Chapter 2257: Gotham Music Festival (5)

It wasn't until the two of them almost ran into Canada that Arthur knew that Bruce had come to find him to perform a talk show at the opening ceremony of the music festival.

In fact, Arthur didn't take this promise seriously at all at the time, because it was obvious that in any universe, Arthur would not be a comedy master. Why would Bruce Wei En invite an unknown person like him? As a result, he really came.

And what's embarrassing is that Arthur can't go back to the mental hospital now, because if he just shot a comedian in public, there is still a chance for lifelong treatment, but attacking the Federal Reserve system is really committing suicide by shooting himself eight times in the back.

Arthur could only say that it's fortunate he is not Thomas's illegitimate child. It's hard to imagine how the little bean he saw in Wei En Manor before became so crazy after 20 years.

But Arthur knew clearly that he had to go this time, otherwise the FBI would chase him to the ends of the earth, and without Bruce's help, he couldn't escape alone.

So he followed Bruce to the transit station of Battleworld. However, here Bruce suggested that Arthur see a psychologist, and Arthur naturally refused.

But because of this, Bruce introduced his university major and learning process to Arthur. It was also from here that Arthur knew that Bruce almost couldn't graduate from college.

In order to persuade this crazy teenager, Arthur had to reveal some of his life to Bruce. He didn't expect Bruce to understand, because people of this age group look like they have salvation. Unexpectedly, Bruce didn't ask further. Arthur thought the matter was over. This was not because his vigilance was low, but because in the movie era Arthur was in, Bruce Wei En was still a child, and it had nothing to do with Batman.

Although he had seen Batman in the movie viewing in Battleworld before, after all, hearing is false, and he didn't understand what kind of existence Batman was without personal experience.

Then Arthur was knocked down by Bruce with a needle, and when he woke up, the surgery was already done.

I said before that Arthur was a mental patient from the moment he appeared, but his mental illness was not hereditary, but caused by the abuse he suffered from his foster mother and her lover, causing brain damage.

And his disease of uncontrollably laughing, besides forcing him to keep laughing because his foster mother didn't like to hear little Arthur's crying, actually also had reasons for emotional mapping system disorder caused by brain damage and facial muscle being out of control.

Arthur didn't know what Bruce did, but anyway, he saw a perfect brain on the brain CT after he was cured, and Arthur found it difficult to describe his mood.

Of course, he was a bit ashamed and angry, because Arthur could be said to be the closest to an ordinary person among all Jokers. He had his own joys, sorrows, and joys, and he was not an anti-social person because he was born crazy. He was more like an ordinary person who was oppressed, so he would naturally be angry.

But could Bruce not understand the Joker? He expressed on the spot to Arthur that he felt that Arthur would definitely be a great comedian in the future when he first saw him, so he invited him to perform at the music festival.

And after arriving in this universe, before going to bail Arthur, Bruce specifically found the video of Arthur's performance to watch, and then he found that Arthur's topic, theme, and performance style were all good, but the only thing that affected his performance effect was the uncontrollable twitching and laughter.

Many people dislike those canned laughter that appears at any time. People buy tickets to go to the comedy theater to watch the performance, not to watch the actor uncontrollably make awkward laughter in some places that are not funny. It looks like there is really no work, and they can only laugh dryly on the stage.

This is actually the reason why Arthur's performance is not popular. Arthur's laughter disease is equivalent to adding too many unnecessary canned laughter to every talk show performance. You can't say this is not a good meal, but after mixing in so many mouse droppings, no one is willing to eat it.

And Bruce cured Arthur's brain, which at least meant he wouldn't laugh uncontrollably, which meant Arthur had a chance to become a real comedy master.

Arthur was a bit angry, but not much, because he went to write the script as soon as he turned around.

Although the Joker in the movie looks very cruel, if you look at the details of his several murder cases, it can be called revenge for revenge. Even Franklin, who is most irrelevant to him, laughed at Arthur as a joke on the TV show at the time, so Arthur's image is closer to a tragic ordinary person, not a born madman who is full of crazy and cruel ideas.

Born psychopaths don't look at their age or identity when killing people, but if it were another universe's Joker, when could he lift a knife, his foster mother and her lover would be unlucky, even if they didn't abuse him at all.

It is precisely because Arthur is more like an ordinary person that he understands the joys, sorrows, and joys of ordinary people better, so he is more suitable to be a comedy master, rather than the Joker who only wants to make another mental patient Batman laugh every day.

Arthur used extremely humorous language on the stage to tell his life story, first throwing out an extreme explosion point to attract everyone's attention, and using a flashback method to describe how he was full of ambition to prepare to find Thomas for a confrontation, which was tense and wonderful.

Immediately after, he used an exaggerated tone to describe Wei En Manor as a dungeon, and Thomas was like the evil dragon squatting in the deepest part of the castle. The hero went through all kinds of hardships and fought to him, and finally had his bridge of the nose broken by the evil dragon with one claw.

When hearing this, many people were filled with righteous indignation, wanting to hold injustice for the Joker, feeling that Thomas was really rich and unkind, but Arthur changed the subject and said that he went to Arkham Asylum to investigate, and found that his foster mother was really a crazy stalker, and he didn't suffer this punch wrongly, and everyone smiled with relief.

Arthur stood in the center of the stage, still with one hand in his pocket, but this time he leaned his upper body back, and his chin was also retracted, almost squeezing out a double chin.

"The most interesting thing about this is that besides confirming that I am indeed not Thomas's seed, I also know why I uncontrollably laugh. Guess what it is?"

The crowd whispered. They felt it must be that this crazy mother was busy stalking Thomas and neglected the care of little Arthur, leading to him bumping his head. There were also guesses that this was hereditary mental illness.

"I don't know if you have had such an experience." Arthur lowered his head and started pacing, his hands still in his trouser pockets, his eyes looking straight at the ground and said: "Your mother tells you that you should do this and not that, this is right and that is wrong."

"Usually this is very useful, because in most cases, telling you not to put your hands into a hot soup pot is really for your own good. Those who completely praise and encourage education, their children didn't swim in the soup pot, which proves that they don't hold an encouraging attitude toward this matter."

"But a child is not such a simple creature. Those who cheer must have the same idea as me. They are the most terrible bastards in the world. You don't know where they got so many genius ideas to create brand-new ways of death that have never existed in the world."

"Then you start to take further action. At first, you roar at them, and then you might hit them twice. Yes, I know this is against the law, but can you drive a yacht and take them to the high seas to beat them again? Who do you think you are? Bruce Wei En?"

Arthur imitated Bruce's accent and tone and said: "Listen! My dear son Little Bruce! Look at what is in my hand! United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea!"

"... But we are Americans, so this is a piece of waste paper! We only claim 3 nautical miles of territorial sea! This means you have 2.98 nautical miles to go before you get beaten!"

Then he smiled and said: "Yes, this is my friend. He is so law-abiding. Rich people always have a way, don't they?"

The audience burst into laughter again.

"In order to stop them from killing themselves, giving their butts a hard hit, this is of course no problem, and then you will soon realize that this trick is really useful."

"Threats and intimidation are always the simplest way to control someone. Too simple, isn't it? You are an adult weighing nearly 200 pounds. You walk loudly, and you can scare this group of little cubs."

"So one of the troubles in your life is permanently solved. Things gradually become simple, and will gradually change from 'he can't do this so you threaten him' to 'you don't want him to do this so you threaten him.' The one who makes the choice is always you."

Arthur stopped again, faced the audience and said: "It sounds like I am preaching, teaching you how to be a good parent, but I have to say, my foster mother made many bad choices for me."

"During my entire childhood, she felt that my crying was ugly, so she chose to make me laugh, and it had to be laughing, so I kept laughing, uncontrollably laughing."

The audience gradually quieted down. People suddenly realized that this was not a talk show actor sublimating his content, because the heaviness and sadness in this were too realistic, and you don't need very keen empathy to find that this is not a joke.

"So we returned to the original topic," Arthur changed hands to hold the microphone and said: "I was diagnosed with mental illness, and then I went to see a crappy psychologist, watching him look at me impatiently, and I felt like I was taking an exam."

"Believe me, I paid a price you can't imagine for this uncontrollable laughter, and eventually turned me into what I am today. The decisions they made for me in my childhood eventually made decisions for me forever in my life."

Arthur spread his hands and said: "I was misunderstood, fired, the psychological clinic I often went to was closed. The decisions made by this society for me eventually made me make decisions."

"So if at some moment you realize that some of your actions are making decisions for others, always think in the worst direction."

Arthur dragged a long tone and looked at Bruce.

"Then when you find that your kind actions make some people make good decisions, you will feel heartfelt surprise, and then laugh from the bottom of your heart—laugh, laugh."

Bruce and Arthur laughed together. ===== CHAPTER 2258 =====

Bruce and Arthur laughed out loud together.