Chapter 81 Because of love, dear, because of love (Ch 831412106)

“If I’m telling the truth.”
Lucian paused and said slowly:
“…I will use 100% of my ability to express my love for you…Can you bear it?”
“Will you dare to look? Or will you laugh at me, get angry? Or will you remain silent and turn your back?”
This is a passage from Qiu Miaojin’s “Montmartre Testament”.
Zoë experienced separation and betrayal from her lover Xu, and developed deep doubts and despair about love.
Bruce’s voice came out of Batman’s mouth and he said, “I love you, too.”
“What if I told you that I really had no memory of killing your parents? What if I told you that I didn’t mean to stalk you for more than a decade? What if I told you that I had to nuke Gotham.”
Lucian looked at him, his green eyes gloomy:
“…Will you believe me too?”
They stared at each other through pale goggles, and Lucien heard him say, “Yes.”
“If the truth is cruel, and you and I are powerless and see no hope, everything will develop in the worst direction, and the whole world will be deformed and broken… won’t you resent me for telling you the truth?”
“Everyone on the ship was asleep, and you were the one who discovered the leak… You were just waking me up so we could fix the leak together. How could I possibly resent you just because water had already flowed into the cabin and we couldn’t escape?” Batman paused and said with a smile:
“I should go and thank you.”
“Ha ha……”
Lucian couldn’t help laughing, his cheerful voice spread in the wind:
“…Bruce, Bruce, dear Wayne, my dear Batman…then let me explain this from the beginning.”
“The night is long and we have plenty of time!”
…
On the night of Batman’s birth, atop the Gotham clock tower, there were only Lucien and Bruce.
…
“That’s right. I was an inexperienced person at the beginning. My God, do you know how many times I was tricked by the clown because of this? The clown? Yes, clown, didn’t I tell you? This is your future enemy.”
“Laughing Maniac is such a classic. I dare say that if it weren’t for the world where Batman and the Joker teamed up, I can really foresee that his goal would succeed… He becomes Batman again, and damn it, I become the Joker.”
“Friend? Of course not. I told you that he is your nemesis. The Joker is your nemesis. Honey, don’t have too many illusions about him… But to be honest, the cooperation between the Joker and Batman is invincible.”
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“Their final means of dealing with this is nuclear fallout, which comes from five nuclear bombs from a presidential candidate. Don’t worry about why a presidential candidate would go and nuke Gotham… Anyway, this success story left a deep impression on me, and that’s why I want to nuke Gotham.”
“…That’s why I didn’t tell you.”
Lucian looked at the neon-lit Gotham below him: “Trams are a perennial problem, especially for you superheroes…”
“This is a universe where you have to pay a terrible price to gain an advantage… One person, five people, everyone in the car, you have to choose one…”
The young Batman is immature, kind, and has not yet understood the necessity of sacrifice. He will try his best to choose the best of both worlds.
This kind of indecision is the biggest taboo in the dark multiverse.
…
Batman followed his gaze, down into the shadows of the city, and said, “You think too weak of me… You could have just told me straight away.”
“Just like you were willing to tell -22’s Batman everything.”
Lucien was stunned and silent for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter: “Yes! Why didn’t I tell you, Bruce, why didn’t I tell you!”
He seemed to suddenly wake up: “Because… I love you! Bruce! Because I love you!”
“I pity you, I can’t bear to part with you, I have always treated you as you were when you were eight years old… I want to keep you under my wings, I want you to be a flower that grows in a greenhouse and amazes everyone.”
“And I forgot…” His voice softened again: “You are a blue rose that can bloom beautifully in the harshest environment.”
“Difficulties won’t crush you, neither will pain… Dear, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.” Lucien smiled, “…I’ve seen you grow up, but I don’t believe how strong you are.”
…
Under the bright moonlight tonight, Lucien told everything.
…
“There is the personality of the Flash in my body. He sensed the approach of danger not long ago. I thought it was the moment when you became Batman… but it doesn’t seem to be the case at the moment. I don’t know when that time will be, and I don’t know which will come first, returning to the positive universe or Barbatos.”
“We don’t have the tenth metal here, and we can’t defeat Barbatos head-on. Nuclear fallout is the only way I can think of…”
Bruce listened to him carefully, was silent for a moment, and then said, “We should study the parallel world. This is necessary both to determine the current situation of my universe and to seek help… In addition, you mentioned going back in time.”
“Perhaps we can use the Speed ​​Force or something similar to do a trial and error… After all, it was possible to backtrack at -22. It’s possible that the reason we couldn’t backtrack there was because of the Batman Who Laughs’s obstruction. So, we can make a simple attempt.”
“Besides, if you were unconscious when you killed my parents… then we have another problem to think about.”
Lucien turned his head to look at him and saw the cold and hard mask, but also the soft face.
“Did the Court of Owls deliberately deceive me, or…” He paused, as if he felt that the next words were a bit ambiguous, and turned his head to look at Lucian: “It’s still your problem…”
Lucien listened to him with a smile.
“And your connection with me, which you said is the bond between the Joker and Batman…Okay, I still believe you, which means that you are the Joker, but as you said.”
A smile appeared from the corners of his cold mouth: “The cooperation between the Joker and Batman… is always invincible.”
The wind was gentle, the moonlight was bright, and Lucian heard a smiling voice amid the loud sound of the clock behind him:
“Will you help me, Joker?”
“For Batman’s sake.”
…
Lucien didn’t know when he really fell in love with this kid, maybe it was now, maybe it was the ten years of following him day after day, maybe it was the first time they met in Crime Alley… or maybe it was because of the influence of the Joker that he was born to like Batman.
In short.
Their fists bumped.
In short.
The first rays of sunlight break through the horizon on the clock tower.
In short.
Lucien put on clown makeup himself.