What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 546: I will gently place my hand on your shoulder!!! (6000 words long chapter)
At first, there were whispers.

It feels like the mother is whispering in my ear, or like being wrapped in warm amniotic fluid.

What followed was singing, sounding like crying and complaining.

Such a song has never been heard in the universe for tens of billions of years, since this universe was born under the hammer of the World Forger and then fell into the orbit of the Dark Multiverse below the Light Universe.

From Gotham, to Central City, to Metropolis, it extends infinitely to every corner of the universe.

Gotham.

Under the ravages of the Crime Syndicate, the city has become a complete underworld empire loyal to the Night Owl. But even such a hierarchical place can never remain the same after the ravages of the Anti-Monitor's apocalypse.

Nite Owl's temporary sun for the entire Earth ensured that the Earth would not enter an ice age even as it was moved away from Superboy-Prime's battle with the Anti-Monitor.

And it was at this moment that all the citizens of Gotham City felt a certain call.

"To help Batman..."

In Gotham City's Diamond District, a robber is robbing a convenience store.

When Night Owl was in power, no one dared to carry out any robbery without Night Owl's consent, but now that Night Owl is gone, the entire city has begun to rebound towards chaos, although due to Night Owl's residual power, such a rebound is not yet obvious.

When the robber raised his gun and pointed it at the convenience store owner's head, they both heard the call at the same time and showed two opposite attitudes.

The convenience store owner agreed to the summons immediately. He didn't know who Batman was, but any situation was worse than having a gun to his head.

He immediately fell to the ground and began to convulse.

He became a living battery, providing Batman with the power to move the universe and synchronize other Batmen.

The robber rejected the call immediately. He would not just...

Then the summons in his mind became some kind of detailed message.

"Your refusal ≠ my consent."

He immediately fell to the ground and began to twitch.

Soon the whole city was like an invisible breeze blowing through it, and everyone lay down.

"He is communicating with all living things in the universe through the Red of All Life... He shouldn't be able to do that... Wait, those four propulsion towers cover the entire universe, and he is using them to enhance his radiation!"

Barbatos said: "You have to be careful, there is evidence that Batman can get support from these ordinary creatures..."

"Enhance his abilities, I know."

The Anti-Monitor responded to Barbatos' whisper with a low voice: "Like a battery."

The two of them hugged each other and traveled through the stars.

A large amount of space was shaking and folding, and the entire universe was like a wriggling intestine with diarrhea. With the aftermath of the first heavy hammer hitting the Anti-Monitor, it was desperately trying to squeeze the two of them out of the universe.

The Anti-Monitor wants to throw a punch at Batman or fight back, but he can't.

Batman hugged him hard.

The entire universe is rejecting the Anti-Monitor, and the first time it has completely blocked his chance to continue staying in this universe.

But he hasn't left this universe yet.

He should have been forcibly pushed out of the universe by this repulsion, just as Batman had previously used the Speed ​​Force to repel him from the universe.

But he's still here, which means the universe is pushing him forward, like a forklift, pushing the Anti-Monitor somewhere.

"We can't let him swing a second time, Barbatos," the Anti-Monitor said. "Where are your men? I need you to destroy those thrust towers!"

"I can't! They were all transported away by Night Owl. Now the entire universe is like a solid mass at the four propulsion towers. They can't get in."

"Then do it yourself!"

The Anti-Monitor said angrily: "As long as you make a move, the entire universe will be shattered like tofu. The Dark Multiverse is your home turf, and I am just barely projecting power from upstream!"

The Anti-Monitor tried to pry open Batman's hands that were holding his body, but he felt tiny cracks beginning to appear on the puppet's body.

This body has taken a beating from the universe, but it's still intact... temporarily.

At least in the current situation, it can't withstand the second hit.

"I can't. I have to sit in the World Crucible to absorb power. I'm not strong enough to leave here. Even if I leave by force, everything I've done before will be in vain."

Barbatos said coldly, "It is nothing more than the loss of a Batman who is worthy of becoming the Dragon of Barbatos. It is a very important loss, but it is not an unacceptable loss. The Laughing Bat once proposed another plan to me."

(Note: Another plan is to capture the Hawkman of the main universe and make him the Dragon of Barbatos, who appears in the original comic)

Barbatos pushed himself away in no time.

And this is indeed the case. For Barbatos, the moment Batman used the power of his heart, the matter was over. Even now, Barbatos can still feel that the resurrected Batman is still being eroded by his dark energy.

If he doesn't have to pay anything and just needs to wait for time to pass and enjoy the results, then how can he expect Barbatos to contribute?

The situation of the Anti-Monitor is completely different. All his investment in the entire plan is now to obtain this puppet that can move freely in the current timeline. Even if it is weak, being able to move freely is a huge breakthrough.

Batman now completely regards this puppet as an enemy, and if anything goes wrong with this puppet body, it will be totally unacceptable to the Anti-Monitor.

And what made him most uncomfortable was that he was the one who opened the gap between the light multiverse and the dark multiverse.

Previously, in order to exile Superboy-Prime, he tore a small hole between the positive and negative multiverses. It was not big, but it consumed a lot of power, so that he is so weak now!

He heard Barbatos say, "And what do you have to worry about? Batman just wants to push you into the positive multiverse. I have now completed your history. From the perspective of the hyper-time stream, you are now an anti-monitor born in the dark multiverse, that's all. Our deal has been reached, and you are free."

He said: "Even if you are pushed into the bright multiverse, the super time flow will not erase your existence. Then you just need to leave. Batman can't stop anything."

It's bullshit.

The Anti-Monitor took a breath, and he faced Batman. He lowered his head and could see the hideous expression on the other's face.

It's obvious that the other party was so deliberate in sending him into the bright multiverse, so there must be some way to fight against him.

Knowing that the other party has some preparations to deal with him, the anti-surveillance agent will not do such a stupid thing as jumping into the trap.

But Barbatos refused to help, so he was left with one last option...

The Anti-Monitor's eyes burned with anger.

Originally, his deal with Barbatos had ended, with Batman belonging to him and the Anti-Monitor puppet to himself.

But now what he has obtained is likely to be lost. In this case, can we still expect him to resist the temptation of Batman, Barbatos's delicious meal?

He did not say anything, but said: "Let's make a new deal, Barbatos, I can tell you the location of my brother [The Monitor] in the current timeline, and help you capture him.

He's a little less debilitated than I am in the current timeline with only one brain, but still in bad shape, and he's only just beginning to rebuild himself after the last multiverse crisis."

(Note: In the comics, the Laughing Bat does capture the Monitor.)
"What do you want me to do?"

Barbatos was indeed moved.

"I want your dark matter energy. With your dark matter energy, I can expand the size of this puppet container on the current timeline to attract more antimatter energy from my body."

This is the essential difference.

Before, Barbatos only helped the Anti-Monitor to defraud the super-time stream to maintain his existence in reality, which didn't cost anything, or even if it did, it wasn't much.

Simply put, it is a no-cost business.

But if Barbatos gave his own dark energy to the Anti-Monitor, it would be equivalent to cutting flesh from his own body and feeding the Anti-Monitor's puppet well. The puppet would then be fat and round, and the Anti-Monitor would be able to project more power from upstream, making the puppet no longer the "capable, but not able to do much" appearance it is now.

But in this case, Barbatos would have to truly exert his own strength, which would not only slow down his speed of devouring the corpse of the World Forger, but would also greatly slow down his plan to invade the main universe.

"Think about it, Barbatos. When you master my astral brain, you possess antimatter energy, and you yourself are the master of dark matter energy."

The Anti-Monitor said: "Once you capture my brother the Monitor and obtain his matter energy, you will be able to blow up the entire multiverse. There will be no more matter, antimatter, or multiverse. Only darkness will remain, your darkness."

Barbatos knew that the Anti-Monitor was tempting him, and he knew that the other party had been planning to change history upstream of the super time stream, but Barbatos knew that would never happen.

But who knows? It has nothing to do with the deal.

Barbatos agreed.

drop.

Hey.

The next moment, the Anti-Monitor grabbed Batman by the shoulders and tore his body apart:

"enough."

He admired the look of horror on Batman's face.

The opponent must not understand why he was able to push the opponent so far just now, but now the opponent can be on par with him.

When the Anti-Monitor made the deal with Barbatos, it all happened in a flash.

Dark matter energy is imparted, and the observer's position is exposed.

These unfold at a level beyond the reach of human vision.

The Anti-Monitor senses Batman struggling.

Good, well done, keep struggling hard, the more you use Barbatos' energy, the more you will be infected by Barbatos.

When Barbatos completely takes over your mind...it will be over.

He felt Batman's power weakened.

Oh, did you find this? It's useless to find it.

The Anti-Monitor grabs the now fully transformed Batman and easily tears off one of his arms.

Endless energy poured into his body from the upstream of the super-time flow in an indescribable way. The powerful force that the Anti-Monitor obtained by devouring most of the positive matter universe during the first crisis has already revealed its hideousness on the current timeline.

He watched with satisfaction as Batman had to draw energy from the heart again to repair his body.

Yes...well done, keep going.

"Why...why are you like this?" He heard Batman say in a hoarse voice: "Is this the fate of the dark multiverse?"

"You've done a great job, Batman," said the Anti-Monitor.

Batman's eyes emit Omega effect rays, which is a move belonging to Dark Father.

But the Anti-Monitor only clapped his hands, and there was a flash of blinding white light that seared Batman's eye sockets.

Batman is temporarily subdued, and the Anti-Monitor turns sideways. The four propulsion towers are still in use and under Batman's control.

The entire universe is still wrapped around the Anti-Monitor, pushing him towards the gap he just tore open to the bright multiverse.

And now the Anti-Monitor is going to put a stop to it.

Destroying the four propulsion towers would not only stop the universe from moving, but would also prevent Batman from being able to access his battery through the Red of All Creation, making him even more dependent on Barbatos's power.

But the Anti-Monitor found himself being held again.

"You just have to make it so ugly, don't you?" he said.

He was violently pulled back by Batman, and then the Batman drawn by the Totally Destroyer was wrapped in the black and red lightning bat of the Red Death, running rapidly beside the Anti-Monitor at high speed, punching continuously, and then was grabbed by the Anti-Monitor's legs with bare hands and pulled violently in his palm.

"Perhaps this action can help you recall something..."

The Anti-Monitor lifted Batman up into the air, then raised his own knees: "What did that line say?"

Then he suddenly felt his face change color.

He heard a loud snapping sound, and as the sound rang out, the Anti-Life Equation in the Anti-Monitor's body suddenly became agitated.

He loosened his hands, then held his head and let out a sharp roar.

"what have you done?"

Then he heard Batman gasp: "The death of the user of the Omega Effect will cause the Anti-Life Equation to leave your body..."

Under Chen Tao's control, Lei Ting Zansha, who was shrunk and imprisoned in his body, breathed his last.

And with the release of the Omega Effect...

[Warning, warning, Darkseid has been detected to be dead. Please capture Darkseid's godhood "Omega Effect" and completely integrate this personality into your body. Replicate the birth process of the Dark Father to obtain...]

[Batman has integrated Darkseid into his body... You have fully synchronized with SS-level Batman: Dark Father]

"I am the God of the Omega Effect."

Chen Tao said.

"so what?"

The Anti-Monitor grabbed Batman's arm so hard that the universe shook.

The surrounding planets and meteorites were like tofu, crushed into powder by the energy of their collision, and in this life-and-death struggle, the four propulsion towers lit up blue light again, and the second heavy hammer was swung down again!
boom! ! !
The entire single universe vibrated and echoed like a bell, and the sound resounded throughout the dark multiverse.

Countless heroes and villains from the dark multiverse raised their heads at the same time.

They all heard the buzzing sound, like the dark multiverse itself was roaring!

In the remnants of the dark multiverse, those souls that were turned by Barbatos into neither dead nor alive also raised their heads, with confusion on their painful faces. They could not understand what was happening.

The melting pot of the world.

The intense buzzing sound made Barbatos hold his head. The buzzing sound was so unpleasant, like the sound of fingernails scratching glass.

“And it’s all for nothing.”

The vibration was transmitted to the Anti-Monitor through Batman, making his whole body buzz.

"But you're not enough to push me."

He lowered his head and saw that Batman was still in his Ravager transformation, but blood was gushing out of all his orifices.

The power of the Ravager is almost similar to that of Doomsday, and Batman has superimposed the body of the New God of Darkness on him.

But even with such a strong body, blood vessels began to burst under the enormous pressure of swinging the universe as a hammer.

The Anti-Monitor punched with an expressionless face, breaking Batman's body. Under the decomposition of the Anti-Life Equation, even the biological stance of the Ravager could not resist.

This is a power derived from the Anti-Monitor's possession after he devoured most of the positive matter universe during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, and even though this power has been weakened by being projected into current reality, Batman is still unstoppable.

The wound was instantly healed by Barbatos' dark matter energy, and for the first time, the Anti-Monitor began to hate Barbatos's ability that was like a dog-skin plaster:

Without the Tenth Metal, almost no one would be able to harm Barbatos and his Dark Knights.

Although the Batman in front of him has not joined the Dark Knights, because he has received the heart filled with Barbatos' energy, he can also obtain a physique similar to that of the Dark Knights in a short period of time.

"Why, why hasn't it been corrupted yet?"

The Anti-Monitor was a little annoyed: "Why?"

"Because... because, ahem... everything is going as planned."

Then he heard the Batman, who had been torn to pieces by him, coughing desperately, and then vomiting blood and said.

The Anti-Monitor punched him expressionlessly and smashed half of his body.

“Is it still in the plan?”

Batman repairs his body.

He clung desperately to the Anti-Monitor's legs, biting madly at his armor with his open mouth.

The Anti-Monitor knocked out all his teeth, and then heard Batman continue to be stubborn:

"Everything... everything is going as planned."

The Anti-Monitor was not in a hurry to destroy the four propulsion towers.

He had already felt the force of the propulsion tower driving the universe towards him. Although it was very strong, it was no more than this.

Even if he could handle the third blow, he had gradually adapted to the damage caused by this cosmic blow, and he didn't think that Batman could swing the third time in his current state. Perhaps before that, he would be transformed by Barbatos.

And to be honest... they are now next to the gap connecting the light multiverse and the dark multiverse.

Therefore, there was no point in running to destroy the propulsion tower and stop the universe from moving with him.

The more important reason is...

"What makes you think you can bite me even though you have no teeth?"

The Anti-Monitor grabs Batman and he punches and kicks him.

"You're a real pest," he said. "I'm afraid I'll have to deal with you before I can do what I need to do."

He then lifted Batman with one hand and grabbed his shoulder with the other, trying to pull his spine out, but only grabbed the nanobots that were bursting out of Batman's shoulder.

Chen Tao exploded his body into nanorobots, forcing the Anti-Monitor to abandon his plan to hurt Chen Tao by breaking his limbs, but this did not change anything.

Chen Tao felt that his determination to fight the anti-surveillance personnel to the death was weakening, and he felt more and more fearful, confused, and wanted to compromise.

He knew that it was Barbatos who was influencing him.

He knew that he had most likely reached his final end.

"I just said I won't come to accompany death, and then I died right away... This seems a bit awkward." Chen Tao thought.

He has made his decision.

No member of the Dark Knights would do such a thing.

Before they were transformed by Barbatos, even the Laughing Bats who had clearly known that they were about to be transformed, would never do such a thing.

He would use the Omega Effect to explosively squeeze his body to create a one-time burst of terrifying energy waves, and then use it to swing the third hammer, and then nail the Anti-Monitor through the gap like a nail into the bright multiverse.

He did so.

"you……"

Endless white light.

The entire universe trembled again, and the invisible hammer was raised high again. The Anti-Monitor heard Batman's roar:

"Get out of there!"

boom!
Useless.

Chen Tao gritted his teeth.

Although he couldn't see the progress bar of his transformation, he always felt...

But he would swing the hammer one more time.

He can still...

Then he suddenly looked up.

The Anti-Monitor also looked up suddenly.

In the orbit of the dark multiverse, huge buzzing sounds echoed layer by layer.

"My universe! I'm not asking Luther..."

Chen Tao realized something.

He seemed to be able to see the hideous and crazy smile on Luther's bald head in the control room of the propulsion tower master in his own universe.

He smiled, and then said softly, "Good job."

In the blink of an eye, a new universe that had accelerated the entire propulsion tower system at high speed suddenly hit the Anti-Monitor from the other side, from another dimension, like a heavy truck driven by Luthor that had accelerated to the extreme, hitting the Anti-Monitor in the face like a meteor.

The Anti-Monitor was speechless, and then he saw Batman in front of him making another feint towards him.

And behind Batman, the stars in the universe are shining brightly at this moment!
And in the Anti-Monitor's pupils, there was a reflection of the shadow of the bat that enveloped him, and the deafening roar!

"Drink!"

boom! ! !
"Useless!"

No success, still no success, the speed of the universe driven by Luthor is about to run out.

But they were still evenly matched, like in a tug-of-war. As time went on, Chen Tao would definitely lose his momentum first.

Because Chen Tao's power comes from the inertia of the impact with the Luthor Universe, this inertia will weaken, while the Anti-Monitor's power comes entirely from himself.

Chen Tao still needs a little strength, but where else can he get the strength to change this situation?
And at this moment...

Chen Tao suddenly felt someone put his hand on his shoulder.

(End of this chapter)