American comics: Praising the sun, starting from Gotham!

Chapter 309: The Target, Ghost Rider! A surprise awaits! Click to unlock now.

"Mr. Joestar, is that right?"

Chief Gordon looked at the muscular man in front of him.

"First of all, on behalf of the GCPD, I would like to thank you for your heroic act."

He first expressed his gratitude.

Then, his tone became serious.

"However, I must remind you. Gotham is a city governed by the rule of law. Any unauthorized law enforcement action is not permitted."

He pointed to the messy dock.

"This includes dismantling the public facilities at the dock."

"Also, you're isolating us outside just to play the hero for one person? I don't know when you gained the ability to control metal, but I remember that Xiu En can also control metal, so it's not surprising that you can too."

"Going it alone is dangerous! We may be ordinary people, but we also have guns; we are not weak!"

"this……"

Joestar was speechless for a moment. He couldn't very well say that it was another divine messenger, Gan, could he?

Gordon's gaze fell on the ring on Joestar's finger, which was still emitting a faint golden light, and his expression became complicated.

"Moreover, the power of your Sun God Cult has exceeded the scope of our comprehension."

"I need to have a formal meeting with your Lord, or rather, Mr. Shuen."

From high above, Hugh looked at Gordon's expression—wanting to get angry but not daring to, wanting to win him over but afraid of being tricked—and knew he was probably going to give him a lecture.

"Hmph, maybe next time. We won't talk about it this time!"

"You put a supervillain from another city in his face and helped him demolish half of the dock. Of course he'll be furious."

Sunflower complained.

"He probably looks at Joestar now as if he were looking at a new, disobedient, and dangerous element."

Xiu En was quite satisfied.

"However, this test was indeed perfect."

"Josta's direct combat strength is stronger than I imagined, especially after he activates Faith Burst. His weakness is that he's too straightforward and easily targeted."

"And Alvin is a true genius. He not only helped me find the bugs in the system, but also provided me with a perfect fix."

A module called "Team Contribution System" has been officially put into development in his backend.

"Test complete, job done!"

"Don't be too happy yet, your system has a fatal flaw."

"Huh? Not again?"

Xiu En looked unconvinced.

"What's it this time? Is there a better solution than 'when in Rome, do as the Romans do'?"

"I just thought of that too."

Ivy's tone turned serious.

"This time, it's not a tactician with his own hunting principles who's coming, but a madman who takes pleasure in torture and killing?"

"What if something like a clown comes?"

"These kinds of people kill simply because it's fun. They torture heroes just to enjoy the process. Faced with this kind of evil, is your system supposed to analyze whether they accidentally stepped on a cockroach while killing someone to calculate the benevolent element of their actions?"

"What would be the consequences if your system, while your followers are fighting to the death against such a madman, experienced even the slightest lag or hesitation due to the need to perform moral calculations?"

"We were watching over things today, so nothing happened. But what about when we weren't watching?"

"..."

Xiu En remained silent.

He instantly understood what Ivy meant.

His trial system, which adapts to local customs and analyzes specific problems in a concrete manner, may seem fair and intelligent.

But at its core is rationality.

This process takes time.

But when dealing with a character like Prometheus, whose actions are logical and ambiguous, this amount of time is insignificant.

But what if you're facing a chaotic mess like the Joker?

While Alvin and Joestar were engaged in a life-or-death battle with the Joker, their rings were used to analyze the Joker's illogical behavior: one second he used acid spray to melt a passerby, and the next second he handed a sausage to a stray dog ​​on the street.

That slightest hesitation, in a battle of that level, could mean the difference between life and death!

"I didn't consider that."

His system still needs a patch.

A benchmark for punishment.

One has the authority to skip all the cumbersome trial procedures, ignore all so-called processes and results, and directly execute the final judgment when faced with certain crimes!

"The system needs a red line!"

"So, who should draw this red line?"

"Is it still you? Or is it me?"

Xiu En fell into deep thought again.

This time, he couldn't shift the blame to Ivy anymore.

It must be based on a standard derived from the will of the sun itself.

What exactly is the evil that he finds most intolerable?

He thought of Ismoth, submerged in a sea of ​​blood. The billions of tormented souls who could not even find peace.

He recalled Superman and Flash from another world, corrupted by the power of death, their memories desecrated, reduced to mindless zombies.

He remembered those billions of pure white starlight souls after their liberation.

At that moment, the deepest, most primal anger and disgust in his heart were awakened once again.

"I see."

"I want to write two lines at the very bottom of the system, the highest priority ones: the 'Absolute Law'!"

He stretched out his hand, as if holding a pen inscribed with the laws of the universe, and in the void, he heavily carved the first line of divine decrees, burning with golden flames!

"Firstly: Anyone who blasphemes against the dead or toys with souls, regardless of their motives or past, is absolutely evil! When the divine messenger sees such a person, there is no need for judgment; he can bypass all rules and directly execute purification!"

"The dead shall rest in peace. The soul is the ultimate dignity. Anyone who attempts to break this ironclad rule, whoever they may be, will face my wrath!"

He paused, and then engraved the second and final law.

That law was more concise and more domineering than the first one.

"Secondly: Anyone who actively harbors hostility towards Ivy and related plants and puts it into action shall be guilty of the same crime as in the first article!"

Upon hearing the second decree, the sunflower smacked Shuen on the back of the head with its leaves!

"This is unnecessary!"

"This is absolutely necessary!"

Xiu En looked at Ivy, and a smile returned to his face.

"I hereby declare!"

"【The Ultimate Guide to the Gourmet World's Intense Competition V2.3 Final Explanation】is officially released!"

But that's not enough.

Having only a red line is not enough.

His trial system, which adapts to local customs and analyzes specific problems in a concrete manner, may seem fair, but when faced with absolute evil that disregards all logic and principles, it becomes weak and inefficient due to its excessive rationality.

His system still needs a patch.

A benchmark for punishment.

One is the highest authority that, in the face of certain crimes, can skip all the cumbersome trial procedures and directly execute the final judgment.

How can we achieve this final ruling?

Xiu En began to think, and an image lingered in his mind.

It was a midnight, just as filled with sin and neon lights.

A skull engulfed in hellfire rides a Harley-Davidson motorcycle also ablaze, wielding an iron chain capable of judging souls.

He pointed at a terrified criminal, whose empty eye sockets proclaimed the criminal's sins.

The name of this being echoed in his memory.

Ghost Rider.

"The Eye of Judgment".

Xiu En said it almost instinctively.

"What?"

The sunflower on the shoulder asked, somewhat puzzled.

"An inspiration!"

Excitedly, Xiu En described the scene he had just imagined to Ivy through their mental connection.

"From some memories of the past, I recalled a very interesting fellow. A burning skull; he could make anyone experience all the pain they had inflicted on others throughout their life simply by staring into their eyes! Then their soul would be burned to ashes by hellfire!"

"Simple! Direct! Efficient!"

"Moreover, and most importantly, he doesn't need to engage in any moral calculations! His standard of judgment has only one thing: have you harmed innocent people!"

"That does sound very efficient."

Sunflower nodded, acknowledging the superiority of this model.

Shuen described his entire impression of Ghost Rider to Ivy.

Ivy said she understood.

"But how will you achieve that?"

"Ghost Rider is driven by the spirit of vengeance and fueled by hellfire. That fire is essentially the embodiment of sin. Therefore, it can resonate with the souls of criminals and ignite them."

"And you, my dear sun. Your power is divine fire, the light of the golden crow, the essence of gold; its nature is purification, life, and order."

"Your fire will only burn everything to the purest energy. It can distinguish between clean and dirty, but it cannot understand sin on the scale of the soul, otherwise you would have burned all the people of Gotham to death long ago."

"Just like you can't expect to read data from a USB drive using a bottle of disinfectant."

The sunflower is learning from Shuen's metaphor; well, it's quite apt.

"Well……"

"you're right."

Xiu En deflated.

"The underlying logic of power is different, so you really can't just copy someone else's homework."

"But it's not like there's absolutely no way out."

Sunflower changed the subject.

"Oh?" Xiu En's eyes lit up again.

"Have you forgotten what one of the characteristics of your Golden Crow Divine Fire is?"

Ivy reminded her.

"characteristic?"

Xiu En thought for a moment.

"Besides being exceptionally bright, exceptionally hot, and exceptionally voracious, what else does it have?"

"reality."

"Before your divine fire, all falsehoods and illusions will be burned to ashes, leaving only the core. That is why the curse of Gotham can be burned by you."

"I understand! All I need to do is verify the sins!"

"I cannot create the Eye of Judgment, but I can create the Eye of Truth! I will establish a completely new position within my Sun God Cult!"

"A supreme law enforcement agency!"

"【The Sun Judge】!"

"Their duty is to enforce the judgment!"

"Then, who is qualified to be the first Sun Judge to wield your divine fire and exercise the final judgment on your behalf?"

"Let me think about it. Neither Joestar nor Alvin is suitable, and the believers in the orphanage are too young."

"Many of the believers in Gotham are muscle-bound idiots influenced by Joestar, which is also inappropriate. Most of the believers outside Gotham are people who came to Gotham and were cured of their terminal illness by the sun, which is why they started to worship the sun. These people are already pitiful, so that's also inappropriate."

"Bruce from the vampire world would be quite suitable, but he has to take care of his own world. The followers in the ruined world are also busy rebuilding, so it's not good to disturb them."

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore."

Shuen wants to go to the world of Ghost Rider.

Go and see for yourself how this spirit of vengeance, this spirit of punishment, operates.

Go and learn from his trial mechanism.

As for the selection of personnel, there will always be a way.

"Little Flower".

He turned to the sunflower on his shoulder and said...

"It seems our next stop has been decided: a field trip focusing on the issue of just punishment."

"A field trip?"

"That sounds so nice. All you're really doing is trying to copy someone else's homework, isn't it?"

"What do you call copying homework? This is called benchmarking! This is called industry research!"

Xiu En refuted this with righteous indignation.

"As a newly established religion, isn't it perfectly normal for us to learn from the advanced management experience of our predecessors? Working in isolation will only lead to being left behind by the times!"

"Okay, let's do the research then."

"So how are you planning to get there? Do you know where that skull is? From your previous description, it should be in the Marvel universe. It seems like the Marvel universes we've been to before didn't have Ghost Rider."

Well...

Xiu En scratched his head and began to think.

"First, rely on your intuition to find a world with Ghost Rider, just like when we were making my new trench coat. Even if we didn't find it at first, we would eventually find it."

"Since he's so famous, there must be clues! Like urban legends in the newspapers, or wanted posters on the walls of gas stations!"

"All right."

Seeing that he was so interested, Ivy stopped asking questions.

For her, it doesn't matter where she goes. As long as there's sunshine, soil, and this luminous body beside her, that's enough.

"Target: The Marvel Universe!"

As he spoke, he recalled the blurry figure of Ghost Rider speeding through his mind.

Xiu En stepped into the portal of light!