Laughing American comics, I am becoming more and more like a clown

Chapter 135 Mercy

Arthur felt that he would probably never understand the Joker, nor would he understand the meaning of the character's existence... He also didn't think he should understand this.

"Sorry, this is too complicated," Arthur said. "...perhaps we should look at the current crisis?"

"Don't you want eternal life?" Lucien asked.

Arthur didn't answer this, but changed the subject: "Recently, the government army has been conducting a census and registration from house to house. We have to think of a way. You are now rewarded."

"Or you don't want to know about the old clown?" Lucien continued.

"Yes, he... he has a large piece of property over there. I know the location. We can hide there." He said.

"You know what I'm talking about, Arthur." Lucian turned around and no longer looked through the reflection in the mirror...straightly, without any obstruction.

Arthur's good eyesight even allowed him to see the unique lines on his pupils... not lines, but a reflection of his shadow.

……

He lowered his head and pursed his lips: "I want to be an ordinary person... It doesn't matter what happens, I can die at any time."

……

Lucien listened to these words, and he seemed to be listening to himself say them in a trance... He had said such words before, not long ago, less than three years ago.

Arthur avoided looking at him, which gave Lucian the opportunity to look at him freely. He made a critical judgment:

He is less than 1.78 meters tall (Joaquin Phoenix, who plays Arthur, is 127 cm tall), weighs less than 115 pounds (to play the role, Phoenix lost weight to pounds, which is about kilograms), has somewhat thick but generally brown-black hair, skin that is not white enough, and a pair of gray eyes... gray, without any green or blue.

……

Lucian remembered what he used to be like...that was a long time ago, before he killed the Joker for the first time.

He used to have brown hair and brown eyes, liked to smoke, liked to stand on high places to think, was less than two meters tall, and was relatively healthy... at least not skinny.

……

He remembered Arthur's declaration of being an ordinary person, and also remembered a sentence from "The Moon and Sixpence"

I try my best to live an ordinary life.

Lucian looked at Arthur, and the bandages on his face suddenly relaxed. The smile that could be described as cunning and malicious disappeared without a trace. He said:

"Well, before the government troops arrive, you have to move me away and clean up this place."

He looked at Arthur's relieved expression and thought of the clown, just a clown... -22 and the old clown were both thinking about it, and even thinking about themselves, the clown.

……

Or maybe.

They treated him so kindly because they saw themselves?

Just like how the Joker looks at the ordinary man Arthur now.

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Damian is the third-generation Batman. He implemented his own policies on Gotham... In the final analysis, it was just some modifications to the second-generation Batcave system, and it was even more cruel and brutal.

People had thought he would have a self-proclaimed nickname as well... like the Sage, people thought he would be Tyrant Bat.

But in fact, Damian doesn't call himself that. He only sees himself as Batman and only allows himself to be called Batman.

He even found the form of the bat armor used by Batman thirty years ago, copied it, and put it on himself.

What’s even more interesting is Damian’s resemblance to Bruce…especially when his mother’s eyebrows and eyes are covered up, leaving only the lower half of his face exposed.

The old Gotham people who experienced those times are a little dazed.

Batman is alive?

Is Batman finally deciding to rule Gotham?

……

Bruce saw all this, but he couldn't change anything, he couldn't even say anything. A month passed, and Damian seemed to have completely forgotten that his trachea should have recovered, and he also seemed to have forgotten the existence of Batman.

Anyway, after that first meeting, Bruce never saw him again.

……

Glucose entered the body through the drip, and part of the body's circulation could be completed outside the body... Unlike Paul at the beginning, Damian had the extracorporeal circulation device that Bruce relied on for survival made large and bulky... like a spider's belly, like an ant queen's tail.

It's impossible to break in and take Bruce away again... unless the intruder wants a cold Batman.

……

There was plenty of room for thought, and Bruce gradually guessed the purpose of Damian's strange behavior.

...He wanted to show Bruce whether Batman could succeed in ruling Gotham through bloody, violent, and paranoid means.

Maybe Damian was being provocative, proving his own superiority and Bruce's weakness.

But all Bruce sees through those high-definition cameras are warnings... warnings of what will happen to Gotham if he becomes a bloody, violent, paranoid, and authoritarian Batman.

He did not become hysterical or crazy because of his current passive and low situation.

Instead he calmed down.

Become rational... and gradually regain your kindness.

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"Arthur, I have a morning erection!"

In the morning, Lucien arrived with a surprise.

"Congratulations." Arthur said from a distance, without any intention of going over to see... Although this was something worth being happy about, it was said so bluntly that he didn't show any intention of showing any expression.

"Come and see! This is a miracle!" Lucian seemed completely confused by his embarrassment and continued, "I knew the clown wasn't a eunuch... he just didn't have a beard!"

"Thank you, I won't read it." Arthur still refused.

"You're boring!"

"I'm not gay."

Finally, Lucian compromised, packed up, pulled up his pants, walked out, and saw Arthur giving Paul an IV. He clicked his tongue:

"Are you role-playing something? Uniform seduction? Nurse and patient?"

"If you hadn't completely forgotten to tell me about his existence... he wouldn't be malnourished, and I wouldn't be here giving him an IV drip, and most importantly."

Arthur said seriously, "I'm not wearing a uniform, I'm not a nurse... and I'm not gay."

"I'm actually considering buying a pair of iron pants to wear at bedtime - I'm worried about my bottom."

Lucien came over and sat aside. Part of the gauze on his body had been removed, revealing the bright red flesh inside. The rest, including his chest, back, and legs, were still bandaged due to skin graft surgery.

Some curiously asked: "Have you ever had a girlfriend?"

"……without."

"Oh~little virgin~" A smile appeared on Lucian's face.

Unfortunately, Arthur changed the subject when he said the second sentence:

"Jack died saving Paul...and now you're keeping Paul too. Why?"

Chapter 136 Fertility

"Perhaps it's because we all agree with his rule and we are all his loyal followers?"

Arthur:......

He sighed and said, "You have to pay for the consultation."

"Okay, medical fee, do you really want me to be serious?" Lucian said calmly, "Paul is an important person... He can't die, at least not before the end."

"What if I die early?"

"It would make the story less exciting, you know, dramatic."

"Then when will it end? Will the world be destroyed?"

"Maybe? Maybe not? I don't know." He shrugged, "To be more precise, no one will know until it arrives."

"So what you mean is, for this uncertain ending..." Arthur wanted to continue, but his index finger was pressed against his lips.

"Shh, stop asking, dear. If you still want to be an ordinary person...you can't know so much."

Green eyes looked at him, and Arthur swallowed the question on his lips and said instead: "Are you prepared to go against the Assassin's League?"

"This is necessary... a necessary step to rescue the princess imprisoned by the dragon."

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Gotham was a self-sufficient closed city during the reign of the Angel of Death, and now it is in Damian's hands, he is still continuing this practice.

All necessities are controlled by the current government forces, including food, water, land... and then a reward and punishment system is established using these resources.

Forced work, forced childbirth, forced relocation...

It disrupts people's original survival patterns and reshuffles things - it is a degeneration of the social system.

?

"It's better than outside... There are no parasitic demons or deadly viruses here..."

Some decadent and tired middle-aged men said: "The real doomsday is outside."

William Holden, a former reporter for the Gotham Daily, had some rare understanding of the outside world of Gotham due to his profession. After Paul took control of Gotham, he was responsible for flattering and criticizing the resistance. Unfortunately, Paul has now been defeated.

"But what do you want me to do! Holden!" His wife's hair was disheveled, her clothes were messy, her eyes were red and swollen, and there were traces of tears on her face. She pointed in the direction of the door: "Last night!"

"Those beasts come in!" He pointed at himself and said, "I raped you!"

"And you!" She reached out and slapped him hard: "Fuck, I was yelling so loudly, you coward! Soft bastard! You actually pretended not to hear me!"

There was a crisp sound, and William turned his head away. He was silent for a moment, turned around, and said, "I'm sorry." Then he explained:

"But if we want to survive, I mean... have basic supplies."

Forced reproduction, but William is unable to fertilize. If the government forces get wind of this, they will be forcibly separated.

The wife sobbed and cried, "So? So I deserve this? Besides...how do you know it's you who can't have children? It could also be me."