What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 522: The Horrifying Shadow in the Upper Stream of Time

"Night Owl's universe is very close to our world."

Chen Tao thought silently.

The worst case scenario did not happen after all. Lex Luthor completed his plan brilliantly. It was not that Chen Tao deliberately did not tell Luthor the plan and let him guess, but he was not sure whether Night Owl had the ability to detect Luthor's thoughts. If he could, telling Luthor his entire plan would only do harm.

Anyway, Luthor is smart enough. Even without telling him, he will be able to figure out what his plan is after meeting Nightwing. That's enough.

So now, Chen Tao is waiting. Waiting for the moment when the two universes intersect with each other, he will replace the Anti-Monitor, the Prime Superman who is still in the sun, and all of them into the universe of Night Owl, and then replace the complete set of cosmic propulsion tower system carefully built by Night Owl into his own universe.

Then Nite Owl's universe would become the victim, and the Anti-Monitor and Superboy-Prime would fight each other in their own universe - as for Superboy-Prime who came out of the sun and was close to his prime?
It would be best not to appear in front of him. Chen Tao has tried his best to use the emotional spectrum of "love" of the plunder beast to influence the mind of Superboy-Prime, and the other party actively connected the emotions of the monkey personality, which further increased this influence.

But when Superman-Prime comes out of the sun, this so-called influence will completely disappear. The only thing Chen Tao can pray for is that these influences can be transformed into a tiny bit of favorability, so that he will not abandon everything in front of him and rush over to kill Chen Tao.

As long as you get through this "first moment", the rest of the things will be easy.

Then?

Then he planned to throw Superboy-Prime directly in front of the Anti-Monitor, and use Clayface to play the scene in which Superboy-Prime's lover Laurie was beaten to death by the Anti-Monitor during the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" period-

Although Laurie was not killed by the Anti-Monitor himself, the other party simply destroyed the Origin Earth. An ordinary girl like Laurie was not worthy of being killed by the Anti-Monitor himself, but it doesn’t matter, we can make up unofficial history.

It's okay that Laurie died, it's okay that the Anti-Monitor killed her, Superboy-Prime was heartbroken only knowing that Laurie died, but he didn't see how she died with his own eyes, so that's okay.

Well, it's very simple. We just change the scene into the Anti-Monitor, the Minotaur, and Superboy-Prime. We say that the Anti-Monitor wants to rape and then kill Laurie, and then perform the Anti-Monitor stripping off Laurie's clothes for Superboy-Prime on the spot, and give Superboy-Prime a whole cuckold situation drama, doing whatever we can to make him feel more stimulating.

For the specific storyboards, you can refer to the last few episodes of the first season of the anime "Sword Art Online". The crotch tragedy is quickly brought up, as vulgar as possible, and it is all about the thing in the crotch to disgust the Superboy Prime.

Chen Tao just didn't believe it. Any person with a normal brain could withstand this kind of stimulation. He would be angry and disgusted. His enemy was right in front of him, and all new and old grudges would surge into his heart. If in this situation, Superman-Prime could bear not to fight with the Anti-Monitor, but instead directly abandoned him and flew to his universe to kill him, the Bat, first, then Chen Tao would just admit defeat.

Manipulating a person does not necessarily require real technology or magic control. Sometimes, just fiddling with facts and stirring up emotions can also achieve one's goals. When people are emotional, they are irrational. Even though they know that this may be instigation, they will still jump in without hesitation.

But compared to these fully prepared plans...

The anti-surveillance attitude made Chen Tao even more worried.

The answer is simple, because the Anti-Monitor doesn't look like he's trying his best at this point.

Chen Tao had originally prepared himself to make a very tragic sacrifice. Just in case, he even had a plan to summon William Hand from the sun in advance, end his speed force acceleration training, and then have him release the Black Death Emperor in their universe on the spot.

Anyway, as long as the seven lamps are not gathered, the Blackest Night cannot happen. Although this prophecy makes the Blackest Night inevitable, it also restrains the Black Death Emperor, making it impossible for him to invade Chen Tao's universe in a completely victorious posture even if William Hand dies...

For the glowing Superboy-Prime, this is certainly a relatively less troublesome opponent, or at least not so invincible.

But all these plans were useless. The Anti-Monitor simply fought against the Justice League members who had collectively called themselves gods. Chen Tao did not think that obtaining Darkseid's power was enough to make them last so long under the Anti-Monitor, especially since Chen Tao also stripped away one of Darkseid's most powerful powers:

Omega effect.

The remaining power, no matter what, can't...

"Hah!" Superman, who became the god of strength, threw a heavy punch. Clark had been weak for a long time, but now he had endless power and was terribly strong.

He punched the Anti-Monitor right in the face, sending his huge body falling backwards. Wonder Woman followed closely behind him, and Diana swung her sword, chopping the Anti-Monitor until sparks flew.

The other Justice League members followed suit and attacked left and right, as if they were going to beat the Anti-Monitor to the ground.

too……

Too fake.

Chen Tao couldn't understand why the Anti-Monitor did this. Could it be that he had blocked the Anti-Monitor from his universe for only 15 days and the Anti-Monitor suddenly became so much weaker? This was impossible.

The other party must have some unknown reason, and this reason must be something Chen Tao does not know now and has not collected information in advance. Even if he invaded the other party's memory, he could not perceive some kind of change that happened to the anti-surveillance person.

This feeling is very bad.

But no matter what, what the Anti-Monitor is doing now is beneficial to Chen Tao. No matter what the other party is planning, as long as he accumulates strength, at the moment when the two universes overlap, he can kick the Anti-Monitor to the other side, and then throw Superboy-Prime over, and the first part of his plan will be completed.

As for the Phase 2 plan…

Thinking of this, Chen Tao suddenly fell silent for a while.

He hasn't thought about it yet... He hasn't decided whether he should really do that.

After all, if the first part of the plan is fully completed, then he and his universe will be safe! He can completely ignore what happens to Night Owl's universe and quietly enjoy the rest of his happy retirement life.

When Dark Nights Metal occurs and the portals between the two multiverses open large enough to accommodate an entire universe, they will sneak into the light multiverse and continue to hide, waiting for the Justice League of the main universe to defeat Barbatos, the dragon of the dark multiverse - right?

Did he really need to carry out Part 2 of his plan? Did he really need to rush to his death in such a hurry?

He really...

Chen Tao shook his head.

Now is not the time to think about this...

Not yet.

……

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… “It seems the Anti-Monitor has changed tactics, Lord Barbatos.”

The killing machine squatted in front of a small strange machine. There was a small display screen on it, and the back was connected to the dark spire.

The screen was dark, so dark that it almost condensed into water droplets. Although Killing Machine couldn't see anyone on the screen, he knew their master was there... the master of the Dark Knights.

Barbatos, the Dragon of the Dark Multiverse.

"Where's the Laughing Bat?"

He heard the other party ask.

"The Laughing Bat collects children in this world, injects them with dark energy, and transforms them into his own Robin dogs. So I can only report this to you."

Killing Machine's words did not sound provocative at all. From his perspective, Alfred's shadow stood beside him, whispering to him quietly: "Yes, that's right, my little Bruce, you must seize the position of the Laughing Bat, so that you can be completely safe... No one can threaten you, and no one can compromise your safety!"

The killing machine heard his old butler say: "My little Bruce...oh, my dearest little Bruce...so that we can be together forever and never be separated again!"

"The Anti-Monitor is no longer obsessed with killing Batman. According to the intelligence we have spied on, he seems to have discovered something, as if he is willing to let Batman go... and then destroy the inferior universe of Night Owl. This means that Batman will escape calmly and will not have to devour the Anti-Monitor's heart when he has no other choice. In this way, he will not be able to..."

But before the killing machine finished speaking, he saw the screen turned black. This time it was a real black screen. He clearly felt that Barbatos had disconnected from him and didn't even bother to say a word to him.

"My friend, being a daddy's boy will seriously damage your intelligence, hehe." Then the Killing Machine heard the voice of the Laughing Bat coming from behind.

His body stiffened for a moment.

In his ears, only he could hear the shadow of Alfred constantly shouting at him, asking him to kill the Laughing Bat to ensure his own safety, but the killing machine did not do so.

"Alas, Bruce, Bruce," he heard the Batman Who Laughs say, "Why don't you understand? The Dark Multiverse is the domain of our master, the Dark Multiverse Dragon Barbatos. The only thing that prevents Barbatos from infusing Bruce of that universe with his dark powers, exerting his Whisper, and making him one of us is Batman himself."

The Laughing Bat passed by the killing machine gracefully. Beside him, a Robin with a chain around its neck crawled over using hands and feet, and presented the Laughing Bat with a glass of bright red wine that looked like blood.

The Laughing Bat swung the glass of red wine, then leaned over the small Dark Multiverse communicator made by the Killing Machine.

"So the Anti-Monitor's heart isn't important, what's important is the fall of that universe's Batman, you understand?"

Killing Machine felt that there was some sadness in the Laughing Bat's words, but it seemed like an illusion, or a performance by the other party to play tricks on people.

"Once the bottom line is crossed, the slippery slope will be unstoppable. Once he really does that, Barbatos will be able to transfer the energy of the dark multiverse to him without any scruples. Isn't he going to sacrifice Night Owl's universe now?"

The Laughing Bat spread his hands. "Just let him do it. It's the same as hugging Barbatos. If he thinks that he can escape the control of Barbatos and the fate of the dark multiverse by refusing to use the Anti-Monitor's heart, then he is too naive! Just like I used to think that I could concoct an antidote for the Joker virus, or that I could avoid that fate by not killing the Joker, right!"

The Laughing Bat began to chuckle again, and it sounded like an epileptic or insane laugh - well, it was indeed a insane laugh, which caused Alfred in the Killing Machine's perspective to explode like crazy again, and he kept urging the Killing Machine to take action in his ear.

The Laughing Bat's Robin barked at the killing machine.

The Laughing Bat continued as if he hadn't heard anything: "Barbatos has plenty of ways to drag that Batman into darkness completely. Wait until that Batman becomes Barbatos's puppet, like you and me, wow!"

The whistle he blew sounded as if being a lackey and a puppet was something that made one's head stand high, and as if such emotion was completely acted out by him.

"The teaching is complete!"

"so……"

"So we don't need to do anything. We just need to stay here and wait quietly for Barbatos to turn that unlucky guy into our colleague. Since he didn't give us any orders, we don't need to rush there. We can still wait and rest in this universe... Bruce, Bruce, do you understand what he is thinking?"

The Laughing Bat gently patted his "companion" who was controlled by the desire to show off and insecurity.

He seemed very relaxed, like a kid wandering around the street.

"But I still think there's something wrong with the Anti-Monitor. He seems to be deliberately not confronting Batman."

Killing Machine said. And the Laughing Bat shrugged. "Oh, of course, my friend. That is entirely possible."

"But what's the point? Lord Barbatos always likes to take on too much responsibility. Wouldn't it be better to just let him do what he wants this time?"

The Laughing Bat's voice is nonchalant, like a lazy cat.

"Since he didn't ask us to go to that universe, what does all this have to do with us?"

Killing Machine heard the Laughing Bat chuckle and said, "Anyway, for me, everything is going according to plan."

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I am the Anti-Monitor, and I had intended to kill Batman outright to escape the fate that Barbatos had mapped out for me.

I have every reason to do so, and I also have the ability to do so. As long as I break this fate, I can completely break free from Barbatos's control, and then continue to implement my plan of taking advantage of the window of death of the World Forger to strengthen myself and completely replace the name of Anti-Monitor with him.

But when I was halfway through the plan, I suddenly realized...

It seems like I am not the only one inside my body.

It was not Barbatos, but another, some kind of terrifying figure upstream of the super-time stream, looking at me.

(End of this chapter)