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

Perhaps many people don’t know about a dark side of prisons: some prisons in the United States are private enterprises, and prisoners in these private prisons will have a miserable life if they don’t pay.

- They will be placed in multi-person rooms with poor conditions. It is common to see more than 30 people crowded in one room. The environment is filthy, with rats and cockroaches rampant. Their requests for medical treatment are refused, causing their condition to worsen. The food quality is poor, and they often eat rotten fruits and artificially synthesized so-called "meat patties". They are forced to do dangerous work, but the hourly wage will not exceed two dollars.

By paying eighty dollars a day, you can enjoy the same treatment as in a hotel, without having to do physical labor, being able to go out during the day, and even being paroled the next day or having your next sentence replaced.

In this world where members of the Court of Owls act as president, Blackgate Prison is also a private enterprise... Although the real owner has been killed, he was quickly inherited by his wife and children, and the rules and regulations remain the same, without any influence from the outside world.

In short, Zaven had a miserable life without money, especially since he bit off Bob's ear and was specifically told to be treated specially.

He fell to the bottom of the prison, was tortured and bullied, and his legs worsened because he did not receive timely medical treatment, and eventually became completely disabled.

……

This is a good revenge story.

Look, a gangster who inherited his father's property and squandered it, a homosexual, a scumbag who installed surveillance cameras in tenants' rooms and sold the videos.

The bad guys should be punished, this is a standard ending, this is a very good story.

Lucian plays the role of a destiny avenger in this story - if he had not moved into the tenant's room by accident, he would not have discovered the camera and would not have broken Zavin's ankle with a bullet.

If Zavin hadn't treated his ankle, he wouldn't have had surgery, he wouldn't have been cheated by insurance, he wouldn't have gone bankrupt, and he wouldn't have blamed Lucian for all his resentment.

If he had used his brain and had a little intelligence, he wouldn't have been drafted by the police, had his legs broken, been sent to prison, and spent the rest of his life in despair.

……

But rather than saying that Lucian caused Zavin's tragedy, it is more accurate to say that it is a problem of Gotham and Zavin themselves.

If Zawen hadn't installed cameras, if the surgery hadn't cost so much, if insurance had paid according to regulations, if the police were fair, if the judges were honest, if prisons had basic human rights protections...

In fact, Zaven figured it out the moment he bit off Bob's ear - although it seemed that the murderer was Lucian, Batman - he did retain some resentment, but more importantly, he hated this society.

……

Zaven was lying on a hardwood board, with the urine toilet no more than ten centimeters away from his head. Someone was urinating next to him, and the yellow urine splashed on his face intentionally or unintentionally.

He didn't care, nor did he dare to care. Even if they asked Zawen to speak, he would not refuse... Zawen wanted to live.

He couldn't just die like this, he wanted revenge.

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My 68-Year-Old Male Tenant

The Days I Lived with the Bald Mayor

Lucien put down his pen and blew the ink off his freshly written article.

just kidding.

On the paper is the underground coordinate map of the Court of Owls in Gotham.

Whether it is to obtain the evidence of White Mask's guilt so that you can convince more people in your next speech, or to get the electrum that enhances recovery ability because of the overlap of entries, or simply to check in, this is an indispensable thing.

Judging from the current development of owls, there must be a maze underground.

"Let me make it clear first, sir. If I don't come back soon, no one will open the door to feed you, and you will die of dehydration and hunger within a few days." Although the mayor had his hands and feet intact and was not tied up, it did not mean that he could escape from a sturdy cage with the lock core outside and no ventilation.

Of course, if his true identity was Claw, who could break open the iron gate with his bare hands, Lucian would just pretend he had never said this.

But the mayor's flabby flesh clearly proved he wasn't.

……

If it were just for evidence and electrum, Lucien would not have gone to the Court of Owls. This time he went there mainly because of another thing - Silent Bat and Jack were missing.

The object of his suspicion is the underground Court of Owls.

Think about it, two people who have endured humiliation for so many years in order to bring down this organization finally see hope, and when they are about to succeed, they will definitely cut the weeds completely.

They must go to the underground Court of Owls.

……

Lucian even suspected that after the Silent Bat threatened him, it didn't waste time on him because it was in a hurry to deal with it.

But they are indeed missing in Gotham.

Wayne Manor was empty, and neither of them was seen in Arkham Asylum.

They might be trapped in the underground labyrinth of the Court of Owls, or, of course, they might fall into someone else's hands, their fate uncertain.

……

There's no way around it. This is a dark multiverse, and the people here don't have the golden fingers of the bats in the main universe.

Lucien even felt that Jack did not have the Dionysus factor in his body.

Anyway...

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Gotham's sewer system has existed since the city was founded, and has become more complex as the city continues to expand. It is also probably the place with the least corruption in the entire city.

It is even possible that the embezzled money was used to decorate this underground maze.

The map provided by the mayor was detailed enough and contained many precautions, but perhaps the person who made the map had anticipated that even the information from the mayor was incomplete.

Lucian still spent a whole day groping in this maze.

"Tick, tick, tick."

It's the sound of water.

Looking at the blocked passage at the end, Lucien remembered the precautions written by the mayor - some walls are fake, and pushing them will lead to the exit.

When I walked over, I found that it was indeed fake. There seemed to be an electrical device at the base, and Lucian didn't even need to use any effort to push it open.

The sound was very quiet. He did not rush in. Instead, he pushed open a crack, took out a mimic insect from the backpack behind him, and put it in.

A small beetle can see what's going on inside through a camera:

Suddenly, the view became clear. There was an oil lamp flickering on the wall, and under the oil lamp was a person who was deader than dead.

There were signs of a struggle, but some of them belonged to the dead man.

Then there is an extremely empty space, leading directly to the hall - there is a huge owl sculpture, in front of which there is a fountain spewing thin amber gold. In addition, there is a large round table and the coffin of the Claw sleeping in the corner. Now Gotham's Claws have been transferred away, and there are only empty coffins here.

The sound of water that Lucian heard was probably from that fountain.

……

The fountain was not full of amber gold, but there was not much missing. There were some messy devices next to it, which seemed to want to be put into the container, but due to an accident, the filling was forced to stop halfway, but there was no damage to the equipment and no signs of fighting.

...It must be what SilentBat and Jack saw.

What do you see?

The black beetle spun in place, lifting its front legs with its simulated claws and looking upwards.

The huge owl sculpture, forged from pure gold, is eye-catching enough to make people ignore the pattern hidden in the darkness on the wall behind it.

The Court of Owls worships the Dark Lord Barbatos, and the pattern above is Barbatos' stream of consciousness.

……

Lucian still remembers the curse of Barbatos on his body... Has this thing found him?

It shouldn't be like that. He didn't see the virtual bat, nor did he see the space crack.

Even though he was thinking this, his steps kept retreating. Of course, he did not forget to control the little beetle to explore continuously.

……

There were no useful clues in this hall, but Lucian's ominous premonition became stronger and stronger, as if someone was holding a gong and hitting it hard in his ears.

What exactly happened to SilentBat and Jack?

He followed his sixth sense and his memory and came out of the maze without encountering any obstruction.

……

Lucien didn't quite understand what kind of black technology this little beetle used, but even though it was so far away, it could still be used normally.

Chapter 191 Hell Begins Late But Arrives

"He has been shooting continuously for three hours, firing between twenty and thirty arrows per minute with great accuracy. His physique has been enhanced, making him a claw-like being, but he is unaffected by the cold."

Silent Bat and Jack are in a secret underground place, dealing with a man wearing an owl uniform and hiding in a high place.

They sneaked in here, and although they didn't spend too much time in the maze, there were endless traps inside, especially the special "claw" that suddenly appeared when they were loading the electrum gold.

They were in a stalemate for a whole day, and accidentally knocked off the mask of "Claw" and saw the face inside.

Silent Bat recognized it.

It's Oliver Queen.

Also known as Bruce Wayne of Star City.

……

Quinn cannot get tired or die, has high recovery, quick reactions, is familiar with the terrain, and is well-equipped. He does not have the weaknesses of the Claw, but he also does not have the mind.

It's like setting up a program to "expel and kill intruders."

HushBat and the Joker are being hunted by him.

……

"Jack, there was a chain just now. I'll lure him away and set a trap at the narrow intersection he passed before. I'll lure him there in about fifteen minutes."

Jack was a little out of breath due to his excessive strength, and he gestured to leave.

But unexpectedly, Quinn chased him away without paying any attention to the Silent Bat.

Jack:!

Lucian's little beetle was still in the hall. When he looked at the surrounding passages, he was sure that this was the place that gave him a sense of threat.

Especially the golden owl sculpture and the image of Barbatos behind it.

The beetle climbed up the sculpture, and its simulated limbs had strong grip and did not even slip while climbing.

Coming to the eyes... the feathers of this pure gold sculpture are lifelike, but the eyes are not that realistic. There are only perfunctory irises and pupils, without any delicate lines.