Chapter 521 The Clown Calls Me the Laughing Bat
The face in the shadow could not be seen clearly, but the exaggerated clown-like smile was particularly conspicuous. He chuckled softly, and then said: "Naoke, Naoke... Thief, guess what, the owner of this house is back. "
"you……"
Arthur's pupils suddenly shrank, and there was an expression of disbelief on his face. He recognized the clown: "Are you Bruce? Are you still alive and became a clown?"
"Hahaha..." The clown let out a weird laugh, laughing so hard that he almost fell off, "What a strange name. Do you know, the last person who called me that, he has... let me think about it, You should have seen that poor old housekeeper, right?”
Arthur was still in shock. He thought about many possibilities, but he never thought that his brother Bruce Wayne, who had been dead for many years, not only resurrected from the dead, but also became the Joker?
This is really ironic. The clown himself has become Batman, and Batman has become the clown. Such a ridiculous thing can only appear in absurd dreams, right?
Bruce Wayne, who was wearing thick clown makeup, added with a smile: "By the way, my name is not the Joker, you can call me - the Laughing Bat, because I was supposed to be Batman, but you took it away. That’s all.”
"The Laughing Bat..." Arthur shook his head violently: "No, this is not true...Bruce, what happened? I clearly watched you being buried with my own eyes..."
"What's surprising about this? Even you can become Batman, so what happened to me is not surprising at all." Bruce the Clown, or the Laughing Bat, jumped down from above.
Arthur could clearly see his long-lost brother from close range. The upper half of his face was covered with visors covered with sharp iron cones, and the lower half of his face had red lips. The corners of his mouth were raised, outlining an exaggerated and crazy smile. , people think of clowns at first glance.
Although he has changed so much, Arthur can still vaguely see in this freak the look of the cute and smart Bruce Wayne who always looked like a little adult.
"Arthur, my good brother, you should really use your brain to think about what makes a person who should be lying in a grave sleeping peacefully climb out and stand up again? Really, you should really think about it. Think about this question."
The Laughing Bat made this gesture, looked around Arthur, and said in surprise, "Batman, Batman."
"You are full of hatred!"
Arthur took a deep breath and stared at the other person: "You hate me for taking away the identity and glory that originally belonged to you... But why did you hurt Alfred? You know that he is still worried about not being able to save you that night... Do you feel guilty for killing you? Do you know how he risked being swallowed up by the flames to save us both from the fire? Bruce, you should not have done anything to him no matter what!"
"Ah, what a kind and good man, Alfred... You are right, but there is a question - why did you survive in the end, but I was sent to the grave?"
The Laughing Bat put his hands on his hips and grinned crazily: "Arthur, you are half right, hatred can only make me crawl out of the grave, but what supports me and stand in front of you - is chaos and madness!
You know, from the moment I saw you, I saw the darkness and chaos deep in your heart. I should have been afraid, but I was inexplicably attracted, because I found that such chaos The darkness is so intimate, so I choose to embrace it! "
"You were bewitched by the clown, Bruce!" Arthur's expression became more complicated when he heard this. He felt that the root cause of all this tragedy might be himself.
"Hehehe... clown?"
The Laughing Bat seemed to have heard a funny joke and laughed so hard: "Arthur, you really don't know anything about clowns. What do you think a clown is? Is it you, or me, or a specific person?" ?
No, no, no, chaos is the clown, the clown is the virus, as long as chaos breeds, he will appear, everyone may become the clown, you, me, Commissioner Gordon, Alfred... Arthur, you should have You are the most ideal candidate, but you gave up. More importantly, I am more suitable than you. This is a two-way choice! "
Arthur was stunned. He thought about the night he got sick and saw countless clowns...
The clown himself told him at that time: You don't understand clowns at all.
Arthur really didn't understand enough. Before entering this world, he had not yet completed his transformation. Even though he was stimulated by the video exposed in the quiz game, he still failed to become a clown in the end.
And when he came to this bizarre world and regained his normal sanity and thinking, Arthur instinctively began to reject the clown option.
As a result, the Joker virus, or Chaos Factor, focused on the childhood Bruce Wayne, exaggerating and transforming him into the current Laughing Bat.
At this time, Arthur finally understood why the darkness and chaos in his heart disappeared, because it all went to Bruce Wayne.
He gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Bruce, you are Batman...how could you degenerate into the Joker? Forget about the fire, I have already taken care of you and your parents..."
The laughter of the Laughing Bat interrupted him, "Hahaha, that's enough Arthur, look at your funny look now, don't you remember your destiny at all?
What qualifications do you have to say such things? Think about your performance in the quiz game, how did you ridicule Gordon and Batman?
You know, it's not surprising that Batman becomes the Joker, but the Joker becomes Batman is the real joke! Because it will always be just a poor imitation! "
Arthur was silent, and then he heard the other party laughing and said: "By the way, there is one more thing - about the fire that night, guess what I did?"
"You!" Arthur suddenly widened his eyes, and an outrageous guess came into his mind. He shook his head and said: "No, this is impossible!"
"Why is it impossible? Arthur, whether it's Gotham or Wayne, I'm tired of this kind of evil and hypocrisy. Burning them all with a fire, what could be more joyful than this? "The words of the Laughing Bat were like sharp blades, piercing Arthur's heart.
He never thought that Bruce Wayne had contributed to the fire.
Now that I think about it carefully, there are indeed many doubts about the fire that night. Even though it was later confirmed that the Shadow Warrior Alliance planned everything, the process was too smooth. When Arthur reviewed the situation, he inferred from the fire point that there seemed to be a ghost in the manor.