"1 2 3 Ugh 4. One more! 5" Adam grit his teeth and went beyond his physical limit time and time again as he continued to do push-ups.

Veins were starting to throb all over his body as he exercised, but suddenly, he saw a pair of black pointed shoes appear in front of him out of nowhere, followed by the sound of weird laughter.

"Fafafafa!"

"Eeeekughh!" Adam was scared out of his mind hearing this strange laughter. His hands instantly gave out and he slammed against the floor, letting out a miserable groan.

With great difficulty, he raised his head and glanced at this newcomer. Seeing the person's quirky appearance, Adam blurted out in shock, "Who the hell are you?!"

The man looked right into Adam's eyes, his lips forming a wide grin. Then, he raised his arms in the air and spoke enthusiastically, "I am the Joker!"

As soon as the Joker introduced himself, colorful firecrackers suddenly went off around him, followed by the sound of trumpets and drums.

Adam had a dumbfounded look on his face. He couldn't help but wonder just who this person really was and where the sound effects came out all of a sudden.

But more importantly!

"You How did you get in here?" The youth's eyes narrowed and a solemn expression marred his face.

He tried to get back to his feet, but it was proving to be very difficult. In front of this newcomer, he was completely helpless.

A trace of apprehension flashed past Adam's eyes as he realized he was but a fish on a chopping board in front of this person.

Seeing the youth struggling so hard to stand, Joker laughed out loud, resting both hands on his waist.

"Fafafafa, the struggles of the weak! So funny."

The next moment, he snapped his fingers, and the gravity in the hall returned to normal!

When Adam felt that gravity had gone back to normal, his eyes widened in disbelief. He got to his feet and hurriedly made distance from the newcomer, getting into a fighting stance.

"W-Who the hell are you?! What do you want from me?!"

Seeing Adam's response, the Joker was very amused. He asked with a taunting smile, "You seem like you wish to have a go at me?"

"I will if I must!" Adam gulped nervously. "Y-You think I'm afraid of you?"

Seeing the youth's trembling hands and knees, the Joker scoffed, "You're funny."

SNAP!

With another snap of Joker's fingers, the gravity around Adam changed. However, this time instead of slamming face-first to the ground, Adam found himself levitating in the air.

Gravity had reversed!

"Eeeeekk!" The youth shrieked in a high-pitched tone. Flailing his limbs around, he spoke in a panic. "W-What have you done to me?! Let me down! Waaahhh! I said let me down this instance!"

"Fafafafa!" The Joker laughed out loud. "But why should I? I haven't been this entertained in centuries. I think I'll play with you a little more."

He snapped his fingers repeatedly, switching the gravity around Adam. Sometimes the youth would slam to the floor, other times he would hit the ceiling.

The Joker found this so amusing that he couldn't stop laughing. It had been a long while since he had spoken to someone. He greatly enjoyed Adam's company.

By now, Adam had realized that if the person in front of him wanted him dead, he would have died a long time back.

So now instead of cursing at him, the youth changed his approach.

He cried pitifully, "Sir Joker Please, let me down! Waaahh!"

The Joker thought for a while and then shrugged. "Okay~"

SNAP!

"Ahhhhh!" Adam fell down from a considerable height and miserably fell to the floor. "Ughh, you could have let me down gentlyackk!"

Before he could even get back to his feet, the Joker had already approached him and casually sat down on his back, treating him like a couch.

He crossed one leg over the other, rested his elbow on his knee, and then supported his chin with his hand, humming a tune to himself.

Then, he glanced at Adam, his eyes gleaming with curiosity. He playfully smacked the youth on the head and asked, "So, young lad, how did you see through the illusion formation?"

What the?! How did this guy know?! Who the hell is he?! Countless questions assaulted Adam's mind, making him feel great fear and apprehension toward this eccentric-looking fellow.

The Joker's identity was shrouded in mystery, to begin with, but every action of his or the words he said, made him appear more and more mysterious.

"W-What illusion?" Adam asked nervously while looking away. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh? Is that so?" The joker's eyes narrowed and he slowly raised his hands to snap his fingers once again.

Seeing this, Adam was terrified. "No, no, no, wait!"

"Fafafa, do you have something to say, young lad?"

The youth gulped loudly and looked the Joker in the eye. "I I have always been able to see through illusions for some reason. I don't know the reason. I swear it!"

"Is that so? That's quite the handy ability you got right there." The Joker deeply looked at Adam for a very long time. "Fine, I'll believe you."

He got to his feet and walked away from Adam.

"Wait!" Adam reached out to him. "How can you control the runic formation in this place? Who are you?"

"I told you, didn't I?" The Joker looked back at him with a smirk.

"No, I mean, who really are you?"

"Hmm" The joker squinted his eyes, thinking of the right word to say. "I guess you could say I'm the overseer of this secret plane."

"The overseer?!" Adam was stunned. "Wait a minute! This secret plane is centuries old. You mean to say, you've been supervising this place for that long?!"

The Joker shook his head and then raised his hand to snap his fingers again.

"Wait, wait, wait!" Adam panicked, wondering what he had done wrong.

SNAP!

Adam closed his eyes, ready to be slammed against the ceiling again. However, much to his surprise, nothing happened. He slowly opened his eyes, only to see that the Joker had summoned a chair out of nowhere.

The Joker languidly sat down on the high-back chair and began, "Hmm, where should I begin? I'm not that old as the secret plane, I only came after it."

"Only came after it?" Adam sat down on the floor and curiously asked, "What do you mean?"

The Joker looked at the youth and laughed loudly.

"Fafafafa, I mean, I am a being that was born from the secret plane!"