What bad intentions could Batman have?

"Look... why are you doing this?"

You think silently, even if the word "thinking" sounds a little ridiculous to you now.

You are not like Superman, a Kryptonian boy born extraordinary, educated by an earthly parent to be a moral role model for mankind.

What you want to say is that Superman is fully qualified and justified to be a superhero, okay?

What a glittering and legendary life!

Well, you don't know why you think of this at this moment, maybe Barbatos. The dark energy has played a role in your thinking. But no matter what, you still can't control your head and think divergently.

You are not like Wonder Woman. A demigod Amazon warrior who has been educated to punish evil since childhood is almost the perfect embodiment of female power, heroic, beautiful and powerful.

You are not like Shazam, who was certified by a dying old wizard as the successor of his great power. You are not like the Flash who is destined to be the one who creates the speed force. You are not like Green Lantern, or Martian Manhunter, or Aquaman.

There is always something in their past lives that can support them to become heroes, and they can always draw strength from it.

All the training that Diana has received is enough to make him a hero.

The love that Clark's parents taught him.

Oh, of course.

You are not like...

Batman.

Except that you are both orphans like Batman, you have no similarities.

You don't have a past as unforgettable as Batman.

Your past is mediocre and empty.

You have never had an unforgettable past, you just. Simply read and then work in the industry. You do well in the industry and have achieved a lot, but these skills you know have nothing to do with becoming a superhero.

Batman's past is shaping Batman, Bane's past is shaping Bane - but what about you?

Your past doesn't seem to have anything to reshape you.

You don't have much intense love or intense hatred. You are just muddleheaded, busy like a hurried ant, day after day, doing a job you don't like or hate.

You try your best to do your job well, and you do it well. But you don't know why you do it.

Sometimes you feel that you shouldn't be here, but you don't know where to go.

So you think:

It will be fine when I retire.

But you know that you have been comforting yourself with sentences like "It will be fine when I xxx!" since you were a child.

Oh, yes, you are very good at comforting yourself.

Because no one ever comforts you. Everyone looks very busy.

Chen Tao suddenly felt a little confused. He wanted to get out of this mess. This was not his responsibility, not his business-

Chen Tao suddenly felt a sharp pain, followed by a bone-chilling chill, like the chill you feel when a doctor draws your blood with a syringe, magnified millions of times.

I... I am Batman, my name is Chen Tao.

My plan worked. Barbatos's power was extracted in part, and part of its power was used to drive the entire universe.

This gave me a chance to breathe.

Chen Tao lowered his head and saw that he had turned into a huge monster out of control.

He still maintained the image of a Western dragon, but his head was covered by the Anti-Monitor's most classic blue bullet head.

Barbatos' power was infecting this body, trying to dye him with his own color like the members of the Dark Knights, but now the speed was slowed down, just like the time when the Laughing Bat resisted the Joker virus before being completely transformed.

Chen Tao didn't know how long he could stay awake now. Maybe a few hours later, maybe the next second, he would be like the Laughing Bat, completely transformed because of a small action like pouring himself a glass of water, and completely give up everything he had fought for. But the only thing he knew was that through his previous preparations, this process could be stretched out to a long time, until he had time to finish something.

The Anti-Monitor watched his eyes transform from confusion to determination, and then into complete madness.

When he was stared at by those red eyes that seemed to want to eat people, the Anti-Monitor already knew what he was going to experience.

Batman's plans come one after another, just like Batman's plans. The Anti-Monitor is almost fed up.

In his long life, he has never seen an opponent as annoying as the Batman in front of him. Not powerful, not scary, just annoying.

But it's none of his business. He has completed the deal with Barbatos, and now he can...

Then he found himself reconnected to Barbatos.

"Barbatos."

He called Barbatos' name, and even though he only said one name, he knew the Anti-Monitor's questions and doubts without saying them.

The deal between us is over, what else do you want to do?

"Batman used some method to divert my power, so that I can't quickly infect him."

"I can see this without you telling me." Anti-Monitor said, "But now, Batman has swallowed the heart, and it's only a matter of time before he becomes your member. And I have already controlled my puppet, so our deal has been reached. I'm leaving now. You don't want to stop me, right?"

"No, I need you to destroy the propulsion system that Batman left in the universe you are standing in now." Barbatos said, "I have made extra contributions in this transaction, so I deserve compensation."

"Your extra contribution is just a necessary investment caused by objective factors."

"If you don't want to fight against the Black Death Emperor."

"..."

"Can't you stop supplying Batman with energy?"

"That energy does not come from my direct contribution, but from the heart swallowed by Batman. When making this heart, I originally planned to transform it into the [Dragon of Barbatos] at one time."

Barbatos said.

If the transformation of Batman is a project, Barbatos paid all the dark energy like money into the account of the [Anti-Monitor's Heart] before the project started.

The purpose is to provide enough dark energy "money" support once the project starts, and complete the Bat transformation project in an instant.

Who would have thought that Batman took the "money" but did not do the Bat transformation project, but directly spent them on pushing the universe, so as to slow down what should have happened.

For Barbatos, the "money" has been given out. He naturally cannot remotely control the "fund flow".

But it does not mean that he cannot let the Anti-Monitor destroy Batman's "Universe Push Project" and force him to use the "money" back.

"...Okay."

So the Anti-Monitor finally said: "I will destroy those propulsion towers."

He warned: "This is our last exchange..."

Boom boom boom boom boom!

But the deafening sound interrupted their conversation.

"What happened?" Barbatos asked directly.

"Damn it."

Anti-Monitor said.

Barbatos also discovered what happened.

From the perspective of the macroscopic dark multiverse that cannot be described in words, the four propulsion towers that Barbatos originally thought were only used to share the energy he input vibrated, driving the entire universe to move like a car with a severely underpowered engine.

But whether it was Night Owl, Barbatos or the Anti-Monitor, they all got one thing wrong:

From the beginning, Chen Tao did not think that he could drive the entire universe forward with only four propulsion towers.

Most of the main propulsion tower systems were replaced by him into his own universe, and then used as a power source, allowing Lex Luthor to drive his universe like a car.

As for the remaining four, no matter how big they are and how much energy they provide, they can't drive the entire universe to accelerate slowly and orderly like a complete propulsion tower system, but they can still do one thing.

Lift the universe.

Imagine it.

In front of you... there is a heavy hammer called the universe.

You couldn't lift it originally, no matter what, you couldn't lift it, even if you injected a potion called "Barbatos Dark Energy", but unless you completely absorbed this potion and completely turned yourself into another person, the injection of the potion can only increase your strength a little, still not enough to lift it.

But if at this time, four holes at the bottom of the hammer suddenly began to spit fire, creating an invisible upward lifting force...

Can you follow this lifting force, reluctantly, laboriously, and forcibly, at a certain price...

Lift the huge hammer high! ! !

Boom boom boom boom!

In the depths of the universe, the world seems to be endowed with will. Invisible movement is weaving, and the huge mass shakes the edge of time and space.

The heavy hammer transformed by the universe condenses the starlight and dark matter of billions of years, and the twinkling of every star resonates with it.

Gotham City, Metropolis, various alien planets...

In the universe of Night Owl, every intelligent creature was horrified to notice this change. They screamed, they cried, they were afraid, they were at a loss.

Their lives, achievements, history, and future, all of these are as insignificant as the dust in the universe in such a huge and macro roar.

In the reverberating gravitational waves, the Anti-Monitor said:

"Barbatos, Batman will not stop."

The Dark Multiverse Dragon had a gloomy face and curled up his claws, like a mountain lion seeing a porcupine.

"He only has this chance now. It's not about whether I let him go, but whether he lets me go." Anti-Monitor said: "I'm afraid I have to admit that offense and defense are changing. Our confrontation is irreconcilable. Batman knows this very well."

"Even if I left just now, it is still possible that I would harm him because of the deal with you. Batman is now like a person bitten by a poisonous snake. Instead of waiting for the poison to take effect and die, it is better to fight to the death."

"As long as he can destroy my puppet body under my control with a hammer, he can regain room for mediation for himself. And solve all the dangers brought by me once and for all..."

The anti-monitor said: "Whether this action succeeds or fails, it will lead to his direct death..."

"With heroic decision-making, not everyone can die generously in a situation where there seems to be a chance of survival. So, Barbatos."

The Anti-Monitor said to Barbatos: "First, I ask you to find a way to limit his ability to wield the cosmic hammer outside the universe. Second, I ask you to go all out to strengthen the puppet now under my control so that To allow me to project more power from upstream, I need this puppet body to be hard enough to withstand the hammer blow of a universe."

"Thirdly, his hammer has not yet started to move, and the power is still not enough. I will take this opportunity to find a way to destroy his propulsion tower." The anti-monitor said:

"We are invincible now and will not lose no matter what choice we make. If I destroy him, then Batman will have no way to share your energy and will be controlled by you immediately."

"And if the destruction fails, it doesn't matter, just run away." The Anti-Monitor said: "Batman has no restrictions on my abilities at all. As long as it lasts long enough, he who has absorbed your energy will be corrupted by you sooner or later. Well, there’s no need to rush.”

"Any plan will work," the Anti-Monitor concluded, "This is an attempt."

He left a shadow demon clone in place as an illusion. He didn't ask for how long he could deceive Batman temporarily, he just wanted to delay it temporarily.

The Justice League couldn't hold him off for even a second. This once again proved that he did not go all out when confronting the opponent.

The Anti-Monitor searched quickly in the universe. Soon, he confirmed the location of the four propulsion towers. Immediately he would be able to... While thinking this, he wondered whether Barbatos could give him as promised. Offering help while preparing to take action.

But the rumbling suddenly stopped.

Things took a turn for the worse, even with the experience of the anti-monitor, it seemed a bit shocking.

"What happened? Barbatos?"

the Anti-Monitor asked.

"I don't know what to say. This is most likely a conspiracy of Batman in this universe. But no matter how you look at it..."

The Anti-Monitor stopped moving in front of the propulsion tower. He opened the portal, crossed thousands of mountains and rivers, and soon appeared in front of Batman.

Batman just floated in the universe quietly, like a real corpse.

The Anti-Monitor withstood the Justice League's attack and got in front of Batman.

"he died."

"What?"

"I mean he's dead."

"What do you mean? Tell me clearly about the Anti-Monitor."

"Batman never thought about how difficult it would be for a living creature to be the source of power for the entire universe."

"It's like a circuit can't handle more current than it can handle, once it does."

"It will burn the wires."

"So, Batman is dead..."

"Death in the Dark Multiverse is a small fate that didn't turn out for the best. I've weaved these fates, and they played a role when I least expected it."

Barbatos said: "Quick, grab that body. It doesn't matter if it dies for a short time. He has accepted my power. I think I can transform it into..."

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Endless power filled Chen Tao's body. He felt unprecedented pain and was also stronger than ever before.

He knew it was dangerous, and he knew he would be facing death.

But he never doubted that he would fail.

He felt that he could swing the heavy hammer, and then hit the Anti-Monitor violently, and then...

Then Chen Tao heard a familiar sound, although he had never heard it before.

The sound was like wind blowing through the pages of a huge book.

He sat upright suddenly and found himself in a jungle filled with birds and flowers. He stood up in shock.

"Is anyone there? Is anyone there?"

He didn't know how he got here. He staggered up from the ground, and all his superpowers seemed to suddenly disappear.

He walked around confusedly, then turned around the boulder——

"oh!"

Under the warm sunshine, Chen Tao saw a young girl holding a black umbrella and sitting among the flowers with a smile on her face.

Between her arms she held a bouquet of withered flowers.

"Feel sorry."

Chen Tao heard her say in a playful tone.

"You scared me for a little while."

Chen Tao looked at her face.

Under the gothic style makeup, there was a small black hook mark under the girl's right eye.

It looks like the effect of makeup.

Chen Tao realized who he had seen.

He felt a little shaky.

——Because he saw death.

In the most unexpected and off-guard ways.