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

Auberon didn't hide it: "I was disfigured."

Just looking at the green eyes beneath the mask, one could see an unusually strange aura. Jason was bold and reckless, like a rich young man who didn't know the seriousness of the situation and couldn't read colors. "I can answer your question, but I want to see what you look like under the mask."

"It's ugly."

"I want to see!"

Auberon weighed the pros and cons for a moment, then took off the mask.

You're right, he was indeed disfigured. With Jason's keen eyesight, he couldn't see any falsehood. These were old scars. Oberon's forehead, brow bone, and nose bridge were all damaged to a certain extent.

……

Jack had seen what the clown looked like after washing his face, and there were no scars.

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The Joker doesn't have scars, but does that make Oberon less of a clown?

K.

But we are more familiar with him by another name.

Lucien Emerson Turner

Mr. Laughter came to the new universe.

……

On the other side, Batman found the Joker's location.

This time it was unusually quick. Unlike the clown's ghostly disappearance, there were many fewer hiding places, or to be more precise, he had no hiding place at all.

When Batman was about to look for him, the Joker walked into the police station openly.

He turned himself in.

Gordon: ?

He didn't understand what the Joker wanted to do, so out of caution he didn't let anyone get close to him and contacted Batman immediately.

Batman arrives at the police station, where the Joker is trapped in a restraint chair.

The Joker looked up at Batman, his expression more complex than anyone had ever seen before - entangled, sad, and even a little guilty. Then he leaned down dejectedly: "So I have done so many bad things, Batman, kill me."

Batman: ?

The first thing he thought of was the clown's abnormal behavior a few hours ago. He didn't expect that the assumption in his words would appear before his eyes now.

Is this another of the Joker's schemes?

So Batman says, "What are you doing?"

The Joker said: "I truly realize my mistake, Batman."

"I killed so many innocent people. I am a sinner and I should atone for it..."

Batman forcibly pulled the Joker's hair and raised his head, only to find that the Joker's face was covered with tears.

……

Is he truly repentant?

Is the Joker truly repentant?

Who would believe it?

So Batman says, "Why did you leave the asylum?"

"Oh, I didn't volunteer." The clown said, "He lied to me and told me that I could see you as long as I left the asylum."

This puzzled Batman, since he had just met the Joker a few hours ago, but he soon understood.

The blur of time, the difference in personality, and the huge changes in a short period of time.

There is another possibility - personality disorder.

But this is incomprehensible.

The Joker himself has a personality disorder. He can generate a thousand personalities in one second and kill a thousand personalities in one second. His mental illness is diverse and difficult to understand. Personality disorder has always been one of his diseases.

But the characteristics shown are almost non-existent.

So, it is really laughable that the Joker has a split personality.

but now.

The Joker in front of Batman was undergoing such a huge change. They talked to each other several times. No matter what Batman said or how he stimulated him, the Joker showed characteristics that were inconsistent with his original character.

While thinking about it, I was doing a psychological profile of the clown, and in the end it was exactly as I had assumed.

The Joker is not driven crazy. He has an independent personality, autonomous consciousness, complete memories, a clear sense of good and evil, and feels guilty for his crimes from the bottom of his heart. His desire to atone for his sins is stronger than ever before.

……

The hypothetical event actually happened.

And now Batman is silent about it.

The clown's wrists, ankles, waist, abdomen, and other movable joints were all tightly fixed because of his vicious reputation. At this moment, he tilted his head back, with his muscular neck raised, like a chicken or duck waiting to be slaughtered.

He completely lost his aggressiveness and was in great sorrow.

"Even five hundred children lost their future in my hands a month ago... Batman, you are my last friend. Thank you for not giving up on me all these years. You thought I could still be saved."

Loud sobbing: "Now I beg you to do me one thing, Batman, I beg you, kill me."

……

Bravo.

The Joker has often provoked Batman to kill him, but this is the first time he has begged for it.

He said: "I will come to the police station to turn myself in. I will admit all the charges and refuse mental illness testing - I have escaped too many punishments with this before, but now I will admit the charges... The sentence will probably be thousands of years..."

Gotham does not have the death penalty, but the sentence will be extended indefinitely based on the crime, even if the prisoner will not live to that day.

Chapter 229 The Passion of the Clown

Did Batman believe the Joker's repentance?

It's too early to discuss this now.

Looking at the Joker in front of him who has completely disregarded his image, is crying bitterly, and has become a complete clown, Batman's silence is not an ethical dispute, but a suspicion - this may be another trick of the Joker.

The Joker has done this many times: pretending to be cured, using his superb acting skills to make almost everyone believe him, confess his crimes, and beg for forgiveness... and then use this trust to make worse things happen.

Compared to the previous pretense of cause and effect, this one feels a bit perfunctory from a purely logical point of view - the emotional overload is a cliff-like process, with no clear reasons or influencing factors.

The advance notice also aroused Batman's greater suspicion.

"Is he Tom?"

Refers to what the Joker just said, "He lied to me and said that I could see you as long as I left the asylum." The "he" here

The Joker's expression froze for a moment, then relaxed like melted wax. "Tom... he was like a mirror, letting me see myself clearly." He looked down at his hands. "He said I knew what I was doing all along, I just chose not to feel it."

Batman noticed that the Joker's pupils dilated slightly as he said these words - it wasn't a lie, but it wasn't entirely the truth either.

“What does he look like?”

"Ordinary." The Joker suddenly laughed, and that smile made Batman's muscles tense instantly. "Very, very ordinary. Just like... just like anyone you pass by, you will forget their face in the next second."

……

Two weeks ago, this man named Tom became a temporary worker in Arkham when the lunatics were preparing for the April Fool's Day event, which was weird, noisy and a little chaotic.

Tom was in charge of cleaning the perimeter - the intensive care unit was strictly guarded, and for security reasons, only a few people had the privilege of entering, obviously not including temporary workers.

It was also at that time that the Joker dreamed of the cries of people who died at his hands.

Although he was puzzled at first, he did not take it seriously. However, as this unusual thing became more and more serious, he seemed to be blocked from cognition, deliberately ignoring it and thinking it was insignificant.

Until Tom pointed it out tonight, the Joker seemed to wake up from a dream, and he went to the police station to surrender himself and confessed his crimes.

……

"I thought I didn't have such emotions, Batman." The Joker didn't look so... contrived at this moment?

He lowered his eyes, his eyelashes casting a shadow. "But now, when I think of all the evil things I've done, I wish I could dig my heart out..."

...If possible, Batman would rather believe that the Joker was actually replaced by someone else rather than really confessing here.

The Joker's posture is so fake and unconvincing... No matter who sees it, it is hard to believe that this famous criminal emperor, who has become the moving sign of a mental hospital, is truly repenting for the crimes he has committed.

"I know you don't believe me." The Joker said dejectedly, "I don't believe it myself. But those dreams... those people I killed, they scream in my mind every night." His voice suddenly rose, "Can you imagine? I actually have nightmares!"

In response to the Joker's sudden emotional outburst, Batman said, "I need to know what you talked about."

“…Oh, of course.”

The clown suddenly became listless like a deflated balloon. His emotions just now came and went quickly. He bent his back, and if it weren't for the restraints, he would have curled up into a ball.

He was as decadent as a seriously ill patient.

……

"He asked me if I would choose not to do those things if I were given the chance."

"I said of course, and he smiled and said 'That's good.'"

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The first thing Lucian discovered after traveling through time was that the clown in this world looked exactly like him.

In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings caused by his appearance - especially to avoid being blamed for the Joker's inhumane actions, Lucien underwent a disfigurement treatment and always controlled his voice and facial expressions to ensure that he could be distinguished from the Joker.

Afterwards, Lucian applied for a cleaner position in Arkham under the pseudonym Tom Andrew, with the intention of letting the Joker taste the effect of the virus that turned Jack from the previous world into a literary youth. Since Jack volunteered to be a test subject, Lucian and the Hunchbat optimized the formula. Although it is not as effective as a spinal transplant and resurrection, it will have special damage and restraint on the Joker.

This is also why the Joker now looks like a fanatic kneeling before God and confessing his sins.

As for the chance encounter with Jason, it was indeed a chance encounter. After Lucian finished chatting with the Joker and verified that the level of tanking in his body had reached the ideal value, he left the scene.

But when passing by Crime Alley, I found a wet bird that had run away from home.

How could I not tease her?