"So? Have you made your choice?" The Joker sniffed, laughing strangely as if he was addicted to drugs: "The answer, tell me the answer."
Batman frowned deeply. Barbara was actually trapped in Gotham Park, so who was in the Hall of Justice?
But when did the Windbreaker Warrior get caught? In theory, the area near the museum was also covered by surveillance, so why didn't Alfred report this?
However, this was not the time to think about these questions when facing the laughing Joker.
Under the cover of his cape, Batman's fingers operated rapidly on the Bat Terminal, sending a text to notify Ah Fu to contact the Bat Clan members to rescue Barbara, while he tried to stall for time.
Others might not be in Gotham, but Batwoman Kate had not left; she was always around.
There was no place for her in the Justice League with Batman, and she didn't want to play games with kids, so she never participated in any Justice League activities, just wandered around Gotham City.
As long as Ah Fu could find a way to contact her, saving both people wouldn't be a problem.
Just as Batman was about to tell a story to the Joker, he suddenly noticed the screen on Barbara's side being blocked by a big face.
Soon after, a large eye pressed up against it, the eyeball spinning around as if peering through a peephole, trying to see inside.
However, the owner of that eye quickly drew back, and in the rain, it was also a face full of smiles.
"Ha~llo~ boys, see me?"
Batman narrowed his eyes, and his hand paused slightly: "Harley."
However, whatever he said over here, it definitely couldn't be heard through the camera in the park.
Harley waited for a while, and her smile turned into confusion. She reached out a finger and poked the camera, making a horn sound effect with her mouth.
"Toot-toot."
But she still didn't get a response.
Her red and blue pigtails stuck to her shoulders in the rain, and she tilted her head and shouted to one side: "Hey! No sound! Is this thing broken?!"
"This thing has only a microphone, no speaker, you can't hear what they're saying." Damian appeared in the camera wearing a soaked cloak, like he stepped out of the shadows, the two of them blocking the lens tightly, as if they were examining it: "Speaking of which, the Joker putting the camera in a Joker doll is such an old trick, I'm a little tired of it."
"Isn't this like the 200th time?" Harley withdrew her finger, tapped her cheek, and looked at the sky in thought: "He's outdated, really disappointing, I almost don't want to kill him anymore, just let him live on in boredom."
Damian looked at the camera expressionlessly, ignoring Harley's hand patting his head: "The Joker's games are indeed boring, we'd better hurry up and find the Laughing Bat, there are still some new things there."
"Right, those two old relics are best to die together, from now on, Little Robin can protect Gotham." Harley nodded in agreement, pretending to lift the hammer beside her ready to leave.
Robin shook his head, corners of his mouth tugging down: "Whatever, even if they die, we wouldn't know where, I'm used to being alone since I was little, don't need him at all."
Harley Quinn wiped the rain off her face, and smilingly stuck out her tongue and licked her palm.
Gotham's rainwater still tasted the same, sour, spicy, corrosive, like Pop Rocks on the tongue.
"Hehehe... Isn't Batman your dad? Is it okay to say that?"
"...He's not, he's just Batman."
With that, Damian lifted his hand and directly pulled the camera out of the doll's belly, crushing it instantly.
The screen turned to static.
The Joker had lost interest in playing games; he switched the screen back to face Batman, threw the remote far away, and tore at his hair with his hands.
"Outdated? Boring? Alive? Uh...hahahahahahaha..."
Batman also felt a bit of a headache, Damian seemed to be stuck in an identity crisis, which was not good, situations like this could easily be exploited.
Especially with Harley Quinn around Damian, judging by the way they talked, it wasn't a random encounter, they were originally operating together, and behind this crazy woman was Deathstroke...
But right now, those things didn't matter, Batman blocked out those thoughts and emotions, just stood quietly in place, watching the Joker rolling around laughing on the screen.
The Joker rolled around, limbs flailing, finally managed to get up on his knees, occasionally pounding the ground with his fists, letting out muffled laughs.
After a while, he stood up, sat back in the chair, and slowly wiped his face with both hands like a cat washing its face.
"Harley, Harley Little Pudding, as expected of you, shoo..." The Joker seemed to laugh until he was tired, the white on his face messed by dust, showing more patterns: "This joke was really funny, hit me right in the heart, what do you think, Batman?"
"Our world has a big problem, I really don't have much time to waste with you here, come out and face me."
"You don't care about the world, you only want Gotham, oh, and now there's Catwoman as well, but, though you didn't give an answer before, Harley's joke wasn't bad, I've decided to kill them all!"
With that, the Joker jumped up, ran to the side, picked up the remote, and instantly pressed two buttons.
Even in the basement of the museum, Batman could feel the tremors coming from afar, like in a circus cave. Dust fell from above.
"Ahahaha..." The Joker covered his face, approached the camera, revealing bloodshot eyes through his fingers: "This is destiny. Maybe you've calculated a lot, but you didn't expect Harley and Robin to make me laugh. Every time I laugh, someone gets scared. Shoo~~~ Bang~~~~ Batgirl has ascended! Hahaha!"
Batman was filled with shock and anger, Barbara.....
"You madman! What have you done?!"
"Yes, anger, bring more emotion for me to feel... Do you want to see the body? Too bad Robin destroyed the doll, but it's okay, we can still see your new friend's electric moment, it should be cooked by now..."
The Joker retreated, reining in his smile, and flicked the button on the remote control with a raised orchid finger, and the image of the bathtub appeared again on the right half of the screen.
At this moment, splashes of water erupted above the bathtub, wisps of steam rising slowly as if the water had boiled.
However, the bathtub was empty, and the Windbreaker Warrior had disappeared without a trace.
The Joker's expression changed, showing anger and grievance, as he crushed the remote control in his hand: "Damn it! He ran, but it's okay, Batgirl is dead for sure; maybe Robin and Harley as well. I'm very satisfied."
"You're too perverse." Batman suppressed his anger and said coldly.
"Oh? Really? Thanks for the compliment. Then tell me secretly, did you just think 'Ah, why is it that man who escaped? Why did Barbara die? It would be better if it was the other way around,' did you have such thoughts? Surely you did!"
The Joker, like a snake, quickly licked the corner of his mouth, approached the camera again, and laughed, waiting for Batman to answer.
Batman didn't answer, as this was also an unanswerable question, even forcing himself not to follow the Joker's train of thought.
However, the Joker's words were like poison.
When a choice has to be made, letting loved ones live and strangers die seems to be human nature…
He bit his own tongue, and the taste of blood helped him shake off various thoughts. He knew he had to catch the Joker as soon as possible, not allowing him to continue.
In the colorful room like a KTV, only the Joker's laughter came from the speakers, sounding so wanton.
Because he once again stumped Batman, which proved that he and he were of the same kind!
.................
"What's going on? A barbecue party?"
Su Ming originally planned to return to Gotham to check out the situation, so he directly teleported from the Spirit Thin Prison to the top floor of Wayne Tower. The location is high, the view is good, and every night Batman comes here to stand guard.
He built Wayne Tower probably with this consideration in mind; otherwise, there was no need to build such a tall building. When the wind blows, you can feel the tower swaying. This is a billion-dollar sentry post.
Su Ming has some money in Marvel, and Wilson Enterprises can be considered a retail giant, but so far, safe houses have not been set up around the world, let alone spending a lot of money just to enjoy the scenery.
And the currency from Marvel's side can't be used on DC's Earth 0. Even though they look generally similar, they're not like Beautiful Amazon Yuan, but era is also a problem.
Many uninformed people think that US dollars are just US dollars, as long as Franklin's head is on them, they're fine. However, the 1955 US dollars and 2019 ones only have the same denomination.
Since its inception to replace gold coins, the US dollar has gone through three major revisions: once in 1988, once in 1996, and once in 2010.
Pre-1988 US dollars had no watermarks and digital security lines, and they have long been out of circulation on DC's side. Even if Su Ming brought money over from Marvel, a blind person could tell something's wrong without a fake detector.
Su Ming currently has less than twenty million, earned from Batman, and this is the money he can use on Earth 0. Changing a Parallel Universe doesn't work; money is sometimes inferior to gold.
But DC's timeline is too late for arrangements, his grand plan's main part still needs to unfold on Marvel's side, so he asks for money here in DC just to show Batman.
He shows joy when he gets the money, repeatedly bringing it up just to prevent Batman from guessing his true target.
I don't know how long such tricks can last. Batman is never stupid, but fortunately, it has earned Su Ming a few days of time, so now it's up to the actions in this crisis.
Thinking about things in his mind, just as he stepped out of the teleportation gate, he saw a blaze blossoming within the rain curtain in the city.
That area is where the park is, Gotham is indeed extremely chaotic tonight, with explosions and gunfire everywhere, but there are no valuable targets in the park, making this explosion particularly unusual.
Is someone blowing up big trees for fun? This mushroom cloud is really high.
Su Ming exchanged a glance with Diana, who had Pandora supporting her and nodded slightly towards him.
"Green Arrow, you first, me afterwards."
Su Ming issued the order, and Oliver immediately vanished beside him, while Su Ming, to play a part, chose to be dragged by Diana to fly over.
He didn't even need to land when he saw a large group of people in the garden, Blue Fatty's shape easy to identify at night, and Harley's vibrant clothes also very conspicuous.
At this time, they were encircling a large pit, discussing something unknown.