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

Jenny nodded, and her mother smiled, stroked her curly hair, and her tone softened, as if she were telling a fairy tale:

"Then a case occurred at school and was solved by Gordon—he has been dead for a long time, but he was the Chief of Justice of Gotham at the time—so your father's idol became him again." She sighed slightly.

"Your father doesn't advocate for anyone. I get the feeling that he's more inclined to advocate for something less common, something so-called truth, goodness, and beauty—he's an idealist... Honestly, I wasn't surprised when he later told me that he was secretly helping Batman... I think if he had any special powers, he'd be happy to join the Justice League to maintain universal peace."

"By the way, do you know what his dream is?" The mother couldn't help laughing: "He dreams of becoming Batman's Robin."

……

Lucien felt envious as he listened to Jenny's story, and then wondered in his heart: Where is my mother?

Why don't I have a mother?

……

Logically speaking, after experiencing all these things and being identified as the Joker, Lucien should try to get some information from Catwoman after finishing his work.

Whether it's about the Joker or Batman.

But he did not stay, and left with Jenny after completing the work step by step.

It seems that knowing the truth about the world beyond his cognition has no effect on him.

Still calmly and paranoidly living an alternative so-called "ordinary person" life.

----

It was that dream.

Lucian wandered on the beach, trying to approach the figure, but there seemed to be something like a membrane separating them.

So he kept changing the angle, trying to see the face of the person under the hat, but the wide brim and the shadow it cast blocked his view.

……

You exchanged hallucinations, immortality, and memories for the opportunity to become an ordinary person.

The sound echoed in my head, deafening.

Chapter 106 "Happy Life"

If a drama is ready and even the background has been laid, but at this time, the protagonist suddenly breaks down and wants to quit.

What should I do?

……

Lucien had a hunch...that he was indispensable in this new Gotham.

It's like the copper wire that connects the power supply, switch, and light bulb in series, like the only clue to start investigating the suspect at the murder scene, like the key that can solve all the puzzles.

Some things will gather around him, and telling him what to do will get good results.

"...but I don't have that much empathy." Lucian was indifferent.

Pretending to live an ordinary life, he is indifferent to the rebels, Saint Bat, and the Joker.

But it is also strange that the plot does not create any melodramatic plot for him, and he does not have to play the protagonist. The audience just presses the fast-forward button while watching him live his routine life.

----

"I like you."

One day in April, during her free time, Jenny suddenly asked before starting work: "Can you be my boyfriend?"

Lucien:?

He wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.

Jenny chose this time period very wisely. She knew that Lucien would not quit his work just to avoid the problem, and she also gave him enough space to think, ensuring that the final answer would be well thought out rather than a hasty response.

So Lucien was really thinking.

More accurately, he was measuring.

When it was time to rest, he smiled at Jenny and said, "If you don't mind, I'm honored."

Jenny was not beautiful. Her eyes and hair were a featureless yellow-brown, and she had freckles on her face. She seemed to be of Asian descent, with a soft face that lacked warmth.

But Lucien looked at her and felt that he should start a family with her and raise children.

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...This went on for two years.

It's now twenty-eighth year since Batman left Gotham.

Jenny is seven months pregnant.

"Lilith agreed to my maternity leave." She stroked her round belly and said softly, "It should be twins... If it's two boys, they'll be named Gordon and Harvey, if it's a girl, she'll be named Barbara and Greda, and if it's a boy and a girl, they'll be Bruce and Selina."

"Oh..." Lucien poured the milk into his mouth. "Very tasteful, a nice name."

He was still a little dull, treating her as always, patiently, responsibly, and playing the role of a typical husband, but that was all.

It was getting late and time to work, so Lucien told her to lock the door and windows and left.

Walking downstairs and looking up, Jenny waved to him from afar, so Lucian smiled and waved back.

……

The friction between the rebels and the cult is becoming more and more frequent, the monetary system is close to collapse, and the hard currency in circulation is basic materials.

The demand for high-end alcoholic beverages in the "molting" period is getting lower and lower, and more people prefer simple beer or vodka. Lucien's job has also changed from bartender to alcohol salesman.

But it's also easier.

"good evening."

The young man sat down in front of him, and Lucian nodded, "What do you need?"

"Beer is fine."

Lucian placed the drink next to him, but the young man didn't leave. He took a sip and asked Lucian, "As for your current life...are you happy?"

"What do you mean?" Lucian quietly drew a "W" on the counter. Before he could draw a horizontal line through it, the young man waved his hand. "That's not what I meant... I mean, are you satisfied with your current life?"

Lucian tapped the table with his index finger. "A stable home, a harmonious family, a gentle wife, and a child to be born... I lack nothing. I am very satisfied and happy."

The young man took a sip of his wine and said, "Even if the entire city is in danger, your wife's mother is under the mind control of the cult?"

"I only pursue my own happiness. As for the rest... I'm sorry, it has nothing to do with me."

Lucian's current living situation is very strange. He is like a small island on the sea, but seems to be rising in the air, not affected by the tsunami at all.

I don't know why he chose to indulge in it even though he knew the current situation very well.

"You don't seem to love your wife," the young man said. "Even though you prepare surprises for her, celebrate holidays, and take care of her meticulously... you don't love her, do you?"

Lucien raised an eyebrow.

"Anyone who is of the right status and by chance becomes your wife, you will behave as a husband... You are a responsible person," he said.

Lucien still said nothing.

"Since you haven't expressed your feelings about this happy life, why do you say you're satisfied?" The figure reflected in the young man's black eyes slowly spoke:

"I feel happy not because I pour out any emotion, nor because I am satisfied with a certain person or relationship... I am satisfied with the life itself."

"I can't understand... Don't you have any ideals or aspirations?"

"My ideal and pursuit is a peaceful, ordinary life... This is what I want."

The young man pursed his lips and said, "It seems Catwoman misjudged you. We are very disappointed in you, Joker."

"On the contrary." Lucian smiled calmly: "I am very satisfied with myself."

The young man left.

Lucien sat in his seat... As he said, he did not express much emotion in his family, but it was not right to have none at all.

He loved his wife Jenny, loved his family, and loved his unborn child... but not that much. Lucien could foresee that a war would break out in Gotham in two years at the latest.

If he really loves his family, he should follow the footsteps of fate and play the role of the copper wire, connecting all parties and allowing the resistance to win.

Instead of resisting everything that does not belong to "ordinary people" like we do now, and subjectively treating everything around us as "peaceful".

……

"Although I don't know how to understand your feelings." Lilith sat next to Lucian: "But if you really are the Joker... Batman would be very happy to see you like this now."

Lucien lowered his eyes, his fingers flying, and after a moment he placed the Bloody Mary in front of her. He simply said, "I should thank you for giving Jenny maternity leave in advance."

"It's nothing." Lilith picked it up but didn't drink it. "The one in her belly is probably the only newborn in Gotham in the past ten years."

The red liquid in the glass was as dreamy as ever. After a long silence, Lucien said, "I want to take her away from Gotham."

Gotham’s external channels have long been blocked, but the resistance still has its own way.

Lilith didn't respond.

Chapter 107 "Who am I"

They would not let the "clown" go. Lucien knew this, but he still asked - his wife was pregnant, and a qualified husband would find a safe place for her to live.

The fluffy, curly hair was tied behind her head. It was originally shoulder-length, but after Jenny's trimming, it only grew to behind her ears.

"I heard that the Joker is always the opposite of Batman..." Lilith changed the subject: "Can you tell me about the Joker?"

Lucien doesn't admit that he is a clown, but precisely because he isn't, he can respond to her curiosity calmly based on his memory of the DC plot.

……

Regional power outages meant the "molt" relied on oil lamps and candles for light.

"The Joker is sometimes born from a chemical pool, sometimes a congenital psychopath, sometimes an ordinary person having the worst day... Sometimes he is created by Batman's mistakes, sometimes he is attracted by Batman's true identity, and sometimes he becomes Batman's brother."

"Maybe he's a madman who can't communicate, or maybe he's not that crazy; maybe he has a physiological mental illness, caused by congenital or acquired damage that makes his brain different; maybe it's some kind of fate, like a rule, that allows him to become anyone, and can make anyone become him."

"I haven't met him... at least not face to face."

The candle was burning in front of me, dripping wax tears, and the shadow behind me was blurry and huge.

"My understanding of him is limited to the surface. I can't understand his feelings for Batman, nor can I understand his desire to be in the spotlight. I don't understand why he is obsessed with proving his humanity, nor why he parasitizes Batman's survival and has no goals of his own."