The Source of Everything

The reason the Joker cannot be killed is not because he is "unkillable," but because he "cannot be killed."

The key reason lies in the Joker's maniacal laughter.

When discussing the clown's maniacal laughter, it is necessary to address the following two key points, which are also the main issues arising from the laughter.

<First point, the disaster in Inside Derry Town>

The "Clown Virus" is the essence of the disaster. Unlike ordinary viruses, it can be transmitted directly through sound (its mechanism is similar to how audio is taken into the brain and forcibly stimulated through neuronal signals, inducing the differentiation of stem cells in the body, allowing the individual to spontaneously form the virus).

Once infected, there will be a long incubation period during which there are no symptoms and it is impossible to identify the infection by any means... It can only be estimated by combining virology and statistics.

The estimated number of infected individuals (including animals) given by Derry Town is 23% of the total biomass.

In reality, the number seen by Han Dong was 10% higher.

This brings us to the most terrifying point, the reason why the disaster is so difficult to control, and the fundamental reason why the clown cannot be killed—[Resurrection].

Even if the Joker's soul is extracted, his physical body is annihilated, and he dies completely.

A virus carrier will soon be infected with the Clown Virus, which will take over his body and devour his consciousness, Transform Into a new clown who will also inherit some of the host's abilities.

The clown will also select a key item from the resurrected host and throw it into his "Treasure Box".

However, this ability is not entirely unsolvable... The mayor has actually found a reasonable solution.

As long as the Joker's original body is not completely dead, the "resurrection" cannot occur.

Therefore, the mayor chose to disassemble the clown and store him in different areas... in absolute isolation.

After decades of isolation, once all external virus carriers have passed their incubation period and exhibited Mad Laughter Sickness, they will all be disposed of.

But this takes too long, and no one can be sure how long the incubation period is. If even one fish escapes the net... everything will be in vain.

The second point is Han Dong himself.

Three years ago.

As the closest contact in "It (the first part), "Han Dong has contracted the virus.

Even Though leaving the Destiny World, Han Dong still unexpectedly sees the clown's illusions running out from various corners in various situations, especially when danger is imminent, with a friendly appearance to warn of impending danger.

Remind him not to die.

He was reminded that he must make it to Inside Derry Town alive.

Such visual and auditory hallucinations are a mental manifestation of severely infected individuals during the incubation period.

The clown wasn't worried about Han Dong either.

Just because if Han Dong dies, he will lose a vessel for returning to life... Of all the individuals the clown has come into contact with, Han Dong is the most interesting.

Once Han Dong arrives in [Inside Derry Town], the clown will try every means to kill himself, and then use Han Dong as the host to complete the resurrection ritual.

... The above inferences were all made by Han Dong when he arrived in Inside Derry Town.

Before arriving, Han Dong was only certain of one thing: he was definitely deeply affected by some kind of ability of Pennywise, and it was quite fatal.

Since separating from the surface world, Han Dong has been searching for a solution, but has not been able to find one... Perhaps Mr. Black and White knows the way to eliminate it, but due to the reason of 'fate', he did not tell Han Dong directly.

The turning point, and the unforeseen circumstances for the Joker, occurred a year ago.

Guide Line - "Red Plague Incident"

When Han Dong came into contact with individuals infected with the Scarlet Plague in the Slums of the Holy City, he discovered a clown-like maniacal laugh... He then identified an important figure through various channels.

It was due to personal matters that he traveled thousands of miles to the Scarlet Count in the Alagart Mountains, near the Holy City.

Mr. Black and White immediately arranged for Han Dong and Demps to follow the Blood Knight - Lucius's squad out of the city.

The mission to investigate the Alagart Mountains was ostensibly to have Han Dong and Demps try to lure out the "big fish" in the Holy City —the Writers' Association President —through the middleman, ' Scarlet Count '.

In fact, this was also an opportunity for Han Dong himself.

Upon meeting the Earl, Han Dong immediately made up his mind.

In order to fully understand "Laughter," Han Dong chose the Earl as his target for breaking the species, eliminating or directly assimilating the Clown Virus that infected him, Even Though the two's attributes were not completely compatible.

Han Dong's intuition, as a scientist, told him that the "[Laughing Maniac]" attribute was very important. It could enable Han Dong to stand alone outside the city, and it might even have an extremely important connection with his mind in the future.

Subsequently, after reaching a consensus with the Earl.

Immediately conduct experiments using the "Clown Arm".

The "Earl's consciousness" directly overwrote the clown's consciousness on his arm, achieving maniacal assimilation for the first time, proving the plan's feasibility... At the same time, Han Dong also felt a sense of 'incompleteness'.

The Earl's and the Joker's "maniacal laughter" belongs to two different attributes, and only by combining the two can true completeness be achieved.

Therefore, even though Han Dong won first place in the Knight Selection, he still did not choose his own title... because he had not yet completed it.

Currently, Han Dong is not yet in his most complete state of transformation.

You must go to the hidden world and find the Joker to complete the [Talent Tree - Smiley Face].

... These two key points led to the way things have turned out.

Han Dong works with the town to deal with "Pennywise".

Using West's brain device, in conjunction with Dean Richard's ' Color Bridge ' and Han Dong's Lesser Demon Eye, they glimpsed and connected to the core matrix within the Joker's body... and identified all the infected connected to it.

They were all executed.

Among the infected individuals identified were Ma Taotao and Yu Wu from the Dragon City Squad, both of whom were in the incubation period.

Upon receiving the information, the two decisively ended their current Destiny Event and left the space... Since the [Return of Soul] cannot occur across worlds, everything was fine.

As long as all virus carriers are dealt with.

The clown was left with only his original form.

Then, all the limbs will be pieced together, and one decisive kill will end everything and achieve the final ending.

However... Han Dong wanted to achieve was not this kind of ending, but a True Ending, the most perfect ending.

One by one, the signals on hundreds of television sets went out, indicating that the infected were being dealt with one by one... To win the mayor's attention, the most hardworking person was the clerk, Miss Verna.

Arms like rivers flow through the streets and alleys... The infected people spread rapidly in a short period of time.

Cas and Diana, who were with the Human-Demon Party, were also doing their best to kill the enemy.

When the last television screen becomes a garbled image.

Han Dong immediately laid out all the clown limbs that had been stored in the laboratory.

"Ready to begin... cough cough cough!"

He coughed up a lot of disintegrating material from his mouth; his torso wouldn't hold on much longer, but Han Dong wasn't panicked at all...