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Chapter 582 Batman passionately teaches the Joker, causing him to have a seizure.
Chapter 582 Batman passionately teaches the Joker, causing him to convulse (6000 words)
Inside the Justice League headquarters.
Chen Tao arranged for the Justice League members who hadn't yet returned to their original forms to rest, and dispatched personnel to quell the unrest caused around the world by their body swap.
The scoundrels had just robbed a bank and were "collecting" their wages in this way, and they insisted on doing it this way. Chen Tao couldn't understand their strange insistence, but since they wanted to do it this way, so be it.
The Jokers' ability to alter reality seems absurd, but in reality, they don't exchange the full power of each Justice League member for the others, so the Rogues' help is sufficient to handle it.
According to Zatana, this kind of reality modification is less a direct alteration and more like creating a "fake reality shell" on each hero, like forcibly putting a metal can over a person who can walk normally.
Then they stripped them of some of their power, made new "iron cans," and then simply swapped the "hero iron cans" and the "displaced iron cans" together.
This explains why, even though Hal was transformed into the frail appearance of his girlfriend Carol, he could still tumble and jump around in intense battles on par with the Justice League, ultimately emerging unscathed.
His ring had actually been activated the whole time, protecting him, but he was wearing a reality shell of Carol's, which prevented him from using any of the Green Lantern Ring's abilities. Meanwhile, his girlfriend, also wearing a reality shell imbued with Hal's power, was unable to control herself and ended up flying aimlessly between the skyscrapers of Seaside City. Fortunately, she eventually regained control and escaped unharmed.
However, Carol Ferris was still hospitalized due to neurasthenia.
Amanda Waller and Martian Manhunter were handling public relations and government matters when the Joker's malicious pranks severely damaged the Justice League's public relations image.
At Underwood Farm, California’s largest and most successful recreational farm, a sow transformed into Wonder Woman in front of hundreds of visitors and then ran out of her pen.
Two minutes later, more than 17 mainstream American media outlets began live-streaming the pigs dressed as Wonder Woman wreaking havoc on the farm. Not only the 200 people on site, but more than 6 people across the United States witnessed Wonder Woman crawling around on all fours.
This massive disturbance, caused by a pig with the power of Wonder Woman, frightened hundreds of tourists and killed a cow, three sheep, and two and a half roosters on the spot.
Fortunately, no one died—everyone valued their lives, and no one was foolish enough to stand in the way of the charging Wonder Woman.
Apart from one reckless individual who tried to interview "Wonder Woman" about the taste of her pig feed and was knocked unconscious by the stench of the pig's farts, the entire incident resulted in no injuries or fatalities.
Apart from Wonder Woman, who knew about this.
That's terrible.
The PR team is working urgently. Martian Manhunter held a press conference to explain to everyone that it was not Wonder Woman herself, and posted a video of the Justice League fighting the Joker.
However, it's unlikely that the trending topic "Wonder Woman charging forward" on Twitter will drop anytime soon.
The Condiment King has been arrested and brought to justice. Having gained superhuman abilities, he flew into the best condiment factory in the area and then poured a huge bucket of tomato sauce onto the street. Even as a superhero, the Condiment King still adheres to his original intention of using condiments to attack others. His actions have led to his re-entry into a mental hospital—not Arkham, he doesn't deserve to be there.
In short, the Justice League members will now send the questions to Zatanna for help, while Chen Tao will interrogate the three Jokers alone.
Inside the Alliance interrogation room.
The Joker, who had just died but quickly resurrected, was bound hand and foot to his seat, waiting expectantly for Batman to do something to him.
With a thud, Chen Tao threw out the clown, who had been sent to the Justice League headquarters and then taken into his Metal Spirit, followed by the clown criminal Zatana brought, his face contorted with rage. Now all three clowns were gathered together.
They were all forcibly prohibited from using the ability to alter reality by Zatana's magic.
"Useless." The cold-blooded criminal clown spat at Laughing Guy.
At this point, Laughing Man was the only one of the three clowns whose appearance differed from the other two.
Half of his face was completely succumbed to a skeletal decay, and even the green hair on his head hung lifelessly on his scalp like withered grass.
The other half of his face was shrouded in blue light, the hopeful blue forming a ridiculous mask on his face, the same one worn by Green Lantern Hal Jordan. However, this mask looked like the kind that you could recognize him at a closer look, just like Ryan Reynolds's foolish mistake. Perhaps the black and red Deadpool headgear would have suited him better than this useless mask.
(Note: This is a movie reference. Ryan Reynolds, the actor who plays Deadpool, once played Green Lantern. In one scene, he puts on a mask, but his girlfriend recognizes him instantly, making the mask practically invisible.)
Faced with the clown's curses, Xiao Ke lowered his head and remained silent.
The clown, thrown to the ground, burst into maniacal laughter, as excited as a child: "Haha, you've all been caught, what's next, little bat?"
"Tell me everything you know," Chen Tao said. "How did you get involved with the Emperor Joker, and what does the Emperor Joker plan to do with you?"
The Emperor Joker remained hidden behind the scenes, helping one person one minute and another the next. Information from the Batman Who Laughs told Chen Tao that the Batman was attempting to leave the Time Stream, but he didn't know the specifics of how.
Should we use the Black Death Emperor or Barbatos? If so, it would be like the previous Anti-Monitor. While it's possible, it would also impose more constraints on ourselves.
The Anti-Monitor has always relied on Barbatos to help him maintain his identity in the real world so as not to be discovered by the Hypertime Stream. To some extent, this being manipulated is what forces him step by step to be completely devoured by Barbatos.
If he were the Emperor Joker, would he really allow himself to be controlled by others? But how could he come to reality without relying on anyone?
"You think I'd answer you, Bat?" The criminal Joker turned to look at Chen Tao. "I'm nothing but an undefined mess right now. I tried to become more important to you."
"So our boss originally planned to lure you to the Ace factory, then tie Joe Cher, the murderer of your parents, to a chemical vat and soak him in the pool, turning him into a clown too. He would go from a sickly old man back to being energetic, trading his mental health for his physical health, haha."
The Laughing Man said, "He thinks that by merging the identity of the Joker with your identity as the murderer of your parents, he can make the Joker more important to you. He thinks that as long as Jocher is reborn as a better Joker, he can take a break. It's utterly absurd. Nobody wants to rest. I want to keep playing this game forever."
"Shut up, you piece of trash."
The clown on the ground was still laughing hysterically, but the laughing man had already spilled the criminal's entire plan like beans pouring from a bamboo tube.
"Come on, do you want to know what I really think? I think this plan is absolutely stupid. You pathetic bastard, you refuse to believe that Batman doesn't care about his parents anymore, doesn't care about the trauma that made him Batman. I've told you, Batman fucking dragged his parents out of their graves to dance! But you insist it's all an illusion, that your stupid methods can still awaken Batman's pain!"
The joker said, "There's nothing more painful than discovering your teammates are idiots. This isn't funny at all."
"Useless trash, you're nothing but..."
The Joker yelled, "Can you tell him to shut up, Bat? I know everything he knows, and this guy is incredibly noisy and never listens to anyone!"
He yelled at the criminal, "You won't give up until you see Batman drag his parents out for a walk, will you?"
Chen Tao immediately silenced the criminal's voice. A large number of nanobots split off from his body, then turned into spheres and forced their way into the criminal's mouth, pressing against his upper and lower jaws, preventing him from uttering a single word.
Chen Tao did the same to the clown who was still going crazy on the side, and soon the scene quieted down, leaving only Xiao Ke who could speak.
"That damn Emperor Joker, he's been affecting the three of us, it's disgusting," the Laugher said.
Chen Tao waved his hand, and immediately the portal to the Metal Spirit opened, with a huge mechanical arm pulling the two clowns who had been forced to shut up inside.
"Alright." He turned to Xiao Ke: "Tell me everything you know."
Xiao Ke readily shared what he knew.
However, it didn't contain the information Chen Tao wanted to know about how the Emperor Joker independently left the Time Stream, which disappointed him somewhat.
He could roughly deduce that the Joker was telling the truth—he genuinely didn't know—which was unfortunate. Chen Tao hadn't intended to read his mind, but the Joker's head was like a bouncing circus, while a normal person's was like a well-organized book. Finding what he wanted in a jumble of things was far too difficult; asking directly was much easier.
Chen Tao shook his head. "Alright, forget it, let's not talk about that. Now that you possess the power of the Black Death Emperor, and you, Joker, are the Black Death Emperor's representative in this universe, I need you to do something for me."
"Please speak," the clown said.
"I need you to use the power of the Black Death Emperor to find the exact location of the White Lantern Beast, the 'Spirit of Existence,' at the Earth's core, and then dig there. This universe needs the power of the White Lantern to resist the Black Death Emperor's invasion."
Chen Tao said, "I want to obtain the Spirit of Existence before the Black Death Emperor, then use the power of the White Lamp of Life to strengthen everyone, and give the Black Death Emperor a good beating when he arrives."
"I refuse," the Joker said.
"I beg you." Chen Tao tried to fight back quickly, raising his hand to use his charm skill, but the clown wasn't falling for it.
"What do you want?" Chen Tao asked.
"What do I want to do? It's clearly different from what the others want to do," Xiao Ke said.
"But first, before we begin our conversation, I think it's better if I make myself the only one."
Chen Tao frowned. He immediately sensed that the two clowns he had absorbed into the Metal Spirit were dead. The clown and the criminal had been transformed into Black Lantern Corpses... This was illogical. Chen Tao had clearly instructed Zatana to stop the Black Death Emperor from leaving power on them. They couldn't have died so easily.
"Don't even think about it. It's not the effect of any kind of lamp ring at all. It's a very simple poison that takes effect at set times."
Xiao Ke looked up at the clock on the wall.
"I timed it perfectly so that I could say that to you right when they were about to die."
He shrugged. "Well, now that I'm the only clown, I can finally speak."
"That buffoon, all he does is laugh at the suffering of others, how... mediocre."
"Laughing man," no, the clown said.
"As for that old criminal's delusions, his grand plan to create a better Joker now seems like nothing more than wishful thinking, doesn't it? A defined Joker, a Joker with a name and an identity—that destroys every definition of me, so I regret creating him. Or perhaps he regrets creating me? Hahahaha!"
The Joker said, "This is no joke, Batman. There's no final twist here unless I decide to plunge a knife into your heart. The criminal is wrong. I am chaos, I am the devil, and to you I am both nothingness and everything!"
"It's not the Joker who's broken, it's Batman. And now you're whole again. You're no longer broken, you're no longer in pain. You're no longer Batman, and I'm going to heal you. I'm going to change all of this and turn you back into the Batman you used to be."
"You see, you're no longer in pain. A Batman without pain is incomplete. And if I were to wreak havoc on your world... I would become your greatest pain... me!"
He suddenly stood up, one half of his skull face hidden in the shadows, the other half gleaming with the Joker's hope, sacred and burning. Even the Holy Walker here would probably have to admit that the Joker truly possessed hope.
Although this hope is malicious and insane.
"I will shred you, I will hurt you, I will keep spinning that sharp knife until the day we die together—hahaha, hahaha, ahahahahaha!"
Chen Tao fell silent; the most disgusting situation had occurred.
The Joker doesn't want anything; he just wants to inflict pain on Batman and make him his one and only greatest pain.
The initiative that led to the Black Death Emperor's invasion is a window into the truth. The Joker astutely realized that only this universe itself could threaten Batman.
Chen Tao knew that nothing could make this madman give in.
So Chen Tao...
I refuse to believe in superstition.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
The Joker, sitting in the electric chair, lost control of his bladder and bowels from the shock, his entire body convulsing uncontrollably. The electric chair is already at the limit of human pain tolerance, but it had absolutely no effect on the Joker.
Chen Tao whipped the clown mercilessly, trying all sorts of inhumane methods, including water torture. He did most of them, except for the bloody, gruesome torture that even he found disgusting.
It's useless, absolutely useless. If Chen Tao dares to fight, the clown will just have to enjoy himself.
Later, Chen Tao stopped hitting the other person and started rewarding him. He knew he had to think of other ways to deal with this pervert.
Chen Tao took out a purple lamp ring and forcibly put it on the Joker. He wanted to create a two-headed monster on the Joker's body, in order to indirectly drive the Joker, the Black Death Emperor's representative, to help him find the Spirit of Existence.
Chen Tao failed.
After wearing the Purple Lantern Ring, the Joker's fanatical and twisted love for Batman was greatly amplified, and his way of expressing love was to hurt Batman.
"I will be the one to hurt you!!! I will replace the murderer of your parents and become your greatest pain!!!"
Chen Tao, expressionless, slapped the clown who was obsessed with love, then pulled off his purple lamp ring.
Chen Tao sent the ring to be sterilized; it was dirty, disgusting.
In short, his plan has temporarily failed. Not only did he fail to make the Joker listen to him, but he also strengthened the Joker's determination to make Batman remember him forever.
He... he simply didn't know what to say.
The Joker saw Batman leave the interrogation room again for a while. He returned several times and tried many different methods, but he still couldn't persuade the Joker.
And this time...
Batman brought in Bane.
After whispering to each other for a while, Batman, followed by Bane, walked back to the Joker.
When the Joker saw Bane, his smile faltered slightly.
"Oh, it's you," he said, then the Joker looked at Batman: "What are you doing bringing this big oaf here?"
"Big oaf" was indeed a rather aggressive term for Bain, and Chen Tao paused for a moment when he saw Bain's figure.
Then he sat down as if nothing had happened.
"Don't think you're so important, Joker. You can be replaced at any time." Chen Tao shook his head at the Joker. "Since you're unwilling to help me find the Spirit of Existence, then I'll find someone else who's willing to help. If you're not going to do it, there are plenty of others who are."
"He doesn't possess the power of the Black Death Emperor," the Joker said. "Bane can't help you find the Spirit of Being."
"But after absorbing your Black Lantern power, it will be possible," Chen Tao said. "You are worthless to me, Joker."
Then he turned and waved to Bane, who trotted over to his side and lowered his massive head.
Tell me, Bain.
Chen Tao called the other person's name and then said, "Would you die for me?"
"Always, bat."
The clown had no expression.
"Then, reclaim the power of the Black Death Emperor for me, and then find the Spirit of Existence," Chen Tao said.
"Yes, sir," Bain said.
Chen Tao said, "We will always be inseparable, we will always be best friends, we will fight together, drink together, and enjoy every moment of our lives. As for this trash..."
The Joker looked up and saw Batman and Bane lined up, looking down at him casually.
It's like looking at an insignificant stone.
"After we've drained his power, we'll send him to see the Black Death Emperor. That boring piece of trash will never appear before us again."
The clown still didn't make any move.
He knew Batman was deliberately trying to provoke him, and he didn't believe that the Black Death's abilities could be easily switched. If Batman could have the ability to switch the Black Death's representatives, why would he go through all that trouble to persuade him like this?
"I will use the Dark Multiverse Dragon's position to help you alter reality. It will be exhausting for me, but it will all be worth it to get rid of this disgusting leech. Bane, you will be the one who stays by my side."
The clown, who was standing nearby, was furious after hearing their shameless words.
But he still knew that Batman was deliberately provoking him.
Then he saw a large number of metal tentacles emerge from Batman's body and then penetrate his body.
Then the Joker was horrified to discover that the power of the Black Death Emperor within him was being drained away. How the hell was this possible?
Is the power of the Black Death Emperor so easily taken away?
He initially thought it was just a hoax, nothing more than Batman deceiving him, but when he truly felt the Black Emperor's power draining from his body, the Joker was terrified.
He cursed at Bain, yelling, "Fuck you ************tmd ************fuck your mother ******!!!"
But none of this could stop the loss of power within his body. The Joker finally became afraid.
He wasn't afraid of losing his power, but rather that the method he had devised that would leave such a deep impression on Batman would be completely ineffective, that Batman would bypass his problem, and that he would become just one of countless opponents defeated by Batman, utterly worthless in Batman's life.
The Joker absolutely cannot accept this ending.
"Stop, stop now! I can help you find the Spirit of Existence and make that damn Bane stop!"
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A few minutes later.
"Ugh!" Bain stood at the door of the interrogation room, retching uncontrollably.
"I've never said anything so disgusting in my entire life. I'm disgusted to death," he said.
"Your acting disgusted me."
"Thank you for your hard work, thank you for your hard work, thank you for your hard work," Chen Tao said from the side.
The power of the Black Death Emperor cannot be easily absorbed; otherwise, what would be the point of the Black Death Emperor seeking a representative?
But the Joker is not an expert in using the power of death; his understanding of it is very superficial.
Bain once provided Chen Tao with information that Anton A. Cain, the master of the Corrupted Black, had once seized a portion of the Black Death Emperor's power (Note: This foreshadowing was resolved in Chapter 403, and in Chapter 445, Anton A. Cain said, "I do indeed possess a portion of the Black Death Emperor's power," reiterating this foreshadowing).
Some remnants of this power were scattered within the Black Decay. Bane spent some time collecting these remnants, then mixed them with the power of the Black Decay, and used a trick of inserting and then removing them from the Joker's body, successfully deceiving the Joker who did not quite understand the difference between the powers of death.
So, in short, now.
It's time to set out in search of the spirit of existence.
(End of this chapter)