Chapter 1666 No Time to Die (Twenty-Nine)

Facts have proved that the classic story of "The Wolf is Coming" has been passed down for so many years and has remained popular for a long time. Naturally, it has its own unique features.

In the years that Batman has been fighting the Joker, he has known the Joker's behavior patterns and the methods of arranging conspiracies and intrigues too well.

Many DC comics fans find it difficult to understand why Batman, who is so powerful, only discovered that the Joker was making trouble at the last moment when the Joker asked him to make a choice about humanity? Shouldn't he have discovered it as soon as he kidnapped the hostages?

The first reason is that Batman is like the emperor in the feudal monarchy, with three palaces, six courtyards and seventy-two concubines, and countless villains in Gotham taking turns to make trouble. He is not the only one who favors the Joker.

When the Joker was secretly making trouble, some villains had already brought those brutal crime scenes to the table. Batman must have chosen to stop the most harmful ones first.

The second reason is that before the Joker decided to prepare a feast, he must make some appetizers to attract Batman's attention, or say one thing in public and another in private.

No matter which one Batman goes after, the Joker can make another one into a feast and serve it to Batman later. On the surface, Batman is chasing after the Joker and still can't stop the conspiracy in advance, but in fact, he may have solved more than a dozen conspiracies on the way.

Batman has experienced too many such things, so he certainly thinks that the Joker must have created a difficult problem to mess with his mentality this time.

Batman analyzed that the victim of the Joker's conspiracy this time seemed to be Spider-Man. After all, not long after Spider-Man appeared, the Joker injected the Dark Source potion concentrated by Gotham rainwater into his body, wanting to see him turn black and then turn against Batman.

But in fact, this was just a temporary plan of the Joker, and the trap he had laid long ago was aimed at the group of Robins who often appeared in Gotham.

In this matter alone, Batman has no other possibilities to consider. After all, what reason and motivation do the Bat family have to come back with a big bomb to destroy Gotham?

What's the point? How could their temperament suddenly change in such a short time? No matter who thinks about it, this possibility is extremely low, almost equal to zero.

This is about Batman's stereotype of the universe where Schiller is located, or it can't be said to be a stereotype. There are so many universes and so many Gothams. Which Gotham is different? Even if it is a Gotham in a different universe, how bad can it be?

Since they are all the same, the birds are equivalent to going on a trip. Because the Gotham in Schiller's universe is sunny, they should be more cheerful and lively after returning. How could they suddenly want to destroy the world?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

But most coincidences in this world are unreasonable. Robins suddenly went crazy, and their madness just happened to fit the Joker's behavior pattern. Batman can naturally put the blame on the Joker. Because the Joker never thought that he might be wronged one day, he didn't leave himself any room for whitewashing, and he couldn't wash it off even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

He is like the kid in the story of the boy who cried wolf. He has cried wolf too many times. Not only Batman doesn't believe him, but none of the big villains in Gotham City, from top to bottom, believe him, because it is not the first time that the Joker has used these villains as pawns.

Riddler, Penguin, Clayface, Hugo, and Black Mask mostly smiled coldly and turned a deaf ear to the Joker after hearing him cry wolf. Corrupt officials, gangsters, wealthy businessmen, and policemen simply refused to see the Joker when they saw him.

Finally, the one who sincerely believed in the cry of "wolf" was Spider-Man.

"What? Mr. Joker, you said that a villain has made a big nuclear bomb and wants to blow up the city. Why didn't you tell me earlier?!" Spider-Man anxiously pulled the Joker's sleeve and said with his eyes wide open. The Joker's eyes turned slightly, and he immediately turned around to respond to Spider-Man and said, "Listen, your name is Spider-Man, right? I have to tell you that Batman is also a human being. He is not omniscient and omnipotent, so if he tells you that everything is fine, it may not be true..." "Of course, I don't think he is a god who knows everything. He must have unexpected things." Instead, the Joker was stunned. It was the first time he saw Robin who did not worship Batman as a god. "So, tell me what's going on, and we can work together to prevent a super criminal from blowing up the city!"

Listening to Spider-Man's tone, the Joker thought for a moment, then looked at Spider-Man and said, "You seem to have a lot of experience with this?"

Spider-Man opened his mouth and closed it again, and finally said helplessly, "You may not believe it, but in the past few years, I have been on the road to saving the world, and the city I am in has been bombed countless times."

"Then I think we have something in common." The Joker immediately acted like a persuasive philosopher, but he did not describe himself as a good person, but said quite sincerely, "In the past, I was indeed a criminal. I turned myself in to the police station and confessed all my crimes. You heard it, right?"

Spider-Man nodded and confirmed his statement, so the Joker went on to say: "You must feel very strange, why I confessed, but escaped from prison? But I want to say that if it is for myself, it is not good at all."

"Although I am a mental patient and will be sent to a mental hospital in the end, but the behavior of escaping from prison in the interrogation room will definitely make the nurse increase my medication, which is not a good thing for me."

Spider-Man nodded in agreement again. What the Joker said was indeed true, at least from Spider-Man's point of view, there was no flaw, because he was not like Batman who had been fighting wits and courage with the Joker for many years and knew his way very well.

In Spider-Man's view, if the Joker didn't want to go to prison, he didn't need to turn himself in and confess, but since he confessed and escaped from prison, didn't he confess in vain?

"I escaped from prison for a hidden reason. There are some things that only I can stop, and Batman just waits and sees, and has no reaction to the imminent crisis. Brother, I'm really not trying to discredit him."

The Joker deliberately adjusted his tone, making his words and tone seem younger, fully demonstrating his ability to speak differently to different people.

Sure enough, Spider-Man was curious and pretended to listen attentively. The Joker didn't keep him waiting, but said, "Like I said before, there is a group of people who want to restore the gangster rules here. They got a big bomb produced by the former Soviet Union. It is a nuclear warhead with a super-large equivalent, and they are likely to have modified this warhead. You should know how dangerous this is?"

Spider-Man's eyes widened when he heard the word "modification". He looked at the Joker and said, "How did they modify the nuclear warhead? Can they have a production line?"

"That's the problem. They are a group of crazy teenagers who rely on the skills they learned from Batman. Oh, I'm not saying it's Batman's fault. Maybe Batman doesn't know them. You dare to be so reckless, but you should know how crazy and extreme your peers are. "

Spider-Man showed a hesitant expression, and the Joker immediately followed up: "It is certain that they have no professional technology and no conditions to transform this thing, but they are bold enough to do it, so the bomb will explode at any time."

"Listen, Spider-Man, I am not for Gotham, nor for justice, I am for my own life. I don't want to be suddenly blown up by a nuclear bomb while watching TV in a mental hospital."

These words are very consistent with the Joker's personality. If he said something empty and pretentious to save Gotham or justice, Spider-Man would definitely be able to hear it, but when he said this, Spider-Man was a little unable to distinguish the truth from the false.

After all, in Spider-Man's view, who doesn't want to live? Even the most vicious criminals have the possibility of saving their lives, and the Joker's behavior logic makes sense.

"Although I really want you to die with me, it's obvious that you can't stop the nuclear bomb explosion by yourself. I don't want you to do any complicated work. You have to find out where they hide the nuclear bomb." The Joker looked into Spider-Man's eyes and said seriously.

"If that's the case, then I..."

"I mean, we can find it together."

"But I can't..."

"Don't be ridiculous, man." The Joker deliberately grinned, revealing a slightly sinister smile and said, "The consequences of them getting the bomb and you getting the bomb are the same. How do I know if you will think of pressing the button? I don't trust anyone. I have to personally make sure that this thing won't harm me!"

A typical selfish villain, even the smile and eyebrow raising movements are impeccable, so Spider-Man naturally has no choice. Seeing something wrong, he stood there hesitating for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, in some extreme cases, I will cooperate with super criminals, but after this is over, I will still take you to the police station, you'd better not have any fluke mentality."

"Let's talk about it when the time comes." The Joker had a fooling expression of "I will definitely not listen when the time comes", but the logic of all his performances was smooth, and his character was consistent, showing the image of a criminal who had to stop a greater disaster in order to save his life. Spider-Man didn't know the Joker that well, so he thought there was nothing wrong with it.

In this way, the Joker fooled Spider-Man to go with him to find the big bomb. On the one hand, it was to solve the imminent Gotham peace crisis, and on the other hand, he needed a witness to prove that the madness of Robin this time was not his fault.

But soon, the Joker discovered that Spider-Man used the exhaustive method to find anything in Gotham.

There was no subtle reasoning, no rigorous logic, and even no groundless guesses. It was completely a strong force. He could always find what he wanted by checking street after street.

If it were an ordinary person, this method would probably take too much time and would not be suitable for situations like this where a bomb is about to explode. But who is Spider-Man? He can use one day as 48 hours. Just do it.

In the end, it was the Joker who couldn't stand it first. To put it bluntly, he and Batman are the same type of people. They would never rely on physical strength if they could rely on their brains. They would never charge into battle if they could foresee things like a god.

But Spider-Man here is still a street hero. He doesn't usually use his brain. The dark source potion injected by the Joker has further strengthened the paranoid side of his character.

The Joker told him that there is definitely no such thing on a certain street, but Spider-Man didn't believe it. He had to go through it himself. According to him, a wise man can make a mistake. If you make a wrong judgment, won't Gotham be destroyed? How can it be compared to my personal practice?

Moreover, the ability of Spider-Man, a good neighbor, to meddle in other people's affairs is simply at the rule level. If you search a street, you should search it. If you see a bicycle falling down, you should help it? If you see someone carrying heavy objects, you should help lift it? If you see a drainpipe dripping, you should repair it, right?

The Joker has also persuaded him that he should first grasp the main contradiction when a disaster is imminent, but the answer he gets is always "Don't worry, I'll act quickly and it won't take long."

In fact, it didn't take long. If it continues like this, the construction of Gotham civilization will really flourish.

By then, it won't matter if the Gotham Good Neighbor Award is given to Spider-Man, but the Joker who follows Spider-Man around will also have to go on stage to receive the award.

What's even more terrifying is that the person presenting the award has to be Bruce Wayne.