After buying the earth [Comprehensive British and American]

"I don't agree." On the long and familiar road, Martina suddenly spoke, breaking the silence between the two. She turned her head and added the second half of the sentence, "About the sentence you said...you Think superheroes mean nothing to normal people?"

Hilda turned her head and exchanged glances with her: "Yes."

"No, you're wrong. Superheroes are important, and they are by no means meaningless to ordinary people." Martina said, as if caught in some violent emotion, she just clenched her fists and tried to Suppressing the feelings that were about to burst out, "Do you think Gotham is chaotic now? The previous Gotham was even more chaotic—you don't know how I grew up, in this quagmire city, in order to survive, we Everyone did their best.”

There was fierceness in her eyes, as if recalling some unpleasant memories: "...I was a dirty person, Hilda, but later, I learned to hide it—remember when I told you at the beginning Is the rule of Gotham to be the law of the jungle? I am serious, but whenever I have the opportunity to ride on someone else’s head, I will never hesitate.”

Hilda didn't respond: "Really? Then the appearance of Batman changed you?"

"No!" Martina turned her head violently and laughed loudly, "What are you kidding? Change me? Batman can't change the scum that has been completely depraved.... People like me, those criminals, and Arkham The perverts, our existence is meaningless, maybe I'm not as bad as those criminals, but that's not because of anything else, just because I can't do it... I don't understand why Batman didn't kill us..." Her voice Putting it lightly, "We're all damned."

"But," she said, "his existence is not in vain. Without him, I might never have realized that I was a scum, and the members of this city are more depraved than you can see now-it is his existence, Provides another possibility for all of us, even if the probability of this possibility is infinitely small, but that is hope after all. Hope is the beginning of everything. Superheroes save the world, not only save the world in the physical sense... Can you Understand?"

"It's remarkable." Hilda commented, "But you don't seem to choose to take a brighter and more righteous path because of that hope. If Batman just changed your...spirit, but your actual choices and life The trajectory has a little influence, so does the meaning you mentioned really exist?"

"Of course," Martina didn't back down. "My heart tells me it exists. How do you know I won't make choices because of Batman that I wouldn't otherwise?"

"I don't know," Hilda said, "so I don't deny it. It's just...will people who are saved by God give up tax avoidance and the benefits of oppressing others just because they witness miracles?"

Martina didn't answer, she knew that the fellow in front of her didn't need her answer.

"No, it won't." The outsider with brown eyes said so firmly, as if she had witnessed the same thing countless times.

Hilda raised her head, her eyes were stained with a layer of almost cold silver at some point, maybe it was the light of the moon, reflected in the pupils full of indifference, so she was also stained with The coldness of a stony planet.Martina didn't notice, and even Hilda didn't realize that the silver earring on her earlobe suddenly flashed a faint blue light at this moment, as if echoing something——

She just bent her lips and smiled: "Humans are so interesting. The most interesting thing is that God, in a sense, is just another form of human being with power."

The conversation that night ended in silence.

This was originally expected. Both Martina and Hilda knew that their own ideas could not be easily changed by the other party, because it involved something deeper, and it was not something that could be touched by each other. touched.

Batman will always belong to Gotham City, but it is each other, not Batman, who need to get along with each other all the time.

However, perhaps the conclusion that "superheroes do not have much impact on the lives of ordinary people" is too rash for Hilda.

Because on the second night, Hilda was "visited" by the dark knight.

It was an otherwise uneventful night.Martina is not at work and Alice is doing her school work.Hilda got her income back and returned the bail money to Martina. She carefully calculated her income these days for a while, and sadly found that she was still short of money to buy the mobile phone in full. far away.

"You can take a loan." Martina suggested irresponsibly.

"What kind of loan do I get? Begging for work?" Hilda asked seriously.

Martina: "...Pfft, maybe Penguin might be willing to lend you."

"..." Hilda rolled her eyes, her desire to make money became more and more urgent.She collected the money and turned to go out.

Martina: "Are you going back?"

Hilda paused: "No, I plan to go out for a walk."

Martina was not suspicious: "Then please take out the trash by the way?"

"Okay." She replied nonchalantly, turning and closing the door.

Martina narrowed her eyes: "It's not right."

"What?" Alice asked, turning her head.

She opened a can of beer and took a sip: "She's definitely not going for a walk. I can guarantee it."

separated by a wall.

Hilda exhaled—although she didn't understand why she had to exhale, anyway, she did it, and she was taking two steps downstairs with the trash... Then she realized that because Ma Tina's sudden question, she actually forgot to change her shoes.

Gee.

Pulling on her slippers, she wobbled down.

She looked sullen. She really didn't intend to go downstairs for a walk—please!Who walks in the dark alley at night when nothing is wrong?Of course she's there to keep the peace...to make some extra money while maintaining the peace...not too much, right?

Just two steps down the stairs, she stopped suddenly. A few steps down was a boy.Hilda knew him, he lived upstairs with his seriously ill mother, what seemed to be a last name... Todd?At this moment, he seemed to have just come back from the outside, his jacket was bulging and he didn’t know what it contained, and he happened to bump into Hilda unexpectedly, like a stray cat suddenly frightened, with wide blue eyes and very alert, Todd Subconsciously leaning close to the wall, as if encountering some terrifying behemoth, he had to stick to the wall to circumvent it carefully and safely.

Hilda: "..."

This should have been a mediocre walk up and down the stairs.

In the indifferent modern society, even neighbors can pretend that they have never met each other without making contact with each other's eyes, and avoid all uncomfortable greetings.Unfortunately, at this moment, Hilda and his eyes met.

And because it was too unexpected, the two of them had already stared at each other for 5 seconds...

It is said that in nature, when two animals encounter each other on narrow roads, they will often intimidate each other with their eyes. At this moment, whoever looks away first means that whoever is weak loses.

Although these two people didn't think of this unspoken rule of nature, but...

...no one looked away.

The two confronted each other in the corridor, like two cars passing by on the winding mountain road—both were waiting for the other to take the initiative to drive past, so no one moved, resolutely did not move.

Want to say hello?or not?Want to look away and pretend nothing happened?or not?Hilda even started counting the freckles on the other's face—

Just when Hilda was impatiently about to take the first step, the lamp in the corridor, which should have been retired long ago, flickered ominously and went out with a snap.

The corridor was plunged into complete darkness.

Dead silence.

Under the cover of darkness, the two moved almost simultaneously!One goes down, the other goes up, stepping over the stairs in twos and threes, this short meeting is about to end, and this awkward and weird intertwining is completely forgotten——

Suddenly the ominous light came on.

Two people two steps away: "!"

The lights brought people back to the civilized world abruptly.

Hilda twitched the corner of her mouth: "...good evening, little one."

Todd: "...good evening, miss." He pressed his tongue against his cheek, trying to show his ease.

What else can I say?

"Raising a family is hard work." She finally choked out a sentence.

"You too." The little boy replied quickly.

Another moment of silence.

They were so close that Hilda even noticed that he had nice blue eyes, which reminded her of another "blue eye".To be honest, she hadn't thought of him for a long time, but now that she suddenly thought of him, she couldn't help feeling a little out of sorts.

He endured it for a while, and finally restrained himself and said, "...I'm going home."

Hilda blinked and took a step back: "Okay, goodbye."

The boy looked like a big cat, and quickly ran up several floors.She couldn't help but turn her head back, and leaned against the dusty wooden handrail indifferently: "Hi! Has anyone told you?"

He turned his head, his brows furrowed, and his dark blue eyes stared straight at her.

Hilda showed him a big smile: "Your eyes are really pretty."

After teasing the kitten, Hilda's mood was particularly clear.The lights outside the street shook the shadows of the trees, the light and shade were uncertain, but it was extraordinarily quiet.Perhaps, in this block, the street where Hilda is located has become the quietest and most peaceful street—this kind of life is not "consistent", if you have to go back to the beginning, probably from a certain day when Hilda accidentally discovered The happy extra money method of "black eating black" began.

She doesn't like responsibility, she doesn't like to take on the role of "rent", which makes her feel that she is forcibly bound here-but the gangsters, gangsters, thieves, robbers who came to the door-she is not To clean up these people in order to maintain the safety of the block, she is just to generate income!

Hilda pinched her nose and stepped across a pool of black dirty water. Seeing that the night here was quiet today, she began to think about whether to go outside to try her luck today, or simply throw away the garbage and go home—she was still wearing Where are the slippers!

Before she could really make a decision, a figure hidden in Xi Ye quietly appeared in front of her.

She stopped.

"Hilda Walker." The deep voice sounded in the black street, like a midnight nightmare—maybe, Batman is really the nightmare of Gotham villains.

Hilda subconsciously let out an "ah".

Batman: "..."

Hilda: "..."

She coughed, "Hello, Batman."

--very good.She thought blankly, the dirty and dark alleys, the dark and windy night, the Batman in uniform, and a Batman who was incompatible with all of these, who came out with a garbage bag and slippers like an out-of-condition her .

It's too bad.Hilda can't wait to go back in time. If she is given another chance, she must put on her coolest cowboys, coolest boots, put on a cape, and wear a mask to meet Batman.Anyway, she is also... a person with style!

Is this the legendary "you can't talk about ghosts when you walk at night"?Not long ago, she thought that Batman was very far away from her, but she was found at her door today——

She changed her posture, and the garbage bag in her hand immediately made a "prickling, prickling" sound unwilling to be lonely.

If she has embarrassing cancer, this moment may be the moment when the cancer suddenly dies.

Hilda stood strong, and she searched for Batman's face in the darkness—it was too dark for her to see clearly: "...are you okay?"

Batman: "..." He didn't know what to say for a while.

Before he could speak, Hilda stopped first: "Wait, I'll throw the trash first."

——Otherwise, what if we fight later?Hilda is worried, is she going to make Batman a face with trash?

Trash cans are just a few meters away.She walked over in embarrassment, lifted the lid of the bucket, and stuffed the garbage in her hand with difficulty. The stench made her dizzy. Hilda pinched her nose, closed the lid again, and couldn't help but smell it Own smell: Come on, she doesn't want to fight Batman smelling like trash cans - that's too fucking embarrassing.

Batman watched her move silently.

Hilda: "I'm done, tell me, what's the matter?"