The horrifying smile on Batman's face grew more pronounced. He casually shoved Joker aside. "I thought you'd be looking forward to this. Isn't this fun enough?"
"Fun? Let me tell you what's fun." Joker's face was stern. "I commit crimes, you catch me. That's my beautiful life—and now you've ruined everything!"
"Heh. The you in this universe is so boring..." Batman clamped one hand around Joker's neck and slowly tightened his grip.
"Ghk..." Joker kept struggling, but he couldn't break free of Batman's powerful arm.
"Haven't you always looked forward to watching me kill you? Why fight back?"
"Because you're not Batman at all, you piece of shit. You're just trash occupying Batman's body." Rage filled Joker's green eyes.
Just before Joker could be strangled to death, Batman suddenly released him. "Just kidding. Looks like you don't enjoy lethal jokes either, do you?"
"Cough, cough... You really fooled me!" Joker started laughing. "You're all right?"
"Of course. Would I be controlled that easily?" Batman dusted off his hands. "I was just curious about what it actually was."
"Who?"
"A monster with Batman's intelligence, fighting skills, resources, and information, combined with Joker's ruthlessness, grotesqueness, madness, and unrestrained imagination," Batman said. "Now I'm certain he isn't you."
"Sounds like our child. It feels like a goddess got drunk and puked into my mouth. I don't know whether to be happy or disgusted," Joker said. "No, there's another man's bodily fluids in the vomit too. Absolutely disgusting."
"Being able to say something like that makes you the truly disgusting one."
"Hahahahaha..." Joker laughed. "Anyway, I'm glad you weren't controlled... That's the Batman I know..."
"You don't need to tell me that," Batman said. "Now I'm certain he isn't you. That's important to me."
"Oh, I'm important to you... How sweet."
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