"It seems that your working environment is very worrying, Mr. Clown."
"[Oh, yes, I think so too. It seems necessary to talk to Mr. Jones about increasing the benefits.]"
The richest man in Gotham, Bruce Wayne, in a suit and tie, and a weirdo dressed as a balloon clown walked side by side in the exhibition passage of the aquarium, and talked to each other calmly. This kind of thing is enough to make ordinary Gotham citizens, criminals, superheroes or
The weird situation that even the villains had to rub their eyes to confirm didn't attract anyone's attention at all.
Although it can't be called a crowd, but it can be regarded as a steady stream of visitors, their attention seems to be all on the "ornamental fish" behind the waterproof wall, turning a blind eye to this tycoon who often appears on the front page of newspapers.
No, it's not "turning a blind eye", it should be said that it's "not noticing". When someone came towards me, the clown not only refused to get out of the way, but also directly bumped the person with his shoulder. However, the other party not only did not respond, but after a moment of tilting
, and even continued to move forward according to the original route, as if he was...a pre-programmed robot.
However, such a trivial matter could no longer attract the attention of the two of them at this time.
Compared with the slow-responsive tourists, the "elephant" and "rabbit" swimming in the "aquarium" are even weirder.
The elephants flapped their big ears and swam slowly in the water, while the rabbits gathered together and swam quickly in groups, sometimes forming a "rabbit tornado", just like in a real aquarium.
Seals, dolphins and schools of small ornamental fish are common.
In contrast, tourists who treat elephants and rabbits as ordinary fish to visit and take photos are not so strange.
"[So, do you see what's going on now? Mr. Wayne?]" The clown ran to several tourists taking pictures and made a few faces before returning and asked Bruce.
"If those strange rules are effective, then as long as we don't actively violate them, we should be able to leave smoothly," Bruce glanced at the clown: "But this won't help us find out the truth."
"[Uh, you want to try breaking the rule?]" The clown blinked: "[Just try it.]"
"I am a 'tourist' and can ask the 'staff' for help, but I cannot talk to other 'tourists'," Bruce said: "You are a 'staff' and cannot talk to anyone, otherwise you must ask the diver dressed as a mermaid.
Please help."
"[So I'm counting on you, Mr. Wayne~]" the clown said easily, but found that Bruce didn't make any move and was still staring straight at him. He reacted belatedly: "[Wait...
…‘Staff’ cannot talk to ‘anyone’ after entering the marine animal area…]”
"Including me." Bruce said that his guess was correct.
"[Damn it,]" the clown's expression was a little distorted: "[Even so, there are only elephants and rabbits in the aquarium, how can we dive——]"
"Look, look, it's Miss Mermaid!"
"It's Ms. Diver. Where in the world can there be mermaids?"
"It's an elephant!"
"It would be really strange if there were elephants in the aquarium."
"Ah, so many little rabbits!"
"I finally understand, you are just talking nonsense."
At this time, several visitors who were incompatible with the surrounding environment attracted their attention.
They were three children who looked like brothers and sisters, all of whom were no more than ten years old. The two smaller children wearing brightly colored children's clothes were pointing at the animals in the "aquarium", and the older one was pointing at the animals in the "aquarium".
, the half-grown boy in a gray suit followed behind them with a bored look.
"[They don't look like 'dummy',]" the clown touched his chin: "[And there is a little guy among them who can see elephants and rabbits...]"
“This may be the reason why ‘children’ and ‘visitors under 1.2 meters’ are specifically mentioned in the rules and instructions,” Bruce said: “They can naturally detect abnormalities in this aquarium.”
"[Hmph, they have no idea of 'normal' and 'abnormal' at all. It's impossible for you to convince them to help," the clown said while walking towards the waterproof wall: "[But thanks to them, I finally found it.
'diver'.】"
Inside the waterproof wall, where the three brothers and sisters were looking, a young woman wearing a full-coverage diving suit with some fins and tail-like decorations on her body was performing an interactive performance with a dolphin. Half a minute ago, there was nothing there.
nothing.
"[Hi, Miss Diver, we are lost, can you help us out?]" The clown came closer and said to her.
"——?" The diver looked at the clown who was in front of the waterproof wall and made some quick gestures to him: "——,——."
"[What is she talking about?]" The clown turned to look at Bruce.
"That's sign language," Bruce translated: "She's asking why you're here. Staff in clown suits are supposed to be working at the zoo entrance and pedestrian area."
"[I never heard that you need to know sign language to join the zoo,]" the clown grinned: "[Ask her how we are going to leave?]"
"..." Bruce silently made gestures to the divers in the aquarium, and received the same silent reply.
"Turn back, turn left at the fourth fork, then turn right at the second fork and go straight." Bruce "translated" while giving her a "thank you" gesture.
"[So, now we should try to break some other rules? For example, knock on this one that looks very fragile——]" The clown seemed to finally remember his own job, and raised his hand to knock on the waterproof wall.
"I advise you that it's best—"
"Mermaid! It's a mermaid!"
Peng! Dong.
Suddenly, five or six half-year-old boys rushed out from around the corner of the aquarium. They bumped into the clown, and the inertia caused him to knock his outstretched hand against the waterproof wall.
But those children seemed to be completely unable to see the clown. They pushed him aside noisily and knocked on the waterproof glass wall while making noisy noises, trying to attract the attention of the diver lady.
"Ouch!"
"Look here! Look here!"
Boom boom boom!
"[...]" The clown froze on the spot, raised his other hand, and pointed blankly at the fist he had not yet withdrawn.
Yes, you knocked, Bruce nodded to him.
The clown was immersed in the grief of "he broke the rules again" and couldn't notice anything, but Bruce could clearly see that when his fist hit the waterproof wall, those who originally looked like robots or puppets
The tourists quietly disappeared, leaving only the naughty kid who was still smashing the wall and the three brothers and sisters over there.
In addition, the "rabbits" that were wandering in the water like real sea creatures all turned their glowing red eyes to the naughty children and clowns who were knocking on the wall.
"[B...Mr. Wayne, you can't just die without saving me.]" The clown said in a vibrato that was either fake or real.
"Don't worry, there doesn't seem to be any danger at the moment..."
Boom boom boom - winter card!
Before Bruce finished speaking, the "elephant" that was far away from the waterproof wall suddenly rushed over like crazy and then hit the waterproof wall, causing a large number of spider web-like cracks in it.
"Oh, look, Mr. Elephant is angry."
“■■, let’s go!”
Compared with the bewildered children, the three brothers and sisters reacted faster, and the eldest child took the younger brothers and sisters one by one and left.
But, it's too late.
Katcha!
Boom boom boom——!
With the impact of the second "elephant", the fragile waterproof wall instantly shattered and collapsed, and the turbulent water flowed out like a dam bursting, catching the unprepared children, clowns, and those who had not run far away from the wall.
The three brothers and sisters were swallowed up directly.
At this time, Bruce, who had hung himself on the ceiling of the aquarium with a hook, was about to save people, but found that he seemed to be frozen and unable to move, and his consciousness began to fade away.
