroes.

And so, a world was born where no one was hurt except Ruby.

The difference between Bruce and Constantine is that he may wait until the last moment to make a helpless decision. Before that, he will try his best to find other alternatives. At the same time, he will not allow himself to contact Ruby. Too dense, resulting in emotions such as sympathy or intolerance.

He will tell Ruby everything she will encounter in advance, at least keep her informed, and ask for her consent, even if this may cause instability in the plan.

And if he can't find an alternative and can only sacrifice Ruby, after it's all over, he will sink into extreme self-blame, and may even be traumatized again, even if no one died in this incident, nor Anyone can blame him for this.

But Constantine was different.

He may feel a little unbearable, painful and regretful, but he will not have the slightest hesitation, nor will he have the slightest regret.

Because he is too clear about what he is doing, he lives too clearly, and there are too many things that he is forced to lose and things that he voluntarily abandons, and the useless sense of morality will not become his bondage.

It can only be said that fortunately he is a kind person in essence, and everything he does is to save the world, otherwise he will be an extremely terrifying enemy.

Fortunately, this crisis has been dealt with by Constantine, he doesn't need to worry about this problem anymore, all he has to do is pay attention to each other's illusion, and don't let Sangong escape again.

But why can he still see Ruby in Gotham?

...Wait, so Ruby has already escaped from the illusion of each other, right?

How did she get out?

What about Sannomiya?

No, Sangong must not have come out, otherwise the world would have ended long ago without Constantine standing in front of him.

Bruce frowned.

Clark was still immersed in his emotions. He sat at the table with his chin resting on his face, with a sad face on his face: "Martha always talks about Ruby to me, and I don't know whether I should tell her that Ruby has...I don't know, I even Thinking about it, even if she really escaped from that ghostly place, she would definitely never want to see me again."

obvious.Bruce thought, if she really wanted to see you, she would have come to you long ago.

Moreover, to be honest, being able to escape from death in such a situation and maintain goodwill towards the world, Bruce even felt that this alone was precious enough to prove the child's innocence.

From this point of view, he was worried that Jason would spoil the child, maybe he was too worried.

However, Bruce didn't expect this kid to lead Jason in a good direction... As long as the two of them don't cause trouble for him, he will be thankful.

"So, you are so busy that you can't see anyone these days, because you are looking for ways to open each other's illusions all over the world?" Bruce asked.

"Yes." Clark sighed, "I can tell you so much, and I hope you can help me find a way."

Bruce said: "Shouldn't you find a way to restrict Sangong first? Otherwise, once the illusion is opened, what will Sangong do if he runs out?"

Clark was silent for a while.

Bruce could clearly see a tangled look of near despair in his eyes, even though they had never seen him show it when they were facing Darkseid.

Although able to kill and seize, but unable to return to heaven.

"I should go." Bruce stood up, walked towards the door of the Hall of Justice, took two steps and turned back to look at Clark.

He hesitated to tell Clark the truth, but in the end he didn't.

He thought, this is a matter between the two aliens, unless it will affect other people, it is better to let them handle it themselves.

Then, after a moment's silence, he said:

"This matter may turn around soon."

Clark froze for a moment, then looked up at Bruce.

Batman always has a convincing quality to what he says, and this time is no exception.

Clark said, "Do you... know something?"

Bruce turned his head and said as he left the Hall of Justice: "This is just a word of blessing."

Clark watched Bruce disappear into the Hall of Justice.

……

Clark didn't know it at the time.

This is not just a polite word of blessing.

It is a prophecy that is bound to come true.

……

After Bruce went back, instead of focusing on Ruby, he turned his attention to the Joker.

He knew that the clown who had been parasitized would not easily let Jason and Ruby go. His escape from prison so quickly showed his urgency for revenge.

But this time the clown seemed to have really evaporated from the world, and he couldn't find any clues no matter what.

Instead, he found out that Jason had a group of gangster drug dealers invest in building a chocolate factory, but in the Gotham candy industry that was almost monopolized by the Wayne Group, this brand was not competitive at all.

Bruce couldn't believe that it was because Jason wanted to eat chocolate himself, and he must have made it to feed Ruby.

...Forget it, whatever, it's a trivial matter, and it doesn't hurt to let the children play by themselves.

This kind of day lasted for a long time, and everything seemed to be calm, and even the daily night patrol could only catch some petty criminals who did petty theft and robbery.

But Bruce knew it was definitely the calm before the storm.

The clown's time bomb|bomb doesn't know when it will explode.

……

The fuze was finally fired.

One day, Gordon suddenly received a package named for Batman, with a bright red mouth with an exaggerated smile drawn on it.

This smile is too permeating.

Gordon's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly climbed up to the top floor of the police station to call Batman, and then gave him the package.

After doing enough security protection and various means of detection, Bruce determined that there was only a walkie-talkie with a screen inside, so he opened the package and connected the walkie-talkie.

Immediately, a familiar, disgusting smiling face appeared on the screen, exaggerated laughter and that creepy voice came from the microphone:

"Hey, Batman, long time no see, do you miss me?"

Bruce: "...No."

Gordon complained: "If you miss, you can't do it. It's true that you want to die."

Clown: "Wow, that's a good joke! Jim, you finally have a sense of humor."

Gordon didn't want to talk.

The clown continued: "It's a pity that our dark old bats are still the same, why don't we have a smile?"

Bruce: "Let's get down to business."

The clown showed a sad expression: "Well, I thought you would miss me. So, today we return to the most traditional and boring old tricks, Batman, a very simple game—"

The picture on the screen suddenly changed. On one side was Ruby in human form standing in front of the mirror maze, and on the other was Jason who had been thrown into a dark small room and was still in a coma.

"As you can see, I know that the little monster is invulnerable, so what she faces is my laughing gas; and the little bird on the other side is much simpler and rougher, the classic time bomb|bomb."

After finishing speaking, he began to laugh wildly: "I have to remind you that these two places are very far from the Gotham Police Station, and you only have 3 minutes left, so in order to ensure your efficiency , I can only tell you the location of one of them, am I very kind? A little monster with enough power to destroy Gotham, and your poor little bird..."

Gordon couldn't help cursing, but the wind on the roof was too strong, and Bruce couldn't hear him swearing indistinctly.

Bruce was silent for less than three seconds before he said, "Where is the red hood?"

The clown was surprised now.

"I can understand your quick reaction," he said, "but you chose the little bird?"

It's not scientific.

The clown was counting on him to throw the little bird down again, stabbing the same heart three times on the same issue was enough to push a person off the edge of a cliff.

But... it doesn't matter if you choose the little bird.

Red Hood must have thought that Batman chose Ruby, and he would do his best to help Ruby press the button, but he would not know that this hastened Ruby's death.

When he finds out that Batman's final choice is himself, one can imagine how desperate he will be.

There are many ways to destroy a person.

Sticking to one form is boring.

However, he was very curious about Batman's motives. This is not his style. He clearly knew that with that little monster's ability, if he was controlled by the laughing gas, then the entire Gotham would be shrouded in shadow.

Such a big crisis cannot be solved by Batman alone.

But that's okay.

That's fun, that's called dramatic effect.

……

In Bruce's view, the most correct choice must be to save Jason.

Because he knew very well—

Ruby is not the same as Jason.

In this incident, Jason's only hope of being rescued is his own rescue. This is not only a life-saving level, but also a way to make up for the past. Bruce knows very well what psychological tactics the clown is playing.

And Ruby is not without retreat, she can call Clark Kent to help.

Bruce doesn't care about Ruby and Clark, but that's assuming their complicated relationship doesn't affect anyone else.

And if the maintenance of their relationship will affect the lives of other people, Bruce will not hesitate to intervene to a certain extent.

He believed they were good people who would understand what he was doing.

He also believed that Clark would never do anything to scare Ruby again.

He knew his old friend very well. He might be confused for a while, but he couldn't stay out of his mind forever.

Therefore, almost after the clown spoke out the rules, he immediately predicted the most likely direction of the incident.

The Joker obviously didn't know about Ruby's relationship with Superman, otherwise he would have prepared more things, such as kryptonite and the like.

This is the advantage in intelligence, and Bruce is best at using this advantage to the limit.

After the clown told Jason's location, he immediately got on the batwing and flew away from the Gotham Police Station without hesitation, heading towards that location as fast as he could.

And when he reached Jason's position, there were only 30 seconds left before the bomb exploded.

enough.

He could tell the type of time bomb at a glance, and he could dismantle this kind of bomb in only ten seconds.

The only thing he needs to pay attention to is Jason's mental problems. He can fully imagine Jason's emotions at this time, because in his cognition, being here at this time may mean that Ruby has been abandoned.

Fortunately, he was seriously injured and had no strength to resist himself.

Batman quickly resolved the bomb on his body, and the final countdown was fixed at 17 seconds.

"Why?" Jason's pupils were already dizzy, and it was obvious that his injury was taking away his sanity.

"I promise," Bruce said, his voice low and reassuring, "she'll be fine."