Chapter 445: Screaming Poetry (Part I)
Batman didn't wait too long, he turned around and wanted to walk out of the surveillance room, and then go to stop the Joker's plot, but at this moment, the door of the surveillance room, which was originally open, suddenly closed.
Like the doors of all rooms underground, the doors to the surveillance room are all metal and blastproof, and Batman throws a few miniature bombs on them, which only leaves a small scorched mark on the door, and cannot cause more damage.
Batman was pretty sure that the door to the surveillance room was suddenly closed, which was no accident, but he didn't see any additional movement from the Joker on the screen, which means that the door might not have been closed by him by remote control, but by someone else.
Since the Joker on the screen has been talking, Batman is not entirely sure if there are footsteps coming during this time, and if this is really the case, it means that the Joker still has accomplices.
Batman frowned and thought, he thought, they were hunted by agents before, and they went around the manor several times, during this time, the clown should have been sitting in the monitoring room, observing their situation in real time, because the information the agents got was very timely, which can prove that the joker was in the monitoring room during that time.
After the agents stopped chasing them, they devised a plan to search for the entrance on the first floor, and Batman began to build bombs from helicopter parts, while the Joker found Luck and Clark and kidnapped them both.
In this way, the timeline is right, but there is a very big loophole in it, that is, if the Joker went to kidnap Ryx and Clark during the time that Batman was making the bomb, then when did he make the bomb?
Batman clearly saw that the bomb that made the noise and attracted the occupants was not small, although the composition was relatively simple, but it took a certain amount of time to make, not to mention the bomb that was tied to the beams of the house.
Both of these are very obvious homemade bombs, and there is no possibility that the finished product will be used directly, and it took Batman a while to get the bomb that blew up the underground exit, and he didn't believe that the Joker could not only make two bombs in the same amount of time as him, but also subdue Lex and Clark.
Clark wasn't that easy to deal with, and if he hadn't expected it, Legs hadn't stayed on the first floor, so no matter whether the Joker made the bomb first or caught the two people first, he would have to shuttle between different floors, and it would be too late to travel back and forth.
The clown and accomplices? Who will he be? Why help the Joker?
Before Batman could come up with an answer to this question, he heard the Joker on the screen holding the button and saying:
"Before I start the introduction, I have to say to someone who is most willing to cheer me on, you better stay there and be a good audience."
"If you want to rush to the stage to interrupt a great show, then the angry clown will immediately press the button and give the show the most humorous and grandiose ending!"
Batman's finger on the door paused, but he turned back and continued to keep his eyes on the screen.
Because he saw that the kryptonite tied to Clark's chest seemed to be tied very tightly, but because the crystal itself was irregular, and the rope was only wrapped around a few sharp corners of the stone, it could be clearly seen that because the center of gravity was not right, the rope around two of the sharp corners had begun to loosen a little.
Clark's chest was heaving and heaving, and he was in extreme pain now, not only because of the kryptonite strapped to his chest, but also because of the choices he had made.
At this moment, the clown's voice came from the ground, and his tone was light-hearted and pleasant, as if he was reciting an opening poem.
"First of all, I'm going to introduce you to this oneβClark Kent."
"As you can see, he is handsome, tall and handsome, and I can tell you that at the same time, he is also very righteous and kind."
"When he sees an explosion in the reception room, he travels thousands of miles to come to the rescue, when he hears that a friend is in danger, he reaches out, and at the same time, he is a first-year freshman at Metropolitan University, with excellent grades and good performance, and a bright future......
"Of course, I have to introduce his family background, he comes from a small town in Kansas, his family owns a farm, his parents are loving, and he lives ......a happy life."
Words of praise kept coming out of the clown's mouth, and he made Clark boast out of the sky, repeatedly emphasizing how good, kind, and righteous he was.
But at this moment, Batman saw that a room in the picture suddenly turned into a small blue square that kept flashing, and when the blue flickered, there was a line of white letters in the center of the blue square, which said "Do not disturb".
He knew that it was the people in the room who pressed the "Do Not Disturb" button, that is, he chose to vote for Clark Kent.
Batman was not surprised, the party invited many people, in addition to business celebrities, there are also quite a few people in the entertainment industry, not all of them are highly educated, and everyone has different tendencies and personalities, so it is not surprising that someone will be the first bird.
Moreover, many of them did not know Clark, and hearing the Joker praise Clark like this inevitably made them feel a sense of rebellion, thinking that this was actually a plot of this madman.
Soon, more and more blue patches lit up, until almost all the screens in the guest rooms lit up with blue patches, and Batman saw that many people were holding phones while shouting loudly, as if they wanted to let their voices pass through the walls and be heard by the next door.
By lip syncing, Batman is able to know what they're saying.
"Damn it! Vote for him! If you want to kill Old Luther's son, he won't let us go! β
"Where the hell has old Luthor gone? His son was kidnapped, and he didn't care?! β
"Hell knows if this guy named Clark could be an accomplice of the madman, and I don't believe anyone can be as perfect as he claims."
"I know little Luther, he's a poor little one with autism, and he's still young, and he may have to inherit the Luthor group in the future, we can't kill him......"
"We can't kill little Luther, he is the only son of old Luther, if he inherits the Luther group in the future, he will definitely be far worse than his father, if he dies, old Luther will find a more powerful heir, then it will be trouble!"
Just like that, almost all the rooms began to have blue flashes, and that cold glow fell on Batman's mask, and the messages in their words reached Batman's mind, blending with the overflowing words that kept coming out of the Joker's mouth, like a whole world suddenly cracked in half.
With praise on one side and murder on the other, two very different emotions surround Batman.
It's a weird and ridiculous scene, all the actors on this stage seem to be playing their own roles, the clown is in Mengkua Clark, but the other supporting characters don't appreciate him and insist on making their own decisions.
But they seem to be inextricably linked, and each of them is observing the other's reaction, and then making the decision that they think is right.
Soon, Batman noticed that many of the people who pressed the button for the first time began to become angry, holding the phone and shouting:
"It's not what I want to press, I'm forced to be helpless!"
"That madman said that if we don't press the button, he's going to let the radiation leak out and we'll all get cancer, you don't know how painful cancer is!"
"My father died of terminal lung cancer, and in the last few days of his life, he could only rely on painkillers to keep him alive, it was too painful, I didn't want to be like him!"
"What's wrong with me? I just want to live, why can't I press it? β
"He's just a college student, so what if he studies well? How much can be achieved in the future? Maybe it's better to go home and farm, there is not much more than one farmer in this world, and there are many farmers in him! β
"I have a company with a market value of tens of millions, and there are so many employees waiting for me to feed, I am more important than him!"
"Why is he tied up there, and I'm the one making the choice? Because I am the Lord's chosen people, blame the Lord for not choosing him, and the outcasts deserve to die! β
Batman just stood here, looking at the corners of their mouths that were pursed downward, their eyes hanging high, and the droplets that were spewing out for their loud talk, watching them blushing and arguing for themselves, scratching their ears and cheeks to come up with reasonable excuses.
Batman suddenly had that strange feeling in this scene, they were so into the play, even in the face of this situation, they were able to use their clever brains to justify themselves.
They are so serious and serious to put on a reasonable veneer for this ridiculous comedy performance.
They are indeed actors, not spectators, who, after being dragged into the regular river, never think about going ashore, but compete to be the fastest swimmers, hoping that their companions who fall at the end will be able to feed the crocodiles in exchange for their own safety.
Are these people victims? Maybe yes, Batman thought.
As the blue squares that filled the screen flickered, the cold light shone on Batman's eyes, flowing down his eyelashes like ice edges under the eaves of a snowy day.
At this time, he couldn't help but wonder, why were they so serious?
Batman shook his head and threw those thoughts away, but the scene was not enough to shake him, he was no longer the fledgling Batman.
He pulls out the equipment from his bat belt and starts trying to pry the door, and although the Joker threatens him to press the button if he leaves, he can't really sit still and do nothing, that's not Batman's style.
Soon, the Joker's movements on the screen confirmed Batman's previous conjecture that he should have an accomplice, because the Joker's other hand picked up another phone, he said "um" a few times over there, and then raised his tone and said:
"It looks like a lot of people have made their choice, and they chose - Clark Kent!"
"You guys made a great choice! You're about to send a good guy with excellent character and learning to the bomb, and then let the bomb blow his head to the lake of flesh and blood! β
"I can give you a chance to go back on it, and if you press another button, the result will change...... Aren't you going to do that? Really, not? β¦β¦ Oh well. β
"Wait!" The clown suddenly said in a puzzled tone, he put another phone to his ear, "heed" it a few times, and then said:
"Emergency communication! Emergency Communications! We learned from an unknown but reliable informant that Lyonel Luthor is dead! β
"This friend of ours who is being hanged, the father of Lex Luthor, the master of the Luther Syndicate, is dead!"