What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 997 The superhero laughs wildly, staring at the dripping blood.

The Laughing Bat is trying to achieve its goal indirectly.

After calming down a bit, his intelligence returned, and he began to look for ways to save himself.

Just like Bruce Wayne before he became the Batman Who Laughs, who was often at a disadvantage when he was in trouble with the Joker, Two-Face, the Riddler, and others, the two are two sides of the same coin. The Batman Who Laughs also has many of Batman's traits. Therefore, when facing danger, the Batman Who Laughs often shows some behaviors that are no different from Batman's.

Bat Behavioral Logic, my friend.

He tried to force Batman Dragon to appear using this method. He was Bruce Wayne, and although he was no longer the righteous Bruce, he was still so perceptive.

He found a way out of a huge predicament where there seemed to be no solution, which is exactly what Batman is good at.

He changed the original story of Batman: Dragon. He had considered many things Batman might do in response to these changes, but the one thing he never expected was...

"You actually interfered with the story you designed?"

The Batman Who Laughs was somewhat taken aback by Batman Dragon's choice. He looked at the five-dimensional sprite that appeared in front of him, which clearly resembled a bat mite, but was wearing a skull mask, like a little Halloween prankster boy.

"What? No, I'm not Batman Dragon, I'm Bat Mite."

The laughing bat stared at the other.

Could it be more fake?

But he didn't expose it directly.

He's done for, and he needs to be prepared. Batman Dragon now controls what he can do. Although Batman can always fight back even in dire straits—and The Laughing never doubts that—there's a method to every counterattack. He just needs to keep disrupting Batman Dragon's story to find a way to win out of his trap.

Batman Dragon seems to want to corrupt him, to make him degenerate, but that is absolutely impossible.

He is the Batman Who Laughs, and nothing can stop him. Many people believe he was corrupted by the Joker's laughing virus, but this is a huge misconception. The Batman Who Laughs became the Batman Who Laughs willingly; he actively embraced Batman's dark side.

The Joker was never wrong. Batman loved him. Batman was infatuated with the affection that pale, twisted man gave him. He and the Joker were essentially the same person.

The Batman Who Laughs is the dark side of Batman; he was born to be that kind of being.

But could someone summoned because of a twisted fascination with the pale really be Batman?

who is it? Who is speaking?

The Bat of Laughter seemed to hear someone lamenting, a mournful, deep sigh that seemed to read all his thoughts, and then began to weep bitterly, making the hairs on the Bat of Laughter's body stand on end in fright.

"Ah, the Bat of Laughter."

The laughing bat tried to find out who was whispering in his ear to frighten him, but he was soon distracted by what the bat mite in front of him was saying.

"Do you want to leave this world that has become meaningless to you? Do you want to return to a more real world that you are more familiar with?"

The Laughing Bat remained silent, observing the other party with cold eyes.

Meanwhile, Tim, the third Robin, was completely oblivious to the presence of the bat mites. He was still reeling from the shock of hearing Batman tell him he was retiring, and even began to doubt his own ears, then started to suspect that Batman had been switched.

He quietly approached the edge of the bed, and then, out of Batman's sight, stealthily took a hair from the pillow. Wait a minute, before doing anything else, let's confirm that the person in front of us is Batman.

"Please, give me some feedback, or I'll mistakenly think you don't want to leave. Or do you really want to live out your wonderful Batman life here?"

The Bat of Laughter spoke up: "What do you want us to do?"

By this time, the third Robin Tim had realized that the Batman Who Laughs was talking to someone he couldn't see.

Robin, who possessed the most detective skills, didn't say anything. He slowly backed out of the room and rushed off to find Alfred. Of course, he left a listening device by the bedside, a common tactic of the Bat Family.

The Batman Who Laughs ignored Robin's actions and listened quietly to the voice of Batman Dragon.

"You see, now that things have come to this, there's no way I'm going to let you go. The entire DC multiverse is betting on you, waiting for you to throw that punch and knock Papetua down. Of course, if the plan goes smoothly, you'll face the backlash of the DC multiverse and be annihilated. You have no power to resist. You're trying to sabotage the story I've prepared for you in order to create an opportunity for yourself—a smart choice, but not particularly smart, my friend."

Kuang Xiao listened calmly to what Batman Dragon was saying. Although the other party was still ridiculously wearing the Bat Mite disguise, he knew very well who he was facing.

The other party was simply preparing an identity for themselves within the story he created.

A bat mite wearing a skull mask floated around the room before landing on his bedside table.

"Hmm, it seems you have a retirement plan in mind, and you're planning to rewrite the story script I prepared. That's quite a shrewd move."

"But so what if you ruin my story? I can still rewrite it. What's the difference between changing Batman's lifelong toil in Gotham to Batman retiring midway and dying of old age? This illusory world is a cage I created for you, Batman Who Laughs."

“I can make you watch yourself disappear in an explosion, then come back in two or three months, fall into a river, disappear again, and come back in two or three months. I promise you you will come back, and come back again, and always come back. You can only be driven away, not die. To defeat Papetua, all you need is a madman who can grin from ear to ear. Does it matter whether that madman is willing or not?”

“I assure you, Batman Who Laughs, I will defeat you again and again. Our game will never end until one of us gives up and falls. I assure you, I will outlast you single-handedly. You will never outlast me, even if you are Bruce Wayne and I am not. But there is one thing we are the same.”

"We are all Batman."

The Batman Who Laughs coldly watches Batman Dragon's performance, his anger raging, unable to laugh at all. Batman Dragon is forcing him to submit, telling him that he is prepared to do whatever it takes to forcefully nail the Batman Who Laughs to this spot.

It's impossible to break out of this illusory world, so just give up on that idea.

The bat, enraged, laughed instead.

He muttered to himself in a low voice:

"I am Batman. I am invincible, I never hesitate, I never need to rest. I am brilliant, wise, and my will is as strong as steel, like a god walking among men."

He finished recounting other people's opinions of Batman.

"That's right."

The Batman Who Laughs's eyes gradually turned cold. But he is also Batman, and he will not give up either.

If Batman Dragon intends to do that, then so be it. He was quite certain that Batman Dragon would have to pay a price to create this illusion, and it certainly wasn't infinite. Although Batman Dragon claimed that time was infinite within this illusion, the Batman Who Laughs believed that Perpetual wouldn't grant Batman Dragon unlimited time outside.

He is the Batman Who Laughs, he's long gone mad. Trying to force the Batman Who Laughs to his doom with a fantasy world? Absolutely not. Just as he thought this, he heard Batman Dragon say, "But I know you won't give up. You'll try to outlast me, try to run a marathon with me, until you wear me down, because you're Batman too, and you never give up."

“Even through countless reincarnations, even if I could erase all your efforts with a single clap, you would still try your best to eke out a living in this illusory world without lifting a finger or throwing a punch. You are absolutely capable of doing such a thing. You will bind me to live with you in this false world for countless years. You are confident that you can outlast me. I have no doubt about that.”

"But I can give you a choice now."

The Laughing Bat heard the Bat Mite say, "An option that will give you a chance to escape my control at the last moment."

The Batman Who Laughs had already guessed what Batman Dragon was planning to do.

"You want me to throw a punch, to throw a punch at a character you created in a story."

"Yes, I will no longer deceive you, so that you can defeat Papetua without even realizing it, just as you would defeat the World Maker."

“I’m going to create an opponent for you outright. Once you defeat him, you’ll have defeated Papetua in the real world.”

"who is it?"

"Bane."

The Batman Who Laughs heard Batman Dragon say, "If you defeat Bane in the illusion, it's the same as defeating Perpetua in reality."

"And if I knew I was attacking Papetua when I attacked Bain, I would have a chance to break free from the illusion in the process."

The Bat Who Laughs said, “You can easily create a duck to deceive me. I can just pat the duck and it will punch Papetua in reality. And you can project Papetua’s counterattack onto me in other ways in the illusion.”

"But now you agree to do it."

"Yes."

The Laughing Bat looked at Batman Dragon.

The other party became frightened.

The opponent was unsure whether he could outmaneuver the Batman Laughing's willpower in a protracted tug-of-war.

So, in order for the plan to succeed, he made this choice—a wise choice.

Coincidentally, the Bat Who Laughs also tends to make this choice.

He was also unsure whether he could defeat Batman Dragon in this protracted battle.

Rather than turning the final battle into a meaningless contest of wills, it's better to do what Batman Dragon said.

"it is good."

He laughed wildly and agreed.

Batman: Dragon gave him a good suggestion.

Why not? He thought he could suppress himself, and he felt that in such a head-on confrontation, he, the Bat Who Laughs, would lose to him, which in turn gave the Bat Who Laughs an opportunity.

"I'm not finished yet."

He muttered to himself silently.

He had never felt so exhilarated. A clear and definite goal, and one that wasn't in his plans, was something very, very distant for the Batman Who Laughs, who had been laughing for many years.

He had held everything in his own hands for many years. Over those years, only Batman: Dragon had managed to derail his plans. He felt a chill run through him, as if he were swimming in an icy river, but all of this only fueled his excitement, his heart pounding with excitement.

He gazed at the darkness in the middle of the river, staring intently at it, as if trying to imprint it into the starry river in his eyes.

“I’ve come this far, and I’ve been doing very well. I haven’t lost.”

Even though he was outmaneuvered beforehand, he still managed to push Batman Dragon to this point. He will win, and keep winning until the end of time.

In the realm of imagination and thought, in that menacing darkness, a bat howls silently.

The laughing bat stared straight at him, staring at the ghastly, dripping blood in the bat's mouth!

For some reason, he felt that he hadn't experienced such a scene in a long time. Since he started to go mad, although everything was still in his plan as when he was Batman, it always felt like something was missing. That long-lost passion, that sense of fear of being challenged, the threat that was not in the plan, the imminent, quietly boiling in his mind.

"I'm sure I'm not finished yet."

"Our story, between you and me, will continue for some time."

He chuckled softly, "You see, fate has told us that I'll probably have to fight you one last time, representing Batman."

See, this is very Batman-like, not like the Batman Who Laughs's actions. But it's the legitimate way out that Batman Dragon left him. Batman Dragon has clearly challenged him on this path, so how could the Batman Who Laughs not accept it?
A glimmer of light shone in his heart, sweeping away all his cowardice, hesitation, and fear.

He roared at himself, a deafening roar, like the collapse of the heavens and the earth, echoing in his heart, raging across the entire universe:

"Listen up!!! In this life, there are countless paths, but there is no turning back! When it comes to actions, either don't do it at all, or do it thoroughly. There is absolutely no such thing as giving up halfway!"

"Everyone! You cowardly, incompetent selves! Listen to me! I am Bruce Wayne!"

"But I am too—"

Batman!!!

He murmured:

"Gotham."

"I am coming."

(End of this chapter)