batman and red hood

"Ladies and gentlemen, in this festive atmosphere, I'm bringing you a fantastic comedy show... Harry"

"Of course, mrj"

A woman wearing a clown costume and exaggerated makeup directed the same group of guys in clown costumes to lift a display screen to the field emptied by the small-scale explosion just now, and was busy assembling it.

The clown standing in front is wearing a purple suit, green hair, pale face and red lips, exaggerated body language and smile, but it makes people feel chilling.

"Damn! Clown, why did he run out of Arkham again?!"

Dick couldn't help but swear, was the dog eating all the money that Wayne Enterprises allocated to the Arkham Mental Hospital every year for security?

Jason looked at the exaggerated man in surprise. For him, Jason had only heard a name and rumors that he was a lunatic. There are many lunatics in Gotham, so Jason just regarded it as one of them, but At this moment, after seeing this lunatic from such a close distance, Jason felt a strange feeling emerge from the bottom of his heart.

Standing in the ruins, the clown introduced the new game he brought impassionedly as if standing in the center of the world stage.On the big screen behind him is a map of the entire Gotham City. The cheerful tone and exaggerated smile make people unable to laugh.

"Oh, here we go again"

Dick looked at the TV used for display in the window of an electrical appliance store not far away. The program being broadcast had been replaced by a live broadcast of the clown.

"...Why did he make such a fuss for everyone to know?"

This is where the clown is different from other crimes. The clown commits crimes only if people all over the world know that he did it.

"Because he's crazy"

Dick said with a blank face, if anyone can figure out what the clown is thinking, then he can also enter Arkham.

Dick's answer didn't dispel Jason's doubts. There are many lunatics in Gotham, aren't there?

"Robin"

Bruce, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke out, which caught Jason's attention.

"He's not an ordinary lunatic. His behavior is completely irregular. His desire can change at any time just like running water. You can't guess his next goal and it is absolutely impossible to persuade him. When facing him, you must keep Be very vigilant, once you let him find a gap, you will die, understand?"

Jason was stunned by Bruce's words. After thinking for a while, Jason asked in turn:

"Does that mean he's mentally ill?"

"……right"

"Understood"

Dick, who was squatting aside, put all his energy on the clown below, so he didn't bother to intervene in this kind of conversation. He felt that what Jason understood must be a little different from what Bruce wanted to say.

The joker's old show Laughing gas bombs, another guess-me-hidden game, timed out until midnight tonight, but this time the clown has added an extra entertainment, a total of twelve laughing gas bombs, but there are eleven It's fake, defusing a fake laughing gas bomb will randomly detonate a hidden bomb in downtown Gotham.

Just when the clown impassionedly announced the start of the game, Batman and Robin descended from the sky and blocked his and the clown's way

"Oh Bat you're finally here! Oh my god you got a new bird?!! I seem to be missing a lot of things"

Regarding the appearance of Batman, the clown did not show the slightest timidity at all. Instead, he seemed to be looking forward to his arrival. After seeing the thin Robin following Batman, he put his hands on his face exaggeratedly. He spoke in the tone of a husband accusing him of cheating.

"Where's the bomb?"

For the clown's performance, Batman didn't respond at all, and asked his purpose straightforwardly.

"You want to know? Find it yourself, I won't tell you, bah!"

The Joker answered Batman's question with the attitude that I won't tell you what you can do with me.

The sound of a sudden brake interrupted the conversation, and a box-shaped car with exaggerated colors drove into the narrow street and sped towards the three of them.

Before Jason could react, someone quickly left the place with a cloak in his hand.After the car made an emergency stop at the original position of the three people and made two and a half laps, it quickly left with the clown.

"Robin, you and Nightwing are going to find the bomb, I'm going after the clown"

"……okay"

Jason watched Bruce jump on the Batmobile that came from nowhere and chase the clown away, and suddenly felt that he was a little bit overwhelmed, and the rhythm seemed to be changing a bit fast.

"You see, dealing with clowns requires this kind of reaction ability that has nothing to do with the previous second and the next second."

Dick came over and patted Jason who was still in a daze sympathetically. After being dazed for a while, Jason remembered what he was going to do:

"How do we find the bomb?"

"Hmm... let's play back the clown's speech first."

Dick manipulated the portable computer in his arm, and the harsh voice of the clown appeared again, making Jason frowned unconsciously.

"Will he say it?"

"Yes, all this is just a game for the clown, but if we enter it, it is very likely that people will die"

"...he's a madman"

"Yes, a lucid madman"

Dick kept planning all the possibilities on the virtual map.Jason looked at the time worriedly. The deadline for the bomb was midnight, and now there were only two hours left before that time.

"Barbara, give me the weather and wind direction in Gotham tonight"

Dick picked up Barbara's signal and asked a question that didn't seem to have anything to do with the incident.

"What do you want the wind direction for?"

"Only one of the twelve bombs is real, so in order to ensure that the laughing gas can spread to most areas, the location must be placed in the upwind of the wind direction."

Dick's words made Jason even more confused. After thinking for a long time, he said:

"Is he a madman?"

"Who?"

Dick was busy calculating the wind direction data passed by Barbara, and didn't respond to Jason's question all at once.

"Clown"

"Yes"

"Can a madman calculate such a thing?"

"The Clown Club"

Dick's answer kept Jason silent for a long time before he asked:

"...Is he really crazy?"

Jason's question stunned Dick for a moment before he said:

"……God knows"

Finally, through computer calculations, the location of the bomb was determined to be in the southwest of Gotham City, but even so, the range was still large, and in addition to finding the exact location of the twelve bombs, it was necessary to find the real one. If the wrong bomb is dismantled, a hidden real bomb will explode.

"How about looking for those hidden bombs first?"

Jason felt that he should first find out the hidden real bombs and dismantle them, and then he could dismantle the twelve laughing gas bombs recklessly.

"If there was enough time, I would definitely do it, but there is no time now, we must first find the laughing gas bomb"

The Dick that Jason said also knew, but the clown didn't mention the location of those hidden bombs at all, and it would be difficult to find them on the scale of Gotham.

Finally, after narrowing down a certain range as much as possible, Dick took Jason and galloped towards the target location...