... Bang... Bang...
Lin Luo knocked on the bathroom door, then stepped back. "Your clothes. Come out and get them."
Click—!
The bathroom door opened a crack, and a cute little head peeked out.
Harley Quinn, with her wet blonde hair, stared cautiously at Lin Luo, saying in a fierce but childish tone, "Close your eyes, you bastard!"
"Close my eyes? What, are you planning to surprise me?" Lin Luo said playfully.
"Fine! I'll surprise you!" Harley Quinn tilted her head, giving a ridiculous smile.
Her smile looked sweet and cute, but in her mind, she was fiercely planning how to deal with him once she got out.
Don't think he can buy her off with a lavish dinner like last time... Don't even think about it!
"Huh?" Lin Luo pretended to be distracted by something and looked to the side.
The moment he turned his head, Harley Quinn instantly opened the door, leaned out halfway, and reached for the clothes.
But, at the same exact moment she reached out, Lin Luo turned his head back.
Their eyes met... Uh, no, sorry, they didn't.
Lin Luo's gaze was downwards, perfectly missing Harley Quinn's look of alarm.
Time, at this moment, froze.
Until the next instant.
Harley Quinn snatched the clothes, quickly shrinking back, so fast that she left an afterimage!
Thud—!
The bathroom door slammed shut again.
Lin Luo's lips curved upwards, and he turned to walk back to the living room.
Behind the door,
Harley Quinn hugged the clothes, leaning weakly against the wall, panting heavily.
Her heart was pounding, whether from the intense movement or something else.
She gritted her teeth, making an expression of murderous anger, but softened halfway through.
She was very angry, but not entirely disgusted.
It seemed like this wasn't such a big deal after all.
Harley Quinn didn't know why she was thinking this, or rather, she didn't dare to think about it at all.
She stood there, dumbfounded, her face blank.
Now, she really didn't know what to do.
Living room.
Lin Luo sat down calmly in front of Joker, everything seemed so natural.
"Where was I?"
"Oh right, you and Batman are two sides of the same coin. One is an extremist of anarchy, and the other is an extreme conformist who doesn't care if order is right or wrong."
"Mr. Joker, everything you do, besides wanting Batman to acknowledge you, also aims to infect him, to make him become you."
"Yes! Haha, hahahaha!
Joker let out a maniacal laugh, then suddenly lowered his voice and said, "You're very smart, as smart as us. I'm really a little reluctant to kill you."
"I see a craving for anarchy in your eyes."
"Do you also want to become someone like me? If so, I can give you a precious opportunity."
"Me? Then your eyesight might not be very good."
Lin Luo shook his head and smiled, then leaned forward slightly, smiling, "Take a good look again, what exactly is in my eyes."
Talking about anarchy to someone who stands for order... isn't that just a joke?
At this, Joker actually looked closely.
He didn't know what he saw, but he broke out in a cold sweat and couldn't recover for a long time.
When his consciousness returned to reality, Joker's eyes were bloodshot. "Sir, I have to apologize to you again. I underestimated you, so... are you looking down on me?"
"No, no, no... don't misunderstand." Lin Luo sat up straight again, smiling, "I look down on all of you."
"Come on, you're not that extraordinary either. At least we have the same taste, don't we?"
Joker pointed towards the bathroom, smiling as he pulled out the pistol he had hidden behind his back, and asked, "Do you know who she is?"
"She is Harley Quinn." Lin Luo answered calmly.
"No! She's Harley Quinn! Joker's woman... Harley Quinn!"
Joker no longer suppressed his frenzy, and the muzzle of the gun pointed directly at Lin Luo's head.
"Sigh."
Looking at the dark muzzle, Lin Luo sighed, his demeanor still as calm as ever.
However, this scene suddenly reminded him of a subordinate he had taken in China during World War II.
How did that guy react in such situations?
[I hate it when people point guns at my head the most!]
[Don't point a gun at my head, or you'll see your own brains!]
At the time, Lin Luo remembered giving that guy a title... Captain China.
Oh, I'm getting off track.
From the corner of the living room, through the bathroom,
Harley Quinn watched everything unfolding, at a loss.
Her heart was in turmoil.
Seeing her "beloved" Joker again didn't bring the usual joy; instead, she worried about the person who had just taken advantage of him.
Should she go out and stop it, or... Lin Luo noticed Harley was peeking and immediately said, "How about a deal? I'll tell you two secrets about Batman, and you sell Harley to me."
"Sell? Do you think I would sell my lover?" Joker asked coldly.
Hearing Joker say the word "lover," Harley Quinn's head shot up in surprise.
Her heart was instantly filled with guilt towards Joker.
Lover... really?
"Stop, stop." Lin Luo waved his hand dismissively, saying, "I know you too well. Lover? Your only lover is Batman, whom you love enough to give everything for."
"Two secrets. One is Batman's true identity, and the other is Batman's lair. Yes or no, just one word."
!!!
Hearing this, Joker instantly shed his previous coldness and asked fanatically, "You know who Batman is?!"
"You need to think carefully, Mr. Joker." Lin Luo crossed his legs and said, "Once Gotham's legal system is reformed, your relationship will undergo a qualitative change. There will be no more Joker in Gotham."
"Perhaps, this is your last chance to play a game with him."
"I'll sell!" Joker's answer was without any hesitation, and he shouted maniacally, "Harley Quinn is yours! Tell me who Batman is!"
Lin Luo: "???"
Harley: "???"
Because Joker answered too decisively, both Lin Luo and Harley Quinn were taken aback.
Clap... Clap... Clap... Lin Luo snapped back to attention and immediately applauded Joker's love for Batman.
Loving to this extent, there was nothing more to say.
"Batman is Bruce Wayne, and the Batcave is beneath Wayne Manor." Lin Luo said.
"Bruce Wayne? You're saying Batman is Bruce Wayne!" Joker seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, saying, "Hehe, hehe haha!"
"If Batman is Bruce Wayne, then Superman is just a reporter by the roadside!"
Perhaps by coincidence, the TV happened to be broadcasting Superman's self-reveal about his identity.
"Compared to Superman... I prefer the life of an ordinary person, a small reporter, Clark Kent."
Joker: "???"
Now, Joker really became a clown.
He glanced at the TV, then asked for triple confirmation, "Is Bruce Wayne really Batman? You're not lying to me?"
Lin Luo didn't answer, just sat there quietly.
"Okay, okay, I believe you. The deal is done. Harley Quinn is yours from now on. So..."
With that, Joker glanced at his pistol, then turned his hand, grinning sinisterly, and pulled the trigger at Lin Luo, "Farewell, hehe hahaha!"
"No!"
Harley Quinn screamed and rushed out to stop him, but it was too late.
Several bullets hit Lin Luo. When Harley Quinn shielded Lin Luo, Joker froze for a moment, then without a word, he prepared to shoot Harley as well.
"Oh woof!"
Bud and Lois, who had been eyeing them like hyenas, seeing their Master in danger, burst forth with their ambition.
They pounced forward, one after the other, using the spotted hyena's innate killing move on Joker... the crotch attack!
Joker shot and killed Lois, who was in front. As he prepared to fire again, Bud had already bitten him head-on.
Crack—!
"Ah! You damned mad dog!" Joker roared in pain, enduring Bud's tearing, and blew Bud's brains out with a shot.
But even in death, Bud didn't let go.
The exposed Joker fired several more shots, riddling Bud's head, then pried open its bloody mouth.
He swayed the gun barrel, attempting to re-aim at Harley Quinn's position.
"Joker, we're over!" Harley Quinn hadn't yet accepted Lin Luo's "death," and then witnessed her beloved dog being killed. Her emotions immediately spiraled out of control.
As much as she had loved Joker before, she hated him just as much now.
She was going to kill this bastard!
Harley Quinn clenched her fist and was about to charge, but Lin Luo pulled her back.
"This act was really tiring... but the result was worth it." Lin Luo pulled Harley Quinn into his arms.
Harley Quinn looked up at Lin Luo's profile in surprise, "You're not dead?!"
"I'm not that fragile." Lin Luo kissed Harley Quinn's lips, then looked at Joker, glaring.
Boom—!
An invisible force surged towards Joker, pinning him against the wall.
"Thank you, Mr. Joker, for cooperating with me in this act and successfully winning Harley's heart."
"Let me think about how to repay you... How about curing your illness, making you an ordinary person, and having you work as a laborer at Wayne Enterprises?"
Joker's two biggest fears were: one, Batman dying at someone else's hands; two, becoming an ordinary person and contributing to Gotham's development.
These two things, for Joker, were far worse than death!
Hearing this, Joker's pupils trembled. After struggling desperately to no avail, he screamed madly:
"Kill me! Harley, please kill me, don't turn me into an ordinary person, don't..."
As Lin Luo's gaze flickered, Joker's voice grew weaker and weaker, until finally, his head lolled to the side, and he passed out.
"It's done. When he wakes up, he'll forget all his memories as Joker and live as the person he hates most: a law-abiding citizen."
Lin Luo lifted Harley Quinn's chin. "You must know how painful that will be for him, right?"
"But Bud and Lois are dead... They're dead..." Harley Quinn cried, golden tears streaming down her face, and she buried her face in Lin Luo's arms, weeping bitterly.
"Dead? No, they're not." Lin Luo gently patted Harley Quinn's back and said, "Look, aren't they sitting right there?"
Harley Quinn looked over, sniffling, and saw Bud and Lois sitting obediently on either side of Joker. Her sorrowful tears turned into tears of move.
"Bud! Lois!" Harley Quinn excitedly wanted to run to her two doggy babies.
But she was once again stopped by Lin Luo.
"Before you get affectionate with them, aren't you going to get affectionate with me first?"
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