signingbooks Chapter 731 Lord Barbatos is in a bad mood, alas.
Chapter 731 Lord Barbatos is in a bad mood, alas.
Chapter 731 Lord Barbatos is in a bad mood, alas.
When the malevolent god of bats dons a friendly mask and reveals a benevolent face, people often forget what kind of ferocious beast he truly is.
Barbatos knew that when Batman Dragon learned that he had once been a servant of the World Maker, the impression that "Barbatos is a dog" had already been initially established in the other's mind.
Although the other party wouldn't be so careless as to completely treat him as a harmless dog, Barbatos could reinforce that impression in Batman Dragon's mind. He could make his behavior conform to Batman Dragon's imagination of a dog, thereby influencing the other party's impression of him and affecting their judgment.
I, Barbatos, need help, woof woof woof!
Even Batman has his limits. When this impression becomes ingrained in Batman's mind, it makes people forget his other side, forget that Barbatos is not a friend, but an enemy.
He is not using their connection to control Batman Dragon or turn him into his true slave, not because he doesn't want to, but because he is currently severely injured and corrupted by Pamo and the Void Hand.
Batman Dragon would never agree to such a thing.
Barbatos understood this very well.
Batman Dragon has always been wary of him. When Barbatos established a connection with Batman Dragon and gave him the identity of Barbatos Dragon, he realized that the other party was somehow sharing his corruption of Batman Dragon.
(Note: The method involves other Dark Multiverse Batmen in the Cave of the Laughing Bat)
Batman Dragon has never believed in himself, and what Barbatos is about to do may not be accepted by Batman Dragon, but he does need to do it because he is currently lacking such a representative in the entire multiverse.
"I need Batman, Lex," Barbatos said, without consulting Luthor at all.
Who does Luthor even belong to? Barbatos has never considered beings from the Dark Multiverse as human, not even those from the Batman Dragon universe. He only informed Luthor out of respect for Batman Dragon—they haven't completely fallen out yet, and are still in a honeymoon phase.
Barbatos knew that his actions of claiming he was going back to the Forge of the World, deceiving the other party into going to save Wonder Woman and the other Justice League characters, while he himself came here first to intercept Batman from the main universe, were a bit underhanded. But he wanted to make this a fait accompli, otherwise having a clear disagreement with Batman Dragon would be a bit embarrassing.
Barbatos lifted the unconscious Batman from the main universe.
This is Batman from the main universe, a very rare creature, so of course he wouldn't dare to directly control him.
What are you thinking? Batman controlling the main universe, what's the difference between this behavior and cancer cells trying to control a person's kidneys? He will definitely be marked as a key target for self-defense and counterattack by the entire transdimensional flow, and will be 200% tricked by the main universe Batman who is blessed by the multiverse, tricked to death.
There are many tragic facts throughout the history of the Hypertime Stream that prove this point.
(Note: In the sixth dimension, the World Builder, in a moment of desperation, tried to recruit Batman as his subordinate, only to have the universe shattered by a combined attack orchestrated by Batman involving three generations of Batmen.)
So he first had to wake the other person up, and then persuade Batman to help him out of his own will, and absolutely not to forcibly control him.
"Well……"
Great, the Batman of the main universe has awakened.
Then Barbatos frowned.
With a beep, an energy cannon exploded on Barbatos's head. How many attacks had he taken since then?
He turned his head and saw Luther beside him.
"...Barbatos, don't even think about it..."
That Lex Luthor from the Batman: Dragon Universe was still babbling on and on, firing strange attacks at him, like energy cannons and other things, as well as positive matter universe energy.
What are you talking about, spouting so much nonsense? I'll give you a swipe.
With a bang, Luthor, who had just defeated Batman from the main universe, was struck by Barbatos's claw, and the anti-Barbatos armor he had just put on was shattered into pieces.
Luther was completely enveloped by Barbatos' dark matter cosmic energy. He was roughly thrown to the ground head down with his buttocks sticking up, and immediately fell into a baby-like sleep.
Luther's bones are probably all broken. Barbatos is protecting him only to prevent him from dying completely so he can't explain it to Batman Dragon. Besides that, how much gentleness can this Dragon of Destruction expect?
This is not even in the same league as the opponent; even a weakened Barbatos is not someone Luther can contend with.
"roar……?"
A nearby Thomas Wayne zombie asked a question, and a bunch of bat parents gathered around.
They squatted down next to the unconscious Luther, lost in thought.
Having gotten rid of the annoying little flies and even given Batman Dragon some face, the hardworking Lord Barbatos can finally speak to his target, the main universe's Batman.
However, this place was not a place to stay for long. Barbatos pulled the main universe Batman out of the Matrix of Firestorm, and with just a flap of his wings, he broke through the space of Firestorm that was trapping the main universe Justice League. Then he crossed dimensions, passed through the gaps in timelines and super-time flows, and soon appeared in the raging World Furnace.
Upon entering the World Forge, Barbatos felt a surge of power, and the constant whispers of Pamu and the Hand of the Void cleared from his ears.
He couldn't wait to find a place that wasn't too hot and put the main universe Batman on it. Then he rubbed his hands together and made a small stone bed for him before placing the precious main universe Batman on it.
Then he woke up the main universe's Batman: "Bruce?"
But to his surprise, the Batman from the main universe who opened his eyes didn't seem to be Bruce Wayne.
He watched as the main universe's Batman opened his eyes, then sat up: "I am Zul'Ah."
"!" Before Barbatos could even figure out why the other person had switched out the Zul'A Batman personality, he saw Zul'A Batman, who had just uttered half a word, suddenly faint again.
Barbatos: ? ? ?
Then he saw the main universe's Batman's chest move, and then immediately his heart opened up.
A rib crawled out like a snake, and then some muscles next to the rib twisted and condensed into a somewhat abstract human face on the rib.
The use of a certain kind of red magic.
Barbatos and the abstract, fleshy face stared at each other for a moment, and both fell silent.
Lord Barbatos was in a very bad mood.
Why? Why was Batman Dragon still able to discover it?
"Lord Barbatos, I brought the Justice League members I managed to rescue to find Batman in the main universe, but all I found was Lex Luthor, whose bones were broken except for his pelvis."
Barbatos heard Batman Dragon say, "So here's the question: Where is the main universe's Batman?"
Barbatos: "..."
Chen Tao, who controls one of Batman's ribs in the main universe: "..."
"How did you...?"
"The idea of creating Zul'A Batman from a rib and then stuffing him back into the main universe's Batman was mine," Chen Tao said. "You're the one who turned me into the Barbatos Dragon, so I can move freely in the Forge of Worlds just like you, and my power increases here—otherwise, how do you think my magic could work in the Forge of Worlds from so far away?"
"..."
Barbatos remained silent.
"Alright, Barbatos, I can give you the Batman from the main universe, but you have to let me know what you're going to do with him."
Inside the Firestorm Matrix space, Chen Tao rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on.
Barbatos's unilateral decision has already created a fait accompli; does he really expect him to storm into the World Crucible and fight Barbatos?
Barbatos was determined to take it. Even if Chen Tao himself were there, he would still take it if he wanted to. Did he think he could fight Barbatos? Let alone whether he could win or not, would he give Barbatos' body to Pam and the Void Hand after winning?
Beside him, the pitiful Luther, whose bones were all broken, slowly woke up. The bald man opened his eyes and saw Wonder Woman with two heads looking at him with concern.
?
"Ah!!!" he screamed, then fainted again, without even having time to tell Hal to put the armor on him and activate the life support system.
Luther's armor all have contingency plans for treating his injuries; it's just that he took off his original green armor in order to wear the Barbatos armor.
"He's in shock, Batman, think of something," Hal from the main universe shouted.
"Here he comes!" Chen Tao rushed over and used the magical power of the Crimson of All Beings to repair Luther. While repairing him, he also talked with Barbatos, as calmly as a scumbag who chats with his girlfriend while exercising with his running buddies.
"I need the Batman from the main universe to help me collect dark matter cosmic energy."
Upon hearing Barbatos's first sentence, Chen Tao doubted his own ears. He knew what Barbatos meant by collecting dark matter cosmic energy; it sounded elegant, but simply put, the act involved two steps:
1. Barbatos finds a dark multiverse.
2. Barbatos devoured this dark multiverse, leaving only an empty shell. This prevented the energy from returning to the world's furnace, instead directing it directly into his stomach, where it was branded and transformed into Barbatos' dark matter energy. All living beings were reduced to half-dead remnants left behind in the empty shell universe.
Where do you get the confidence to ask the main universe's Batman to help you destroy the universe?
"No, not destroy the universe. I'd be stupid enough not to let the main universe's Batman do something like that."
Barbatos said, "I have the Anti-Monitor brain, you understand? I give this to the main universe's Batman, and then he uses it to repair and save some Dark Multiverses, then capture those core figures of the Dark Multiverses, and then refine the dark matter energy from them that doesn't belong to me."
He paused, then said, "As for why I did this, it's purely to create weapons to fight against Pamu and the Void Hand. That's all you need to know."
Barbatos didn't want Batman Dragon to know what he was doing, but Chen Tao understood immediately after hearing what Barbatos said.
He'd read the comics; he knew what Barbatos did with the Anti-Monitor's brain in the end. It was simple: he used it, along with the Monitor's body, to create a massive bomb. (Note: See the ending of Dark Night Metal.)
Now that Barbatos hasn't obtained the Monitor's body, he plans to use dark matter cosmic energy and the Anti-Monitor's brain to synthesize this giant bomb, right?
Chen Tao could almost guess why Barbatos didn't use his own dark matter energy to make the bomb. The explosion of this thing would be a terrible destruction to the bomb's materials. Even if a human body could be used as a material to make a bomb, a person wouldn't use their own body to make one.
Barbatos lied to Chen Tao, which means he wouldn't tell the truth to Batman in the main universe either. Chen Tao didn't speak, but nodded instead: "Okay, I understand. This will definitely help you fight those two monsters controlling you, right?"
"Yes, of course, I..."
Barbatos was adding credibility to his words, while Chen Tao was thinking.
There's no benefit in pointing this out now, but Barbatos insists on doing it anyway, so what can you do about it?
We still need to find a way to contact Batman from the main universe...
Chen Tao sighed, but he still had to solve the problem of finding the Supreme Little Superman first.
He chatted with Barbatos for a while longer, then hung up.
He pressed his head down.
Before coming to find Luthor, he had already searched for Cyborg and The Flash, but the two Firestorm Matrix spaces were empty; someone had intercepted them before him.
While talking to Barbatos, Chen Tao was also observing whether the other party was responsible. But by now, he had made a preliminary judgment: unless Barbatos' acting skills were good enough to fool him, it was not Barbatos who took it.
His only thought was to persuade Chen Tao to give him the main universe Batman.
Chen Tao had a guess in mind, but he wasn't sure yet.
However, even without these two people, Chen Tao still had to find a way to gather the most important core figure: Superman.
and so……
"We must now find the Superman Supreme from the main universe."
Chen Tao said, "I can't look for the Superman Supreme from the Sinestro Legion War or other periods, because during the Earth-15 Incident, the Superman Supreme of that period left his own timeline. If I go looking for the Superman Supreme of that timeline again, it might disrupt the hypertime flow during the Earth-15 Incident."
"So we need to go back to the era of the Three Realms Legion," he said. "But the problem now is, how do we convince Superman Supreme?"
"We can persuade him."
Then, upon hearing the words of the two-headed Wonder Woman beside him, Chen Tao felt somewhat helpless. "Do you think you're Naruto Uzumaki, trying to use talk-no-jutsu?"
Wait a minute, Chen Tao suddenly realized, she actually seems to be quite capable!
(Note: During the Dark Night Death Metal arc, Wonder Woman used her persuasive skills to convince Superman Supreme, who had initially sided with the Batman Who Laughs, to betray her. Superman Supreme then destroyed the multiverse the Batman Who Laughs had given him with a single punch, annihilated Darkseid and the Anti-Monitor, and then leaped up and delivered a powerful punch to the Batman Who Laughs, nearly killing him. All of this was thanks to the power of Wonder Woman's persuasive skills!)
(End of this chapter)