Chapter 2194: Battle of Two Cities! (Thirty-Six)

Alfred often appears as a loyal and diligent old butler. Whether in comics, animations or games, he is Batman's best assistant in life and his closest elder.

But there is a premise for all this, that is, Batman is Batman, the kind of Batman that most readers know or have heard of - powerful, wise, and omnipotent.

Batman can handle almost everything by himself. In fact, if he wants, he can take care of himself. Even if he is not good at cooking, he can also realize fully automatic cooking by inventing machines. The same is true for others.

Batman lets Alfred take care of his life, which is more of an expression of closeness and trust in the butler, not that he can't do it himself.

Batman on Earth 1 is the opposite. It's not that he lets Alfred take care of his life, but that Alfred must revolve around him, keep an eye on him all the time, and be both a father and a mother to prevent Bruce from having any accidents.

This is not groundless worry. From the moment Alfred met Bruce Wayne in this universe, he was just an ordinary child, but he had a rough life, was stared at by many eyes, and had psychological problems. As his only remaining guardian, how could Alfred not worry?

Alfred has more feelings for Bruce than anyone else in this world. The relationship between the two of them is more than just a cold guardianship document. He is his father, teacher, guide, strong support in his career, and a caring housekeeper in life.

The more you manage, the more attention you will pay, and the richer the accumulated feelings will be. The relationship between them has long crossed the barriers of alienation between professions and employment relationships, and is more like a pair of father and son.

But since there are fathers and sons, there must be patriarchal conflicts. In the story of Earth 1, Alfred opposed Batman's rash rush into the banquet and made a scene, but in the end he drove to pick up the seriously injured Batman and took him home to rest.

He thought Batman was never ready, and it was true. He had reminded Bruce in various euphemistic ways, but Bruce might not have understood, or might not have wanted to admit it.

Alfred was responsible for Bruce's personal safety, so he reminded him more and more directly, and even expressed his attitude in a tough manner in the end, so the conflict between him and Bruce became more and more intense.

Bruce hadn't told him about some of his action plans for a long time, perhaps because he felt that he couldn't understand, or perhaps because he felt that he wouldn't support them. They hadn't had effective communication for a long time.

In fact, as long as Bruce spoke, Alfred would do his best to help him, but Bruce never said it. Alfred didn't know whether he was being stubborn or didn't trust him.

"You have a good relationship with your butler, right?" Alfred turned around to get a broom and clean up the broken plates on the ground.

What surprised him was the reasoning-like behavior of Bruce in front of him. Regardless of whether his reasoning was right or not, he actually reasoned.

Moreover, he actually reasoned from the perspective of the murderer. When he heard him talk about what kind of person the madman was and what kind of plan he had, he felt a creepy pleasure.

It was as if he was inseparable from the brutal criminal. They were two sides of the same coin, so they could sense and understand each other.

This inexplicable feeling was the main reason why Alfred was shocked. He never thought that Bruce Wayne could be like this.

After Bruce sat back at the bar, he used his hand to sweep the crumbs of the remaining finger biscuits on the counter and said, "Yes, he is my closest elder, and no one can replace his position in my heart."

Alfred paused, and then he said, "I'm glad you think so, Bruce."

"Let's get back to the topic." Bruce twisted the crumbs of the biscuits with his fingertips and said, "I haven't seen Underkin, but from the real behavior he can investigate, he is not someone who is so easily influenced by the Joker."

"When he was a young reporter, he dared to track down a series of serial murders that were obviously manipulated by big men, and he really investigated some key evidence, which shows that he is brave and resourceful."

"When he thought the Waynes might be in danger, he also bravely reminded them that they should know that at this time "At that time, he was much more dangerous than the Waynes because he had evidence but no background. This shows that he had good intentions and hoped to save other people's lives as much as possible. "

"After the Waynes were killed, he did not exaggerate or forge the evidence he investigated and published it in exchange for fame, which shows that he is a person who does not seek fame and fortune. "

"He handed these evidences to Bruce in some way, hoping that Bruce could use legal means to judge the murderer who killed his parents, which shows that he is a person who recognizes procedural justice and justice. "

"Such people are usually difficult to mislead, because all they seek is truth and justice. "

"So you think the Joker kidnapped Underkin and he is brainwashing him but it is not easy to succeed?" Alfred asked. After thinking for a while, he said, "So what position did the Joker arrange for Underkin?"

"Alfred, I never thought you were so sharp." Bruce praised sincerely and said, "Of course, it's the revenge warrior who avenges Batman."

"Batman has always wanted to avenge his parents, because someone killed his parents, and he hopes that the murderer will repent and be tried by law. So when Underkin comes to avenge Batman, should he also surrender and accept trial?"

"If he doesn't do this, why can't the murderer who killed his parents escape punishment and go unpunished? If he does this, how can Underkin, who is manipulated by the Joker, give him a chance to go to court?"

Alfred was sweating coldly when he heard this. He suddenly realized that this was an unsolvable dead end for Batman.

Parents can only be regarded as relatives. Underkin witnessed Bruce killing himself with his own eyes. Although it was not him, Bruce thought it was him, but he still chose to let go.

And Underkin did remind the Waynes that he was not a bad reporter who only pursued popularity and fame as Bruce thought. In other words, Bruce betrayed Underkin twice, and the last time led to his death. Isn't this reason for revenge sufficient?

"What are you going to do?" Alfred frowned so hard that his eyebrows were almost twisted together.

"Although the Joker is not a noble man, he usually does not use some despicable means in this game, such as drug control or forced mental manipulation, so if this happens, the game he carefully designed to break the mentality of both Enderkin and Batman will be completely ruined."

Bruce took the freshly made sandwich from Alfred, adjusted the position of the toothpick on it, and continued.

"But Enderkin is difficult to brainwash, and the manipulation of him must be incomplete and there must be opportunities."

Alfred handed Bruce another cup of hot tea, nodded and said: "Maybe we can search the whole city for this madman, find the place where he kidnapped Enderkin, and rescue him. The shorter the time, the better, so that everything can be saved."

But Bruce shook his head and said: "If the Joker wants to hide someone, no one can find him. Obviously, the Joker will not let anyone go easily before he achieves the result he wants."

"What should we do?"

Bruce smiled mysteriously.

"You didn't bring me Kingpin's body, so I won't pay." In the office of Mayor Penguin's mansion, he put his hands on the umbrella and said, "You may say that Kingpin was captured by SHIELD, and it is not within your mission to rescue him in SHIELD, but I have never heard of any mercenary who came to the employer to increase the price because he did not do it quickly enough, which increased the difficulty of the mission."

Deathstroke sat steadily opposite him, one leg on the other, half of the mask was lifted to smoke and said, "You have to understand the current situation, Mr. Mayor, even if I help you complete the task at the original price, do you think SHIELD will be so stupid?"

"Will they think that a mercenary will break into SHIELD and rescue important criminals without anyone's instructions?"

Penguin cursed in his heart that it was all because the previous mayor Penguin was a fool. He hooked up with Kingpin at the last minute. If he let Deathstroke break into SHIELD now, SHIELD would definitely think that they sent Deathstroke to rescue Kingpin.

God has mercy on him, he just wanted to kill Kingpin, but as long as he broke into SHIELD, it would be hard to explain.

"Sneak in." Penguin said, "I will make some noise to attract the attention of those agents, you just sneak in and kill them, I don't need any evidence."

Deathstroke frowned slightly, he always felt that the mayor in front of him was a little different from before, he had been prepared to be verbally abused, or even kicked out.

Unfortunately, he couldn't go to SHIELD to sell Penguin and make double the money.

But Deathstroke still stood up and left without saying anything, obviously acquiescing to Penguin's plan, but before he left for long, another uninvited guest broke in.

"Batman?!" Penguin exclaimed.

Then he breathed a sigh of relief, because he found that the Batman in front of him was not the one he was familiar with, but a greenhorn who had just debuted in this universe not long ago.

"Finally remembered to wear your mask, rookie?" Penguin snorted, turned and walked towards the sofa and said, "I saw the news today. You were tormented by the Joker. What do you want to do with me?"

It's not that Penguin is friendly, he is afraid that his IQ will be lowered after quarreling with this Batman.

"I don't know, he said he wanted to play a game with me or something." Batman actually walked to sit opposite him, and Penguin was shocked, and then he watched Batman take out a revolver.

Batman leaned forward, pushed the revolver to the center of the coffee table, looked up at Penguin and said, "Russian roulette, who will start first?"

Penguin was stunned, but then showed a sinister smile, squinted at Batman and said, "Someone pointed you out, right? Another you? It's quite interesting."

"But if you want to gamble with me, you have to bring out some decent chips. How many chips do you think will make me gamble my life with you?"

"All the shares of Wayne Group that I hold."

The Penguin's eyes were bloodshot.

Then he closed his eyes, trying to suppress the twitching of his face, and snorted coldly and said, "Don't think you can trick me, kid, you tampered with the gun."

"You can use your gun."

The Penguin became skeptical, but then Batman said again, "But my goal is to arrest you and let the law punish you, so we don't aim at the head, but at the right chest, which will cause serious injuries but not fatal."

The Penguin obviously believed his words, because all Batmen in the world are the same, with innocent kindness.

The Penguin waved his hand, and his men in suits and leather shoes immediately sent over a more exquisite revolver. The Penguin loaded a bullet into it in front of Batman and spun the roulette wheel at a high speed.

He also pushed the gun to the middle of the coffee table and said, "Prove your courage to me, Batman, you shoot first."

Batman took the gun without hesitation and pointed it at his right chest, with the muzzle tightly pressed against the surface of the tights.

Bang!

Blood gushed out, and there was a big hole in Batman's chest.

Penguin was stunned. He stood up and rushed to Batman's side, and then found that the wound was not fake, and the bullet really passed through his chest.

Batman fell on the sofa, his body function declined at the fastest speed, and the god of death walked hurriedly.

Penguin's terrified roar echoed over the mayor's mansion.

"Ambulance!! Call an ambulance quickly!!!!!!!"

Someone is scamming!