Chapter 169 Chapter 169 [VIP]
Megan returned to the Joker's cell. A figure sat on a chair with his back to her. She turned on the light, illuminating the room. She walked over and hugged the Joker's neck, saying a little glumly, "Jonathan, you're so mean. He made me cry."
"Then why are you crying?" asked the clown with a smile.
She gave the answer without much thought, "Because of Mommy, I am Mommy's little bear." She was not angry with Jonathan, but she felt very aggrieved.
The Joker had known about what happened to Megan for a long time. He knew that Megan's subconscious was triggered and her physiology responded automatically. This had happened to her before, so he was not surprised. But when Megan mentioned "Mom" on her last birthday, she didn't cry, because she remembered it herself, and it was just a vague memory. In her previous state, she couldn't remember many things at all, and only some silhouettes could be recalled.
The clown turned and put his arm around the child, patting her back soothingly. "Oh my God, that's what's sad about you. Do you know your name?"
"Ah," Megan was still lying in his arms and acting coquettishly, but suddenly she was confused, "My name is Megan." What's wrong?
"That's the name your mother gave you. She's always been with you." Given her condition when he first picked her up, if he didn't call her by her original name, the response he'd get would be very limited. He didn't want to go through the trouble of brainwashing her? Then she'd be left with nothing, a fate the Joker couldn't salvage.
Megan looked up at the clown, a smile gradually emerged on her face, which could not be hidden. She felt that her empty heart was suddenly filled with a lot of things, which made her forget the sadness and grievances. She leaned towards her father. This happy little bear hugged the clown, and she also had many treasures in her heart.
Before the clown asked, "Why are you happy?", she spoke up, "I am a child loved by my mother and father."
The happiest little bear in the world looked like she was about to melt into a puddle of gummy candy, but her father helped her up and said slowly, "Are you not sad or wronged anymore? Then go play somewhere else."
After comforting the child, Megan left her aside. She glanced at the clown, but didn't lose her temper. She took out the bear stuffed animal she had taken from the scarecrow from her pocket. The clown glanced at her and said, "You brought it back? How come you're not angry at Jonathan for treating you like that?" But with him? She was quite bold and dared to punch and kick him.
Megan said: "The bear is not wrong."
"But maybe there's something wrong with the little bear in your hand?" The clown watched calmly as Megan threw the little bear away. It was obvious that she was frightened. She backed away a long distance and hid beside him, staring at the little bear with her head down. "Dad, what's wrong with it?"
The clown stood up and carried the frightened child back to the dark room. "Who knows? But I think you should go to sleep next, and then all the problems will be solved."
Megan still wanted to struggle, kicking her legs in the air, and tried to grab the clown's hand that was holding her collar from behind, but she was no match for the clown's tough attitude. When she fell from his hand, she happened to sit on the bed, burying her head as if unhappy, "Dad," but she only called out once and nothing else.
"If you have something to say, speak up, kid. Do I have to guess what you're thinking every time?"
She raised her hand and grabbed the hem of the clown's coat, raising a pitiful and childish face, "Will you leave me like my mother did?"
Mom went to the kingdom of the dead, a place Megan had never imagined or set foot in. She didn't have many memories of the past in her mind and didn't remember how her mother left, but she must not have done so voluntarily, because her mother was reluctant to leave Little Bear. She must have had many regrets and was worried about her child.
The Joker's smile remained unchanged. He looked cold and terrifying, but he sighed to Megan and said insincerely, "Well, instead of asking me this question, you might as well ask yourself who is the one being treated so cautiously. Taking care of you is enough to bother me. Don't ask such stupid questions."
Megan stared at him for a while, then the pitiful look on her face faded away, replaced by a proud expression, and nodded in confirmation: "Oh, you won't leave me so easily."
"Then can you tell me again that you love me? Or you can just say that I am your beloved child." She was still trying to get more demanding, but when she talked about 'love' she showed no shyness or evasion. She asked for it frankly, and at the same time confirmed that her request would be met.
The clown lowered his eyes and looked down at her, the smile on his face seemed ironic and weird, but he patiently replied: "Yes, I love you, you are my beloved child."
After this exchange, Megan was satisfied, but she felt strangely sleepy. She couldn't help but lean over and said in a vague voice, "I'm going to sleep, Dad." Then she fell down and fell asleep unconscious, completely unaware that the clown stood by her bed for a while and considered something.
The Joker waited until she was completely asleep, or rather unconscious, and then went outside for a while. Then he came back in with a tube of reagent, gave Megan the reagent, covered her with a blanket, and then closed the door and left.
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It was the next day after Megan woke up, and her spring break was only half over. She continued to wander around Arkham, not surprised at all by the sudden disappearance of the Scarecrow. She knew that her father would teach the bad guys a lesson, but she had no curiosity about to what extent the bad guys would be taught a lesson. Her heart was very small and could only hold a few people and things.
But Arkham was empty—
Being very familiar with the children wandering around in the high-risk area, the criminals here would not deliberately avoid her when talking to her, so Megan heard them say that Poison Ivy had escaped from prison some time ago, and the Riddler had also escaped recently. Although the prison guards were unaware of the situation and were still searching for clues, they all knew very well that it was the Penguin who helped them escape.
The reason is that Black Mask recently received a batch of smuggled arms, which was about to overwhelm the power of the Penguin, so the two gangs started fighting. The Penguin decided to find a partner for himself and invested in a botanical garden. When he was promoting it in Gotham, someone suddenly broke into the botanical garden and attacked. This incident forced Poison Ivy out.
Of course, the truth cannot be as simple as it seems. The Penguin may have contacted Poison Ivy first, and then used the botanical garden as an excuse to give Poison Ivy a reason to escape from prison. They must have cooperated behind the scenes, otherwise, once Poison Ivy discovered the truth, she would never let the Penguin go. He is insidious and cunning enough, and of course he would not dig a hole for himself.
As for the Riddler, he would gladly go as long as someone told him to help him escape and provide him with a "stage" to deal with Batman or other smart people.
Why did the Penguin invite Poison Ivy and the Riddler? He wanted to suppress Black Mask's arrogance. The scale of the fight between the two gangs would be huge. Even if the GCPD rushed in with guns, they would be helpless. But Gotham still has Batman. If they catch the two bosses first, everything will be simple after that. Batman is not just one person, he also has Robin.
So even though they were outside, there was always a lag in the news, but the criminals in Arkham still guessed their plans and goals. One said, "Although Black Mask only has those stupid brothers under his command, what is the traditional skill of us Arkham people?" Another said, "Haha, isn't that just betrayal?"
Anyone can turn against the gang and it's not surprising that they can do anything, except for the fact that the Penguin and Black Mask will form a united front. Although it is not impossible, the probability is too small. Don't expect the two gang bosses to shake hands and make peace under normal circumstances. They just hate that they can't occupy each other's territory and market.
Megan didn't understand what they were saying and went back to play in the Joker's cell, but her father obviously didn't have much patience. He could always hear the rustling noises she made while he was doing things, as if she was still the little mouse at the beginning, but now she was obviously more troublesome, so he threw her out of Arkham directly.
Megan:
She felt safe enough and had no objection to leaving the Joker, so she returned to the two-story building. However, she first went to the sewer base that Killer Croc had pointed out to her.
Someone climbed down the sewer, but Waylon was not there. Megan turned on a TV and watched it, but found it uninteresting and boring, so she went back to the small building to do her homework.
night.
She leaned against the window to look at the stars. In fact, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and even the moon was hiding behind the clouds. There was only a hazy light projected from the ground to the sky. They were scattered in the east and west, and you could tell which was prosperous and which was backward from the light on the clouds. The brightest ones were in prosperous cities. The lights in the buildings would not be turned off until late at night or even at dawn, while in poor areas, lights would not be turned on at all at night.
Megan had a vague idea of this, but they stayed in her mind for a very short time and slipped away too quickly. There were few things in the sky outside. Occasionally, a plane with flashing lights flew by, and suddenly a bright yellow figure passed by. He had obviously flown ahead, but turned back.
Young Robin flew to the window where Megan was lying. Even though his eyes were hidden behind the domino mask, the bright smile on the lower half of his face was enough to prove how happy he was.
Robin knocked on her window, a little politely but not too much, and asked in a light voice, "Excuse me, may I come in?" Seeing Megan nodded, he was about to climb through the window, but suddenly remembered something.
"Wait, I forgot I still have to go on night patrol, so I won't come in. However," he tilted his head, put his hands on Megan's window and saw the alarm clock in her room, "I remember it's ten o'clock in the evening now, right?"
It was already past ten o'clock. Robin knew Megan's usual schedule, but it was obviously late today, so he said with a little concern: "You have to go to bed early, Xiaomei, otherwise you will feel sleepy during the day." And sleeping too late will affect the child's development.
But Megan didn't react. She was facing away from the light in the room, and with her fluffy hair, she seemed to be glowing. Even in the backlight, her green eyes were extremely clear and bright, and she looked at Robin intently. He suddenly understood what she meant, and for a moment he didn't know what expression to make. Finally, he said dryly, "I still have to go on night patrol."
“I have a lot of people to protect.”
Many people's personal and property safety is threatened. Maybe they are innocent, maybe they are not "perfect victims", but they have the right to be protected. They should wait until the truth is investigated and get the response or end they deserve. Robin is working hard for them.
He is passionate about fighting crime, believing it to be just and right, and that protecting others is an eternally noble ideal.
Robin said hello to Megan, told her to go to bed early, and then left. However, he turned back once more and waved to her, "Do you want to go to the library to do your homework tomorrow?"
Megan stretched out her hand to him, "Okay!" and was gently hit on the hand.
The author has something to say:
I made a mistake (stupid). I was confused and read it wrong when I was writing last night. I found that there is still a lot of plot before summer vacation, and there are some small foreshadowings (gestures) that must be finished before they can flow smoothly.
This year in the article is a very important year (nod)
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