Chapter 57 Justice
"If you fight a dragon for too long, you will become a dragon yourself; if you stare into the abyss for too long, the abyss... will stare back at you."
Amygdala woke up from the severe pain, and he cried and wailed, lamenting the pain and torture he had suffered.
Killer Croc let go of Amygdala.
Chen Tao looked at him, and even the chaotic brain of mania could feel Batman's gaze.
The crying sound was stopped by the invisible big hand pinching his neck, and he fell to the ground with a whimper, curling up his body trembling.
"It's all over, Batman. You've also become a prisoner of Gotham's evil." The Riddler announced: "Do you remember Roman? Cam Falcone, did you know that Cam Falcone's life goal when he was young was to end the evil of Gotham?" "--But he later became the biggest gangster in Gotham, and so are you, Bat. When an upright person succumbs to sin, it's as harmful as a public well being poisoned!" He said a little madly: "Therefore--Batman is dead!" He threw the gun in his hand to the ground: "Bat King has been reborn!" He bowed to Chen Tao exaggeratedly, like a jester in a stage play: "Batman! You are a criminal now too! He shouted with joy: "You are no different from us! ”
The Riddler has been convinced by the logic he has thought of, and Batman, who directly murdered the Joker, is undoubtedly a criminal partner in his eyes.
Batman has the same characteristics as him, but is much stronger than him, so therefore-
He surrendered, in every sense.
Chen Tao knew that at this time, if he beckoned his finger, the Riddler would pounce on him and lick his toes wildly...
Okay, maybe the other party will be more reserved and not so exaggerated.
But the attitude inside is the same.
As long as Chen Tao wants, he can get the help of the Riddler immediately. If he does so, relying on the other party's IQ and the resources and force at his disposal, it will definitely be very convenient to defeat Bane, find the nuclear bomb, save or rule the entire city, right?
But...
I refuse!
"I have been a criminal for a long time, Nygma. I have never denied that I violated personal rights, illegally possessed deadly force, and openly violated the Fortress Law. Now it's just that first-degree murder is added to the charges. "
"But you bastard, listen carefully. "
"You said so much, I think it's all bullshit!"
"Your theory of darkness is nothing more than a variation of the theory of a bad day."
Chen Tao said:
"You think everyone will become a slave of darkness, just like the Joker thinks that even Gordon will become a Joker after a bad day. But Gordon didn't become a Joker. Neither did Barbara."
He said these words, but his eyes were looking at the blindfolded Jim Gordon.
"Whether it's a bad day or darkness, they are just excuses for bad guys to do bad things."
"Law? The law is a piece of waste paper to me, Nygma, please don't misunderstand, I drew a bottom line for myself in the past, not to protect myself, but you."
"I have been thinking about whether it is just to sacrifice a small part of justice for the greater justice."
"So do you have an answer now, Batman? " Chen Tao sighed. He knew from the moment Edward Nickma started talking that the person he needed to refute was not the Riddler who had collapsed in front of him. It was the other member of Gotham's former Iron Triangle, the police chief who gave everything for the entire city, Jim Gordon. He took off Jim Gordon's blindfold. The other party looked at him with compassion. "Batman, you were hope." He said. Jim looked a little dazed, and he stared at Chen Tao: "Tell us, you told Gotham." "No matter how much knowledge you have, no matter how talented you are, you can't be as superior as Nygma." "No matter how much you want to save your family, you can't sacrifice the lives of innocent people for your family like Victor did. Even if the night in Gotham is cold, you shouldn't use the blood of others to warm yourself. " "The judicial efforts will always bear fruit in the end. Society will not always be in a gray area. Justice will be worth protecting."
"You told us that [life is worth it]. Even if we have experienced the worst day, even if we have experienced the pain that countless people dare not even think about, no matter how painful, crazy, or desperate it is, it is worth it."
He suddenly said with a mental breakdown:
"You told us that the greatness of mankind lies in the fact that after facing the extremely brutal and bloody darkness in human history, we still have hope for it and work hard to heal this human society instead of shooting it down! This is what you said, and this is what you taught us!"
"Why? Why let the clown win? Why make such a sudden decision? Why make yourself like them?"
"Oh my God, you should have sent the clown to prison, not shot him down!"
"I didn't shoot him down." Chen Tao said: "I cut him into meat paste.
Chen Tao added: "The kind that is crushed into powder. Clown sauce."
"Clown, clown sauce. I'm sure that's some kind of Japanese cold joke."
Gordon was so angry that he was talking nonsense: "Why, do you still want to make some Bat-Joker-flavored sandwich with Joker sauce?"
"And I did that, I'm sorry, Jim."
"You know that after you do this, Batman will degenerate into..."
"Procedural justice is just a means, Jim Gordon."
"What?"
"I will only spit on the Joker's corpse, Gordon. Murdering the Joker does not make me a tyrant or dictator who kills people at will."
"Do you really believe in the fallacy of the slippery slope theory? Aren't we always pursuing substantive justice?"
Chen Tao said: "Superheroes have the ability and should inspire and discipline people to make the right choices.
When procedural justice and the system can do this, I should certainly support the system and procedures, but when the system and procedures are dysfunctional and corrupt, I should also supervise the system and procedures themselves.
In essence, the justice pursued by superheroes should be above the law. Otherwise, why don't I just join the system and become a policeman?"
Gordon responded with silence.
Chen Tao sighed. He stopped what he wanted to say and shook his head.
This kind of thing is essentially a disagreement in concepts and thinking. Jim Gordon has been in the system for too long, and his thinking has been framed.
Since the time he murdered the Joker, he had already thought that the two of them would never be able to reach a cooperative relationship like in the past.
This is also the price that must be paid, and he had expected it.
"So now, Mr. Nygma. You'd better tell us where you stole the Penguin's nuclear bomb."
"What nuclear bomb? I have never stolen a nuclear bomb!"