It's late at night.
Chen Tao stood by the Gotham River and saw a bright moon stirring the cold wind under the vast night, blowing across the river to the east.
The rising tide creates white waves, casting spots of sparkling light on the water.
What a magnificent, majestic and clear night scene!
“Beep, beep…”
Chen Tao answered the phone.
"OK, strong capitalist man, after so long, Ivy and I have finally planted trees all around Gotham! God, working day and night without rest is exhausting, you really should hang street lamps."
Harley Quinn's face appeared on the other side of the screen, with big dark circles under her eyes - this was not the effect of her previous makeup. She complained loudly: "Ivy is almost exhausted!"
Beside her, Poison Ivy looked like a sickly person, with the Cheshire Cat supporting her.
"Thank you for your hard work, Harley, and every one of you."
Chen Tao's voice was silent, distant, and had a low tone that was not like that of the human world.
"I appreciate your efforts."
He said: "This all makes sense. You are Gotham's last line of defense. Once the worst happens, Ivy's plants will be the best aid to confirm the trajectory of nuclear weapons to ensure that our interceptor missiles have more time and opportunities to catch up with the launched nuclear bombs."
Harley wanted to say something about asking for salary, but Chen Tao told her directly: "$100 million will be transferred to your account in 10 minutes, and Poison Ivy will also get some. Okay, shut up."
“Yeah!”
Chen Tao hung up the phone.
He silently looked at the river, the center of the river, the corner where the moonlight could not reach. It was as dark as ink, gloomy, as if a real monster was lurking in it.
“Beep, beep…”
Chen Tao made another phone call.
"Batman to Robin. Are the signal jammers in place for the entire city of Gotham?"
"It's already been done, Batman. As you said, we have deployed more blocking devices in key areas such as the circus, the amusement park, and Wayne Tower."
Young Robin's tired voice appeared on the screen: "Our head scientist says this thing has a range of more than 20 meters. If what he says is true, then no one will be able to launch anything around these parts."
But this is not necessarily the case in other places.
Chen Tao thought.
Deadshot's head popped into the shot.
"We've been climbing up and down for the past four days, being ordered around by you, Batman. To be honest, you've obviously already taken back the nuclear bomb, and there really is a second one..."
"Hey, smart guy, you obviously don't understand Gotham." Killer Croc next to him interrupted him. The big green monster chewed some instant jerky and said vaguely:
"The worst always happens in Gotham. You know, this city is a vicious bitch. It has no mercy."
"No doubt about it."
Chen Tao replied in a low voice: "So we need to be even more prepared."
"See you later."
Chen Tao hung up the phone.
He stretched out a hand.
Silvery-white particles entangled his hand, and half of his hand rotted into a crimson gauze.
He stretched out his other hand, and driven by the silver-white particles, a green dinosaur claw faintly emerged.
Chen Tao groaned.
He waved his hand to disperse the two forms of deformation.
"I'm not done yet."
He muttered to himself silently.
He stared at the darkness in the center of the river, staring at it deeply, as if he wanted to imprint it into the galaxy in his eyes.
"I've come this far, and I've been doing great. I haven't lost. I'm doing just as good as the real Batman."
In the space of imagination and the world of thought, in the hideous darkness, a bat is howling silently.
Chen Tao looked straight at him, and at the tragic, dripping blood in the bat's mouth!
"I'm sure I'm not done yet."
"Between us, you and me, our story will take some time to end."
He chuckled grimly: "You see, fate tells us that I will have to fight you one last time on behalf of Batman."
A little light lit up in his heart, sweeping away all cowardice, hesitation and fear.
He shouted angrily to himself. The roar of the mountains and the sea, like the sky falling and the earth collapsing, roared in his heart to the whole world:
"Listen carefully!!! In life, even if there are thousands of paths to take, there is only one path of retreat! When it comes to doing things, either don't do it, or do it thoroughly. There is absolutely no such thing as giving up halfway!"
"Everyone! That cowardly and incompetent self! Listen to me!!! I am Chen Tao!"
"But I'm also—"
"Bat! Man!!!"
He murmured:
"Gotham."
"I am coming!"
The silver-white particles entangled him again, transforming him into a nano-body of a broken bat. Chen Tao rolled up his fluttering cape and walked away in the most restless night breeze in Gotham tonight.
There is no turning back!
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Bane finally reviewed the booklet Batman gave him on how to fight the Joker.
He stroked the spine of the booklet, his face revealing an infinitely tender and murderous look.
Finally, he reviewed all his plans in his mind, then turned off the desk light in the room and carefully and solemnly locked the booklet back into the safe.
But before he could even reach the door, he groaned and his whole body shrank as if he had lost air. He hurriedly pressed the venom input button, and then quickly returned to normal.
He pushed open the door, and what came into view was a scene of bustling activity.
This was originally the largest prison in Gotham: Blackgate Prison, but now it has completely become a garrisoned military camp.
A large number of guns and weapons were distributed in an orderly manner. This war machine, which was composed of Bane's former men as the backbone and prisoners in Blackgate Prison as their flesh and blood, was ready and prepared to drink blood at any time.
"Where's the Joker?"
He casually grabbed a soldier who was passing by hurriedly. When the soldier saw Bane, he immediately stood at attention with a snap. Several prisoners from the Blackgate Prison behind him also followed him and performed various non-standard salute postures.
After being shown the way by the soldiers and walking through several corridors, Bane saw the Joker.
"Hey, you know what, I said, 'You're gonna wanna turn off the flashlight when I'm halfway up and make me fall to the ground!' Hahahahaha!"
The atmosphere at the scene was unexpectedly harmonious. Bane narrowed his eyes. A cruel and depraved villain like the Joker actually got along well with his soldiers.
interesting.
Of course he himself is not a good person either.
He called the clown out of the room, with a bottle of beer in his hand.
He pulled the Joker aside and said, "My ally, I have a very important mission to entrust to you. In order to completely defeat Batman, we need to work together..."
"You must..."
"… When the time comes…"
After sending the clown away, Bane stood by the window.
The moonlight was bright, and he guessed that the moonlight must also be shining on Batman.
"It's time for the final battle."
He muttered to himself.
"I'm not done yet, Batman."
"We are destined to be entangled and fighting each other for the rest of our lives."