What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 908 The Death of a Hero

The so-called "I" is the sum total of all my past experiences. I am the person I have met, the thing I have touched, the emotion I have felt, and the pain of being lost. All of these things make me who I am today; without them, I would be nothing.

—Hesse, Siddhartha

……

……

……

"Where is this..."

Barbatos raised his head.

Where he stood, the sky was like a mirror, reflecting the ground, which resembled a blue sea.

"Some kind of telepathic connection..."

Barbatos extended his claws, which were no longer the sharp, ferocious claws he possessed in reality, but rather small, black, and delicate, resembling some kind of juvenile creature.

But that's not right. Barbatos never had a childhood; he was a living weapon of destruction from the moment he was created.

His nature is destructive and brutal, and even if reason is used to stop these instinctive reactions, it cannot be stopped.

But this situation is about to change.

Within this spiritual space, Barbatos found himself transformed into a small, black dragon, like a chibi-style pet, no longer the brutal monster he once was.

As he took a step forward, even his ever-present hood vanished from the back of his head. He opened his dragon mouth, flicked his tail, and then…

He saw one tiny luminous figure after another appear before him. Barbatos took two steps back and saw these tiny luminous figures surrounding him, dancing happily.

Is this right?
That's not right.

Even though he had lost the courage to fight the World Forger or other sixth-dimensional deities, Barbatos's sanity returned at this moment.

He had realized why his spiritual body had been drawn to this alternate spiritual dimension: it was because of the fragments of the corpses of the World Forgers he had swallowed over the years! Those forces were influencing his spirit, causing him to become what he was now!

Once he realized this, Barbatos's spiritual body began to tremble violently. His youthful physical characteristics disappeared, and first, ferocious nails appeared on his claws, and the phantom of a hood flickered behind him, almost turning him back to his original form.

In the real world, within the World Forge, Barbatos' eyes were closed, and standing beside him was Daniel, the God of Dreams from the Endless Family. He was entirely silver-white, riding the shimmering mist of dreams, and placed his hands on Barbatos' head.

The World Founder once used his own corpse to create a powerful barrier called the "World Founder's Corpse Dream" to seal and stop the God of Dreams.

At this moment, the God of Dreams, Daniel, took advantage of Hero's Day to ambush Barbatos, causing him to lose consciousness and taking him into the World Forge.

The World Forge's advantageous location enhanced Barbatos's power and amplified the effects of the World Forger's corpse. When they first obtained the World Forger's corpse, Hero Sun and the God of Dreams agreed that no matter how they managed it, they couldn't preserve it if the World Forger wanted to recall him; after all, it was someone else's body.

But that doesn't mean they can't use the corpse for other preparations, such as...

We usurp the World Forger's backup plan in dealing with Barbatos, and strengthen him.

And more importantly...

This is a beautiful dream, my friend.

The god of dreams whispered.

……

……

……

"No, wait a minute."

Looking at Hero Ri's face, Chen Tao felt an extremely bad feeling. No one could escape his gaze unless he refrained from spying out of respect, but that was impossible with Hero Ri. He had always been very interested in him and therefore cared a lot about him.

It's impossible for Hero Day to have arranged so many things while keeping it from him...

Unless there is only one possibility, that a higher-level being is cooperating with Heroes' Day, such as the Dream God of the Endless Family.

"do not do that……"

He said this while taking a deep breath.

It's okay, it's okay.

He had already prepared the reincarnation process for Hero Day, so that even if Hero Day chose to die, he could still reincarnate him through arrangements made upstream in the timeline.

His plan was flawless, just like when he faced the counter-surveillance agents, he had long prepared to use the Crimson of All Beings to prevent himself from losing everything.

The multiverse's mother, Perpetua, unleashed a tremor, stirring up energy fluctuations; the World Forger wielded his hammer; and Superman the Supreme broke free of his restraints…

In an instant, all these things happened at the same time. Chen Tao watched as the Supreme Little Superman broke free of his restraints, and then immediately pounced on the World Forger.

Once Superman the Supreme captures the Worldmaker, his invincible brute force will allow the Worldmaker to break free completely. However, at this moment...

The next moment immediately following all that had just happened.

The trembling on Hero's Day has stopped.

His body no longer trembled like a bug due to the erasure of time and space, but became stable in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Tao saw him appear in front of the Supreme Little Superman in a flash.

Eh?
Chen Tao saw that the horns on the Hero Sun's head were becoming sharper and sharper, and then black mist appeared on his face.

Superman looked at his old friend with pity, knowing deep down that it was an illusion created for him by Batman Dragon through that monkey personality.

Rationally speaking, he knew that he should let the other person die in order to achieve his ultimate goal.

I don't want to do that.

The Supreme Superman thought silently. But I have to do it; this might be my only chance to create a perfect world.

So he threw a punch at Hero Day, which he estimated should pierce his chest. He roughly calculated that the angle would slice through his ribs, but avoid his heart, destroy his kidneys, and then shatter his body from the pelvis down.

At least don't make me kill the other person with my own hands.

"I think to myself, Supreme Little Superman."

Since the World Forgers have already taken action to eliminate him, this is just a final burst of energy before his death, so don't make me the villain.

He did so, but then he found his hand being held by Hero Day with one hand.

Eh?
The next second, a fist exploded in Superman's face, and Superman roared in anger, only to be lifted up by Hero Day in a frenzy:
I should have killed you!

He said, "But death will only silence your sorrow..."

what……

Where does his power come from?
The world's foundry workers stared wide-eyed.

He sensed familiar dark matter cosmic energy emanating from Hero's Day. That energy had been channeled into Barbatos's body by him in an attempt to escape his duties. Like a dog possessing the strength of a tiger, yet still believing itself to be a dog, it couldn't unleash the true power of these abilities, even needing to rely on the World Forge to utilize its strength.

He wasn't worried; he never was, because Barbatos was nothing more than a broken-backed dog.

But at this moment, this familiar energy surged forth in Heroes of the Day, and someone used Barbatos' power to accomplish a feat that even Barbatos himself could not achieve.

When the heart reaches its limit, backed by the power of Barbatos, a miracle occurs at this moment, elevating the power of Hero's Day to...

Infinite!
Superman Supreme was directly suppressed for the first time. Hero Day grabbed him by the neck and lifted him up, just like Superman Supreme used to do to others.

Superman felt weak in the knees; he didn't want to fight Hero Sun. The opponent's overwhelming power made him lose his will to fight...

No reason.

When the opponent is as weak as an ant, Superman can meticulously calculate his punches to defeat them for the sake of his soon-to-be-perfect world. But when the opponent goes so far as to create a miracle and generate a powerful force beyond his expectations in order to defeat him, Superman suddenly feels disheartened.

Many, many years ago, when the crisis erupted on Infinite Earths, countless heroes fought against the Monitor. Miracles and powerful forces erupted frequently during that time. In that era, heroes sacrificed themselves without hesitation; everything was as commonplace as eating and drinking.

But so many years have passed, countless seasons have come and gone, the universe has shattered, time has been reassembled, and this story still plays out in front of Superman the Supreme, except that he was once a hero, but now he is just a lackey of the larger Anti-Monitor.

Nothing could be more devastating... But even so, he has come this far. From the moment he punched and killed his mentor, Superman had no way back.

He wasn't a carefree monkey after all; even if he was wrong, he could only continue making mistakes.

Another punch landed on Superman Supreme, as if his own fist from many years ago had traveled through time and struck Superman Supreme's face, leaving him momentarily dazed. This punch was much heavier than that of Ion Man Sodam. Superman Supreme could still recall the feeling of defeating the strongest Green Lantern during the Sinestro War.

“You can’t compete with him at all, let me take over.” The World Builder realized that something was wrong with the Supreme Superman. The other party had almost given up resisting and was only willing to defend. He was even reluctant to raise his arms to cover his face. The Supreme Superman was letting loose again. It was always like this when he met the other party. It was like brine curdling tofu.

The mental influence that Batman Dragon exerted on him was too strong; he needed to avoid it.

Moreover, from another perspective...

The world's foundry looked rather grim.

He recognized this power; it was clearly the power he had left on Barbatos. He had once allowed Barbatos to devour his corpse, all so that one day he could reclaim it from Barbatos with interest.

But even if he wanted to reclaim the power that was in Barbatos, it wouldn't be an easy task.

Barbatos was a dragon, not a pig—and even if he were a pig, after so many years, he had learned to protect himself.

It takes time to reclaim one's power from another, but for Heroes' Day, it seems that's not the case at all. Barbatos voluntarily contributed his power to him, using the energy transmission channel that the World Forger had prepared for him, and even better.

He made his move, pushing Superman aside. He saw Batman Dragon, not far away, shout anxiously as he realized he was rushing towards Hero Day, but it was too late.

The opponent uses dark matter energy, but the World Forger is the former Lord of Dark Matter, who only transferred power and responsibility to Barbatos for the sake of his own infant multiverse.

But even if Barbatos himself were to come, he could not possibly defeat his master in manipulating dark matter energy...

And you?

You're even less capable.

It's just that you plundered a little of Barbatos's power. Don't be too confident, my creation.

The World Forger appeared like lightning in front of Hero Sun, who was still trying to punch Superman Supreme. He grabbed the other's hand, and sharp bone spurs instantly grew on Hero Sun's hand, but they were broken off by the World Forger's blue palm.

He tried to continue his attack with his other hand, but the World Founder's hammer flashed, and his other hand was broken with a loud crack.

The World Forger glanced at it briefly. Absorbing such a large amount of dark matter energy might be difficult, but as for destruction, all that was needed was to kill the Japanese hero. If time couldn't erase it, then simply destroying his physical body would suffice.

“You…” Superman Supreme wanted to speak up and stop him, but reason told him that letting the World Forgers kill Heroes Day was the right choice now.

Hero Day is no longer a dispensable fighting force or a toy that can be captured alive. With the blessing of Manifest Destiny in the DC multiverse, his power has gone from slightly surpassing that of ordinary parallel universe Supermen to being able to contend with Superman Supreme and the Worldmaker. And all of this has happened in a very short period of time.

It's all Batman's fault. If he hadn't injected the essence of Superman into the other person's body, how could this have happened?

I had hoped... I had hoped that he was still alive, so I could show him the beautiful universe of that new world, but... but all of this...

Superman's head is in a mess.

Emotion and reason were at war. The long-cherished wish of millions of years and the emotions he formed with the other when he became a monkey were arguing, making him unable to utter a single word. His throat was blocked and his teeth were clenched. So he opened his mouth and only made a hoarse sound as if he was about to suffocate.

Then he missed the last chance to save Hero Day's life.

The next second, the World Forger cleanly pierced Hero Day's chest. He tore through the man's ribs, which were protected by bone spikes and dark matter energy, with his bare hands, stabbed him straight in the heart, and then ripped it out.

It's the next second, too.

The Supreme Superman saw his world turn blood red.

(End of this chapter)