Chapter 142 Chapter 142 [VIP]
Megan said she would practice boxing with Richard Long. Bain nodded, but he didn't care much about whether the child could achieve any results. Even if he had judged Megan unsuitable for martial arts before, she would not be likely to become a warrior. But now she was willing to do so, and she was being taught by a top martial arts master himself. This was a good attempt and he didn't need to interfere at all.
Bain understood the distance between people, but he retained some rare kindness towards Megan. He saw her get up and move around, playing with the teddy bear, and placing it on the cabinet together with his brown teddy bear. The two teddy bears were also good friends.
He didn't know why he was thinking, but he suddenly said, "Don't stay in Arkham for too long, Megan. You must always remember that it holds the Joker, and you don't belong here." He believed that Megan was not a vassal of the Joker, and it would be better for her not to end up in such a situation.
Bane sat on the ground without rising. After removing the strange mask, his face was calm and serious. Even without the venom, his physique was still quite large. With his eyelids drooped, he muttered to himself, "When I left Peña Duro, I thought I had escaped prison. But when I got outside, I found that the outside world was just an even bigger cage."
"I know your reflections can be tedious, so I'll skip over some of them. I believe Arkham Asylum has always fulfilled its mission..."
“It’s a giant stereotyped behavior correction center.”
Bane spoke his own words, and only Megan was listening here. He would not say these words to anyone else, nor did he think about what the child would think or feel. He just said his own words, "Don't worry about those mentally ill people who haven't committed crimes. Just talk about me and other mentally ill criminals. Our behavior is repetitive and stereotyped. Batman's behavior is also repetitive and stereotyped."
“Everyone tries to break free from the shackles and break the cycle by reaching the ultimate goal, but each of us fails. The goal is there, sometimes it feels within reach, but it is only a poke and burst bubble, it is still far away and unattainable.”
He is also trapped in this cycle, but he, they, and even Batman are unable to break free from it, so why not give up and insist on doing it? Because they are all suffering from a real disease, and they must get that tiny sense of "security" from repetitive and stereotyped behavior. Only by continuing to commit crimes can they avoid pain and panic.
They are trapped in a mental and criminal prison, unable to accept that they have given up crime, and even unable to imagine that they can break free from their obsession and live a normal life.
And only Batman may not repeat the stereotype -
He was the only one who was passively trapped in this cycle because of them.
As for why the man wanted to fight crime in the first place, Bane knew his experience and could guess the reason, but over the years, the more mentally ill criminals Batman fought, perhaps his obsession and sense of responsibility became heavier, and he could not escape it whether actively or passively.
Arkham Asylum has been performing its duties. There are too many paranoid people imprisoned here, and Bane is one of them, so he said these words calmly. He didn't want the children in front of him to end up like them. This is not a good future and it is not what he wants to see happen.
Megan held the two little bears in his calm gaze and tilted her head in confusion, "Am I sick too?"
Bane gave a gentle smile and said, "No, you are different."
Is this child any different because she's the Joker's child and seems to be getting special treatment from him? No, neither of those things, because Bane gave her his blessing.
They often talked together. When Megan was holding the two bears and holding a meeting with them, Bane thought for a moment, "Is it because you are the only patient in Arkham who was cured?" Children may wish to be a little special.
But Megan tilted her head and said, "When will you be healed? If you are well again, we can go out and play together."
Bane shook his head silently. After a long time, he said, "...Maybe I have to wait until I achieve my wish." But he imagined that by then, after he ruled Gotham, he would not remain silent. Instead, he would become stronger and strive for more strength and greater power. He wanted to become king, the king of Gotham, the king of the world, and no one could shake his ideal.
"I and they are all stubborn people, Megan, don't ask anyone this question again. It won't have an answer. Even if you ask your father, he won't answer."
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Megan was simply the most ignorant and fearless child in the world. She went back with a question in her mind and asked the clown directly, "Dad, why did you commit a crime?"
Little Yuyan raised an eyebrow, surprised that she had hit the nail on the head. With a sinister smile, he lifted the child's chin and saw her curious face, obviously not thinking the question was presumptuous. "Why, do you think I need to answer your questions?" He was the one who was truly puzzled! The child he raised was not only not afraid of him, but also so bold. Why on earth was that?
The clown thought about it and finally realized that he had spoiled her, and that the child was a bit clever. She always expressed dependence and pretended to be well-behaved when he was impatient. Even though she was a sunk cost until now, the principle of stock market scams to make money was exactly the same as hers. From time to time, they would throw out some sweet treats, as if additional investment was not impossible...
Even if you know it’s a scam, what can you do if you can’t withdraw the money you invested?
Some people chose to call the police to recover the debt, but the Joker couldn't do that. He could only continue to keep her as a entertainment and watch her from time to time. At least she was still there, which seemed to be a little comforting.
Now, he laughed unexpectedly at Megan's question and asked, "You ask me? Child, it's not time for you to explore this issue yet. Even if I praise you for being smart, you are still far from it!"
"Thinking about something too early will only make your brain go bad." The Joker reached out and touched Megan's head, and no emotion could be discerned on his face with a fixed smile.
Megan looked up at him stubbornly for a long time, but when she saw that he was still indifferent, she pouted and walked away. She was still fuming, and the clown couldn't help but follow her and pat her on the head, "I'm doing this for your own good, and you don't appreciate it, ha."
Megan didn't appreciate it and imitated him: "Ha!" If it weren't for the fact that she was more angry than sarcastic, she would have imitated him perfectly.
Joker: "Alas, I am the only one who loves and indulges you this much."
He said one thing, but his heart was completely different. This child was obviously wild, and the Joker thought it would be best not to let her stay in Arkham for too long. There were too many people with unique personalities here, and Megan didn't know what was good or bad, just like today. What kind of ideas did someone inspire her with? But what if it was something worse?
Even if it was just the most superficial performance, she probably wouldn't learn anything from the crocodile's face, but if she ever came back with the Scarecrow's terrible expression, he might really beat the child.
For his own good mentality, the Joker decided to throw Megan out of Arkham depending on the situation. So after January 1st of the New Year, Megan and her teacher Richard Long looked at each other in dismay.
Megan was picked up by Nelson and taken directly to the club. When she heard the sound of a car starting and leaving outside the door, she looked around and found that they were the only two left there. She raised her head and greeted Richard calmly with "Happy New Year".
Richard also said "Happy New Year" in reply. After a brief thought, he asked bluntly for the first time, "Did you make the Joker angry?" If it wasn't for this reason, why would the Joker drive her here on New Year's Day?
Then he watched helplessly as the child snorted and said unhappily, "Dad, that's bad!"
But how bad could her father be to her? If he was as bad as he was to ordinary people, she couldn't stand here and speak. But Megan still thought she was right. When Richard tried to ask her what she had done, she puffed her cheeks and spoke in a muffled voice, "I asked my father why he committed a crime."
Richard was speechless. He felt that the clown just kicked her out and even made an excuse so that she could start studying earlier. He felt that this parent was still very restrained and could be considered to be doing his job conscientiously. He was completely unlike the clown he knew.
After clearing his mind, he looked at Megan and asked, "Shall we start the course?"
The first set of boxing he wanted to teach Megan was not very advanced. The conclusion he made at the time that "she had almost no talent for martial arts" had not been overturned until now. It was just that boxing should not be difficult for her. Even if she imitated it, she could learn some basic force techniques and build some thin muscles. This was not for any other reason, but because Richard took into account that her puberty would gradually come, and reasonable exercise during this period would help her growth and relieve more distracting thoughts in adolescence.
On the first day Megan returned from Arkham, she sat in the training room and watched Richard demonstrate boxing for her. The child's eyes were blank at first, but then gradually brightened, "Richard, your movements just now were like animals--" and more than one animal?
Richard nodded and introduced her: "The boxing style I just practiced is called Xinyiquan, which originated from China..."
He is a renowned martial arts master. After accepting students, he taught them according to their aptitude, and the results were quite good. He chose Xinyiquan to attract Megan's attention and make her want to learn it actively. Obviously, he succeeded in motivating her, but Megan had her own ideas.
——The Joker decided to throw her out of Arkham and notified her a day or two in advance, so Megan had already decided what she was going to do when she got out. She also wanted to play for a few more days, so she discussed with Richard that the study workload was not too heavy, and it would not be too late to practice seriously after the school holiday. Then she strolled back to the second-floor building to play.
The author has something to say:
Joker: I should have installed an anti-fraud app a long time ago.
Sorry (rubbing hands) This chapter was updated yesterday, and I probably won’t be able to finish today’s update. If I can write 1,000 words, I will post it → I will make up the word count tomorrow.
By the way, I invite everyone to look at the character sheets. Xiaomei has a new draft~
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