Batman: The Dark Knight Page #4

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The Palisades.

You know as our new DA,

you might want to figure out

where your jurisdiction ends.

I'm talking about the kind of city

that idolizes a masked vigilante.

Gotham City is proud of an ordinary

citizen standing up for what's right.

Gotham needs heroes

like you, elected officials.

And not a man who

thinks he's above the law.

-- Exactly. Who appointed the Batman?

-- We did.

All of us who stood by

and let scum take control of our city.

But this is a democracy, Harvey.

When their enemies were at the gates,

the Romans would suspend democracy

and appoint one man to protect the city.

It wasn't considered an honor,

it was considered a public service.

Harvey, the last man that they appointed

to protect the republic was named Caesar,

and he never gave up his power.

OK, fine.

You either die a hero ...

or you live long enough to see

yourself become the villain.

Look whoever the Batman is, he doesn't

want to do this for the rest of his life.

Batman is looking for someone

to take up his mantle.

-- Someone like you, Mr. Dent?

-- Maybe. If I'm up to it.

-- What if Harvey Dent is

the caped crusader?

-- If I were sneaking out every night,

someone would have noticed by now.

Well ... I'm sold that I'm going

to throw you a fundraiser.

That's nice of you Bruce, but

I'm not up for reelection for 3 years.

No, you don't understand.

One fundraiser with my pals,

you'll never need another cent.

What the hell is this?

As you all are aware, one of

our deposits was stolen.

A relatively small amount.

Who is stupid enough to steal from us?

purple suit and makeup.

He's not the problem.

He's a nobody.

The problem is our money

being tracked by the cops.

Thanks to Mr. Maroni's

well placed sources,

we know that police have

indeed identified our banks

using marked bills and are planning

to seize your funds today.

And since the enthusiastic new DA has

put all my competitors out of business,

I'm your only option.

So what do you propose?

Moving all deposits

to one secure location.

-- Not a bank.

-- Where then?

Nobody can know, but me.

If the police were to gain leverage over one

of you, everyone's money would be at stake.

What stop them getting to you?

I go to Hong Kong.

Far from Dent's jurisdiction

And the Chinese will not extradite

one of their own.

How soon can we move the money?

I already have.

For obvious reasons, I couldn't

wait for your permission.

Rest assured your money is safe.

And I thought my

jokes were bad.

Give me one reason why I shouldn't

have my boy here pull your head off.

How about a magic trick?

I'm going to make

this pencil disappear.

Tahdah! It's Gone!

Oh, and by the way,

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