The caretaker of New Arkham, Eric Bodø, is the Joker.

It's ironic that such a large group of people have been looking for the Joker all over the city without a trace, but they have no idea that the Joker has been hiding in it as a nurse in the Arkham Asylum for so long. Batman even met with Eric Bode himself, and found no problem at all, and his concealment couldn't have been more successful.

"Maybe we should contact Batman and tell him the news." Barbara Road.

After Roy tried, he frowned: "It's not connected, it's not connected." ”

Marlene Zahiri, who was sitting in the chair, smiled like an evil spirit, and her whole body convulsed with a strange laugh.

"It's too late, it's too late," she said to herself, "and there's no one left to stop it." Did you know? In the process of digging this story, I looked for a few patients who had interacted with the clown. The clown seemed to convince them of a story, a story about the 'Pale Man', and now I began to feel that this story was more convincing than mine. They all believe that clowns have been around for centuries, or even millennia. He's Gotham's deepest nightmare, the city's inescapable, immortal demon! Laughter is plague, disease, no one can stop it, no one hahahaha! ”

At this point, she couldn't stop laughing, like crazy.

Both realized that something was wrong: "Doctor? ”

By the time Marlene Zahiri stood up from her seat, her whole face had turned pale, the corners of her bright mouth curled into a sinister smile, and her eyes were full of madness.

Laughing, she jerked a pair of scissors out of a drawer, and desperately flipped over the table and rushed towards the two of them.

Roy grabbed her arm with one hand, slammed her over the shoulder, snatched the scissors.

"What's going on?" Barbara asked, shocked.

After Roy scanned it with the scanner in his mask, his face changed slightly: "The air poisoning gas content is 30%, and the concentration is rising." ”

The two immediately put on gas masks, and Roy immediately activated infrared vision to scan the building in all directions.

"Someone downstairs is approaching." He said, "Approaching in our direction, judging by the vital signs, all of them were poisoned. Nine on the first floor and twelve on the second floor. ”

"That's a 'grand welcome.'" Barbara Road.

"There are too many people, and the space is too small." Roy Road.

As he spoke, the door lock had been shattered by the violent impact, and several citizens with pale faces and stiff facial muscles pounced on them with teeth and claws.

"Let's go!"

The two jumped one after the other, smashed through the window and jumped out.

A few clowns leaned in front of the window, only to see the pitch-black fighter jet soaring into the air, the tail flame rushing out, accompanied by the buzz of the motor, rushing into the dark night sky without a trace.

Arkham site.

There was a heavy, metal-like crunch, and the heavy metal door slammed open, sending poisonous gas out from behind the door like a flood.

Damian, wearing a gas mask, rushed into the room and helped the unconscious Batman up.

"Batman!" Damian shouted.

"Robin?" Despite the fact that his eyes could not focus and his ears could not hear clearly, as if he was underwater, Batman was still quite conscious, "Joker? ”

"Not here, father." Damian struggled to lift Batman's heavy body and helped him out, "Hold on, the Batmobile is outside." ”

"Damian"

"Stop talking, father."

"No, I need to know, Damian," Batman said through gritted teeth, "how bad is it out there?" Damian? ”

After a long silence, Damian replied, "It sucks. The whole city went mad, the poison gas was everywhere and everywhere, and everyone clown into a madness, attacking everyone who could see it. If you want me to say that Gotham has fallen. ”

At this moment, looking down from the Batfighter, Roy and Barbara also saw the entire city below in a state of madness.

"Oh my God," Barbara exclaimed, "even if he did, it would be unbelievable." ”

Roy said decisively: "I need you to search the information that the CDC and the military have already grasped to understand what is going on." ”

Barbara did as she was told, and access to information has always been her forte, and this is where she is most irreplaceable about Roy's work.

"They want to keep things in the red zone," Barbara showed up a map on the plane's computer screen, "and then fortified in the yellow zone." The mode of transmission should be airborne, and the pathogen is encased in a strong mucus, and in the air, as long as it is infected with spitting, coughing, or "

"Laughing." Roy frowned.

"Yes." "The laughter is just a spasm of the diaphragm - similar to some kind of rapid coughing. In other words, the virus is completely spread by laughter."

"Laughter is a disease, a plague." Roy faintly repeated what the doctor had just said.

After a moment of silence, Barbara said, "I flipped through the manuscript of "The Clown Prince" just now, do you believe it?" About that 'pale man'? The story that brought Gotham's first laugh? ”

Roy glanced at her, but didn't speak.

"I know, it's stupid." "But I really can't help but think what if it's true?" What if the clown is really the legendary 'pale man'? You know, after we've been through so much."

Unexpectedly, Roy said, "I understand. ”

After a pause, he added, "But no matter what the facts are, we will face him and defeat him, just like before, right?" ”

Barbara took a deep breath and seemed a little relieved.

Yes, if he is there, any problem will be solved, right?

Roy added: "Now, check all the case reports, and call up the first single case in chronological order." ”

Barbara was stunned, and although she didn't understand, she did so: "In the Gotham Presbyterian Church but why?" ”

"It doesn't matter who the first patient is, they went to the hospital before the virus was fully attacked, they were just carriers. Carriers of the virus often have initial resistance, and the corresponding antibodies may be extracted from their blood. ”

Barbara suddenly said: "So maybe with this antibody we can reverse create an antidote serum!" Then we'll go to the House of Elders right now."

"No," Roy said, "I'll go, I need you to go to the Batcave and test all the varieties of serum that Batman has made so far in his fight against the Joker." ”

Barbara was stunned: "But, you're alone"

"I'm going to be fine." "My approach doesn't necessarily work, we have to try more." Time is pressing, there's no time to argue, that's all. ”

With that, without giving Barbara another chance to refute, the deck directly below the cabin had already bounced open, and Roy unbuckled his seat belt and jumped off, his pitch-black cloak popping out from behind his back, spreading like wings, dragging him into the night sky. (To be continued.) )