Chapter 59
Bruce was silent for a long time, his gaze lingering on Jason's bloody face and closed eyes.
"...It's the Joker." He finally spoke in a hoarse voice.
"clown……?"
Messiah asked again in disbelief, but with a sense of realization: "Clown, it turns out to be a clown."
The moment Messiah learned that the murderer of Jason was the Joker, he had never hated himself so much.
Why did you let the clown go before?
Why not kill the Joker?
Why let your guard down?
Why... He had several chances to kill the Joker, but he let him go again and again, allowing the Joker the chance to hurt and kill Jason.
"This is my fault." Messiah hugged Jason tightly and muttered to himself, "The Joker is my fault. I should have killed him a long time ago."
“…NO.”
Under Messiah's incredulous gaze, Bruce slowly uttered his refusal.
"Why?!" Messiah looked at Bruce in disappointment. Incomprehensible emotions erupted in his heart, almost making him no longer like himself. He questioned Bruce fiercely, "The Joker killed Jason!"
He didn't understand, Messiah didn't understand, why Bruce wouldn't allow him to kill the Joker after the Joker killed Jason.
Bruce slowly took off the bat mask, revealing a pale and tired face. A father who had lost his child was looking at his child who had lost his brother. His steel-blue eyes were like a turbulent sea hidden beneath the surface.
"No, you can't kill the Joker." Bruce said calmly, "The one who will kill the Joker is me."
A father chooses to avenge his child, but also chooses not to have blood on his child's hands.
Messiah was stunned, staring blankly at Bruce, who had always adhered to the principle of not killing: "Dad..."
Bruce is going to kill the Joker, and he's going to kill him for Jason.
Messiah still remembered the reason why Jason and Bruce quarreled, which was about killing or not killing.
He stared at Bruce for a moment, then looked down at Jason in his arms and whispered, "If Jason knew, he would definitely..."
You will definitely be very happy.
Messiah gently rubbed Jason's cheek. Jason's bloody face was charred black, and it was almost impossible to tell what he looked like before, but Messiah didn't care.
"Go to sleep." Messiah kissed Jason's forehead, just like the goodnight kiss they had given countless times before going to bed. "Go to sleep."
Messiah slowly lowered his head, resting his forehead against Jason's. He closed his eyes devoutly and almost whispered:
"Goodnight, Jason."
Messiah said his final goodbyes to Jason.
They also said goodbye to the beautiful future they had once imagined.
Messiah took Jason and Bruce back to Wayne Manor, and planned to kill the Joker directly after settling Jason.
“…Oh my god.”
Alfred's water cup shattered, his eyes fixed on Jason, who lay lifeless in Messiah's arms. He covered his mouth in disbelief, "Master Jason... no..."
He couldn't say anything else.
Messiah entrusted Jason to Alfred, his movements as gentle as if he were handling a feather: "Alfred, Bruce and I will go kill the Joker, Jason is in your hands."
He stretched out his fingers and touched Jason's cheek one last time, then turned and left without hesitation.
The moment he turned around, the sadness in Messiah's expression was replaced by a determined murderous intent.
Messiah searched the world for the Joker and finally found him in the United Nations conference hall. He took Bruce and flew into the sky with an expressionless face.
This moment is just like that moment.
Messiah didn't realize that the situation between him and Bruce at this moment was so similar to the situation when he and Superman went to kill the Joker after the destruction of Metropolis.
It’s just that the current Messiah has replaced the former Superman, and Bruce has become the former Messiah.
In the hall of the United Nations, no one knew how the Joker managed to rush to the United Nations after doing all this and stand on the rooftop laughing as if nothing had happened.
The Joker, dressed in Iranian clothing, laughed heartily at the Messiah and Batman who fell from the sky, his bright red lips curled up ferociously: "HAHAHAHA, little bat, little bird, did you receive my gift?"
Messiah's clenched fists almost drew blood marks. He looked at the clown coldly, bursting out with extreme murderous intent.
The same goes for Batman.
The Joker shrugged and waved his ID at Messiah and Batman in a nasty way.
Messiah saw the words on the certificate clearly and could hardly control his murderous intent anymore. Golden light instantly burst out from his hands.
It turned out to be a diplomatic ambassador's certificate, and the Joker became Iran's diplomatic ambassador.
Diplomatic ambassadors enjoy criminal immunity, and killing them will cause international disputes.
How could Messiah, who was well-versed in the code, not know this? He finally understood the Joker's intention of staying at the UN headquarters.
"Joker." Messiah looked at the Joker expressionlessly, his golden eyes flashing with a cold metallic light. "Do you think... I will let you go because of this?"
"I don't care about the United Nations or the diplomatic ambassador."
Messiah said calmly, "I only know one thing, you killed my brother."
Almost as soon as the words fell from his mouth, golden light exploded in Messiah's hand and he rushed towards the clown.
Hatred made him forget the agreement with Batman. At this moment, the Messiah only wanted to kill the Joker to avenge Jason.
But a red and blue figure blocked the clown's way. In order not to hurt the red and blue figure, Messiah's golden light suddenly braked.
It's Superman.
After the Messiah suddenly left, Superman rushed back to Earth out of concern for the Messiah, and then... he received a call for help from the United Nations.
"You can't kill the Joker."
Superman's expression was extremely complicated, but in the end, it turned into determination. The red and blue figure floated in front of the Joker, protecting him behind him: "The Joker is a diplomatic ambassador. Killing him will cause an international dispute."
Messiah looked at Superman expressionlessly. He didn't expect that the person standing in front of him would be Superman.
Batman angrily walked towards Superman and punched Superman in the face: "How dare you! How dare you stand in front of the man who killed my child!"
Superman looked at Batman and the Messiah apologetically, accepting their anger and vague hatred, but the determination on his face did not change at all.
"I'm sorry, but in order to avoid disputes, you can't kill the clown."
Superman firmly protected the Joker.
...What a ridiculous scene.
What a familiar scene.
Messiah looked at Superman, and never before had he been so clearly aware of the difference between this world and the last.
Me, Batman, Superman, and the Joker.
Two worlds, same protagonist, similar scenes.
However, last time it was him and Superman who wanted to kill the Joker, and it was Batman who stopped them.
This time, it's him and Batman who are going to kill the Joker, and it's Superman who stops them.
“What a beautiful scene.”
The Joker stood behind Superman, his malicious gaze fixed on the Messiah, and he lamented hypocritically: "It's just that the poor little bird will never see this scene again~"
"Actually, Uncle Clown has a plan that hasn't been carried out yet." The clown grinned and laughed wildly, as if he had thought of something wonderful. "Christmas is coming soon, and Uncle Clown originally wanted to act like Santa Claus and make the little bird into a gift for the little bird."
"I've already prepared the gift box...it's such a shame I can't give it away."
The Joker's malicious provocation angered the Messiah, and he rushed towards the Joker regardless of Superman's restraint or Batman's outstretched hand.
Messiah's arm pierced through the clown's chest and pulled out his heart. The intact heart was still beating in his palm.
It all happened so fast that no one had time to stop the Messiah.
The clown stared at Messiah with his cloudy green eyes, and a few laughs were forced out of his mouth: "HAHA..."
Messiah looked at the Joker coldly and crushed the heart without hesitation. The exploding blood splattered on his cheeks and his white cloak.
The pure white cloak was no longer pure white. It was stained with Jason's dried blood and rain, and was also stained with mud on the ground and ash from the explosion.
Now, it is splashed with the even dirtier blood of the clown.
The media's live broadcast planes appeared over the United Nations at some point, broadcasting this scene to the world.
Reporting the fall of the hero who once saved them.
The clown's body fell to the ground with a thud. Messiah looked at the clown's body expressionlessly, then slowly raised his hand and wiped the blood off his face.
He killed the Joker and avenged Jason.
But the murderer was clearly dead, and the murderous intent and fire surrounding Messiah's heart showed no signs of being extinguished.
Messiah slowly took off his cloak in front of the whole world, and threw the once white cloak to the ground without a care.
The cloak that was taken off was blown away by the strong wind, as if it was swearing something.
The face of the Messiah was exposed to the camera, but was deliberately blurred by the power so that they could not recognize the appearance of the Messiah.
Superman and Batman stopped moving at the same time.
"Messiah, you..." Superman's expression became serious, "You shouldn't have killed him."
Messiah looked at Superman expressionlessly, his tone terrifyingly calm: "You are indeed not him."
Batman protected the Messiah behind him and confronted Superman who disagreed.
Even if Batman doesn't agree with Messiah killing the Joker - he should be the one to kill the Joker, and his child shouldn't be stained with blood. But it has happened, and he must protect his child.
The Joker's body lay quietly on the ground, but at this moment, a green gas suddenly emerged from the Joker's body, as if it could track, bypassing Batman who was blocking Messiah, and rushed straight to Messiah's face.
Batman's expression suddenly changed: "No!"
But soon, he breathed a sigh of relief.
The green gas was rolled into a ball by the golden light. Messiah lowered his eyes and looked at the green gas that emitted an aura that disgusted him so much, then crushed the ball with an expressionless face.
The Joker's remains were easily purified by the golden light.
In a helicopter, reporters are reporting on the conflict on the rooftop.
This scene was also being broadcast on news channels around the world.
"Despite Superman's intervention, Messiah still brutally murdered an innocent diplomatic ambassador."
Following the instructions of certain powerful figures, the reporter downplayed the fact that the ambassador was the Joker: "The Messiah's bloody and cruel actions force us to ponder the question: Do superheroes have the power to enforce the law?"
"The United Nations reserves the right to pursue legal action against Messiah and hopes this former hero will voluntarily surrender himself."
In front of the sofa in Wayne Manor, Messiah turned off the news on TV with an expressionless face.
It has been a week since Jason's death and his funeral has ended, but the aftermath of his killing the Joker is still spreading.
Many people had long been dissatisfied with the Messiah's behavior.
Unlike Superman, who does not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries and therefore never gets involved in wars, Messiah has rescued civilians harmed by artillery fire in war-torn areas more than once.
This outcry was caused by the Joker, but it was not just because of the Joker.
Bruce had gone on his routine night patrol, and Alfred failed to dissuade Messiah, so he had to leave Messiah alone in the living room.
Messiah sat on the sofa with an expressionless face. An idea that had been lingering in his mind popped up again, but was temporarily suppressed.
But the day will soon come when the Messiah will no longer be restrained.
The Messiah listens to the voices of the whole world, his face vaguely overlapping with that of the Supreme Leader.
The lights in the living room were not on late at night. In the darkness, only those bright golden eyes were shining.
【Author’s words】
I changed the cover, isn’t it beautiful?
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