Gordon threatened him.
"Don't be so sure. Perhaps the spike bomb under your ex-wife's chair will blow her to pieces first. She's much more dangerous than I am."
Joker rested a hand on Mrs. Gordon's shoulder, looking unconcerned.
"Your goal, from beginning to end, was Batman, wasn't it?"
Gordon looked at his ex-wife, then asked him.
Although his heart was filled with anger at this moment, he still suppressed his emotions.
"This question is a bit complex. As for Batman, he is a king, he is supreme, he stands above all others, you could say. I even wrote a book about it."
Joker's eyes turned bloodshot from being engorged.
He turned around to face Gordon.
"If his cape disappeared from this city, that would truly be unthinkable! But I have a plan, you'll like it, a very heartfelt, very gentle plan."
Joker said as he walked towards Gordon.
"My dear Commissioner Gordon, will you cooperate with me? Together, we will bring Batman's cape back, and re-crown him king!"
Gotham, Gotham City Hall rooftop.
The rooftop was a mess, with construction debris scattered everywhere.
The rooftop looked as if it had been bombed.
The entire eastern part of the rooftop had completely collapsed, with rebar and concrete exposed, and stones occasionally falling to the floor below.
Eric and Clark were on the precarious western section.
Clark lay on the ground, gasping for air, his face stained with blood.
After this battle, he had completely lost the strength to move.
At this moment, he couldn't even move a finger.
Although he had once been able to match Eric in strength and speed after his outburst, he was severely lacking compared to Eric in terms of ruthlessness.
Eric, meanwhile, stood still, looking down at him coldly.
There was not much fatigue on his face; compared to Clark's disheveled state, he still seemed at ease after such an intense battle.
Eric's voice was cold and filled with killing intent.
"Clark, your way of resisting me, trying to resist this rule, why? You're not the kind of person who always wants this world to remain in chaos! Look at what those people have done: disorder, destruction, chaos, revelry, indulgence—this is the outcome those politicians chose. And I can end all of it, in my way, so that everyone no longer suffers and is tormented. Why oppose change? Why not try to accept all of this? And why stand against me?"
Clark now had no strength left to get up from the ground.
He merely stared at Eric with unyielding eyes.
"No one on this Earth lives for themselves, no one dies for themselves, and neither do I. Clark, compared to your timid greatness, I prefer despicable insignificance!"
Eric continued to speak to him.
"You won't always get your way, Eric!"
Clark continued to contend with Eric verbally.
He still stubbornly refused to yield to Eric.
"In that case, then die!"
The next second, Clark took a heavy punch to the head, as if hit by a train, and was sent flying straight off the roof of the Gotham building.
The air exploded and roared!
The entire space seemed to be torn open by Eric's punch.
Turbulent air currents constantly swept outwards, and the dirt on the ground trembled and shook.
Boom!
Clark's entire body crashed into a nearby metal frame, breaking the dozens-of-meters-high metal frame supporting high-voltage lines in half.
The snapped wires emitted dazzling sparks.
The metal support, filled with dust, was instantly destroyed as if struck by a tidal wave.
Various metal parts clattered down, and the entire space seemed to have experienced a massive earthquake.
Everything began to tremble uneasily.
Eric walked to the metal frame that had completely buried Clark, and said expressionlessly:
"I once lost my father, in that instant. It was a painful, unforgettable memory. Get up, Clark! Look at everything you've experienced; you're like me, you've lost far more than I have, whether now or in the future? You choose to forget everything, that represents betrayal! If you can't experience pain, you can never integrate into darkness, you believe in the inherent goodness of humanity, trusting others again and again, then being betrayed, constantly repeating the cycle of tragedy—how foolish!"
Rumble!
Eric punched through the bricks and stones burying Clark, pulling the dying Clark out of the rubble.
Grabbing him by the neck, he said in a mocking tone, "You are nothing but a coward! I can completely destroy you in an instant, both mentally and physically."
Clark did not speak, but instead used all his strength, unleashing his only power, extending his arm towards Eric's body, and striking out with a bang.
Bang!
Eric blocked Clark's utterly harmless punch with one arm, then extended a leg and kicked Clark diagonally outwards.
"This level of counterattack won't do anything to me, Clark!"
Walking towards Clark, who was half-kneeling on the ground and gasping for breath, Eric declared his victory.
"This world doesn't need to be saved by you. The living know they will die, and the dead know nothing; their names are unremembered. Their love, their jealousy, their hate, have long since vanished. They have no part in anything done under the sun."
Eric looked at Clark coldly, "These fallen people deserve to be saved only by me, in my way, whether you agree or not. Now, answer me: either join me, or Death. There is no third option."
"Impossible!"
Bang!
With another punch, Clark was sent crashing into Gotham City Hall by Clark's fist.
The air exploded with a sharp sound, accompanied by spatial tremors.
Rumble!
Clark's body slammed into the building, instantly causing a huge sound.
Eric activated his flight ability and followed the struck Clark into the building.
He was tired of this endless battle with Clark; it was time to end it completely.
But the moment Eric's body entered Gotham City Hall, he felt a burst of energy explode instantly.
Boom!
A massive surge of energy erupted within Gotham City Hall, sweeping through like a raging torrent.
Flames and explosions immediately engulfed the entire building!
Eric's brows immediately furrowed.
Who had prepared so much explosives in the building?!
And within these explosives, there seemed to be a special presence that made him uncomfortable!
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