Me and countless me.

Chapter 637

Everyone has a demon within them, a rampant demon, but most people can control this demon and prevent it from appearing. However, for some, this demon is themselves.

Dr. Quezel is the former; deep down, she is filled with a yearning for chaos, especially in a place as vibrant and fertile as Gotham.

Dr. Quezel is now impeccably dressed and seen by others as a highly educated intellectual, an upper-class person, and a perfect independent woman with the ability to independently carry out projects and research. Even outside of Gotham, she is undoubtedly a member of the social elite.

However, this is Gotham, where the more normal a human being is, the more abnormal, or rather, the more repressed, they become.

Dr. Quezel is kind and conscientious; she only faces more pressure in Gotham.

In Gotham, it's far more difficult to be a 'normal person' than in other cities, and it's even more difficult for someone like Dr. Quezel to become a member of the upper class with a clean record.

"Perhaps I really should change my way of living?"

Dr. Quezel was filled with this thought, but she quickly realized what was happening. Looking at Li Ke, whose eyes were flashing with an eerie light, she couldn't help but want to look away, but she immediately looked directly into Li Ke's eyes and casually swayed her shoulders.

"Perhaps, Mr. Li Ke. So you're thinking about a special person, or rather a special group of people, who would allow you to recklessly make them pay the price for your evil deeds. Forgive my bluntness, but this might be the kind of thinking that only supervillains would have about 'superheroes'... In other words, you're actually looking forward to the emergence of superheroes?"

Dr. Quezel felt that he had truly seen through Li Ke this time. Li Ke was someone who wanted to vent his repressed emotions, but also had some conscience. He longed for an omnipotent superhero to stop him from doing evil, someone who would not be there when he hurt bad people, but would quickly stop him when he hurt good people.

Good people may suffer some harm, but they will never allow themselves to experience pain and sorrow.

But looking into Li Ke's eyes, an idea suddenly popped into Dr. Quizel's mind.

"But in Gotham, it seems that one can be even more unrestrained."

Dr. Quezel thought of the wealthy who brazenly trampled on the law, the bar owners who smuggled and trafficked people. Crime was not something to be avoided in Gotham. Most Gothamites were not good people, and many had even taken other people's lives with their own hands.

There is no way to survive in Gotham without harming others.

Even Dr. Quezel spent countless hours going through even more rigorous tests, driving others into despair and even suicide. Strictly speaking, Dr. Quezel's hands were not without the blood of innocent people.

In a city like this, indiscriminately injuring people might be a form of justice.

"No, I actually despise the existence of superheroes, Dr. Quezel. Heroes cannot exist without villains. The birth of a hero usually requires a villain who is powerful enough. You could say that without a villain who is powerful enough, a hero who is worthy of him cannot be born."

Li Ke leaned back in his chair, his gaze growing increasingly profound, and he couldn't help but think of Superman.

"A villain capable of lifting two mountains needs someone capable of lifting ten mountains to deal with him, otherwise the damage would be too great to be resolved without injury. Therefore, someone who can lift two mountains can become a hero, but it is very difficult for him to become a 'superhero' who saves everything. A villain who is only interested in wealth can only become a superhero if he has no interest in wealth at all... By analogy, the situation where someone who can save everything and is a morally perfect person is called a superhero only exists in a chaotic and disorderly environment that needs a moral person with the power to negate all suffering and who is worthy of such power."

At this point, Li Ke sighed.

"I don't mean to deny the value of heroes, but in other words, if, according to your logic, I expect to be able to do evil without restraint and without harming anyone, then I myself would have to be a sufficiently chaotic, terrifying, and horrible villain to force out a sufficiently disciplined, intelligent, and planned superhero who can always save everyone, so that I can—do evil without restraint."

you are right.

Dr. Quezel subconsciously agreed with Li Ke's idea and couldn't help but feel that this was not a problem at all in Gotham. In Gotham, you could commit crimes at will, as long as you didn't kill innocent children. Killing anyone was doing good, but it was also doing evil.

Robbing banks and gang shootouts are both good 'crimes,' but they are also righteous acts.

Every big businessman and capitalist in Gotham is evil; she wouldn't feel any guilt robbing or killing these shop owners. Killing and destroying their businesses, creating a 'superhero' in Gotham who can and is willing to save everything, and who won't be corrupted by Gotham, might not be a bad thing. Becoming the greatest evil in Gotham isn't necessarily a bad thing either.

But Dr. Quezel felt a sense of dread, not from the fear of such things, but from the fear of becoming the greatest evil in Gotham, because she knew she was not cruel enough, not powerful enough. She might be able to be a servant and an accomplice, but it was absolutely impossible for her to take the lead and become the greatest evil and chaos on her own.

But, but if we follow the greatest chaos and evil, perhaps it is possible?
As Dr. Quezel looked at Li Ke, madness gradually crept into his eyes.

She was already on the verge of going crazy.

The monotonous life, the life that others see as perfect, comes at a cost that is far too high. She doesn't want to sell her body, she doesn't want to harm others, and the cost of becoming 'Dr. Quezel' is far too high, because countless people in Gotham want to get everything she has now, both legally and illegally.

However, for retirement, she needs to work to obtain food and clothing, but she also needs to reduce these resources so that she can have the time to work and earn these things.

In other words, she has to use most of her salary to maintain her eligibility to continue working!

Did she, Dr. Quezel, ever live for herself?
Did her meticulously practiced gymnastics truly demonstrate its meaning? Did those upper echelons of Gotham really deserve to appreciate Dr. Quezel's gymnastics?

"Perhaps, perhaps... I really could try living a different kind of life?"

Dr. Quezel couldn't help but think this way, but at this moment, Li Ke also lost the idea of ​​continuing psychotherapy.

After all, he came here to complain that his superhero comics weren't selling well, but anti-superhero comics were selling well in this world. The people in this world must be crazy.

It's important to understand that many parts of the Boys comic are simply about being dark for the sake of being dark. Many of the cruel parts are supposed to be about humanity, but it's more like they're being dark and cruel for the sake of being dark and cruel, and they've reached a disgusting level.

It can be said that The Boys only came to life because everyone was watching superhero movies and other artistic works. Mark Ruffalo is the same in this respect. In essence, they are both just trying to piggyback on Superman's popularity.

However, it seems that Dr. Quezel only wants to figure out what's going on in his mind in order to solve his psychological problem of 'not liking other people liking his comics'. But he doesn't have this problem. The Boys have provided him with a lot of wish power, which allows him to easily create a lot of malicious super gadgets and the power of villains.

Yes, the wishes collected through the Black Robe Guard were mostly malicious, which was why Li Ke felt uncomfortable. So he stood up from his chair and looked out the window.

"Alright, Dr. Quezel, that's enough for today. After all, we're all clowns in life, forced to do things we don't like just to make a living, especially in Gotham. We have to be even darker to better fit into this city."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but think of the newly recruited employees in his company:
The printer secretly sold the original, and the printing was of poor quality.

The finance department directly helped him evade taxes and wanted to fight with Selena to rise in rank. If Selena hadn't been keeping a close watch on him, constantly watching under his desk, he probably would have succeeded already.

Even the company's psychologists were there to hypnotize young men for their own amusement; they came to his company to hypnotize young men to support him and create a paradise of pleasure.

The illustrator simply wanted to use the company's resources for his own purposes, resulting in a chaotic and lawless situation. Even though Li Ke knew that running a company in Gotham was a dead end, he never expected that everyone in the company would actually be a villain.

Things like stealing company assets are considered normal and minor offenses, so Li Ke didn't bother with them.

It's fair to say that without resorting to gang violence and intimidation, it's virtually impossible to hire people normally in Gotham.

Dr. Quezel's first feeling was one of loss; she didn't want Li Ke to leave. Dr. Quezel now desperately wanted to communicate more with Li Ke because she could sense a confidence in him—a confidence that if he wanted to become Gotham's greatest darkness and chaos, he would definitely succeed!

This fascinated Dr. Quezel, causing the woman, who desperately longed to break free from her own constraints, to instinctively grab Li Ke's hand.

"Mr. Li Ke, please answer my last question."

Dr. Quezel no longer cared about any restraint or his duties as a psychologist; at this moment, all he wanted to know was what Li Ke was thinking.

"Dr. Quezel, please speak."

Li Ke was quite lenient towards Dr. Quezel. After all, even Batman thought that after she became Harley Quinn, she was blinded by the Joker and, strictly speaking, hadn't done much evil. She had only followed the Joker in robbing banks and kidnapping bankers, businessmen, and Batman.

The biggest evil he committed was kidnapping Batman. As for robbing banks and kidnapping bankers...

In Gotham, it's really hard to judge and determine whether this is a bad thing.

Seeing that Li Ke was willing to answer him, Dr. Quezel immediately asked the question.

"Why did you say we're all clowns? And what do you think of this city? Do you want to destroy it? And who do you think is fit to be Gotham's greatest chaos and darkness?"

Upon hearing these questions, Li Ke looked at Dr. Quezel and an idea immediately came to mind.

Perhaps, like the Joker, Harley Quinn's existence is also an inevitable part of Gotham City.

“There are actually many questions, Dr. Quezel.”

Li Ke's words made Dr. Quezel feel ashamed, making this still normal person feel that he could be so greedy and trouble Li Ke like this.

But then, Dr. Quezel heard words that filled her with joy and gratitude.

“But I can answer you, Dr. Quezel.”

Li Ke looked at the perfectly normal Dr. Quezel and spoke earnestly.

"Because we are all manipulated by Gotham, unable to be our true selves, only able to please Gotham's rules to obtain everything we need, we are all clowns in disguise. Gotham is a collection of malice, but its existence has become a problem. So Gotham does need to be destroyed, needs to rebuild an order, but heroes alone cannot do it, because heroes are bound by the rules; a villain must help them. As for the last question..."

Li Ke broke free from Dr. Quizel's arm and walked outside.

“Dr. Quezel, just as villains can breed heroes… evil itself can breed villains, and the greater the evil in a place, the greater the villains it will produce.”

As he said this, Li Ke had already reached the doorway, but he turned his head and gave Quezel a smile.

"Even if a person's actions cannot be called evil, enough evil will make him the greatest evil in this place!"

Upon hearing this, Quizel stood frozen in place, watching Li Ke stride away, with only one thought in her mind.

"I must immediately follow the person before me and give him everything I have, forever!"

Quezel felt as if everything in her body had been ignited. Her confused life had finally found its purpose, and her repressed life could become exceptionally wonderful according to Li Ke's wishes!

All she needed to do was break free from her identity as a 'doctor' on the stage and become an uncontrollable and unrestrained 'clown' who only needed to be herself!
So, she subconsciously removed her name tag and wrote her name on a piece of white paper, wanting to confirm her thoughts.

But after writing her name, Harleen Francis Quezel, on the blank sheet of paper, she abruptly crossed it out and wrote a new name instead.

Harley Quinn!

It means the clown's servant!

(End of this chapter)