Chapter 2202: Battle of Two Cities! (Part 44)

Chapter 2176 Battle of Two Cities! (Forty-four)

Peter soon came to a street next to the abandoned garbage dump where Kevin was. It used to be a small storage area, but now one warehouse after another has been converted into a homeless house, which looks like a Mexican slum.

It was very low and crowded here, and the street looked longer than Peter remembered. When he went around the back of the small warehouse, he found that it seemed to be spliced ​​with a street in Gotham, which was also a slum, so it looked like a family.

Peter saw the fat Penguin through the gap in the house. He was no longer wearing a suit, but a hoodie and baggy wide-leg pants, which was rare. He looked no different from the homeless here.

Although he didn't understand how Bruce deduced the location of the Penguin through a criminal who stole the police's gun, he did find his target.

"So what's next? What should I do next?" Peter asked. After thinking for a while, he said, "Should I go up to him and talk to him? Ask him where Kevin is?"

"He won't believe that you are really looking for someone. Don't you realize that? He is now afraid of everything. I dare say he has encountered danger more than once." Bruce's voice came from the headset.

Peter nodded, rolled his eyes up, looked around warily and said, "It's hard for me to say which is more dangerous, sitting in the mayor's office waiting for the assassination of those celebrities or hiding here."

"It's safer here because there's more than one of him here." Bruce concluded, and then continued, "I think you should go over and say that you are his supporter and admirer."

"He will recognize me." Peter said, "Don't forget, he once dealt with a Spider-Man, and that Spider-Man also wrote a "Gotham Travels."

"In this article, he mentioned that the fire protection measures of the Iceberg Bar run by Penguin were not up to standard, and the ancient building where the bar was located was not well protected. He was eventually sentenced to two months of detention and was not allowed to be released on bail."

Peter knew the contents of the Gotham Travels like the back of his hand, and then he continued to analyze, "From the Batman's record of time, it can be seen that Gotham was also under the mayor's On the eve of the election, the Penguin was the most likely candidate to become the mayor. Judging from other things recorded by Spider-Man, Batman had no time to care about him at that time. "

"So if it weren't for the prison sentence for failing to meet fire safety standards and failing to protect important buildings, the Penguin would have been the mayor in that election, and Spider-Man would have ruined his dream of becoming the mayor."

"Although I'm not that Spider-Man, I think he would definitely hate Spider-Man. If he recognizes my voice, he would never cooperate with me."

"On the contrary." Bruce put forward his point of view: "As long as you do what I say, he will definitely cooperate with you."

So Peter chose to give up thinking, and he followed Bruce's words. He first walked through the narrow corridor between the two low houses as planned before, then crossed the dirty gutter and walked to the side of the Penguin who was washing his sandals with a hose, and took off his mask.

"Hello, Mr. Cobblepot." Peter greeted.

The Penguin seemed to be frightened. He turned his head and stared at Peter, looking him up and down and said, "Who are you? Why are you here?"

"I am Peter Parker, nice to meet you."

This time Peter's sentence was longer, which made the Penguin frown deeply, because he found the voice of the boy in front of him so familiar.

Suddenly he seemed to think of something, showing a shocked expression, and then anger. He looked at Peter and gritted his teeth and said, "Are you Spider-Man?!"

Peter nodded and said, "Yes, although it may not be the one you know, I am Spider-Man, and I have read the "Gotham Travels" written by the Spider-Man who knows you."

The Penguin stared at Peter gloomily, and Peter was not moved at all. The Penguin snorted and said, "Then what are you doing here? Are you here to beat me up like those stupid guys in the Bat Cave? Or are you here to report that the fire protection here is not up to standard?"

"I think this is very stupid." The Penguin seemed very irritable. He said, "You think I am just based on the description of me in a travel diary written by one person. What kind of person is this? How dare he come to me and speak so arrogantly. "

"On the contrary." Peter stepped forward and said, "I think there is a lot of prejudice against you, or that was you in the past, and now you make me think differently."

The Penguin was obviously stunned for a moment, and then he looked up and down at Peter. Peter looked directly into the Penguin's eyes and said, "I didn't expect you to be willing to stand on our side. It must be a difficult decision to fight against the Wayne Group. Giving up the mayor position you dreamed of is a manifestation of noble character."

The Penguin was really stunned. He never expected Peter to say that. Peter sighed lightly, lowered his eyes and said in a heavy tone.

"Do you think I will definitely stand on the side of Batman? No, I only stand on the side of justice and fairness. "

"It is undeniable that Batman wants to save people, but he has never realized the bad consequences of not being fully prepared for his kindness. Heroes need to grow through hardships, but no one is obligated to pay the price of his life for his progress."

At first, Peter was just repeating Bruce's words, but he was a man who could not hide things in his heart. Later, he began to reveal his true views on Batman of Earth-1.

"He thinks he is ready, but that is only from the perspective of a rich man who comes from a wealthy family and does not have to worry about his livelihood. In his previous life, most of the important decisions he made had a great tolerance rate."

"If he has not learned anything, he can do nothing without scruples. If he does something wrong, the price he has to pay for it is far less heavy than he imagined."

Peter exhaled the air that was stagnant in his chest and said, "I know that the suffering he has experienced is simply unbearable for him, but if it is placed on the scale of society, his good background does make him unable to see the bottom of the abyss of suffering."

"He wants to be a superhero to fight crime. There is nothing wrong with this idea, but this time he is wrong. "He estimated the weight of his mistakes. Life is the only thing that cannot be redeemed with money."

"He can no longer use his own money and power to lightly cover up his mistakes as before. Losing his life would be an unbearable burden for anyone, and it is also a consequence he cannot bear, because he understands better than anyone that death is irreversible."

"He believes that his preparations are based on the premise that there will not be such a heavy omission, and if the weight on this side sinks to the bottom, the so-called preparations he made before will become absurd and ridiculous."

"It has never been a regular exercise, learning a few fighting skills, and watching a few crime movies, and then you can stand up and take on the responsibility of a superhero."

"In the Anderkin case , the murderer is indeed very cruel, but the mistakes he made prove that he is unable to bear this responsibility. It is his arrogance and recklessness that made him make wrong decisions again and again and never look back, which eventually led to a heavy tragedy. "

Peter's mouth twisted into a straight line, and he said: "And if you are responsible for saving ordinary people, then the ability you need is almost infinite."

"Because if you have seen their lives and stood with them, you will understand that they are always facing the danger of falling into the bottomless abyss. To protect them, you must be a hero among superheroes, stronger than anyone else, and more determined than anyone else, in order to protect them every ordinary night. "

"No matter what your purpose is, At least you stopped him from running on the wrong way, letting more innocent people injured or even died. " The soul's things, the physical pain of the body is not worth mentioning. "" I don't advocate to resort to violence, and it is more opposed to bleeding conflict, but this is indeed the easiest way to stop this series of farce. You should receive the thanks of New York and Gotham. If you think about it, Peter is not making sense, and the rookie Batman's virtue, I am afraid that he will come out every day without serious injuries. If the person is not rescued, they will have to waste energy to rescue him. The police force is limited. Saving him will not save others. Several people know better than anyone that even if there is only one policeman left in Gotham and New York Police Department, they will definitely give priority to saving the world's richest man.

At that time, there will definitely be many people who don't want Wayne to get into trouble and put pressure on the police department to waste a lot of police force to keep an eye on Bruce Wayne. The public security situation will become worse and more ordinary people will be harmed.

And with the rookie Batman's ability to commit suicide, the police may not be able to keep an eye on him. At that time, it will be a lose-lose outcome. Wayne is not protected well, and ordinary people will also suffer.

Bruce shot himself in his office - Penguin now thinks that it may be just Batman's bad luck, so it can be regarded as him shooting him, and now both sides are quiet.

Wayne went to the hospital. If he is lucky, he can save his life, but he has to rest for at least half a year. During this half year, he can't think of becoming a superhero. After half a year, the chaotic situation has been sorted out.

And because he was seriously injured and unconscious, he had at least a long period of time without being a threat, and those who targeted him would also slightly reduce their surveillance of him. As long as the security measures were in place, he would be safer.

When Batman couldn't jump, the Joker and his men were very quiet, the police could free up their hands to manage public security, and ordinary people didn't have to worry about those lunatics who just wanted to mess with Batman coming to trouble them.

The original dilemma suddenly became a win-win situation.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that I really did a good thing, otherwise how could I get the recognition of Spider-Man, the role model of morality?