Courage

While Harvey was struggling, Rachel, who was in another room, slowly woke up. When she found herself trapped in the hospital bed, she immediately struggled desperately, but she couldn't break free of the dozen or so restraint belts tied to her body. After a lot of effort wasted, she lay helplessly on the bed, gasping for breath.

At this moment, a voice sounded in her ear.

"Rachel, a beautiful girl."

"With your beauty and talent, you walked among the two Gotham knights and caused them a lot of trouble."

"Now, you finally have a chance to repay them."

"Look at how much you are willing to pay for these two men who love you."

"There's a controller on your left with a button on it. Press it, and Batman and Harvey Dent will live, but you'll die."

"If you don't do anything, both of them will die."

"It's up to you to decide whether to live or die."

The sound disappeared, and the room returned to peace. Rachel, whose eyes were filled with horror, touched a rectangular controller in her left hand.

And next to her carotid artery, there is a syringe fixed in mid-air, which contains a deadly toxin. Just press a button on the controller, and the robotic arm holding the syringe will automatically deliver the toxin into her body. So, when she touched the controller, Rachel immediately threw it aside in fear, as if she had touched a poisonous snake.

But soon, she picked up the controller again and held it tightly in her hand. Then she looked at the pure white ceiling in front of her, as if paralyzed.

She usually has a strong personality, but at this time she can't help but get caught in a tangle, one is a man she loves deeply, and the other is a childhood boyfriend, who also has deep feelings.

It stands to reason that either of the two is worth her saving, but if the price to pay is her own life...

Unless you are a saint with no desire, you will inevitably think about whether it is worth it.

In the other room, Bruce, who couldn't hear the sound at all, couldn't help being a little mad, eager to know what happened in the room where the two were.

"Damn, what did you do to them!"

Like an ant on a hot pan, he kept circling the room, questioning loudly, while checking the wall for a secret door, or other places that might let him out. seconds are passing by, and there are still 15 minutes left before the time reaches zero. The tangled Harvey Dent finally moved.

First, he took off his shirt and reveal his strong body that he exercised regularly. This was to prevent the strong acid from corroding for a while, which would cause the clothes and the skin to stick together.

Although Harvey was not a chemistry major, he knew a little about basic common sense.

Then, he kept standing on the spot to move his body, inhaling and exhaling heavily. After a few minutes, he gathered up his courage and slowly put his hand in front of the acid. But the corrosive acid gave him goosebumps instantly, and he almost jumped up. Fortunately, Harvey didn't in the end, and his body quickly adapted to this temperature. But the closer he got to the pool, the stronger the peculiar smell of strong acid, which passed through his nose and went straight to the sky, so that he couldn't even open his eyes.

The strong acid pool with Rachel's name written on it is within reach. Through the slightly thick liquid, he can vaguely see the bottom of the pool, and there is a key-shaped thing.

It seemed that he could easily take it up as long as he stretched his hand in. Maybe it won't be so painful.....

Harvey stretched out his hand to the pool. But at the moment when his fingers were about to touch the acid, he quickly retracted his hand and put it on his chest, lying on his back on the floor, his chest-beating violently.

Harvey, who has always shown himself with an iron face, is almost crying now: "I'm sorry, I can't do it, I'm sorry."

The floor below him was cold, but he was covered in sweat. As a prosecutor, Harvey had been exposed to several cases of acid wounding, so whenever he made up his mind, ready to reach out. the terrifying appearance of those victims will always circle in his mind. At this moment, another five minutes passed quietly.

It seems that to allow him to make a choice as soon as possible, a sharp phone ring suddenly rang in the room.

The frightened Harvey jumped up from the ground and looked around vigilantly. Finally, a stuck cell phone was found under the podium with the keyhole. He forgot to check here just now, so he didn't see it. Harvey slammed down the phone, pressed the switch button, and asked tentatively:

"Who?"

"Harvey?"

On the other side of the phone, Rachel's voice trembled slightly because she was nervous.

Hearing her voice, Harvey immediately switched the phone to the other ear, walked to the corner of the room away from the strong acid pool, and asked with concern:

"Rachel, how are you?"

"They didn't do anything to you, did you know where you are?"

Rachel, who was about to make a decision, immediately burst into tears when she heard his voice as if she had found an outlet. cried and said: "I'm fine, everything is fine, don't worry about me."

But no matter how Harvey asked, Rachel didn't say anything about her situation, she just kept crying. Looking at the digital clock on the wall that was about to reset to zero, Harvey finally made up his mind, took a few steps to the edge of the strong acid pool, and lay down again. after some time he resolutely put his hand in.

The strong acid that came into contact with the foreign object quickly began to react, the stench of white smoke rose, and the whole pool of water was surging like a wave.

Countless air bubbles emerged from the water's surface, accompanied by the sound of burning. But Harvey Dent could no longer hear anything at this time, and the pain that pierced his heart made him lose all perception of the outside world. Now, he fully realizes what it means to die rather than live.

The pain made Harvey's face bloodshot, his handsome features distorted into a ball, and his whole body shaking uncontrollably. Even so, his hand still tried to reach the bottom of the pool.

The strong acid in the pool is extremely corrosive, and also has strong dewatering and oxidizing properties. In addition to the hydrolysis reaction with the protein and fat in the body, causing severe chemical burns.

It also reacts with carbohydrates in highly exothermic dehydration and carbonizes them, causing secondary flame burns.

If the contact time is too long, or the contact area is too large, it may be life-threatening.

To prevent being burned to death, Harvey has to do now is to get the key to the bottom of the pool as soon as possible.

But when graves set up this scene, he made the design a way that when Harvey put his entire arm into the strong acid pool, his fingertips were just a little bit closer to the key. All it takes is our Knight of Light to put half of his body in so that the acid passes over his shoulders and touches the skin on his face. only this way, he can get the key at the bottom of the pool.