What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 444 Batman: Yes, I am the King of Land
"Hey... I said. Barry?"

"what happened?"

The spring scenery outside the window is bright and the sun is just right. Although it rained heavily last night, when the sun rises, it shines with thousands of rays of light, which is enough to sweep away the gloom of rain in all directions.

Justice League Headquarters.

Barry is turning himself into an afterimage on the cosmic treadmill.

He was a little absent-minded, always thinking about something, even when Chen Tao came in and walked to him and called him twice, there was no response.

"What are you thinking about?"

Chen Tao asked him.

"nothing."

Barry shook his head.

"We have visitors."

He looked smiling, but his eyes were cold.

He paused: "I have some ominous premonitions in my heart, Barry, I always feel..."

"Please allow me to start this way:"

"So...are you fast enough to travel through time now?"

Barry saw an owl sitting on the curtains and cooed twice.

Then he saw Batman turn his smiling face: "I know. But since others say hello, isn't it natural to return the favor?"

The foreboding feeling in his heart hit his heart like a heavy hammer, making him feel like his soul was trembling.

"What visitor?"

"Good morning, Night Owl," Barry heard Batman say.

Barry's face immediately turned bitter.

"I don't know exactly, but I can't. Bruce."

At this moment, he was running on the cosmic treadmill at super speed. The machine collected his speed force and poured it back into him.

"Ah."

"...How about I invite him to come in and have a chat with us in person."

"Really?"

"Good morning, Batman."

"What I want to tell you is that I'm afraid I can no longer delay the arrival of the Anti-Monitor."

"We at least have time to deal with the Counter-Monitor."

Barry nodded, then asked, "Will Hal come back to fight?"

He couldn't help but say, "Bruce, you know this is just a recording."

"I know that theoretically speaking, it is possible for the Speed ​​Force to travel through the timeline. Of course it is, otherwise he...hell, but as far as the current facts are concerned, I don't know what's going on. No matter how hard I accelerate, I can't It’s impossible to travel through time.”

"Yes." Chen Tao said: "2000 members of the Green Lantern Corps are missing, and Hal is very busy. The Yellow Lantern Corps is also quite disobedient, and Alinesu is controlling that matter. If I have time, I We will definitely start investigating this disappearance case and provide help to Hal.”

"Listen, Batman, I'm not here to argue with you."

Then he said, "Thinking about the Counter-Monitor."

Then he suddenly stopped mid-sentence.

thump.

"Cheer up." He heard Batman laugh, and then said to him: "Look at you. You have a bitter face. I told you about the Anti-Monitor because I hope you will take on something, not Makes you frown."

There was a bang, and the window suddenly opened by itself.

thump.

The Speed ​​Force began to wrap around his body, and more Speed ​​Force erupted from his body on a scale visible to the naked eye. Its speed became faster, but it had no effect, so he finally stopped and got off the treadmill. .

The night owl's voice seemed to become very high and far away, as if coming from the horizon or whispering in the ear.

He held his forehead in distress: "I'm not fast enough, sorry, bat."

"This is……"

"...It's not your fault." Chen Tao patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay, this is just an attempt. It would be best if it works. If it doesn't work, believe me, it's not a big deal. I have a lot to deal with. Counter-Monitor's Means."

To a certain extent, this cosmic treadmill is the "legacy" of Reverse-Flash Swann. All the technology on it comes from the device installed under Reverse-Flash's wheelchair.

The Flash wanted to say something else, but the next second the owl made a sound:
"This is a recording... from Night Owl."

Night Owl's voice came from the owl: "I'm here to inform you, Batman."

"But I can't," he said.

thump.

Then Barry's expression softened a little.

"The anti-monitor will come to your world in 15 days." Ye Xiao said: "Or in other words..."

"There are still 15 days until the end."

You know, Batman, our interests align on some levels, so this is a sincere blessing:"

"come on."

"Night Owl, the message is finished."

……

……

……

“Everyone is welcome, you’re welcome to the live broadcast.”

"Atlantis has been a secret realm for a long time, and the land world has always been afraid of it, which I fully understand."

"Because Atlantis is also afraid of the land world, our way of life and life are completely different."

"I think it's time to put aside these fears and embrace a new spirit of transparency and openness to embrace each other."

"With the permission of the United States of America and the official approval of the United Nations and the cooperation of the citizens of Ci'en Port, Burma..."

"...Atlantis established its first embassy on land."

"Batman, should we really do this?"

At this moment... at this moment.

Neptune Arthur was sitting in the auditorium inside Xuelang Base. He was holding a mobile phone in his hand, which was playing the live broadcast of Xuelang Base.

This shot looks like looking down from a helicopter outside the base, allowing people to see the entire Xuelang base at a glance.

Arthur was a little worried: "You almost set up a target for Orm to hit."

"If I didn't do that Orm wouldn't have taken the bait."

Chen Tao said: "And don't worry, I'm ready."

He pursed his lips to the audience: "You can't tell."

"Indeed." Arthur said: "At this point, I still admire Clayface. If you hadn't told me in advance, it would have been impossible for me to see that everyone here, reporters, audience, or maintain order The security guards are actually all disguised by Clayface.”

"You know, sometimes I don't care about the process. I prefer to get to the result in one step."

Chen Tao said: "I need the reputation of the Atlanteans not to be destroyed, and I need to catch Lord Orm like fishing, and finally let you control the entire Atlantis."

"It's almost impossible to get the best of both worlds. You can only do it step by step. But if you are willing to make some changes..."

"I have stolen Orm's magic trident." Arthur said: "Without that trident, he would not have been able to set off a huge tsunami that could flood the city, nor would he be able to carry out the tsunami that he and I had planned. Atlantis' plan to attack the surface - sorry."

Arthur said: "When I was young, I was an extreme guy. I made many mistakes at the time... not only including killing Black Manta's father, but also those plans to use land as an imaginary enemy."

"It's all over." Chen Tao shook his head: "But Orm's thinking has been deeply ingrained. He firmly believes that land people are evil, so even if he doesn't have a trident, he will come to you to find out. He thinks that Atlan is attacking from land. Teece, but this is a total misunderstanding.”

"So," Arthur said, "What's the plan?"

"It's very simple." Chen Tao shrugged.

"We convinced him." Then he saw Sea King Arthur staring at him.

"Are you serious?"

"why not?"

Chen Tao asked him: "Is Lord Orm an unreasonable guy?"

"He is reasonable, but the reasons he talks are different from those on land. He..."

"Then he is reasonable." Chen Tao said, "We can definitely talk about it. He is your brother, not our enemy."

"I know this sounds weird, but I'm going to say it anyway. We need to talk."

"In short." Chen Tao said: "When Lord Orm really comes to see you, I will convince him with my mouth and promise not to use fists. The live broadcast will soon be overturned by the recording prepared by Clayface. As long as we don’t have the ability to launch a tsunami to attack land, we can completely resolve Lord Orm’s matter internally, without even letting the public know what happened.”

Chen Tao knocked on his head: "This is really an evil act to fool the public, but you should follow the authority when the situation arises, you know."

He and Sea King Arthur sat for a while, but not long after, they received a report about the appearance of Lord Clayface Orm as expected.

Chen Tao shrugged: "They are coming. You will be the first to come up later and try to convince your brother."

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Atlantis.

hours ago.

"Your Majesty, the fleet is ready and awaiting your orders."

A large number of Atlantean warriors stood beneath Orm. They were armed to the teeth with live ammunition.

"Very well, it's time to let the land world know the consequences of invading us." Orm said.

His words caused the roars of countless Atlantis warriors below:

"How dare a shady land man threaten someone like you, Orm I, the King of the Seven Seas!"

"This has nothing to do with threatening me, General Rodon." Orm slowly put on the crown helmet that covered half of his face, and then said:

"I wear this crown for my people, without them I am nothing."

"A missile and countless troops from the land world attacked Atlantis a few days ago. We suffered heavy casualties, and we had only one response, to respond to them with overwhelming force. Atlantis As long as we exist, the land world will hate us. But today... they will learn how powerful we are!"

In order to retaliate against the attack on his underwater kingdom, Lord Orm was determined to lead an action of revenge against the land world, but he never expected...

"Where is your king?!"

At this moment, at this moment.

Lord Orm rushed out of the water, his figure as graceful as a fish jumping out of the water.

He looked at the land man standing in front of him on the land, all wet and staring at him blankly.

"I'm using the right language to talk to you, right?" He grabbed the human with the camera in front of him: "Where is your king of land?"

He added: "I'm talking about the great King Arthur, your ruler, mankind."

"I I I I don't know who you're talking about, President?"

Orm found that he couldn't ask anything.

So he grabbed the other person's neck with one hand: "Haha, these land species are so fragile, they use these small holes to breathe."

He stretched out his hand and blocked the mouth and nose of the poor human being in his hand:

"Without these little holes to help breathe, they would all die."

20 seconds passed.

The land man in front of me didn't seem to have difficulty breathing.

30 seconds.

40 seconds.

After 60 seconds, Om felt something was wrong.

Why can't the land man in front of me be bored to death? He looked at the Xuelang base built in the distance again and confirmed that he had indeed captured a living human being next to the Xuelang base.

Om didn't quite understand.

Then he pressed the other person for another 30 seconds.

"Let him go, Orm."

The person was not knocked unconscious, but Om knew that he had seen the person he wanted to see.

He turned his head and saw his brother standing in front of him.

"Your people seem confused, brother," Orm said.

"They are not my people, this is not what you think, Om, I am not their king." Arthur said: "You have to..."

"If you don't rule them...then what do you do on land?"

Orm asked.

"Where are the armies of Atlantis?"

"Just under the water, waiting for my orders." Lord Orm said: "Your people broke the agreement, Arthur."

"Om, listen, there is no agreement, the surface world knows nothing about these things, and they don't think Atlantis is real."

"It's unbelievable," Orm said.

"This was all a terrible mistake."

"Error?" Orm said: "This is called negligence, this is human nature, I don't want to come here Arthur, the dirty air and the weight I feel are unpleasant. But human incompetence forces me to do something , for the broken families, the terrified citizens, the angry soldiers.”

"You have to send the Atlanteans home and then follow me." Arthur, the king of the sea, raised his trident.

"No, I will take revenge on the land people. I will soon make a city sink to the bottom of the sea forever, such as the metropolis we are stepping on now. This place will become a warning legend, or not."

"Who knows, maybe one day these stupid ground species won't believe that Metropolis even existed."

"Om..."

Arthur wanted to say something else, but a portal opened next to him, and Chen Tao walked out at the lead.

"No, you have to surrender, Om." Seeing Chen Tao's appearance, Arthur became a little anxious.

Sometimes he really wanted to crack his brother's head open and wash out the contents.

"We are tired of being afraid of the ground, we are tired of living in fear." Lord Orm said: "It's time..."

Arthur is still trying: "Listen to me, Om, there is no king in the surface world..."

"Arthur, do you need help?"

"Bat, let me handle this. I can still persuade him."

Neptune waved his hand at Chen Tao, and then tried to say something to Orm, but he was interrupted by Orm before he could say anything:

"I don't quite understand, brother. I originally believed that this counterattack against the ground kingdom would be a satisfactory answer for them to open fire on Atlantis, but when I came here I discovered that you are not their king."

Lord Orm said: "Why would you degenerate yourself and become one of them? You are much nobler than them. The Queen Mother will be very disappointed in you, and so will I."

"You turned your back on our world for another that has done nothing but kill and poison us for centuries. Did breathing ground air for so long make you dizzy?"

Chen Tao couldn't listen at all.

The two people were talking completely incorrectly, and they were not speaking on the same channel at all.

This is due to the different growth environments between them. Arthur has always wanted to let Orm understand his set of thinking patterns, but such behavior is like forcing a 90-year-old grandfather to learn to use the Fiji Cup. Unrealistic and ridiculous.

So Chen Tao plans to speak directly with Aum's logic.

"Hey hey hey, look here, look here, I have something to announce——"

"Your name is Aum, right? Come on, look at me."

"I am the King of Land!"

(End of this chapter)