The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 1323

The Joker's death was not deliberately suppressed; about two days later, news from all over the world was reporting on it.

Many people thought the Joker and Batman would fight for life, but no one expected that a world-renowned supervillain would die at the hands of an unknown guy.

In no time, Roy's new codename, Winter Soldier, appeared on the desks of various bigwigs.

Regardless of Roy's previous fame, he has now become the only person in many years to break the balance between the underworld and the legitimate world, so he deserves everyone's attention.

According to Damian, the Illuminati also cares a lot about the Winter Soldier who suddenly appeared, and even held a meeting a couple of days ago to discuss it.

The Illuminati adopted a wait-and-see approach, wanting to see what other trouble this new superhero who killed the Joker could cause.

The Winter Soldier's subsequent actions will determine how the Illuminati will deal with him.

If the Winter Soldier is truly the kind of supervillain killer with whom there is absolutely no possibility of coexistence, then when the former touches upon the interests of the Illuminati, they would not recommend sending him to his death.

Aside from behemoths like the Illuminati, the remaining few smaller groups all employed similar strategies. They all wanted to see whether this so-called Winter Soldier was simply trying to use the Joker as a figurehead or had ulterior motives.

Roy was surprised that despite doing something so big, it didn't cause a huge uproar among the supervillains. Instead, his fellow superheroes were more surprised.

However, just as he had expected, his colleagues had two different opinions about his actions.

Some people think Roy did the right thing, arguing that someone as inhuman as the Joker shouldn't exist in the world anymore. Others think Roy shouldn't be doing something like this at his age.

What? You're asking if anyone thinks Roy shouldn't have killed the Joker? No, nobody disagrees that the Joker deserved to die. Those who disagree just think Roy is too young and shouldn't have his hands stained with blood so early.

Roy's response was: "Unfortunately, I only have one hand that can get stained with blood."

When he said this, Roy even removed his mechanical arm. No one could bear to scold him for having only one arm.

If anyone still tries to preach, Roy will bring up Yang Le's words.

“If you had done it already, I wouldn’t have had to clean up the mess, and this conversation wouldn’t have happened.”

Roy said this with a hint of resentment, after all, he was one of the most direct victims of this incident. If every supervillain had received the punishment he deserved, then he wouldn't have had so many clone relatives, and he wouldn't have lost a hand.

Incidentally, because of Roy's situation, the Justice League conducted a search of his relatives and, as expected, discovered several more clones.

This includes one of the official members of the Justice League, the Guardians.

According to the records, the Guardian is Roy's uncle, but according to the information that Superman and his team brought back from the Illuminati base in Tibet, he is actually Roy's sixth clone.

Roy himself was numb to the matter, but the Guardian was somewhat unable to accept it. He was on the verge of collapse, just like Jack, or Red Arrow, back then.

Of course, in the end, it was Jack who helped him rebuild his confidence, and the two of them regarded each other as family and accepted the uncle-nephew relationship that was originally just a pre-arranged one.

However, unlike Jack, the Guardian voluntarily left the Justice League after learning his true identity, wanting to try living the life he truly desired. Roy only knew that after leaving the Justice League, the Guardian opened a security company, and apparently, business was quite good because of his former superhero identity.

Speaking of doing well in business, Oliver Quinn, the Green Arrow, a well-known dog enthusiast in Star City, had some complaints about Roy's actions.

Oliver himself doesn't have any principle of not killing, so he doesn't mind Roy killing the Joker. What he cares about most is the latter's safety.

As I said before, the Joker is too dangerous. More than half of the Justice League members have suffered at his hands, including Green Arrow himself.

Although Roy ultimately killed the Joker, Oliver would never have agreed to it if he had known beforehand.

This led to Oliver harboring some resentment towards Yang Le.

Oliver originally wanted to call Yang Le himself to discuss this matter, but Roy, who had anticipated this, called him first.

The call between the two was neither long nor short, and Roy's message throughout was simply that he was fine and didn't need Roy's concern.

This really stung Oliver, but Roy's mindset had changed quite a bit after killing the Joker, so after slapping him, he still knew to offer a sweet treat.

"What!?" Oliver stood up from his chair in shock.

"Are you serious, Roy?"

“Of course it’s true.” Roy glanced at the schedule. “I happen to be free this weekend. Why don’t you invite Jack and the others, and we can have a meal together? I feel like I can handle my relationship with them now.”

Yang Le's idea is correct. It's better to guide than to suppress. If you keep making a child study, it will only make them rebellious. Let alone someone like Roy who has actually suffered persecution.

If you don't let him take revenge himself and don't bring him justice, aren't you just pushing the child to his death?
No wonder Roy became an armory in the original story; if Yang Le had experienced the same thing, he might have become even more extreme.

Now, not only has Roy's resentment not been suppressed, but he also has Yang Le, his assistant, to help him carry out justice without going astray. Roy's mentality has naturally improved a lot.

They gradually came to accept the clones that they initially found awkward, and Roy even took the first step himself.

Not only that, Roy also subtly indicated that he wanted to repair his relationship with Oliver, and just based on these few points, it's clear how much the former has changed.

"This is really great."

Oliver naturally understood Roy's implied meaning, which made even this tough guy's eyes well up with tears.

Oliver always felt guilty towards Roy, believing that if he had been more attentive, Roy wouldn't have had to go through all of this.

Ever since he brought Roy back, Oliver has been trying to make amends, but Roy never gave him a chance. Now that he finally has a chance, how could he not be excited?

Now Oliver has no complaints about Yang Le; he's more than grateful to the latter.

(End of this chapter)