Chapter 444: Snowstorm Begins (Part 2)
Batman did not walk over, but threw a bat dart at the pile of things. The expected explosion did not occur, and they just scattered on the ground with a "crash".
The round doll rolled over on the ground for a few times and rolled to the wall. The bat lollipop wrapped in colored paper fell to the ground, making a crisp sound, and the wrapping paper shone under the light.
Even Batman could not understand this scene, but Batman, who had fought with the Joker several times, knew that the best defense against this madman was not to think too much.
Although he understood the reason, it was almost impossible to ask Batman not to think too much. In the end, he still walked up and picked up a doll to take a look.
There was no bomb hidden in it, just a very ordinary plush toy, a round bat body, plus two Q-version bat wings, and the other two toys were Batman-shaped dolls, one was a normal skin version of Batman, and the other was a laughing Batman.
After looking at the three dolls, Batman picked up a few more lollipops. He found that the wrapper on one of the lollipops was torn off, and it seemed that someone had licked it a few times. I don’t know why it was not eaten, but it was thrown here.
After checking all these things, Batman didn’t get any useful clues, but he had a new understanding of the Joker’s madness.
After checking again, Batman sat on the chair. At this angle, he could just see all the surveillance screens. Batman understood that the Joker sat here before, and then took the phone to tell the agents their location.
Batman looked at the screens one by one, and he found that the screens on the three walls corresponded to the three main buildings of the manor, and the screen in front corresponded to the building in the center of the manor, which was the building with the banquet hall.
Just as Batman was browsing this part of the surveillance screens, suddenly, his eyes caught the picture on the screen in the front.
This screen corresponds to the surveillance of the banquet hall. Because the banquet hall is located on the first floor, the top is not the ceiling, but the patio, so the surveillance is not set up on the first floor ceiling, but at a higher place.
At this time, the screen can see that there is a rope hanging in the center of the patio of the banquet hall, and two people are tied back to back at the end of the rope.
Batman narrowed his eyes, he moved his chair forward, closer to the screen, and then he found that the two people hanging up were Clark and Lex.
"The First Minister of the Ming Dynasty"
Batman's fingers stiffened for a moment, because this scene really exceeded his expectations.
To be honest, Batman was not surprised that Lex was captured by the Joker. Although Lex was smart, he was young and physically weak, even worse than ordinary people. This defect was too big, resulting in his wisdom not being able to fully play a role.
Batman knew that the madman with clown makeup was not as simple as he looked. Moreover, he had information advantage and was likely to catch the lone Lex, but Clark...
Batman held his chin with his fingers, squinted his eyes, and saw a green stone tied to Clark's chest in the center of the screen. Clark's expression was very painful. He seemed to be extremely weak. His face was pale, his chest kept rising and falling, and even breathing was difficult.
The green stone emitted a bright light, which made Batman have a bad association, the radiation source, Clark's previous weakness, his current pain...
It seems that the so-called kryptonite will cause ordinary people to suffer from cancer, and will also make people with special abilities like Clark feel weak and painful.
Soon, Batman's speculation was infinitely close to the truth. Just when he wanted to think more deeply about the principle of kryptonite, the situation in the picture changed.
A figure walked into the picture. He was wearing a long suit, had green hair, and had clown makeup on his face.
What made Batman feel strange was that he did not walk with the usual limping or staggering posture, but walked to the center of the banquet hall like a drama actor, taking the slightly funny big strides in the drama performance.
At this time, a gift box with a strange shape was placed on the ground in the center of the banquet hall. It looked like it was made of various garbage. Two sides of the box were made of cardboard, and the other two sides were made of plastic. The ribbon wrapped on it was also wrinkled, and it was unknown where it was torn off.
However, the Joker walked to the gift box very solemnly, tore off the bow of the top ribbon of the box, and after opening it, a bomb was revealed inside.
The Joker lit the fuse, then quickly ran to the corner and squatted down, covering his ears, and with a "boom", a violent explosion sounded.
Batman was nervous for a moment, but when the smoke slowly dissipated, he found that the bomb wrapped in the gift box was placed in a very low place, a long distance from the place where Clark and Lex were hung, and the explosion did not hurt them.
The explosion did not destroy anything, and no shrapnel flew out. There was only a huge noise and billowing smoke. Therefore, the only consequence it caused was that all the guest room doors on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors were opened.
Many people were looking around the door, as if wondering what was going on here. Soon, those who looked at the exit of the corridor found that two people were hanging in the middle of the patio.
Most people were a little hesitant. They stood at the door and did not go out easily, because they did not know whether there would be another explosion.
At this moment, they heard an excited voice from the center of the banquet hall:
"Ladies and gentlemen! Tonight is a terrible blizzard night! We are gathered here. Although the blizzard is cold, our hearts are closely connected..."
"Hello everyone! I am a comedian from Gotham!"
As soon as the figure in the middle said this, everyone rushed into the room without looking back. The sound of "bang bang bang" doors closing rang out one after another, and the Joker's next words were directly held back.
He flipped his hands and said, "Okay, I know you are a bunch of tasteless cowards, go back to your room, go..."
"You will never understand how great a comedian Jack is! But it doesn't matter, I still have one last audience..."
Batman in the monitoring room saw that the Joker slowly turned his head, and then his eyes met with his eyes behind the screen.
At this moment, he took out a handkerchief from his pocket like those celebrities, looked down at the handkerchief in his hand, threw it aside with disgust, and then took out a bat lollipop from his pocket.
He opened the wrapping paper, bit the candy into pieces, and then swallowed it, making a huffing sound from his mouth. Suddenly, he shook his finger as if he had thought of something, ran out of the screen quickly, took a phone, and put it on the ground.
He really looked like a clown performing a pantomime now, Batman thought, using those exaggerated body movements and expressions to guide people's attention, but unfortunately, as he said, there was only one audience now, Batman.
After putting the phone on the ground, the Joker picked up the receiver and dialed. Suddenly, a shrill phone ring sounded from every guest room.
Obviously, the phone with a special shape was taken down from the monitoring room by him. Batman tilted his head and saw the messy telephone console at hand.
"Listen carefully, if you don't want to be an audience, then be an actor, cowards!"
"Now, there is a bomb hanging on the roof above the patio. Its power is not great, but it can just blow a person's head into pieces."
"As you can see, there are two ropes, each hanging two people. They are the main actors in this scene, and you are the supporting roles..."
"Next, I will tell you the background stories of these two people respectively. After listening to the stories, you can use the service items on the guest room phone to vote!"
"Press the yellow 'Call Service' to vote for Lex Luthor, and press the blue 'Do Not Disturb' to vote for Clark Kent!"
"Every time a person gets a vote, I will pull his rope. Pull it up a little higher, the first person to touch the bomb - BOOM!
! "
After saying that, he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly, he threw the telephone receiver on the ground, then stood up, bent down, put his head close to the receiver, and said:
"Oh, I forgot! This is a comedy show, not a wireless communication tea party, so please take the phone, sit at the table, and pour yourself a glass of wine..."
"Of course, I know what you are thinking. You don't want to be an audience honestly, and you think there is no performance fee for cooperating with my performance. You just want to cover your head with a quilt and sleep soundly..."
"But I won't let you do this!"
The clown lay on the ground, supported the ground with his forearms, opened his mouth wide at the phone on the ground, and said word by word with extremely exaggerated lip shape: I won't!
Let you!
! Do this!
He put his hand behind his ear, put his ear close to the receiver of the phone, and said, "Let me hear who is laughing? Do you think my threat has no deterrent effect?!"
The Joker stood up again, ran out of the screen, and then took a strange button. He pointed at the button and said to the receiver, "Look, what is this?"
"Yes, this is a switch, a switch that can let deadly radiation leak out..."
"Under the ground of this old manor, there is a huge secret base. Some people may think they have explored it all, but that is actually only a small part..."
"Behind the gate, there is a huge meteorite from outer space. The entire mayor's manor is located on this meteorite. Once I press the button, the gate will open and deadly radiation will leak out!"
"People who are exposed to this radiation will suffer from incurable cancer. You will struggle painfully on the hospital bed! Until the cancer cells devour your whole body!"
"And the range of radiation is-everyone in this manor!"
Clark looked down in the air and saw that the madman with clown makeup closed his eyes.
He opened his arms and slowly spun in the empty banquet hall, like a lone dancer dancing in the snow and the cold wind.
Soon, he stopped and stood quietly in place, his voice low as if he was reciting the opening poem.
"The blizzard will never stop, and there is no god here who can save you."
"Now... prepare to make your choice."