Chapter 60· Chapter 60
"……Messiah."
Bruce called out to Messiah, who paused but did not respond to Bruce.
After losing Jason, Wayne Manor became dead silent and dull, and Messiah and Bruce were both immersed in grief and self-blame.
Even though Bruce and Messiah lived in the same house, they had hardly ever met each other. They tacitly and consciously avoided each other.
They didn't know how to face each other.
Bruce looked at Messiah's receding back and sighed deeply.
"Alfred, I'm not a good father." Bruce said dejectedly as he sat in front of the Batcomputer. "I sent a bunch of kids to the battlefield and didn't protect them."
"I caused Jason to lose his life... and I caused Messiah to bear grief and responsibility that he should never have to bear."
Alfred sighed and said, "Master Bruce, you don't have to be too hard on yourself."
Bruce just looked at the surveillance screen on the Batcomputer without saying anything.
The surveillance footage showed the streets of Gotham at night. A small white figure was sitting on a gargoyle, hugging his knees and gazing at the tall buildings below.
Bruce whispered, "This is Jason's favorite gargoyle."
Messiah…definitely misses Jason.
Bruce covered his eyes dejectedly, not knowing that his idea was completely wrong.
Messiah… He wasn't thinking about Jason, he was just thinking about a question.
Thinking - why is Gotham so quiet tonight, so peaceful.
Gotham is extremely quiet tonight. After Robin's death, Batman began to go crazy. His beatings became more and more severe during his night patrols. The intensive care unit was full of criminals who were beaten to death by Batman.
What is even more terrifying than Batman who beats people half to death is the Messiah who rips out the Joker's heart alive in front of the live news broadcast around the world.
Everyone in Gotham knows that the Messiah, though rarely active in Gotham, is also a bat. Rumor has it that the deceased Robin was the Messiah's brother, and no one knows whether the Messiah will go on a killing spree after killing the Joker.
Therefore, in order to avoid death at the hands of the Messiah or being beaten half to death by the crazy Batman, the criminals in Gotham lay dormant, and Gotham ushered in a long-lost peace.
"What makes Gotham so quiet?" Messiah murmured to himself. "Mourning for Robin's death? No, they're not that noble, or they wouldn't be criminals."
"Is it because the weather is getting colder? No, winter is actually the season when riots are more likely to occur in Gotham."
Messiah suddenly stopped and heard the frightened conversation of the gangsters. They were saying that Batman and Messiah were getting more and more crazy, and that they should stay out of the spotlight and not go out to rob.
I see.
Messiah thought, he got it.
"Yes..." Messiah's golden eyes flashed with a cold light. He slowly stood up and looked down at Gotham from a high vantage point. "It is fear and death. They are what make Gotham quiet and peaceful."
"There were no cries for help, no screams, and everyone lived peacefully, no longer facing any danger."
Messiah said in an eerily calm tone, "I like this kind of quietness."
But Gotham was quiet, but the Earth was not, and he could still hear the suffering and chaos around the world.
Messiah listened to the voices of the whole world and whispered, "...if only this silence could last longer. If only the whole world could be this quiet."
An idea that had appeared in Messiah's mind since the day Jason died arose again, burning more and more vigorously.
This is still a world destined to be destroyed, and only he has enough power to change the world and prevent it from being destroyed.
The collapse of the previous world began with the destruction of Metropolis. The scene on the day of Jason's death was so similar to the scene when Metropolis was destroyed. What if the collapse of this world also began with Jason's death?
Messiah knew that the death of one person could not compare to the destruction of a city, but his emotions led him to make irrational judgments.
Love brings sorrow, love brings fear - after being tainted by emotions, the Messiah is no longer the calm bystander who can detach himself from the world and watch quietly.
"I want to do something for this world that is heading towards destruction." Messiah murmured, "I have enough power."
"What to do?"
Messiah raised his palm and looked at it expressionlessly. A ball of golden energy appeared and dissipated, and his eyes were terrifyingly cold.
The quiet and peaceful Gotham tonight gave Messiah inspiration.
But Bruce's tired face appeared in Messiah's mind. Messiah knew that Bruce would never agree with his idea and would most likely rebel against him just like Batman rebelled against Superman and the regime in the previous world.
Messiah didn't want to lose Bruce after losing Jason.
The golden light in his palm went out, and Messiah told himself to be patient.
"Patience...Patience." Messiah closed his eyes, his face strangely calm with a sense of holiness. "I must be patient."
Don't try to take over the world, don't lose Bruce.
But the Messiah knew that this thought would never fade away as long as he could hear the cries of suffering throughout the world.
The moment of reaching the breaking point may be the next second, or it may be tomorrow.
But it will come.
Timothy Drake looked at the empty desk next to him and couldn't help sighing.
After Jason died in a car accident, Messiah had been on leave from school. His classmates expressed their sympathy for Jason's accidental death, but compared to Jason's death, they were more discussing another more explosive news.
Robin is dead, and the Messiah who has always been a superhero has killed someone, and the person he killed was the Joker!
Only Tim, who had long ago deduced the identities of Batman and Robin, knew the truth: the dead Jason was Robin, and the Messiah who had been on leave from school was the superhero "Messiah".
He didn't know why everyone ignored the fact that Messiah and the superhero "Messiah" had the same name, but he also had some guesses about it. It was very likely that Messiah used some ability to make everyone ignore this similarity and avoid revealing his true identity.
"That won't do..."
Tim thought of the increasingly violent Batman in the news and the Messiah who hadn't appeared since killing the Joker. Things couldn't go on like this: "I have to do something."
His intuition told him that if he allowed Batman and Messiah to continue, Gotham would lose these two superheroes.
Tim's expression became firm, he touched the camera hidden in his school bag and made up his mind.
However, the teacher who rushed in brought some unfortunate news, which shocked Tim and made him realize that it was too late.
"That's all for today's classes. Students without parents to pick them up can go to the auditorium first. The school will arrange transportation to leave Gotham."
The teacher tried to maintain a calm expression as much as possible and said quickly and urgently, "Arkham is rioting, Messiah has gone crazy."
"The Mayor of Gotham City, in conjunction with the GCPD, advises Gotham citizens who are able to temporarily leave Gotham City for refuge and await assistance from the Justice League before returning."
The classroom suddenly became noisy, with the creaking sounds of tables and chairs, exclamations and uneasy conversations erupting at the same time.
what happened?
Tim picked up his schoolbag and ran out with the crowd in the classroom. The teacher's nervous and anxious attitude affected them. Everyone moved extremely quickly, and only Tim had time to think calmly.
Is the Messiah crazy? What happened to drive the Messiah crazy? How crazy is the Messiah that the mayor of Gotham and the GCPD simultaneously advise the citizens to leave Gotham and seek refuge, and that Gotham needs the Justice League's help?
After running out of the teaching building, exclamations and screams instantly boiled over.
Tim paused and looked up at the sky. A golden film covered the sky of Gotham, turning the sky, which was usually dark all year round, into gold.
The GCPD helicopter circled in the sky, but could not fly out of the golden film.
"The Messiah... blocked Gotham?" Tim looked up at the sky, incredulous. "How could it be..."
Everyone knows that the most common way for the Messiah to use his power is to cover objects with a golden film, and then he can do anything to the covered objects, just like the Creator.
But everyone thought that the Messiah's ability had a limited coverage range, and could only cover a building or an airplane at most.
But now... a golden film covers the entire Gotham, which means that the Messiah can do anything to Gotham at any time, and it is possible that he will go crazy and destroy the entire Gotham.
No wonder the Gotham government and GCPD notified the citizens of Gotham to leave Gotham for refuge...
Tim almost suffocated. Messiah was not only his favorite superhero, but also his deskmate and friend. He couldn't accept this.
"What happened?"
Batman wondered too.
"Messiah, please stop. You can't keep making the same mistake again."
The wound on Batman's arm was still bleeding, but he didn't pay attention to it. The pain in his heart far outweighed the pain of the wound.
He looked at Messiah, who had an uncertain expression on his face, and tried to awaken Messiah's sanity. His voice was almost pleading: "Messiah, you promised me and Jason."
The Messiah just looked back at Batman calmly: "You're right, I can't keep making the same mistake again, Bruce."
"Because of my mistake, you were hurt by these sinners."
Messiah glanced coldly at the Arkham criminals lying on the ground. It was they who organized the prison escape today and injured Bruce who came to stop the riot.
"If I had changed earlier and stopped enduring, you wouldn't have been hurt." Messiah's tone was terrifyingly cold. "I am ending my mistakes now."
After Jason's death, Messiah's protectiveness and control over his remaining family reached a peak.
——If he hadn't changed and given Jason personal space out of respect for his privacy, Jason wouldn't have died.
Messiah had been listening to the sounds around Bruce and Alfred, and even Nightwing, who was on the spaceship that had traveled to outer space and was returning to Earth, was within his attention.
After Bruce is injured by Arkham's criminals, even if it's just a minor flesh wound, Messiah can no longer tolerate it.
He had to do something to protect Bruce, protect Gotham, and protect the world.
"And I didn't kill them. They are all still alive and have even become good people."
Messiah said calmly, "You shouldn't have stopped me, Bruce."
"I'm protecting everyone."
【Author’s words】
Our Xiao Mi has conquered the world like this [狗头]
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