"Wait! Wait a minute!" The Joker screamed in madness: "Do you know what you're doing?! You're going to blow us all up!!!"
"That's also part of my plan." Batman's icy voice continued: "Did you really think that I have forgiven you, this damned group of criminals? You should have asked the principal doctor at the insane asylum for more drugs ... Do you really think that Batman would forgive criminals?!"
The Joker was taken aback, but Batman continued, "Thank you, two criminal leaders for killing each other... The missile silos are warmed up, the launch safety is off, ready for ignition!"
The Joker turned to look out the window and saw a black spot flying at high speed towards Gotham Cathedral. Batman was not joking, he was serious!
The Joker frantically let Shiller down from the rope and then tried to drag him away from Gotham Cathedral.
But at that moment, gunshots came from behind the cathedral, followed by some Russian curses. The Joker didn't react in time, a group of strangers armed to the teeth rushed in through the back door of the cathedral shooting at the floor.
The Joker was sure that these people were not locals. The way they handled their weapons and their shooting methods were completely different from here. The Joker, who didn't have heavy weapons, couldn't cope, and could only hide behind cover, unable to stand up due to the suppressive fire.
The Joker, although possessing strong self-healing powers, was not invulnerable. Even if he was, the bullets from heavy weapons had a very obvious knock-back effect. Even if he braved the bullets and charged, he would not have been able to get through.
Under the cover of gunfire, several figures burst out from the corner of the back door, lifted Shiller who was still lying on the ground, and disappeared into the cathedral at a very fast pace.
The Joker shouted indignantly on the spot: "Batman!!!!!!!!"
In fact, Batman was simply exploiting the psychology of intelligent criminals like the Joker. From what he learned from Shiller on how to deal with natural born killers, a very important point was that these madmen always think they are the best, each and every one of them unparalleled egomaniacs.
Batman said that he was going to save the Joker. The Joker didn't believe it. But the reason he didn't believe it was that he felt that within the same span of time, Shiller's impact on Batman could not be greater than his impact on Batman. He didn't believe that Batman would totally forgo revenge because of Shiller, because he himself didn't do it.
So, when Batman revealed that this was all his plan and had not changed at all, the Joker not only believed him, but also felt relieved and felt a sense of accomplishment within his expectations.
Under these conditions, the Joker would immediately rush to save Shiller, because only if Shiller was alive would the Joker have a chance to mock him. At the same time, he would have a chance to expose the fact that Shiller had been tricked by Batman and satisfy his vanity of being stronger than a typical born killer.
In the cathedral, just as the Joker was about to run, he heard a "buzzing" sound in his ear. Originally, Batman was controlling the missile to turn back. After all, he could not really blow Shiller up to death — the Bat Missile also had the ability to turn directly. But since Shiller had been taken away, there was nothing more to say.
The next moment, the missile landed. A mushroom cloud rose up from the spot where Gotham Cathedral was located. The Joker, waving his arms, was blasted into the air.
However, Batman who was in front of the surveillance screen also frowned. The people who took Shiller away were not the ones he had sent.
At that moment, in the Tower of Thought located inside Schiller's palace, DC Shiller had just sat up from the bed. He rubbed his eyes sleepily and then said: "It hurts a bit, but thankfully, the fusion process went pretty smoothly..."
He got out of bed, but because he was somewhat weak, he could only lean on the head of the bed to catch his breath. At this time, the door was knocked. Superego pushed the door open and came in.
"How are you? The final stage of fusion — has it been completed yet?" Superego helped DC Shiller towards the door.
DC Shiller nodded and said: "Batman stimulated the Joker, Lucifer stimulated me, and after the soul activity of both of us rose, the fusion accelerated. In other words, the overall plan went smoothly."
"But honestly, the performances of Constantine, Batman, and Lucifer at the end were probably not within your plan, right?" Superego looked at DC Shiller.
DC Shiller pursed his lips and said: "So what? I accomplished my goal. Even if there were some small twists and turns in the middle, they're normal."
Superego smiled a little, but didn't continue to press DC Shiller. The two of them walked to the railing of the courtyard and DC Shiller began to speak.
"From the moment I wanted to complete the fusion, a plan gradually formed in my mind, but the key was that both the Joker and I had to be injured simultaneously."
"We were both from the same root and feared the same things. Originally, my plan was to rely on motion sickness to make both of us weak. But since Constantine provided a better opportunity, of course, I had to take advantage of it."
"Although I successfully fell into a weak state and was injured more than once, there was still a problem. That is, if we fused in this weak state, then the personality that eventually took shape would still be very weak and recover very slowly. Simply put, it's like the root has been damaged and cannot be healed."