“You know a lot… don't you?” Clipper looked at Feng Bujue with a meaningful expression, “Mr. Joker.”

Brother Jue tilted his head, shrugged, and replied, "Don't waste time, Doctor, start it up..." He gave a look towards the circular console a dozen meters away, "...let's see... the true 'faith' buried deep in Gotham."

"Hey! Brother Jue!" Just then, Xiao Tan's shout came from behind.

Everyone turned to look and saw Xiao Tan and Xiao Ling running towards them.

"Hoh, better late than never." Feng Bujue muttered, "Are you guys alright?"

"Ugh… it's a long story…" Xiao Ling sighed, glancing at Xiao Tan, "Anyway, the Two-Face impersonation was pretty successful."

"To avoid being tracked, we parked the hijacked airship further away and walked over, so we were a bit later than the agreed time," Xiao Tan added.

Since this cave would block electronic signals, they couldn't contact their teammates here with the communicator during that time, so Xiao Tan briefly explained the situation.

"May I begin?" Clipper had already been busy at the console for a while, successfully turning on the device's power.

"Please do, Doctor." Feng Bujue said, immediately turning back to Joey behind him, "Joey, the following content is very important, you must remember it word for word."

"Ah? Oh…" Joey didn't understand what the other party meant, but he responded anyway.

Before the words were finished, Dr. Clipper pressed a button on the console, and at the same second, a video appeared on the main computer screen in front of everyone.

In the picture, an image of a head appeared. It was a handsome middle-aged man, his brows filled with a kind of vicissitudes and fearlessness.

"Whoever you are, wherever you are in any era, I just want you to know…" he said in a low, magnetic voice, "...I intend to permanently seal this cave." He paused, "But since you see this video, I think… you have successfully found my home." His deep gaze trembled slightly, "Forgive me for having to make such a long speech before I can officially start talking about what I want to say…"

At this point, the man took a few steps back, and then his upper body was fully presented in the lens—he was wearing the Batsuit.

"Bruce Wayne!" Joey and Maya exclaimed almost simultaneously.

"Shhh—" Feng Bujue whispered quickly, "Keep listening."

Bruce Wayne on the screen now picked up his cape and stared at it for two seconds, then spoke again, "The oppressed and the desperate must be protected, I have done my best…" As he spoke, he put on the cape, "...whoever inherits this cape, I hope he can continue to work hard for this. Avoid unnecessary revenge, endless violence, and the so-called legendary vanity… Fight for the truth." His tone revealed a firmness and a hint of seeing death as a return, "I… am about to face the final battle, this may be my last words. He's coming… I can hear his footsteps." As he spoke, he put on the Bat-mask, "I know… the Joker is right outside the door!"

Bruce Wayne's statement ended here, and after saying this, he shook open his cape, turned and left the lens, and the recording ended.

Except for Dr. Clipper and Feng Bujue (both of whom had seen this video, one in real life and the other in the comic), the remaining five people present showed rather complex expressions.

"What happened after that…?" Joey was the first to ask, "Did Batman die?"

"Yes." Clipper said, "He and the Joker died together." He raised his hand and pointed to the side, "See that life-size wax figure of the Joker? That's a specimen I made with the real Joker's body."

Hearing this, everyone turned to look. In the direction the doctor pointed, there was indeed a Joker wax figure. The specimen looked very realistic, and from the NPCs' perspective, it looked almost exactly like Brother Jue (the Joker).

"I made him into a striding forward, leaning over and holding a gun pose, pretty interesting, right?" Clipper laughed.

"What about Bruce Wayne?" Joey continued to ask, "Did you make him into a specimen too?" As he spoke, he cast his gaze on the four or five Batman specimens next to him.

"Hehe… unfortunately, I couldn't keep his body." Clipper said, "Bruce Wayne's death was much worse than this Joker's. According to my analysis of the scene… it wasn't a fair fight at all, because Mr. Wayne didn't seem to intend to kill the Joker, but the Joker tried everything to kill him."

"Batman doesn't kill." Feng Bujue interjected, "This is one of the principles set by Bruce Wayne. If you can't abide by this, then you can't be called the true successor of the cape." Brother Jue's words seemed to be explaining to everyone, but in fact, he was speaking to Joey.

"Then… what happened later?" Joey asked Clipper again.

"War." Clipper replied, "Chaos." He lit another cigarette and continued, "Several Robins… I mean the real Robins, and some other heroes, stood up. They fought with those super villains, resulting in the destruction of most of Gotham…" He shook his head, "This war lasted for many years, until a person stood up, he was a direct descendant of Bruce Wayne, that is, the current the_Bruce…"

The doctor exhaled a puff of smoke: "Phew—do you think he's a tyrant? Well, he is indeed a tyrant, but he did what the 'heroes' couldn't do. He won the war…" Clipper coughed twice, "He killed all the super villains in the city at that time, as well as their descendants…" He paused, "Except for you, Mr. Collins, hehe… I think my master wanted to leave himself a challenger or something… who knows?"

"What are you talking about!" Joey had been an orphan since he was a child, and this was the first time he had heard about his origins, and he was shocked.

"He's telling the truth, you are a descendant of the Joker." Feng Bujue said from the side, "Isn't it ironic? When the descendant of the Bat becomes an authoritarian ruler, the freedom fighter who comes out to oppose him is actually the descendant of the Joker."

"I… am a descendant of the Joker…" Joey's heart was filled with mixed feelings, and he muttered to himself.

Maya raised her hand and gently stroked his shoulder, wanting to calm him down, this was all she could do.

"But after all… the era of tyrants should pass." Clipper continued, "The laws of history are in front of us… when contradictions accumulate to a certain extent, a revolution is needed." He sneered, "At this stage, I think… overthrowing that old tyrant would be a good start."

"You also want to overthrow the_Bruce's rule?" Joey calmed down a little and asked immediately.

"Hehehe… that's obvious." Clipper laughed, "In fact, I had already made preparations. If it weren't for your appearance, I think… I would have spent another year preparing and tried again at next year's ceremony." He smiled, "But, now that things have come to this, then I'll advance the plan."

After saying this, Clipper stubbed out his cigarette, then lunged at the console and quickly performed a series of operations.

With the operation of his hands, the various equipment in the Batcave that had been hidden or sealed were restored to power one by one. In the rumbling sound of the motors, the lights in the entire cave suddenly lit up.

"This is…" Joey widened his eyes and looked forward. In a corner twenty meters away, there was a whole row of transparent storage compartments, displaying various equipment worn by Batman in various periods, "Bat gear?"

"It's the equipment used by the real 'Batman'." Clipper corrected, "These should all be designed by Bruce Wayne…" He paused for two seconds, "Even from today's perspective, it's not outdated. Of course… it's still quite difficult to compete with the battle armor on the_Bruce."

"Pick a set and put it on, Joey." Feng Bujue said at this time.

"What? Me?" Joey looked back at Brother Jue, "What do you mean… I'm the descendant of the Jo…"

"It doesn't matter." Feng Bujue interrupted, "You've already heard Bruce's recording, anyone… as long as they are willing to take on his beliefs, can inherit his cape." He looked solemn and said, "Joey Collins, now you know who you are, what you should do, and… who will help you." He glanced at Maya, "You don't need to hesitate anymore… shoulder the mission and do what you should do."