"Why do you ask me why Joker died?"
Heisenberg smiled and answered with a question. Then, before Rorschach could ask again, he softly answered himself.
"Of course, because Joker's existence stood in the way of Pharaoh King's plan!"
At that, Heisenberg fell silent for a moment, giving Rorschach some time to think.
After thinking it over, Rorschach sighed.
"I understand. Pharaoh King first offered Doctor Manhattan a plan.
Then he offered Joker a plan that Doctor Manhattan could never accept.
But in truth, Pharaoh King himself had at least one more... a real plan that even Joker could never accept!"
As he spoke, Rorschach pursed his lips.
"This whole mess has blinded me. Otherwise, I should have thought of something like this long ago.
Tell me about Pharaoh King's next plan. I have a vague guess in my heart, but I want to hear you say it."
"No problem. I'll satisfy you!"
Heisenberg nodded and picked up where Rorschach left off.
"You're a smart man, Rorschach. Your judgment is correct.
After offering different plans to Manhattan and Joker, the only reason Joker would still die was that he continued to stand in Pharaoh King's way.
Setting aside those two different plans, what Pharaoh King truly wanted was not to destroy the entire Soviet Union.
He only wanted to destroy the Soviet Union's most prosperous city, Moscow.
At the same time, he wanted to destroy the United States' most prosperous cities, New York and Los Angeles.
And Europe's Paris.
Asia's Hong Kong.
See? No one knew how much a butcher like Joker loved his country.
He could never accept a plan that would leave countless Americans dead and wounded.
Pharaoh King wanted to completely destroy nearly all the economic and entertainment centers on Earth in the 1980s!"
"Why!!!!!!"
At that instant,