Chapter 52: The Laughing Virus
Bruce stood up and looked at Alfred. Bruce tried to focus, vaguely looking at the screen in front of him.
"Alfred, how's the situation in Gotham now?" Bruce asked Alfred.
"Young master, your current situation is not very good, whether it is you or Gotham, your eyes are difficult to focus now, and the hearing in both ears is like being underwater, young master, the virus of the clown this time is extraordinary." Alfred walked over to Bruce's side, helped him up, and came to the screen.
"The virus used by the clown this time will spread from the air, whether the infected person laughs, coughs, or breathes, the virus will spread, but the infected person will laugh constantly. There is almost no cure. Alfred said to Bruce helplessly.
"No way, the Joker and his virus will be wiped out. I've made so many of these serums so far, have you tried them all? Bruce asked incredulously.
"It's a pity, young master, we've all tried. But these agents didn't work at all, and as soon as the serum had an effect on the clown virus, the virus mutated. But most of them don't even react. Alfred said with a sigh.
"Who's Patient Zero?" Bruce asks Alfred, but before Alfred can speak, Afu's daughter, Julia.
"Gotham Central Hospital, that's the ward number." Julia handed a picture to Bruce.
Bruce moved his body, put on Batman's gear, and left the Batcave.
"Hey, Gordon. I plan to go to the sample of Caiji Zero Hospital, the central hospital, is there any action on the military side? Batman asked Gordon.
"The military has now intervened, and they don't have the slightest recourse. If this problem is not resolved, Gotham City will be isolated, just like a medieval retro. Gordon said to Batman.
"I'll fix it as soon as possible, and when I get the sample from Patient Zero, I'll send the sample to the main console." Batman spoke to Gordon, who walked to the window.
"Stay away from these patients, the virus makes their brains not very good, and when they see uninfected people, they will rush to pounce." Gordon looked out through the wooden planks nailed to the window, and a laughing woman was lying in front of Gordon's window, startling Gordon.
"I'll take notice." Batman turns off the phone and runs to the downtown hospital, where Batman stops on a bus and looks at the infected below.
The infected looked up at Batman, who struggled to compose himself and glared back with an angry look.
Batman then breaks through the glass and breaks into Gotham Central Hospital.
Batman throws a smoke bomb, filling the hallway, after which Batman breaks into a hospital room, closes the door, and the infected behind the door drives in and rushes into the room.
"You shouldn't be here, hahaha." An elderly infected with a saw in his hand slowly walked towards Batman.
At this time, in Gordon's room, Gordon was investigating the legend of the downtown hospital, and Gordon suddenly saw a pale face on the computer screen.
At this time, Gordon rummaged through the drawer, took out a box of bullets, loaded it into the gun, and then looked vigilantly behind him with a pistol, Gordon opened the door behind him, and a purple spring punch punched Gordon in the face.
"Knock knock, is anyone home?" The Joker's voice came from under the bed behind Gordon, and Gordon's eyes widened.
At this time, Batman had already passed through the ventilation duct to the ward where Patient Zero was, and tempered glass separated Batman from the hospital bed.
"Jochir? How could it be him? Batman looked through the tempered glass into the hospital room.
Holding a pistol, Jochiel slowly approached a young boy and his parents. The tragedy of Crime Alley is about to happen again.
Batman shatters tempered glass and punches Jochiel in the face, the boy's parents are already infected, and Batman puts his jetpack on the boy's shoulder and leaves the hospital with the boy.
"That's the only thing I can do, I'll have to bring you here." Batman drops the boy to the shelter and leaves it.
"Batman, I shot the Joker in the chest, and he's going to pass out from blood loss, if he didn't." Gordon spoke excitedly to Batman through the communicator.
"What happened? Gordon. Batman asked Gordon. Gordon walked around the room, leaning against the doorframe, smiling and talking to Batman.
"Nothing, it's just that the clown entered my house in an unknown way and lit the curtains." Gordon said to Batman lightly.
Gordon ignored the flames behind him, allowing the flames to blow up his curtains. The burned-out ashes fell onto Gordon's bed, and the flames rekindled.
"Sheriff Gordon, we're not done yet? Why did you just go and call? The Joker got up behind Gordon, holding a giant axe in his hand, and slowly smashed it towards Gordon.
"Gordon, Gordon, are you okay?" Batman shouted nervously, and the Joker slowly picked up the phone and put it to his ear.
"Don't worry, little bat, I didn't look at it, I just knocked him unconscious." The Joker smiled and said to Batman, at this time Gordon was knocked unconscious by the Joker.
"Damn." Batman cursed, and then Batman used his jetpack to fly towards Gordon's office.
"Gordon, what's going on?" Batman arrives at Gordon's residence, where Gordon is lying in the hallway with an axe stuck in his chest.
"I don't know, Batman, I shot him in the chest, he should have fallen, and if not, he got up again, like a joke." Gordon leaned against the wall in the hallway and said to Batman with difficulty.
"Okay Gordon, no more talk, I'll go get the first aid kit." Batman pulls the axe out of Gordon's chest and does an emergency.
"Hahaha." When Batman turned and walked towards the bathroom, Gordon grinned, raised his axe, and slashed at Batman.
Just as the axe slammed into Batman, several anesthetic needles shot at Gordon's neck.
"You shouldn't have come." Batman said to the comer. The person who came was Julian, the daughter of Alfred.
"If I don't come, you'll die." Julian said to Batman.
"I'm not here just to save you, we found a problem when we were looking for a cure. It's the clown, and this time there's something in the virus that can rot cells. Julian said to Batman.
"We're going to speed up." Batman said to Julian. Batman looked at Gordon unconscious, and then walked into Gordon's bedroom.
"Nightwing, help me investigate the ingredients in this blood." Batman then teleports a sample of the Joker's blood to Nightwing's side.
"I'm willing to serve you, sir." Nightwing began to investigate the Joker's blood sample, and after a while, Nightwing said with a slight trembling.
"Master, there are some things you may have guessed, yes, there is a self-healing factor in the clown's blood sample, and this factor is even stronger than Lars's Lazarus Pool." Nightwing reports the information from the Joker's blood sample to Batman.
"Sir, none of the pools of Lazarus have been invaded lately." Nightwing spoke to Batman again. This made Batman pinch a cold sweat.
"Let's investigate the lethal substances in the clown virus and the self-healing factors in the clown's blood." Batman said to Nightwing again.
"The two substances are completely opposite. It's like life and death, comedy and tragedy, or you and the clown. Nightwing said to Batman.
"The speed of our development is going to be accelerated." Batman said to Nightwing.
"Yes, sir." Nightwing said, and then there was the roar of an explosion from Batman's side.
"Master, what's going on over there?" Nightwing asked Batman anxiously.
"Nothing, just an explosion." At this time, a military tank appeared in front of Batman, and a shell hit Batman, but it didn't hit Batman directly.
"Listen, Nightwing's breakthrough point must be in Arkham, and someone must be helping him there." As he spoke, Batman rushed to the tank and threw the driver out of the cab in one fell swoop.
"There were three people who used their abilities to help the Joker, one died, and one left Gotham, leaving only Paul Cod, aka Eric Bode." Batman said from the cab of the tank.