What bad intentions could Batman have?

In the vast starry sky.

A huge starfish with a huge eye, which can even be called cute, is floating quietly.

The mouth-like organ under his eyeball opens and closes, and countless tiny starfish spew out. These new fragile creatures are exposed in the universe, but they don't seem to be hurt at all.

They gather, surge, and swim in the universe, quickly pulling their fleshy little bodies away from the mouthparts that eject the starfish, making enough space for other clones that are about to erupt again.

The universe conqueror Starro has created enough small starfish like this... These small starfish surround him like satellites, forming a huge sea "star" group like a ring.

In the DC universe, although telepathy is not a common superpower, it is by no means rare. Although there are second-rate telepaths like Brain Demon who are embarrassing, most characters with telepathic abilities can be called terrible.

Whether it is Maxwell Lord, or Brainiac, Martian Manhunter, Manchester Black (appeared in Volume 2, a member of the Ultra Heroic Alliance, a purple-haired British man), Despair (a Martian Manhunter villain, a one-eyed pink-skinned alien, also a telepath), Psychic Pirate (a Batman villain, this guy has powerful abilities, but a weak body, and was knocked down with a fist by a ventriloquist who could not be controlled by the mind in "Batman v3"), or Gorilla Grodd, they are all powerful telepaths, and we can tell many of their terrible deeds.

But for telepaths, even if their strengths are clearly divided, the difference is basically not too much.

For example, Martian Manhunter, even if his telepathic ability is stronger than Despair in fact, he can't decide the winner at the first moment of meeting.

Most telepaths can't completely crush another telepath, except for the strongest telepath...

Starro the Starfish, that is, Starro the Conqueror.

Because his mind invasion ability belongs to physical mind invasion, even the strongest telepaths cannot use their abilities when his little starfish are stuck on their faces.

This ability activation method, which is very different from other telepaths, makes Starro firmly sit on the throne of the strongest telepath.

But now, something is unusual... about the speed at which the conqueror Starro creates these little starfish.

It's not too fast, but too slow.

Starro has conquered countless planets before. What he is best at is to create countless little starfish in a short period of time, parasitizing all the creatures on that planet and turning them into a part of Starro. Then he may keep that planet, or drain the spiritual energy of all the creatures on that planet as "food", and then continue to look for the next planet.

Starro has done this behavior of creating little starfish to control all the creatures on the entire planet more than once. He should have completed all the work within a few hours, but now he is just like a cow that can't squeeze out milk, slowly spraying out those clones in units of hundreds.

Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz...

The buzzing sound sounded in the space not far from Starro, and then the blue portal opened.

An owl fighter flew out of it, and in the space without the gravity of the planet, it retracted its wings and transformed into a spaceship that could sail in the universe in a short time.

Starro was not disturbed by the appearance of this fighter, and it was still concentrating on completing its work.

"Starro, how many of the 8 billion clones have you produced?"

The owl fighter hovered in the space, and then the voice of the night owl came from it: "You have to be faster, time is running out."

Starro's huge eyeballs turned, and then stared at the owl spaceship.

This behavior itself is nothing, but with his huge body, it looks a bit creepy and terrifying.

It stopped spraying the little starfish clone, and the nozzle under the eye squirmed for a while, and then it was stretched, and an alien creature with small holes all over the body was spit out by him. Of course, this alien creature also has a starfish clone attached to it.

Then it continued to spray the little starfish clone, and the alien creature with holes all over its body floated in the universe.

The slightly larger starfish attached to him squirmed and stretched out its five limbs, spraying some energy towards the back of the creature as a boost, driving the hole-eyed alien creature to the front of the Night Owl's spaceship, and then attached to it.

Of course it had to do that, there was no air in the vacuum to transmit sound.

"If you are willing to let me communicate with you telepathically, I don't need to spend time and effort using this creature to communicate with you."

Then the hole-eyed creature vibrated like a speaker, forming a complete language in the Night Owl's spaceship. Except for being a little muffled, the pronunciation was even quite clear:

"You asked me how many clones I have completed? The clones I knew in the past only needed to be tough enough and be able to control my goals, but now you ask me to create some small genetic surgery experts who can transform the entire creature. Their difficulty is dozens of times more difficult than those simple clones."

"Starro. There's no point telling me how hard your job is."

"Night Owl" in the Owl spaceship said.

Starro knew that this was probably just a remote-controlled robot. Although Space Starfish didn't understand how the other party could remotely control it across the vast distance of billions of light years, he did it, so Starro didn't intend to delve into these details.

"I just need you to tell me how many clones you have created now, and how many of the 8 billion people on Earth can I turn into carriers of the Red of All Beings."

"About 6 billion people." Starro said: "I am now creating faster and faster. When your plan is fully launched, I can create a little more."

"That can still catch up." Night Owl nodded: "But don't forget, in addition to humans, you have to add your starfish genetic modification engineers to all creatures on Earth except humans.

Time is really running out. I remind you again that you must be quick.

You'd better remember, Starro, you are not working for me, but for your own life. You have invaded my brain, and you know very well how dangerous a monster the Anti-Monitor is."

"So only you can take me away from this doomed universe, I know, Night Owl, I warn myself every day, I am doing my best." Starro said.

"Very good." Night Owl replied: "Lord Orm has been completely tricked. That ignorant fool will use Atlantis' counterattack system to sink the entire earth into the sea. In this state, every creature will have to accept the power of the Red of All Creatures brought by your starfish clone in order to survive." Night Owl said: "That power will strengthen them, and unless the Green of All Creatures agrees to watch all creatures on the entire earth perish, the Red of All Creatures perish, and face the Black of Decay alone, it will not be able to stop the expansion of the Red of All Creatures in the sense of fact." "When the entire earth sinks into the sea, all creatures will become the creations of the Red of All Creatures. Even if Batman is unwilling, he will have to be willing to draw power from these creatures to fight against the Anti-Monitor. Although..." Night Owl paused, he hesitated for only a moment, and then continued to be firm. "Although this is likely to cause the creatures controlled by the Red of All Living Things to go completely berserk, in fact, they have all become low-level spokespersons like the Man-faced Bat (Batman villain, a big bat, spokesperson for the Red of All Living Things), which means that these spokespersons can become better batteries than ordinary people."

"And I will take on the Speed ​​Force Center, and through my clone, help Batman distribute the so-called "pressure" you mentioned to every creature on this planet... But I still don't understand why you said Batman might refuse?"

Starro, the Conqueror of the Universe said: "After you told me before, I thought about it for a long time, but I still don't quite understand your concerns."

"Although I haven't seen Batman, if this universe has to face the Anti-Monitor, shouldn't Batman go all out to use everything he can as much as possible?"

"You have prepared so many materials and weapons for him to fight against the Anti-Monitor. If it were me, I would never refuse your help."

Starro's words made Night Owl silent.

"Yes, if it were you, if it were me, I would definitely make all the creatures in the world my 'batteries' without hesitation, and I wouldn't even need to do anything. If I were Batman, I would have done it a long time ago."

"So do you think Batman has had similar plans before?"

"Not entirely, I mean, only on this point, Batman will not make any preparations."

"I don't understand."

"Batman thinks he has a bottom line." Night Owl said: "Turning those innocent creatures into the red creations of all living things is likely to cause irreversible destructive consequences to them, and at worst it may cause lifelong sequelae. Batman will never do such a thing. In his opinion, this is not a superhero act."

"But the world is about to be destroyed."

"That's the problem. Whether it's Superman or Batman, they always don't Ken face the fact that we have to sacrifice a small number of people to complete a greater cause. They always think there is a better way to solve all this, they always think they have a choice, but this is ultimately a huge arrogance and ignorance. "Night Owl said: "I'm sure Batman must be trying to persuade Orm, I'm sure he will never agree to such behavior. We never have a choice. All we can choose is to do our best..." "Whatever means!" ... ... ... ... "? ! ? ? "Aquaman Arthur hugged his head, he put his arm around Batman's shoulders and whispered to him: "Om was just born in Atlantis and is different from the land people in culture and form, but he is not stupid. He will find out the truth sooner or later. You lied to him so blatantly, and it will only make things worse when he finds out. " "What are you whispering about, brother?" Orm said beside him.

"Yes, yes, look at what he said, 'What are you whispering about, brother?' This guy is just like an opera actor from Shakespeare's stage play." Chen Tao said: "Lord Orm can't understand our world, Arthur. The rules that operate our world are as difficult to understand to him as data and code." "I don't intend to call him a primitive man, because this concept is relative. In his eyes, we are also barbaric primitives." Chen Tao whispered to Aquaman Arthur: "So change the concept, Arthur, use your brain, and talk to him in words that Orm can understand." "The King of Atlantis." Chen Tao said: "I pay my highest respects to you." Orm didn't speak. He looked at his brother and then at Batman in front of him. He didn't understand what was going on. "Out of Atlantean etiquette, don't you plan to return the greetings of another king?" The next second, Orm was greeted by Batman's aggressive questioning. "..."

Chen Tao's face darkened: "It seems that Atlantis is not a civilized country."

"Enough, I greet you, King of the Land. But this will not change my attitude of coming here to ask for punishment this time. And..."

He looked at the confused Arthur, the Sea King standing next to him: "And you dared to make an Atlantis royal family surrender to you-"

"You'd better figure it out, Prince Orm." Chen Tao interrupted him unceremoniously: "The great King of the Ocean, the Lord of Atlantis, Arthur Curry visited my kingdom, he just settled here for a short time."

Chen Tao pointed to the Xuelang Base behind him:

"And make long-term efforts to establish peaceful exchanges between Atlantis and the Land Kingdom."

"On the contrary, you... I heard that you call yourself the King of the Ocean, what is this? What's going on?" Chen Tao spoke more Atlantean than the Atlanteans. He grabbed Arthur, who didn't understand the situation, and continued: "I heard that the law of Atlantis should be that only the eldest son of the previous king can inherit Atlantis. I thought it was the king of Atlantis who had been negotiating peace with me. What's your situation?" He said, "Atlantis now has two kings?" Then he turned his head and faced Arthur, the king of the sea: "Did your brother openly try to usurp the throne while you were away from Atlantis and negotiating with us?" Om opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but Chen Tao pointed at him with his hand: "Your brother disregarded the laws of Atlantis?" Then he suddenly showed an expression of sudden enlightenment: "He led the marine army this time , to kill his own brother and silence him, so that he can ascend to the throne? A dirty political struggle - carried out in the form of murder and war? "

Then he turned to look at Lord Orm: "Before, there was an extreme Atlantis organization called Hong Beast that attacked the land, causing the deaths of countless civilians and soldiers. Under the mediation of Arthur, the King of Atlantis, I forgave Atlantis and am willing to sign a friendly alliance with you."

"I deeply understand that part of the extreme Atlanteans cannot represent the entire Atlantis. I think I am a sufficiently open-minded and rational king."

"But what about you? What did I get in return for my kindness, restraint, and friendly attitude?"

"To be honest, you two brothers have confused me."

He turned his face He sank down:

"If you Atlanteans are full of betrayal, conspiracy, and cruel blood murder, Arthur, how can you make me believe what you said, that the land can make peace with Atlantis?"

He pushed Aquaman Arthur: "The one in front of you is your brother who wants to usurp the throne. You brothers had better resolve the dispute over the throne of Atlantis before talking to me."

He said: "The king of the land should only talk to another king. At that time, whether it is war or peace, it will depend on the new king of Atlantis."

"So Prince Orm, King Arthur, who of you is the king of the sea? I need you to give me a definite answer, right now."

Aquaman Arthur was pushed forward by Batman, and he faced Lord Orm.

Batman's trick made him a little confused, and he subconsciously said: "Om, you..."

With a plop.

Lord Orm knelt on one knee.

"According to the laws of Atlantis, brother, you should be the king of Atlantis. I have no intention of usurping the throne."