Chapter 156
The security guard winked and grinned with a gossipy expression.
Young Asian patrons?
Batman immediately thought of Su Quan!
Su Quan funded Arkham Asylum and asked for shares in the Arkham Asylum. Harley Quizer was responsible for accompanying him, and then Harley Quizer became like the Joker and may have even joined forces with the Joker to attack Barbara Gordon.
Harley Quizer's body has disappeared.
Now the Joker has 'committed suicide' again.
Batman thought about it more and more and felt that this matter might be related to Su Quan. Although he couldn't figure out what Su Quan's purpose or motivation was, if the Joker's 'body' was also missing, Su Quan was most likely the prime suspect!
Gotham General Hospital, observation ward.
Barbara Gordon has been rescued and is out of danger and has regained consciousness.
The surgery went smoothly, but the result was not ideal.
Although the bullet hit her abdomen, it penetrated her spine, causing her to lose sensation in her lower body and become paralyzed in both legs.
For a young girl in the prime of her life, such a blow is unimaginable.
At first glance, paralysis may seem like just the loss of mobility, but there are many other inconveniences in life. Not to mention, the incontinence caused by loss of consciousness alone is enough to break many optimistic and cheerful people.
"You're awake."
A deep voice suddenly rang out in the ward. Barbara Gordon, who already knew the result, slowly raised her head and looked at the figure in the shadows of the room.
"Batman —it's the Joker! The Joker injured me and kidnapped my father."
"Why! Why didn't you kill him!"
Barbara Gordon shouted excitedly at Batman in the shadows, "The Joker killed a lot of people, he killed your sidekick Robin! You had a chance to kill him to avenge Robin, a chance to stop more tragedies from happening!"
"Why?"
Why not kill him?
"If you had killed him back then, I wouldn't be paralyzed, I wouldn't be a cripple, and my father wouldn't have been kidnapped by him."
"It's all your fault!"
"Batman, this is all your fault!!!"
Barbara Gordon's hysterical questioning left Batman speechless. From a causal perspective, she was right. If the Joker had died, she wouldn't have been paralyzed, and Commissioner Gordon wouldn't have been arrested.
But that's not right!
If he killed the Joker, then what difference is there between him and the Joker? They are both executioners who disregard life!
Once he starts killing, once he begins taking other people's lives, the thrill of controlling the life and death of others will constantly influence him, and from then on, he will never be able to turn back.
He who fights with dragons should look to it that he himself should become a dragon; and he who gazes long enough into an abyss should look back into it.
Moreover, he also knew that violence without limits and constraints could not bring true peace!
After a long silence, Batman watched as the hysterical Barbara Gordon gradually fell silent, covered her face and wept, and slowly said in a hoarse voice, "I will save your father, I promise!"
"But you won't kill the Joker."
Barbara Gordon spoke softly, but received no response.
Slowly raising his head, he saw that the figure in the dark corner had disappeared.
The next day, early morning.
Barbara Gordon, who doesn't remember when she fell asleep, slowly wakes up. She hasn't accepted the fact that she is paralyzed, but the strong-willed woman knows that what she needs to do now is not to wallow in self-pity, but to find a way to find her father.
Although Batman assured her that he would rescue her father, the Joker was the one who kidnapped him, and Barbara Gordon wouldn't place all her hopes on Batman.
Struggling to sit up, she reached for the bell not far away.
The bell, which she could normally reach with ease, now took almost all of her strength.
"Click!"
Just then, the door opened.
A white coat came into view, Barbara Gordon breathed a sigh of relief. Just as she was about to wave goodbye, a blue ponytail popped out.
Then she saw another pink ponytail, and that face she hadn't forgotten so quickly.
"It's you!"
"You, you're actually the doctor here?"
Barbara Gordon stared in surprise at Harley Quinn, who was wearing a white lab coat!
Harley Quinn chuckled and said, "I'm not a doctor here. Let me introduce myself. My name is Harley Quinn, and I'm the vice-director of Arkham Asylum. By the way, I just became vice-director about twenty minutes ago."
Harley Quinn glanced at her oversized gold watch with feigned interest and said to Barbara Gordon with a boastful tone, "Isn't this watch beautiful? My Dad gave it to me."
"Nausea!"
When her Dad was mentioned, Barbara Gordon immediately thought of that young man.
Harley Quinn wasn't angry; she just smiled and took a laptop out of her white coat.
This made Barbara Gordon's eyes light up instantly; this was exactly what she needed right now!
As long as she has a computer, she can find a way to locate her father.
"Could I borrow your computer?" Barbara Gordon asked hastily.
Harley Quinn generously handed over the computer. "Here you go, it's a gift I prepared for you."
Barbara Gordon didn't think much of it, struggled to sit up, and turned on her computer.
The computer booted up, and once the desktop appeared, Barbara Gordon was instantly stunned!
The computer desktop wallpaper was an image of her lying in a pool of blood after being shot, and—she was completely naked!
"Smack!"
Barbara Gordon closed her laptop and glared angrily at Harley Quinn, who was still grinning. "Where did you get these photos?"
"My photography skills are pretty good, right?"
"You—you were there too?! You, you're with the Joker?!" Barbara Gordon reacted, glaring at Harley Quinn through gritted teeth.
Harley Quinn shook her head and said, "Remember? I told you I'd break you, that I'd make you live the rest of your life in regret."
"Unfortunately, when I found your house, you had already been shot unconscious by the Joker."
"You know what? You should thank me. If I hadn't gone, it would have been the Joker who took these photos. And oh, I was the one who called the ambulance for you, and I even got killed by Batman once."
So, say thank you to me!
Barbara Gordon said coldly, "Why should I believe you!"
Harley Quinn said dismissively, "You don't have to believe me, and you don't have to thank me, but—everyone in Gotham will see your picture, see the picture of Commissioner Gordon's daughter!"
A threat, this is a blatant threat!
Barbara Gordon glared at her through gritted teeth. "What exactly do you want!"
Say thank you!
"Give me back the photos, or I'll call the police right now!"
Say thank you!
"You--"
Say thank you!
No matter what Barbara Gordon said, Harley Quinn only said one thing: thank you!
Barbara Gordon took a deep breath and gave in. "Okay, thank you, thank you!"
Harley Quinn didn't care about her gritted teeth at all, and said with a smile, "Since you've thanked me so sincerely, I can only say to the Gotham personnel that they won't have the chance to see the photos of Commissioner Gordon's daughter."
Barbara Gordon breathed a sigh of relief, but the worsening situation made her already fragile mood even heavier and more devastating.
"How can you completely destroy the photos?" Barbara Gordon asked in a deep voice.
Harley Quinn shook her head. "You can do whatever you want with the stuff on the computer, but the negatives on the camera, hehe—my Dad keeps them."
"Your Dad— " Barbara Gordon felt a wave of dizziness and almost fainted from anger.
P. S.: There aren't many live-action actresses who can portray Barbara Gordon. The most suitable ones are the Birds of Prey of Prey (also known as The Birds of Prey) and the movie Batman & Robin.
The series "Birds of Prey" is set in Earth-203, and there may be future installments, so the universe in question uses the image of Barbara Gordon from "Batman & Robin".
The actress is Alicia Sylvie, who was quite beautiful when she was young.
Her life was already dark enough: she was shot and paralyzed, and her father was missing and his fate unknown.
Why, why won't life let me go?
Making me disabled isn't enough, do you also want to socially kill me?!