Chapter 46 Ignoring and Banquet
"For me, for Bruce Wayne, how can I describe Gotham City in just one word?"
"Home? Family? Goal?"
"But in fact, the real answer is: I can't answer this question."
Amid the melodious music, Chen Tao stood in the center of the brightly lit hall in a formal dress.
The elites of Gotham City's upper class gathered together. This charity dinner, which was finalized three months ago and originally scheduled for March 29, led by Gotham's famous super-rich Bruce Wayne, was finally held after being postponed for six days due to Bruce Wayne's health.
"...At this point, most of you know that I lost my parents when I was a child..."
"...Deep down, I knew that even though the pain was so deep, things would get better...
My point is that when we are in a challenging or scary environment, it is meaningless to ask ourselves what our city 'is', because when we look around, the streets and buildings built are all our fears and our frustrations-"
"The demons in our hearts."
"And if we stop looking at the present and stop looking back at the past, and look to the future-"
"We ask ourselves what tomorrow can-will-be...then we are asking the right question. Because embracing hope, dreaming, and meeting the future is to shape the city with your own hands, not to be shaped by the city."
Chen Tao's eyes swept across the people in the audience. They are judges, congressmen, entrepreneurs, and they are the justice forces in Gotham that Bruce Wayne has accumulated over the years before he was transported here. Bruce has almost pushed his plan to this point...and Chen Tao has to continue to stabilize their morale.
Damn it.
Chen Tao thought so. In order to completely revive the rotten city of Gotham, Bruce Wayne almost relied on a long time and financial resources to rebuild a digestive system and life-support system for this dying old man bit by bit from scratch. With these conscientious judges, congressmen and entrepreneurs in front of him, even if all the corrupt officials in Gotham died...
Ahem, Batman would not kill people so brutally.
Alas. Chen Tao can fully understand how difficult it is to build such a system. The energy and effort consumed in it are simply unimaginable. This is the life-saving prescription prepared for Gotham by the Bruce Wayne who was traveled through by him.
And can a traveler like him really overcome all difficulties and continue Bruce Wayne's plan?
Such a responsibility is the most difficult. But at least, before he successfully finds a successor, he has to maintain this plate first, waiting for Superman or Wonder Woman to come and take over the city.
Chen Tao calmed down and continued to read the manuscript written by Bruce Wayne:
"I know that everyone here may have doubts, because our city has been shrouded in violence, and countless criminals have even developed to the point where the army needs to be mobilized to suppress them. The public security has been destroyed to the point where it can no longer be sustained, but we know that all this will eventually pass...
And what we have to do is to eliminate such riots and the soil that breeds evil in Gotham from the root..."
"...I will invest money to support what I say. After the riots subside, Wayne Enterprises will boldly and quickly begin to invest in Gotham's future. We have teamed up with a number of local design firms to develop a reconstruction plan aimed at rebuilding Gotham's most dilapidated industrial residential areas..."
...Based on this, we plan to expand Gotham's public transportation system in a big way and make it more modern. These plans make me full of hope and excitement. I can hardly tell you my feelings in words. We will disclose more information in the next few days, but at this moment I ask you to go beyond what Gotham was and what it is now, and just ask you to take a moment to imagine with me..."
"Gotham City's 'future is'. "Thank you. Now, my friends, I ask you to invest with me in the future of Gotham. I promise you that if we join hands, if we work together, then..." "A better, brighter Gotham... is only one step away." "Thank you, thank you..." Chen Tao picked up a glass of champagne in the melodious banquet songs and hid himself in the enthusiastic crowd. "Well done, Bruce, inspiring." Chen Tao did not look back. "Tim, how is Solomon Grundy?" Robin, dressed in a formal suit, held a glass of juice and shrugged: "It's done. Our gray friend is now living well in the Slaughter Swamp. The locator is in place, and his daily food is also provided by us. We can get enough powerful anesthetics at any time and throw it to any battlefield where it is needed. So now he is our human bomb. "
He continued: "Poison Ivy was placed with the Suicide Squad. As you expected, Ivy could not resist the opportunity to save the precious plants, and she and Harley were always together-"
"According to Ivy, the plant master Jason Wood is now basically severely injured. Her original sentence was, 'Jason may be powerful, but he is definitely not a swamp monster. He will not be able to recover to his previous level for at least half a century. ' In other words, the super tree spirit can only be a real piece of wood now. "
"The other members of the Suicide Squad are maintaining law and order in Gotham-I have to admit that they are quite capable. "
Tim frowned slightly, and then said: "At least they are more than enough to deal with those third-rate villains, especially the Deadshot. Although Poison Ivy's ability is easy to target, as long as you don't encounter particularly powerful characters, there will be no big problems. But if it is the Joker, Two-Face, Riddler, etc..."
"We didn't expect them to deal with these freaks." Chen Tao replied him: "Continue reporting."
"Bane is missing, and we can't locate him for the time being. He deliberately avoided our bat camera, and the house was not an obstacle to him at all, so he would not be bound by the traditional road."
"As expected." Chen Tao said: "Continue."
"The organization of the National Guard was basically disbanded, and the battle situation was miserable. Robin paused: "The Joker hijacked Mayor Carlo and threw a super-doubled Joker gas bomb into the center of the position at the last minute." "About 1/3 of the soldiers died on the spot either from Bane's attack or from the Joker's venom, and they didn't even get an ambulance." Robin said: "And the other survivors were not much better. Mayor Carlo - well, Mayor Carlo, who was controlled by the Joker, issued a crazy order, causing even the firemen in the army to go to the battlefield." "With the explosion of the bomb, the wounded almost filled the hospitals in Gotham. They will endure three or four months of continuous laughter and sequelae that they don't know whether they can recover. The state government refuses to provide support to the city..." Tim paused. "That is to say, Gotham has been abandoned." "And there is one more thing." Tim said: "Do you really want to ignore the challenge sent to you by the Joker?"