Chapter 82 Midnight
It was late at night.
Chen Tao stood by the Gotham River and saw a bright moon stirring the cold wind under the vast night sky, blowing across the river to the east.
The tide was rising and the white waves were reflecting the sparkling waves.
What a magnificent and majestic night!
"Beep beep..."
Chen Tao answered the phone.
"OK, capitalist man, after so long, Ivy and I have finally planted trees around Gotham! God, working day and night without rest, I am so tired, you really should hang street lights."
Harley Quinn's face appeared on the other side of the screen, with big dark circles under her eyes - this was not the effect of her makeup in the past. She complained loudly: "Ivy is almost exhausted!"
Beside her, Poison Ivy looked like a sick ghost, and the Cheshire Cat supported her.
"Thank you for your hard work, Harley, and all of you."
Chen Tao's voice was silent, distant, and low like a human.
"I appreciate your efforts."
He said: "All this is meaningful. You are Gotham's last line of defense. Once the worst happens, Ivy's plants will be the best aid to confirm the trajectory of nuclear weapons, to ensure that our interceptor missiles have more time and opportunities to catch up with the launched nuclear bombs."
Harley wanted to say some nonsense about asking for salary, but Chen Tao told her directly: "Your account will be transferred to 100 million US dollars in 10 minutes, and Poison Ivy will also have it. Okay, shut up."
"Great!"
Chen Tao hung up the phone.
He silently looked at the river, the center of the river, the corner where the moonlight could not be reflected. It was as dark as ink and gloomy there, as if there were real monsters lurking in it.
"Beep beep..."
Chen Tao made another call.
"Batman to Robin. Have the signal blocking devices been deployed throughout Gotham City?"
"It's done, Batman. As you said, we have deployed more blocking devices in key areas such as the circus, the amusement park, and Wayne Tower."
Young Robin's tired voice appeared on the screen: "Our chief scientist said that the range of this thing is more than 20 meters. If what he said is true, then no one will be able to launch anything in these places."
But it's not certain for other places.
Chen Tao thought.
The head of the dead shooter broke into the camera.
"We have been climbing up and down for the past four days, being ordered around by you, Batman. To be honest, you have already taken back the nuclear bomb, and there will really be a second one..."
"Hey, smart guy, you obviously don't understand Gotham." Killer Croc next to him interrupted him. The green monster chewed instant meat jerky and said vaguely:
"The worst will always happen in Gotham. You know, this city is a vicious woman, and she never knows how to write the word mercy."
"No doubt."
Chen Tao replied in a low voice: "So we need to be prepared even more."
"See you later."
Chen Tao hung up the phone.
He stretched out a hand.
Silver-white particles wrapped around his hand, and half of his hand rotted into a crimson-black veil.
He stretched out his other hand, and driven by the silver-white particles, the green dinosaur claws faintly emerged.
Chen Tao groaned.
He waved his hand to disperse the two forms of deformation.
"I'm not finished yet."
He muttered to himself silently.
He stared at the darkness in the middle of the river, staring at him deeply, as if to imprint it into the galaxy in his eyes.
"I have come this far, and I have been doing well. I have not lost. I am doing as well as the real Batman."
In the imaginary space and the world of thought, in the hideous darkness, a bat was howling silently.
Chen Tao looked straight at him, looking at the tragic, dripping blood in the bat's mouth!
"I'm sure I'm not finished yet."
"Between us, you, me, our story will not end for some time."
He grinned lowly: "You see, fate tells us that I am afraid I will have to fight you one last time on behalf of Batman."
A little light lit up in his heart, sweeping away all cowardice, hesitation and fear.
He shouted at himself loudly, the roar of the mountains and the sea, like the sky falling and the earth collapsing, roared in his heart to the world:
"Listen up!!! In life, even if there are thousands of roads, there is only one way out! When doing things, either don't do it, or do it thoroughly, there is no such thing as giving up halfway!"
"Everyone! That cowardly and incompetent self! You listen to me!!! I am Chen Tao!"
"But I am also--"
"Bat! Batman!!!"
He whispered:
"Gotham."
"Here I come!"
The silver-white particles entangled him again, turning him into a nano-body of a broken bat. Chen Tao rolled up his fluttering cape and walked away in the most restful night breeze in Gotham tonight -
Without looking back!
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Bane finally reviewed the booklet about how to fight the Joker given to him by Batman.
He stroked the spine of the booklet, and his face showed infinite tenderness and murderous intent.
He finally reviewed all the plans in his mind, then turned off the table lamp in the room, and locked the booklet back into the safe with great care and solemnity.
But before he could reach the door, he groaned, and the whole person slumped as if he had a leak. He hurriedly pressed the input of venom, and then quickly returned to normal.
He pushed open the door, and what came into view was a scene of bustling activity.
This was originally the largest prison in Gotham: Blackgate Prison, but now it has completely become a garrison.
A large number of guns and weapons were distributed in an orderly manner. This war machine, which was composed of Bane's former subordinates and prisoners from Blackgate Prison, was ready and ready to drink blood at any time.
"Where is the Joker?"
He grabbed a soldier who was walking by in a hurry. When the other party saw Bane, he immediately stood at attention with a snap. Several prisoners from Blackgate Prison behind him also followed him to make various non-standard standing and saluting postures.
After being pointed out by the soldiers, Bane saw the Joker after turning a few corridors.
"Hey, do you know that I said at the time, 'You must want to turn off the flashlight when I climb halfway and let me fall directly to the ground!' Hahahaha!"
The atmosphere at the scene was unexpectedly harmonious. Bane narrowed his eyes. A cruel and depraved villain like the Joker actually got along well with his soldiers.
Interesting.
Of course, he himself was not a good person.
He called the Joker out of the room, and the other party was holding a bottle of beer in his hand.
He pulled the Joker aside: "My ally, I have a very important mission to entrust to you. In order to completely defeat Batman, we need to work together..."
"You must..."
"...When the time comes..."
After sending the Joker away, Bane stood by the window.
The moonlight was bright, and he guessed that the moonlight must also shine on Batman.
"It's time for a decisive battle."
He whispered to himself.
"I'm not done yet, Batman."
"We are destined to fight and kill each other for the rest of our lives."