What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 534: Kill the bats first, then punish the Supreme. I am the only one who can rebel against the Supreme, forever and ever!
Mobius' eyes suddenly opened wide, and a slight creaking sound came from his body, like the sound of plants crushing rocks when they grow out of them.

The feeling of waking up from a dream passed through his body like lightning.

The mortal Mobius regained his sanity once again, but it was too late.

Something huge grew inside its body. He wanted to open his mouth and wail, and struggle desperately to free the part of the mortal Mobius from this body, but it was all in vain.

In the end, he could only watch in despair as every part of his body completely lost his control.

then……

Consciousness falls into darkness.

Superboy-Prime took a step back. He felt that the monster in front of him was extremely familiar. He frowned and said, "It's you."

Mobius, no, or should I call him the Anti-Monitor now.

He lowered his head, and the creaking sound in his body gradually disappeared.

Then he looked up: "Superboy-Prime? I still remember the pain when you penetrated my body that time."

(Note: The Anti-Monitor here refers to the period during the Sinestro Corps War, when both the Anti-Monitor and Prime Superboy joined Sinestro's Yellow Lantern Corps. As a result, Prime Superboy later turned against the Anti-Monitor and backstabbed him directly after the Anti-Monitor was weakened, piercing his body.)
"What are you talking about? I have never done such a thing." Superboy-Prime said, "It was you who killed Laurie and my world! You..."

"A shoddy fake from the dark multiverse that didn't even get the complete history of Superboy-Prime..." The Anti-Monitor shook his head.

"What a waste of time."

He raised his palm to Superboy-Prime, but then the next second.

puff!
Superman's fist pierced his chest like a nail, and a large amount of energy like blood splashed and burst out from his back.

The Anti-Monitor looked expressionlessly at his chest which was pierced by Superboy-Prime: "This is really unexpected. It's a bit troublesome."

"Fuck your mother ahh ...

Superboy-Prime threw a punch, and the Anti-Monitor's head flew out. But at this point, his head flying in the air did not show any change in expression.

"Quite troublesome."

So at the same time.

The lowest level of the world's melting pot.

"Barbatos."

"Barbatos!"

In the dim light after the World Furnace went out, the half-asleep dragon opened his eyes again. He heard the calling voice, which was much more urgent than the one he had heard before.

"I need your help. I can't shake history right now."

Barbatos knew what the Anti-Monitor meant. In the First Crisis (Note: Crisis on Infinite Earths), the Anti-Monitor died and was defeated by the heroes of the Golden Age at the cost of their lives.

After a lot of events (note: the lot of events here refer to "Sinestro Corps War", "Blackest Night", etc.), the Anti-Monitor was reborn in the dislocated reality period caused by Barry Allen, and then was quickly killed.

(Note: The dislocated reality caused by the Flash refers to the New 52 reboot, during which the resurrected Anti-Monitor was not only downgraded to the mortal Mobius, but was also killed by Greyle controlling the Anti-Life Equation Steve during the final event of the New 52 era, "Darkseid War", leaving only a brain, and once again entered the resurrection cooling period, which was miserable.)
(It is worth noting that during the event Dark Nights: Metal, the Anti-Monitor's only remaining brain was also used by Barbatos. At the end of this event, the Dark Knights' Laughing Bats attempted to use the Anti-Monitor's astral brain to contact the Monitor and return the universe to darkness.)
Therefore, the Anti-Monitor at this time, strictly speaking, only has one brain left. The terrifying demon who fought against the most powerful heroes in the universe during the First Crisis was the Anti-Monitor in the upper reaches of the hyper-timestream.

The Anti-Monitor wants to project power from upstream and change history by reversing his own failure in the First Crisis, which is equivalent to him wanting to erase all subsequent universe restarts from the hyper-time stream.

What's the difference between this and the foundation having self-awareness and wanting to tear down the upper floor of the house and build a new one?
It is unknown how difficult this is, even for anti-monitors it would be difficult to do.

So the Anti-Monitor needs the assistance of Barbatos. They are now in the dark multiverse, and he needs Barbatos to prove to the hyper-time stream that the Anti-Monitor in front of him is just a "projection generated in the dark multiverse" -

Rather than "the error of "super-time flow flowing upstream will cause paradox".

With this disguise, the Anti-Monitor can legitimately project power from upstream to the body he controls in this timeline, instead of appearing like -

"I took a look at the time stream. Something is wrong. Your Anti-Monitor should not be dead now. Only a brain is left. What's wrong with this complete body in front of me? In reality, there cannot be two real Anti-Monitors at the same time. It's bad. There is a paradox in history. No, I have to repair myself. Erase this Anti-Monitor in front of me!!!"

The anti-surveillance agent's efforts were all in vain.

He originally thought that he only needed to successfully descend and use a little bit of power to get rid of Superboy-Prime and Batman in front of him - after all, it was the dark multiverse, so what power could they have?

But Superboy-Prime quickly taught him to never underestimate any Superboy-Prime.

Even though the one in front of him was a little bit unlike the one he had dealt with before, he was almost equal in strength. Perhaps slightly weaker, but enough to defeat the Anti-Monitor who was not only thousands of miles away but also did not dare to inject too much power into this puppet body.

"Barbatos, you control the fate of the dark multiverse. Only you can create a reasonable source for my puppet, thereby preventing the occurrence of the super-time flow paradox and stabilizing my anchor in reality."

"Yes, I can do that," Barbatos said, "but how will that benefit me? I have already given you the mortal Mobius as a token of your gratitude for returning Batman to me after the attack. We are even now, but it is obvious that you have not brought Batman to me now."

"I gave you that heart, even though it was just a puppet heart that I manipulated."

"And I allow you to spy on the reality that belongs to me now." Barbatos said, "This is another deal. After you successfully spy on the reality of the current timeline and I infuse that heart with my power, the money and goods will also be settled."

"What do you want, Barbatos?"

Barbatos proudly bared his sharp teeth in the darkness: "Your brain, I don't mean the puppet's brain, but your real brain. Right, I know this thing exists in this timeline, since the war with Darkseid."

"I want it. As long as you are willing to give me this brain, I will be willing to take the trouble to manipulate the fate of the dark multiverse and help your puppet anchor in the reality of this moment, so that you can project more power."

"it is good."

The Anti-Monitor agreed readily. Barbatos knew that his psychological logic was similar to "As long as I can change the outcome of the first crisis, the reality of the entire multiverse will be rewritten. These are the deals that will be rewritten at that time."

But the Anti-Monitor wants to change the outcome of the first crisis? Haha, it's not that easy, but the Anti-Monitor's brain is real.

"I will have one of my men named Laughing Bat leave my legion midway and go get the brain according to the location you provided."

Barbatos said: "Next, I will use fate to weave a protective net for you. But you should know, Anti-Monitor." He said: "Although the power you can project will surge, you still can't project all the power, nor can you project too much. These excessive powers will be corrected by the super-time flow, but this is not within the scope of the deal between us."

"I know."

"Okay. I have already woven a destiny. If you can help me bring Batman back, the destiny I have woven for you will be solidified and become a reality.

This way you will not only have a legitimate identity in the current timeline, but you will also get the mortal Mobius. Deal?"

"make a deal."

Night Owl Universe.

The Anti-Monitor opened his eyes.

Superboy-Prime's eyes widened with anger, and the huge power gathered in his palms again, and then clenched into fists.

The Anti-Monitor stretched out his hands to him, and then after a dazzling white light, Superboy-Prime disappeared on the spot.

"It's such a waste of strength to fight Superboy-Prime. I don't have that much strength and time to waste."

The Anti-Monitor thought silently.

"My goal is to take away the living Batman in exchange for Barbatos' help in securing my destiny and for him to stop competing with me for the puppet that I possess."

"There's no point in fighting Superboy-Prime. I banished him to the cracks of other dark multiverses, but he will be back soon. Even the parallel universes created by the Speedsters can't hold him."

(Note: The plot mentioned here is "Sinestro Corps War")

"But in the short time before he comes back, if I can just catch Batman... it'll be over."

Neither Superboy-Prime nor Batman can stop the Anti-Monitor from being resurrected.

In the long years since the First Crisis, countless events and universe reboots have taken place, but the Anti-Monitor...

Last forever!

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"William Hand?"

Chen Tao's eyes widened. He didn't expect that the group of kids around him had evolved to the point where they could deceive him. The funniest part was that he never thought that the obedient kid William would trick him and secretly follow the entire Justice League to the Night Owl's universe with Bane.

It is said that openly disobeying Batman's orders is a traditional skill of every Robin, but William Hand has obviously never worn Robin's uniform.

Did he remember it wrong?

Why do his teammates around him follow his example and play this kind of trick of acting first and asking for permission later?
Chen Tao did not reflect at all on the bad influence he had caused in the team when he openly controlled Green Lantern Hal in the team when he was dealing with Darkseid last time, and also when he punched the other party into a baby-like sleep with one punch.

He just turned to look at Bane:
"Bane, are you following him and lying to me too?"

Being stared at by Batman, the muscular Bane stood behind William Hand with an expressionless face: "I came here with William."

Chen Tao was speechless for a moment.

Whether it was Bane or William, strictly speaking, they were once villains and civilians, and neither of them was a formal leader of the Justice League. Therefore, when the Justice League meeting was held, he naturally excluded them.

He didn't even want to bring the Justice League, let alone the two of them.

"What do you have to say, Bane?" Chen Tao couldn't talk to William, a child, so he pointed the finger at Bane again, but he didn't expect William to stand in front of him.

"Come on, Batman. I manipulated the situation." William Hand said, "You deliberately kept me out of the fight. What was your reason? Wasn't it just the black lantern ring you thought you forged?"

He revealed the reason why Chen Tao dared to keep William Hand in his universe, and said mercilessly:

"You restarted time and met the Black Death Emperor, then collected a little of his power and forged an incomplete Black Lantern ring through the Green Lantern planet Mogo."

"But if you think you can summon the Black Death Emperor with that incomplete ring, you are totally wrong."

"I can summon."

Batman was still stubborn and William Hand shook his head.

"I know you can. If I'm not mistaken, it's some power from the Black of Decay. But no matter what you do, you can't attract more power from the Black Death Emperor than I would after I committed suicide."

William Hand said: "Only I can make the Black Death Emperor come."

"Listen, William. I asked you to commit suicide before because I was sure I could restart the timeline and drive the Black Death Emperor back..."

William didn't stray from Batman's explanation, he just said, "You need me."

"And to exclude me is in itself a sign of arrogance."

He stared at Batman closely, and Chen Tao looked at him for a while.

William said softly: "I beg you. Give me a chance to fight with you."

Then the next moment, his words changed to: "Anyway, I've followed you now, and you can't send me back."

"Okay." Batman finally gave in and said, "But you have to protect yourself... If everything goes well, I don't need your power."

(End of this chapter)