Chapter 257: I, Joker (Part 1)

Golden wine was poured into the cup, with white foam floating on the edge. Under the illumination of the light, the whiskey looked like gold wrapped in ice cubes, shining brightly.

Shiler turned the vinyl record, then turned on the switch. A somewhat low blues music sounded inside. Jack rested his elbows on the table and said drunkenly, "So I don't like bars, especially I don't like that Golden Cup bar. The bartender there likes jazz, some old-fashioned rotten music..."

"Are you sure you like blues not because it's called Blues, and the pronunciation is somewhat similar to Bruce?"

"Don't mention him to me..." Jack put down the wine glass in his hand. Shiler sat back opposite him. Jack propped two fingers under his eye sockets and said with a hoarse voice, "The tires produced by the Wei En factory are all rotten goods. In order to repair the tires, I have already spent nearly 60 dollars this week..."

"They are not willing to make any changes to adapt to the terrain at all. Gotham's roads have rotted into this state, and they still produce those light tires that aren't durable. Bruce is an idiot, a huge idiot..."

Jack tilted his head to one side and reached his hand into his messy hair. He faced a dilemma that all hair dyers would face, which was that green hair still remained on his head, but the newly grown part was already black. He could neither cut off all the green parts nor dye the black parts at the hair roots green again, so he looked a bit decadent and ridiculous.

He seemed very dissatisfied with this state of his hair, but there was no other way, so he reached his hand in and pulled them fiercely.

Jack took another gulp of wine. Shiler moved his chair forward and picked up the wine bottle to pour himself a glass of wine.

Jack reached out and clinked glasses with him, saying somewhat decadently, "Recently, the whole world is boringly terrible. What did the Bat go to do? Oh... he went to fly with his sweetheart!"

He lowered his head fiercely, and the green hair blocked the eyes deeply sunken in the eye sockets. The corners of Jack's mouth turned downward fiercely, and anyone could see he was imitating Batman.

"Oh! My dear lady! I brought you the most beautiful gem in the world. Do you love me? Yes! I love you! Kiss kiss kiss kiss..." He pursed his lips to imitate the sound of kissing, but it looked like he definitely hadn't kissed anyone, so it appeared very clumsy.

Suddenly, he knocked the wine glass fiercely on the table, then lifted his head forcefully, throwing his hair behind his head, revealing his forehead and eyes, and said with a sharp voice, "What does he want to do? Does he still want to marry her?? Even have a child?? He is really crazy!!"

Subsequently, he froze there again, somewhat sluggishly turning his head back to the original position, took a sip of wine, and said sadly, "But he isn't even willing to invite me to the wedding..."

"How can he not understand that I love him more than anyone else in this world, and I don't ask for anything in return. I just hope he can smile a little."

"Perhaps he understands."

"Then you tell me, why isn't he willing to smile?"

"If he smiled, would you still exist?"

Jack lowered his head, then lifted his eyes to look at Shiler. His eyes contained anticipation and excitement. He said, "Are you saying that he doesn't smile because he doesn't want me to disappear, and he also loves me, right?"

He started to tremble all over, and more foam appeared in the golden wine in the cup. A sharp snicker came from his chest, sounding like the sound of metal scratching glass.

"I always say you are very similar, but if he really became you, would you be happy?"

"He becomes me?... No, can't, absolutely can't be like that. Then this would become the most boring world, a world even more boring than a Batman who doesn't smile. God! I can't imagine! This is simply disgusting!" Jack covered his throat and started to retch.

"A Bat grinning and laughing? God, how could there be such a monster in this world? If it really reaches that time, you must give me a shot, please, Professor!"

Jack's arm trembled uncontrollably. He pointed to the wine bottle beside him with trembling fingertips. Shiler poured him a little more wine. Jack picked up the cup and gulped it down fiercely, as if to borrow wine to drown his sorrows in order to escape terrible things.

He turned the corners of his mouth downward fiercely, and his eyes also drooped, making a crying face.

"If Batman laughs louder than me..."

Saying that, he slowly lifted the corners of his mouth. His expression changed from the coldness and seriousness common to Batman to madness and playfulness. His mouth became more and more curved, wider and wider, and finally revealed his iconic crazy smile. He said, "Like this..."

"Then I will kill him! Kill them all, let this world be destroyed! Bastards, all go to die!" Jack tore at the hem of his clothes fiercely, as if he were tearing up a piece of paper. He became irritable, sitting there trembling uncontrollably.

Suddenly, his body stiffened, like a frightened owl, and then maintaining this posture, he turned his head with a stiff neck, staring blankly at the door and said, "You came? Do you think such a day will really happen? Woo woo woo, I'm scared..."

Another Joker stood at the door. His figure was tall, his face handsome, but his face was also painted with messy paint. He had a pair of beautiful blue eyes, and at this moment, he was looking at Jack, saying to him, "No, you don't need to be afraid, you know best..."

"Every night, you park the car, then walk back to your own home, which is full of railings, and you grab the railings and roar every day, 'Batman, let me out!'"

"You know where that is. That is Batman's inner heart, and you were born from there."

"He locked you in his own brain, saying nothing and unwilling to open the prison door lock, so you said, then let's change a method, let's change a method to make him open the door..."

"So you came here, you wanted to send the key in from the outside."

"But you didn't succeed. However, that was just the first attempt, there are still many opportunities in the future. If you don't want to be locked up forever, then continue to work hard."

"How do you know?" Jack looked at that Joker and asked.

"How do I know? Of course I know..."

Following his words, Jack opened his mouth in surprise, then started to tremble in fear. That Joker walked closer and closer, the light shining out his shadow projected onto Jack's body, and Jack curled up his body.

He looked up, and his eyes full of tears saw Bruce Wei En, wearing Joker makeup, grinning at him.

Jack stretched out his arms forcefully, waving crazily, as if he wanted to smash this terrible figure.

With a "bang" of a gunshot, Joker Bruce fell down. Jack was stunned. Behind the fallen Joker Bruce stood another Joker holding a gun, the muzzle smoking and rising slowly.

"He is lying to you, Jack, he is making up stories, can't you see it?"

Jack looked at the fallen Bruce Joker in a daze, and he asked blankly, "If he lied to me, then what is the truth?"

He said very lost, "If I didn't escape from Batman's cage, then where did I come from?"

"Perhaps you should come from someone who is more similar to you..."

That person put down the gun in his hand. Jack looked at him. That was also a Joker, but he was wearing a long black trench coat and also holding an umbrella in his hand.

"Who are you?" Jack asked him.

"I am you, Jack, haven't you seen me? Or rather..."

"... Aren't you facing me right now?"

Jack turned back with stiff movements. He let out a harsh scream, then threw the wine glass out.

"Don't come over! Don't come over! You monster, I hate you! Get out!!!"

"Don't be like this, Jack..."

That voice sounded low and gentle, seemingly trying to appease him. He said, "Don't you remember? You lived there for a long time. That is a wide, big house, very beautiful, with more than 330 floors..."

"The middle of the building is connected by a gorgeous spiral staircase. You live on the 190th floor. There is a soft double bed in the room, covered with a dark green quilt, and there is also a Batman pillow you like the most on it..."

Jack seemed to be attracted by his description. He followed that figure and walked out the door. The light bulb at the door lit up, then became brighter and brighter, the light spots floating, turning into a gorgeous huge chandelier.

Jack stepped out the door, his eyes aching from the dazzling light. He discovered that he had arrived in a brightly lit corridor. The floor and walls here were black, but that kind of black was flowing, and it was also mixed with some golden threads like light.

Going out from the corridor, in front was a deep well, and the spiral staircase at the edge of the deep well.

The deep well was bottomless. Standing beside the railing and looking down, one could only see a trace of faint golden light emanating from the bottom. Besides the spiral staircase going down layer by layer at the edge of the deep well, there were entrances to one corridor after another.

The sound of their footsteps echoed on the empty staircase, appearing a bit abrupt.

They walked for a long time, then entered a corridor. There was only one room in that long corridor. Pushing the door and walking in, a man with gray eyes sat in the middle of a pile of documents. Seeing someone coming, he said, "Why is it you... and brought a guest?... Need to use the elevator? Alright, 190th floor, go."

As soon as his voice fell, the floor under their feet disappeared, and consciousness started free-falling. The two fell rapidly. After falling to the ground, Jack looked around here. This place didn't look as magnificent and mysterious as the corridor when they first arrived, but instead looked more like an ordinary hotel floor. The floor was covered with dark red flooring, the ceiling was a bit low, and the air was very humid.

The two turned around and finally arrived at the door with a smiling face. That Joker's gray eyes looked at Jack, and the calmness and gentleness inside were fascinating.

"Look, isn't it great here? Push the door open, let's go home..."

Jack lifted his arm mechanically. Suddenly, his movement stopped, and then he revealed a malicious smile.

The sound of "dong dong dong" came from the end of the corridor. Another Joker turned his head and saw at the end of the corridor, that blue-eyed Bruce Joker appeared again.

The gray-eyed Joker shivered, faced the blue-eyed Joker in the corridor, and the gray-eyed Joker said, "Bruce, go back! This isn't a place you should come to!"

"Fairy Wood Origin"

"You are bewitching him, Professor, you want to trick him in, I won't agree..."

"What qualifications do you have to say that, Bruce? You want to eliminate all criminals in this world, including this poor Joker. He just wants you to smile a little, he didn't do anything wrong, yet you want to kill him cruelly..."

With two "swish" sounds, followed by a "bang", Jack hid in the corner and saw the gray-eyed Joker take out an umbrella and open it, blocking two Batarangs.

The entire space started to collapse, golden fragments turned into light rain all over the sky and fell to the ground, then the wall bricks of the dark alley danced, piling up another scene.

Jack saw that the puddles on the ground were like mercury mirrors, which reminded him of the fallen leaves that hadn't been taken away last autumn.

The blue-eyed Joker suddenly roared, turned into a black mist, baring fangs and brandishing claws, incomparably ferocious, while the gray-eyed Joker turned into a gray mist.

The two groups of mist tore and bit each other, making silent roars, crazily entangled and fighting over hell, while Jack stood below and looked up. He started to laugh silently until the cold rain soaked him through.

"Oh, damn it!" Jack stood up from the chair in a hurry, patted off the wine spilled on his pants, and said, "Recently, the driving time has been too long, my arms are aching to death."

"It doesn't matter, you go to the cupboard and take a cup, I'll pour you another glass."

Shiler picked up the bottle of wine and said. When Jack turned over, Shiler's gray eyes reflected the golden luster of the wine under the illumination of the light. ===== CHAPTER 258 =====