Watching the movie! It brought a small shock to the heavens!

Arthur was shirtless, revealing his emaciated body; bruises from the previous beating still lingered on his back.

Perhaps the shoes didn't fit, or perhaps for some other reason, Arthur sat alone in the corner, frantically tearing at his clown shoes.

His expression was ferocious, and his fingers trembled slightly from the force of the tearing, as if he were venting his resentment.

"Are you alright? I heard you got beaten up, you damn barbarian."

A portly colleague approached Arthur and asked with concern.

"They were just a group of kids; I shouldn't have chased after them."

When faced with his colleagues' concern, Arthur pretended not to care.

"If you do that, they'll steal all your things. Those perverts outside, they're all animals."

Hearing his chubby colleague's harsh words, Arthur chuckled softly, feeling a little better. He felt the same way!

Seeing this, the chubby colleague was relieved. It seemed he wouldn't lose Arthur as a colleague for the time being. However, the guy was still too powerless in the face of danger. After thinking for a moment, the chubby colleague took a sealed cloth bag from the top of the cabinet and handed it to Arthur.

【"What's this?"】

"Here, this is for you."

Arthur curiously opened the bag, and inside was a revolver!

[There were even several bullets!]

【"Hmph hmph hmph~"】

Arthur chuckled the moment he saw the gun. "What's this new kind of humor? Don't be ridiculous, do you think I can actually shoot someone?"

"You have to protect yourself out there, or they'll destroy you."

However, his chubby colleague's words made Arthur realize that the other person was serious, and he looked up at him blankly.

"Randall..."

As he spoke, he glanced around warily, and only continued speaking after confirming that no one was paying attention to him.

"I am not allowed to possess firearms."

I don't even have a gun license.

"Don't be afraid, Arthur. You don't need to let anyone know. You can repay me next time. You know you're my good brother."

The chubby colleague spoke with a smile, seemingly offering well-intentioned advice; however, some things can only be done once, not countless times...

"Arthur...Hayt wants you to go to his office."

At this moment, a short colleague came in to inform Arthur, interrupting Arthur's attempt to refuse, as the fact that he possessed a gun could not be discovered. Meanwhile, the fat colleague conveniently stepped aside.

Reluctantly, Arthur had no choice but to put the gun away.

The chubby colleague then started joking about the shorter colleague's height, which made everyone laugh. This action seemed to be an attempt to draw attention to Arthur from the others.

Arthur chuckled appropriately, quickly dressed, and went to find his boss.

Arthur's laughter abruptly stopped as he crossed the corridor. He disliked mocking others; it felt like being mocked himself!

Chapter 105 An Encounter, A Dark Joke!

"Well, I just said he had no power to resist, and here comes the gun in no time." —Anonymous, from the world of 100,000 Cold Jokes.

"Actually, I feel pretty good. At least Arthur has the ability to fight back! He can still protect himself without shooting others." Xia Ling, Soul Street World.

"Harm will only bring more harm." —Snow Queen, Super Beast Armed World.

"You're talking nonsense! Only those who are alive have the right to think about the consequences." —Lolo's Adventures World, Tiger King.

"Hmph! I, Chen Beixuan, have killed countless people in my life! I disdain to explain myself to hypocrites! And who can do anything to me?" Rebirth of an Urban Immortal Cultivator, Chen Beixuan.

Arriving at the boss's office, Arthur already had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on. Why had the person who went to play the clown suddenly disappeared, taking the signboard with them?

However, Arthur still held a sliver of hope. His colleagues had all heard about him being beaten, and the boss probably knew too.

"No, don't sit down, we'll be done soon."

The boss looked at Arthur and spoke slowly.

"Listen, Arthur, I like you. A lot of people think you're a freak, but I like you. I don't even know why I like you."

After giving Arthur enough psychological preparation, the boss abruptly changed the subject.

"But then I received another complaint, and that started to piss me off. It was from someone at Kenny's Music Store."

"That guy said you disappeared and never returned his signboard."

"Because I was robbed, didn't you hear?"

Arthur tried to explain, but the boss didn't believe him at all, responding sarcastically as if to say, "Are you kidding me?"

"Stealing a signboard?"

[He then went on to make a direct sarcastic remark.]

"That's utter nonsense; it doesn't make any sense at all."

"Give his sign back, his shop is about to go out of business, Arthur."

"If you don't return the signboard, I'll deduct it from your salary, do you understand?"

"Listen, I'm trying to help you, okay? Let me tell you something else..."

[The boss then continued to berate Arthur for his strange behavior, but Arthur could no longer hear the boss's voice.]

A smile graced his face, as if it were an expression he was born with.

[Quietly watching the boss, waiting for the other to keep saying that he was a weirdo...]

"This feeling?!" Seven Worlds of Myself, Shen Yizhen.

"Personality...split personality?" Li Mo in the Land of Law Remnants.

"Arthur's smile is so strange. He's almost unable to suppress his surging emotions, but this time, he's not smiling at all?" Xia Ling, Soul Street World.

"This situation is even worse; the patient has likely received enough stimulation that the condition has progressed to a deeper level." Black Jack's World, Black Jack.

["Bang! Bang! Bang!"]

Arthur arrived at a small alley and unleashed his fury on a trash can!

I didn't take the billboard! Those damn thugs stole it!

Arthur kept replaying his boss's sarcastic remarks in his mind, wanting to yell at him and let him know he hadn't done anything wrong!

But he can't! He needs this job! He dreams of becoming a comedian!

All he could do was keep kicking the filthy trash can!

[“Sizzle~”]

But the place hadn't been cleaned in so long that disgusting soup had overflowed from the garbage bags. Arthur slipped and fell, instantly getting covered in filth.

For a moment, he even felt that he was no different from the garbage here.

The garbage, left uncollected, filled the entire alley, emitting a stench that permeated the air. He, too, resembled a piece of garbage, reeking of its own stench.

Arthur didn't rush to get ready and stood up.

He sat in the filth, hugging his knees, watching the passing cars in the distance with a sense of bewilderment.

That's it, let's take a break...

"Poor Arthur~" Home with Kids World, Liu Xing.

"So you have to study hard, you know Liu Xing, so that you can become a useful member of society and help more people like you escape this kind of life." — Liu Mei, a senior student at Home with Children.

"Wow, what a positive message." —Anonymous, from the world of 100,000 Cold Jokes.

"That boss should know about Arthur, right? If even the employees know, the boss must have much better access to information than the employees." —From the world of Once Upon a Time in a Spirit Sword Mountain, Wind Chimes.

"If this is confirmed, the boss won't be able to ask Arthur for the billboard money anymore, right? And isn't this a work injury? That's why that idiot boss pretended not to know." —Wang Lu, from the world of Once Upon a Time in a Spirit Sword Mountain.

"Ahhh~ That boss is using PUA on Arthur! Why does PUA exist in other worlds too! Get away, get away!" (From the Douyin world, Great Mother Dragon)

After a while, Arthur slowly got up and walked towards home.

Climbing that staircase that seemed longer than life itself, my weary body became even more hunched.

[He returned home dejectedly, opened his empty mailbox as usual, and found nothing there, just like always.]

It seems his mother's wish will be dashed again, but Arthur still harbors a sliver of hope. If Mayor Thomas Wayne were to actually reply, perhaps he... might be a little happier.

[Afterwards, Arthur entered the old elevator and pressed the somewhat unresponsive buttons.]

"Wait! Hold on!"

Suddenly, a frantic female voice came from outside the elevator. Almost instinctively, Arthur used his hand to stop the elevator doors from opening.

【“谢谢。”】

A mother and daughter rushed in, thanking Arthur profusely. Normally, Arthur would have exchanged a few words with them, but today he was simply not in the mood.

The old elevator suddenly started shaking, but they were already used to this.

"This building is terrible, isn't it?"

Perhaps out of gratitude for Arthur's earlier pause, the woman initiated a conversation with him.

[Only then did Arthur turn his head to look directly at the woman. Her bright red coat, beautiful face, and energetic tone couldn't hide her exhaustion.]

"This building is terrible, isn't it, Mom?"

The child repeated her mother's words, while the woman echoed her child's words and stared intently at Arthur.

He made a gun gesture with his hand and fired a shot into his temple.

[Like a darkly humorous joke, this awful city feels like shooting yourself in the foot.]

Arthur chuckled, amused. Even in their brief time together, he could sense the woman's liveliness and enthusiasm.

[And those humorous dark jokes~]

【Stare~】

The elevator stopped, and Arthur realized that he and the woman were actually neighbors. As they parted, Arthur suddenly called out to her.

【"Hey!"】

After attracting the woman's attention, Arthur also made a gesture as if he were shooting himself, accompanied by a small sound effect.

After exchanging a smile with the woman, the two went their separate ways home.

However, after this little incident, Arthur suddenly realized that life wasn't so bad after all; everyone was trying their best to live, wasn't they?

Chapter 106 Mother's Contempt, Bang! A gunshot rang out!

"Hmm~ I feel like Arthur and this lady have something going for them~ but isn't their method of getting along a bit too advanced!" Xia Ling, in the world of Zhenhun Street.

"Look, I'm going to smash my own head in! Hey! No way, watch me, splat~ blood's flowing out!" —Anonymous, from the world of 100,000 Cold Jokes.

"Good, good, good, Brother Wuming, you are truly a talent." —Zhang Chulan, Under One Person World.

"Hmm~ This child is teachable~" Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms world.

"Well, even Cao Cao has been brought up. The spirit of Jian'an, the legacy of Wei Wu, right!" (From the world of 100,000 Cold Jokes)

"Oh? My virtues have been passed down to later generations?" Cao Cao, from the Three Kingdoms period.

"Um, hard to say..." Douyin world, Great Mother Dragon.

"We've gone off-topic! Shouldn't we be hoping Arthur can eventually find his own redemption?!" The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System, Shen Qingqiu.

Arthur returned home.

[Currently washing the body of a mother who has difficulty moving.]

"Raise your head."

"The mailman probably threw the letter away."

"Mom, why are those letters so important to you? What do you think he will do?"

Arthur asked curiously, "For so many years, I've checked the mailbox every day, but it's always empty. Logically, my mother should have given up long ago."