Chapter 59 Dialogue
Supports the omnipresent coverage of modern media.
The ‘Joker’ incident became a front-page report in major news media almost in just half an hour.
“Arthur Flake.”
In the driver's seat, the agent drove to the block at the shooting site, while telling Amanda in the passenger seat the information he obtained through the FBI intelligence system.
"According to the description of the bar owner, I investigated his medical records and found that he had a serious mental history and had taken various drugs for treatment for a long time. In terms of financial reports, he has not updated his financial report for a long time. Judging from his latest credit card record, he is already in debt..."
"A poor and marginal person at the bottom of society."
Listening to Agent Zhou's description, Amanda easily outlined a poor figure in his mind.
"But that's not enough to explain everything he's doing in the bar."
A poor guy like Arthur is everywhere in America.
But no one is as "dangerous" as him.
"More than a hundred people have fallen into a 'crazy laugh' state because of the clown. We have to do something to prevent this situation from continuing to worsen."
Reminding the death of Harvey Cruise and the white talk show actor in the bar, Amanda couldn't help but feel a little urgent.
The two knew very well that this kind of crazy laughter was not as happy as it seemed on the surface.
On the contrary, this happiness is enough to bring the lives of the person involved.
Once the laughing person dies, it is definitely the worst death in America since the 9/11 incident.
...
"Mom, I did..."
In the streets of downtown New York, Arthur stood on the roof of the car, staring at everything around him.
The corners of the mouth under the clown's mask were raised uncontrollably, and his heart was filled with joy.
"I finally brought happiness to everyone as you said!"
The laughter in his mouth became hoarse and sharp, but Arthur continued his happy dance steps as if he had no idea. He waved his hands and directed the people around him to keep laughing wildly.
He looked up, looked at the camera on the helicopter, bent down slightly to make a funny gift.
The next moment, he raised his head and the red clown mask fell clearly into the camera's image.
"Hahahahahahahahahaha..."
On the helicopter, the camera was through the camera and looked at the red clown mask on Arthur's face. The corners of the mouth on the face of the camera, carrying the camera, bent upwards uncontrollably. An irresistible laughter sounded from his mouth. Along with the violent laughter, the camera in the cameraman's hand began to shake.
All of this was clearly conveyed to the audience in front of the TV during the live news broadcast.
"Quick, cut off the signal!"
After realizing the abnormality of the live broadcast, the TV station responded quickly.
They cut off the live broadcast signal on the helicopter to prevent further spread of the situation.
"How do you explain, Doctor, how does laughing gas affect the cameraman on the helicopter?"
"As the name suggests, laughing gas is an extremely dangerous gas. There is obviously a high concentration of laughing gas at the scene of the accident. He drifted along the air to the helicopter, and the cameraman who was shooting accidentally inhaled gas, so this situation happened. This further illustrates the danger of laughing gas..."
At the same time, news about cameramen also appeared on the TV media.
The ubiquitous reports of the news media are not only about events, but also about peers.
...
"Gas mask."
Driving a car to the scene of the shooting in downtown New York.
Agent Zhou looked at Amanda getting off the car and then spoke up to remind him.
"You don't really think that something that makes people laugh wildly is what the media claims to be laughing, right?"
Upon hearing the reminder of Agent Zhou, Amanda raised his eyebrows and said.
"I don't think so."
Faced with Amanda's words, the agent Zhou Yi put the gas mask in his hand silently and replied in a muffled voice: "But the federal government needs everyone to think so."
Subconsciously raised his hand to take the gas mask from agent Zhou Bao. Amanda hesitated for a moment, but he put the gas mask on his face.
Enter the encirclement center through New York City police's alert.
Amanda saw the source of all events, the clown, or Arthur.
"Arthur, we need to talk."
Subconsciously clenched the gun handle in her hand, Amanda looked at the crowd around her who kept laughing wildly. She saw many of them showing painful expressions on their faces, tears mixed with saliva flowing down from her face, but the crazy laughter in her mouth still showed no sign of stopping, knowing that there was no time for her to wait any longer.
She took a deep breath, looked at the clown on the roof of the car in the distance, and then shouted.
The name Amanda said made the figure who was accompanied by a happy laugh on the roof of the car paused for a moment. He turned his body and looked at Amanda who entered the scene, and the corners of his mouth under the clown mask curled up.
"Do you want to hear a joke?"
Under the view blocked by the gas mask, Amanda's blurred vision looked at the clown mask on Arthur's face, and an irresistible urge to laugh suddenly emerged from her heart.
"You can't look at the mask!"
Trying to tighten his teeth and suppress the urge to laugh in his heart, a series of enlightenment flashed like lightning in his mind, and hurriedly lowered his head to avoid the clown mask on Arthur's face.
"The clown's crazy laughter is contagious through a mask."
Hearing Amanda's words, Agent Zhou quickly suppressed his eyes.
Amanda's urge to laugh gradually weakened after avoiding the gaze of the clown mask on Arthur's face.
Lowering his vision and only putting Arthur on the foot of the roof of the car, Amanda continued to speak: "Arthur, what is your purpose in doing all this?"
"Purpose, I am just bringing laughter to the world, that's all."
"You think, it's laughter, look at the people around you, the painful expressions on their faces."
"There is nothing else you do except bring greater pain."
"Pain, I don't think, have you heard everyone's laughter?"
Hearing Arthur's answer, Amanda's brows frowned tightly under the gas mask.
There is no doubt that Arthur in front of him is no longer a person who can communicate through words. Through brief communication with him, Amanda realized that the other party's emotions were obviously different from ordinary people.
Thinking of this, the muzzle in Amanda's hand began to move upwards, while the conversation in her mouth continued.
"So, what about your mother, have you ever considered your sick mother?"
"Mother?"
Hear the word mother that appears from Amanda's mouth.
Under the clown mask, the crazy laughter in Arthur's mouth appeared confused for the first time.
Chapter completed!