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

He laughed—most likely out of anger—and then quipped, "If Superman's true identity is Lex Luthor, then there are probably no aliens in the world."

Lucien looked at him in surprise and shook his finger: "You are so narrow-minded, boy."

"You don't even consider Superman an Earthling... He grew up on Earth. Better not let the racists hear this, or you'll be asking for trouble."

Jason: "..."

For a moment he felt that he was asking for trouble by sitting here.

……

Lucian remembered the general situation of the major events in DC and also remembered the order. After Bane broke his back, the next event was Superman's journey to find his relatives.

A Kryptonian named Zod, who seems to be Superman's uncle... In any case, he will appear and express his intention to conquer the Earth.

Lucian suddenly remembered: "I heard that there are alien gathering places in Gotham, similar to the Chinese and Indian gathering places."

He couldn't be sure, at least in the worlds he had encountered, he had never seen any other aliens swaggering around in Gotham except Superman and Martian Manhunter.

"The alien gathering place is in the metropolis." Jason explained.

"That's how it should be. Otherwise, we'd all come all the way to Earth for refuge, only to find even more disasters." Lucian pondered.

"Since there's a colony of aliens in Metropolis, what do you think the chances are that they know Superman is a Kryptonian?"

"What do you mean?" Jason couldn't follow the train of thought.

"What are the chances that aliens coming to Earth will retain the contact information of their home planet?"

Jason said nothing.

"The Kryptonians discovered there was an orphan on Earth... What are the chances of this happening?"

"But Krypton has been destroyed," Jason reminded again.

"Hmm," Lucian said, "So what are the chances of survival?"

He looked out the window. The rain had stopped. Perhaps Bane's Brokeback game was not over yet, but it was temporarily over. There would be no big problem in the short term, but Batman's enemies always had rules.

This law is as outrageous as "as planned" - "Batman will not lose to an enemy he meets for the second time" was later extended to "never won a fight, never lost a fight". Although it is not as authoritative as "as planned", the difference is not that big. Even if Bane comes back, Lucien is not worried that he will lose to Bane and then to the Angel of Death like in that world, and finally become a human pig.

Lucian put down the clay superman in his hand:

"Boy, I got the news that this survivor will be coming to Earth soon."

"That's not an alien that can live in Metropolis, nor is it a Kryptonian who becomes a superhero."

"You have to be careful."

……

The matter of General Zod was ultimately an event on the set of Justice League, and the people of Gotham have their own rhythm. Lucian could only give a reminder... Besides, what's the point if he really got involved?

Running in front of General Zod and polluting his super hearing with laughter will reduce his sanity?

...It would be bad if Superman, who also has super hearing, was also polluted.

"So that's it?"

Jason crossed his arms and watched Lucien's receding figure.

Although it was not raining, the sky was still gloomy. I was holding the long-handled umbrella given by Alfred, leaning on it intermittently, and the umbrella made a clattering sound as I walked on the cobblestone road.

He walked out like this, his figure about to disappear in the gray fog - along with the manor, which itself had a history, like the exit of a horror movie.

Jason shook off the confusing thoughts in his head and looked back to make sure he was alone. "...So that's it?"

That's it, Batman acquiesced to Lucian's departure... There was no point in not acquiescing, even if he really tried to stop him, Lucian would still leave in the end.

Batman had no reason to detain him in Arkham, nor could he get any evidence to send him to Blackgate, nor did he have any clues to shut down the Watchtower.

As for torture... Batman gave up the idea when he saw the video of Lucian moving freely and without changing his expression after his back was broken by Bane.

So he acquiesced.

Lucien felt Jason's gaze, but didn't care. He wasn't thinking about anything right now.

——Including the sentence "There is a lot of tacit understanding between smart people."

……

Finally, Lucien waved to stop a taxi. To his surprise, even though Gotham had just experienced chaos, the order had not completely collapsed. At least a taxi did stop in front of him.

Not listed.

Well, a black car.

Lucien opened the car door and got in.

"Where?" The driver asked in a cold tone without even turning his head.

"Arkham."

"Arkham won't answer."

"How about extra money?"

"I won't accept it even if you pay more."

Lucien didn't force it: "Then go to Blackgate Prison."

The driver pulled the handbrake: "It costs extra."

"No problem!" Lucian agreed readily without asking how much it would cost.

Anyway, the drivers will spit out the outrageous parts.

Lucian often saw the chaotic Gotham, and he had seen much more chaotic places than this, but it still felt new to him - this was the first time he saw Gotham restoring order.

In the past, it had always plummeted, like a cliff. There was no tragedy, only worse. But now it was different—someone was clearing the rubble, the hospital was operating normally, even the fire trucks...

Lucian asked, "What's the price for firefighting?"

The driver was too lazy to respond, and only replied briefly after asking a second time: "Sponsored by Wayne, free of charge."