when you need more batman icons and less bruce icons tho
Drug trafficking was nothing new in Gotham. Neither was the sex or the human element. The Bat had branded the traffickers before and Lex made sure they died in prison to send a message - to cause chaos. It was a slippery slope that Bruce had started to walk. Alfred tried to warn him. Even Clark had warned him in his own way. He was too angry - too afraid - to listen. Except now he heard the message loud and clear. Especially now that the Joker was out and free with Harley.
Some prison Belle Reve managed to be.
It didn't take long for the Bat to learn he had been led astray. The Joker had been toying with him for years. The patterns were in front of his face, but Batman needed to know if there was more going on. Suspicion in all things. Deception. That was why he had interrogated the Joker's goons to learn exactly which dock the weapons and drugs would be coming in. For as much of a crime lord the Joker was, he fell in to the same trap they all did. Greed.
Batman knew he'd be late. But that didn't mean the Joker would get away with the shipment. Obtaining and keeping were different.