Chapter 790: Deadly Joke (Seventeen)

Harvey Dent has been working in the Gotham Courthouse, mainly providing legal consulting services.

Before, his situation was not very good, because the gangsters often asked for advice on non-serious issues, and most people asked him to come there to get out of crime. However, since the logistics industry developed, he has been much better off.

It’s too much to expect gangsters to understand the law. However, if you want to transport goods, you will inevitably have to contact other cities. If you want to sign a contract, you need to understand the legal provisions of various places. Now, lawyers and finance are the most popular in Gotham. Two professions, and Harvey is no exception.

He now mainly provides legal advisory services to the Falcone family, and Godfather Falcone does not care about his unwillingness to exonerate gang members, as long as he can provide the most professional services to the Falcone family's logistics industry. of legal aid, which Falcone was more than happy to spend.

When he received the call from Gordon, he was still working overtime. When he heard that something was wrong with Bruce, he quickly put down what he was doing and even asked for tomorrow's leave and came to where Gordon was.

Harvey and Bruce have always been in contact. The two of them actually have a lot in common, especially in terms of law. The principles of the Light Knight and the Dark Knight are actually similar, and their moral standards are also on the same level. The two of them often chat in Wayne Manor. The conversation lasted a whole afternoon.

Harvey was very adaptable to chatting with Bruce and answering various questions. Therefore, seeing this situation, he did not show surprise. Instead, he sat next to him in a familiar manner, patted his shoulder and said:

"I know that you want to understand the people's sentiments and know how Gotham people live, so you came here and experienced it for more than a month, and then you found that this is much more difficult than you thought."

"Everyone here has his own good points and his own bad points. Poor people must be hateful, and hateful people must be pitiful. Those who condone criminals are not necessarily evil, and those who attack criminals are not necessarily righteous. , should we discuss traces first or heart first...you can’t figure out these questions.”

"You find that the world is much more complicated than you imagined, and all the methods you have thought of before cannot solve these problems."

"So you feel that you used to be childish and ridiculous, and you wasted too much time. The incomprehension and resentment you once had seemed meaningless, and next, you don't know what to do...·

Harvey put his arms around Bruce and found that his body was cold, as if there was no warmth at all. He said, "Tell me, do you feel like this, Bruce?"

"I just suddenly realized the truth of the world." Bruce replied, his tone was always very calm, even a little dull, which was also a manifestation of his stupor.

"You know what? I've been through a lot in this month. I'm not depressed about the bad things. It's just that I find that every time I feel like life is getting better, there are some things that are less deadly. But bad things will still happen that will bring me to the bottom.

"These bad things are not my fault, but they are not under my control. I am always in a passive situation and can't control anything."

“I avoided a lot of traps and thought I didn’t make any wrong choices, but everything spiraled down irresistibly.”

"But what's even more frightening is that I found that I had done well enough and I didn't fall into many traps, such as really treating those drugs as medicine, squandering it after having a fixed income, falling into the abyss of gambling and carrying gambling debts. , borrowed loans at high interest rates but could not repay them, and got injured in head-on conflicts with gangsters..."

"I haven't done any of this. I've perfectly avoided these phenomena, but that's just because I've received a good education and have more knowledge than ordinary people. People living here can really escape this. Another trap?"

“I have the house that Selena left me, the dozens of dollars that she didn’t take away, my muscles and strong appearance, and the fat and calories accumulated in my previous life, but what do ordinary people have? "

"Forget about money, houses and muscles, they may be born with drug addiction, born with gambling debts, born with money owed to gangs."

"Just when I thought I'd hit rock bottom, I imagined more horrific possibilities, and then I realized..."

Bruce paused, gave a very stiff smile, and then said: "In fact, it only takes one bad day for ordinary people to completely lose everything."

"No, it doesn't even take a whole day. It may be because the weather is bad and you can't go out to work, it may be due to road construction during commuting, or you may have diarrhea after eating bad food. It only takes a few minutes or a few hours, and everything will be over. It’s all irreversible.”

"Harvey...Harvey..." Bruce called his friend's name in a daze, and said, "Don't you think this is all very scary?"

"In just a few minutes, your life will inevitably slide into the abyss, and you can only watch helplessly, but you can't do anything. This is the daily life of everyone here..."

Harvey closed his eyes, took a deep breath and said: "Are you feeling scared? Bruce, I feel that you are scared, but you are not from here, you do not belong here, and you will not be afraid of these little things." …”

"That's why I feel fear." Bruce said stiffly: "What can I do to appear in everyone's few minutes, so that they don't slide down, but only miss one, in this world?" There will be one more crazy criminal.”

Harvey lowered his head and looked at the reflection on his leather shoes. He said, "I told you a long time ago that this road does not have to reach the end to be meaningful."

"How far you have gone and how fast you have gone will not change because of when you gave up." Harvey pursed his lips and said: "If you feel that you have done too little before, then go more Do a little, but don’t feel afraid that you can’t finish it, and don’t feel pain about it…”

Harvey patted Bruce's arm and said, "I have been as painful as you, because at that time, I discovered that the law cannot actually allow everyone to get a fair trial. It is not omnipotent."

"No person, no system, no social existence in this world is perfect. If you have seen the length of this road with your naked eyes, the decision you have to make is whether to go or give up, not to Go as far as you can.”

Harvey looked at Bruce, who had been silent. At this time, a car suddenly appeared at the end of the street. Harvey squinted his eyes and realized that he seemed to have seen this car in the garage of Wayne Manor.

And when the high beams were turned off, Harvey saw Alfred's face in the driver's seat.

Gordon, who was standing aside, winked at Harvey and said, "We still have work to do, so we'll leave first. Your butler is here to pick you up. Go back with him."

"Have a good sleep and everything will pass."

After Gordon finished speaking, it started to rain again in Gotham. The drizzle of rain fell on Bruce's head. He began to shiver again, but it wasn't from the cold. He couldn't feel the cold anymore.

He felt hot, very excited, and a joyful emotion that he had never felt before stirred in his chest.

When the shadow of the umbrella held by Alfred covered the top of his head, he calmed down slightly. Alfred looked at his state and the wounds on his face, and said nothing. He was silent for a moment, Then he said: "Master, let's go back, Aisha and Dick are waiting for you."

At this moment, Bruce looked at Alfred as if he had grasped a life-saving straw and asked: "Is there really no perfect system in this world?"

Alfred stood there, with a stream of rainwater between him and Bruce. The surface of the stream reflected their faces. One side was very old, but full of energy, and the other side was very young, but extremely haggard.

"Yes, sir, there is no perfect system in this world." Alfred replied. Bruce didn't hear any hesitation in this answer. This was not an answer after thinking, more like an answer that everyone thought about. common sense.

Alfred turned his head and looked at the end of the alley, where the neon lights shone on the puddles, making the small puddles more colorful than the sea. He said:

"There is no perfect system in this world because there are no perfect people in this world, and people will change."

Alfred lowered his eyes, looked at Bruce and said: "But also, many imperfect people want to create a perfect system. They feel that they have succeeded, and those who follow later feel that they do not need to work hard anymore. , as long as they operate according to this rule, everything will go as they wish, so..."

Alfred shook his head and did not continue, but Bruce said: "Do you want me to go back? Alfred?"

Bruce thought he would get a positive answer immediately, but unexpectedly, Alfred paused and said:

"Master, I hope to leave here with your soul, not just a body. If you want to stay here to find answers, then take this umbrella and don't catch a cold again."

Alfred handed the umbrella to Bruce. Bruce looked up at him and did not reach out to take it immediately. He looked at it for a while and then said: "Don't you want to say something to me?"

"What do you want to hear?"

"Don't you have some solutions for me?" Bruce asked. He didn't speak too directly, but Alfred still understood. He said, "Have you not read books about Marxism for a long time?" Already?"

"If you really believed in it and wanted to take this path, you wouldn't be looking for answers here now." Alfred shook his head and said: "Marxists are not missionaries, and no one will walk on this path. I’ll hand you a book on the street and let you know what it’s about.”

Although Alfred's tone was very respectful, his words were very straightforward. He said: "You are looking for a shortcut from me, but in fact this is not a shortcut. Understanding a certain doctrine does not mean that you can get the answer to all problems." Answer, get rid of all pain and move forward."

"This kind of behavior runs counter to Marxism and is more like theology. There are no shortcuts and no single answer here."

"On the contrary, in the process of understanding, learning, and deconstructing this doctrine, there will be more similar pain." Alfred added: "It's like writing a paper."

In the end, Alfred left, and Bruce sat on the roadside with his umbrella. After his excitement weakened, he no longer wanted to laugh so much.

However, that absurd and funny feeling still surrounded him, and he didn't know when he would laugh out loud.

After Alfred returned to Wayne Manor, he didn't rest immediately. He picked up the phone and called an unfamiliar number.

"Hello? Hello, is this Miss Maggie? I am Alfred, the housekeeper of Wayne Manor. Miss Selina once left your phone number..."

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"Yes, I hope you can help me contact Miss Selina. I don't have her contact information now..."

"Bruce is in a very bad state. He may suffer from some kind of traumatic stress disorder. We can't stop his excited behavior now, but Miss Selina may be able to..."

"Yes, I know that they have had some conflicts, but I think it is necessary to tell her in case something happens and they both feel regretful."

"Okay, I'll wait for your news, thank you."

Maggie in the apartment hung up the phone and sighed.

She knew that Bruce's trip to the slums would not go smoothly, but she didn't expect that the consequences would be so serious.

Bruce Wayne's mental problems affected more than just him. Although Maggie had never been educated, she was able to live in the slums despite being so weak. She was quite wise in dealing with the world.

She did stand up for her good sister and felt that Bruce had been ignoring Selina for a long time, but she also knew that if she really didn't tell Selina about this, Selina might resent her if something went wrong in the future. After all, she could see that they were still indecisive and had feelings for each other.

In the end, Maggie still called Selina, and just as she expected, Selina, who had already sneaked into the crew and got a role, rushed back to Gotham as if her butt was on fire after hearing the news.

After Alfred and Hal drove the Batfighter to pick her up, Selina found Bruce as soon as possible.

Then she slapped him.