Chapter 243： sad clown

In the picture, Arthur is putting on makeup, and the radio broadcasts the recent news of Gotham City. Due to the collective strike of sanitation workers for more than ten days, the garbage in the city has piled up into mountains, which has seriously affected the daily life of citizens and business activities. .

Outside the video, the audience expressed their emotional stability. If this kind of news is made in other places, it is definitely not a trivial matter, but it is normal in Gotham.

Arthur works in a rental company called "Haha". His main job is to act as a clown, to hold signs outside some shops to attract customers, or to perform in nursing homes and orphanages.

Arthur in the mirror pulled down the corners of his mouth with both hands while he was putting on makeup. He was wearing a laughing clown makeup, but he couldn't smile at all.

Obviously, judging from his expressionless expression and his indifferent and sad eyes, Arthur didn't like the role he played, but in the end he pulled the corners of his mouth up, making an exaggerated laugh and tears. But it flowed down silently.

With a simple make-up, the audience also seemed to feel the sadness and unhappiness in Arthur's heart, but in order to work, he also had to smile.

Not only that, but Peter Parker et al also thought of Arthur's mental illness - uncontrollable laughter.

Maybe this is Arthur's self-contradictory side. When he is sad and painful, he laughs, and when he is really happy, he is rarely happy.

For normal people, a smile is a symbol of happiness most of the time, but this is not the case with Arthur. Many times, the louder he laughs, the stronger the inner pain.

Maybe this is also a deliberate joke for him - don't you want to be happy?

Well, I'll make you laugh and make you a clown who can laugh anytime, anywhere!

Arthur had finished his makeup and was about to go to work. He was going to a piano shop today. He was dressed in a funny and funny clown costume, which was exactly what he was wearing to answer questions in Eternal Space.

Holding a yellow billboard in both hands, turning the billboard while dancing and working hard.

People can also see the situation of Gotham City clearly through these lens pictures. As expected, just like the news broadcast on the opening radio, there is a lot of garbage on the streets.

People who come and go seem to be in a hurry, and many of them look blank. At first glance, they know that they are unemployed homeless people who have lost their jobs and can't find a job at the same time.

Once the urban unemployment rate is too high, a large number of unemployed people will be produced, which will inevitably bring many negative effects, such as poor public security and the like.

Because there is no job and no income, it means that you can't support your family or even have enough to eat. At this time, people will be forced to take the road of breaking the law and committing crimes.

Arthur was bullied by several unemployed homeless people. These young people not only stole the billboard from Arthur's hand, but also took Arthur away in a dark and narrow alley full of garbage. Se was beaten.

Arthur was beaten with his head in his arms, and the billboard was broken, and he gasped in pain.

Immediately after the camera turned, Arthur in the picture had removed the clown makeup on his face, and laughed uncontrollably. He looked sad, but laughed so hard, pain and happiness appeared on his face almost at the same time.

After a long time, he stopped this painful laugh, and asked in a hoarse voice, smoking a cigarette: "Is just what I think, or is the world really crazy?"

Opposite him was a female psychologist with a bathroom social worker card on her chest. She nodded solemnly: "The atmosphere in the city is a little tense, everyone is depressed, everyone is struggling, and they can't find a job. It's a tough world right now."

Seeing this scene, many audience members shook their heads and frowned. Just after seeing Arthur being beaten, many audience members applauded. After all, they were all frightened by the crazy Joker before.

But at this time, I couldn't help but think of myself. The audience at the bottom also knew very well that they might encounter these problems that Arthur encountered, but they were not driven crazy.

Arthur is indeed a mental patient, and his illness is not serious. He was once imprisoned in a mental hospital, and then returned to society after his condition eased. The government has provided him and people similar to him with basic benefits of psychological counseling.

Black female psychologists once told Arthur to keep a diary every day, and then bring it to her, so that it can be convenient for psychological counseling and therapy.

Arthur took out a notebook, which is not a diary, but also recorded some of his usual thoughts and funny scenes. He claimed that his goal was to become a stand-up comedian.

The psychologist was a little surprised, she hadn't heard Arthur talk about it.

She looked at Arthur's notebook and found that the words recorded on it were disordered, especially some words, as if they were not written in the usual hand:

"I just hope my death is worth more than my life."

The psychologist's expression became more serious, which obviously proved that Arthur's condition was not getting better, but was getting worse, but there was nothing she could do.

When Arthur asked her to ask the doctor to prescribe more medicine for her, the psychologist refused: "Arthur, you are already taking seven different medicines, it always works, right? ?"

Arthur looked at her calmly: "I just don't want to be so sad anymore."

He left the clinic and took the bus home when he met a mother and son. Arthur sat behind them and grimaced at the child to amuse him, but the child's mother was very wary and even warned him not to harass his own child. .

As a result, Arthur fell ill again, and laughed inappropriately, which made the mother of the child even more vigilant. Arthur just handed her a business card, which briefly described his disease of uncontrollable laughter.

This disease made Arthur face all kinds of difficulties and misunderstandings in daily life and work, and seemed out of place.

Only when he returns home can he get temporary relief and relief. Arthur lives with his mother. As soon as he came back from his forefoot, his mother asked him if he had read the mailbox and whether he had replied.

Arthur's mother had been insisting on writing to Thomas Wayne, because she had worked for Thomas Wayne, and now the mother and son were living a miserable life.

Viewers are not unfamiliar with this passage, and it has also been played in the previous future video about whether Arthur is the illegitimate child of Thomas Wayne.

Audiences all know that Arthur's mother, like him, also suffers from mental illness, and because of this, watching the warm daily life of Arthur and his mother in the video, there is an inexplicable sadness.

The mentally ill mother and son are cuddling together for warmth...

Chapter 243: The Sad Clown