The Bat Family is in a separate room in the underground base of Metropolis, and Alfred is busy making a video call.
"What? Keep working on Robin...Master Tim, with all due respect, I'm afraid I have to tell you that there are no more Bat-family affairs in Gotham that require your participation...haven't you seen the news?"
While talking to Tim, Alfred took a moment to glance at the surveillance camera next to him.
What is being monitored is an image of the combat training area of this underground base.
The clay-faced man was wearing a Robin uniform, and he was holding dumbbells loudly. Then he jumped to the side and started doing hanging leg raises on the horizontal bar.
——I really don’t know why a big pile of mud is necessary to exercise abdominal muscles.
But he's Clayface, and a conscientious actor will train in everything Robin should train in.
Alfred saw that the other party was starting to train his gluteus maximus muscles.
He shouted something like, "I'm the Robin with the fattest butt," while leaning down, and then...
Um……
Then his two buttocks grew larger like balloons, spread out like a peacock behind him like butterfly wings, and then began to hold ten spring arm bars at the same time.
As he trained, blocks of abdominal muscles immediately emerged from his hips.
The ventriloquist stood nearby in a maid outfit, holding snacks in his hands.
This is the one that Harley wore before, (this maid outfit appeared in Chapter 102) and then she stopped wearing it, so the ventriloquist...
Alfred shook his head, stopped paying attention to the surveillance, turned around and continued to deal with Tim Drake, the third generation Robin:
"Master Bruce, he single-handedly almost ended crime in Gotham... What, you said that was Superman? Impossible, absolutely impossible."
Tim across the screen looked like his intelligence had been insulted.
Alfred calmed him down:
"What if I disobey Master Bruce's order and give you permission to enter the Batcave? You have no work to do. So you'd better go to school obediently. Haven't you already gone to school with peace of mind for three months?
?Children should behave like children and stop thinking about fighting crime all day long."
"Have you done the papers? Did you get an A+ in the exam? Have you previewed tomorrow's class? How do you manage to sleep at your age?"
"Oh...it's all done."
Alfred was immediately refuted by the other party, so the witty old butler said:
"Did you talk to your girlfriend?"
This time it was the turn of the third generation Robin on the other side of the screen to be speechless.
He choked for a moment, and then couldn't help but said anxiously:
"You promised me that after the crime ban in Gotham is lifted in three months, you will let me return to work as Robin if necessary!"
"If there is a need." Alfred emphasized: "Obviously, there is not now."
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!"
Tim on the other side of the screen went crazy for a while, and then started "Please", and Alfred quietly watched the other person's performance.
"I just don't understand that Harley Quinn has been spending money like crazy in the biggest nightclub in Metropolis for three months, dancing every day until her calves cramp.
Killer Croc, who is still on parole, used money to become a director in the studio. Deadshot simply settled in Metropolis and got a new girlfriend. Why can everyone go to Metropolis but not me???"
Alfred glanced sideways at the surveillance camera next to him.
There is also Clayface who wears a Robin uniform every day and transforms into you to do good deeds in the city, and Arnold, the ventriloquist, the new maid of the Bat family - ever since he picked up the piece that Harley Quinn threw away.
Maid outfit, now his self-positioning has changed.
After all, he is no longer a dog.
Oh, and Poison Ivy is doing experiments every day. She even moved to the top floor of the Wayne Investments office building to conduct experiments. There are glass windows there, almost no different from the open air.
Through photosynthesis, Poison Ivy can directly save time on eating.
Lucius was busy dissecting half of Doomsday's corpse. Everyone has been very busy these days.
"Alfred, are you listening to me?"
Alfred quickly continued to draw the cake:
"As for you, your prospects as Robin are bright..."
"Young people need more..."
"I'll let you..."
"Going to school? Isn't it Robin's job to go to school?"
"Don't be too ambitious..."
Alfred spent a long time talking and finally hung up Tim's call.
The old housekeeper wiped the cold sweat from his head.
Generally speaking, disobeying Batman's orders is basically a traditional skill of Robins in the past. The reason why Tim has been able to go to school in Gotham for so long is not only because he is the best-behaved Robin in history, but also because of Alfred's paintings.
The skill of making cakes also plays an important role.
Of course, there is also the fact that Superman single-handedly wiped out the entire Gotham crime scene.
The clay-faced man was still working on his gluteus maximus muscles.
Alfred turned his head and saw that the door control showed that Bruce was back. He immediately pressed the button on the keyboard to open the door.
A few minutes later.
"How did the negotiation with Black turn out, Master Bruce?"
Alfred placed the tray in his hand on the table next to Chen Tao. On it was still Alfred's secret chicken filling sandwich.
Chen Tao picked it up and took a bite.
Alfred's heart trembled, and the familiar frown appeared on Bruce's forehead again.
"Very bad." Chen Tao put the chicken sandwich on the table.
He crossed his hands and looked deeply: "I made a slight mistake in my previous judgment about Blake."
"Tell me more specifically?"
Alfred said.
"I've known for a long time that Blake is a villain, but unfortunately, I don't know why he is a villain."
He turned to look at Alfred: "I bet he has no intention of abiding by the restrictions Amanda set for him."
Chen Tao couldn't help but recall the previous conversation between him and Blake.
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"We have a basis for cooperation, Batman."
Blake stood on the round roof and looked into the distance.
A piece of tile was peeled off by his telekinesis, and it flew in front of him, as naughty as a nimble fish.
"Distant famines, ruthless wars, natural disasters, man-made disasters, gambling, human trafficking, drug trading, flesh and blood business, fools who rob and kill, government lackeys, despicable cheaters, these evils have existed since the beginning of human history.
They have always permeated our history and they still exist today."
Black pointed at Superman below who was still giving a speech: "'If you can't eat, you have to walk around, and you should be careful next time you do evil.' Do you really think that this method can eradicate evil?"
Black said:
"I grew up in sin. I know what sin looks like."
"I know what you do in Gotham, and I like it. It would be better if you didn't send all those dirty upper-class people to jail. But it doesn't matter."
Seeing that Batman was silent and didn't speak, Black suddenly changed the subject.
He put his hands in his pockets and looked into the distance.
He said: "I still remember when I awakened to my powers. You know, that common teenage problem, the headaches, the feeling like my body was fighting against me."
He smiled.
"But following that incident, my sister Vera was almost thrown in front of a moving train and killed."
Blake made a booming motion on his head:
"Boom! Goodbye, headache. Hello, superpowers."
The piece of tile that was controlled by telekinesis and kept flying in front of him was torn into powder by telekinesis in an instant.
"At that moment, I felt some kind of inspiration." He raised his hands: "A sense of responsibility, a kind of manifest destiny:"
"You were born to eradicate the sins of mankind that have not disappeared for tens of millions of years!"
He levitated and flew, circling around Batman who stood there silently.
"The world is broken, Batman. Human beings are incapable of eradicating their own sins. They are ignorant, superstitious, timid, and weak. And this is the reason why we exist. We are born to lead mankind and create a better world."
Then he finally heard Batman speak:
"You mean we should rule them?"
Blake flew over the opponent's head:
"To be precise, it's not domination. I prefer to call it purification."
He said:
"It's like cutting out carrion, you know? Cut out the dirty, diseased things and leave only the normal ones."
He opened his hands: "Reshape the world according to our wishes!"
"This is domination." Then he heard Batman say: "If an action looks like domination and is done to rule, then he is."
Blake stared at him closely.
"All right."
He concluded by saying: "This is indeed domination. But, Batman."
"I'm sorry to boast like this, but I have to say that for ordinary people, the power of us superpowers is no different from that of gods. The strong always dominate the weak, and only the naturally weak will think this is cruel.
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"We can do much more than the government can do. We can completely eradicate evil, destroy the villains, and show those cowardly governments what we are capable of."
"No more fighting each other, no more ridiculous democratic voting, no more ridiculous three-judicial trial, lawyers acquitted, only the good will live and the evil will die! Justice will be upheld and evil will be purified!"
"This is our God-given ability, and it is also our God-given right and God-given obligation. On the day I awakened, I realized that when we came to this world and had such power, we must have come to achieve something great.
We are born to finish what Jesus left unfinished!"
"You put yourself above mortals, Blake, what do you think you are?"
"Come on, Batman. Think about it, Brainiac, and the Superman who is allied with you. Humanity needs guidance, but it must not entrust its destiny to aliens. We must fight with those aliens.
The god of the planet protects our planet. And if we want to protect our planet from the hands of a god, then we must transform into..."
Then he saw Batman staring at him: "No one is a god."
Looking at each other again.
"And, I hope you realize that the quote you just quoted came from Hitler."
Blake shook his head. He sighed.
"I'm not a fascist. I'm just chasing justice."
Batman said nothing. Black flew off the roof and stepped into the void:
"It seems that the conversation is over here. We are not talking about each other. Maybe we are taking different paths. But having said that, before we end the conversation, I still want to ask -"
"What's your superpower?"
Batman doesn't speak.
"Don't get me wrong, it's just that the abilities you showed before were very complicated, and I really didn't fully understand them."
"Are you a vampire or something? You can turn your body into fine sand, and then..."
Batman kept silent, and Black finally realized something was wrong.
He used his psychic ability to scan the opponent up and down.
Except for the iron in his brain, he is completely an ordinary person with relatively well-developed muscles.
"But...but you fought with the Kryptonians before..." Black's brain suddenly became a little confused: "Aren't you...you relied entirely on Kryptonite?"
He suddenly realized: "You let Superman do justice in Gotham instead of you, that's why Batman can be so fast!"
"So, you are just an ordinary person wearing a bat cosplay costume?!"
"No, I still have the ability to make money."
Then Blake heard Batman's muffled voice:
"I have money."
Then Blake saw the other party snap his fingers, and an invisible bat plane full of science fiction style appeared from the void not far away from him.
Blake just watched helplessly as the other party boarded this expensive-looking plane and flew away quickly.
He was left standing alone in the air stupidly.
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"So, this is the result." Chen Tao breathed out:
"Black's ideas are more dangerous than we think. An angry internet youth, human racist, and new-age fascist has mastered super powers that can fight nuclear bombs.
We should be ready to deal with him - he's really troublesome."
He controlled the Batcomputer, and countless news headlines appeared on the computer.
"Now Blake and his elite alliance are killing criminals like chickens and have gathered a large group of supporters."
Chen Tao whispered: "We must take a long-term approach to deal with them."
He turned to Alfred and asked: "By the way, there is another thing. Are you still following Bain?"
"Yes, Master Bruce." Alfred answered him: "But nothing was found. We have never found his whereabouts. After our old enemy left Gotham with several Arkham villains who were rescued by him,
He disappeared directly into the sea of people. Also disappearing with him was the Red Hood you asked me to pay special attention to. Bain must be doing something big, but I don’t know what it is.”
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Let's switch perspective to the other side.
Bane was sitting in a tavern, surrounded by various villains.
He squinted his eyes and looked at a debate in the center of the tavern.