What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 464 The Black Death Emperor is coming! The Enlightenment of William Hand! (6000 words, I wrote more)

Deep in the universe.

Outside of Nite Owl's Owl Ship.

Starro, the Conqueror of the Universe, is floating in the universe. His body is so huge, several times larger than when he and Ye Xiao first met.

Next to him, there were countless small starfish so densely packed that it could make one suffer from trypophobia, like a meteorite belt captured by gravity around a star.

These are the clones Starro created during this period. At this moment, the spiritual power of Starro, the starfish in the universe, is probably several times stronger than at the beginning.

However, just as ordinary people can gain weight from a fat man weighing hundreds of pounds, maintaining such a strong body shape and such strong mental strength is also a very huge burden for Starro himself.

At this point, he had never revealed anything to Night Owl.

At this time, a large number of small starfish turned around and faced the side beside them.

Countless little starfish with long eyes stared at a woman flying in the universe. To ordinary people, this was an extremely eye-catching scene, but Greer's expression remained normal.

Even though these Robin Dogs were once innocent children in the Laughing World, they have been infused with dark energy by Barbatos. Not only are they immune to fatal injuries except for the Tenth Metal, but they can also walk, sit and lie faster than ordinary people.

They swarmed up and quickly devoured the poor mouse, causing the Laughing Bat not far away to chuckle a few times.

He stretched out his hand and touched Robin's head, still smiling.

"The great Lord Darkseid."

In front of a huge screen not far away, the four members of the Dark Knights were all watching the scene on the screen attentively.

"That's a good idea, Anti-Monitor Batman. Ugh, I feel a little sick."

He said this softly, then turned his head and went directly back to his room.

"Ah."

……

There is no fluctuation in my heart.

"You know what I came to you for, Starro." She said loudly to Starro in the spiritual connection:
"You owe me a favor. With my help, you can reach an agreement with Ye Xiao."

"I will never admit that I helped you afterwards. Besides, I helped 'you'."

Greer promised to Starfish.

……

A rat pokes its head out of the sewer.

Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak...

The next second, Greer felt a huge spiritual power instilled into her body. This huge spiritual power flowed continuously through her spiritual connection with Batman...

It looked at the ruined city in confusion, feeling like it had been a long dream.

"Of course." Greer said.

"And now it's time to pay me back," Greer said.

Then they separated quickly without saying a word to each other.

……

The so-called Starro owed Greer a favor and then helped the other person was just a small fig leaf between them to argue that he had not betrayed.

Some of them have expressionless faces, some have complicated expressions, and some are simply calculating data, but none of them are like the Laughing Bat...

……

The heart of the Laughing Bat was empty. He was neither sentimental nor sad, not even angry, only darkness.

"it is good."

Starfish said nothing. Soon, his voice sounded in Greer's mind.

Then he was discovered by the Robin Dog of the Laughing Bat. The greedy beast used its hands and feet to grab the mouse from the ground.

"Your clone will appear in Batman's world."

Among the billions of small starfish, one flew into Greer's hand.

Be absorbed there!
"In exchange."

Apokolips.

……

Starfish said: "I helped you, and you have to help me too."

The killing machine originally wanted to ask him why he didn't continue watching, but he stretched out his hand but did not dare to ask in the end.

……

Even among the Dark Knights, the Laughing Bat can be called the solitary one. This is not just because he is the actual controller of the Dark Knights, but the more important reason is...

Whether it is Greer or Starro, they have never thought of going to the dark side with either Nite Owl or Batman. They are both cunning and ruthless villains. For them, both sides are inseparable. The skill of placing bets and working for both sides at the same time is almost as genetic as instinct.

The Laughing Bat didn't look displeased, but he simply stood there, something that would frighten even a mechanical killing machine.

The cosmic starfish "Conqueror" Starro has the ability to regenerate. As long as one of his clones is alive, Starro can resurrect his consciousness from that clone.

Disad, the chief scientist and chief of staff of Apokolips, bent down towards Darkseid who was sitting in the main seat: "Apocalypse's power engine is ready and can carry out cosmic migration at any time."

"Ah."

Darkseid nodded.

"Once Batman fails, we will migrate into the Nite Owl universe." Darkseid said.

"No matter what the outcome of the war is, we will be the winners in the end."

Darkseid's face was expressionless, and his eyes reflected the flames spewing into the sky from the huge engines on Apokolips.

"Whether it's the Anti-Monitor or Batman..."

"They will all be crushed in front of Darkseid."

……

……

……

"I ask you to fuse my heart."

The Anti-Monitor knocked Batman to the ground with one punch. Even though three SS-level Batmans were on Chen Tao's body at the same time, he still could not resist the majestic power of the Anti-Monitor.

The anti-monitor grabbed Chen Tao's arm with one hand, and then pulled hard, making a crunching sound.

He... seemed to want to rip my shoulder off, why didn't he just kill me?

Why did he keep wanting me to be the Anti-Monitor Batman?

Severe pain eroded Chen Tao's nerves, but it did not affect his thinking.

He was surprised that he had such a strong will to think despite the pain, but he soon put this surprise behind him.

If... if Barbatos wants me to fuse the heart, what's the point of the Anti-Monitor?

He is so confident that he can...

While he was thinking, he calmly arranged his actions, and everything seemed to be in order.

Superboy-Prime, who had been sucked into the wall of origin, quickly charged some of the power of yellow sunlight into a yellow solar energy battery that had been placed on his body before. This seemed to be able to contain some of the energy of the Anti-Monitor, and then , he can...

Oh!

The Anti-Monitor grabbed the bone spurs emerging from Batman's body with his bare hands and broke them off. Then he used his backhand as a blade and stabbed hard at the connection between his shoulder and arm.

Soon, with a soft squeaking sound, an arm was pulled out by him, and blood began to flow.

Chen Tao frowned slightly, it didn't matter.

Although he can synchronize the Broken Bat to be immune to such injuries, the overall strength of his body will be reduced due to synchronizing with such a low-level Batman.

He must maintain the physical strength to withstand the beatings of the Anti-Monitor and be able to fight back at any time.

Anyway, he has the Red of All Beings that can repair his injuries. He would rather be injured than give the other party a chance to kill him directly.

The reason why he kept delaying was that he was waiting for an opportunity, rather than being beaten by the opponent in vain.

A body like iron sand, even with the blessing of Batman such as the Destroyer, can't compare to a pure solid body when it explodes with power.

If the Anti-Monitor suddenly kills someone, Batman may be too late to react due to his body being shattered at the same time as the weak Batman...

puff!
Chen Tao was slightly absent-minded.

What happened? He looked down and saw the Anti-Monitor's fist piercing through his chest!

No...that's not right. The Anti-Monitor's attitude is very strange. It's completely contradictory. He was keeping his hand just now, so how come he suddenly...

Chen Tao raised his head and saw the anti-monitor lowered his head.

He seemed to be chattering a bit, constantly trying to use words to persuade himself to act according to his orders, but at this time, although he still had the same face as he did in "Crisis on Infinite Earths", he seemed to suddenly become silent.

wrong!

Alarm bells suddenly rang in Chen Tao's heart, and the ion shark behind him suddenly roared. Chen Tao kicked the Anti-Monitor's chest with all his strength, and in an instant, the dark red bat speed force was on his body. flow.

Chen Tao raised his hand, and the green static light wave of stasis hit the anti-monitor head-on. Although this method was stolen from the turtle man, Chen Tao did not really master the stasis power and could not surpass the turtle man himself. level, but can still stack with the Speed ​​Force to slow down the Anti-Monitor.

The world slowed down again, and arcs of red bat-like lightning swam across the Anti-Monitor's body, forcefully playing his movements forward and backwards like a video tape.

Chen Tao fell to the ground, and the next moment he was stepped on by the anti-monitor!
boom! ! ! !

The ground exploded in an instant, and almost the entire Quader planet trembled with the kick of the Anti-Monitor.

"No!" Chen Tao raised his intact arm, and then the arm that had been broken off by the anti-monitor flew back.

The red of all beings took his arm back in an instant, and at this moment, a black light suddenly burst out from Chen Tao's body!
on the earth.

William Hand gasped desperately.

He knew this moment would come eventually, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

At this time, he was standing in the conference room of the Justice League headquarters. He was the only conscious person in the huge room. Not far away, the unconscious Flash Barry Allen was leaning on the sofa with his support.

His mentor Bane must be within the Black Death, not only to confront Anton Arcane, but also to help him channel the power of the Black Death Emperor.

William pressed a revolver against his head, and the outside world was playing on the screen in front of him.

Batman and he had discussed moments like this many times, with Superboy-Prime pinned inside the Origin Wall by the Anti-Monitor. The Black Death Emperor he could summon has almost become the strongest foreign aid Batman can attract.

William knows his potential and what he can do.

He is now hiding in the infinitely shrunk earth, stored in Batman's body, and Batman protects him very well.

Batman discussed this issue with him, and Bane would assist him in the Blackness of Decay, maintaining his sanity as much as possible.

I……

I will never become a monster.

Even in death, I can maintain my sanity.

William Hand felt his hands shaking.

He poked his temple hard, and he saw the sky shaking from Batman's perspective, and the Anti-Monitor tore off his arm.

So William took one last look at the outside world.

The whole world is horrified by the sudden disappearance of the sun.

The people only know that they are facing the counter-monitors. They also know that they are being protected, but they do not know how to be protected.

They are afraid, they are hesitant, they are just like William Hand at this moment.

But you know the only thing that sets William Hand apart from them?

The people always know that Batman can protect them, and they can always rely on someone stronger.

But William Hand knew that Batman...he needed help.

If Batman, who is relied on by others, also needs to rely on, who can he rely on?

"This...this is also my world..."

William Hand looked at his hands.

Hey, it's strange, I don't tremble anymore.

So he aimed the revolver at himself again.

He slowly raised his head and smiled. If anyone could see him, they would find that in the dark midnight outside the window, the young face of William Hand actually had a smile like a clear sky.

"...You are the morning sun, William..."

"...Life? Life is not a meaningful thing in the first place, William."

"But as long as you live, you can find interesting things, just like you discovered flowers and I discovered you..."

"...That's right, I'm just telling you, go forward bravely and do what you say. This is our tolerance... ahem, the way of the Lantern!"

"...There is nothing to be afraid of. Don't be afraid of the Black Death Emperor. Listen to me, you are destined to become a pirate... Bah, the man of the Lantern King!"

"...Become the righteous God of Death, Gotenks! Okay, it sounds a little strange, but after all, they are all very powerful Gods of Death, do you understand?"

"Peter Parker once said that with great power comes great responsibility! That's right, that comic book character."

"... Wuwuwuwu, our passionate bond, this is youth!!!"

"Resurrection! My love! Ouch! Ouch!"

William closed his eyes.

Batman... is really a weird uncle who is sometimes serious and sometimes neurotic, and likes to say weird things.

It's different from Master Bain who always remains serious.

I know, I have realized something...

"Today...I, I will be Batman's support."

"Because I'm the Black Lantern, William Hand!"

boom!
Beyond Earth.

The Anti-Monitor's gaze coldly watched William Hand's heroic act through Batman's body.

"It's no use," he said.

Although his voice is still somewhat similar to the chattering voice in front of Chen Tao before, if you listen carefully...

There seemed to be a husky voice that was somewhat similar to his original voice, but not completely similar, singing a duet with him in a low voice.

The Anti-Monitor turned his head and saw that in the cosmic space not far away, he carefully arranged a protective stance against the entire earth and Batman's package, and in an instant, a hole was torn open by some huge force.

In the silent loud noise, the space shattered, and a pair of giant white-bone hands suddenly appeared as if from behind the canvas, and then tore a huge hole in the space with force.

Behind the hole was a dark world. The towering, huge skull face of the Dark Lord was looking down at the Anti-Monitor and Batman who were as small as ants.

The Anti-Monitor said nothing, and the next moment, he rushed directly towards Batman.

He didn't have to deal with the trouble of the Black Death Emperor. He just needs to solve the root of the problem first.

And this problem will be solved quickly.

brush!
Chen Tao retreated violently. What he should do now is to wait for the opportunity, and then let the Black Death Emperor and the Anti-Monitor fight first, instead of continuing to fight the Anti-Monitor, and then let the Black Death Emperor include them both in the attack. scope.

"William..." There was something complicated in his heart, and he knew very well that letting William come into contact with the power of the Black Death Emperor was very risky in itself, let alone letting him take the initiative to commit suicide and trigger the Blackest Night, even if he had passed The experiment confirmed that the method of restarting the timeline could help William counter the influence of the Black Death Emperor, but he had committed suicide once before, making the fact that he had completely become the host of the Black Death Emperor unchangeable.

In the comic "Blackest Night", the Black Death Emperor can even turn those characters who have died in the DC reboot directly into black lantern zombies without being infected. Time restarting can have an effect on high-ranking beings like the Black Death Emperor. The impact is there, but it is limited.

Although Chen Tao had made many mental assumptions that William Hand would eventually become the host of the Black Death Emperor, he was still a little heavy after this incident actually happened.

If he could do better, if he could do better, maybe William wouldn't have to face this so early. Not only William, but also Barry. If the next war goes unfavorably, he might still need him. …

Chen Tao shook his head and returned his attention to the battlefield in front of him.

He knew very well in his heart that William Hand, who had become the Black Lantern...or the Black Lantern Demon, was always in his hands, and the Black Death Emperor would not give up on this.

Although he and the Anti-Monitor also have conflicts over the world, this is at best a dispute between two beasts who both want to monopolize a prey. The conflict between him and himself is far more acute than this.

When the Black Death Emperor pays attention to him, the situation will not be very fun, so he has to...

"what?"

Chen Tao found that the earth that had been protected in a bottle was suddenly completely out of control.

The bottle had originally been shrunk by Brainiac's shrinking light to a size not much larger than a cell, but at this moment he suddenly flew out of his body and then quickly enlarged into a bottle about the size of a plate. , the scale that Brainiac usually hangs in the spacecraft, and all of this is completely beyond Chen Tao's control!

Chen Tao suddenly looked at the anti-monitor who was controlling all this, and a basin of cold water seemed to be poured from the head to the soles of his feet.

Damn it, did he think he was the only one who could collect information on others? Did he think that the Anti-Monitor had never thought about what kind of opponent he would face?

If the other party had already thought about the problem of Superboy-Prime, how could he not have thought about what other back-ups he might have?
In an instant, William Hand, who had just been transformed into a black lantern corpse, was photographed out of the bottled earth by the Anti-Monitor.

His blue-black face showed a blank look, and then after seeing the white light of the Anti-Life Equation flashing on the Anti-Monitor's hand, his eyes suddenly showed despair, and the next moment, decisive determination flashed in his eyes.

The Anti-Monitor has long thought of using the Anti-Life Equation to control him. If he hadn't been the chosen one of Black Death, he would have completely lost his free will like Wonder Woman and many members of the Justice League before him. Became a vegetative state.

Even so, he is completely unable to move now and can only be at the mercy of the Anti-Monitor, but this does not mean that he, William Hand... has no power to fight back.

Batman has always taught him to be brave.

"No! You can't disconnect Bain from using the Black of Decay on you!" Chen Tao rushed over: "I never asked you to do this!"

"That will make the Black Death Emperor completely..."

William gritted his teeth and smiled with pleasure: "It will allow the Black Death Emperor to fully exert his power..."

"You're doing a great job, you've really done a great job."

The next moment, the counter-monitor's heavy voice came to William Hand's ears.

The Anti-Monitor has suddenly become taciturn since before. There seem to be two consciousnesses fighting for dominance in his body, but it does not affect his speed and mobility at all. The two voices speak together, but they say exactly the same thing. of words.

"Really well done."

The Dark Lord not far away roared, his voice was not very clear due to the barrier of the universe, but he had already realized what the Anti-Monitor was going to do.

"stop!"

His upper body tried hard to explore the space crack, and then stretched out his huge bone claws to attack the anti-monitor below, but the next moment the huge space crack began to close. This power was so huge that it knocked the giant skeleton away. The squeezed body was a little deformed.

"What...what's going on?"

William Hand was horrified to find that the death energy on his face was dissipating. This was impossible. The Anti-Monitor could not drive away the Black Death Emperor so easily, unless something went wrong with the Black Death Emperor's host...

William realized that this was indeed the case. He... he seems to be resurrected.

The reality of his death has been modified. Once he does not die, the Black Death Emperor will have no host. Without a host, he cannot invade the world. Even if the Black Death Emperor is stronger, it is in another dimension and he cannot come here. , he can't attack the Counter-Monitor, and the Counter-Monitor doesn't even need to... fight him.

"I am a god," said the Anti-Monitor.

"I'm very sorry."

Chen Tao gritted his teeth.

He really had to wake up the Flash.

(End of this chapter)