No matter how you analyze it, Batman's efficiency is terrifyingly high.
"Clark Kent, he deserved his fate," Tony Stark remarked sincerely.
“I did think of that. Bruce Wayne plays the playboy during the day and Batman at night to fight crime in his own world… and now he has to spend a lot of time in the council.” As Sakata Gintoki spoke, he felt a pain in his teeth.
He slumped in his chair, looking at Bruce Wayne across from him, "Grandpa, aren't you afraid of overworking yourself to death?"
Bruce Wayne remained expressionless, but his lips twitched almost imperceptibly. What kind of weird title is "Grandpa"?
"Personally, I feel he's not afraid," Fan Xian remarked coldly. "After all, Batman symbolizes the limits of human potential!"
"Gurararara," Whitebeard suddenly laughed, speaking with interest, "I'm curious, what special power has Little Bat cultivated during this time, and what kind of transformation has he made of Gotham City?"
Bruce Wayne fell completely silent.
"Hmm? With your attitude, could it be that...?" Huang Rong paused for a moment, then seemed to remember something, her gaze flickering uncertainly.
Su Han's expression was somewhat subtle. Through his omniscience and observation, he knew what was going on in the current DC world.
After a moment's thought, he controlled Number Ten to speak, "Code name DC World, the situation is the same as before."
"The Joker is still alive, Gotham City is still a haven for evil. Batman... is still a vigilante who doesn't kill."
In the Hall of Mist, no one spoke for a moment.
“It’s not so much unexpected as it is inevitable.” After a brief silence, Whitebeard stared intently at Bruce Wayne, his voice deep. “I have no intention of challenging your principles.”
"But Bruce Wayne! In my opinion, the evil in Gotham City was really committed by you alone. A hero who doesn't kill! It's indeed great, but it's also ridiculous... You remind me of Marine Admiral Zephyr from One Piece."
Whitebeard burst into laughter as if he had remembered a joke. "No! Your situations are too similar. The only difference is that Zephyr eventually went completely mad because his family was killed by pirates in retaliation and because his student was killed."
"And you, still cling to your bottom line that you don't know whether you should or shouldn't uphold."
“Your Robin family members for generations were all good kids! But you watched them suffer serious injuries or turn to the dark side... Even in this situation, you still maintained your bottom line of not killing criminals, and you were more lenient towards your enemies than towards your relatives and friends.”
Whitebeard had always believed that the problems in Batman's world had been solved. But now, he suddenly realized how naive he had been…
For Batman, who has locked himself up by the no-kill rule, does joining the council really have a big impact on him?
It was precisely because he understood this that Whitebeard suddenly felt that he really hated Batman.
Batman is undoubtedly a very strict person, and he is also extremely strict with his followers because of this...
As a hero, he can't be wrong, but as an elder, he was utterly unfit...
Anyway, it reminded me of the events that happened to the various Robins in the Star Trek series. Whitebeard felt sorry for those Robins.
He said coldly, "If you really have no pity for the children who have been hurt because of your ideals, then you might as well hand those children over to me... I will be their father."
Bruce Wayne gripped the armrest tightly, staring coldly at the white-bearded man.
He didn't care about what Whitebeard said before, but the last sentence crossed his bottom line.
"Is this what they call the 'Batman Family Bucket Package'? No Batman?" Sakata Gintoki quipped thoughtfully.
Of course, the atmosphere at the scene did not ease after Sakata Gintoki spoke; instead, it became even more solemn and cold, like a needle pointing at a wheat awn.
(End of this chapter)
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Chapter 483 The Evolution of the Misty Universe! Yin-Yang Balance? The Appearance of Stars!
"Sir, there's no need to get too excited."
Tony Stark gave a wry smile, glanced speechlessly at Number Ten, and sighed, "We've discussed this topic before. Didn't we say that if Batman really killed the Joker, he would turn evil in a parallel universe?"
Whitebeard simply watched coldly from the sidelines.
“Of course, Batman hasn’t been idle either,” Tony Stark shrugged. “On one hand, Batman and I have been working on creating a completely new version of Arkham Asylum. I swear, this time the Joker won’t be able to escape!”
"No matter how intelligent he is... just eliminate what he excels at!"
“Unless he has superhuman strength, he’ll be locked up there for life with the other villains in Gotham City. And I’m certain that no one will ever find the location of the new Arkham Asylum… because the new Arkham Asylum we’re studying is deep underground, mobile, and its location is constantly changing.”
"That's just treating the symptoms, not the root cause," Conan said, looking at Tony Stark speechlessly.
“There’s nothing we can do about it,” Sawada Tsunayoshi said after a brief silence, his face showing regret and helplessness. “After all, many states in the United States have abolished the death penalty! Gotham City should be the same. What can we do if the law forbids it?”
“So, when I discussed this with Batman before, I also proposed a real solution!” Tony Stark said, a smile playing on his lips. “That is to push for Gotham City to reform its criminal law and legalize the death penalty.”
"You should know this, right? In our country, the laws of each state are independent to some extent! And big capitalists wield unimaginable influence..."
"If you want to add another death penalty to the local population, you can just spend money... Anyway, once the death penalty is passed, all those guys in Arkham Asylum... will die one by one, none of them will survive."
“Besides, if we follow our plan… Batman is just a vigilante upholding the law! He didn’t kill anyone.” Tony Stark spread his palms, feigning innocence.
"What you said actually makes some sense." Conan fell into deep thought.
“But it’s still dangerous! I mean, the very act of the Joker dying is dangerous enough,” Ilya whispered. She remembered the Batman parallel universe story that Number Ten had told her…
“So there’s a second option,” Tony Stark shrugged. “Either Batman improves his own abilities, or he pays the price to bring the Ancient One along when he kills the Joker.”
"No matter how powerful the Joker is... as long as we have a proper setup here, can he really turn the world upside down?"
After a moment's thought, Whitebeard's expression softened.
Of course, he still didn't give Batman a friendly look, after all, the previous clash made him clearly realize that... Batman and he had different values.