Simultaneous traversal: All Abyss difficulty.

Chapter 170 The person living opposite me is a clown. Should I move?
After the Joker left, his wife came to the door.

She looked at Bruce Yu who lived across the street and said, "Hello? My name is Jenny Quinn. We will be neighbors from now on."

"Ah, my name is Bruce," he said, looking at Jenny Quinn's belly, "How many months old is it?"

"Six months"

"That's not small."

"Yes! In order to welcome her birth, my husband went out early and came back late. I really don't know where there will be a need for clown performances in the middle of the night. I hope everything goes well."

Bruce Yu smiled kindly, "Maybe it's a bar or nightclub that needs to be warmed up. Go to bed early, Mrs. Jenny."

"You too, Bruce~"

After both parties closed the door, Bruce Yu sat down on the sofa.

"The Joker is across from me? Judging from his appearance, he should not be crazy yet."

"It all started when two red hoods asked Jack, a circus clown who couldn't find a job, to go to a chemical plant to steal something. As a result, Jack was frightened by the sudden arrival of Batman and fell into the chemical pool."

"After being disfigured, Jack ran home in a panic and found that his pregnant wife had died from a low-quality electrical appliance. Then he went crazy."

Bruce Yu rubbed his chin and said, "I really thought this was a story made up by the Joker to Batman! I didn't expect it to be true?"

Lord Fang Yu: "The Joker truly loves Batman, always mixing true feelings with a bunch of lies."

"It's not good." Bruce Yu thought about it carefully, "There are too many villains in Gotham. I'll run it."

Stephen Fang: "Running is useless. The DC world often faces a world-destroying crisis. There are many universes in the DC world. Once destroyed, they will move to another parallel world to tell the story. First of all, we can't confirm which universe you are in. But no matter which one it is, DC comics will be affected even if you hide in the sky."

Uchiha Yu: "DC uses the story of the Laughing Bat as an example. Even if your universe is relatively peaceful, there will always be a day when a grinning bat appears in your universe, slaughters the superheroes in your universe, and turns the entire Earth into its hound breeding ground."

Stephen Fang sighed: "From many perspectives, what you are about to encounter is more difficult than what we have encountered."

Bruce Yu slumped on the sofa, feeling a little emotionally broken.

However, even after years of oppression and bullying, he still could not erase the fact that he was "Fang Yu". After a period of self-digestion, he stood up.

"Then I have to think about how to arm the universe I live in! In this way, even if Darkseid comes to Earth, or the Laughing Bat comes to my world, at least we still have the strength to fight!"

Stephen Fang: "Why don't you solve the Joker problem first? That way at least your world won't have situations like the Batman Who Laughs and Black Superman."

Lord Fang Yu: "That's too far-fetched. Do you remember the plot of a certain movie version of Justice League? After Darkseid's army arrived on Earth, there were only a few superheroes left on the entire Earth. Black Superman became the number one fighter, and Batman teamed up with the Joker to resolve the crisis."

"In many cases, the Joker is also Batman's think tank. This guy can even be used as a trump card. Simply strangling him to death in the cradle may not be a good thing."

Pirate Fang Yu: "So, just wait for your neighbor to go crazy."

Uchiha Yu: "It's not necessarily a bad thing that the Joker's wife and her unborn child died. Didn't he later get a small room in Arkham Asylum as compensation?"

Bruce Yu: "I have heard your jokes about hell before, and today I heard that you really can't go to heaven."

At the same time, Jack, who had just walked out of the apartment, was stopped by two white men in suits and walked towards a nearly scrapped car.

One of the guys wearing sunglasses grinned and asked, "Why are you going out dressed like a clown?"

Jack smiled sheepishly: "Well, this way, my wife won't think I'm doing anything bad, and the police won't know what my face looks like."

"hehe."

Jack got into the car, feeling very nervous. He looked at the two accomplices whom he had only met twice, swallowed his saliva and asked, "Is there really nothing going to happen? Um, isn't there a security guard in that chemical plant?"

The driver in the front seat replied, holding a cigarette in his mouth: "Hey, Jack, these problems can be left to the guys in our hands!"

Jack was still confused, but when he looked out the window at the chaotic street, and saw the reflection of his clown costume through the car window, he thought of his wife at home who was waiting for him to bring money home to pay the rent, and his child who was about to be born in a few months.
Jack, get ready to be a bad guy for once!
The night is as dark as ink, so thick that it cannot be dissolved, and only a few faint lights in the distance illuminate this place.

Jack followed behind the two Red Hood gang members, his steps unconsciously becoming weaker and his heart beating so hard in his chest that it seemed like it was going to burst through his chest.

They sped along, and the dead silence around them made the journey seem even more eerie.

After a while, a chemical plant with a hint of chill appeared before our eyes.

This is a black factory that produces food additives on the surface, but secretly produces Happy Little Maruko.
Jack watched the two guys walking in front of him quietly approach the black security guard who was dozing off at the door.

The security guard was quite old, and perhaps he was too tired to notice the impending disaster.

In the blink of an eye, one of the Red Hood gang members suddenly stretched out his hands and grabbed the security guard's neck tightly like an iron clamp.

The security guard's eyes widened instantly, fear and despair surging in his eyes. He tried to struggle, kicking his legs and trying to pry those hands apart weakly with his hands, but it was in vain.

Seeing this, the other guy quickly stepped forward and covered the security guard's mouth to prevent him from crying for help.

After a while, the security guard's body gradually went limp and motionless, and he collapsed to the ground like a broken doll.

Jack's heart suddenly tightened, and a strong feeling of discomfort surged into his heart.

He bit his lower lip, frowned, and unconsciously clenched his fists, his nails digging deeply into his palms.

"This...this is too cruel." He muttered to himself and subconsciously took a step back.

But at this moment, there was the dark night behind him and two dangerous companions ahead. After hesitating for a long time, he still gritted his teeth and followed.

The three of them came to the entrance of the ventilation duct, which was small and dark, and filled with a pungent stench of decay. The leading Red Hood member skillfully removed the grille of the vent and climbed in first, his movements as agile as a mouse looking for food.

Jack took a deep breath, suppressed his inner resistance, and followed into the ventilation duct.

The space inside the pipe is so cramped that it's suffocating, and the pipe walls are covered with sticky dirt. Every time you rub it, you get goose bumps all over your body.

Jack could only bend his body and use his hands and feet to crawl forward, his knees and elbows being rubbed so hard by the pipe walls.

After climbing for an unknown amount of time, they finally entered the chemical plant.

As soon as he landed, Jack was shocked by the scene before him.

The space inside the chemical plant is extremely large, empty and eerie, with crisscrossing pipes winding around the ceiling and walls, like a giant spider web, isolating this place from the outside world.

"Follow closely and don't run around." A Red Hood member lowered his voice and spoke viciously to Jack.

Jack nodded quickly and followed closely behind them.

They carefully bypassed obstacles and approached their goal.

Soon, a large iron door as thick as a fortress wall appeared before his eyes. The rivets on the door were huge, and they glowed with a cold and hard metallic luster in the dim light.

There is no doubt that the priceless precision machinery is behind this door.

"See? If you go through the palm-wide pipe on the roof of the factory, you can get to the next room and then open the door from the inside." Another Red Hood member pointed to the top of his head and explained in a low voice.

Jack looked up and saw that the pipe was hanging high below the ceiling. It was so narrow that only one person could barely pass through it. Moreover, the wall of the pipe was smooth and one would fall if he was not careful.

Below, there was a pool filled with green liquid that emitted a strong stench.
His throat was dry and he swallowed hard.

"Hurry up!" The leading Red Hood member pushed Jack.

Jack was extremely reluctant, but thinking that he was in danger at the moment, he was afraid that these two guys would not let it go if he did not obey.

He really needs money.
He never wanted to go through the days of being looked down upon in the circus again!
He gritted his teeth, walked to the wall, and began to climb up along the pipe support.

With every step up, his heart grew more nervous. His hands were covered in sweat due to nervousness, and they even slipped when he held on to the bracket.

After finally climbing up the pipe, he lay on it, moving forward inch by inch, his eyes fixed straight ahead, not daring to be distracted in the slightest.

Just as Jack was struggling forward, a slight noise suddenly came from the chemical plant, as if someone was approaching quietly in the dark.

This sound was infinitely amplified in the silent space, frightening the three people so much that they froze instantly, not daring to breathe...

After a while, the sound disappeared and the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hurry up! There should be a security guard on patrol passing by. Hurry up and open the door of that room. We will give you the money after we sell the machine! One hundred thousand! Hurry!!!"

Jack tried his best, holding on to the cold edge of the narrow pipe with both hands, and kicked his legs hard in the air, trying to find a leverage point so that he could move up a little bit.

His breathing was rapid and heavy, and every gasp echoed in the silent space. Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead and hit the chemical pool below. With a "gulp", they were swallowed by the green pus bubbles.
Just when Jack was climbing halfway with difficulty, something unexpected happened!

A tall, pitch-black figure seemed to take shape in an instant from the depths of darkness, and appeared silently and ghostly behind the two Red Hood gang members!

Before the two men could react, the black shadow moved like thunder, and a powerful straight punch with a whistling sound hit the back of one of them's head!
The man's body fell forward like a kite with a broken string and he lost consciousness instantly!
Then, the black shadow mercilessly kicked the other guy in the abdomen. The man screamed, flew into the air, and hit the machine next to him heavily with a dull thud, then slid to the ground and never moved again!
Jack's heart tightened when he heard the noise below, and he looked down subconsciously.

This sight made his blood freeze instantly, and he felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave!
The iconic bat outline was looming in the darkness, and the cold eyes exuded a terrifying deterrent force!

Jack felt his scalp tingling, and a deep fear surged from the bottom of his heart, sweeping over his whole body in an instant!
He was just an honest man who did something bad for the first time! Such a person would tremble even when seeing the police, let alone seeing the evil nemesis who looked like a ghost!
In this extreme fear, his hands began to tremble violently and uncontrollably, and the sweat on his palms was like butter, lubricating the pipes.
In an instant, his fingers could no longer hold on to the slippery pipe wall, and he fell straight into the green chemical pool below that was emitting an eerie glow!

Batman had just taken care of two members of the Red Hood Gang when he turned around and happened to witness Jack falling.

A flash of surprise appeared in his eyes, and he instantly shot out and rushed towards the direction where Jack fell.

However, just a few tenths of a second later, his fingertips just brushed the corner of Jack's clothes, but he failed to save him.

Batman rushed to the edge of the chemical pool and watched Jack struggling in the pool, waving his hands helplessly, choking on the pungent liquid, and his shouts were drowned out by the gurgling sound of the pool water.

Batman did not hesitate. He quickly took out the rope gun from his waist, raised his hand and aimed at Jack, and was about to pull the trigger to hook him out of the chemical pool.

At this critical moment, there was a sudden chaotic sound of picking up guns behind me, which was particularly harsh in the empty chemical plant!
Batman's eyes flashed, knowing that danger was approaching again. Without thinking too much, he shook his wrist and a bat dart flew out of his hand like a black lightning, shooting towards the source of the sound.

Almost at the same time, alarm bells rang in the chemical plant. The sharp sound seemed to pierce people's eardrums, instantly breaking the deathly silence here.

Then, the valve of the pipe leading to the chemical pool suddenly opened, and a liquid with a strange smell gushed out and flowed rapidly along the pipe.

At the factory gate, a bald man was smoking a cigarette with an angry look on his face. The cigarette butt in his hand flickered in the darkness, reflecting his ferocious features.

He kept cursing, "If that damn bat sees what's being produced here, he'll definitely burn it! Have we processed the stuff in time?"

The subordinates beside him hurriedly nodded and reported: "The raw pulp was all discharged into the river! There should be no evidence to prove it!"

In the factory, Batman grabbed the shooter's neck and slammed the back of his head on the ground twice!
After seeing the other person roll his eyes and faint completely, Batman jumped to the edge of the chemical pool.

The pool's dark green bottom was exposed, and the automatic flushing device had been activated. Batman looked at the sewage outlet and blinked thoughtfully.
The camera penetrated into the sewage pipe, passed through the dark and twisted passage, and finally saw a ray of light in front.

A man with green hair and pale skin looked at his own reflection in the polluted river, grabbed his hair, and started to cry.
I cried and cried, then I started to laugh.
That laugh is extremely creepy.
　There will be 6000 words later

　　
　
(End of this chapter)