Chapter 1016: The Clown's Bad Luck (Part 2)

In the ward of Arkham Asylum, Brand was holding a record sheet and looking at Schiller lying on the bed. He shook his head gently and sighed, and at this moment, a nurse rushed in.

"Dr. Brand! A madman suddenly rushed into the door. He said... He said his name was Jack! He said he needed treatment!"

Brand frowned and said, "Jack? Does he have green hair and clown makeup?"

"Yes, and he was soaked all over. When he came in, he was shaking all the time. I heard from the old nurse that he is a very difficult patient. Do you want to see him in person?"

Brand turned his head and glanced at Schiller on the bed again, but then put down the record sheet and pen in his hand and said to the nurse, "Lead the way."

But in fact, the nurse didn't need to lead the way. As soon as Brand walked out of the door, he saw the clown Jack staggering at the end of the corridor.

"Doctor! Doctor! Someone come quickly! Save me! I have very serious auditory hallucinations, I need some medicine! I must have some medicine!!"

Brand stretched out a hand to stop the clown Jack from rushing towards him, and then said: "Listen, Jack, your attending doctor is Schiller, he is still unconscious, although I can take over your diagnosis and treatment, but I suggest you wait for a while..."

Jack was stunned there, he looked at Brand and said: "Is Schiller really unconscious?"

Brand said puzzledly: "What do you mean, he is really unconscious? You knew he was unconscious before you came here, it shouldn't be, there are not many people who know about this, they should not say anything nonsense..."

Jack squatted on the ground, covered his face with his hands, and then said very collapsed: "Do you know? Before I came here, a madman told me a story, a crazy story! He must be crazy to make up such a story!"

Facing a patient in a frenzy, Brand seemed very patient. He said: "Well, you come with me to the clinic first "Come to the treatment room..."

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the treatment room. Jack followed him obediently. Brand said as he walked, "But I have to remind you that I am different from Schiller. I am just a psychiatrist. I have the right to prescribe but I don't have a license for psychological medicine. So, all I can do is listen to your story and prescribe some medicine for you."

The two came to the treatment room and sat down face to face. The Joker sniffed hard and said, "Just now... just now! Batman stopped my card and asked me to give him a ride..."

"He didn't have money to pay for the fare. He still owed me $100 before, so he asked me if I could use a story to offset his fare. I agreed. We are friends, aren't we?"

Brand nodded and motioned Jack to continue. Jack wiped his eyes and said with a sob, "But this despicable guy fooled me with a completely fictitious crazy story, and it also caused me to have auditory and visual hallucinations, doctor! You must help me!

"Oh, what crazy story did he tell? "Brand asked with some interest.

"He actually said... He actually said..." Jack gritted his teeth and said, "He actually said that he abandoned Gotham and ignored the chaos here because Schiller jumped into hell, so he also jumped into hell. He was trapped in hell and couldn't come back!"

"Uh..." Brand pondered for a moment, and seemed to have noticed Jack's abnormality. He said, "If this is indeed a crazy story for an ordinary patient, then since it's you... Well, what I want to tell you is that hell is actually real, and I've been there."

With a "bang", Jack hammered the table hard and said, "That's not the point! No matter what hell, high-rise building or trash can, how could Batman jump for others? ! What's more, it's for Schiller? ? ! ! "

"Don't think I don't know that Batman is most suspicious and wary of Schiller! He knows that Schiller is a criminal! "

Jack took a deep breath, then he spoke faster, and said tremblingly: "Doctor, doctor, you may not know that... all of us criminals, we... we will keep in touch..."

"We have been in touch, through newspapers and letters, we all know each other's existence, and no one does not know Schiller Rodriguez!"

"Initially... initially... it was him who founded a club for serial killers! Yes, it was him, although I did not join his stupid and boring club at all, because... clowns should have their own clubs!"

"My club should be in a glorious hall..." The clown stretched out his hand, waving his arms constantly, and said: "It should be filled with balloons and salutes, and every time someone walks in, there will be streamers on his face! Hahahahahaha!"

Brand coughed lightly, Jack was stunned for a while, and then said: "I said I was off topic, what I meant was..."

"Schiller!!! He is a criminal leader!!!!" Jack suddenly jumped up and yelled.

"The whole world knows this! Batman couldn't have not known! He would actually jump into hell for the criminal he hated the most?! Is he crazy? ! ! "

Jack stood there, blinked, took a deep breath, and then looked at Brand and said, "Oh, sorry, doctor, I just said it wrong. It's not me who needs treatment, but Batman. Go and save him!!"

"Well, if you are telling this story, then I can only tell you that this is not a story." Brand did not seem to be very proficient in psychotherapy. He scratched his head and said, "Although it may be a bit abrupt, I am actually a magician."

After that, he conjured a cluster of flames in his palm, then looked up at Jack and said, "I know another magician, her name is Zatanna. Before, she fainted because she used too much magic and was exhausted. I just went to visit her and she told me everything."

"It's also one of us, another bastard magician Constantine, who made a deal with the Green of All Things that controls plants. You came On the way, you should see those huge broccoli, right? That's his masterpiece. "

"Schiller is allergic to broccoli, so he was very angry about Constantine's behavior. In order to retaliate against Constantine, he killed himself, came to hell, and wanted to pay off all Constantine's debts."

"To pay off the debt, you must jump into hell, so Zatanna watched Schiller jump into hell, and Batman followed him..."

"To be honest, when she said this, I was a little bit unconvinced. I didn't know that they had such a strong teacher-student relationship!"

The Joker was completely stunned. If the version Batman told him before sounded like it was made up to break his psychological defenses, then the story told by Brand, which was logically coherent and had many details, was indeed hard to say was made up.

"Sorry, doctor, I just said it wrong again. It seems that I am still sick. I can't tell reality from imagination anymore. Please prescribe medicine for me quickly!" Jack stared at Brand and said.

"I want to stay here! From now on, Arkham Asylum is my home! No one can make me leave here!"

After saying that, Jack turned around and rushed into the corridor, shouting: "Nurse! Nurse! Prepare an empty ward for me!!!"

"What? Which gang am I from? I... um... I... I actually, you know the Truckers' Union, right? Oh, yes, that's right, I'm from the Truckers' Union, prepare a ward for me, thank you!"

Brand, who was sitting in the office, shook his head and said, "I hope he doesn't really stay here for too long. I have already promised Alberto to leave two more rooms for his men..."

Batman, who had finished telling the story, was kicked off the truck by the Joker. His landing posture was very handsome, but he was in a very embarrassed posture because he couldn't get a car.

Fortunately, this place was not far from his destination, Rodriguez Manor. Soon, Batman came to the manor, while Merkel was still struggling to remove the broccoli in the garden.

Seeing Batman coming, he greeted him warmly and asked, "How is Mr. Schiller? I will go to see him later, but I have to deal with the troubles in the manor first, otherwise..."

Merkel shook his head, and Batman looked into the garden and found that most of the broccoli had been shoveled away, and only the largest one had not been transported out.

"I'm here to get something." Batman looked into Merkel's eyes and said, "You should know that Schiller has a special wine that can make people enter dreams. I need to get this wine, then enter Schiller's mind hall and call him out."

Merkel looked at Batman in confusion. Before he asked, Batman said, "Schiller's current coma is likely because the personality that once controlled his body is unwilling to float up, and the other personalities can't float up either. Without anyone to control it, the body will naturally be in a coma."

"I have to talk to that personality and let him come back to control the body, otherwise, Schiller can only He has been unconscious like this. "

Merkel hesitated for a moment, and then he said: "The most important rule of the housekeeper is that no one should be allowed to touch the owner's personal belongings. However, if it is really like what you said, it is not impossible to make an exception."

"Well, the broccoli here is a bit troublesome. For Mr. Schiller's future mental health, I have to transport them out quickly. I guess I can't take care of anything else in the next three hours. You should leave quickly!"

After speaking, Merkel picked up the gardening shovel and began to remove the largest broccoli. Batman turned around and went upstairs to open the door skillfully, and began to search in Schiller's study.

The bottle of wine was not difficult to find. It was placed on the shelf in the study. However, Schiller had used this method before to trick Constantine who wanted to steal the wine. This bottle of wine cannot be touched directly by hand, otherwise he will immediately fall into the dream.

Although Batman's goal is to enter Schiller's dream, he does not want to enter here, because if he really wakes Schiller up, Schiller's speed will be able to rush back in an instant, and then block Batman who just came out of the dream here.

Batman had anticipated that the following conversation would not go smoothly. If he was blocked here, it would likely add a highlight to Schiller's resume.

To take the bottle of wine safely, you have to solve the 48 puzzles in the room. While Batman was busy solving the puzzles, Lex and Clark, who were watching the monitoring equipment in the Batcave, found something unusual.

Clark pointed to one of the screens and said, "Where is this? My God, who is that? Professor Schiller has been kidnapped!"

Lex, who was debugging the equipment, turned his head immediately. He looked at the screen Clark pointed at, and then his eyes widened, because he found that in the screen, the unconscious Schiller was tied up with a rope and was hanging in the air.

And under his feet was the broken ground and the pool water emitting light. Lex looked closely and saw that behind Schiller was a huge cross and a statue of the suffering Jesus, and the rope hanging him passed over the beam of the cathedral, and the other end was tied to Jesus' neck.

"Gotham Cathedral!" Lex said in a deep voice: "Call Batman and tell him to go there immediately. Professor Schiller has been kidnapped!"

"Why notify him? I'll fly over right now!" Clark was about to leave, but Lex grabbed him and said, "Can you use your brain? Do you know who the other party is? Do you know what the water under Professor Schiller's feet is good for? What if it is a radiation source? If you are contaminated, the whole Gotham City will be destroyed!"

Clark was stunned. He felt that what Lex said made sense. The two of them didn't know the truth about the madness of the citizens of Gotham. Therefore, in their opinion, such a thing happened at this time. It is very likely that the murderer who placed the pollution source has appeared.

They have almost no knowledge of this toxin that can make people crazy. No one can say whether Clark will be contaminated after approaching. If he goes crazy, no one can stop him.

Clark stamped his feet anxiously and called Batman immediately. Unexpectedly, Batman did not appear in the surveillance video, but came to the Batcave. Clark looked at his figure and said anxiously: "Why are you here? Go and save the professor!"

"I came here to save the professor." Batman said coldly. As he walked into the Batcave, one light after another came on, all the equipment started running, the mechanical humming sound became noisy, and the Batcave was instantly lit up.

Batman stood in front of the largest control panel and picked up the communicator that was making a sound. The voice of the Joker came from the other side.

"Batman, do you really think you can shake me? Of course you can't! All this is just my plan, hahahahaha!"

Standing under the statue of Jesus, the Joker held the phone, looked up at Schiller who was hanging in the air, and then said: "I pretended to collapse, came to Arkham Asylum, deceived the difficult attending doctor, and brought your good professor here!"

"Do you think he is invincible? Do you think that if he can turn into gray fog, no one can hurt him? Unfortunately, if he falls into the pool, no one can save him. This crazy virus will infect everything, including the gray fog!"

"Batman, this time, you can't save him!"

Just when the Joker said this, he heard Batman's emotionless and cold voice from the other end of the phone:

"Missile silo preheating, aiming at the target, Gotham Cathedral, ready to launch!"

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