Chapter 73

The Joker struggled to climb out of the truck cab, facing the Bat-pod, standing still, wanting Batman to break his no-kill rule and kill him!

"Come on! Hit me!"

"Just do it! Kill me!"

"Come on! Hit me!"

This madness, facing speeding wheels without changing his expression, was simply horrifying!

Seeing Batman rush toward him, he ultimately couldn't break his no-kill rule.

The Bat-pod swerved slightly and crashed to the ground, out of control.

The Joker hadn't moved an inch, standing in place, unscathed.

A henchman tried to remove his mask, only to be electrocuted by Batman's tech.

The Joker laughed maniacally and kicked the henchman several times!

"Hee-hah-hah, oh-ho-ho!"

Such unreasonable and illogical behavior deeply ingrained the Joker's image in people's hearts.

Just as the Joker intended to control Batman, a shotgun was pressed against his head.

James Gordon!

He hadn't died; he had been disguised by Harvey Dent's side the whole time! Just to capture the Joker with his own hands!

This twist drew applause in the theater, and the audience was incredibly excited!

However, there was no progress bar in the theater, and the remaining half of the runtime indicated that the story was definitely not that simple!

The following scene could be called an iconic moment for the entire film.

The Joker sat quietly in his cell, staring deeply ahead through the iron mesh.

His gaze seemed to pierce through the screen, making the audience feel slightly uneasy.

Because of the Joker's arrest, Gordon was promoted to the real Commissioner Gordon.

As the officers congratulated the new Commissioner, harsh clapping echoed from the cell.

The Joker, with a sarcastic smile, clapped for Gordon.

His arrogant image showed he didn't take anyone seriously.

Yet, there was nothing anyone could do to him.

Harvey Dent and Rachel were both missing!

It had to be the Joker's doing!

Commissioner Gordon's interrogation yielded nothing; in the darkness, the lights came on, and a black figure appeared behind the Joker. Batman!

Another scene between the protagonist and the antagonist.

But the audience vaguely felt that the Joker was always in control of the situation, just as Xu Can used his god-like acting to maintain absolute initiative!

The Batman opposite him, and the actor Christian Bale, could only barely keep up, unable to suppress him at all!

Christian Bale was an experienced actor who had appeared in many films and won various awards!

And Xu Can currently only had two works, two commercial action blockbusters, and hadn't won any awards.

But anyone with a keen eye could instantly feel that there was a gap even among talented actors!

"Seriously, if Xu Can doesn't win an Oscar for this, it's just not right."

This was the inner voice of many audience members.

The Joker didn't confess; instead, he poked at Bruce Wayne's weakness.

"I don't want to kill you. What would I do without you? Go back to ripping off mob dealers?"

"You complete me."

"You're just like me, a freak in their eyes! Maybe when Gotham doesn't need you, they'll lock you up too."

"When the chips are down, these civilized people will eat each other. I'll show you."

Batman couldn't hold back and began a violent interrogation.

Even when knocked to the ground, the Joker could still erupt into a chilling, maniacal laugh.

He gave two addresses; Harvey Dent and Rachel were both tied up next to bombs, and Batman could only choose one.

Time was running out! The Joker had him exactly where he wanted him!

Batman decisively chose to rush toward Rachel, but when he arrived, it was Harvey Dent!

He had been played by the Joker again!

The shockwave of the explosion mangled half of Harvey Dent's face,

and Rachel, the woman both men loved, was killed—she had "received her lunchbox."

When the entire police force mobilized for the rescue, the Joker had already made arrangements at the police station.

A bomb had been planted inside a suspect.

The Joker triggered the bomb, and the police station instantly turned into ruins!

When the Joker rose from the ruins, it was as if a demon had descended from hell to the human world!

Subsequently, the Joker hijacked a police car to escape; the madness of him popping his head out of the car was truly a world-class painting!

The entire audience erupted into low gasps once again!

Why could the villain be this cool too?!

Xu Can was the coolest Spider-Man in history when playing Spider-Man,

and the coolest hitman when playing John Wick!

Now, Xu Can had become the coolest villain!

Gordon had faked his death to arrest the Joker, thinking he was on the fifth floor,

but who would have thought the Joker had allowed himself to be captured on purpose, just to release the Liu character who held the key evidence!

This time, the Joker was standing in the stratosphere,

looking down on Batman, looking down on Gordon, looking down on all of Gotham!

The Joker publicly stated in a broadcast that the Wayne Enterprises lawyer had to die, as this lawyer was exposing Batman's true identity!

If the lawyer didn't die, he would blow up a hospital every hour!

Gotham immediately fell into chaos, with all hospitals busy evacuating patients.

The Joker took the opportunity to go to Harvey Dent's hospital room, dressed as a nurse; his comical appearance made people want to laugh, yet simultaneously sent shivers down their spines.

"Hi... Harvey, we don't actually have any grudges. I was in jail when you and Rachel were kidnapped."

"You planned it!"

"Do I look like a man with a plan? Mobsters, police, they all have plans. They're schemers. I... I am the agent of chaos. And chaos is fair."

Harvey Dent had lost Rachel and half his face; he now accepted the Joker's philosophy.

Rules and systems were useless!

Only chaos was fair! The only thing that could decide life and death was his fate!

The "White Knight" was off-line, and "Two-Face" had arrived!

After leaving the hospital, the Joker used a remote to blow up the entire building!

Some of the explosives hadn't gone off,

so he stopped and tapped the detonator in confusion.

Boom!

The sudden explosion startled him, and then the Joker laughed maniacally as he jumped into a car and left.

This performance by Xu Can once again made everyone feel what "natural" meant—there was no trace of acting.

Every detail, when magnified, was the Joker!

Besides the acting, the scene of the hospital explosion was equally realistic and quite shocking.

The "practical effects fanatic" stated that this was also a real shot!

The media and film critics were stunned; had they really blown up a hospital? They had to ask clearly in the Q&A session later!

After blowing up the hospital, the Joker's game escalated again!

This time, he hijacked two fully loaded cruise ships—one filled with ordinary passengers, the other filled with criminals!

The Joker had installed bombs on both ships and given the detonators to the people on the ships.

If they wanted to live, they had to blow up the other ship, otherwise, everyone would die!