What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 999 The deafening roar: The bat is dead, but the laughter is eternal?

Others, delusions, depravity, dereliction of duty, cowardice, despair—those complex emotions of others.

Boom——

A violent explosion.

You are in the center of a universe worth trillions of trillions.

These ideas are so close that you can't reach them even when you open your heart, yet they resonate within you when you perceive them.

So you want to roar out loud.

A burning pain surges through you, a concussion surges through you, suffocation surges through you, excruciating pain surges through you, a slight electric shock sensation and a death-like warmth surge through you.

But there is nothing to stay at.

This is the end of infinite time, on the verge of the shattering of the hypertime stream.

The timeline and the radiance of countless souls are imbued in endless light, mingling and flowing through your soul in another form and echo.

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"Mother……"

At first, Lantern Man got up from the ground somewhat bewildered.

Wait, on the ground?
The first Lantern Knight found himself standing on an asphalt road, but when he looked up, he didn't see a blue sky.

The world shattered into fragments, scattered piece by piece in the endless void amidst the chaos of time and space.

But the creatures on those fragments were completely unaware of this. The first Lantern Knight saw a pedestrian walk toward the edge of the fragment, and then, as if passing through a curtain, pass directly through the edge and appear on another fragment.

The fragmented DC multiverse is trying its best to maintain its continuity.

The DC multiverse is trying to pretend that the connected fragments are still united, just like the DC multiverse that has been shattered countless times before.

However, this connection will eventually end. The first Lantern Man knew this; among all the characters present, besides the gods in the first tier, he was the one who understood time travel the most.

The reality that Papetua had created was severely damaged by this punch, and everything was shattered.

Various histories and time-travel sequences are mixed together. The first Genie sees Prometheus giants, a fusion of human and Martian genes, on a small fragment, charging towards the peaceful world on other fragments.

These Prometheusian giants were created by Perpetual on the reality she shaped for her victory. These war soldiers, inherently bloodthirsty, could only be controlled by Perpetual, and when given the opportunity to invade weaker worlds in other timelines…

This is a complete disaster.

For creatures in weaker timelines, they merely witnessed the invasion of monsters amidst their peaceful daily lives, without understanding how these monsters had arrived.

Some ordinary people in peaceful worlds find themselves walking along the edge of a fragment, accidentally entering the dead world created by Batman: Dragon, where everyone is trapped in the Black Death Emperor's domain. Terrified, they want to turn back, but find that due to the constant movement of various spacetime fragments, the way back will take them to the Jurassic World.

It doesn't matter. This is just a temporary chaos in the timeline. As long as Batman Dragon can set things right and erase everything from the moment Perpetua escaped from the Origin Wall, and reorganize the history of the DC multiverse, then everything can be reset. All the creatures that have died now will be resurrected as if they had never died at all.

The first Lantern Knight thought to himself.

But he still instinctively made a move, and in an instant, the passerby who was almost swallowed by the dinosaur saw a semi-transparent person with a body radiating seven-colored light suddenly descend from the sky.

Then he watched as the other party simply waved his hand, and the dinosaur that had been trying to attack him suddenly had purple hearts appear in its eyes, obediently rubbing its nose in the palm of the luminous man.

The first Genie casually pulled the unfortunate passerby over, then threw him back into his original world fragment, and then stopped two Prometheus giants from mistaking a mother for a bear-shaped biscuit.

But soon, Genie E. Genie lost interest. What was the point of all these changes? In the end, it was a story erased by the time flow. No one would care how many people he saved, and no matter how many he saved, he could no longer save his own Earth 15. It was all meaningless.

Anyway, he and Batman Dragon had already combined their powers to create a monster that contained all the existing forces of the DC multiverse, and then they delivered a powerful punch to Perpetua. After defeating Perpetua, all they needed to do was...

But he soon realized an even more terrifying fact:

He found that he could no longer sense Batman's presence.

At least within the limits of their perception, he could no longer sense Batman's presence, and neither could Papetua. Where had they all gone? They…

Then the first Genie froze.

Because he sensed the presence of others.

Because he sensed the presence of Papetua.

There is no Batman Dragon.

There really won't be a Batman Dragon this time.

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The Laughing Bat escaped.

Just like the bet he made with Batman Dragon.

Batman: Dragon gave him a chance to escape, which he seized. He has now regained his senses, and the personalities of Alfred or Nightwing have vanished from his consciousness.

The Laughing Bat knew that the personalities implanted in him wouldn't disappear so easily, but at least they weren't there for now. As long as he had time, he could slowly eliminate the hidden dangers within himself.

The Void Hand had vanished without a trace, and the high-level gods of the DC multiverse had also disappeared without a trace, but none of this mattered to the Laughing One. As long as he could escape, he could make a comeback, and his plans could continue as well.

As for Batman: Dragon?
Don't worry, the Batman Who Laughs is least worried about the other side. He'll definitely get away. That's how Batman is. Just when everyone thinks he's dead and should be dead, he'll pop out of nowhere and give all the idiots who thought he was dead a violent scare.

That's how things always are; the Batman Who Laughs is Batman too, and he's used to it.

Then the maniacal laughter paused slightly.

His relentless escape paused.

Because he didn't sense Batman Dragon's presence, it was as if the other party had never existed in the DC multiverse.

He sensed the presence of another person.

Papetua.

She was not locked back on the Origin Wall.

The laughing bat stopped.

If Batman: Dragon has failed, what should Papetua do?
Perhaps Papetova has been weakened by the Batman Dragon's attack, and now someone needs to hang her back on the Origin Wall.

No one?

Where are the Void Hand, the World Forger, and those three sixth-dimensional gods? Where have they all gone?

The Batman Who Laughs couldn't find a suitable replacement for Batman Dragon for the moment, so he slowed his pace slightly.

Who now has the ability to stop Papetua?
The Laughing Bat arrived at the answer.

I?
Some of these are absurd.

The Bat of Laughter was still leaving. He left quickly, no longer caring about the aftermath of the DC multiverse. He was already a frightened bird.

If the Batman Who Laughs were still in his original character, he would definitely have tried to stay and see what was going on in the DC multiverse, whether Batman Dragon had been resurrected, and what the Void Hand or the Ultimate Watcher were up to... But frankly, the Batman Who Laughs now has neither the inclination nor the courage to do so.

He just wanted to quickly return to his own dark multiverse, Earth-21, and then activate this single universe.

He has quietly transformed this monolithic universe into a small, dilapidated ship capable of short-term voyages in the omnipotent universe. If it merely takes a brief stroll around the perimeter of the DC multiverse, it will not be unable to return.

The Laughing One must first leave the DC multiverse and resolve the hidden dangers within himself before he dares to return, before he dares to face Batman Dragon head-on, regardless of whether the other is dead or alive...

Or perhaps, to live.

Interestingly, at such a moment, Batman, the Batman Who Laughs, who most resembles the Joker, loses the Joker's most important characteristic: unpredictable chaos.

This precisely illustrates one point:
In essence, the Batman Who Laughs is still Batman, but he is not Batman.

He is the Bat Who Laughs, and everything is in the Bat Who Laughs's plan—only the Bat Who Laughs is eternal!
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Oh, one more thing.

Batman's actions can be predicted; he has been predicted by many people.

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The main universe Batman was breathing heavily. The 6th-dimensional armor helped him withstand most of the pain from the spacetime shattering. He found himself back in his Batcave, and the entire Gotham City was silent. The main universe Batman knew that this was just an illusion. In fact, Gotham City had long been divided into countless scattered spacetime fragments, and he only needed to activate the functions of the 6th-dimensional armor to see through everything in front of him.

The Gotham City of today is an earlier version of Gotham City in the main universe's timeline, but that's not important. What's important is...

He knew he would be the one to turn the tide and change everything.

He will become the most important piece in the game when Batman Dragon is rendered incapacitated, thus putting Papetua to death.

Batman Dragon could have thrown a punch much earlier; he could have gone all out and tried to knock Perpetua down, but he didn't because he had no confidence that he could defeat Perpetua with a single punch.

He was certain that once he threw that punch, the opponent would lose the strength to resist.

So he was preparing, not preparing to attack Papetua, but preparing after the attack had begun.

The Void Hand once visited the Watchmen universe, as did Superman from the main universe. The Void Hand left behind a portion of his power in the Watchmen universe, and the condition for Batman Dragon to help the Void Hand escape was that the Void Hand had to follow the script that Batman Dragon had drawn up for him.

There must be something he's not aware of.

Wait a moment.

When the Void Hand wanted Batman Dragon to help him leave the Watchmen universe, he couldn't leave directly because it was a swap portal. Batman Dragon used this portal to throw the entire Essence Society, along with Superman and Batman from the main universe, into the Watchmen universe.

The members of the Elite Society are just a smokescreen; they are not important. What is important are Superman and Batman from the main universe.

I've made up my mind.

The agreement between Batman: Dragon and the Void Hand.

They're talking about needing someone to replace the Void Hand's identity as a "warrior" in the Watchers universe, which is essentially creating a new persona out of thin air.

(Chapter 980)
Who will inherit this position?
At this moment, the Batman Dragon is gone, and the Batman Who Laughs has escaped the DC multiverse.

Bruce Wayne, the Batman of the main universe, will be the most powerful Batman in the DC multiverse.

Open your eyes wide.

It was this moment, this very moment, and memories flooded back into his mind like a tidal wave.

You have now inherited the story left behind by the Hand of the Void in the Watchers universe, and the power he left behind helps you resonate with it.

You are already a Warrior; the power of the story supports you.

Dr. Manhattan had already left the power of the Void Hand's story within the Watchmen universe.

The fact that the Watchers universe contains storytelling power is already established. Unlike the DC multiverse, the Watchers universe does not have a time-shifting mechanism that allows for the arbitrary modification of past events.

One of the "Warriors" from the Watchmen universe is actually Batman from the DC multiverse, one of the most important characters besides the core Superman.

Even Dr. Manhattan couldn't stop it.

Soon, Bruce Wayne, the Batman from the main universe, called out from the communicator of the Sixth Dimension Armor.

Those heroes or villains who were severely injured after throwing a punch and are now scattered throughout the DC multiverse.

Superman the First, Genie the First, or perhaps the World Makers.

They soon heard Batman's call.

My friend, my friend.

Main universe Batman, Bruce Wayne.

The mandate of heaven has arrived!

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Death from the Endless Family, helplessly watching Batman Dragon appear before him.

She hates people who are persistent and clingy.

The Infinity Family exists simultaneously at all points in time, so from Death's perspective, all the Batman Dragons that appear before him exist almost simultaneously.

How many times has this happened?

"You can't treat death like your backyard."

Death tried to reason with Batman Dragon: "Now you'll obediently come with me, won't you?"

She said:
"This time you have no way to revive yourself. You are completely dead. Even the Black Death Emperor cannot revive you under such a collapse."

She held up a small black parasol, extended her slender fingers, and pointed at the Batman Dragon.

"At least I've done a quick look and haven't found an excuse to bring you back to life."

She said, "So let's go~ If life is a book, now is the time to finish it."

“Hmm.” She heard Batman Dragon say that.

So the goddess turned around, but she soon realized... Batman's dragon hadn't moved.

"Hmm?" Death turned his head with some displeasure, then crossed his arms.

"I'd like to give it a try."

Then he heard Batman Dragon say, "Could we wait a little longer..."

"Just consider it as me being likable."

(End of this chapter)