Chapter 186 Chapter 186 [VIP]

Megan hid herself next to the short tea rack that could only hold a few sundries or small flower pots. Her mental state was sometimes good and sometimes bad, but suddenly she felt a little better. She tilted her head to find new perspectives and looked at the furnishings in the house curiously.

She had only been in this corner for a while when she heard the news report on the TV saying that the Joker led his gang to attack the Gotham Tower, so she leaned over to take a look.

The Joker planted a bomb in the building, trying to bring chaos, bloodshed, panic and death. The scene turned to the scene. A cordon was set up around the TV tower, surrounded by many police cars. People were rushing back and forth amid the sirens and flashing warning lights. Even ambulances and medical staff were on standby.

It was not the first time she had seen such a scene on TV. She had once felt the chaotic and tense atmosphere from very close. She saw that when gunshots suddenly rang out during the live broadcast, everyone became visibly nervous. A group of fully armed men wearing clown masks rushed out of the TV tower, charging with machine guns and firing indiscriminately, with bullets pouring out.

There were also loud explosions on high-rise buildings. The rapid flames illuminated the scene and dropped a lot of debris.

The live footage was interrupted, and Megan felt a bit sluggish. Her consciousness seemed to be shrouded by a veil. She stared blankly at the host on TV, gradually losing her comprehension of what he was saying. She only saw the screen jump to an image of the Joker, his pale face with a hideous, twisted grin, and photos of him at various crime scenes...

When she was able to hear and understand the outside voices, she once again learned about the city's evaluation of the Joker. He brought crime from the first time he appeared in public. His first performance was definitely not good, but this madman always found ways to improve and grew at a very fast speed.

He is a master criminal who often brings new criminal methods to attract people's attention and arouse public opinion, and calls these things "jokes", and he is just playing a joke on the world.

The Joker's mental state is unstable. He can laugh uncontrollably and is extremely paranoid and aggressive. He is a complete madman. His laughing gas has poisoned thousands of people in the city, causing them to laugh uncontrollably. Many have died, and some have suffered irreversible nerve damage. He has also randomly distributed laughing gas balloons and planted bombs in amusement parks. He has also launched attacks on hospitals, stadiums, and other crowded places, destroying most buildings, causing casualties and huge economic losses...

He is a curse hanging over Gotham. The case files he committed are so numerous that they cannot be contained in a filing cabinet, and the number of victims he caused is shocking enough. However, such a vicious person was pardoned by the city just because he was a mental patient. He was imprisoned in Arkham Asylum, but he always found a way to get out, and the cycle repeats itself.

He single-handedly dragged Gotham into sin.

Gotham trembles because of him and is terrified by him.

Megan hid in the corner. She had something she couldn't figure out. She hadn't taken her medicine yet, and she felt a headache and dizzy. She looked at the hideous and terrifying face of the clown on TV almost blankly. Before Megan lost her memory, from the time she regained consciousness until now, the clown had been committing crimes and killing people. He brought all kinds of bad and evil, but even the host of the show couldn't explain what his purpose was.

But she remembered what the Joker said: "Madness is not a natural phenomenon, but a product of civilization."*

Maybe there is some truth to that, but he is the most cruel and crazy person in history, because his revenge is directed at everyone, he does not pick any targets, and he does not want to quell or stop this madness, because this existence was born in the world, and there are no angels or demons in the hearts of believers to punish him, and even provide him with Gotham, a paradise, for him to do whatever he wants, so he will never be merciful.

Since he first appeared in public, more and more vicious crimes have occurred in Gotham, and the crime rate has skyrocketed. Therefore, he can be called the "source of evil". He is the benchmark for those lunatics and murderers, standing clearly in Gotham, far more frightening than the bat logo on the heavy clouds in the middle of the night.

Even if the Joker went mad over this, was what he did right? What, exactly, was right? Megan didn't know the answer to this question, but her choices, what she would do, would definitely be different from her father's.

Megan tilted her head. She sat behind the tea stand, feeling the invisible current again. It pressed down heavily, submerging her head and bringing immense pressure. But strangely, the pain she felt now wasn't as severe as she remembered. Perhaps the accumulated effects of the small pills had improved her mental state and relaxed her tense nerves. She didn't feel excessive pain, only an uncontrollable flow of fluids.

Where will fate push her? Megan was at a loss, but she was not very scared, she just waited quietly.

Bob came over to cook again at night, but Megan didn't eat much. When she was in a bad mood, her stomach was also not good. She had a false sense of fullness and couldn't eat. In the past few days, she even drank less water. She was the kind of picky and willful little girl. Once she lost her careful care, she might make some trouble just because she was unhappy.

Megan had hurt herself during the winter vacation. Even though her brain had become smarter and she had learned a lot, she still lacked something. She didn't feel at all that not eating and sleeping well was also a kind of harm.

After dinner, she sat on the sofa, hanging her legs and shaking them. Since she was always hallucinating, she simply turned on the TV and let it play anything as long as there was sound. She did not change the channel she turned to at noon, and heard a follow-up report about the clown.

The bomb inside the TV tower was dismantled, but a warehouse in the city exploded, destroying all the goods nearby and causing many casualties. I heard that the Wayne Group's branch suffered heavy losses, and the specific damaged assets are already being counted.

She once again clearly realized the devastation the Joker had wrought on the world, and she understood even more clearly how ironic her statement, "I want to free those in pain," was to the Joker—she had been saved and raised by him, and they were even father and daughter! But Megan had actively chosen to go against him, her wishes and ideals undoubtedly betraying him.

Megan realized this, but she still didn't regret it. Many things in her mind were scattered and she couldn't grasp anything. She was in a daze. It seemed like a long time had passed when she heard some strange noises at the door. When she subconsciously wanted to hide herself, she heard a familiar voice, "Meghan, it's me."

Who is it?

She went to open the door and saw the tall Bain standing at the door in the dim night, and all the men sent by Nelson were lying on the ground.

Bane stared down at the child in front of him who was obviously in a bad state. He only asked one question: "You have a conflict with him, so what is your decision? If you want to find Robin and Batman, I can take you there." He had guessed that this day would come, so he deliberately waited until the Joker attacked Gotham and was being tracked by Batman and was unable to escape, and then he came to find Megan.

He was practicing the blessing he had given, but he would also respect the child's decision. Even though he already knew her answer, he still had to ask her in person.

Megan looked up at him with difficulty. In front of her was a strange man who announced his arrival to Gotham with the blood of his enemies. He had also caused destruction to Gotham and tried to rule the city. But this strange man showed kindness to her and they had always been friends.

The Joker has always been her father.

However, those thoughts were in a mess, like pieces of paper sinking to the bottom of the water, and difficult to salvage. Megan answered the question belatedly, "No? I want to stay here and wait for my dad." Because she never thought about being separated from her father?

Because of communicating with others, her eyes and eyebrows regained some vitality. Bain nodded slightly and said, "Then wait for me." After all, those people who fell unconscious behind him needed to be dealt with, otherwise if they were all thrown on the ground, it would clearly tell everyone that there was a problem here.

He walked over with heavy steps, but he was able to do it lightly and silently. He picked up the person who fell to the ground and threw him into the bushes in the green belt next to him. He hid carefully before returning. He lowered his head deliberately when he followed Megan into the house, and then sat on the sofa with her. He was really too big, and he curled up his legs, which were almost thicker than Megan's waist, and sat upright, showing a bit of caution and restraint.

Bane went straight to the point without exchanging pleasantries with her, "You told the Joker your wish, but he was furious and locked you up here..." He stared at Megan's expression while speaking, and knew that his guess was correct. This father and daughter who had been able to live in peace in Arkham for several years had finally broken out into a conflict, and it was even a fatal crisis for Megan.

Who could be sure what the Joker was thinking? He might get angry and get rid of this worthless, annoying "fun" thing. And what did Megan have to do to save her life? Nothing, absolutely nothing. And given how much she depended on the Joker, even if he told her to die, she might still listen to his nonsense.

So Bane came here, because Megan had confided in him about her thoughts, and he felt that he also had a responsibility, and he wanted to witness it with his own eyes. At this time, he realized that the Joker might have extra patience with her, but how such a huge disagreement would end was beyond Bane's imagination.

"Even so, you still don't think he'll abandon you, right?"

At this time, Bain asked back what Megan had said during their last conversation. He saw her green eyes gradually brighten and bend. Megan nodded affirmatively: "Daddy loves me!"

She had a lot of love and a lot of security, which had been accumulated in the past and had never been consumed, paying the price for her to stop taking the pills on her own at this time. Therefore, apart from some somatic symptoms, she did not feel much pain, nor did she have fear and terror that was so sharp as to hurt herself.

The painful current cannot take away the traces of love.

"I don't think I'll wait for many moons," Megan said.

What do you mean by "many moons"? Children have their own unique language and logic. Bane didn't care, but he could sense her trust and reliance on the Joker. Even though he was such a lunatic, Megan just didn't believe he would do anything bad to her.

He understood the child's decision, let out a sigh calmly, and said, "Then I wish your wish will come true." Then he said goodbye and left. He also had things to do and couldn't delay too long.

Megan watched him leave from inside the house. After he took a dozen steps, his figure completely blended into the night. Soon, only his fleeting figure could be seen under the street light in the distance. Bane disappeared extremely quickly. Megan closed the door after a long time. When she returned to the living room, she found a note on the table with a sentence on it: Poison Ivy gave you something to defend yourself, use it well.

The lost little bear was coaxed into submission. If she had a tail, it would have been raised high.

The author has something to say:

Megan: Dad made me unhappy, so I got a minor illness (I got angry and refused to take medicine)

clown:?

Looking back, the clown has to be angry and coax the child.