Chapter 2833: Joker and the King (Part 1)

Contrary to Batman, the base area of the Jokers was on a high mountain. On the mountainside of one of the mountains, there was an exposed rock platform, inside which was a cave, and behind the cave were many towering trees.

This made their opening much better than others. At least there was a platform where they could stand and talk, and a natural roof to shelter from wind and rain. So for them, building a house was not the most important task right now, and there was plenty of time to waste.

Jack circled around this Joker who shared his name and said, "Perhaps no one will ever think that the one who saved this city is another madman. Compared to Batman, you seem not extreme enough, nor smart enough."

"But I am focused enough." Napier lifted his finger gently. He wore two rings on his hand, which was also noticed by other Jokers, but one of these two rings was an ordinary gold band, and one was a family crest ring with a surname. On neither of them was the bat symbol they wanted to see.

"How crazy," the Prime Universe Joker said sinisterly. "Look, there's a freak who would wear decorations that don't belong to a bat on himself. I guess you must not have a bat tattoo, you disgusting bottom-feeder..."

Napier, however, didn't feel angry at this abuse at all. He just elegantly flipped his hand and looked at his fingertips, saying, "You won't find any traces of being influenced by a bat on me. That had long since flowed out of my body along with the blood I shed for him, flowing into the dirty gutter. That is where Batman should go."

"How dare you!" The Prime Universe Joker rushed over in a rage. He grabbed Napier's collar, and his fist was already raised, but suddenly he laughed wildly in fear.

"You don't belong here, madman," the Prime Universe Joker's pale and thin fingers looked like two ghost claws when they tightened. He said, "You low-taste villain..."

"Thank you for describing me. Batman's vocabulary has added a few more choices." Napier put his hand down, but always kept his head high.

He was wearing a white prince-check suit, and the clothing was tailored just right. Originally, this kind of older-looking pattern should be worn by someone older and taller; otherwise, people would always focus on the stripes, letting the clothing steal the show.

Not to mention the gold ornaments on his body. Besides the gold badge on his chest and the gold ring on his hand, Napier also wore a thin gold pocket chain, and even the buttons were metal with gorgeous plant patterns.

He looked like a white swan with gold foil on its wings. His pale skin and sunken eye sockets didn't show weakness at all, but gave him a kind of unique elegance, as if he were naturally the most dazzling one among countless dignitaries, with a kind of pride revealed from his bones.

"I advise you not to belittle Batman on this occasion," Jack said with a smile. "If you can't participate in their fan club, then keep silent, so as not to look like a madman."

"Are you going to stand on his side too?" the Prime Universe Joker said viciously.

"I don't think you need to act," Jack looked at the Prime Universe Joker. The area around his eyes, which were sunken in the eye sockets, was full of fine lines. He was no longer young, and because of years of wind and sun, his face had many more traces of time than others.

When the Prime Universe Joker saw Jack's eyes, he found it hard to describe what kind of eyes they were. It was as if endless time and space were deposited in them, possessing both the sharpness to see through everything and the mystery of all things.

The Prime Universe Joker couldn't help but sink into them until someone pulled him from behind. Heath Joker's expression remained gloomy. His shoulders were relaxed, but the muscles around his nose were bulging, almost squeezing his eyes out of place. He didn't show much malice or viciousness, but rather a kind of restrained vigilance.

"I was about to grasp the key!" the Prime Universe Joker roared, but soon the angry expression disappeared from his face because he found that in front of other Jokers, this trick didn't work very well. At least for these two difficult guys, showing madness couldn't create pressure.

So he chuckled softly and leaned back against the rock wall, raised his eyebrows at Phoenix Joker, while Phoenix Joker, who was still wearing a bright red suit, came to Napier's side like a child. After circling him, he said, "I like your suit. I've seen clothes like this on TV."

His head tilted forcefully to one side, but his neck didn't move, making his face look a bit asymmetrical. It looked a bit funny, but he didn't care at all, tilted his head again, and said, "Worn by those old officials, they wear clothes like this, and then ask about the whereabouts of displaced children in disaster areas on TV."

"They should certainly ask more, because with their ability, just standing in front of the TV in decent clothes is the greatest help to this matter," Napier answered seriously.

Phoenix Joker couldn't help laughing wildly. While covering his neck, he said, "Sorry, I have this kind of madness. The psychiatrist says it's a neurosis. I don't want to take those pills. Perhaps at some point in the past, I wanted to, but there was no medicine to take. This is not important; it's all in the past."

"I feel very sorry for your encounter," Napier said. "Medical care in Cat Getan has always been a big problem. Medical groups and insurance companies are in cahoots, and too many parasites have embezzled large sums of funds from them. For this reason, I had to issue some small warnings. If I were lucky enough to go to your city, perhaps I would also bring some improvements."

"Crazy, crazy, really crazy!" The Prime Universe Joker covered his ears. This time he wasn't pretending to be crazy. While gritting his teeth and stomping his feet, he said, "You go! Drive him out! We didn't come here to listen to this!!"

Other Jokers had already covered their ears when Napier first spoke. At this time, those who were digging the ground were digging the ground, and those who were peeling the wall were peeling the wall. Not a single person followed the Prime Universe Joker's instructions.

Heath Joker put one hand in his pocket and said a long sentence for the first time: "If you are facing a madman who saved Cat Getan, then you should know there's nothing to talk about with him. He defeated Batman and took the initiative to end that game, so how he did it doesn't matter at all."

"I think so too," Ghost Joker hummed twice and said. "Perhaps you can also treat him as Batman and accept his high-sounding talk about justice. But do you really intend to listen to his municipal governance opinions here?"

"Please don't misunderstand," Napier was clearly very disapproving of Ghost Joker's suggestion to treat him as Batman. He stretched out a hand again and said, "I am different from that kind of person who only knows how to cowardly escape. I don't play games with him just because he can't answer any of my questions."

"Did you really ask him?"

"The Cat Getan City saved by my hands is the question I posed to him. But guess what he did?"

Other Jokers pricked up their ears again.

"He accepted my statement and admitted that he was the biggest villain in Cat Getan City."

Suddenly, curses rose one after another, endless.

"Are you sure he is Batman? Or is this all fabricated by you?" The Prime Universe Joker seemed completely unable to accept it. He said, "How could Batman admit it?"

"Because in my universe, this is a fact," Napier waved his hand and said.

Other Jokers seemed to be greatly frightened. The Prime Universe Joker froze and then said, "You think it's not like that in our universe?"

Now it was Napier's turn to freeze. Phoenix Joker lowered his head and eyes, revealing a smile, and said, "We don't mean his law enforcement methods, but the interest group represented by Batman's true identity, which is the mastermind behind the city falling into darkness. It's like this in every universe. You are not special."

"It's just that the Batman of your universe is exceptionally weak," Heath Joker said. "If someone used some chemical means to clear your madness factors, making you feel that you can talk to us in a rational state, then I can tell you that except for your universe, no Batman will give us this opportunity."

"Because the biggest medical group is the Wayne Group," Phoenix Joker said. "I told you, at certain moments I crave those little pills that can cure madness, but I got nothing."

"And if you were saved, it means their control over this city is not deep enough, which gave you an opportunity. And we... perhaps we say we don't need it because we can't get it."

"We are not that pitiful," Heath Joker said. "I also said, he took the initiative to end that game, and I never wanted to do that, because Batman has to pay the price for too many people not being saved. Saving people is not my responsibility, but his. If he can't do it, he should be punished."

"I agree with this view," Jack, who had been silent for a long time, spoke. He looked at Napier and said, "All the versions of yourself standing here have had moments of being about to be saved, but if Batman didn't let the train go to the other track, then facing the natural disaster of madness is the price he must pay."

"But it seems you are the same as me," Napier looked at Jack and said, "At that moment when I could be saved, I was saved."

"No, we are different," Jack said. "No one came to save me, but someone saved himself."

The Prime Universe Joker finally felt that difference. He stared at Jack and said, "The Batman of your universe is no longer Batman. He gave up the responsibility of saving people, so naturally, you don't need to punish him anymore."

"But if he gives up, isn't that escaping?" Napier immediately caught the loophole in the words and said, "Some responsibilities cannot be abandoned. If he chooses to escape, he should be punished more severely."

"Because he didn't give up, nor was he escaping," Jack shook his head and said. "In a long dream, Batman fulfilled his responsibility. He saved this city and also saved himself."

"He finally realized that he was no longer the Batman who carried those dark and heavy responsibilities, but the child of his parents, the arm of his friends, the student of his teacher... the master of himself." ===== CHAPTER 2834 =====