Age of Clowns

Night, Gotham.

A rickety figure walked on the streets of Gotham City, with crowds of people coming and going, shuttling around him, but he didn't take a second glance at any of the events around him. He seemed to be immersed in his own world, and the look in his eyes What is revealed is frustration, disappointment, and pain.

The journey that was originally full of expectations has returned with such a result. Arthur no longer knows who to trust. Now he just wants to find his father——Thomas Wayne and ask him face to face.

Arthur had no intention of finding displeasure with these upper-class people, but he didn't need the other party's approval or compensation. He just wanted a little respect from them and a little care from them.

Walking through the still dark and dilapidated street, at this time, the sound of an ambulance slowly came from ahead. Arthur raised his head in confusion and found that the ambulance was parked downstairs of his home.

"The respiration rate now remains at 15 breaths per minute,"

"Slow down, there are steps here, be careful."

A group of nurses and doctors were carefully examining the woman lying on the stretcher. Arthur took a closer look and realized that this was his mother, Penny Frank.

"Mom? What happened??" Arthur walked up quickly, following the medical staff next to him.

"Who are you?" The policeman standing on the other side glanced at Arthur and asked doubtfully.

"I'm her son... What the hell happened!" Arthur stared at his mother on the stretcher. At this time, he felt like the sky was falling.

"That's really great. Maybe you can help us make some decisions. We don't know what happened yet. You can follow us first and get into the ambulance together." The medical staff said to Arthur Waved.

"Come on, there's another step here."

"It's not going well with artificial respiration right now, Mike."

"Come on, everyone, help lift the stretcher."

"lift!"

A group of people carefully carried Penny into the ambulance, and Arthur quickly chased after her and got into the car together.

"What kind of medicines has your mother been taking so far?" a medical staff asked Arthur.

"No, no! She didn't take any medicine." Arthur felt that his eyes had gone dark, and he held Petunia's hand tightly with his hands.

"Sir! When was the last time you saw her?"

"I don't know!" Arthur just looked at Penny blankly, his mind was in confusion and he stopped saying anything.

The ambulance started slowly and then sped quickly on the road.

Hospital, late at night.

Arthur sat helplessly on a chair outside the hospital. He was silent, just smoking cigarettes one after another. The smoke from his mouth colored his face, making him look... A little blurry.

at this time.Two men in suits and ties walked slowly towards Arthur.

"Mr. Frank! I'm sorry to disturb you. I'm Detective Garrity, and this is my partner, Detective Burke." Detective Garrity walked up to Arthur and took out his ID and handed it to Arthur. Se took a look, then looked at Arthur and continued:

"We originally wanted to ask you a few questions, but since you were not at home, we talked to your mother first."

Arthur looked at the two policemen in front of him and asked doubtfully: "Oh, what did you all say to my mother?"

"Did you make her look like this?" Arthur's eyes began to become more and more fierce, and he stared at the two police detectives in front of him.

"What? No, no, no, we just asked her a few questions, and then she started to become hysterical and out of breath. Then she fell down and hit her head for no reason... ….We’re sad too.” Detective Garrity said as if everything had nothing to do with him.

"Yes! Yes! That's right! The doctor said she was frightened! That's why she had a stroke!" Arthur looked at the detective angrily and said every word.

"We are sorry that this happened." Although the detective seemed to be apologizing, there was no guilt in his eyes.

"Fuck..." Arthur threw away the cigarette in his left hand, patted the ashes on his body, and watched Detective Garrity spit out a word.

"But I just said it! We still have some questions to ask you! It's about the subway murder last week. Did you hear about it?" Detective Garrity didn't care about Arthur's attitude and just asked as usual. With.

"I heard it, it's really scary..." Arthur's eyes began to change, and his face became a little nervous, but at this moment, Arthur's left hand suddenly pressed on his right hand, and there was a sudden force. Welling up in his heart, Arthur felt a sense of relief, as if the two hands were cooperating. The laughter that usually appeared when he was nervous and stimulated did not happen at this moment.

"Yes, we talked to your boss when you were working at "Laughing Haha Company". He said that you were fired because you brought a gun to the Children's Hospital, right? Is this true? Mr. Frank?" Detective Garrity stared at Arthur, as if he wanted to find some evidence on him.

"That's just a prop! It's all part of my performance, you should know, after all, I'm a party clown." Arthur slowly took out a cigarette with his left hand, held it in his mouth, and lit it casually , took a deep breath, and said confidently. .