What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 861 Alfred, death is your only option.
Just imagine.

You are a Pokémon battle player.

You love collecting powerful Pokémon.

One day, you find a Pokémon called "Morbius the Mortal" and plan to use it to synthesize a stronger advanced Pokémon. However, inexplicably, you are defeated by a wild Pokémon.

Huh? What? It can become that powerful without synthesizing the Anti-Monitor Bat?
You were greatly surprised.

So you start trying to catch this Pokémon, oh, that's a bit too difficult for you.

But you succeeded. Faced with the threat of an even more powerful enemy, this Pokémon finally yielded to you and agreed to form a contract with you.

But things didn't go as you imagined.

This damn Pokémon is so powerful when it attacks you, but why does it become so weak when it sees the World Builder?
You are very unhappy.

But you decided to give this Pokémon a chance, you gambled everything on this Pokémon, or you could say you were gambling your entire fortune.

Heaven help me, this Pokémon can't fail.

This Pokémon failed hundreds of times, but that's okay, it's not a big problem.

This Pokémon... damn it, why is this Pokémon giving up?
However, despite the fact that he had indeed given up, the anti-monitor still heard the Batman Dragon in front of him claim: "I did not give up."

He heard Batman Dragon trying to reason with him:

"I'm just thinking of other ways to try and fight our enemy."

The anti-surveillance activist suppressed his anger.

"Have you found it yet?"

"not yet."

He heard Batman Dragon reply.

"How long will it take you to find it?"

"I don't know, but we'll keep looking."

"Damn it, Batman: Dragon, time isn't infinite!"

The Anti-Monitor said urgently, "Do you even realize that if I don't help you withstand the World Forger, he could use the future of his complete victory in the Hypertime Stream to turn against the current Hypertime Stream reality at any time, and then everything will be over?"

"I know, but what do you want me to do? Kill those superheroes?"

The anti-surveillance agent heard Batman say:

"Even if it's my fault, don't you have any fault at all? Reflect on yourself. Has your energy increased over the years? Why can't you directly help me break through the barrier of the World Forger?"

"That would require a lot of strength, and it's almost impossible for me to do it!"

“There’s no need for more. We’ve needed this power to deal with another sixth-dimensional god for so many years.”

Chen Tao said, "The World Forger is using the power of a sixth-dimensional god to stop me, don't you understand? It's impossible to break through this option without another sixth-dimensional being. The World Forger has blocked all paths for beings below the sixth dimension, leaving only one path causally—you don't really want me to slaughter superheroes, do you?"

"You think I haven't thought of that? Do you really think I'm that stupid? What about taking them down? Restraining their movements? Hypnotizing them? Do you think I haven't thought of that?"

"But no, the World Builders have already assumed this future: [If Batman Dragon were to attack a hero, even if he showed mercy, it would inevitably result in the hero's death by accident]."

Chen Tao said, "Some of those hundreds of times, I managed to restart the timeline just before the hero I hurt died."

“Even if I’m incredibly stupid, I know I absolutely cannot actually kill a hero. That would be like letting the multiverse discover that one immune cell has killed another. He would immediately come to investigate what happened, and then I would no longer be an immune cell.”

"so what?"

Chen Tao heard the Anti-Monitor's voice: "What can the multiverse do about it? Supervillains have become heroes before, Harley Quinn, Doctor Light..."

"Even if you're forced to go on a killing spree against superheroes, as long as you continue to do good deeds afterward, you can still reverse your nature in the time-travel scenario. What does it matter?"

For the Anti-Monitor, while he may indeed find it difficult to break the only path left for Batman by the Worldmaker, he's not quite ready to concede defeat and then throw the game into a desperate gamble—which would most likely be a fruitless endeavor.

The counter-surveillance agent lowered his gaze slightly, then continued without changing his expression, as if nothing had happened. But a deeper reason was…

It would be difficult for the Anti-Monitor to transform a superhero recognized by the multiverse into the Anti-Monitor Bat, especially since Batman Dragon is also regarded as a super immune cell in the multiverse.

However, if Batman Dragon loses his heroic status in the World Makers' plan, it would, to some extent, make it easier for the Anti-Monitor to manipulate Batman Dragon's body and achieve their own goals.

His brother Alphaus only sees Batman Dragon as the greatest threat, and everything he does is aimed at weakening the Anti-Monitor.

But he never imagined that the Anti-Monitor also had the ability to transform Batman Dragon into the Anti-Monitor Bat. The World Maker helped him weaken Batman Dragon's heroic traits, seemingly weakening the Anti-Monitor's pawn, but inadvertently laid the foundation for him to manipulate Batman Dragon, creating a surprise for the World Maker.

So my friend, Batman Dragon, now both the World Forgers and the Anti-Monitors want you to go on a killing spree.

Once you start killing people, you lose your heroic qualities and the protection of the manifest destiny of the DC multiverse. The multiverse is a rigid, pan-consciousness that can be deceived and manipulated, something you should have known long ago.

The voice of the anti-surveillance activist lowered.

“If this continues, both you and I will be finished. So, Batman Dragon, perhaps I shouldn’t try my best to completely block your path, but rather show you the consequences of your actions.” He snapped his fingers, and then, in front of Chen Tao, the whole world began to collapse.

"Do you think your dark multiverse can remain unscathed under the shadow of the World Maker? Do you think you can grasp onto all that makes you feel comforted, everything?"

Chen Tao didn't clownishly rush forward to grab the collapsing world.

He knew it was all in vain; he was very rational, frighteningly so.

He just stared blankly at it all.

Live like this until the building collapses.

Looking up like an ant, I saw that enormous shadow, stretching high behind the clouds.

The room, the sky, the earth, and...

Alfred.

Chen Tao watched Alfred leave.

He watched the other person disappear into thin air, like a bubble.

The future, which transcends time, overwrites the current reality in an instant; everything disappears, vanishing as energy.

So-called humans are nothing more than polymers of chemical energy.

They were cast into the multiverse as energy by the World Builders, and then boiled into a tonic for the Infant Multiverse.

Everything is gone, just emptiness.

"stop looking."

The anti-surveillance agent appeared beside Chen Tao.

"Your Alfred is dead. This is the future of the Hypertime Stream. Unless you can break your principles, kill those people, and give up your identity as a hero, we must pay this price to break through the barrier of the World Forger."

He said, “This isn’t a difficult choice. If you can stop the World Forger, you can erase his future victory in the hypertimeline, thus preventing the destruction of your universe. But if you fail, my friend, everything is lost. Have I shown you enough?”

The Counter-Monitor said this, but a sense of unease welled up in his heart. He stood beside Batman Dragon and quietly checked Batman Dragon's previous actions again through the timeline.

There seems to be no problem.

The anti-surveillance agents are racking their brains on how to persuade Batman Dragon.

But soon, he heard Batman say something.

He heard his wooden voice.

"it is good."

"You said... wait, what did you say?"

"I said, I'll kill."

(End of this chapter)