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Batman said this.

When Batman says these three words, anyone who knows him will try to trust him.

Even though Lucian still suspected that he contained some elements of laughter.

Actually, he couldn't refuse, could he?

Even if the Joker completely gave up control of the body, Lucian could not escape Batman's control. Even if the Joker and Lucian reached a cooperation and the Joker controlled the body to resist, it would be of no avail.

That would only make them more embarrassed and ultimately fail to achieve their goal.

Lucien could only believe it.

He obediently lay down on the bed. The Joker occasionally resisted, but was violently suppressed by Batman. Lucian felt the pain in his joints and was glad for his own wisdom.

"Honey, do you know what this looks like?" the clown laughed. "This is fun! Do you want to sleep with me?"

Chapter 35: Laughing wildly?

Batman didn't answer, but stood in front of them, looking down at them, like a ghostly sculpture standing silently on a rainy night.

But when they thought Batman would not speak, he suddenly spoke:

"You are an inexperienced person, Lucian. How can you be so sure that you must be a time traveler?"

Generally speaking, normal people believe that their memory loss is due to illness or accident, and that being penniless is due to theft or robbery.

Lucien was stunned for a moment.

This was a question he had not thought about.

From the moment he opened his eyes on the balcony, he instinctively thought that he was a time traveler.

"I know! I know!" The Joker laughed. "He's immortal! Every time he dies, his memory is erased! ... His experiences will become dormant and transformed into instinct."

"What a great setting! If I were a creator, I would just copy it." Lucian scoffed before answering Batman's question: "The truth is—I don't know either."

"This is also instinct." Batman observed his conflicted expression: "I understand."

Lucien felt a slight sting, as if he had been injected with something, and soon his consciousness became unclear.

Anyone who has been in a coma knows that the first sense to react before losing consciousness is hearing.

The eardrums swelled as if underwater, and the sounds were distant and indistinct.

Next, vision disappears, similar to a camera gradually changing from focus to defocus, and the surroundings become difficult to see clearly.

Lucian went through the same process.

But before his hearing faded, he heard a sharp, shrill laugh, and before his vision blurred, he saw the stone-like figure's grin spread across his face.

……

!

It's like a sudden inspiration in a flash.

Lucien reacted.

He's laughing maniacally, he's not Batman at all.

His goal was to have the Joker take over the body... perhaps as revenge against the madman - to keep him trapped in an undead body and torture him to his heart's content.

Lucien didn't want to faint like this. He felt a little desperate, realizing his trust in memory, his reliance on "immortality", his blindness to Batman, and his indifference to the external environment... He was belatedly aware of his anger and resentment.

But as the Batman Who Laughs gradually blurred in front of him, Lucien had a strange feeling.

Negative emotions seemed to be floating in the air, and he suddenly couldn't even empathize with his own sorrow.

Lucien began to wonder how he would torture the Joker, how the Earth would end in his hands, and whether he would really be saved.

He no longer cared about his own plight, nor did he feel regret or resentment.

Of course, Lucian wasn't some masochist, he wasn't someone who needed to be tortured, nor was he out of inappropriate curiosity, he was just curious...

Of course, this kind of mentality should not appear in this situation.

He should be crazy, angry, hysterical, and then followed by fear, resentment, or even worse, paralyzed, with a blank mind or something like that.

but.

He's just curious.

very curious.

This curiosity was like a hundred claws scratching his heart, starting from his throat and eyes, making Lucian want to say something, but he didn't necessarily have to say it.

Even if you open your mouth and make some sound, it will be fine.

Lucian coughed continuously like an asthma patient, but this could not suppress the itching in his throat.

To be more blunt, instead of coughing, he wanted to... laugh.

But until the visitor from another world fell into a deep sleep against his will, he did not laugh out loud as he wished.

The muscles on the body that gradually lost consciousness gradually relaxed, but the corners of the lips were strangely raised high.

-

"I'm afraid we won't get any help." Batgirl's face appeared on the Batcomputer and said to the somewhat embarrassed Dick.

"Why do you say that? Is there no way to contact other universes?"

"Actually, we can." Batgirl clicked on some video materials, which were also projected onto the Batcomputer.

The first one is a blue planet.

"This is the first universe we were able to connect to, and our observations revealed that it was an Earth completely submerged in water, with no signs of life observed."

The second one is a pervert in tights with an owl as its logo.

"This is the second one. In this Earth, Bruce died in childhood, and his brother Thomas took over Batman's position as Night Owl... but it seems that he was a super villain. Out of caution, we gave up contact."

The third one is a monster similar to Doomsday, but more hideous.

"This world's Batman exists entirely in Doomsday form, and when we find him... he's attacking his own planet."

Then it's pretty much the same story, either something's wrong with Earth or something's wrong with Batman.

"Does this mean that we are the only normal one in the observable universe?"

"I'm sorry, Nightwing, but I'm afraid it is."

"Oh my God..." But Dick still had one last glimmer of hope: "What about the main universe? There won't be such problems in the main universe, right?"

"But we can't contact them anyway." Batgirl said with regret: "I'm afraid we really have to rely on ourselves."

"...Okay, okay." Dick digested it for a while and pushed with both hands, and the Batchair slid out. There was Tim who was using the Batcomputer to analyze data and adjust city resources, and Jason who was wiping his helmet.

"We need a meeting."

Nightwing, Red Hood, and Red Robin formed a triangle around the table.

Nightwing said: "Bruce may use the key to monitor the electronic equipment in the Batcave. For the sake of insurance, I changed all the keys, but still to prevent loopholes, Batgirl will not attend this meeting."

"We need to analyze the current situation... To be honest, I feel that everything happened too suddenly, which made our response very hasty... A meeting is essential."

"I will then present the crisis we face, possible helpers, and some ideas... I need your additional explanations, and then we will propose a plan."

Red Robin and Red Hood agreed with silence.

So Nightwing continued:

"The most important thing is Batman. His health is always in doubt, and now he has disappeared from our sight. I think the most important thing is to get rid of him first - at least to capture him."

Red Hood, who was at the scene and saw Superman take Batman away, said: "Superman can't help us, maybe the two of them are in cahoots now... We have to find the remaining five members of the Justice League... We should have gone to them a long time ago, why didn't anyone bring it up before?"

Or is it the feeling of Gotham people taking care of Gotham affairs that's at work?

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"Similarly, we need to deal with other things... For example, at the court, we need to be prepared for Bruce to be unable to appear in court at the next hearing. Then there's Gotham. As of now, it's difficult for us to contain it... We need manpower."

"The last two points are: first, Superman has been controlled, and second, Wayne's stock price has plummeted. If this continues, there is a risk of bankruptcy."

After Nightwing finished speaking, he immediately made a suggestion:

"Find Zatanna to use the magic restraint device to control Superman."

"Also, we need to temporarily abandon the Batcave... When Bruce's identity is exposed, Wayne Manor will undoubtedly be the most suspicious. We need to hide. Perhaps we can ask Aquaman for help and temporarily sneak into the Atlantis Deep Sea Fortress."

"Let Lucius contact Green Arrow Group to short the stock market... This will work for now."

(Green Arrow Group is Green Arrow's group. Green Arrow and Batman are both playboys, superheroes and bachelors.)

"And, most importantly... we need to regain public support. We need to light the Bat Lantern again."

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"My dear, I am touched by you."

When "Lucian" opened his eyes again, he completely changed into the clown's demeanor. He was still tightly tied up, and his expression seemed to be half crying and half laughing:

"You know, he was my good friend. You killed my good friend to resurrect me... Although I understand your dilemma, I am still heartbroken."

"But it doesn't matter... Little Bat, you are my best friend, no doubt about it. Of course I will forgive you."

He struggled in a strange and twisted posture, like a maggot.

"Stop pretending, Joker." Batman kept that exaggerated smile on his face: "You know what I want."

"What do you want?" The Joker still looked the same: "You want the answer to my conspiracy? Like Lucian?"

He didn't get a response, so he continued, "So you want to cure the Joker virus and ask me for the antidote?"

"I don't need it," Batman said. "I even want to thank you for this, Joker. I've never felt better than I do right now."

Batman's pale skin, scarlet lips, exaggerated smile, and bizarre mental state all confirm his current identity.

Or maybe he finally got too lazy to hide.

The clown's expression turned cold, his lips trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but utter "Ha", then: "So you are finally going to kill me?"

He was still a little unwilling: "Of course you can kill me...but, but have you ever thought about what you will do after killing me?"