Serious person, who is learning magic in Marvel?

"He's crazy?"

Wonder Woman looked at Superman in disbelief, she still couldn't connect the person that Superman just mouthed to Batman.

The same goes for The Flash: "Is there something wrong?"

Superman was sitting in the main seat of the Hall of Justice, his expression calm, and the discussion seemed to have nothing to do with him.

"It seems that Bat's plan does not succeed every time, at least not this time. His clone is obviously crazy." Green Lantern, Hal Jordan shook his head. His words were mean, but his expression was

Very sad.

Everyone present knew that he and Batman did not get along - but that was only on the surface. Hal had expressed his admiration for Batman in private more than once.

"Well, at least we have to figure out why he suddenly feels like he has to be the king of the world." He shook his head and looked at Cyborg. "Hey, robot, do you have any clues?"

"Shut up, Irish Leprechaun." Cyborg retorted angrily. His mechanical eyes had already lit up red, and he was obviously searching for something on the Internet.

After a while, he suddenly said: "Okay, guys, I have a general idea - be prepared mentally, you may not like this next video too much."

After speaking, he patted his arm, and a video was projected.

At the beginning of the picture, there was a face that they were all very familiar with: the clown.

The first moment he saw him, Hal got goosebumps. Green Lantern touched his arms and said with some discomfort: "Hey, Victor, can you skip the scene with this guy? I

My whole body went crazy when I saw him. I really don’t know how the bat survived..."

Cyborg said expressionlessly: "I'm sorry, the next thing is all related to him. Little Leprechaun, you can go out if you don't like it."

Ignoring the frantic Hal, he started playing again.

"Hey! Hey! Test, test, test!"

The clown in the picture looks very impatient. He does not have the iconic crazy smile on his face. On the contrary, he looks like a guy suffering from depression.

While he was filming the screen, which was the camera, he turned to his side and said, "Who is that? Yes, you. Come over and fix this damn thing."

"Okay, Mr. J."

"boom!"

There was a gunshot and the sound of someone falling. Blood spattered on the screen, and the clown's face appeared in the screen again. He wiped off the blood spattered on it with his fingers, and still said with a straight face: "Okay,

Thank you, the camera has finally been repaired, and... don’t call me Mr. J.”

"Huh? Why are you lying on the ground?"

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Three more gunshots were fired.

The Flash frowned in discomfort. The entire scene was not shown, but he could guess what the Joker was doing.

He operates in Central City. No one there is like the Joker... His most frequent opponents are the gangsters. In addition to robbing banks, these gangs will even help old ladies cross the street in their spare time.

.So, for him, people like the Joker are simply a living nightmare.

"Sluggard! The rest of you, listen up! I don't need such slackers among my men... Okay, you two go to occupy the elevator entrance of this building. Remember, two people

Work in groups.”

"Boss, where are the stairs?"

The clown turned his head slowly. His side face looked extremely dull, without a smile and without a soul: "You are very smart, kid, but I don't like smart people very much. Do you understand?"

"Understood, boss!"

There were footsteps outside the screen, and the clown stood up. He seemed to be carrying the camera. Before long, the original appearance of the room he was in appeared completely in the sight of everyone in the Hall of Justice.

"Hell, how many people has he kidnapped?" Hal looked at the people kneeling on the floor in the room in disbelief.

"This isn't a recent video, is it?" Wonder Woman asked, looking worried. "It's raining heavily outside the window, but it hasn't rained in Gotham recently."

"Yes, Diana. This is a video from half a month ago..." Victor was silent for a while. "I checked the Internet information and Gotham people talked about this matter half a month ago.

.But after one day, all these messages were blocked. This one is the only video left.”

"I found it from the computer in the Batcave."

The scene continued to play, with the clown sitting on a chair with his back to the camera. He looked very impatient, with his legs stretched out and leaning against each other, dangling around. Everyone could hear him humming a song quietly.

.

Hal suddenly said: "This bastard has pretty damn good taste..."

"What's wrong?" Flash asked.

"He was listening to an old song that I like very much. Damn it. Can't smile without you by Barry Manrone." Hal's face looked very bad. "When I think about me and such a person,

Whenever I listen to the same song, I get goosebumps all over my body."

Not long after, the elevator in front of the conference room in front of the clown lit up. It went up all the way and stopped for a while on each floor. The clown whistled patiently, waiting for the people in the elevator to arrive in front of him.

"Ding dong."

"Is that him?" Flash asked quietly.

What appears in the picture is a thin figure. Even if he completely hides himself under the cloak, the not broad shoulders can only highlight his skinny bones, but the clothes are genuine bat suits.

However, the eyepiece is scarlet.

The clown sighed: "They're not even willing to find someone with a similar build to me?"

He turned his head and shouted loudly to the group of hostages: "Listen up! Ladies and gentlemen who are still working overtime on Sunday night! It's not that I want to kill you, but gcpd killed you.

!Look at the people they found, they are completely insincere!"

"...Stop." Batman's voice came from behind him.

The clown's face is facing the camera, so everyone can completely see every subtle expression on his face: every muscle on his face is twitching slightly, and the pupils in his eyes are like cats.

It shrinks to a line and then becomes a small dot. In it, you can't see any emotions related to humans.

There is only extreme chaos and madness, which makes people feel chilly.

Gu Han

Immediately afterwards, a smile slowly bloomed on his wrinkled and ugly face smeared with oil paint. His muscles were very familiar with this method of operation, and there was no awkwardness at all. He easily let the man who is known to the world, can

The creepy smile returned to his face.

"That's enough." Superman said suddenly. "Skip this section."

Cyborg did as he was told, and the projected picture moved forward rapidly, and soon came to the final scene.

The conference room became brighter. The tables, chairs and benches fell to the floor and were broken numerous times. The rainstorm outside the window became heavier and heavier, and the windows crackled. Two people were lying on the ground.

Joker and Batman.

The old enemies lay together, and the clown still had that twisted smile on his face when he died. One of his arms was abnormally twisted, his cheek was swollen, and his left temple was abnormally sunken—

-Obviously, that was the cause of his death.

As for the other one...his appearance made Hal Jordan hold his breath unconsciously.

That's Batman, yes. No doubt about it.

But that's not Batman, at least, not the Batman people are familiar with.

The Batman that people are familiar with will not be as skinny as he is now. His cape spreads out, and the eyepiece is broken on one side, revealing a closed eye. Blood spreads from under his body, like some kind of embellishment, and like

It's some kind of footnote.

"...At this time, he is no longer breathing." Cyborg whispered.

"In other words, he is dead."

No one spoke, and the scene continued to advance slowly. A blue light lit up in the room, and a handsome man in black robe walked out. He glanced at the camera and ignored it.

He came to Batman unhurriedly and snapped his fingers. Not long after, Batman lying on the ground suddenly opened his eyes.

"...How long have you been here?"

"It didn't take long, Batman," the man said. "You two played very hard. I saw it on TV. Although the director cut it off very quickly."

"Who is this man?"

Everyone looked at each other, but no one answered.

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The cloak vibrated slowly, and Superman landed on the roof of the building. The tall figure in front of him with his back turned to him was staring at the night view of Gotham without saying a word.

"...Did he turn you into this, Bruce?"

Batman turned around.

"What do you want from me?" he said coldly.

"No, maybe I should say that." He tilted his head slightly and stretched out his hand to grab a red figure from the air. "...Why are you looking for me?"

"Oh, hi, Bruce." The Flash smiled awkwardly and scratched his head. There were actually thousands of waves in his heart - he just pulled me out of the Speed ​​Force state?!

Now that they have been seen through, the other people no longer cover up. Hal Jordan and Cyborg fell from the sky, a rope with a faint golden light wrapped around the railing at the edge of the building, and the heroine turned over and jumped up.

"No offense, Bruce." Hal Jordan was the first to speak. "But we really want to know one thing. Was it the man who turned you into this?"

Batman, who was more than twice as tall as before, slowly raised his head. He didn't speak, just smiled faintly.

"Answer the question, Bruce." Superman said seriously. "It's true that you are his clone, but we have all seen your determination as Batman-"

"-No, I'm not Bruce." Batman interrupted him and said. "I'm not the Bruce Wayne you know, nor the Batman you know."

He stretched out his right hand from under the cloak, but the slow movement gave Superman a strong sense of threat, like a giant dragon slowly spreading its wings. On his stretched out right hand, an ice storm was gathering:

"Now, let me ask again."

"What do you want from me?"

After a period of silence, Wonder Woman broke the silence. Diana said with a sincere face: "We just want to find out what happened to you, such as why you became so tall and why you suddenly said that you

To unify the world."

"Does all this matter?"

Batman said coldly: "You just need to know that making the world peaceful forever will bring benefits, that's enough."

"Yeah, it's as if none of us don't know." Hal Jordan was the one who spoke. He shook his head and said: "We all know that it is not good for each other to let humans continue to fight openly and secretly, but we will never step out of that

One step. We are heroes, not dictators."

"hero?"

Batman shook his head calmly: "Harold Hal Jordan. In the seven years since you became Green Lantern, you have saved 4,321 people. But because you have the power but do nothing, you are responsible for

The security of the coastal city has not improved at all. On the contrary, some super criminals have arrived one after another because of you."

"Public security has not improved, nor has the city's livelihood and infrastructure. I can tell you responsibly, Hal Jordan. Seven years after you became Green Lantern, Beach City has not become better, but has become worse.

."

The green light on Hal's body was flickering up and down, and he seemed to be trying to suppress his anger: "I'm just a vigilante! I can't do all the work of our government by overstepping my authority!"

"You have power, but you don't act."

Batman's eyes swept over everyone present: "Yes, you acted chivalrously and helped the world survive several crises without being destroyed by crazy aliens, evil gods and human beings' own stupidity. But

You are not making the world a better place, on the contrary, you are making it worse."

"The following is a form." Batman's cold voice seemed to be able to penetrate the thick night and pierce people's hearts.

"In the ten years since the emergence of superheroes, a large number of super criminals have emerged that normal police and special police cannot deal with. If they only have superior IQ, that would be fine. But mutants and technological transformers often only need a simple wave of the hand to defeat them.

It can kill a team of well-trained police officers, as well as streets and public facilities that take a lot of time and money to build."

"Superman, Metropolis was destroyed by 30% because of your battle with Luthor. For an international city, their losses that day exceeded three billion dollars, and I haven't even counted the number of people who died.

And do the math. You might want to say that without you stopping Luther, more people would have died."

"But the truth is: without you, Luther wouldn't have created an all-powerful super armor to try to kill you on the street."

The Flash, who was still caught on his left hand, let out a hurt cry: "Oh! Bruce! You can't say that about him, he just--"

He couldn't finish the second half of his sentence and was choked in his throat. Batman lowered his head, stared at him, and said softly: "I know what you want to say. He just did what he should do, yes.

From your perspective, what you did was not wrong."