Chapter 91: The Death Seeker
"Never again--"
"No more games."
"What do you mean?"
"As the name implies, Bat."
The Joker looked a little dazed...
He looked like he was dreaming.
"No kidnapping, no 2-choice, let me guess... Do you think I would kidnap Robin?"
"Do you think the place Robin stepped into now is a trap?"
He laughed mockingly.
"I have anticipated all the worst-case scenarios and made all the necessary preparations."
Chen Tao said.
The voices of Deadshot, Cheshire Cat and Killer Croc rang out from his headset:
"Batman? There is nothing here, no Joker's men, and no traps that suddenly rose. This is not what you expected."
"I know, the old trick." The Joker sat on the ground a little depressed, leaning next to Bane who was kneeling on the ground and laughing silently.
"I guess the Robin who walked in must be the Clayface in disguise. Since that incident, you won't let those children get hurt again..." He looked at himself and said, "Just like you don't like me anymore." The Joker raised his head, and the crazy face he used to have was actually calm, and he looked a little weirdly sincere: "So we don't play games anymore, Batman." "No giant laughing gas balloons, no bouncing dinosaurs, freaks and circuses, no roses, beautiful big fireworks and birthday parties." He said: "Now things are very simple, the metropolis will be destroyed, tens of millions of people will die, and you will kill me... You must not hesitate." Chen Tao pressed his headset hard: "Everyone has-" Lucius' voice sounded faster than his: "Dozens of missiles were detected taking off from Gotham City!!!" Cold sweat broke out on his face: "They are distributed in different locations in Gotham!" He jumped up from his seat, fell in front of the computer, and yelled at the communication. "Poison Ivy, tell me their path!"
On the other side of Gotham, Poison Ivy, with her red hair flying, was sitting under a huge hemispherical machine.
This was a technology from Mad Hatter Tetch, a mind projection device that could read the most terminal and tiny signals in the human brain neurons and then convert them into visible information.
"I'm checking! Don't rush me, I need time!"
Lucius on the other side looked up at the small bright spots rising from all corners of the city on the computer screen.
"You may have to hurry up!"
He said, "Our detector can only determine the approximate trajectory. We need more detailed data - the deviation should not exceed one centimeter, the more accurate the better, and we must not miss any."
He opened the transparent cover on a red button on the table next to him, and then put his hand on it: "Hurry up, Poison Ivy! I need the most accurate number before launching all the interceptor missiles!"
"Shut up, I'm checking!"
Poison Ivy roared back: "Be quiet!"
Lucius saw that some of the dozens of missiles on the screen had fallen, and the jamming devices they had deployed in the city had played a certain role...
But no one dared to bet that the real nuclear warhead mixed in these dozens of missiles happened to be one of the ones that fell.
He suppressed his anxiety.
Although Batman had told him long ago that if there was a worst-case scenario, it would definitely happen, and although he had prepared himself mentally before the incident, he still felt his hands shaking.
He suddenly grabbed his wrist with his other hand and forcibly stopped the trembling.
This hand will be used to press buttons in a while, so it can't shake, can't shake...
He said to the communication: "Batman! Take the jammer I prepared for you. If the missiles are not completely blocked-"
"No!"
The Joker rushed over and hugged Chen Tao's legs: "Don't do this, Batman!"
He shouted loudly, laughing sadly: "Don't leave! I have paid so much for you! Kill me quickly, if I can die in your hands, it will be an extremely happy thing, this is the best ending for me!"
For a moment, Chen Tao really wanted to chop off the Joker's head with a knife.
This should be very fast, just condense the blade and then gently scrape--
But he resisted the urge.
It's not because of the iron rule of not killing, but he was afraid that if he killed the Joker nakedly, he would inhale some Joker gas and become a laughing bat, which would be troublesome-who knows what the Joker has hidden in his body?
If he wants to kill him, he must put him into the crusher invented by Lucius to kill him.
As for whether he hesitated...no. Neither the Riddler's Dark Binding Theory, nor the Joker's Bad Day, nor Batman's original Slippery Slope Theory could bind him.
Chen Tao knew very well that he was not a madman, and he would never become a scum or tyrant without bottom line just because he killed the Joker. The Joker was not special, he was never special...
He had already murdered him once.
"Let go!"
He kicked the Joker in the face: "You stinky trash, you pervert, you are so disgusting, don't come near me, let go!"
"No - please, just let it all end like this!"
The Joker pleaded loudly: "I am the most special one. They all say you killed--"
His voice stopped abruptly, and he swallowed the half sentence he had not yet said back into his stomach. Chen Tao's heart moved slightly.
The Joker continued to shout as if nothing had happened:
"This is unfair. We have been together for so long, and I should be the first person you want to murder! I should be the one who started your fall! Not someone else, I am jealous and crazy!"
"The first batch of missiles has been located!" Lucius in the headset looked at the bright spot marked by red dots on the computer screen and punched the red button fiercely.
"Launch!"
"Batman!" He said: "You must be ready to fly out at any time to intercept what may be missed--"
"I know!"
Chen Tao kicked the Joker in the face again: "Get out of here, you disgusting..."
"No, I'm not disgusting, I'm your favorite--"
Chen Tao lost his patience.
Silver-white particles flashed, followed by the thick fist of Bain Bat.
He squeezed his palm, and the next moment green appeared on his arm. The strange power and claws from the Bat Dragon and the superposition of Bane Bat, only hit the Joker and sent him flying backwards, like a cockroach on the ground.
Chen Tao tried his best to control the force and not kill him.
The Joker's attitude confirmed some of his guesses, but now was not the time to think about these.
Often the simpler and cruder the plan, the more effective it is. If the Joker plans to play some tricks like kidnapping Robin, Chen Tao can handle it with ease, because he can predict it--
But directly launching...
This is completely a test of Chen Tao's preparation in advance. If the preparation is not sufficient, it will fail immediately!
"I'll be here soon." He turned his head and said to Lucius in the communication: "I will be able to--"
"Bat--Bat--Man!"
Chen Tao turned his head, and the Joker got up from the ground with his whole body trembling, and his strong muscles burst his clothes, exposing his pale body with red skin holes to the air.
Chen Tao's face darkened: "Titan Venom."
"I am your favorite court jester--"
"Sorry, Lucius, I may need three more minutes."
Chen Tao said: "Just three minutes."
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At the same time, in the Batcave.
Riddler Edward Nygma was locked in a transparent cell by himself. He was holding a stack of files in his hand and sitting in a corner, as if he was forgotten by the whole world.
But soon he stood up and walked to the tempered glass of the cell.
"Oh my God." He said.
"It's you, Joker."