dmims 42.Part ways
42.Part ways
The door opened, and Harvey subconsciously looked at his hand - no, his fingers did not touch the button below.
He turned to look at the screen. The gangster man seemed to be safe and sound. He was still struggling - the device had not been activated.
"What?" He looked at Batman's still standing figure in confusion, but couldn't get the answer he wanted.
The clown on the screen nearby was laughing so hard.
"That's right, Bat Boy. It seems that you haven't forgotten our old ways of playing. I'm really excited." He made a gesture of wiping tears. "Of course, we all understand that this is just an appetizer. There is still more to this wonderful night." It’s still growing.”
The screen went black.
In fact, the Joker was right, this was really just a simple appetizer.Because he has already hinted at the key to breaking the situation in his words.
Choices, especially choices involving humanity, have always been the Joker's favorite, but not this time.Because all he said was "open the door," not push the button.
If you press the button, the man will die, but as long as you open the door within the specified time, nothing will happen to the man even if you don't press the button, and you can even blow up the door.This is the tip given by the Joker.
From the beginning, Batman took the hint, so he kept using the Bat-hacking device under his cape to try and control the circuitry that opened the door, and eventually succeeded in opening it.
As for Dent, let's just say he was a novice who mistakenly entered the advanced zone.
The two passed through the door, and inside the door was the tied gangster. After removing his gas mask and checking his physical characteristics, they continued to move forward.
"You should be thankful for your luck, scumbag," Harvey spat as he walked away.
After walking through the room, there was a branching road in front of him, and the clown's big face once again appeared on the TV screen placed in the middle of the road.
"Ha, welcome to the fork in the road. You guys came very quickly. By the way, I have to ask, is that bad guy still alive? Doesn't anyone want to take action?"
No one answered him.
"It's really boring." He announced, "Forget it, let's get to the main course that everyone has been waiting for. This time you won't be able to go together, but you will have to choose a different direction. The one on the right is very dangerous. There are dangers. Lots of side missions - maybe a crocodile that bites your head off."
"And the left side is great. It's a safe passage all the way, suitable for our new players." He chuckled. "But is it really safe? In fact, I can't remember exactly. Maybe it's the danger on the left side. Which one is bigger? Haha, how about a gamble?"
"Anyway, I think this is fair competition." He announced, "Everyone chooses a path, and the first person to reach the end will win tonight's jackpot, which is one of the two ladies we invited in advance. ——Hee hee, I hugged the beauty back, such a wonderful ending."
"Ah, by the way, the second person to reach the finish line should also get the second prize, but the value may not be that high." The clown said regretfully, "The remains of a human body whose head was blown off by a small bomb I made." What do you think? With a bang, red and white are everywhere, extremely brilliant! Although she may have failed as a person, but from another perspective, as a humanoid firework, I think it is still a success. What do you think? Haha Ha ha--"
He seemed to think he had told a successful joke, but he was the only one laughing out loud.
"Joker, you perverted madman, where is Greda?" Harvey shouted. He was indeed a super novice when it came to asking questions.
"Oh, thank you for the compliment." The clown bowed and replied, "Although I forgot to mention it just now, this is the best part of this session. In order to let our contestants fully experience the surprise of opening the box, before you Before you succeed, you won't know who is at the end of the route you are on - is this the result you want? If you spoil the result in advance, you will be struck by lightning."
"Now, let's start our competition!" He shouted with great momentum. "Do you want your prize? Then take action!"
The clown licked his lips and gave a final smile, and the TV screen went black.
"So we just have to do what he says, follow his rules?" Harvey asked. "Is this what you guys usually do?"
Batman didn't answer. He lowered his head and seemed to be fiddling with something.
"Okay, okay. So where do we go - it's a shame I don't have a decent coin with me to decide this." He looked like he wanted to liven things up - but the fluctuation in his voice betrayed his nervousness.
Obviously, being at the mercy of such a madman is not very pleasant.
"You go to the left." Batman replied. He raised his head and looked at the passages on both sides, seeming to weigh something.
"But--"
"I just used the bat detector to scan the specific structure of this building." Batman interrupted Harvey and said, "The length of the passage on the left is only one-fifth of the length of the right, and it is almost the room that leads directly to the end - so What the Joker said is true – but that doesn’t mean there’s no risk at all.”
"The structure shows that the road on the right has more than one fork - to be precise, there are many. That is what he calls a branch." Batman added, "That was what the Joker left for me. He has already hinted it to me - And I’ll finish him off.”
"The characteristic of the clown box is that as long as you don't open it, nothing will happen. So don't touch the hostages until I get rid of the clown."
Just like the scare box will only pop out and scare you when you try to open it.
An important rule of play, the Joker may be fond of wordplay, but at this point, the Joker rarely lies.
So the left side should be safe - but that's also a relative term, because safety in the clown's sense may not be consistent with normal people.
Even if it is safe in the physical sense, spiritual safety is another matter.
The conversation two months ago seemed to come back to Batman's mind.
"I believe in Harvey Dent," he said at the time, both to others and to himself.
"This is the Bat Walkie-Talkie. If you arrive, contact me." Batman threw out a black bat-shaped communication device, turned and walked towards the passage on the right.
"Really - is it that simple?" Harvey shouted. "What if you save the wrong person - what if you fail?"
"That's impossible," he replied, "because I'm Batman."
Harvey watched the dark figure wearing a heavy cloak disappear into the passage on the right and took a deep breath.
He took out the gold coin that never left his side - the two-faced Gotham Lady engraved from an inert metal alloy had remained intact and resistant to corrosion by even ordinary acid, just as he had never succumbed to his career as a prosecutor who had never succumbed to the mob. Same.
Using his left hand gently, the coin was thrown into the air.
If it's heads, I'll get success.He said it silently, just as he had done countless times before in court.
The gold coin fell steadily on the back of his hand, head side.
Harvey took a step forward.