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

Lucien: ...

He didn't think it was strange that the cell tower in Gotham was blown up, but he had a question: how did Julie's boyfriend call her if there was no signal?

Julie also realized that this was not right, and explained without any psychological burden: "I suffer from hallucination-delusion syndrome, I think I am not mistaken."

"Don't worry about it. I just imagined a cheating boyfriend... and then set an alarm every afternoon to pretend it was a call."

Lucien curled his lips, not quite understanding, and hummed lightly in response, then opened the history and favorites on his phone.

This is very consistent with the record of an urban female white-collar worker.

It involves professional knowledge inquiry, interpersonal communication collection, psychological state assessment, major news interpretation, and some reeds.

Lucien can see Julie's basic information and some famous events in Gotham.

For example, the discussion about Robin's reverse aging.

Unable to find anything useful, Lucian turned on the map function, observed the surrounding terrain and urban areas, and found something that surprised him.

——The place where he was was once Park Street, but now Crime Alley.

In DC comics, besides Arkham, it is the second place with the most affinity with the Bat-family.

Lucian looked at Julie, who was squatting obediently, and asked, "Why was the base station blown up? What happened recently?"

"...Maybe Arkham has escaped again." Julie wasn't sure either.

Instead of expecting to learn something from her, Lucien turned his gaze to her long golden curly hair: "What's going on with your mental illness?"

He still remembered the words: "You exchanged illusions for the ability to be immortal."

Regardless of whether it was true or not, it was too much of a coincidence to encounter a hallucinating lady as soon as I opened my eyes.

Although Julie was surprised, she didn't feel there was anything to hide, so she explained: "My boyfriend died, and I didn't believe it, so I imagined he was just cheating on me - that's what the doctor told me."

"How do you feel?" Lucien asked.

"Well... I don't know. After all, I don't love him that much, but maybe... I have a cuckold complex..."

Lucien always wanted to smoke when he didn't know how to answer, so he asked, "Do you have any cigarettes?"

"Under the TV cabinet in the living room."

Lucien flipped through the boxes and found several unopened packs of condoms placed next to the cigarettes and lighter. He pondered for a moment, then took out a pack and put it in his pocket.

He didn't recognize the brand of cigarettes, but after lighting them with a lighter and putting them in his mouth, Lucien was surprised to find that they tasted pretty good.

"One last question, how many floors does this place have?"

The man walked up the stairs. There were some black dots on the gray cement stairs, which were traces of chewing gum stuck to the ground. The handrails were made of iron and were rusty. Many parts of the white walls were covered with mold and the wall paint was peeling off.

Ninth floor.

Lucian walked to the rooftop, which was also dilapidated. Looking around, he saw buildings that were almost the same height as him.

He walked to the edge and looked down. There was a light mist.

Like rain.

Lucien put his hands on the fence.

There is a concrete floor below, and if it is hit hard, the best outcome would be paralysis of the lower limbs.

[Exchange illusion for immortality]

Is immortality the law of cause and effect or the immortality of the body?

Lucien tapped the ash off his cigarette.

The clouds were dark and the whole city was dim. The air was very hot, and it seemed like it was raining, but it didn't seem like it was raining.

"This weather..."

He inexplicably felt somewhat out of place and uncomfortable, as if the place where he had lived before was a sunny and dry environment.

He shook his head: "There's no point in thinking about this."

"I should be thinking about Gotham."

Through Julie's favorites, Lucien knew that there were four Robins now, so Batman should be in his middle and late stages, a period when he was cunning, calculating, and stubborn.

"Difficult to handle."

Lucian is not a die-hard fan of comics. He can only remember some basic settings and major events in the early and middle stages of Batman.

Besides, it's still the dark multiverse.

"The Ravager, the Dawn Lantern, the Drowned Soul, the Laughing Bat, the Red Death, the Merciless Iron Fist, the Killing Machine, the Destroyer..."

"It's still the more niche darker ones: Silent Bat, Angel of Death Bat, Black Magic Bat, etc."

"The only thing that can be ruled out is the ghost of someone who drowned... At least it's certain that the superheroes in this world haven't undergone gender reassignment."

Lucian exhaled a puff of gray smoke, quietly finished the whole cigarette, and his brows gradually relaxed.

"Forget it, let's just find someone from the Bat Family and have a good chat."

He looked down and thought of the phrase "The power of immortality" again.

"What will happen if I jump?"

But Lucien had no intention of jumping.

If it's fake, you won't survive even if you jump.

If that's true, then there's no need to jump.

Lucien went to the rooftop just out of some physical habit: to go up high to smoke a cigarette and calm down.

He walked down slowly.

The building was very quiet, with no sound of talking or moving around.

After all, it is an old building, and the occupancy rate may be very low.

Lucian walked out and saw the gray-white walls and gray-black streets. Looking up, he saw rolling clouds.

"I should go to Wayne Manor to find someone."

The owner of Wayne Manor is Bruce Wayne, also known as Batman.

"Take a cab or something, and have Batman pay for it."

Suddenly, an explosion and flames shot up into the sky in the distance, interrupting Lucian's thoughts.

The crimson flames broke through the misty vapor, and then the thick black smoke curled up and merged with the clouds.

“…I guess I can’t get a taxi.”

The explosion seemed to have triggered the world's sound system, and even louder sounds rang out.

Messy footsteps, excited roars, the crisp sounds of fighting...

There were a few people around who hurriedly passed by Lucian, looking for cover in a well-trained manner.

"Well-trained." Lucian chewed on the description.

"I should also hide, and then take a taxi to Wayne Manor when this is over."

Chapter 2 Welcome to Universe-22

For most of Gotham's citizens, today was just another day with destroyed cell towers, gunfights in the city center, and a prison break, and it had nothing to do with the apathetic crowds running around the city.

But for some special people who are not very special, it is a disaster.

such as……

A family of three.

The rolling crowd, accompanied by screams and pleas, gradually gathered in one direction...

Crime Alley.

Lucien, hiding in Crime Alley, could feel the voices of people gradually gathering around him.

……

The first thing that appeared was not a figure, but laughter... It appeared slowly, but was clear and scary.

"clown?"

Lucien frowned, feeling a foreboding.

As expected, a figure appeared on the street corner.

Wearing his signature rose purple tuxedo, a perfectly pleated bow tie, black and purple gloves, green eyes and hair, and his signature... smile.

He is a clown.

Lucien pursed his lips after realizing this, and despite his premonition, his heart still sank.

His heart sank even more when he looked down and saw what the clown was dragging in his hand.

That's Batman.

……

The Joker, Batman, Crime Alley, the Dark Multiverse.

Lucien couldn't help laughing, and it was hard to tell whether it was a bitter smile or self-mockery.

He wondered where this was.

This is a derivative world of the Dark Metal comics, the consequence of Batman killing the Joker, the birthplace of the Bat Who Laughs, and the place where the entire world is destined to be destroyed.

【Welcome to Universe-22】

……

If Lucian guessed correctly, the next plot development is that the Joker provoked Batman until Batman accidentally killed the Joker, and then Batman would be infected with the Joker virus and become the Bat Who Laughs, eventually destroying the world.

So Lucien put down the pistol he had taken from Julie and walked out.

……

The Joker looked at Lucien with some surprise.