Chapter 1,286 Greedy Hunting for Cicadas (Part 2)(2/2)
"...you will definitely agree with me!"
When the voice of greed echoed in the theater, Batman realized that Schiller was not the Joker, he was something else, something more sane, something even crazier.
If Batman were to give a definite answer now, it would be like in the games he has played with the Joker countless times, just like the Joker has tortured him countless times. Schiller is not the Joker himself, but human nature itself.
Schiller represents the side of human nature that can burst out from the bottom of the heart anytime and anywhere and cannot be restricted at all.
As much as Batman loves the sun, and how many times he has fantasized about the intoxicating warmth of the sun shining on him, he hates the sun, and hates that this star, which was only born due to luck, never shines on him.
But greed told him, not Schiller's greed, but his own greed that told him that he had the wisdom and the ability to make the sun bend for him and let the sun be controlled by him.
He wants the sun to shine on Gotham, and the sun must shine on Gotham, because if it's not bright enough, then Batman will find another star.
It's not difficult at all, because he is Batman.
He was ridiculed and criticized by everyone for his principle of only wandering around one city, not killing people, and not being ruthless to the end. In the end, it all came down to a frivolous saying that he was not greedy enough.
It all comes down to the fact that his ambition is not big enough, he doesn't want enough, and he cannot, like Schiller, release the greed that is imprisoned in the corner of his heart and is considered by the world to be the original sin.
In the theater, Batman turned his head and saw not Schiller's greed, but another version of himself.
That represents the terrible greed that he has never lost, but has never condoned.
Chapter completed!