Chapter 3293

When Gordon received the police report call, he just rubbed his forehead and didn't say anything. He looked at Batman standing in the corner of the room and said: "I told you, it's not that I don't want to explain to you, but I don't have time. If you're very free, then do me a favor."

Gordon put down the phone while looking at him and said: "Someone reported that Willy's daughter, the protester, was murdered, and the house is full of blood. Vicious cases are frequent, and we don't have more manpower. You go take a look."

Batman originally didn't want to move, but Nightwing walked in. He looked extremely exhausted, with wounds on his face, but still stood in front of the desk and said: "Lark Street has been resolved. A total of 17 people died, and 36 were rescued. The murderer was caught, but he only admitted to having a personal grudge with the factory manager."

Gordon had no expression, neither angry nor sad. Nightwing also felt something was wrong; he looked at Gordon with an inquiring expression.

Soon, Gordon stood up, then looked at Nightwing and said: "I will resign from the position of Commissioner. In the coming period, you must work hard, just like now."

"What?!" Nightwing looked at him in disbelief, "You want to resign?! How can you resign at this time?? Cat Getan needs you! Commissioner!!"

Batman also looked at Gordon. He also didn't expect Gordon would choose to resign at this time.

"Cat Getan does need me, but it doesn't necessarily need James Gordon as the Police Commissioner." Gordon lowered his head and said, "I cannot let a 15-year-old child bear such responsibility."

Batman and Nightwing didn't understand what he was talking about. Only Gordon himself knew that the identity of Willy's daughter could indeed arouse people's sympathy, but a little girl who hadn't even entered high school was really hard to trust.

Since he took action against Harvizer but let him live, the attacks from the Harvizer family would never stop. Rather than slinking away in defeat, it's better to leave himself.

He wanted to see where these upper-class people would find such a fair and reliable dog after he left.

Nightwing wanted to open his mouth to persuade him again, but Batgirl Barbara had already walked in. She looked up at Gordon silently, then took off her mask.

Nightwing was stunned; he knew how much effort Batgirl had put into hiding her identity. He least wanted his father to know what he was doing.

But Barbara spoke up and said: "I watched the news just now. That guy named Harvizer said you murdered him. He said he would make you apologize to him, otherwise he wouldn't let you go."

Nightwing was shocked speechless again. The situation was changing too fast; Gordon actually took action against Harvizer and almost killed him?!

Gordon's expression also had a moment of surprise when he saw Barbara's face, but he seemed to think of something quickly again. Some questioning words were stifled in his heart.

"I told you my true identity just to let you know that those criminals using me to threaten you will be the stupidest decision they ever make in their lives. The worries you are concerned about don't exist at all." Barbara said with an icy tone, "If they really dare to come, I will make them regret it for the rest of their lives."

Gordon's tense expression relaxed a bit. Barbara had likely checked the surveillance after watching the news and heard what Harvizer said, thinking her father took action because her safety was threatened.

"Yes, you are very excellent, I am proud of you." Gordon said from the bottom of his heart.

Barbara's expression also relaxed. The anger and reprimand she expected didn't arrive. But at the same time, she also felt strange. She knew her father very well; James Gordon could never allow her to do such dangerous things at any time.

Except for one situation, and that is that he himself was going to do something more dangerous.

Barbara's heart began to sink lower and lower.

The last time she heard Gordon say he wanted her to learn to protect herself was when Batman also disappeared because of the Joker's design, and he had to face this lunatic alone.

Gordon turned and walked out. Barbara grabbed him and said: "What are you going to do?"

"File a resignation report, then go home and sleep."

Such words didn't soothe Barbara at all. She still grabbed Gordon's arm tightly and wouldn't let go; she said: "You don't have to face them alone. We will all help you."

"Yes, so I'm just going home to rest, don't think too much."

Barbara watched his departing back, her heart pounding. She had just lifted her foot when she stumbled, and Nightwing supported her.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, I just have a bad premonition." Barbara turned to look at Batman and then said, "What are you going to do next, Batman?"

Batman originally didn't want to go to Willy's house; he still wanted to find out the truth of this matter. But looking at Barbara's eyes, he couldn't say words of refusal.

This stalemate didn't last long; Barbara and Nightwing were taken away by new cases. Batman drove to the entrance of Willy's house.

Even at noon, the sky was still very dim. The window where the glass was smashed was covered with curtains, and Batman couldn't see the situation inside.

He had to twist the doorknob, then found the door wasn't locked. He pushed the door open and saw Schiller standing in a pool of blood.

Schiller turned his head, nodded when he saw Batman. Batman frowned and asked: "Why are you here?"

"Then why are you here?"

"I came to investigate."

"Then so am I."

"I want to know what happened during this time." Batman said, "I think you can't say all of this has nothing to do with you."

"More than just having nothing to do with me." Schiller spread his hands and turned around in place, then said, "All the questions you are confused about now come from me. This is the reason I'm standing here. I'm planning to explain all of this to you. How about it, is it much more reasonable than the Joker?"

Batman frowned deeply.

Because he knew very well that if a plan is always unknown, it means there is still a risk of failure. But if a mastermind personally announces their plan, it almost means that they have inevitably won.

Schiller put one hand into his suit pocket. He began to pace in the center of the room and said: "Where should we start?... Let's talk about you and the Pale Knight first."

"There is some conflict between you, of course. After all, you were once mortal enemies; it would be strange if you could make up instantly. It's normal to have conflicts."

"But you also have a common goal, a very grand goal, which is to make this city completely better."

"For this grand goal, you can compromise with each other. Putting aside personal grievances and working hard for a common goal is quite commendable."

"There is only one small problem, which is, the route is wrong; the faster you run, the more outrageous the mistake."

"If I were an ordinary person in Cat Getan, I would only say you worked hard, don't work hard next time."

"You would want to ask, what exactly do I think you did wrong. But you might as well ask me, what exactly you did right."

"I'm not arrogant, so I won't use those very sharp words to describe your series of measures. Simply put, the better you do, the worse you are."

"This sounds contradictory, but that is the fact. Because all your actions to save this city are wiping the butts of the true evil people, helping them cover up their crimes, and oppressing the masses."

"You must feel very wronged; is fighting crime also wrong?"

"Of course not entirely. If crime in Cat Getan wasn't an investment, then it wouldn't be wrong. But unfortunately, you know very well that crime in Cat Getan is not a public security issue, but a means of oppression."

"Fighting crime is improving the level of public security, but crime in Cat Getan is not crime. It doesn't need to be solved by means of improving the level of public security. And you must use such a way to solve it, which is depriving the public of the right to know the truth, wanting to use the word 'public security' to cover up the true evil truth—exploitation."

"The Pale Knight is the same. Improving welfare is wanting to solve the poverty problem, but poverty in Cat Getan is not poverty. It is not the kind of poverty that can be solved by improving social welfare. And he must use such means to solve it, which makes people simply attribute poverty to social welfare not being high enough."

"Do you know what social welfare is? It's not the kindness of the rich toward the poor, but measures to strive to improve distribution fairness. But needing to improve distribution fairness through some measures means it was originally unfair. The measures didn't even truly improve it, but were just a means of cover-up. The more they cover up, the more unscrupulous those who caused the unfairness will become."

"This is the drawback of you and the Pale Knight's type of reformists. You are not saviors, but mounters. Not mounters of society, but mounters of the upper class you hate the most."

"They cut a wound on the poor, and you go to bandage this wound. Seeing the poor wailing in pain, you give them a large amount of painkillers. Then everything is calm, as peaceful as heaven. But what are those skeletons lying on the bed?"

"You bandaged the wound, stopped the wailing, but it was just letting people die slightly less painfully. But people shouldn't have died in the first place."

"These measures of yours, instead, made those injured people who truly wanted to resist lose their strength, because their companions were all intoxicated in the anesthesia of painkillers. They were also tripped by the bandages that were kindly wrapped around them, and in the end, nothing would change."

"You are curious about my plan, but everything on the other path I took has nothing to do with you. As for the part related to you, I didn't expect you to do anything. I just hope you stop and don't be accomplices anymore."

Batman's lips moved, but it didn't look like he wanted to refute. But just as he opened his mouth, his communicator rang.

The opposite side came with the Pale Knight's anxious voice: "Harley has fallen into a coma again! What is going on?! The doctor said the situation suddenly deteriorated..."

Batman looked at Schiller abruptly. Schiller stood in front of the window and said: "Stop, then go do something else."

"What did you do to Harley?"

Schiller just shook his head.

Batman stared at him silently for a while, and finally, he turned on the safety of the tranquilizer gun on his arm guard. Just as he intended to shoot, he heard Schiller say in a low voice:

"Do you want to see Jason Todd?"

(End of chapter)