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Chapter 191 How does it feel to attend your own funeral?

The northeast corner of Green Shade Cemetery.

A number of shadowy figures gathered in front of a brand-new tombstone.

A black-and-white photograph was pasted on the tombstone, showing a cynical clown.

The slightly upturned corners of his mouth seemed to be challenging fate, or perhaps mocking its injustice.

Pepper Potts stood in front of the grave, solemnly waiting for something. If you looked closely, you could see that Pepper's eyes were moist.

Not long after.

Erin, Tony, Happy, and a young priest from St. John's Cathedral walked over from a short distance away, carrying a black coffin filled with a handful of ashes.

The funeral procession was flanked by a dense crowd of mourners.

The line stretched almost from the entrance of Green Shade Park all the way to the northeast corner deep within Green Shade Cemetery.

It stretches for over a thousand meters.

Dressed in solemn black attire, they stood on both sides of the road, silently watching the coffin proceed.

Among the tens of thousands of people in the funeral procession.

Most of them are residents of Harlem District.

After learning that the hero who saved them, "The Joker," was being buried today at Green Cemetery.

These people came spontaneously early in the morning to attend the clown's funeral.

In remembrance of the hero who gave his life to save them.

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Erin and Tony carried the coffin at the head of the procession.

Along the way.

Even without using his spiritual vision, he could clearly sense the sorrowful and heavy atmosphere around him.

Looking at the solemnity and mourning on the faces of the people on both sides of the road.

A strange look flashed across Erin's face as he carried the coffin.

When the clown Erin intervened to deal with the raging worm plague in Harlem, he only wanted to disrupt the blood sacrifice of that evil god priest as much as possible.

At that time, he didn't have much of a thought about saving people.

Of course, his actions did indirectly save many people.

But back then...

Neither Erin nor the Joker's clone took this matter to heart.

That's why.

Erin never expected that so many people would spontaneously send him off after his clone died.

This is truly an unexpected and wonderful outcome!

but.

If these people knew that the Joker, the hero in their hearts who "sacrificed" himself to save them, had not actually died.

I wonder if these people will get angry and come up to overturn this coffin.

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After Erin, Tony, and the others worked together to place the coffin containing the ashes into the grave.

Father Pierre of St. John's Cathedral read a eulogy for the "dead" clown Erin.

When everything ended in an orderly manner amidst a solemn and somber atmosphere.

Accompanied by a rustling sound.

The soil began to gradually bury the black coffin.

After the grave was filled in.

The crowd that spontaneously came to mourn the hero "The Joker".

One by one, they came to the clown's grave, bowed deeply, and placed the flowers they held beside the grave.

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About 100 meters away from the clown's grave.

Having removed the exaggerated makeup from his face and changed his appearance, the clown Erin disguised himself as an ordinary person.

Looking at the crowd not far away, offering flowers to "their own tombstones".

He silently pulled down the magician's hat on his forehead.

The feeling of watching "yourself" hold a funeral for yourself is really "interesting"!

He chuckled softly.

Clown Erin turned and walked out of Green Shade Cemetery without making a sound.

They disappeared into the bustling crowd.

The figure of the clown Erin had just walked out of the Green Park.

A black Audi came to a smooth stop in front of him.

After the clown Erin opened the car door and climbed inside.

The black Audi then started up again and drove away from Green Shade Cemetery.

Inside the black Audi sedan.

Bucky, the Winter Soldier with a prosthetic arm on his left hand, looked at Arlin the Joker sitting in the back seat and asked:

"Boss, how does it feel to attend your own funeral?"

Upon hearing this, the clown Erin glanced at Bucky in front of him, grinned, and said, "Oh, not bad, huh? You've even used your instigation ability on me. You're really using this ability diligently. Do you really want to become a witch?"

Bucky, the Winter Soldier, has already wholeheartedly pledged allegiance to him.

Of course, the clown Erin wouldn't continue to keep the next sequence of the Witch's Path a secret.

Not long ago.

After killing Kingpin, he worked with Bucky to clean up the mess and integrate the underworld empire Kingpin left behind.

The clown, Erin, then told Bucky about the next stage of advancement for the [Instigator].

The clown, Erin, still remembers.

When I told Bucky that the next stage of the "Instigator" would be to become a "Witch," and to truly become a woman physiologically.

Bucky's face looked like it had been dyed.

It suddenly turned into a colorful display.

His expression was extremely complex.

He even pointed to his bright red nose and cursed, "Fuck you."

The kind of transformation Bucky wanted in the first place wasn't this kind of transformation.

The insults directed at Bucky.

At the time, the clown Erin simply shrugged.

Go ahead and curse if you want!

After all, a perfectly healthy man might, before long, completely transform into a woman.

Anyone who encountered this would probably curse.

So let them criticize.

Anyway, it won't cost me anything.

After all, would Bucky really fuck himself?

and many more.

It is said that every woman who transforms into a "witch" possesses an extremely special charm.

If Bucky really is a witch, and then uses this ability to seduce me and complete his "curse" on me, wouldn't that mean I really have a chance of being fucked by her?

The clown Erin suddenly realized this.

The slightly mocking smile on his face froze on his face.

The look in Bucky's eyes instantly turned wary.

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Meanwhile, in the driver's seat, Bucky was nearly choked to death by his boss's words.

Suddenly, I felt that some of my [Instigator] potion had been inexplicably digested.

According to the information received from the potion.

It seemed that his words had actually stirred up his boss's emotions and a sense of malice, making his usually unfathomable boss feel an urge to kill him.

However, his boss's abilities far surpassed his own.

So in that instant, when the potion determined that he had successfully instigated the instigator, a large portion of the [Instigator] potion within him was directly digested.

The thrill of this power boost instantly made Bucky "forget" the rude words Arryn the Joker had just uttered.

After all, it was that question I asked him before.

They originally just wanted to squeeze some money out of their own boss.

Thinking of this, Bucky deliberately adjusted his emotions.

She said with a slightly expectant tone, "I've thought about it. Becoming a witch isn't so bad after all."

"During the time I was controlled by Hydra, I did a lot of wrong things. After I came to my senses, I have been living with guilt. Promising to work with you, Boss, to take down Hydra is also a way for me to redeem myself."

"If one day in the future I really do become a witch, and we defeat Hydra, then perhaps that day will be the day I completely say goodbye to the past and embrace a new life with a new identity!"

"Speaking of which, I've actually been looking at some women's fashion lately. I wonder what I'll look like if I become a witch... I wonder if I'll even need the clothes I've been picking out recently..."

"If I really do become a witch, boss, how about I be your secretary...?"

What the hell!

Arryn the Joker was already feeling a sense of unease because of Bucky's earlier words.

After hearing what Bucky said...

The clown's signature smile on his face could no longer be concealed.

God the hell wants me to be his secretary?!

Get the hell out of here!

Arryn the Clown, whose mind had entered a state of "meditation," was naturally able to sense that Bucky had used the power of the "Instigator" when he said those words.

Bucky's last words were nothing more than an attempt to provoke his own malice and enrage him.

Arryn the Joker could roughly guess Bucky's intentions.

It's nothing more than wanting to use the [Instigator's] ability to stir up one's own emotions, intensify the conflict between oneself and him, and then beat him up, thereby helping him digest the magic potion in his body.

Bucky actually used the "Instigator" ability, which should be used to provoke and incite others to cause bloodshed, on himself instead.

Erin had to admire the unique way Erin thought about using his abilities to incite others to beat him up.

Although it's uncertain whether this will actually work, Bucky's ability to come up with this method is a testament to his skill.

These clowns, Erin, didn't care.

If Bucky's strength could be improved sooner, I could have a capable subordinate sooner.

As long as it's not too excessive, the Joker Erin wouldn't mind helping Bucky.

At worst, Bucky can just torture him to death after he finishes digesting the [Instigator] potion, and get his revenge.

However, under the perception of the power of the mind.

But the clown Erin could clearly tell the difference.

Bucky's earlier statement was actually for real.

Bucky's expression changed drastically when he heard that the next stage of the "Instigator" would be that of a "Witch".

Now, I no longer feel disgusted or repulsed by being a woman.

Recently, she's even been actively looking at women's outfits, which gives Erin a bit of a creep.

He didn't know whether it was the witch's potion that subtly corrupted their minds, or whether Baji's own psyche, under the torment of Hydra, had unknowingly become distorted and started to develop in a perverse direction.

In short.

The clown, Erin, is starting to feel the strain.

He waved his hand hastily, saying, "No, I can't handle having a witch as my secretary. You'd be better off continuing to incite those hopeless gangsters in Hell's Kitchen to kill each other, instead of wasting your time exploiting me."

"Anyway, it won't hurt us if there are fewer of those irredeemable scumbags."

"I see..."

Bucky, who hadn't received any feedback about the potion this time, glanced at his boss in the rearview mirror with some disappointment and let out a wistful sigh.

What a pity!

Recently, through the powerful mental strength of the "meditation" state, the Joker Erin hypnotized a group of elite members of Kingpin's underworld empire without any psychological burden.

They were "transformed" into high-ranking cannon fodder under their command.

However, as the underground emperor of New York, Kingpin's underworld empire has a large number of members.

Apart from those who were chosen by the Joker Erin because of their outstanding abilities and turned into his subordinates.

Among those people.

There are many more scoundrels that Joker Erin looks down on, the kind of scum who only know how to bully the weak and fear the strong, but have no real ability.

And it was these very people who, after Kingpin's death, without any restraint, went completely insane.

More than just Hell's Kitchen.

Crime rates across New York City have been skyrocketing in the past few days.

Those gangsters who have lost their restraint and even want to take the opportunity to rise to power have been frequently breaking into shops and homes to steal, smash things with guns, and even occasionally engaging in shootouts.

Initially, it was just Kingpin's henchmen who, having lost their restraint, engaged in retaliatory, free-spirited crimes as if venting their frustrations. But soon, more and more gangsters and criminals, sensing the unrest, took advantage of the chaos to join in.

This caused the chaos in New York to escalate rapidly.

In the past two days, after nightfall, robberies, rapes, shootings, and other crimes have been occurring almost constantly on the streets of New York!

Faced with soaring crime rates and rampant criminals, even with all its manpower mobilized, the New York Police Department seems somewhat powerless.

After all, compared to the seemingly overflowing number of criminals.

The New York Police Department is understaffed.

The clown, Erin, paid no attention to what was happening in other areas.

However, Hell's Kitchen, which has already been incorporated into the Joker's base, will not allow those worthless scum to continue to waste its space.

So these past few days.

While the clown Erin was constantly using hypnosis to transform his subordinates, he was also...

They also released Bucky, who had already been promoted to "Instigator".

They incite greedy gang members everywhere, igniting their evil desires and driving them to fight each other.

It also helps Bucky further digest the [Instigator] potion in his body.

But inciting ordinary gang members is nowhere near as exciting as provoking a powerful figure like the Joker, Erin.

This is also why Bucky felt it was a pity.

Looking at Bucky's regretful face, and worried that this guy, whose mentality was starting to twist, would continue to focus his attention on himself.

The Joker, Arryn, dropped a bombshell that was incredibly important to Bucky.

This diverted his attention.

"By the way, I just got some news. Your good buddy Steve Rogers was recently dug out from under the Arctic ice."

"Most importantly, the captain, who was frozen for seventy years... does not seem to have died."

(End of this chapter)