Chapter 41
The anesthetic gas took effect, and the members of the Clown Gang fell to the ground with a clatter. The students in the golden film looked at the fallen members of the Clown Gang, and the fear in their hearts dissipated for the most part.
Someone poked the golden film out of curiosity, but the golden film suddenly shrank and dissipated before he touched it.
Messiah instantly withdrew the power covering the entire school, not wanting anyone to touch the golden film.
He couldn't be sure whether these people would be harmed by his power like the kitten skeleton that was crushed into dust.
...After all, this is a power that can only destroy, not save.
Jason looked up at the dots of light formed by the golden film, and subconsciously reached out to touch the dots of light that were falling like golden rain.
"Don't touch it." Messiah grabbed Jason's wrist, "...it will hurt you."
"Hurt me?"
Jason repeated in confusion, but Messiah didn't answer his question, subconsciously hiding his thoughts from Jason.
He…didn't want Jason to know this, about his "destruction".
Messiah had never been so cowardly. Some emotion he couldn't describe changed him.
Jason looked at Messiah's hesitation, raised his hand and ruffled Messiah's hair, raised his voice slightly, and began to praise him: "Messiah, you protected them and saved everyone here. You did a great job!"
Messiah's fluffy white hair fell down, and he whispered, "I didn't save them... I just separated them from the bullets."
"That's salvation." Jason answered without hesitation, "You let them survive. That's what you saved them."
The Messiah did not understand.
Is letting them survive salvation?
When Superman ruled the world in the previous world, he initially saved everyone, but they all lost their smiles. So, was this truly salvation...?
Messiah hesitated and said, "Letting them live is saving them?"
Jason nodded. "Of course."
He smiled at Messiah, reached out and pinched Messiah's cheek, squeezing the white and tender flesh into long, flat strips. "So you did a good job. Don't doubt yourself, Messiah."
Jason had long noticed Messiah's hidden depression. He didn't know where it came from, so he could only try his best to find ways to comfort Messiah.
But Jason didn't realize that he and Messiah were thinking in completely different directions.
After receiving Jason's affirmation, Messiah nodded thoughtfully.
I see.
Messiah looked at the students who survived the disaster in the school, some of whom were laughing and some of whom were crying, and felt that he should do something.
His eyes lightly swept over the members of the Joker Gang, and his gaze finally stopped at the broadcasting room.
In the broadcast room, Batman was putting handcuffs and restraints on the unconscious Joker.
clown.
Messiah's expression turned cold. He stared at the Joker's hideous face expressionlessly, and the memory of the day when Metropolis was destroyed emerged.
The sinful, the filthy, the polluted will be destroyed.
The Joker is the most evil and worst criminal Messiah has ever seen, from the metropolis of the last world to the school that was almost destroyed in this world.
sinner……!
I'm going to kill him, Messiah thought.
The murderous intent was unprecedentedly strong, but when his eyes fell on Jason beside him, the murderous intent in Messiah's heart was mostly extinguished.
He promised Jason not to kill anyone.
If Messiah asks Jason whether he wants to kill the Joker, the answer will be 100% yes, and Jason will even go with him to kill the Joker.
But after Messiah promised Jason not to kill, he has been obsessed with keeping his promise. He never thought of asking Jason's opinion or asking Jason why he didn't let him kill.
Then let's spare the Joker's life and make him a good person.
When Messiah thought about working on the clown's brain, he felt an incomparable disgust. Allowing such a sinful person to become a good person was simply a tarnish to the word good person.
But he couldn't think of any other solution for the time being.
"Just wait for me, Jason." Messiah patted Jason's shoulder with a straight face. If you ignore the way he stood on tiptoe, he still looked very mature and steady. "I'll be back soon."
Messiah stepped on his toes and appeared in the broadcasting room the next second, facing Batman who was about to leave with the Joker.
Batman looked at Messiah's expressionless face, noticed Messiah's cold gaze towards the Joker, and instantly realized Messiah's intention.
The Messiah is here to kill the Joker, or perhaps brainwash him.
"No, you can't do that."
In order to stop Messiah from taking action without prior warning, Batman spoke quickly and hurriedly the next second he saw Messiah.
Batman's prediction was correct.
Messiah paused, and the power that was halfway outward also stopped.
"Why?" Messiah didn't understand. "The clown is a sinner."
Why did Batman stop him? The same thing happened in the previous world. When Superman was about to kill the Joker, he also stopped Superman.
But the clown's sins are too numerous to list.
Did Batman think he was going to break his promise to Jason?
Messiah suddenly realized and said, "Batman, don't worry, I won't kill him."
"I just made him a good guy."
Batman has a headache.
Although it has been basically confirmed that Messiah was most likely affected by what he heard through his super hearing, if he knew that someone really led Messiah astray, he would definitely beat that guy up.
Batman thought deadpanly.
"Brainwashing won't work either." Batman suppressed the urge to sigh, "Messiah, we have no right to control others."
If Batman approved of brainwashing, he would have already performed lobotomies on the "mentally ill" in Arkham - after all, it's a treatment for mental illness.
But destroying others' will is also a form of "killing".
Batman looked at Messiah's confused look and couldn't say anything harsh to him.
He dropped the clown in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and then took off the tactical gloves on his hands that had touched the clown. He walked to Messiah and squatted down, keeping his height the same as Messiah.
Messiah looked at the Batman who was close to him. He could see Bruce Wayne's face underneath the bat mask without any obstruction. The memory of Bruce Wayne proposing to adopt him came back to Messiah, and he almost turned around and ran away.
But curiosity and disgust for clowns overcame shame, and Messiah stood stiffly in place, relying on willpower to get through it.
What an awe-inspiring will of steel!
Batman looked Messiah in the eye, raised his hand to shut down the voice change in his throat, and revealed his natural voice: "Messiah, I don't mean to force you to do anything."
"I don't have the right to force you." Batman said gently, "You are the hero here today. You saved everyone."
Batman did not mention the anesthetic gas he had placed in the ventilation system, nor did he mention Robin, who he had sent to defuse the bomb. He just looked at the Messiah gently, his eyes as gentle as if he was looking at his child.
The white film on the bat mask faded away at some point, revealing the steel-blue eyes of Bruce Wayne.
Messiah looked into Batman's blue eyes, and his gaze began to wander again, looking left and right but refusing to look at Batman: "Then why did you stop me?"
The smooth progress of this dialogue was entirely due to the Messiah's iron will.
"Because you are my child, I don't want you to go down the wrong path, or a path that you will regret in the future."
In the Justice League, there are also superheroes who kill people, and even his friend Wonder Woman will kill the enemy at certain moments.
There is only one reason why Batman stopped the Messiah, and that is because the Messiah was a child, and his child.
The Messiah was his responsibility.
Batman raised his hand and touched Messiah's cheek: "Messiah, do you understand the weight of life? Do you know what you will bear after taking the life of others? Do you know what will happen to those who have been brainwashed by you?"
Messiah was thinking about Batman's question in confusion. When he heard Batman's question, he subconsciously searched Gotham for traces of the black-clad men whom he had turned into good guys.
Since the kidnapping attempt by the black-clad men was unsuccessful, and since they had been brainwashed by the Messiah and turned into "good guys," if they were imprisoned in Blackgate Prison or Arkham, they would definitely be devoured without a trace left. After discussing with the GCPD, Batman decided to give up on arresting them.
The Messiah saw it.
A large man in black, A, was smiling and showing concern for a drug addict who was having a relapse. Even when the addict held a knife to his throat, he just smiled and handed over some money: "Here are some of these. I hope this helps you."
The big man in black, B, was imprisoned in a narrow basement. Even though he was beaten, he still gently persuaded them to abandon evil and do good.
The big man in black, C, is dead, and his organs are scattered all over Gotham, each with a new owner.
Only one day had passed and one of those men in black had already died.
The Messiah didn't think anything of it, he just felt that they deserved it.
But when he raised his eyes, finally meeting Batman's gaze, he saw his reflection in those steel-blue eyes, as gentle as the ocean.
Batman's eyes reflected his dazed look.
I was confused. Messiah finally realized.
Messiah asked his puzzlement: "...life is fragile and can be destroyed at any time, so why does it have weight?"
Batman's answer surprised Messiah. He did not directly tell Messiah the weight of life, but said: "You need to feel it yourself."
“Only after you experience it yourself can you realize the weight of life.”
Such familiar words. Messiah thought, he...Superman had said the same thing to him.
Batman looked at the Messiah's face. He knew that only when the Messiah himself realized the weight and preciousness of life could he understand the weight of killing and brainwashing others.
Everything seemed to be back in the old days, and Batman reached out to the Messiah.
"I am willing and hope to be the one who can help you grow up." Batman's voice was soft and gentle. "Will you be my child, Messiah?"
"I will take you to understand this world, so that after you understand everything, you can make a choice that your future self will not regret."
Messiah looked at Batman's palm, many thoughts flashing through his mind, the faces of Superman and the Supreme Leader appearing alternately.
The diamond that fell into the deep sea was deeply engraved in Messiah's mind.
"……good."
Messiah nodded slowly and took Batman's hand.
Batman laughed.
The two hands, one big and one small, overlapped as if making an eternal promise.
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