[Zhongyingmei] The clown is actually me

Four days later.

The unjust Batman received a message from Lex Luthor in the Pacific lead mine deep in the north and south of Alaska.

Four days ago, Luthor gave Jack Rex Group access to the remote sensing satellite group. Although Jack forged a lot of traces to prove that he was intruding from the outside, not from the inside,? But these logs obviously failed to completely fool the steel bone, ? He is dubious about Luthor's loyalty.In order to avoid the limelight, Luthor had to keep a low profile,? But at this juncture, he sent a communication request at the risk of being discovered, which really surprised Batman(s),? Unrighteous Bat reacted quickly,? Turned on The communicator: "Hello,? Luther?"

Luther cut to the chase: "The clown is still alive."

"what?"

"Your clown, a clown from another world,? He's still alive. In Superman's hands. Superman tortured him,? Breaking his bones, skinning him, killing him slowly,? He used the Lazarus pool to revive him over and over again,? Repeatedly. He wanted to prove that the clown was awake and not crazy at all, or he didn't want to prove anything, but just listened to him begging for mercy." Luthor has tried his best to be concise,? "I hope you Take him away, tomorrow is Louise's death day,? Superman will definitely leave,? Flash - our Flash will assist you"

Batman was silent for a while: "Luther,? Why do you care so much about the Joker?"

Luther mulled over his words, and it took him a long time to say, "Batman, he's singing."

"Sing?"

"Yes, singing, while he was being tortured, he was laughing and singing loudly, and he sang... very badly. Batman, I admire you now, I don't know what the hell you have been fighting all this time, I I can't stand him, I can't stand him for a second, it's crazy to be in the same room with him." Luther took a deep breath from the other end of the communicator, "I recorded a little of his song, you can listen to it .”

The polyline representing the audio on the screen fluctuated violently, and there was a steep ripple. Luthor passed the recording file over, and Batman played it in silence.There was a crackling sound of electric sparks on the computer display, followed by a ghostly voice, mixed with insane and crazy laughter.The singing voice is vague, sharp and distorted, like a man whose tongue has been cut off in half, singing with a voice like scratching a blackboard with his nails:

"When the world is filled with sorrow, when every headline screams despair.

When there's rape and famine and war everywhere, when life is ugly.

I have a certainty to do, and I pass on the secret to you,

That always makes me laugh out loud--

I'd go mad like a bug scorched by a light bulb.

Just going crazy, foaming at the mouth sometimes, chewing the carpet.

Sir, living in a padded ward is wonderful, it takes all the melancholy away* . . . "

(*The lyrics are from the DC animation "Deadly Joke")

In the middle of singing, his chaotic singing suddenly stopped, and then there was a crisp sound of bones breaking, which made people's teeth sore.The clown was very angry, and there was a gurgling sound in his throat, which seemed to be spit or blood: "I said, Mr. Super Crazy, you can't be polite, at least wait until I finish singing."

The recording stopped abruptly here, and there was silence in the lead mine safe haven.

What a devil—everyone was sure everyone else was thinking the same thing, and there was no fear in the Joker's song, just laughter.He was smug like a devil, almost jumping up and down, caring more about an unfinished song than his own broken bones.Green Lantern, Green Arrow, and Aquaman sneak a glance at Batman, hoping to read something from his face, but Batman's lips are tightly pressed, as cold as a black wall.

A wall between clowns and ordinary citizens.

Luther's voice continued: "I don't sympathize with him, our clown killed Louise, and your—no doubt, he's just as evil, just as incurable, or worse. But you have to The reason for taking him away is simple, and the Flash thinks the same way: you just want to defeat Superman and put him in the Red Sun Cell, while the Joker wants to make him more evil, more depraved, and more hopeless. Superman is already insane It's almost over, let him stay here, listen to his laughter, listen to his creepy songs, and then we will be the ones going crazy."

"Once upon a time there was a tavern where we toasted and exchanged glasses, remember how we passed the time laughing*..."

(*Lyrics from "Those? Were? The? Days")

The Harlequin in a deep purple tuxedo was humming a tune when Batman walked into the special cell.

He was lying on his back on an iron bed, looking as if he was sunbathing on the beach, if the heavy shackles on his hands and feet and the layers of dried blood on the iron bed were ignored.His gown was blood-soaked and dried to a hard steel plate.Batman came closer to look at him, his slender legs were bent several times strangely, there were obviously multiple fractures, his dead white skin was covered with bruises, and his face had been completely peeled off, revealing his glowing red muscles Exposure to the air, there is a coagulated blood clot in the corner of the eye.

"Hi! Old man, I haven't seen you for a year and a half. Do you miss me? I'm sorry, I'm a bit disrespectful now." The most terrible thing is that the clown is still sane. He put the face that looks like a medical specimen Turn around, and yell at Batman, "I have some sad news to tell you, after the careful teaching of our two clowns, your best friend, the god of the world, the embodiment of virtue and hope, the most righteous hero, has Completely insane! Hahahaha—hahahahahahaha!"

Green Arrow turned away with a disgusted expression.

Batman untied his shackles in silence, the clown moved restlessly, and continued to laugh: "But, Bat, the funniest thing is that no matter how many crimes I commit, how many people I kill, no matter how many Not worth it, how much you hate me, you will save me, like now, you risk being found by that mad dog superman to save me. Not because Jack is here, but because you won't admit that I have no medicine Help, you never give up hope - and this, that's the joke."

Batman ignored him.

The clown spit out a few mouthfuls of blood, which was mixed with broken internal organs: "I assure you, bats... all of this can be more funny! Now take me to the Lazarus pool, meow meow."

"Where's Jack?"

"I'm sleeping soundly. In my dream, I'm probably worrying about how to plug the hole in the wall——Oh, it's true, you don't smile, it makes me sad." The clown raised his hand tremblingly, touching the other person's face , he looks alive and well with excess energy, but in fact he is dying.The lungs were full of congestion, and the heart was gradually failing from the blood loss. He coughed up pink foam while laughing, and with his blood-stained fingers, he drew an upward curved line on Batman's mouth, a red smiley face , "Why are you so serious? Just smile."

Blood trickled down the smiling face and dripped down his chin, and Batman said, "Lantern."

Green Lantern, who had been listening to the clown's nagging for a long time, finally breathed a sigh of relief. Using the green light ring, he transformed into a huge iron clamp, grabbed the clown by the collar, and threw him into the bright green Lazarus Pool.The clown also screamed: "Throw my face off!"

Seeing the ups and downs of that pool of green water, Batman suddenly had an illusion, as if it was not the Lazarus Pool, but the chemicals from the ACE factory. He watched the clown fall in again, and the pool of green amniotic fluid A new evil soul will be bred in it.How familiar everything is, fate is but a cycle.Green Lantern stood by, apparently unaware of his grief, but patted Batman on the shoulder with his hand, and asked the question Luthor had asked before: "Batman, you've been following me all this time. This damn thing fights?"

Batman didn't answer, just wiped the blood from his mouth with his hand.The Green Lantern crossed his head resentfully, and his eyes touched the iron bed in the prison cell. There was a cloth-like thing floating in the corner of the iron bed, covered with coagulated black blood, shaking heavily in the wind.He thought it was a blood-soaked bed sheet at first, but soon realized that the shape was wrong, the corners of the "bed sheet" were jagged, his brain seemed to be rusted and couldn't move, and it took him a long time to react numbly Come over: it is a piece of half-dried human skin.

Before Superman had time to come back, Batman and his party left with the clown who had recovered in Lazarus Pool.

He didn't inject the clown with the locking agent immediately, but after arriving at the safe haven, he pressed the clown on a chair in the medical room and drew blood for a biochemical test.The locking agent has a strong poisonous effect. He has to ensure that the clown will not suffer from acute liver and kidney failure due to this injection. It will take some time to wait for the results of the biochemical test. He put the blood sample away and said to the others: "You all go out, I will Talk to him."

Green Lantern and the others looked at each other, exchanged a few "so sure" looks, and backed out.

The Joker is in handcuffs, laying on a chair, and lighting a cigarette, he takes a deep breath and blows it into Batman's face: "Okay, old man, you gotta talk to me. But don't expect me to To be honest, I haven't seen you for a year and a half, and you don't miss me a day, and you act like you killed Superman, as if it wasn't me, but Superman was tortured by me, which really makes me sad."

Batman throws his cigarette in the trash: "Don't play dumb."

The clown looked at him for a while, until there was no more smile in his acid green eyes, he sneered slowly: "Jack, you want to talk about Jack with me. This is really disappointing. I thought we could catch up, Reminiscing about the bloody past by candlelight."

Batman ignored his taunt: "What's the relationship between Jack and you?"

The clown grinned: "Lover."