The Knights of the DC House

All the tedious work is finally over. The second half of the year will be more relaxing, so I’ll finish it as soon as possible!

In Desire Gotham City, Ke Wen is like an outsider walking through the streets of the city, watching the inner desires of Gotham citizens reflected in the city.

As we have seen before, a new city was established, bringing new order and new rules. However, these Gotham citizens who survived the big event and lived in the new Gotham City did not

Get used to this kind of life.

In other words, they just passively abide by the rules of the new Gotham City, whether it is law enforcement, justice or administration. After the new people supported by the Wayne Group take office, even if they want to make rules like the powerful people in the past, as the financial backers,

The Wayne Group would not agree, at least Batman would not agree. Batman is basically the boss in the Wayne Group, and there is Fox who shares the same goals with him, so these newcomers are basically cut off from their thoughts.

They are forced to abide by the rules, and citizens are forced to abide by the new rules they set.

It is precisely because of this that they begin to miss the era when Batman haunted them at night every day. Although Batman is still the biggest fear in their hearts, under this fear, they can do things according to their own ideas, with the so-called

Freedom, as long as they don't do anything too outrageous, Batman won't even bother to look for them.

It was this morbid nostalgia for Batman that gave rise to morbid desires. They began to imagine how great it would be if they were Batman. It was these desires that were used by the Waynes to construct a

Gotham under desire imprisons Batman here. In other words, Batman is imprisoned by the desires of Gotham citizens, imprisoned by the city that he has been dedicated to and even dedicated his life to.

I have to say that this is a kind of irony. The thing he tried his best to protect betrayed him in the end and made him sink into it.

But Ke Wen also knows that this phenomenon is temporary. Man is a highly adaptable creature. The current Gotham citizens are not adapted to this orderly life, but as time goes by, they themselves, they

The next generation, their grandchildren, will also begin to get used to the life in the new Gotham City. It can even be said that they like or fall in love with this kind of life, rather than the freedom to do whatever they want.

To borrow a word from the Emperor, if you don't miss the Gotham of the past, you have no conscience, and if you want to go back to the Gotham of the past, you have no brains.

So Ke Wen was just feeling emotional at first, but later he felt relieved.

But those are things in the future. What Ke Wen has to do now is to solve the current situation and how to find Batman in this Gotham City of Desire. Similarly, he is also curious about the Waynes who came from the Flashpoint timeline.

How did they do it? Was it the Laughing Bat and the others who were helping them behind the scenes, or another existence that he didn't know, or it was them themselves. To create an entire Gotham City of Desire like this, even Ke Wen could do it.

It also takes some time to get up.

Yes, it is not difficult for Ke Wen to recreate Gotham City of Desire. The Kamen Rider OOO he possesses has this ability. It is nothing more than to materialize the desires in people's hearts and then combine them together to form a knight.

The power itself is one and the same, and its good and bad uses are all determined by the original mind.

And just as Ke Wen and his sons from two branches of the future were following the Joker in searching for Batman's whereabouts in this Gotham of Desire, a big change was also unfolding in the outside world.

Ke Wen, Ke Xue, Conan and the Joker don't know that in this desire Gotham City, which is composed of the inner desires of Gotham citizens, the flow of time here is not synchronized with the outside world. What's even more troublesome is that this kind of time

The asynchronous flow also affects their perception, making them think that they have only spent a few days in this Gotham of Desire, but in the outside world, a month has passed silently.

This month was the most painful for Dick, who came to see Ke Wen after discovering the abnormality of the Waynes.

Because Ke Wen went to Gotham City to investigate because he came to inform the Waynes of the anomaly. As a result, he only met Thomas Wayne in the Batcave, talked for a while, and then left.

There has been no news for a month. This situation made Dick want to directly inform other people, including Clark, several times, so that they can jointly investigate the Waynes. However, when he thought of Batman, who is now very likely to be missing, Ke Wen was among them.

After taking his hand, Dick had to endure it and kept staring at the Waynes.

When guiding Ke Wen into this Gotham City of Desire created by them with the help of Gotham people's hearts, the Waynes did not care at all about Dick who was already suspicious of them. Thomas Wayne was still playing his role as Alf.

A good friend in the eyes of Red, a good grandfather in the eyes of Damian and other juniors, and the clown Martha, who was left only as a puppet, did not reveal any flaws and allowed everything to continue operating normally.

But while Dick was anxious about Ke Wen's disappearance, other people's lives were going on as usual.

As mentioned before, after successfully running for president, Clark also relied on the popularity he gained when he was Superman, plus the support of two major capitals, Lex Group and Wayne Enterprises, to promote various new policies in the country.

Of course, internationally, it has also changed its previous hegemonic style and begun to transform from various strategic deterrents to strategic cooperation, although internally there are still many old factions who are blocking or protesting Clark's various policies.

But in the face of Clark's huge voter base, as well as the financial resources and connections of the two major capitals, their opposition voices are particularly weak. At least in front of Clark, who is unparalleled in the limelight at this time, they can only keep their mouths shut and remain merciless.

They are willing to give up their own interests, or are forced to join. But as long as they join, with Clark's high-quality brain obtained by giving up Superman's power, he has a hundred ways to make them become part of his group.

member.

The die-hards are insisting, the compromisers are joining, others are doing their part to help those in need, and Cyborg continues to track the traces of Robot Superman and Leticia Luthor.

. Under such daily life, a month ago, when Ke Wen went to the White House to talk to Clark, Clark and Lex signed and prepared the climate regulation of the international free trade island that was exclusively used to mark the establishment of diplomatic relations between humans on land and humans under the sea.

The satellite is also ready.

On this day, Clark put on his formal attire early, entered the presidential car with Louise, who was promoted to the first lady, and young Jonathan who became the eldest son, and were escorted by the motorcade to the satellite launch base.

Similarly, on the day of Clark's trip, another team came from the other side of the ocean in a special plane, escorted by Kong Kenan and others from the China Self-Reliance Department.

Because this international free trade island itself is led by the two strongest countries representing humans on land, the east and the west, and then Clark talks with the Atlantean Neptune, who represents the undersea humans, and finally the leaders of the two major countries plus Neptune

It was established under the witness of leaders of various countries and underwater royal families.

And now it is time to launch an exclusive climate regulation satellite for this island, which represents the cooperation between the two branches of humanity, and the leaders of the three parties will be present.

Fortunately, in the DC world view, all countries have some background in black technology. As a new country that has established the Ministry of Self-Strength of China and is not inferior to the configuration of the Justice League, China is no worse than here in terms of black technology. A mere transoceanic flight does not count.

After a long journey, just take a nap quietly on the plane. This special plane, which contains many black technologies from the Ministry of Self-Reliance of China, will be able to transport the leaders responsible for the satellite launch event to the satellite launch without any wind or waves.

Here at the base.

Not to mention that there are super rookies like Kong Kenan to protect him. Even if Clark regains his superhuman strength, he can't say that he can break through this blockade 100%.

Conker's special plane was heading towards its destination without incident. On Clark's side, when Clark took his wife and children on the presidential car and rushed to the satellite launch base, as Clark advocated,

And the International Justice League, which is being formed, including several semi-retired veterans of the original Justice League, and younger generations like Ke Wen are also escorting them along the way.

They all know that this is Clark's most public trip in this period. From here to the satellite launch base, there are so many pedestrians coming and going in the urban area that passes through. Once Robot Superman and Leticia Luthor are hidden in it,

Suddenly, the Clark family will be fine, but these innocent pedestrians involved will definitely make this satellite launch a joke.

For this reason, the semi-retired Flash and Wally, the Flash boy who is slowly taking over the mantle of the Flash, have been using their speed to shuttle through the crowd. When pedestrians cannot notice them, they carefully

Observe every pedestrian to see if there is any suspicious person.

Aerial, Kara, Wonder Woman, Wonder Girl and other members with flying abilities also keep a synchronized speed with the presidential limousine below, ready to respond to possible events at any time.

Martian Manhunter and Martian Girl worked together to use telepathy to detect whether any pedestrians had abnormal brain waves wherever they passed. At the same time, they also built a spiritual network to connect everyone and allow direct spiritual dialogue.

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"To be honest, this seems to be the first time that all our members have gathered together in a non-combat state. Isn't it a bit exaggerated?" Cooperating with his uncle, he kept shuttling through the crowd, and from time to time he drove from a small stall on the roadside.

Wally grabbed a handful of popcorn and stuffed it into his mouth, and Wally also joked.

"When something really happens, you'll know you're not exaggerating. Be serious!" He hit Wally on the head, took a handful of popcorn from Wally's mouth, and took out a banknote and put it in the vendor's hand, lightning.

Xia also corrected him there.

"No way, not counting our side, there will be a China Self-Strengthening Department over there, which can be said to be the two most powerful superhero organizations in the east and west. If his mechanical superman can still cause trouble, I will be there on the spot.

Just eat this stall!!" Wally said disdainfully when the Flash took the money from his pocket to pay.

"Then you're done, think about it. In the past, the mechanical superman in the universe has never done anything bigger than this, so he likes to give himself extra food?"

Hearing this, Wally was also stunned, because he thought that in the old universe, the mechanical superman had indeed done more violent things than this, such as directly paralyzing the entire network of Apokolips, and using the network of Apokolips to communicate with Dark

Seid insisted. When he thought of this, Wally ran even harder. He didn't want to really eat the stall, mainly because he didn't have the conditions.

It can be said that those who are protecting Clark's presidential limousine overtly or covertly now, except for Kirwan and Batman who are temporarily missing, as well as Shazam who is far away in Campbell and cannot come over, and Zatanna who has not returned home to visit relatives, the rest of the people are...

We have gathered here just to protect Clark.

Of course, not all of them. For example, Damian, who is watching the live broadcast with Thomas Wayne in Wayne Manor in Gotham City at this time. Originally, he also wanted to participate in Clark’s car escort this time, but it was just in the last minute.

Before leaving, he saw Thomas Wayne alone in the study, looking at himself and Martha taking photos with their childhood Bruce. He looked so lonely, so Damian stayed and stayed with his grandfather.

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"Why don't you go and follow them? Helena did." Touching Damian's head, Thomas Wayne was caring about Damian like a kind elder.

"If I go there, grandpa, you won't be lonely. What's more, I will definitely fight with that guy in the past, so I'd better forget it." Thinking of little Jonathan hanging around his sister every time, Damian was also confused.

I felt unhappy, but there was nothing I could do about it.

Because if there are no accidents, the marriage between young Jonathan and Helena can be said to be an ordination, unless they hate each other. Otherwise, there is no chance. This kind of ordination can be said to be accidental, or it can be said to be inevitable. As the best people in the world

The two partner families, Clark and Bruce, are also happy to see this happen and will try to promote it.

The so-called freedom of marriage and love sometimes depends on the situation. For example, since childhood, all the people we have come into contact with are high-quality men. Not to mention that little Jonathan is the first generation of pure Kryptonians mixed with Earth. There are so many more.

It's really hard to make Helena take notice of other boys, or even be interested in them, through all the weird adventures.

Just like in Fatty Blue, why Shizuka likes Nobita but is just a friend to Dekisugi, who is fully developed morally, intellectually and physically.

Nobita's abbreviation is Nobita Nobita, and his full name is Nobita·Friend of the Sun King of Maya·Founder of the Nation·Savior of the Dinosaurs·King of the Heavenly World·Emperor of the Sea·Nobita. If you disagree, I will take you Shizuka to witness the stars, the sea, and the long river of time and space.

Can you, Izuku Mushan, do this? Just like that, you are still loyal to you, Shizuka. The same situation is the same for little Jonathan and Helena. Under such innate conditions, it is difficult for the two of them to think about it.

It was also because of this that Damian simply stayed out of sight to avoid having to fight with little Jonathan when he went there.

"If I'm lonely, Alfred will stay with me," Thomas Wayne naturally knew what Damian was thinking, and while comforting Damian, he also said in a retreat.

"So when father was not at home, you and grandma were also with Alfred?"

"Well... that's not the case. We will just wait at home for Bruce to come back, or go pick him up."

"Then I'd better stay with you and wait for father to come back, or find father and take him back."

"Damian, you are really a good boy."

Listening to Thomas Wayne's praise of himself, Damian, who had slowly changed his awkward personality, just turned his head, looked at President Clark's limousine on the screen, and smiled there. But Thomas Wayne didn't seem to have it.

Seeing that, he looked at Damian sitting on his lap with a gloomy expression.

While the outside world is waiting for this tripartite meeting of leaders to jointly witness the launch of the exclusive international free trade island's exclusive climate regulation satellite, in this Gotham City of Desire built by the hearts of Gotham citizens, Ke Wen has broken another illusion.

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Looking at the person in front of him who once again put himself into the desire environment where Batman was born, Ke Wen couldn't help but sigh. His time perception has also become dull due to the influence of Desire Gotham, although it is not like Conan on the other side.

, Ke Xue and the others thought that only a few days had passed, but Ke Wen knew that more than half a month must have passed by now. But looking at this Gotham of Desire composed of human hearts, Ke Wen also felt dizzy.

Only now did he finally understand why people said that Batman was the only monster created by Gotham City.

From the moment he entered this Gotham of Desire, all his experiences became magical. Deep in the hearts of these Gotham citizens, they missed the old Gotham under Batman's patrol all the time. While patrolling, they also

Put themselves into the role of Batman. None of them know who Batman's true identity is, but they are inserting themselves into it in their own way, using various tragedies to insert themselves into what it will be like.

case, become a Batman.

This Gotham of Desire built by the human heart is also following the disorder of the old Gotham, with robberies, shootings, and thefts happening everywhere. And the protagonists in these cases are...

They become Batman after being tortured, or they can't stand the chaos and become Batman, but they don't always adhere to the bottom line of not killing like Batman. They find the people they hate the most in their subconscious and kill them again and again.

of killing.

Ke Wen, on the other hand, relied on his unique ability to destroy this reverie again and again. Because Ke Wen knew very well that this kind of repeated torture was rooted deep in the hearts of these people and was performed over and over again until a certain moment.

, when a scene like those played out by these desires deep in their hearts occurs in reality, they become the people they became in this illusion of desire, and completely collapse.

Bu, a man who desires Gotham, had no intention of letting Batman come out from the beginning. Not only that, he also planned to let Batman watch all the citizens of Gotham living in the new Gotham City fall into depravity and go completely crazy. But these are just

Potential factors also require a fuse to completely complete his plan.

"You are really ruthless. I don't understand. Aren't you happy to see your son grow up? Why did you finally come to this correct timeline and see me in it?"

I have worked hard for this, and I have not forgotten the commission you gave me, but you just can’t wait and want to use this method to destroy everything your son protects and insists on? Or are you not them at all?

Will you answer me?"

Ke Wen looked at the hallucinations around him that involved him in the tragedy one after another. He was also talking to himself there. With Ke Wen's words, the hallucinations around him also collapsed and turned into silver cell coins.

Inhaling Ke Wen's hand of desire that transformed into Greed, after saying the last sentence, Ke Wen suddenly stretched forward and tore into the void in front of him.

Everything in front of him was like a curtain, torn open by Ke Wen's sharp claws. And the clown monster transformed by the clown Martha stood there like this, with a clown smiling face looking directly at Ke Wen, as if to Ke Wen.

It's not surprising that Wen was able to easily find where he was.

"Huh? The same aura as mine? Are you the third clown? No, it's not you. You are Greed who twisted the cell coins out of pure desire and transformed them into core coins. It really opened my eyes.

Yeah, so it’s you, Martha.”

In the end, Ke Wen also understood the reason why he could feel the dangerous atmosphere from Thomas Wayne when he met and talked with him, and also understood why such a desire Gotham appeared.

, if this extremely powerful and twisted desire comes from the obsession of Thomas Wayne and Martha the Clown, then it is indeed possible.

In the 40th anniversary movie version of Kamen Rider, Shuka can also create the core coin monster that represents the concept of Shuka with a cell coin dropped by Ankh. Although I don’t know what the situation is in the DC world, in terms of will

Powerful and twisted, Batman and the Joker can definitely be ranked in the top three, but Ke Wen doesn't understand where the Waynes got the desire cell coins. Under the intervention of the will of the universe, the third Joker was born from the same source.

power given to them?

No, the third clown can't do this yet, or he won't specifically spawn a completely twisted weirdo. Even if he can, it should be him.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, you are smarter than I thought, but how I became like this is not the focus of your investigation. Isn't your mission to find my precious son here?"

"If you really want to find it here, wouldn't it suit your needs? It will trap me here longer. More than this, I want to know how you became like this. Someone must be influencing you. I know

The existences are still those visitors from the dark multiverse."

"You'll know if you catch me? Then I don't mind playing hide-and-seek with you, as long as you know how to find it."

With that said, the space that was originally torn apart by Ke Wen also has a tendency to heal. In this city constructed by the inner desires of Gotham citizens, the clown Martha can be said to have endless energy.

"Finding is not my specialty, but if you want to find Batman, it doesn't have to be me. Don't just focus on me. Besides, this is your home court, and it's also my home court!"

Regarding the clown Martha's attempt to hide her traces again, Ke Wen just raised his hand of desire, and the space in front of him that was trying to be repaired began to decompose into desire cell coins, flying towards Ke Wen's hand.

, absorbed into it.

And the clown Martha, who seemed to have thought of something, also felt something was wrong and did not want to continue to be entangled with Ke Wen. But the next second, the space between her and Ke Wen was completely broken, and she stepped into a deeper and smaller level.

Ke Wen also transformed at the speed of light into his own Kamen Rider 000 (Oates) exclusive final god-demonic combined form. He caught the core coin monster transformed by the clown Martha, and the two of them also moved towards a deeper relationship.

Layers of Desire Gotham Fall.

Just when Ke Wen and the weirdo transformed by the clown Martha fell into a deeper Gotham of Desire, the third clown who was still trapped on the first floor, Conan and Ke Xue also noticed the Gotham of Desire they were in.

changes.

In front of them were the same illusions in which Gotham citizens immersed themselves in tragedies and transformed into Batman. Conan and Ke Xuewei were not impressed. They had nothing but feelings about the depth of obsession of Gotham citizens.

The idea is that only the third Joker will feel sad every time he breaks the illusion. Even when he sees these people begin to degenerate after imagining themselves becoming Batman, they go from excitement at the beginning to anger to numbness.

, and now feel indifferent.

Conan and Ke Xue didn't understand where the third clown in front of them had so many mental processes. They just instinctively felt that the superficial Gotham of Desire they were in seemed to have become unreal.

"Is it my imagination? I always feel like this place has become illusory just now," Ke Xue looked at the sky above his head and wondered.

"It's not an illusion, it's true, it's just that we don't know the reason. Instead of this, we should think about how to deal with the guy in front of us. He seems to be nervous. No, he is originally nervous, so his condition has worsened.

?”

Regarding his brother's doubts, Ke Xue also had a helpless expression. He was not good at psychiatry. But when Conan and Ke Xue speculated that the clown's condition was getting worse, the clown who was numb just now suddenly became excited. See

Looking at the surface of Gotham, a desire that became illusory due to the fight between Ke Wen and the clown Martha, he also laughed loudly there.

"Oh oh oh, as expected of you, you found the key point so quickly, so you know I'm coming, right? After all, we have fought as old enemies before."

"Old enemy? You mean our father is here too?!" When they heard the clown talking about their old enemy, Conan and Ke Xue suddenly became alert and subconsciously wanted to cover their faces with something.

The clown laughed out loud when he saw the two brothers looking like thieves, "Don't be so nervous. He doesn't have time to play the father-son acquaintance show with you now. We have more important things to do."

"Have you found Batman's location?"

"You have to thank your father for this, but now you should follow Uncle Jock and I go to find my bat boy."

A gray dimensional wall rose again in front of the clown. Without thinking much, Conan and Ke Xue also plunged into it, followed by the clown, and the three of them once again entered the deeper world.

Back to the outside world, Clark's special car also arrived at the satellite launch center under the escort of semi-retired veterans of the Justice League and the new generation. Kong Kenan and other leaders escorted by the Ministry of Self-Reliance of China, Atlan, as a representative of marine humanity,

The Sea King of Tis has also been waiting here for a long time. The familiar people nodded as hello when they met, and Clark was escorted to the booth by the two Kryptonian bodyguards Zod and Fiora. The leaders of the three parties were also officially

Meet.

After exchanging pleasantries, Lex Luthor, who designed the satellite, also gave a speech there, and then handed over the launch order to Clark.

After getting up, Clark also gave a short speech, and then said to the staff of the launch pad through the microphone: "Launch!"

In the distance, the rocket carrying the climate regulation satellite was ignited, propelled by orange-red flames, and flew towards space in front of the cameras of everyone and the media. For a while, people paying attention to the satellite launch were also in front of the screen.

Cheer, because with the launch of this climate regulation satellite, it also means that humans on earth have taken the first step to control the weather, which should be a good thing.

While watching the satellite launch in the dark and in the light, he was wary of the surroundings, including the China Self-Strengthening Department in Space and the Justice League. Until the moment the rocket entered the atmosphere, he did not see the attack of the mechanical superman, even in other cities.

There was no sudden incident, and they were relieved to be so calm. However, the calmer they became at this time, the more serious Lex Luthor's expression became as Clark watched all this from the booth.

Because this is not in line with the style of Robot Superman, he cannot and should not just watch everything happen like this.

"No, no, no, there must be something wrong..." Clark muttered as he looked at the flames slowly disappearing in his eyes.

"What's wrong Clark, is there something wrong with this satellite?"

On the side, Neptune, who was sitting there, and the leaders escorted by the Ministry of Self-Strengthening of China also heard Clark's words and wondered.

"No, this satellite was designed by me and your team. There can be no problems. After that, it will dock with my previous satellite in space, and then become a star that illuminates the international free trade island."

star···"

Halfway through, Lex seemed to understand something, his face suddenly changed, and he looked at Clark.

In Gotham City's Wayne Manor, Damian watched the rocket gradually taking off on the TV, and immediately realized something was wrong. He was also mumbling like Clark and Lex at the scene, but he was better than the two of them.

I figured out the reason faster.

He immediately jumped off Thomas Wayne's lap, ran to the phone station nearby, and directly dialed little Jonathan's personal number.

At the venue, little Jonathan, who was standing guard around the place, also received a call from Damian immediately. Confused, he quickly answered the call, wondering if Damian had anything to do with him.

"Hello, Damian?"

"Ask your father to stop the satellite launch! The Mechanical Superman must be waiting for this satellite to come up in space. He wants to control this satellite and completely destroy the international free trade island!!"

Damian's voice was very loud. Even if the speakerphone was not on, everyone present, except for the leader who was an ordinary person, including Clark, who was a super-enhanced person due to his Kryptonian physique, naturally heard it immediately.

The information that Damian conveyed was just that when Damian conveyed the information, everything was too late.

In space, the mechanical Superman who had been parasitic on the Lex Group satellite and the similarly modified Leticia Luthor immediately used the extended mechanical tentacles to completely block the ground's remote control and directly dock the two satellites.

Immediately, the launched satellite also deployed its solar charging panel. Before the satellite could draw energy from the sun, Mechanical Superman also took out the mother box that had been prepared and placed it on the satellite.

Responding to the will of the Mechanical Superman, the Mother Box transformed the climate regulation satellite in front of it at the fastest speed beyond recognition. Under the control of the Mechanical Superman, it was also locked in the direction, symbolizing the countries inside the earth, humans on land and the seabed.

The international free trade island that symbolizes the convergence of mankind emits a beam of light.

The dazzling beam of light pierced the atmosphere, landed in front of everyone and the media's cameras, and shrouded directly over the International Free Trade Island, forming a complete shield.

As for the International Free Trade Island in the shield, the people and things on the island at this moment also had the freeze button pressed, completely frozen, even the air was like this.

The action that had been planned for a long time and the sudden attack made everyone present unable to react. They thought that the mechanical superman would set up defenses with the purpose of destroying the satellite launch ceremony, but they did not expect that the mechanical superman had been waiting for this moment.

We must use the satellites launched by Clark and the others to destroy all the efforts made by Clark and the others to change this cycle, starting from this international free trade island in front of us!

In this sudden change, the figure of the Mechanical Superman also appeared above the satellite launch base through projection. Looking at Clark who was angry because of being calculated, the Mechanical Superman also smiled proudly.

"Did you not expect that I would do this, Superman? As I said, I will destroy everything you protect and create. Don't you want to create a new future? I really want to know, give up Superman now

With your identity and power, do you have the ability to stop me from destroying the international free trade island that you have finally built through lobbying?

During your tenure, an island plus the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives and losses of nearly trillions is really a bad political incident. This is my revenge on you. Of course, you can also try to stop me,

Stop my family, you know where I will be, it depends on your performance, hahaha!"

Amidst the triumphant laughter of the mechanical superman, the projection slowly dissipated, and the expressions of everyone in the venue were uncertain.