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

Jack walked over and saw Lucien pointing down: "Have you seen it?"

"Which one are you referring to?"

"These."

Some of the waste liquid pools below emitted an eerie glow, some were a light green, some looked like black holes, and some were harmless, like transparent swimming pools.

"I don't understand you," said Jack.

Don't understand? Lucian gestured to the corner of Jack's mouth, which was fixed with a U-shaped needle. "So what's going on?"

"It was an accident and a medical malpractice. This is what I have to do if I don't want my gums to show when I talk and I can't close my mouth." Jack explained calmly.

"I don't believe it." Lucian shook his finger. "With the current level of technology, you can definitely get plastic surgery or sew it up. Even if the end result is not satisfactory, it will still be much better than now."

"What do you want to say?"

Lucian pointed to the chemical pool below again: "You really have no impression, can't remember anything?"

Jack became a little impatient: "What do you mean?"

Lucien looked at him, wanting to say something but stopping himself, and finally convinced himself - perhaps Jack, who had not yet turned into a clown, did not understand this, or he had not yet experienced the worst day in this world, or perhaps the reason why he became a clown was similar to Arthur's... congenital or acquired disease, and had nothing to do with the chemical pool.

……

But is that so?

Lucian smiled and said to him, "Jump down."

Jack:?

His patience completely exhausted, he taunted, "If you've asked me to come here just to say some nonsense, I really have to question whether your previous words were simply deception, or a deliberate attempt at mystification. You know, in this day and age, there are many people who are defrauded of money and promotion opportunities in this way."

The words are sharp and full of sarcasm.

But Lucien was unmoved and shook his finger: "I have nothing to say to you now, Arthur. Sorry, I said the wrong name, Jack. We have nothing in common now, before you jump."

The chemical pool under the tower is hidden in the darkness, with only the moonlight slanting down to illuminate the surface, making it appear deep and quiet.

Jack withdrew his gaze and looked at the person in front of him: too tall and too thin, prominent cheekbones and brow bones, weird eyes and hair, and the cold smile that appeared and disappeared from the corner of his lips.

"Lucian Emerson Turner." He said Lucian's real name. Although it was not a secret, Jack's tone was formal. "I need you to state your request in detail so that I can do it."

No fun.

Lucien was completely convinced that Jack was not a clown. If he were, he would not have used such a tone. Instead, he would have been trembling, cautious, tit-for-tat, or taking the initiative... It would not have been this boring formality.

Then he squinted his eyes, his pupils becoming needle-shaped, and pointed down again: "Jump."

……

The air was in a stalemate. Jack was confused, Lucien was disappointed. In short, it was a silent stalemate.

Then a cloud suddenly floated over and covered the moon's light.

Jack said, "Okay, as you wish."

He compromised, even though Lucian didn't provide any excuses or evidence.

Reaching out, he took off his shirt, threw it on the ground, and looked at Lucien: "When I come up, I hope you can explain it clearly."

……

Lucien said, "Of course."

Jack climbed over the railing and jumped straight down. In Lucien's sight, he was in complete free fall without any struggle.

But suddenly, just before Jack fell into the water.

A ghostly figure that had sneaked in at some point caught him.

Chapter 178 Who fell into the chemical pool?

Lucian was silent for a moment as he watched the Silent Bat rescue Jack from the brink of life and death.

He took a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and looked at the moon emerging from the clouds.

The moonlight tonight is so damn beautiful.

……

Leaning on the railing, this object, which had been in disrepair and corroded by chemical gases, swayed unsteadily.

Lucian heard a rustling, chilling sound—the Silent Bats approaching him.

Then, a withered hand emerged from the ground like in a horror movie and grabbed his ankle and pulled it hard.

The guardrail could not bear such a heavy weight and disintegrated with a "crash". Lucien, still with a cigarette butt in his mouth, turned over and clung to the iron platform.

Unfortunately, the Silent Bat was stronger and quickly slipped out of his hand, with his entire body falling down.

In an upside-down world, tanks of chemical tanks look like stars.

"Snapped--"

When the distance was less than one meter, the chain tightly wrapped around Lucien's ankles, hanging him upside down there.

The pungent smell of the chemical pool rushed into his nose. Lucian reached out and took out the cigarette from his mouth, exhaled deeply,

The gray mist evaporates, but merges with the chemical gases evaporating around it.

A black figure appeared in his field of vision, standing by the chemical pool and looking at him.

This is a very strange angle. The Silent Bat is looking down, and the upside-down Lucian is also looking down.

"Through the blood sample, I haven't found any genetic sequences similar to yours in anyone I know of. It doesn't fit the definition of a future being," the Silent Bat said, his voice still hoarse and steady. "Analysis of the composition of the blood shows that it contains elements of the Lazarus Pool and Electrum—you are one of them."

They were referring to the Court of Owls and the League of Assassins.

Lucian put the cigarette back in his mouth and took a puff. Unfortunately, his upside-down body made the smoke irregular, and he coughed like a novice. "Ahem... You're actually still fussing about this... Let me guess, ahem, the blood came from that bat baby, right?"

The cough was a laugh in a way, and the ash fell into the chemical pool and floated on top.

"This is so strange! A bat suddenly landed on my umbrella. Mr. Animal Trainer, you took advantage of my sympathy."

Silent Bat said nothing and punched him in the abdomen.

"Oh——" There was really no mercy at all. The rope swung backwards due to the force, and Lucian couldn't help but curl up his body.

"What is your purpose?" A hoarse voice came out of the monster's throat, threatening it.

This is more than just a deterrent. After all, this bat kills people, and Lucian feels that he will probably not be stingy with the long killing process.

"I told you - purpose." He raised his hands above his head, as if surrendering, but this was clearly not the case in the upside-down world. "I just want you to discover your own heart and what you should do."

Silent Bat looked at him coldly, "If you really wanted to do this, you wouldn't come here to work. You wouldn't be bullied and act indifferent. You would be a reporter or a writer, or you would be twiddling your tongue in the spotlight... What is your purpose?"

"Oh... so you knew." Lucian smiled at him, but from the perspective of the Silent Bat, the corners of his mouth were turned down. "But if you ask me, will I tell you?"

"Hanging me here for interrogation? Do you think I'm afraid of this?"

Floating on the eerie, dark bubbles was the cigarette butt that Lucian had just spit out, and dark clouds were hanging above, covering the moon.

……

Where did Jack go?

He was rescued by the Silent Bat and put in a safe place, but obviously, he saw this scene from afar.

Under the dim sky, in the chemical pool, the two sides confronted each other.

Jack could feel the sticky atmosphere just by looking at the side profiles of both parties.

He had a strange feeling...especially when watching from a distance here, very strange.

It was like his original position was replaced, and he was powerless to do anything and was at the mercy of others.

No, it shouldn't be described like that.

Jack looked at the pools of waste liquid:

-

"Which one are you referring to?"

"These."

-

He turned his head again to look at Lucien's back, and a smile slowly stretched out on his skin fixed by the U-shaped needle.

……

"Don't you know that the Wayne family is a member of the Court of Owls? Don't you know that your ancestors once served them? Don't you feel guilty for the money you have earned and the surplus value you have exploited from me or others?"

Lucian questioned the Silent Bat, a question unrelated to the previous topic: "You know about this. You should feel sorry and guilty, and compensate the city - or something like that."

"Instead of standing in front of me and trying to hear from me why you are incomplete—didn't I tell you? It's just that you didn't expect it, or didn't want to hear it, so you hypocritically tried to make me say it again, change my opinion, or even praise you to a certain extent?"

"Don't change the subject," Silent Bat repeated. "I'm asking about your purpose—it's definitely not about making me whole."

"Why not?"

"Your motivation isn't accurate enough, and your so-called feelings and obsession towards me are superficial. Even if you're not one of them, you have other motives. Moreover, you use the excuse of 'making me complete', but you don't understand me well enough."

The soft hair hangs down due to gravity and floats slowly in the wind, like usnea that can grow in the air without soil.

Lucian slightly curved the corners of his lips and looked at him. He did not explain or respond, but said:

“Suffer, bat, and atone for your sins with pain… You must accept suffering and swallow it like bread.”

Jack, who was ignored by everyone, also climbed onto the platform. He took out a knife from his pocket and cut the chain.

Bat claw guns all have this advantage: they are tough and difficult to get rid of, but can be cut by specially made darts.

"I'll wait until you're willing to talk." The Silent Bat walked down the platform... and left Lucian hanging there. This posture would gradually cause the brain to become congested, and the chemical gas below would irritate the respiratory tract, esophagus, and burn the trachea and skin.

But just before he left, the rope suddenly broke, and Lucian fell into the waste liquid pool, with bubbles emerging densely.

The Silent Bat didn't have time to figure out why the chain broke, but instead grabbed the tail of the chain... but the other end was weightless.

Lucian has unlocked this and is diving deep.

……

-22 The Dionysus factor that the Joker gave him was impure, so it could repair the wound in time, but the one that Lucian gave him in the future was pure, so it would lurk in the spine and would only be activated when his life was in danger.