Chapter 1601: Have a clear conscience
Jiang Hao left with Brother Octopus in his arms, disappeared into the darkness, put his body on the bed in a hidden house in the lower city of Gotham, took out a healing talisman and slapped it on Brother Octopus.
The injuries on Brother Squidward recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye. After half an hour, the big hole that penetrated his chest disappeared, and the spine and blood vessels recovered.
Jiang Hao made another magic trick.
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang
Brother Squidward's heart beats again and slowly breathes. Jiang Hao probably needs to wait a while before he wakes up.
He thought of something, took out a laptop from the space, used the video recording device connected to the parking lot online, copied a video inside, and ordered the original to be completely deleted.
Jiang Hao had already tampered with the parking lot monitoring equipment and installed a wireless control device to copy data at will.
These videos are very useful to him and he doesn't want others to see them.
Opening the video, he clearly recorded the fight with Batman, and it was high-definition and multi-angle. The two of them had smashed dozens of cars in the parking lot, including the surrounding fences. The action scenes were very exciting, comparable to Marvel blockbusters.
In the end, Jiang Hao was knocked away, Edward stepped forward to stop him, Batman kicked Edward away, and Edward was penetrated by an iron fence steel pipe.
Jiang Hao recalled this action, and overall it was perfect.
In fact, everything that happened today was designed by Jiang Hao. Since he saw a coward in the Arkham Mental Hospital for the first time, he began to design a plot for him in his mind. He was like a film director, directing everything that happened today.
To deal with a person, you have to target his weaknesses. What are Batman's weaknesses? He is rich, handsome, his high technology, his super wisdom, and his principle.
Depend on.
These are all advantages or not.
After Jiang Hao found Batman's shortcomings, he found that this guy had advantages all over his body, which was even more perfect than himself.
But advantages may not necessarily be transformed into weaknesses. Jiang Hao is aiming at Batman's principle.
Batman has the ability to catch so many villains, and many of them are mutant superpowers, which shows that Batman is very powerful and he has the ability to kill them directly. You know, killing one person is much easier than catching one person.
But why doesn’t Batman kill? It’s because of his own principles, or rather, it’s his last bottom line for not falling into the darkness.
In fact, Batman can only be regarded as a "dark hero". His files in the police station are thicker than those of many evil criminals. There is an interesting phenomenon, that is, if the police see Batman fighting with criminals, those police officers will likely turn the gun and arrest Batman first.
Batman's original intention was to uphold the legal system, but most of his actions were actually illegal. Although his result was just, the process was illegal. After all, the knight's behavior was a lynching act. He had no right to decide the life and death of others, and he had no right to judge.
Not killing becomes Batman's own bottom line. It's not that he has the Virgin Mary disease. Batman is really not Virgin Mary. But Batman understands that once he breaks the killing and breaks the moral bottom line he sets, even if only once, he may never be able to defend this moral bottom line.
This is the principle he sets himself.
In Jiang Hao's view, this principle made Batman successful and became his greatest confinement.
Even his inner demon!
Once this principle is broken, it will inevitably lead to a collapse-like chain reaction.
So at the Arkham Mental Hospital, Jiang Hao accepted Edward as his younger brother, and Edward was the key to unlocking the inner demon prepared by Jiang Hao for Batman.
The subsequent bank robbery and money-spending were actually just part of the plan, and the purpose was to lead Batman.
Jiang Hao's plan to ask Edward and others to pick him up on the street outside in advance, and even planned to park in the parking lot.
He knew that Batman would definitely take the bait and would definitely come out to preside over the justice of arresting him. In fact, when he stood on the roof of the Empire State Building, he could feel that many people were paying attention to him. After he escaped, someone kept track of him, and the feeling of being monitored did not disappear.
In the parking lot, Batman finally appeared. Jiang Hao's plan was successful. The two began to fight. During the fight, Jiang Hao did not use all his strength. He knew that Batman actually did not use all his strength. Batman did not kill, did not use his high-tech weapons, but just wanted to capture him.
During the fight, Jiang Hao deliberately knocked over the fence and exposed the sharp iron pipes in preparation for the final murder.
Of course, there is another key link in the plan, which is whether Edward will rush up. This is a variable, and Jiang Hao is not 100% sure.
In fact, he was prepared at that time, that is, if Edward didn't come up to help, but chose to escape, Jiang Hao would bump into it by himself, let the steel pipe penetrate his body, and stimulate Batman with his own death.
But the subsequent script needs to be changed.
But Edward did a very good job in the end. He rushed up desperately and Batman knocked him away. While flying out, Jiang Hao used matter control techniques, and Edward was penetrated by the steel pipe.
Jiang Hao stepped forward and used spells to close Edward's soul, allowing him to enter a real state of death. In Batman's eyes, Edward was indeed dead.
Edward didn't know the entire plan at all, only Jiang Hao knew about it.
Jiang Hao looked up at Edward, the Octopus Brother, who was still closed with his eyes. Unexpectedly, this guy was so protective of himself in a dangerous moment, regardless of life and death.
Well, you must be nice to Edward in the future. Although he is cowardly and has no ability, for Jiang Hao, having that loyalty is enough.
"Ahem!!"
Edward on the table suddenly coughed twice and slowly opened his eyes.
"Boss, am I not dead?" Edward looked at his chest that was as intact as before and asked Jiang Hao in surprise.
Although he has the ability to recover, he is far from the level of Deadpool's resurrection that only residues are left. He is too seriously injured, especially the kind of life-critical injury, which makes it difficult for him to recover.
"Haha, I used some means, plus your own recovery ability, you have now fully recovered." Jiang Hao said.
Edward smiled, "It's still the boss who is good. At that time, I really thought I was going to die. I could feel the iron tube penetrate my spine, my chest and lungs. It hurts so much at that time. I have never suffered such a serious injury."
Jiang Hao smiled and patted Edward on the shoulder, "Thank you for sacrificing yourself to save me. We are safe now, but there is still something else you need to hide now and cannot show up for the time being."
"No problem, boss, I'll listen to you." Edward didn't ask the reason at all, and he directly executed the order if he had the order.
"The refrigerator is full, and I have everything to eat and drink. If I lack anything, I will send it to the iron fist. When you are bored, you can watch TV and play computer games, but you can't let anyone see you for the time being." Jiang Hao said.
Edward smiled, "Don't worry, boss, my greatest ability is to be an otaku, this is simply my dream life."
Jiang Hao laughed and said, "When the matter is over, I'll find you ten girls."
Edward scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed and a little bit slutty with a smile: "Boss, actually two are enough, too much to bear."
Jiang Hao left and Edward began his own life as an otaku.
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Batman returned to his base, took off his bat suit, took the elevator to Wayne Castle above, and took a shower with hot water.
Sitting on the sofa in a bathrobe, his eyes were frozen and lost. Butler Alfred came over with a pot of hot coffee, and while pouring coffee, he asked casually: "Is it going well today? What criminals were caught?"
Wayne didn't say anything.
The housekeeper looked up at Wayne curiously, and saw that Wayne was a little dazed, and asked in surprise: "What's wrong with Bruce, is something happened?"
Wayne looked at the old housekeeper with a heavy expression and took a breath, "I, I'm killing!"
The old housekeeper was stunned. He realized that the problem might be a bit serious, especially for Wayne, put down the coffee pot and sat next to him, "Bruce, can you tell me what happened to the whole thing?"
Batman started from the beginning. He knew that the clown was going to create chaos in the square, so he arranged it in advance. Later, the clown threw money down the Empire State Building. The old housekeeper just watched the live broadcast on TV.
"Then the clown ran away and used his flying wing suit, so I controlled the drone to track him. Finally he got on a car on another street, and I drove behind and kept tracking, and finally chased him to a parking lot."
"In the parking lot, I originally wanted to capture the clown, but the clown seemed to have become a different person, and she became very powerful, and her strength, speed, and martial arts were not inferior to me. We fought in the parking lot and destroyed dozens of cars and some surrounding facilities."
Housekeeper Alfred was very surprised, "Did the Joker have superhuman abilities? Or did he inject some potion, like the one you looked after last time that could make people have superhuman abilities?"
Bruce Wayne shook his head, "I don't know, it's been more than half a year since I last met the clown, and I don't know what he's going through during this period."
"You killed the clown?" Alfred asked in surprise.
"No, it's not the clown, it's his subordinates. I punched the clown into a car. One of the clown's subordinates rushed over and hit me with a submachine gun. I kicked it over and the guy flew out and happened to be stuck in a spent steel pipe, which was penetrated into the chest at that time."
"That guy is obviously an ordinary person. He shed a lot of blood and died after struggling for a few times. Later, the clown left with his body holding his subordinates, and I didn't stop him."
Speaking of this, Bruce Wayne's tone was very low.
Alfred frowned slightly. The reason why Bruce wanted to become Batman was because he saw a gangster shoot and kill his parents, which made him very sad. He was determined to eradicate his sins and avoid such a tragedy.
But Batman can use illegal means to capture criminals, but set a bottom line for himself. He believes that he can arrest them, but has no right to judge them, especially the judgment of life. If he really treats himself as a judge and can take a person's life in the name of justice, then he is no different from the thug who killed his parents.
He has always been cautious about not killing people, but today he killed someone. This kind of impact is naturally great for Batman.
Butler Husband thought for a while and looked at Batman and said softly: "Bruce, I think it was just an accident. Your original intention was not to kill him, so it was not intentional killing people, but there was an iron pipe where he fell."
But Bruce couldn't let it go, "Yes, I thought of this, not intentionally, but I really didn't control my power and did not consider the consequences, which caused his death. This is still my responsibility."
"What do you think?" asked the butler.
"I don't know, I'm very confused now. Before leaving, the clown asked me, "I've killed someone now and committed a serious crime. Will I confess myself, will I send myself to prison, or will I continue to be Batman with a clear conscience."
Chapter completed!