What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 465: Time restarts, gradually perfecting the puzzle

Night Owl sat quietly alone on the chair of the Owl spacecraft. He looked indifferently at Batman's death struggle on the screen in front of him.

Those things...those desperate struggles and wailings were all things he had experienced before.

He had also resisted the Anti-Monitor in this way...

But these are gone, not anymore.

Night Owl thought.

He knows that Batman still has a chance to reverse time. He knows that restarting the timeline will be Batman's last trump card, but soon, he will feel that it is only the final despair, the deepest despair.

Restarting the timeline can't change anything except delaying time.

The Anti-Monitor is simply not an enemy that the single universe can face.

He is like a bottomless pool. What he shows is far less than what he hides.

The Laughing Bat said nothing, and then he tapped the table with his fingers: "Have you finished building the building?"

"Let's go directly to the next dark multiverse." The Laughing Bat shrugged and then said.

There was no time, space, mass, matter, antimatter, nothing at all. The dark multiverse dragon named Barbatos ate up the entire universe in an instant, leaving only an empty shell, not even the Dark Spire. Pass.

……

His tone seemed a little brisk, and it seemed like it was nothing, which made the killing machine relax.

How could it be possible to compare with them?

Cities that have become ruins, the sea floor filled with dead Atlantean corpses, dark skies, and prosperous alien planets in the universe that have not been affected by the destruction of the Earth are rushing towards the Earth, preparing to quell the riots that destroyed the planet. Or, the Green Lantern Corps of Planet OA in this universe...

Countless living and half-dead people throughout the Dark Multiverse are hung on the Dark Spire. This is the Dark Multiverse. Even the flow of time is controlled by Barbatos. As long as he helps his chosen people of the Dark Knights, No matter how appalling the architectural wonders were, they were just within the reach of his fingers.

His voice is hoarse and low, with a standard blues-like throat tone, but what he says is very Barry Allen:
"So where are we going to watch our TV again?"

"But Barbatos asked us to wait in this dark multiverse before. Once the Anti-Monitor Batman is really born, we will..."

No, it might be a bit biased to say that they are undead, but they are not living people either. They are just creatures that survive with the help of Barbatos' dark energy. They are slaves of Barbatos. They can only wail in this empty shell world forever and survive in the cracks of the dark multiverse.

……

said the Red Death.

"That was before he planned to put up this formation." The Laughing Bat said: "The Batman of that universe will soon have to accept the gift of Barbatos. Well, I can almost guess what he will do. ”

"Then what are we waiting for?" said the Laughing Bat, "Let's go quickly!"

"Show your power, and then let Batman struggle until he has no choice. Then accept his power obediently, right?"

Really...

In an instant, they were completely wiped out at a speed that they could not react to. The universe was collapsing, shattered in a way that no living thing could imagine.

……

The Laughing Bat turned his head impatiently and saw the killing machine appearing for the second time in the cave where he was temporarily staying, responsible for conveying orders to him.

(Note: Dark Spire actually captures all creatures to create nightmares and serves as a living battery for Barbatos, the dragon of the Dark Multiverse. During "Dark Night: Metal", Barbatos was in many places in the main universe. This kind of building was built, and all the Big Three were hung on the tower for a time)

They appeared at the top of the Dark Spire, and then obediently placed their hands on the positions reserved for them on the top of the Dark Spire, using their bodies as lightning rods to guide Barbatos' power.

"His intentions are too obvious. If he were just a Batman from the Dark Multiverse, he wouldn't be so interested. Unless..."

"Laughing wildly."

The Laughing Bat pointed crazily at the other members of the Dark Knights. Although he was very crazy, generally speaking, the members of the Knights agreed with what the Laughing Bat said.

The Dark Knights looked down at the empty shell of the entire universe. Endless creatures filled with black energy were wailing below. They were the remnants of this dark multiverse, some undead——

"But... hum... this Anti-Monitor Batman may be a little special." The Laughing Bat touched his chin.

It's unpleasant.

The world...the world is falling apart.

"Barbatos requires us to use the existing materials in this universe to quickly build a [Dark Spire] to act as a conductor of dark energy."

Killing Machine said: "Everyone is waiting for you."

The Laughing Bat tugged at his confused Robin Dog, and then said: "He had always done that before he found me, but as I said, artificially cultivated weapons are still inferior to naturally grown ones. Flower of Darkness—right?"

"Lord Barbatos even ate the TV we just finished building."

"Yes, laughing madly, we need to use the dark power in our bodies to connect to Lord Barbatos, and then help him destroy the dark multiverse we are in now to accomplish what he wants to do."

They have seen many worlds that have been forcibly ripened by the power of Barbatos, but inferior things like War Bat and Manta Leniac...

The Laughing Bat followed him and left the only remaining building. There were no ruins around. Several dark knights joined forces. With the help of the Red Death's extreme speed and the work of the drowned souls summoning an endless army of dead water, they managed to survive in a short period of time. A tall spire was cast within a matter of time.

Looking at Batman struggling now, Nite Owl always felt like he was looking at his past self.

Barbatos set up this formation, and every member of the Dark Knights knew what he wanted to do.

This is the fate that all creatures in the Dark Multiverse will eventually experience, and Barbatos has just advanced this point, just to squeeze out enough dark power... so that he can eat the corpse of the World Forger. There is still room for interference in the birth of the Anti-Monitor Batman.

With the buzzing sound of the dark spire, the purple-black dark energy condensed into lightning, a large amount of black mist condensed into clouds, and lightning and thunder thundered around the dark spire.

Buzz buzz buzz buzz…

The Laughing Bat paused in his words. He seemed to be waiting for the other members of the Dark Knights to tell the answer he had already guessed, but the remaining four members looked at each other in confusion, and then looked confused.

"Okay, okay, that's boring," he said. "I think...he'd like a dark dragon of his own."

"A Barbatos of his own."

(Note: The Laughing Bat here refers to the fact that the Dragon of the Dark Multiverse [Barbatos] turned back on his master [The World Forger] and usurped his authority, becoming the "World Forger" himself. But the result is that no one has done Barbatos' own duty, which is to "guard the melting pot of the world and destroy the world."

In the original comic plot, Barbatos used his dark power to corrupt Hawkman in the main world, making him his own "Dragon of Darkness", but now due to the emergence of Chen Tao, he seems to have a better choice . )
The members of the Dark Knights were silent.

"So we have plenty of time to go to another nearby dark multiverse to fix it up. Let's see if the Batman in that world is qualified to join. Let's test him. It won't take much time, and then build the TV you want. The Red Death.”

The Laughing Bat said: "After that Batman struggles until he is powerless and completely accepts Barbatos' power, we will set out to guide him and bring him back to the bottom of the world's furnace, just as Lord Barbatos wants us to do. "

He asked: "Does anyone else have any objections?"

The Red Death raised his hands like Barry Allen. "When we get to that new world, I will build the TV first and then go and examine the Batman in that world."

"Absolutely," said the Laughing Bat.

"That's okay." The Red Death said:

"Let's go."

……

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"I'm sorry, Barry.

Barry Allen had just woken up when he saw Batman's face appearing in front of him.

The young warrior recalled the scene before he lost consciousness.

Then the next moment, Chen Tao told him the story of everything that happened during his coma, and then the Flash realized what he should do next.

"I promise you, I've got the last piece of the puzzle."

Chen Tao said: "But before that... I need time."

"And what I do best is play with time."

Barry said.

"what do you want me to do?"

"There were once three speedsters in our current universe. You, me, and Johnny Quick."

"The three of us share so much of the Speed ​​Force that no one of us is fast enough to reverse time."

"I manipulated Johnny Quick's body, leading him to die at the hands of Thunder Xantha, and robbed him of his Speed ​​Force."

Before Chen Tao finished speaking, Barry stood up resolutely.

Not far away, the revolver that William Hand had just used to explode himself was still lying quietly on the ground. Barry Allen picked up the revolver, and then used it to draw signs on his brain.

"I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious yet." Chen Tao said: "You know that I can synchronize Batman in other parallel universes, and the Red Death..."

"It's basically a combination of Barry Allen and Bruce Wayne."

"I want to try to recreate his birth process, but this means that for you, it is very likely that you will risk..."

"So when are we going to do it?"

"what?"

"I told you when to do it."

Barry Allen said: "If it's the only way to fix our world and save everyone, I'm willing to do what I have to do."

Barry finally adjusted the revolver to a suitable angle and put it against his head.

He raised his head slightly, with the same fearless look on his face as William Hand:

He said slowly and slowly: "You know. Many years ago...I...I was waiting for such a moment, such a great moment."

"what?"

"When I gained my powers, I anticipated that I might die from them.

When fighting the rogue gang, when Darkseid invaded, when fighting against Grodd..."

"I had this realization many, many years ago," he said.

"I'm sorry," he said.

"It's a tough decision to make, right?"

“Which is harder, determination to save the world at all costs or heroic sacrifice?”

"Be brave like Albert Swann? Or stay alive?"

"I don't know," Barry said.

"No one will die." He heard Batman say: "If my plan succeeds, I can restore the entire universe...I...I will never give up on anyone, and I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry too," Barry said. "I'm really sorry for putting you through this. It's really cruel."

However, the next moment, Batman transmitted to him through his memory the correct way to provide Batman with power, so Barry put down the revolver with some embarrassment.

"Oh what, it turns out he didn't destroy himself. I saw that William Hand destroyed himself in the memories you passed on to me. I thought..."

But even if that wasn't the case, to Barry, it was still no different than that.

He took out the octopus-like generator that Batman had given him, knowing that Batman was ready to do what he wanted to do.

Barry started running, speeding across the earth.

He ran very fast, very fast, even faster than the speed he once ran on the cosmic treadmill. At the same time, Chen Tao from the outside world had also synchronized with the Red Death and was ready for what he should do.

The next moment... time began to flow backwards, and the anti-monitor's heart was beating at the same frequency.

The influence of Barbatos, the spiritual power of Starro, the conqueror of the universe, guided by Greer, and the boost of Barry Allen, the Flash.

All the pieces of the puzzle...are in place.

And deep in the universe, Night Owl watched these with cold eyes...

"Fight Batman, keep fighting, just like I did."

"Those who entrust everything to you, those who entrust the hope of the whole world to you, they believe in you and die for you, they are brave, they are loyal, and you will eventually fail them and everyone."

"That's why I gave up."

"This is too heavy... too heavy."

(End of this chapter)