บท 434: Is Arthur the Joker?

Arthur is Thomas Wayne's illegitimate son!

As the wealthiest and most powerful man in Gotham City, and one of the richest and most influential people in the world, Thomas Wayne undoubtedly led a chaotic and irresponsible personal life!

People criticize and condemn, and while the audience may not be particularly noble, almost everyone enjoys the feeling of standing on a moral high ground to criticize others.

Especially in Gotham City, the scene is chaotic. After several rounds of Quiz games, the onlookers already believe that the videos presented in this light screen are omens of the future.

They were already fearful due to the ninja master and the Joker, and now it seems like they've found an outlet to vent their anger on Thomas Wayne.

It can be understood. After all, whether it's the ninja master or the Joker in the future videos, both are ruthless individuals who can cause harm and destruction.

The general public is mostly fearful and scared of these figures. However, Thomas Wayne is different. He's a wealthy tycoon, naturally in opposition to the poor, and hasn't shown any harmful behavior. He was even praised as a great man by the ninja master in a previous video.

As the saying goes, 'Good people should be held at gunpoint.' Accusations and criticisms violate moral values, allowing good and virtuous people with flaws to escape punishment and consequences.

But if it's the Joker, the ninja master, or some mob boss, people would only quietly curse in private, afraid of retaliation.

In that case, people naturally unleash their criticism on Thomas Wayne as much as they want, after all, spitting doesn't cost anything.

Bruce Wayne and Dr. Banner had just arrived in Gotham through a teleportation portal and witnessed this lively scene due to the massive information revealed in the video.

They couldn't care less about anything else, finding a secluded corner to watch the video together.

"Bruce, uh, do you know about this?"

Dr. Banner couldn't hide his curiosity and gossip-loving nature, blinking at Bruce Wayne.

Bruce Wayne glanced at him and said solemnly, "No, I haven't heard about it. This video may not necessarily reveal the truth... Besides, even if it's true, it's an event from another parallel timeline, unrelated to my world."

His father passed away early, but in Bruce Wayne's impression, whether it was the butler, business partners of Wayne Enterprises, or family friends, or even ordinary people in Gotham, most had a favorable impression of his father.

Just as in the previously revealed video of the Quiz game, even someone like the ninja master Ra's al Ghul referred to Thomas Wayne as a great man.

Therefore, the Justice League's Bruce Wayne doesn't believe that his father would do something so disgraceful. However, he added, "I will investigate it thoroughly when I return."

Dr. Banner shrugged, "Okay, I'm just curious... Of course, I'm more curious about this Arthur. He looks like an ordinary person, but ordinary people can't participate in this Quiz game. So, I'm curious about what makes him special?"

Bruce Wayne narrowed his eyes, "Joker. He might be the Joker."

"Huh? Are you serious?" Dr. Banner was surprised. "You're saying this Arthur, who just made a big splash in the video, defeating another Batman, is the Joker?"

The Joker in the previous video not only shocked the people of Gotham and the Justice League universe but also startled viewers from other universes like Avengers Universe.

In fact, the revealed enemies related to the Avengers universe in the Quiz game seemed to want to destroy the world. Be it dark elves trying to seize the Aether particles (reality Stone) to destroy the Earth or the god Ego planning to destroy the Earth for his own power, or even Thanos trying to balance the universe by destroying Earth.

It seemed like Earth in Avengers Universe had many troubles, but the ones that truly frightened ordinary people were not many. Because these enemies were either gods or aliens. As for the native villains in the Avengers Universe, they seemed quite ordinary.

After all, the level of fear brought by the likes of the Joker and the ninja master in Justice League World surpassed them, despite not having supernatural abilities.

Looking at the two villains revealed in the Quiz game, even though they might not be on the scale of the Battle of Thanos, the impact on the audience was significant.

People living in the Avengers universe began to feel fortunate that there wasn't a madman like the Joker around them. Otherwise, just thinking about it was hair-raising and made it difficult to sleep peacefully.

Naturally, the Avengers were also paying attention to this madman. Before coming here, Dr. Banner heard from Director Fury and Captain America's team that they were planning to survey the mentally ill people on Earth, fearing that a joker might emerge.

Now, hearing that Joker seemingly participated in the Quiz game, Dr. Banner was naturally astonished and quickly shook his head, "Impossible. This Arthur couldn't be the Joker! How could a player in the Quiz game be a villain?"

"Loki?" Bruce Wayne countered.

Dr. Banner shrugged, "This guy has started learning, he belongs to the salvageable type. But Joker... such madmen are beyond redemption!"

"The Quiz game never specified that players must be good people. Don't you think it's too coincidental, Arthur's Joker costume and he's also from Gotham, even if it's another parallel timeline of Gotham."

Dr. Banner also had some doubts. If Arthur was really the Joker, the subsequent impact would be significant!

At the same time, the video on the screen had ended, and a new question was presented:

[Question: Is Joker Arthur the son of Thomas Wayne, the half-brother of Bruce Wayne?]