American comics: What kind of evil intentions could Batman have?

Chapter 90 Launch

Chapter 90 Launch

"Although I didn't initially intend to kill you, but... you're just too boring, and I switch personalities three times before breakfast."

"That's what the clown said."

"You think I don't know? Oh, Bain, you struck first. I'm heartbroken by your distrust."

The clown wiped away imaginary tears, shrugged, and said:

"Wow, you're just entrusting me with nuclear weapons, and you just casually give me such a beautiful firework? Do you think I'd believe that fairy tale?"

"The nuclear bomb you gave me was fake. An empty firecracker, hmm~ you cunning wolf, the real one is probably lying quietly in some corner right now."

You never intended to destroy Metropolis from the beginning, right?

The clown seemed to be going crazy, grabbing his hair, the individual green strands stretched taut under his forceful fingertips:

"This is blasphemous! They take out such a big firecracker to show others, but refuse to light it. This is fraud! Fraud!"

"Yes, yes, you just want to be a local tyrant in a city, not an enemy of humanity. Letting a mushroom cloud rise in Metropolis will only make the government stop at nothing to kill you, like Bin Laden did back then. How can you peacefully be the King of Gotham then?"

"vomit!"

The clown gagged.

"I feel like throwing up."

He said.

He rested his chin on his hand: "So at first I thought, um, you know."

He opened his palms and waved them wildly in the air with great enthusiasm, as if conducting some non-existent band.

"It would be fun to get you to the brink of victory and then throw everything in your face."

"I originally wanted you to carefully defeat Batman and take over the city, and then I would steal it all right under your nose."

"I've prepared a death trap for you. Look, you'll suddenly burst out laughing during the most intense part of your fight with Batman—that's sure to add a lot to your sense of humor!"

"Of course, it could be fatal, but it's also possible that you'll survive the worst part and think you've won, that you've defeated Batman—"

Chen Tao's heart tightened; he already knew what the clown was capable of.

Bain said, "Hmm... Hah... Could it be you?"

In his current condition, he even has difficulty speaking.

"Hmm, eavesdropping on your conversation with the mysterious man is indeed very difficult. It's strange, I've never known who he is, and I can't figure it out no matter how hard I try. I think Mr. Nigma might really enjoy this mystery, but it's not important to me."

The Joker said, "Whoever gave you that nuclear bomb, now that you have the firecracker, you have to use it, right?"

"You've kept this beauty hidden so well, refusing to let anyone see her face. Shouldn't I bring her out?"

"You...you've secretly acquired my nuclear weapons...the nuclear weapons I hid so well, the real nuclear weapons?"

The clown laughed wildly, "Bingo! That's right, I'm going to blow up Metropolis right when you're at your most triumphant and happiest, when you've reached the pinnacle of your life."

Then everyone will know it was you who did it, and you'll instantly go from being the rising star of the underworld about to take over the city to a fugitive living in constant fear! Happy?

The clown raised his hands as if embracing his grand plan, then quickly pinched his nose bridge in disappointment.

"Okay, that was the original plan, you know, Bain?"

"Ever since you released me from Arkham Asylum, I've been investigating you. For the past few months, I've been trying to recreate that little water dungeon you used in Penaduro at Gotham City Park. I've interviewed quite a few survivors, trying to make it a memorial to your defeat—"

The Joker grabbed Bane's chin.

"Just so you can witness your predictable dream of becoming the king of Gotham shatter before your very eyes!"

"I even plan to involve the bats in the government's first phase of the siege against you, and then, while you're in the heat of battle, I'll blow you all up into the air, and let everyone see what I've done to you."

The clown held up his corsage for Bane to see: "See this little fountain? It's filled with a specially made corrosive acid, mixed with a plant-destroying solution and Lhasa Road pool water that will make your half-rotting body ache terribly."

"If I aim at you, it can devour your temples and skin, then, amidst your screams, it will travel down from the sides to the middle, eating your brain clean, carving a perfect smile across your extraordinary brain and muscular physique."

He leaned close to Bain and whispered dejectedly:

"You can feel it gradually shutting down, Bain. One piece after another, your intellect and physical strength decrease over time, you fully feel your loss, you will be conscious and in pain, until the very end."

"You will become my new masterpiece, dedicated solely to the bat!"

"This is my whole plan, my perfect, beautiful plan—"

"Batman, the nuclear interception system is ready." Poison Ivy's voice quietly sounded in Chen Tao's earpiece: "If nothing unexpected happens, the nuclear weapon will ascend, leave the atmosphere, and then fall back down."

"And Poison Ivy's plants can help us detect missile trajectories, you know, those plants' pollen spores spread through the air..."

Lucius's voice came through the communication channel, speaking very quickly:

"I'm sorry, I'm not a plant expert and I really don't understand the principles behind it, but in terms of effectiveness, it's practically like a human sensor radar, or a human-shaped plant sensor radar? In short, it's more accurate and has a wider coverage than all of our sensors."

"With Poison Ivy's help in locating the missiles, we can confirm the launch trajectories of all the nuclear missiles in a very short time. However, please note that we cannot rule out the possibility that dozens of missiles were launched simultaneously as a smokescreen to ensure that the real one is not intercepted by our interceptor missiles."

He said, "If it really comes to that, Batman, you'll have to intercept it yourself... Your nanotech body is incredibly fast, incredibly tough, and incredibly agile. With protection for your head and chest, you can outperform most aircraft and break free of the atmosphere in a short time—"

Lucius said, "As long as the nuclear bomb doesn't fall through the atmosphere, it won't be at risk of exploding. If you can slow it down before it falls, or even detonate it in outer space, the crisis will be averted immediately."

At the same time as Lucius's words, the Joker's voice rang out: "Look at that, what a perfect plan, but such a perfect and beautiful plan, because of an accident, can't be done now. I'm so sad."

The clown said, "No more complicated or interesting plans, no more trouble."

"I want to launch a nuclear missile directly."

(End of this chapter)