What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 659: Hal raised the crowbar and hit the Emperor Clown on the head: What does it have to do with you?

Emperor Clown's behavior looks completely insane, although he is indeed insane.

But in fact, his goal has never changed:

That is to express their friendship to Batman.

He didn't want to do anything specific, he just wanted to express his feelings. Everything he did was based on emotion, without any logic.

Trying to help Hal escape the time stream is a problem for Batman. Now Hal himself can't escape, and wants to support Batman by becoming the spirit of Crowbar, but Emperor Joker stops him, which is also a problem for Batman.

His position changes with the changes in his emotions. Not to mention Hal, even Chen Tao couldn't fully understand what the Emperor Clown was thinking at this moment.

"Calm down, calm down. Oh, yes, yes, I am going to be as calm as Batman now and become a super serious super villain, hehehe..."

The Emperor Clown was talking to himself like an epileptic. He did not immediately jump out from his hiding place like a mad dog to bite Parallax Demon Hal. This was not only because Parallax Demon Hal was now in a state of being possessed by the Parallax Demon and could grow fangs to bite him at any time, but the more important reason was:
Probably can't bite.

Moreover, if the Emperor Clown wanted to do something bad, there was no need to use such extreme methods as head-on confrontation.

"Yes, that's right..." The Emperor Clown muttered to himself, his black pupils flashing with vicious light.

"Wow, a great plan just came to me, a brilliant burst of inspiration."

He walked back and forth in the void, muttering to himself, "This will definitely be a piranha with a smiling face, second only to its excellence. Haha, hahahaha!"

His smile suddenly disappeared, and his face became expressionless again, as if the crazy laughter just now was just an illusion.

He had long wanted to test the bat content of the Batman Dragon in front of him, but he had not thought of a good way until just now.

"But we still can't let Hal and Batman reunite."

The Emperor Clown thought.

He took a last look at Parallax Demon Hal who had made others flee in panic, then fled into the depths of the surrounding void without looking back.

That's right, he, the Emperor Joker, is indeed the only one who can interfere with Batman's plan.

The communication and connection between Batman Dragon and Parallax Mohal comes from the shared power of Bat-Mite, but Emperor Joker also possesses the power of Troublemaker.

Also as a five-dimensional creature, Emperor Clown can see the connection between the two, and he can also cut them off at any time.

But the Emperor Clown had no intention of doing so directly.

His Joker problem came back. He wanted to wait until Batman and Hal's plan was about to succeed, watching them play Barbatos and Brainiac for fools while missing himself. Then when they were about to succeed...

Boo!
You see, this is the kind of joke that makes the Emperor Clown laugh, and the best jokes often require a little patience!

In addition to staying away from Hal and preventing him from finding him, the Emperor Clown certainly has another purpose...

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A node in the hypertime stream.

The Time Trapper is sitting in space. He has now appeared in the timeline of Zero Hour, ready to support Parallax Mohal at any time.

He closed his eyes and silently observed the battle situation on the timeline.

He and Parallax Mohal reached an agreement on cooperation, and this cooperation was entirely based on the Time Trapper disguising himself as the future Superboy-Prime.

You see, Superboy-Prime wants to create a perfect world, and so does Parallax. They both have exactly the same goals.

Both Superboy-Prime and Parallax Hal had confirmed this when they had joined forces to attack the World Crucible.

But the problem is that although Time Trapper is a future version of Superboy-Prime, he is the future of "what will happen if Superboy-Prime turns evil?"

What perfect world? What truth, goodness, and beauty? All bullshit. The Time Trapper's goal is actually more similar to Barbatos' than Hal and the others.

He deceived Hal. At the node when Superboy-Prime was still trapped in the super time stream, the Time Trapper who escaped first pretended to be his past self and won Hal's trust.

Hal's escape is also in the interests of the trapped people, for a simple reason -

Barbatos is so damn strong!
The invincible Lord Barbatos guards the world, and villains like the Time Trapper, whose goals are close to Barbatos', either become the dragon's lackeys, like the Anti-Monitor Dragon, or become the dragon's food.

Therefore, although it was not his original intention, the existence of Barbatos objectively deterred villains like the Time Trapper. This is probably Barbatos' only contribution to the multiverse:

If there were no Barbatos in the multiverse, I wonder how many people would be emperors and how many would be kings!

Therefore, the Time Trapped Person needs Hal. With Hal as a helper, the Time Trapped Person can confront Barbatos head-on in the downstream of the super-time flow. If not, he can just gather some more allies, but Hal's existence is still indispensable.

Like Barbatos, Parallax Mohar is simply too strong, and he is a bargaining chip that no one can ignore.

Before Barbatos's complete fall, the goals of the Time Trapper and Hal were not in conflict.

So for now they are working together for the time being and are still pretty close.

But speaking of it, Hal has not yet asked the Time Trapper for help to escape from the constraints of the super-time stream. Hal may have his own plans, but for the Time Trapper, he has waited a little too long.

As Hal was increasingly injured, the Time Trapper frowned more and more.

He needed a tough guy who was not injured at all and was strong enough to hold Barbatos and kill him, rather than a sickly ghost who was beaten to a pulp, half dead, and had just escaped from the super time stream with great difficulty.

But Hal didn't ask him for help, and he couldn't rush out by himself, which would only disrupt the opponent's plan, so the time trapped person could only suppress his anxiety and let Hal do what he wanted.

Ever since being found by Batman, the Time Trapper was initially puzzled as to how he was discovered, until finally, he took out a Green Lantern ring from his arms... It was given to him by Hal. Although it was a Green Lantern ring, it had only one function. As long as the Time Trapper gave the order, the ring would allow him to switch positions with the ring at once.

Hal gave him this thing because he designed a battle plan for two people to join forces to attack the imaginary enemy Barbatos.

This ring is used to allow the Time Trapper to change his position at a critical moment through the power of the fifth dimension, and jump directly onto Barbatos' face to launch a sneak attack.

This is just a disposable prop made by Hal, but the most interesting thing is that it contains the power of Bat-Mite, and the power of Bat-Mite comes from Batman's Dragon.

Damn, I'm afraid this is the only explanation, otherwise it would be a miracle for Batman to find him. The Time Trapper was completely fooled by Batman at the beginning and really thought that he was hiding so poorly.

After reluctantly helping Batman make the stick, the Time Trapper, who had successfully self-detected the problem, had no intention of destroying the rings. Anyway, he had been discovered by Batman now, so what was the point of destroying the rings?

Instead, it is better to keep it. Later, when Hal decides to launch the plan, the Time Trapped can continue to join forces with Hal to fight the enemy according to the battle plan they had discussed in advance.

The Time Trapped knew that there was no need for him to be paranoid. Things had already happened. Since the fifth-dimensional power in the ring came from Batman, was there anyone else who could use this power to find him?
Anyway, these consumables will soon disappear on their own...

The Time Trapper turned around and saw the pale face of the Emperor Clown, and was almost frightened.

"Clown, you are..."

The Time Trapped Person was just about to ask the other person how he found him, and then he saw the energy of the fifth dimension rising from the other person's body. It was different from the energy he mastered, but it was indeed the energy of the fifth dimension. This made the Time Trapped Person's face suddenly turn black.

Damn, it’s that ring again!
"Hey, dear friend." He saw the Emperor Clown somersault and land in front of him, gesticulating and saying:

"Don't look at me like that. I know you and Hal must have reached some kind of partnership, but that's not important, dear."

The Emperor Clown said in a gentle and persuasive manner: "I am here to seek cooperation with you. I am a better, more outstanding and more worthy partner than Parallax Demon Hal. That is me, the Emperor Clown."

The Time Trapper attacked the Emperor Clown the first second he started talking nonsense in front of him. He swung his fist and beat the Emperor Clown into a cookie in one go...

Huh? Cookies?

Yes, the Emperor Clown who turned into a cookie was not dead. The human-shaped cookie stood up in mid-air, and then with a snap, just like in the Tom and Jerry cartoon, it turned back into the living Emperor Clown.

He seemed to be unaffected by the punch, still smiling, boasting: "No one can bring you more than me, my friend. Believe me, I have a plan, a plan to share Hal. It is more convenient to use the power of this big fool than to obtain his power yourself, isn't it?"

Hearing this, the Time Trapped Person's heart was moved. The clown was indeed a master of stirring people's hearts. Just this one sentence alone made the Time Trapped Person have some thoughts in his mind.

He began to wonder about the Joker's plan to share Hal's power, although he had no intention of doing so at the moment and did not believe that the Joker could really do it.

But it created curiosity... and curiosity is often the beginning of a downfall.

At this time, the Time Trapper's fist trying to punch the Emperor Clown was still firm. He did not have the idea of ​​betraying Hal, and he still agreed with the previous plan. But he already had such an idea in his mind.

The Emperor Clown knew that if one day, the views of Parallax Mohar and the Time Trapper became completely diametrically opposed, this idea would grow again in his mind, but the Emperor Clown did not need that long to wait, he needed it now.

He continued, "If you know me, you will know that I am the Joker, and the Joker never needs those powers. I just need to play games with Batman, and everything gained from this plan will belong to you. Doesn't this prove my sincerity?"

The Time Trapper refused: "I refuse."

He raised his fist: "I will not cooperate with people who come from unknown sources."

In fact, the Time Trapper knew the Joker, but he was definitely not stupid enough to believe what the other party said.

After being tempted for a short time, he soon realized that it was not right. "The clown's words should be taken with a pinch of salt," even the Time Trapped knew that.

He looked at the Emperor Clown mockingly: "You don't think..."

But he had just said half of his words when he saw a ball of white light appear in the Emperor Clown's hand.

"Some kind of communication magic?" Time Trapper frowned, then said, "Who are you going to communicate with? Superboy-Prime or Lantern-1? Hmm...?"

Before the Time Trapper could finish his words, he felt that what he said seemed like something he had said before, and he couldn't help but have an ominous premonition in his heart. What happened next almost made the Time Trapper jump up.

He felt it, and he felt that the target of the communication magic was Barbatos again.

"You fucking idiot..." The Time Trapper didn't move.

He cursed Batman and the Joker over and over again in his heart. One by one, they all used the same method and the same operation to deal with him. Is he some kind of elite monster that has already been released with a strategy?

If you're stuck on a mission, just use it as a copy and then just leave after you're done?
Even at this point, he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, hoping that the Emperor Clown would not actually dare to do that.

Then he watched the Emperor Clown raise his hand and push the communication energy into the void.

Under the influence of the fifth dimension's divine power, a portal appeared out of thin air in the air, and the energy ball was getting closer and closer to the portal.

The Emperor Clown did not hesitate at all:

"Great Lord Barbatos, great Lord Barbatos!" He pinched his nose and shouted like the Laughing Bat: "Ah, your believers are calling you!"

"enough!"

The time-trapper yelled, "Stop!"

"I give in, stop it!"

The Time Trapper's face was as black as coal, even though he kept his hood on and his face was always hidden in darkness.

He saw the Emperor Joker smile: "A wise decision, no matter whether it is Hal or Batman, they will fall out sooner or later. If Hal is going to be finished sooner or later, why not you take over its power?"

The Time Trapper sighed: "So you..." But before he could finish his words, he saw Parallax Demon Hal breaking through the space behind him and hitting Emperor Clown on the head with a stick.

"Batman has long known that you have bad intentions. What does our cooperation have to do with you?"

(End of this chapter)