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Chapter 525 To Live, Come On, Batman, Night Owl is Fighting
Chapter 525 Come back alive, Batman! Night Owl is sneezing.
(I wrote an extra 400 words today, praise me!!! ← This was added after the update, so it won't count towards the charge.)
"So, what's the plan?"
Chen Tao asked.
Before he could finish speaking, Hal reached out and put his hand on his shoulder: "Wait, I don't always want to be the one to raise objections, but you really have to deal with the anti-monitors—"
"Hal...we don't have time to discuss this," he heard Batman say to him.
Then Batman looked at Anti-Monitor Mobius: "Tell me the plan."
Mobius glanced at Chen Tao's teammates behind him, then said tactfully, "Perhaps our discussion needs a little private space."
Chen Tao realized that their conversation might not be so "superheroic," so he decisively gave the order: "Everyone, I have something to discuss with our enemy."
But the alliance members exchanged glances...
Nothing was moved.
Chen Tao's heart sank slightly upon seeing this scene.
He never mentioned his plan with Lex Luthor to sacrifice the Nite Owl universe to anyone else in the Justice League.
He knew perfectly well that this went against the moral code of heroes, and that the matter was indeed morally reprehensible. Although he had follow-up plans, he himself was wavering and hadn't decided whether to actually carry them out.
In such a situation, he would rather bear this moral responsibility alone than involve others...
Just like the real Batman Bruce Wayne did in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, saving Barry Allen by sacrificing Johnny Quick's life.
He would never tell Barry the outcome beforehand, just as he wouldn't tell his Justice League right now.
So he could only try to forcefully charm Green Lantern Hal: "Listen, Hal, everything is going according to plan, it's not out of control yet, I need you..."
"Listen? Fine, I'll let you listen now. I'm fed up with you always being a riddle teller. You're always tinkering with this and that plan, but you're never willing to tell us your plans and let everyone face them with you."
I initially thought we were a team, but now you always make decisions on your own. Ultimately, your becoming the leader wasn't elected by all of us!
Hal realized his tone might have been too harsh after he finished speaking, but he wasn't willing to apologize. So he simply softened his voice and said:
"Listen to me, Bat. I have a bad feeling. I know I'm not as good at planning as you, so after I messed up some Justice League missions, I shut my mouth, suppressed my jerk nature, and tried to work as a team."
"But this time is different, so very different. I have a vague feeling that something's wrong, bats, but I'm not quite sure... Okay, I'm rambling a bit, but I feel something's very wrong. This..."
"This isn't like the you of the past."
No one spoke—Mars Manhunter, Superman, Wonder Woman… even the most unconventional Shazam.
They looked at Batman, and the silence was deafening.
Hal's voice rang out again after a brief pause:
"In the past, your goals were very clear, your plans were well-organized, and everything you did was aimed at achieving the final result."
Even though we don't know the full picture of your plan, being in the thick of it, we can still clearly sense it. You're as hard as iron, fucking in control, although that confidence can sometimes be annoying, like that time you messed with my head—but I've forgiven you.
"But this time, I don't know if it's just my imagination or what—you don't really accept the outcome of your original plan? You're hesitating, caught in a dilemma. What's the reason for this?"
Too clever, shockingly perceptive.
Chen Tao was filled with admiration in his heart. If anyone ever told him that Green Lantern Hal Jordan was a simple-minded idiot who only knew how to throw punches and didn't use his brain, he would definitely spit in their face.
Hal hadn't finished speaking: "Do you think I haven't noticed your leniency towards Lex Luthor? You would never have done this in the past. You even went so far as to mind control me to ensure your plan wouldn't go wrong, because you believed your plan was always right. You never doubted that your plan had any problems; you wanted to eliminate any uncertainties."
"You used to hate it when unexpected things happened in your plans. No matter what kind of changes occurred, they would make it more difficult to execute the plan. Although you could handle these unexpected events, you would never have accepted them as readily as you do now..."
Hal, the Green Lantern, was rambling on and on, as if he had grasped something:
"Therefore, in conclusion, there is only one possibility that led to your attitude: the ending you originally planned crossed the line of heroism, and you are morally depraved..."
boom!
With a crisp sound, Chen Tao threw only one punch. Caught off guard, Hal was sent spinning through the air by Chen Tao's uppercut before he could activate his green energy shield and landed headfirst on the ground with his legs outstretched.
You know too much, you bastard. We can't let Hal keep talking.
The Justice League members were startled by him.
"Hey, God!" Clark rushed to Hal's side and scanned his neck with his X-ray vision: "It's not broken, thank goodness."
"I can cure him even if I cut it off; it won't affect his fainting."
He heard Batman say, "It's alright."
Clark took a deep breath, turned around to look at Batman who had walked up to him, and gave a wry smile: "Old friend, what's this all about now..."
"We need to hurry, Batman, time waits for no one," Mobius urged, having witnessed everything.
"Be quiet," Chen Tao told him, turning to him.
Then he looked into the eyes of Superman Clark Kent.
"I will do everything in my power to save everyone. My plan has always been for this. Believe me."
"Bat, I want to help you..."
Chen Tao immediately looked away, scanning each member of the alliance: "I will do my best to save everyone. Trust me."
He repeated the words "believe me," and Wonder Woman saw pleading in his steely eyes.
But perhaps this is just her imagination.
Regardless, the Amazonian warriors made their decision.
She walked behind Clark and then lifted the Green Lantern Hal, who was lying face down on the ground, with one hand.
Then she turned slightly to the side, positioning her back half facing Batman, forming an equilateral triangle with him, while facing Superman Clark.
"You're right, Clark, we need to help Batman. And Batman is right too."
"We... need to trust him."
Chen Tao couldn't see Wonder Woman's face, so he couldn't see what was flashing in her eyes.
He just stared blankly at the other person's back.
The vote among the three giants is now 2 to 1. Clark turned to look at Shazam and Martian Manhunter beside him, hesitated for a few seconds, and then gave in.
He sighed again, then held out his hand to Wonder Woman and asked, "Do you need any help?"
Wonder Woman handed Hal to Superman Clark Kent, and our Green Lantern, fast asleep, completely missed the Justice League's decision-making process. He was carried away by Clark in a princess carry.
"I've sent you the coordinates of the nodes you need to go to via your communications," Chen Tao told Superman and the other alliance members. "You need to wait there. When the two universes overlap, we will be able to seize the propulsion towers used by the Night Owl Universe to propel the universe's escape. You will then replace the cosmic overlords recruited by Night Owl and manipulate the nodes that channel energy. I will leave corresponding instructions in the propulsion towers to explain how to do it."
He made no attempt to avoid mentioning Mobius, which actually put Mobius at ease. Batman was already planning the future of his universe, and their collaboration seemed to be going smoothly.
The Justice League members set off, and Chen Tao provided them with Mother Boxes to transport them to any corner of the universe.
A portal with a sonic boom opened in front of them, and Clark went in first.
He had more to do than the other members of the Alliance. For example, he needed to get a spaceship for Hal first, then find some protectors for the comatose Hal, such as a few members of the Rogues, and then send him to the place where he was supposed to wait while he was still unconscious, so that he could wake up when the push tower appeared and let him in.
The other members followed one after another, while Wonder Woman Diana Prince turned her head and looked at Chen Tao with a complicated expression.
"What I'm telling you is true, and I will do my best," Chen Tao said before she could speak, "but this is all I can promise..."
His voice betrayed no bitterness or any other emotion; it was like a cold machine.
"After all, I can't control everything that happens."
"No."
Wonder Woman said.
She turned slightly to the side, and the airflow from the sonic boom blew through her long, flowing hair, causing the lasso of truth at her waist to flutter gently.
Golden light shone on her profile from behind the blast tunnel door, outlining her heroic features without a trace of sadness or sorrow.
Legend has it that those bound by the Lasso of Truth, no matter how dishonest they may be, will speak the truth... That is the artifact wielded by Wonder Woman, Diana Prince, of the Justice League.
"That's not what I wanted to say. I wanted to tell you that no matter what happens, you have to come back. Come back alive. You've done enough. Even if there were casualties, it wasn't something you could have stopped. You...you've done a great job."
She said, "Don't put so much pressure on yourself. Think of Alfred. He always wanted to spend the rest of his life with you in Fiji... Even though that place is gone, there are other places that can be Fiji, aren't there?"
Her voice grew softer and softer, almost inaudible: "And my gift... you must come back for it..."
After saying that, she leaped up and disappeared behind the sonic tunnel.
Chen Tao watched her disappear around the corner of his world.
"So, tell me your plan," he said to Möbius. "I'd like to hear yours. Since you intend to negotiate with me, you must have a general plan in place."
Möbius felt that the feeling of being controlled by the anti-monitor had subsided a little, like enduring a bout of diarrhea pain, but knowing that the pain would come back again until you were completely overwhelmed.
He eradicated the last trace of hesitation in his heart.
"I am determined to make a painful sacrifice," he said. "During a war in the Bright Multiverse, the mortal Möbius abandoned the Anti-Life Equation and thus gained his freedom."
(Note: Here, Mobius is referring to the major event "Darkseid War" during the New 52 era in DC Comics. In addition to causing Darkseid's avatar in the main universe to die on the spot and the Justice League to collectively become gods, this event also led to the mortal Mobius successfully separating the Anti-Life Equation from himself, thus breaking free from the Anti-Life Equation's enslavement and truly being able to control his own body.)
The anti-monitor paused, waiting for Batman to ask a question, but the other seemed to know every detail of the war.
"I know these stories, please continue."
The fact that Batman knew so much made Mobius almost start to marvel.
However, he continued speaking:
"But that separation was caused by the Anti-Monitor manipulating the Flash, who was possessed by the Black Runner, to kill Darkseid. Darkseid's death released the Omega Effect, which caused the Anti-Life Equation to also detach from the Anti-Monitor's body. But what I'm about to do is far more than that."
He said, "If we're going to cut ties, let's cut them cleanly. I no longer intend to keep this body."
Chen Tao listened silently.
Mobius chose the latter option between [dispelling the influence of the Anti-Monitor from his body] and [escaping from this body with the essence of himself as "Mortal Mobius"]. He seemed to be really stimulated, even willing to give up most of his power to ensure that he would never be affected by the Anti-Monitor again—but perhaps it was also because he had no other choice?
"But there are some difficulties. I am too powerful, and this power binds me, making my essential nature inextricably linked to this body," Möbius said. "If I were to murder a being who possesses the Omega Effect, thereby using the Omega Effect to break the Anti-Life Equation from me, I could indeed shake this connection. But Darkseid of your universe is already dead, hmm..."
Möbius paused slightly: "You killed him, and at that time I was unaware of the changes in my body, so I took the initiative to stop the Anti-Life Equation from leaving. Now it's impossible for me to get rid of him."
Chen Tao remained silent, not yet revealing that the Thunder Zansha under his control had become a container for the Omega effect.
He had originally prepared Thunder Zamsa for another reason: Greer.
"However, even without killing the Omega Effect user, I can still weaken this connection, as long as the body is weak enough. And even if someone could kill me, I have a reasonable suspicion that I would be completely controlled by the Anti-Monitor by then. You'll have to find a way to control me when I go crazy, and I guarantee that I will be several times stronger than I am now at that time."
So let me summarize.
Chen Tao said, "A powerful opponent who can fight you, an Omega Effect user who can be killed. Right?"
"Yes," Möbius said.
"Understood," Chen Tao said. Then he added:
"Besides these two, we also need a universe that can serve as a battlefield."
……
……
……
Night Owl Universe.
"Hahahaha!"
The owl's eyes were bloodshot as he laughed wildly, a small starfish perched on his shoulder.
"The network jamming is complete, I've finally caught up. I laugh at Batman for his lack of planning and Lex Luthor for his lack of wisdom, allowing me to escape death and find the dawn of victory!!!"
"Achoo!"
Then he sneezed and continued to laugh wildly, "It's done, it's done! I've succeeded! Unless Batman and the Anti-Monitor arrive together, no one can destroy my universe!"
"Achoo!"
"Achoo!"
"Aaaaaaah, choke!"
(End of this chapter)