diskusbooks Chapter 108 Batman's Bizarre Adventure
Chapter 108 Batman's Bizarre Adventure
Chapter 108 Batman's Bizarre Adventure (Pearl Necklace)
Jack Oswald White.
Batman never imagined he would learn the Joker's real name in this way.
However, this is not very useful.
Just like the Joker never cared whether Batman was Bruce Wayne or not.
Batman has never really explored the Joker's origins.
The Joker is a heinous and deranged killer, and that remains true regardless of who he is or where he comes from.
After calming down, Batman learned more about the "Joker" in front of him during their conversation.
Jack is a failed stand-up comedian; he really doesn't have much talent for telling jokes, and none of his jokes can truly make the audience laugh.
Mr. White's performance income was far from enough to cover his daily expenses, especially since he also had a wife and a son.
So, as his finances became increasingly strained, he had no choice but to temporarily abandon his dream of making a living by telling jokes.
He temporarily found work at Wayne Casino, cleaning the casino's restrooms day after day to earn a meager wage.
A while ago, Jack's wife Jenny fell seriously ill, which made things even worse for this already struggling family.
This is why the Maroni family came knocking on their door; owing money to the Mafia and not paying it back can have very serious consequences.
Despite how difficult the situation was, Bruce could still see optimism and hope in the other person's eyes, especially when he talked about his little Jeremy and Jenny.
The clown of this universe...: Jack, he apparently has a warm and happy family.
Batman's curiosity inevitably surged, and this Mr. Jack in the universe was clearly much simpler-minded than those in other universes.
With almost no effort, he opened the other person's heart with his words.
Just as Bruce and Jack were getting into a more advanced conversation, a noise coming from outside the bathroom interrupted them.
It was a very shrill voice, accompanied by the dull thud of a leather boot hitting flesh. The owner of the voice sounded extremely angry: "Get up and get out of here, you lowly pigs!"
The voice was so familiar to Batman that it was as unforgettable as the Joker's face.
After calming Jack down a bit, Bruce quickly walked out and saw the figure he had expected as soon as he looked down.
He was broad and stout, short in stature, with an excessively long hooked nose, an umbrella and cane he never let go of, and a gold-rimmed monocle hanging over his right eye...
"Penguin Man".
Batman took off his brown glasses and greeted the Penguin, then looked down at the Penguin with the gaze of a predator eyeing its prey.
Oswald Copport, nicknamed "Penguin".
He was the most dangerous new gang leader to emerge after Batman defeated the existing mafia families in Gotham City.
Unlike the Joker who fights alone, or the Mafia who is relatively law-abiding.
The Penguin is a true one-man operation that runs a vast underworld empire covering the entire Gotham underworld.
Arms smuggling, drug trafficking, human trafficking... There's nothing this shameless little penguin wouldn't dare to do.
This guy is an old acquaintance; whenever Batman is stuck on a case, he'll beat him up to get some information.
Batman's extremely unfriendly gaze sent a chill down Penguin's spine, who was still venting his anger by waking up the Maroney family's henchmen one by one.
The Penguin wasn't just intimidated by Bruce's threatening gaze; it was also because of Bruce's face.
Having served as the Wayne family's butler for nearly ten years, he naturally knew what old Thomas looked like when he was young.
The other person is a younger version of Thomas Wayne.
After wiping the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, the penguin finally calmed down under the imposing aura of the person in front of him.
He cleared his throat:
"Ahem! You're 'Matchstick Marlon'? Come with me, my master wants to see you."
The other party's identity is obviously fake, because although Matchstick Malone is a real person in the underworld, it just so happens that Penguin knows that scumbag.
Impersonating someone else is an extremely serious matter in the underworld, but Penguin doesn't have the guts to expose the other party.
"master?"
Batman frowned. "Are you referring to Thomas Wayne as 'Master'?"
"Who else could it be?"
After receiving an affirmative answer, Batman was even more confused. The Wayne family butler in this universe was actually the Penguin?
Considering that meeting with old Thomas was more important, Batman asked Jack for his address and then went up to the elevator to the top floor with the butler, the Penguin.
"You care about that cleaner? He just owes the Maroni family some money, it's no big deal."
The Penguin is just as adept at reading people as in other versions. Inside the elevator, he reaches for Bruce, takes off his monocle, and gently wipes it.
"I'll put in a word and make sure the Maroni brats stop bothering him. No need for you to worry about such a small matter, young master."
With his quick wit, he analyzed Old Thomas's overjoyed tone when he answered the phone and the other person's appearance, and had already guessed the identity of the person in front of him.
This man's appearance was practically a carbon copy of the young Thomas, and his demeanor was just as cold and dangerous as Thomas's now.
It was probably Old Thomas's illegitimate son or something, and Old Thomas obviously knew this too, so he hurriedly called the other party up to the top floor.
The penguin sighed inwardly, hoping that the arrival of the other party would bring back some humanity to the old bat.
"You're the Wayne family's butler? When did you become a butler?!"
Batman doesn't really care about the Penguin's promise; he now has at least nine ways to stop the Maroney family from harassing poor Mr. Wright.
There's no need for the penguins to intervene.
What he cared about more was how the Wayne family's butler had turned into a penguin!
Where is Alfred, the old butler?
"Ever since your father captured me."
The penguin turned his back:
"Your father happened to be short of a butler at that time, so he spared my life and recruited me to run the Wayne family's casino."
I recruited those idle hooligans to work a few jobs at the casino, so they wouldn't be causing trouble on the streets all day.
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We're missing a housekeeper...:
Batman hurriedly asked, "Where did that butler go?!"
"Oh, you mean old Pennyworth? He's passed away."
The penguin's voice deepened; he had heard the story of the previous butler's final moments from the drunken Thomas—a tragedy beyond comprehension.
"The Joker killed him, poor Alfred..."
No, I just saw the Joker's face; he didn't turn into the Joker at all...
No, Jack White was just a toilet cleaner at Wayne Casino, with a happy family, and he didn't turn into a crazy and morbid clown.
There is another clown in this world.
As Bruce ascended the elevator to the top floor of Wayne Casino, he subconsciously felt a bit short of breath.
The truth, which was only separated by a thin layer of paper, did not give up surfacing because of his subconscious avoidance.
Just as Joey said before, he was subconsciously avoiding a truth that he should have guessed long ago.
The Penguin's tone remained low and sorrowful, especially when he spoke of the tragedies caused by the Joker.
The Joker's sole purpose seemed to be to utterly destroy Thomas Wayne, both physically and mentally.
Especially since she knew Thomas inside and out, she always precisely targeted those closest to Thomas from the very beginning:
"The clown sneaked into the master's house again one night, when only Alfred was home."
That crazy woman...: "...she was holding a dinner knife and insisted that Alfred fetch her the pearl necklace that belonged to her..."