Night in Gotham seems to be the same forever, and there is no shortage of customers in downtown mansions, high-end restaurants and nightclubs, who spend a lot of money in exchange for physical or mental pleasure. Such as eating a dinner that would cost the poor half of their life savings, or playing with young men of prostitution.
In the alleys not far from these buildings, screams and gunshots can be heard from time to time. In the darkness, crime always rules.
Any crime can be seen in Gotham, no matter the crime itself or how bizarre the perpetrator is, it can be seen in Gotham, which is a living museum of recent criminal history.
Chaos and order are intertwined, and the black and white of the world recedes into gray areas.
Night in Gotham never changes, at least not for the better.
Having worked here for three decades, James Gordon understands that profoundly.
He started as a petty homicide detective, worked his way up to Chief, and today's chief, struggling to be a man.
Not only is there some discrimination against men in the world of work, but everyone knows that he is an upright person, and there are few real innocent people in the city, and everyone is more or less involved in the dark things.
The mayor is a regular at the Penguin Iceberg restaurant, the senator is selling Arkham's drugs to the Scarecrow, the Chancellor is Two-Face's old boss, and Black Mask is tied to the Gotham Institute, where he blattly uses a chemical plant to manufacture drugs in the city.
In a city like this, he sometimes thinks it's a miracle that he's still chief of police and not killed.
But reason always reminds him that it is not so, that it is not a miracle, but because behind him, there is always a shadow in the darkness.
That shadow comes and goes in the darkness, hating and hating.
Where the law is out of reach, or where the police are out of reach, she takes over. People have tried to kill Gordon in the past, but there's always a woman in a bat uniform to put them off.
Fear.
Yes, anyone who has darkness in their heart is afraid of that bat in the darkness, who is thoughtful, agile, and everywhere, and never relents.
When Batgirl first appeared during Gordon's time as captain, he initially rejected the masked vigilante.
Just because you say you're a good person, I can't let you walk around the city with your face covered, hitting people at random, and I have to see if what you're doing is actually making things safer, rather than making the city more chaotic.
At that time, Gotham was far from what it is now. The gang family led by the Mafia boss Falcone was all over the city, and even half of the police department were black cops.
Drugs, smuggling, arms, slaves, they do what they make money, the officials weave them into a protective umbrella.
Gordon tries to catch the gangsters, but there is always resistance, when Batgirl comes to his aid, she uses violence to obtain evidence, bring down the officials who colluded with the gang, so Gordon can use the law to punish them.
And in the end, when Gordon and Falcone finally do battle, Batgirl destroys Falcone's confidence, crushing the mobster for good, and letting the sun shine on Gotham.
Since then, Gordon's attitude toward Batgirl has been to turn a blind eye.
Her actions are good for Gotham and good for its people, as far as dressing up like a bat.... Probably a personal hobby?
Remembering those days, Gordon inevitably cracks a smile.....
"Captain Gordon, what do the police say about last night's bank robbery when they heard that a strange woman in a bat costume took him down?" Reporters frantically surrounded the gate of the police station, where Gordon, who was also captain, was escorting the prisoner from the police van.
"Ridiculous! Absolutely ridiculous! There's never been any weirdos in bat tights in Gotham." Gordon was right.
"But we have the video. We have the evidence." Reporters do not give up, have said that they have real hammer.
"Fakes, fakes, and on behalf of the Gotham City Police Department, I am deeply concerned and strongly condemn them!" "Gordon immediately said solemnly.
But after the prisoners are locked up, he'll go to the broom closet on the roof and secretly call Batgirl to complain about how you blew it this time and whether you can avoid the cameras next time.
...
Batgirl was a bit easier to talk about in those days and kept her behavior to herself.
But as time went by, the story of a Batwoman in Gotham got out, which attracted her friends. Unfortunately, these masked people were all bad guys and crazy people, which also made the public security situation in Gotham deteriorate rapidly.
After that, in Gotham, the next time someone calls the police, it's not about a bank robbery or a burglary at home, but about something big that wants to drag the whole city to hell.
Like a lunatic hiding a nuclear warhead downtown who wants to go head-to-head with Batgirl, or someone who has taken hostages in hundreds of buildings and wants to play a guessing game with Batgirl.
Batgirl solves these problems in the end, but inevitably, there are her opponents in the city, who believe that bats are bringing villains from all over the world to Gotham.
The Bat, however, has no intention of explaining it, and continues to do so in even more brutal ways.
Gordon, who was also commissioner at the time, immediately ordered the bat lights to be placed on the roof of the police station and no longer covered up. Every time the bat light comes on, it means he has something to discuss with Batgirl. There is a new lunatic in town, and Batgirl needs to deal with it.
Yes, from that point on, the police are no longer able to deal with the re-emergence of the criminal, must rely on Batwoman, the police's role is to wait for Gordon's order, Batwoman left behind the criminal, at that time, the criminal is often unconscious or disabled state.
Fortunately, Gotham was dangerous back then, but at least people weren't what they are today. At least back then, people still had good hopes.
That is, until Batgirl's biggest rival arrived.
No one knows where she came from, she has long green hair, pale face, face is always an exaggerated smile, also likes to use a knife to carve this smile on other people's faces.
She did a few big things, telling people how crazy she was and how crazy was a good thing.
Don't worry about dying anymore. Don't worry about hunger or poverty. Just be happy and laugh every day!
She planted the seeds of madness deep in the hearts of Gothamians and waited patiently, with a chuckle, for them to germinate. Now and then she would do something to encourage them, just for the fun of it.
She's entangled with Batgirl, caught and escaped from prison so many times, it's as if the city has become their stage, and she just wants all the attention of the bats to be on her.
Until six months ago, when Jestolders came up with a new game and invited Gordon to play as a prop, the kidnapping went awry and Gordon's daughter, Barbara, was hit by a bullet in the lumbar spine, becoming a paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life.
In the end, the jester was caught by the bat again. Gordon wanted to kill her to avenge his daughter, but Batwoman blocked the gun and told him not to be fooled by the jester, not to be dominated by madness, and not to lose his principles.
Gordon finally puts down the gun and chooses to follow the law, which has no law against mental illness, only incarceration in Arkham for treatment...
But who can cure a jester? The doctor who once treated her was influenced by her, and became Harley Quinn, the ugly woman of today, who not only helped the jester escape from prison, but also created the monster Alias together.
After that, Arkham stopped giving jesters doctors.
The jester seemed tired this time, too. She remained in Arkham for a long time.
But if the jester had been caught, the Harlequin would have been as calm as if she had lost her soul. So neither Batgirl nor Gordon cares too much about not catching Harlee last time, which is better, because if they're both locked up in Arkham at the same time, something will happen.
About a half month before Eugene arrives...
Gordon, as usual, awoke from his nightmare, shook his head, fumbled for his glasses, and found himself not tied by jesters to an amusement park roller coaster and facing no madness, but in his own bed at home.
Cold sweat soaked the sheets, there was a whirring sound from the Windows that were not closed tightly, and the curtains were blown high.
The electronic alarm clock at his bedside told him that it was only four in the morning, that he had not been in bed for two hours, and that all he could dream about was Barbara lying in a pool of blood and the jester laughing.
Gordon's first wife divorced him and said goodbye to Gotham and their daughter, never to be heard from again. His second wife, a police officer, was killed by jesters in the line of duty while trying to save the babies.
In addition to the jester, they also often appear in Gordon's nightmares, and now only the daughter who is dependent on each other, is also disabled by the jester.
Gordon has more reason to be mad than anyone else, but he doesn't. He still stands for justice and the law.
He took the gun from under his pillow. He first closed the Windows that he had left open. Then he checked every room carefully to prevent bad people from getting in. Finally he went outside Barbara's door.
He pushed the door open gently and, relieved by the moonlight, saw his daughter asleep in bed. He stuck the pistol at his back and went into the kitchen to get some water.
There wasn't much in the fridge, and while Barbara was healthy, Gordon was too busy to go shopping at the supermarket.
After a long search, he found only half a carton of milk, which should not have expired yet and will moisten his throat a little.
Just as he was drinking the milk and closing the refrigerator door, suddenly a person appeared behind the refrigerator door, which scared him almost threw the bottle out.
"Next time you go to bed, you'd better close the window."
"Poof.... Damn! Batgirl can't you make some noise? It scares me to death to keep popping up like this!" Gordon squirted milk out of her mouth, while Batgirl dodged nimblily, not getting a drop on her cape.
"Because... I'm Batgirl!" The caller replied deadpan, his voice clearly altered by the umerator.
"I know who you are, who you really are, I just don't say it!" Gordon fumed for a rag to clear the floor: "It's four in the morning and all the crazy people are locked up, can't you just let me get some sleep? Don't you have anything else to do at night?"
Batgirl ignored all this. Everyone knew that Brieswein was a rich, no-good girl. Everyone in the city thought that she was having a hard time and partying every night, but it was all just a pretend act she had hired.
She gets right down to business: "I have to leave Gotham for a few days. If I stay, I'm a danger to everyone."
"Oh? What madman is this time? I'll call the bureau." Gordon exhaled, dropped the rag in his hand and went to find his phone.
"I don't know. I'm still looking for clues."
Batgirl shakes her head and hides in the darkness, her bat cloak allowing her to blend completely into the shadows, but Gordon, who knows her well, can guess what she looks like now.
"So how do you know it's dangerous? Gordon wondered.
"I've been told, and in some ways he's very believable." Batgirl seems to be reaching for something in her pocket, but doesn't show it to Gordon. "You and Barbara come with me now, too, or the lunatics will use you to force me out."
Gordon is silent. After a moment, he shakes his head. "No, I'm the chief of police of Gotham, and I'm not leaving. Whoever wants to mess with Gotham will do so over my dead body."
'Are you sure? I don't know exactly, but from what I've heard so far, it's definitely a far greater danger." "Maybe you can take the last month off and we can take Barbara around the world to find doctors," Bliss urged.
"No, I'm not leaving. You take Barbara and I'll stay here." Gordon insists that once Batwoman is gone, if he leaves again, Gotham will be finished, perhaps overnight, his 30 years of hard work will be wasted: "Even if they kill me, you must not come back."
"I'm not leaving. My father could stay, and I, as a woman, have no need to run away."
The original is Barbara, since the jester hit a disability, although the life is carefree, but the pain in the waist also makes her often difficult to fall asleep, coupled with the spirit is always nervous, there is a wind and grass will wake up, this time she heard the conversation between two people in the kitchen, then sitting in a wheelchair out of the room.
"Barbara, you can think about it. Maybe....." "Bliss opened up to her.
"No, the jester didn't kill me, and no one else will. I'll stay here, with my father. I think the station's communications room will be safer, and I can use my computer skills."
Barbara rejects the offer, saying she wants to stay with Gotham as well.
Bliss hesitates, but seeing how determined they are, even she wants to stay. But the Mystery man had told her that if she stayed in Gotham, not only the city, but the entire planet would be in danger, and she had to leave.
With a roll of her cloak, she left Gordon's house and met Alfred where he was waiting for her.
Gordon hugged Barbara and cried for a moment. Then he strengthened his confidence and said solemnly into the darkness:
"We're not leaving, Batwoman. Do what you have to do. I.... Wait, she left again? Why can't she hear me out every time? !"
Gordon was helpless. Batgirl appeared and then disappeared, as she had done hundreds of times before. He never heard a goodbye.
"Because that's what Batgirl is. Can you walk me to my room, Dad?" Barbara covers her mouth and yawns.