What it's like to fall into the water especially with your hands and feet tied up.

Kevin can tell you that this is definitely not a pleasant experience. The moment he fell headfirst into the water with his whole body unable to move, and the moment the cold water splashed, he felt that his The head seemed to be mounted on a thin layer of wood.

He tried his best to hold his breath, but when the water exploded, he realized that this was almost impossible because you couldn't block the nostrils. The water seeped into the nostrils and poured back into the trachea. A challenge to instinct.

Maybe there are people in this world who can learn to break through under the pressure of instinct, but that will definitely not be Kevin now. He is just a 24-year-old young man. Thanks to his father who died 7 years ago, he is better than others. The young man has an extra layer of identity in the dark and has received training from his father, but that is not enough for him to maintain a calm expression in this situation.

And at the moment he fell into the water, he vaguely saw the body tied with stones at the bottom of the water. It was Thompson... This made the young man feel a cold despair in his heart.

Panic always arises inadvertently and cannot be eradicated, but when Kevin faced the pain of drowning and struggled habitually, he clenched the handle of the knife in his hand.

This is something he learned from his father, "The more dangerous it is, the harder it is to let go of the weapon in your hand."

The cold blade gave him the last glimmer of confidence in this desperate situation. He slid the short knife belonging to Thompson into the rope on his wrist with difficulty, stood it up, and cut the rope on his wrist with difficulty, and the other side of the blade The saw blade on the side cut his skin, painful... The bleeding pain made him want to open his mouth and scream, but he couldn't

In this case, opening his mouth was tantamount to suicide. He could only grit his teeth and admit the pain of tearing his skin. When he felt that the last trace of air in his lungs was being squeezed out, he felt a heavy feeling in his chest. When the pain became too much, the rope was finally cut.

A glimmer of hope of survival exploded in Kevin's eyes. He swung his hands wildly, and the rope became looser and looser. Finally, his hands were free. He moved his wrists to cut off the rope hanging the stone from his body. Then he swam crazily upwards, looking up from the dark bottom, revealing a pale light.

It was the light of escape, of hope.

"puff"

The water splashed, and Kevin slapped the water awkwardly, breathing heavily. He raised his head and looked above his head. The guy with the monkey mask was leaning on the railing with his hands, and there were fireworks flickering on and off in his mouth. He waved at him like an old friend he hadn't seen for years, but it was this bastard who had just pushed him off.

Why the hell hasn't he left this difficult lunatic yet?

"Did you know that in that situation, only those who are not overwhelmed by inner fear are likely to survive. When drowning, most people die of uncontrollable panic. In fact, as long as they calm down a little Some, the hope of survival is actually very high. Although you performed very badly, there is no doubt that you are an outstanding young man."

Seb looked at Kevin who was walking up the steps all wet. He had taken off the monkey mask on his face and looked at him with his true face. But Kevin looked at this talkative bastard and the lying figure. At his feet, Ed, who had barely regained some sanity, felt an uncontrollable rage burst in Kevin's heart. With a howl, he rushed toward Seb with the short knife in his hand.

He was taller than Seber, but looking at the exhausted young man's movement towards him, Seber curled his lips and shook his head without moving at all. When the short knife was about to touch his body, his body moved slightly. He deflected, dodged the weapon, and punched Kevin in the abdomen.

The young man's eyes widened at this moment, and then his legs softened. His anger was completely extinguished by the pain rising from his body, and he knelt on the ground holding his belly.

"There's a fine line between recklessness and courage, Kevin, and it seems your father didn't teach you that."

Seb knelt down, took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, put it into Kevin's mouth, and lit a fire for him. He followed the temptation and said, "Look, the grudge between us is over. You want to kill me. Then I will give you a punishment, and it will be over once and for all. Next, tell me what you are going to do."

"what"

Kevin held his belly and collapsed on the ground. He looked at Seb. The pain just now was still spreading in his body. He once again realized the other side of this guy, violent...very violent.

"I mean, you leaked the secret, didn't you? You said they would punish you. How are you and your brothers going to run away and be killed, or are you going to find a way to survive?"

The young man breathed subconsciously and inhaled a puff of smoke, which made him cough. He took off the cigarette from his mouth and threw it far away, but he had to admit that what Seber said was right. Now The biggest problem before him and Ed was how to escape the pursuit of the Shadow Warrior Alliance.

They are just little people who can be solved by the top with just a few clicks of their fingers, but little people also want to live.

"This has nothing to do with you. Damn it, can we go?"

Kevin didn't want to have any more contact with Seb, and until now, he didn't think Seb would let them go, so he held the short knife tightly, but he regretfully found that it seemed that it couldn't protect him. .

Facing the young man's anger, Seb made a regretful expression. He stood up, patted the non-existent dust on his pants, and then shook his hand.

"Okay, you can leave. But regarding the problem just now, I actually have a small suggestion. If you feel that there is no way out, you might as well come to me. You see, the dilemma we face is the same. We have to Help each other, understand? You know where I live, right?"

After Seb said they could leave, Kevin gave him a confused look. After seeing that Seb had no intention of doing anything, he gritted his teeth and walked over to cut the rope around Ed's body and carry him on his back. His brother moved away from here step by step, until after walking out of 20 Kevin, he looked back and saw that Seb was still standing there, with no intention of killing them.

"Isn't he afraid that I will go back and tell the truth?"

Everything he suffered tonight made the young man's head a little confused. He simply stopped thinking about these things. Since the other party didn't intend to kill them, this was the best result, wasn't it?

As for the trouble with Shadow Warrior... let's wait until Ed recovers. Thinking of this, Kevin also felt a sense of despair. He was too weak, so weak that even self-protection was a problem.He even envied Seb. If he could easily kill one and capture two when surrounded by three people, he would feel a little more confident even when facing those killers.

Ten minutes later, Kevin, who was out of breath, put Ed, who couldn't even speak, on the roadside. He sat there and planned to take a rest. As a result, in the middle of the night, the roar of the car sounded from behind them. Soon, The two bright car lights illuminated the young man and raised his palms to shield his eyes. Then he heard a click. An old but well-maintained pickup truck stopped in front of him, and the window was rolled down. , Seb, wearing sunglasses, waved to him,

"Come up, brother, this is far away from the narrow island. You look like you need a ride."

"What do you want to do?"

Kevin went a little crazy. When he thought he and Ed would be killed, the bastard in front of him let them go. But just when he thought he would get rid of him completely, this guy appeared again with a very familiar look. In front of him, it was like a lingering nightmare.

"Didn't you say that the grudge between us is over? Do you want to kill us?"

“Damn, people in this city are so unfriendly.”

Seb cursed, knocked on the car door, and emphasized his tone, "Yes, the previous matter is over, but I need your help now. I don't know where the lunatic asylum is, and you won't refuse me. Bar"

Kevin was stunned, and a sense of absurdity emerged in his heart. He couldn't help but ask,

"Why should I help you? Why should I help you? You almost killed me just now."

Hearing this question, Seb raised his eyebrows.

"Well, that's a good question, but I think it'll convince you."

His left hand was placed on the car window, where he held a shining silver pistol. After seeing that thing, all Kevin's anger was suppressed, and he became dejected. He was 1 reluctant and Seb struggled to deal with it, but in the end, he still carried Ed and sat on the old pickup truck. In the darkness, the car that had been well maintained by his father roared again and drove all the way towards the narrow island. go.

At the same time, above the dirty streets of Narrow Island, a black shadow silently moved back and forth between the rooftops. Its vigorous movements were like a beast hunting in the dark, with precise precision. , quickly, without any pause.

It was a guy dressed like a black bat. He jumped off the edge of the building. The black cloak spread out silently behind him, helping him glide to his destination, which was an inconspicuous building. house, but according to the information he received from the recently unlucky Sheriff Flas, this is one of Falconi's strongholds on Narrow Island.

Not only Cyber, "Batman" is also very interested in the raw materials that Falconi has shipped to the Narrow Island many times. After interrupting the transaction at the dock last time and sending Falconi to prison, he recently He came out several times a few nights, beating more than 10 dangerous guys half to death, tying them up and throwing them at the back door of the Gotham Police Station.

The experiences he had had made Batman hate crime very much. Those who committed crimes should be punished, but he would not kill them because he did not want to become the same evil person as those criminals. This was the bottom line he adhered to in his heart.

In the past seven years since his disappearance, he has lived almost exclusively among criminals. Will he sympathize with them?

Yes, he will. When he first stole in order not to starve to death, Batman felt that he had lost the ability to judge right and wrong. When he was wandering around the Far East, he realized this more than once. That feeling of fear before making a choice between sin and death.

He would steal because of hunger, and would steal warehouses with other thieves he did not know, just to exchange for food for the next day, and the pleasure after committing a crime. It took him 6 years to fully understand In the bizarre world of criminals, he even forgot his original intention during that bad time, and he was only one step away from being finally lost.

But there was a force that supported him, making him never become one of them. The parents who died before his eyes represented the fear of the past. During the hard training in the last year, he used his firm will and strong Armed himself with strength and skilled martial arts, after killing Han Aragul, the leader of the Shadow Warrior Alliance, he finally reborn from the ashes amidst the dissolution of fear.

"I can't be them, I won't be them"

Batman stood on the roof of the hell-like narrow island and murmured to himself. He looked at the people below who were forced to do less just jobs in order to make a living. They were the bottom of Gotham and lived in the slums. , many things are not their choice, he will sympathize with them, but when they violate his inner bottom line, he will punish them mercilessly.

Use fear and violence to make yourself something more terrifying than crime, a symbol, just like what the person who once appeared in front of him, his best teacher in the Kagemusha Alliance said,

"The superficial maintainers of order are easy to lose their fighting spirit for their own satisfaction, and even they themselves will eventually fall into unjust hypocrisy. However, if you can transcend yourself and devote yourself to a certain belief, if anyone Nothing can stop you, you will become... something eternal, become a symbol, and transcend this symbol."

Batman moved his hands. He was afraid of the power surging in his body. But when he found a way to vent his inner anger and choose a path of his own, he found a way to prevent himself from getting lost in revenge and power. The benchmark of time, a line of defense that blocks everything

This figure, which was almost integrated with the darkness, opened its arms and fell downwards, like a cross falling from the edge. The moment it fell into the air, he opened his eyes, and a determined light flashed in his eyes. And passed away.

He can't be them He's already lost a lot, so he can't lose anymore, himself

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