What bad intentions could Batman have?

In the melting pot of the world.

At this time, the place was in a mess.

The rampage of Superboy-Prime and Hal Parallax almost reduced the World Forge, the lair that Barbatos painstakingly managed, to ruins. If the World Forge itself was not the workbench for forging the universe, even this place would have been demolished.

At this time, Barbatos, who had finally banished Parallax Hal and Superboy-Prime, was crawling in the inner layer of the furnace, breathing heavily in the rock layer above the magma that was still surging due to the aftermath of the battle. .

Under him, countless legions of the Dark Multiverse that had been beaten to pieces were slowly recovering.

The Cheetah version of Wonder Woman... There's also the Gigantamax version, the Minotaur version... a certain version of Green Lantern Hal with a mouth full of sharp teeth, and a head and mask fused together, Bane with his huge mouth open... a certain crimson Flash with protruding fangs and fused with his suit...

Of course, the most popular thing is the clown dragon swaying next to Barbatos.

These legions of the Dark Multiverse were temporarily recruited by Barbatos from their respective Dark Multiverses. Each of them is weaker than the members of the Dark Knights, but their power cannot be underestimated at all.

They all destroyed their own universes and were monsters born from absorbing the essence of the entire dark multiverse. For example, the leopard woman Wonder Woman, in the main line of "Dark Night: Metal", can even compete with the Wonder Woman of the main universe. In a short period of head-on confrontation, Barbatos has a whole bunch of such monsters.

Barbatos recruited them to augment his powers against Parallax Hal and Superboy-Prime, and when the creatures of the Dark Multiverse were destroyed, they were able to be resurrected by Barbatos' power.

To a certain extent, they have become one with Barbatos. They have accepted Barbatos' power and are deeply bound to it. They are an extension of Barbatos' power and will. As long as Barbatos does not die, even if he is like Monsters such as Superboy-Prime and Parallax Hal, which are so powerful that they almost shake the hyper-time flow, cannot be completely killed, and at most they can be temporarily dispersed.

At the feet of Barbatos, the members of the Dark Knights are also recovering from the damage. Their strength is much stronger than ordinary Legion members like Leopard and Wonder Woman, so their recovery is naturally a little slower - but if Barbatos is willing to speed up the process, they should be able to recover immediately, but obviously , Barbatos was in no mood to do this at this time.

The Anti-Monitor Dragon is the slowest to recover. He is stronger than the Dark Knights. He is mainly responsible for stopping Superboy-Prime, so he was almost blown up. This is by no means an adjective. The Anti-Monitor Dragon is repairing the damage to his body. The fist mark made by Superboy Prime, and the fist mark was surrounded by a circle of exploding flesh and blood.

However, since his body is more completely preserved than that of the Dark Knights, the repair speed is slightly faster than that of the Dark Knights.

The Dragon of the Anti-Monitor looked ugly. He wanted to yell at Barbatos, but couldn't say a word.

Barbatos just hooked his finger with the Anti-Monitor Dragon and was forced to obediently swim to the lower level of the World Forge.

Barbatos gasped, and in order to send the two monsters that Batman had brought to him back to where they should be, he mobilized all the power at hand, and also suffered a big meal. beat.

Although he was not particularly seriously injured, this level of energy consumption would inevitably affect his plan to accumulate strength, and thus affect his dream of invading the main universe from coming true.

Although Barbatos doesn't show it, he is already thinking about how to exact revenge on Batman, and at least he must make up for his losses as much as possible.

Barbatos' thoughts extended to this point, and he was interrupted by something he noticed. He raised his head. Not far away, a dark blue portal opened, and the Laughing Bat walked out of it.

He was holding a brain sealed in a strange transparent device, which was like a light bulb suspended in mid-air. Countless red veins that resemble meridians and lightning extend from the brain, suspended in mid-air.

That's right, the Anti-Monitor's astral brain, the reward that the Anti-Monitor once promised to Barbatos, was really worth it. Barbatos suspended the mission of the Laughing Bat and temporarily sent him to get this thing as quickly as possible.

"Oh, great master, great Lord Barbatos! I have obtained the astral brain of the Anti-Monitor for you, with the highest respect and admiration! And I have also obtained the astral brain of the Anti-Monitor for you. The exact location of the monitor has been confirmed in an area, and as long as you take action to arrest him, everything will be within reach. "

Barbatos was not in high spirits. For this giant dragon entrenched in the dark multiverse, all the benefits he has swallowed are already what he deserves, and all the things he has lost are unbearable humiliations.

He will never be happy about what he has got, but will always be angry about what he should have got but lost.

He accepted the astral brain presented to him by the Laughing Bat, and then unceremoniously issued an expulsion order to his servant.

"Prepare everything you need to prepare for the coming of my power, Laughing Bat. When you are ready, I will take action against the monitor."

Generally speaking, when Barbatos is in a good mood or needs the Laughing Bat to do something urgently, he will call the Laughing Bat "my favorite knight".

(Note: This disgusting title that makes Barbatos look like a little princess is indeed the original words of Barbatos in Volume 6 of "Metal".)

But if you are in a bad mood like now?

Then you should call him by his name directly.

Barbatos thought for a moment, and then said:

"Take your Dark Knights with you. I will assign you some members of the Dark Multiverse Legion. Do this quickly and don't give the monitors time to react and escape. I think you should..."

He stopped talking to the Laughing Bat halfway through. Then he waved to the Laughing Bat.

"Anyway, take your people and start preparing. Don't stay in the World Crucible. I will contact you later to explain the important points. As long as you can extend my power, everything will be over."

Without waiting for the Laughing Bat to say anything else, he waved his hand, and the Laughing Bat, along with all the members of the Dark Knights and the Dark Multiverse Legion, was teleported away from the World Crucible by him. He couldn't even say a word of nonsense, like a chamber pot that was thrown away after use.

Then Barbatos turned around and stuck his head out into the void: "What kind of freak are you?"

"Oh, Lord Barbatos, you really make me sad when you say that."

Then Barbatos heard a voice from the void, which was somewhat similar to the Laughing Bat, equally perverted and crazy. Barbatos was familiar with this kind of lunatic.

"Let me introduce myself. I am the Emperor Clown. I just discovered the super-time stream and this interesting reality. This makes me so happy. Hahaha, hahaha, hahahaha!"

"If you can't control your ugly laughter, then I don't think there is any need for us to continue talking." Barbatos said.

In fact, he didn't care about the Emperor Clown's laughter. No matter how the other party laughed, Barbatos, who was used to the laughter of the Laughing Bat, would not feel much offense, but he just suppressed the other party when they met for the first time and tried to take the lead in the next conversation. But it's a pity that this subconscious skill is completely flirting in front of the laugher.

Barbatos was also planning to try it, but he soon realized that it was useless.

"Oh, calm down, Lord Barbatos. I came here with real sincerity this time, trying to negotiate a perfect deal that both of us can accept."

Barbatos heard the Emperor Clown say: "Just think about it, we can give them a new hybrid headache, hit them at a critical moment, and give these naive fools a real cosmic crisis."

"Just thinking about these is almost making me climax."

"Empty teeth can't take anything from me." Barbatos said: "There is a line between madness and stupidity, and you are crossing it. I know You want to do something. You want to use a promise that can't be fulfilled to exchange for my great help in helping you to gain a foothold in the real timeline. But I have to tell you that this is wishful thinking, if you still can't say anything..."

"What? Need help from you? Oh no, of course not. I won't be so straightforward, like sex without foreplay."

Then Barbatos heard Emperor Joker say: "I don't know if you know what I mean... I am different from those unfortunate people who need your help. There is an essential difference between me and them."

Barbatos realized what the other party was saying.

Indeed, that's right.

The Anti-Monitor was a demon king who swallowed billions of positive matter universes in the upper reaches of the hypertime stream, but in the current timeline, he is just an astral brain.

Hal, the Parallax Demon, was so strong during "Zero Hour" that he could flatten and round the timeline, but Hal, the Green Lantern in the current timeline, is just a powerful Green Lantern.

Superboy-Prime has also declined in the current timeline. After "Final Crisis: Legion of Three Realms", he returned to the Origin Universe. His energy has been greatly reduced due to traveling through the multiverse. He even fought back and forth with several Black Lantern corpses that invaded the Origin Universe during "Blackest Night". After returning to the main world again, he was even more embarrassingly sealed on the Origin Wall by Supergirl and Superboy.

The Superboy-Prime who beat up all the heroes on the earth in the sun by himself no longer exists in the current timeline.

(Note: Superboy-Prime's power was not restored until the "Death Metal" period, and then he punched the Black Knight transformed by the Batman Who Laughs!)

But Emperor Joker is different.

"My power is stolen from the Troublemaker in the five-dimensional world. But in the current timeline..."

"The Troublemaker still retains the powerful power of the five-dimensional man. Therefore, you can project more power from upstream to the current timeline through the connection of the super-time flow."

Barbatos said: "But do you think this can impress me? Even if every old thing in your history still exists in the reality in front of you, you can't violate the restrictions of the super-time flow and timeline and bring the power of the past history to the present without scruples."

He said: "Bluster, the Troublemaker has already taken back his power. Across the super-time flow, the impact you can have on reality is stronger than that of Parallax Demon Hal, but it is also limited."

"Oh, that's true, but it's enough for me to recruit strong enough believers on my own." Then he heard the Emperor Joker say: "Guess who I recruited? The three clowns in the Batman universe that you hate the most, and the three versions of myself in the parallel universe!"

"I gave them a little power to change reality. It's not strong, but it's enough for me to do many things. Including letting me come to reality without your help. How about it? Oh, dear, you won't insist that I really appear in front of you before you are willing to discuss cooperation with me, right? I thought we could confirm the relationship earlier."

"...How should I cooperate with you?" Barbatos asked.

"It's very simple. You want to invade the main universe, so it's easy to say. It's a simple thing. I'll help you." Emperor Clown said.

Barbatos didn't trust the other party. Most of this kind of help without reason is a trap, but then he heard the next sentence of Emperor Clown:

"Of course, in return, after completely dominating the entire multiverse, you have to give me a fresh universe for me to play for free! Everyone says that the clown has no purpose, but from beginning to end, my purpose is only one, that is to have fun and have fun! You have to provide me with fresh universes for me to play regularly, this is the basis of our transaction!"

This is in line with the clown's playful personality, and this request made Barbatos feel relieved. The other party needs it, and this is the basis for cooperation.

This is the clown's goal.

He thought in his heart.

↑This is remembering to eat but not to be beaten.

But in short, now Barbatos has accepted the Emperor Clown's seemingly logical reason, and the basis for their cooperation has been reached under the guidance of the Emperor Clown.

"But all this can only take effect when you can really come to reality without my help." Barbatos warned the Emperor Clown: "If you can't even do this, then everything is off the table."

Although he said so, Barbatos himself knew that once at a critical moment, injecting his own energy into the Emperor Clown to achieve the purpose of controlling the other party would be something he would do without hesitation.

But now the Emperor Clown has not really taken action, and Barbatos has not really taken action, so the two of them look quite close.

Temporarily.

Oh, by the way, Barbatos has another clown secret that he doesn't know:

The longer the clown controls the power of the troublemaker, the more convenient it will be for the clown to use.

Before the big mess that shook the entire multiverse caused by the Batman of the Dark Multiverse, the Emperor Joker was like an iron rod stuck in the concrete road. His future and ending had been welded and solidified, so at a certain point in time he would lose the power of a troublemaker and could not continue to learn the changes brought to him by this power.

But now that the road is being renovated, the Emperor Joker... briefly got a chance to breathe and leave the previous timeline.

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The Laughing Bat expressionlessly took off the headset that he had used to eavesdrop on the conversation between Barbatos and the Emperor Joker.

The conversation was over, and the situation was not optimistic.

Only God knew how much he had paid to be able to explore this conversation.

For such a long time, he had been hiding under the nose of Barbatos.

Then the Laughing Bat let out a long breath and stopped laughing.

He looked at the other Dark Multiverse Batmen and the Dark Multiverse Legions around him with disgust.

Compared to the task assigned to him by Barbatos, what was more important to him now was another thing...

Disrupt the pace of the Emperor Joker's arrival in reality.

Barbatos regarded him as an ant, and the Emperor Joker returned from the super time stream completely with his consent.

Barbatos did not consider him, the Laughing Bat, at all, so only he, the Laughing Bat, considered it.

He could never tolerate that disgusting, disgusting, and abominable thing reappearing in front of him, which would make him crazy... Hahaha, hahaha...

So in order to prevent a bigger pile of shit from hitting his face, he may have to cooperate with a pile of shit that is already there.

The Laughing Bat decided to try to connect with the Batman of the Dark Multiverse who had previously thwarted Barbatos.