The Death Knell

Before the door was opened by the waiter, the room was a closed secret room. Judging from the blood stains and bloody footprints, the clown should still be in the suite.

But Batman didn't need to look to know that he was gone, because if he were still here, he would comically jump out and communicate with him face to face instead of hiding in the closet or the refrigerator.

The cause of death of these people was all suicide. The weapons used were table knives and ice picks, and one of the deceased used a broken toothbrush handle. But in summary, they all died of excessive bleeding, and the time of death was about an hour ago.

There is laughing gas in the drink, so there is a high probability that the new version of laughing gas has the effect of controlling others. However, judging from the message written on the wall, the clown should be asking him to go somewhere.

Zorn Batman quickly completed his reasoning. Others may not be able to understand the Joker's riddle, but he can.

Part of the message was a gift from the Joker to Deathstroke, or a suggestion for a crazy way to deal with people losing their memories of Superman.

In the remaining part, there are some hints of location and time, which is where the clown will commit his next crime.

On Earth 40K, Batman does not have the help of his brother's eyes. This is not the Gotham he is familiar with. He has no connections in the past and no butler to help.

The adjutant made it clear that he wanted to watch the excitement. It seemed that Deathstroke had reached an agreement with the Joker before, so Batman had no backup.

But it was this difficult situation that aroused Zorn's interest, because detective games are fun in this way. There is no high technology and no need for off-site assistance, allowing everything to return to the most essential reasoning.

Thinking of this, Zorn still felt warm in his heart, as if he saw the clown's smile when he looked at the bloody words on the wall.

Only he understands himself.

Yes, he is Zorn, not Bruce. Logically speaking, the Joker must want to get rid of him and replace him with someone else.

But when the Joker laid out the plan to eliminate himself, he also left a game behind. This is equivalent to admitting that he is also Batman and he wants to play together.

This is good, really good. My time as Batman should not be very long. It would be a pity if I couldn't face the Joker, because Bat and Joker always help each other.

In fact, earlier, when I was born, I thought that one day I would be able to control my body, then kill the clown, turn into a laughing personality, and then be sealed deep into my soul by Bruce.

But Bruce spent a week constantly discussing with himself, and finally allowed himself to accept his no-kill theory, because the clown also needed to be saved.

Well, Zorn admitted that he had lied to Bruce, and he only accepted the theory on the surface. In essence, he still wanted to kill the Joker, but he later learned that he couldn't kill him at all.

The Joker is a concept, he is chaos and madness itself, this kind of thing cannot be killed.

Today you kill a clown and the poison turns him into a laughing man. The next day, a new clown will grow out of nowhere in the DC universe, just like mushrooms in the woods after the rain. Once again Come to the door and continue the story of the two.

As for Flash Barry, he is indeed no match for the Joker. He was once caught by the Joker and given a shot of poison, a laughing gas that would kill him if he didn't run.

At that time, in order to save him before his physical strength was exhausted, almost all members of the Justice League mobilized, but the result was that everyone was injured and suffered psychological trauma, and almost went crazy in batches.

In the end, it's Batman.

The Joker without superpowers is technically just an ordinary person, but he is anything but ordinary. Apart from Batman in the Justice League, even the smart guy Green Arrow can't keep up with the Joker's ideas.

When a person can't guess what the clown will do, he or she will lose.

"I'm leaving. Maybe I'll go to Deathstroke's house to have something to eat. Maybe I'll go back to Earth 0 first." Barry took a photo of the scene to send, put away his phone, and looked at Batman with a little worry: "If you are talking to If you are attacked by 'Mother' in the middle of the clown contest, you must inform the adjutant."

Barry still remembers that there were three 'mothers', but now he has only managed two.

If Batman is left alone, the threat will still exist. It's not that he underestimates Batman, but no one has much information about 'Mother', and Bat definitely doesn't have a backup plan to deal with Mother.

"Don't go back to Earth 0. There is a problem there, let Deathstroke solve it." Batman turned to look at the Flash and stopped him: "Not only will you not be able to help him by going back, but it may become a constraint, especially for you. , Barry, Deathstroke has the closest relationship with you, if I were blank, there is a high probability that I would want to kill you first."

"Hmm!" Barry covered his chest, it felt like a myocardial infarction: "Why do you say that?"

"Didn't Deathstroke tell you? He was captured from another world by Doctor Manhattan, and he was hit by you while running. It was most likely not a coincidence. After analyzing this, think about it again. What do you think of the three of you? What does one have to do with blank space?”

Putting down the dead man's head in his hand, Batman stood up. He walked to the balcony and opened the window to check.

Zorn is indeed better, and if Barry asked Bruce this, he wouldn't answer.

"Uh, my back is a little cold." Barry showed a smile that was uglier than crying. When Batman said this, he felt that Blank was behind him, blowing into his neck!

On Earth 0, on the side of the happy search team, Su Ming was walking over the city with Harry and Diana in his arms.

Due to the existence of the biological force field, the adjutant has not found the specific whereabouts of Supergirl yet, so he needs to call up the city-wide surveillance, which will take a few more seconds.

"So, has the clown already arranged the game?" Su Ming took a puff from his cigarette and watched the smoke drift away under the moonlight. He communicated silently with the adjutant: "It seems that he also knows that Zorn and Bruce are one. So you admit that he is Batman, instead of not recognizing it at all like when you faced the Laughing Bat?"

"Yes, Sheriff." The deputy's projection floated aside. She was also admiring the moon while busy: "The clown got the list you gave him and knows who cannot be touched, so this will not affect us. layout."

"Okay, that's it. I'm too lazy to care about Batman and the Joker. Sooner or later, I'll go crazy playing with them. That's it. Millions of people died in New York in the past. Now with a small game of this level, Just record it and I’ll watch the replay later.”

"Yes, Sheriff, but Barry just sent a photo. You have to take a look. Zorn said it may be related to recovering memory."

"oh?"