Chapter 404: The Dark Knights

"Giggles! It's so interesting! The other personality consciousness had a clownish and crazy smile on his face, and the smile was full of surprise and fanaticism.

"I have to say, you really amazed me. I have traveled to countless universes and worlds, and I have met countless myself. But the only thing that makes me throb is you and the world you're in. Do you know what that means? ”

"What does that mean?" Bruce heard the somewhat crazy emotions and words on the other side, and instinctively gave birth to a heavy shadow in his heart. He felt that in the next second, he might hear something from the other party that he didn't want to hear.

"This is the world I'm looking for! A world that can exist for a long time and bring destruction to other universes! The personality consciousness on the other side couldn't suppress the laughter.

"I can feel a mysterious power in this world! Its dark side is so deep and insanely fascinating! I've got to get that power! ”

"What do you mean?" Bruce asked quietly.

"Aha, you're talking to me? I look crazy, but trust me, my brain is spinning pretty fast. I know you because I'm the other you. But it doesn't matter, as a surprise for you to let me discover this world, I will gladly satisfy your desire for intelligence gathering.

It's there in your bat base, it's in the good and great Gotham. I could feel it resonating with me, and my darkness and evil were favored by it.

We will eventually be opposed, and conflict is inevitable. I'm well aware that you like to prepare for threats in advance. To make this game a little more fun and intense, I'm happy to reveal some information about us to you in some way.

All you have to do is leave the gadget you calm and composed, and accept the gift of information without any protection. Of course, this can also be a trap, and it's up to you to choose. ”

The personality consciousness on the other side saw through Bruce's calculations, but he didn't try to hide anything, he saw it as a game of opposites, and he was willing to make up for the unfallen Bruce in front of him in the early stage.

He was just a little sorry, obviously the Bruce in front of him had also experienced the blackest despair, and the dark side of his heart even echoed him, but he was able to control it so well, and he did not completely degenerate into one of them.

It's a shame!

But it's also great!

……

"Bruce?" Diana's voice woke Bruce Wayne out of the sea of consciousness.

He turned around and looked at Diana, who was looking at him with a serious face, and a smile tugged at his face, "What's the matter?" Diana? ”

"What are you thinking? You didn't even notice that I was approaching you. You've never been so wary before. Diana looked at Bruce with a frown, she was keenly aware of Bruce's abnormality, and asked with concern.

"No, I'm fine." Bruce shook his head in no, not thinking it would be helpful to say something he wasn't sure about.

"You can deceive anyone, but in front of me, your lies are terrible." Diana sneered.

"It's just that there are some uncertain things that can't be said. All I can guarantee is that if I need help, I'll be the first to ask. Bruce smiled. I didn't care about Diana's straightforward and somewhat sharp words.

"It's better to do that. You know, every time you carry what we want to do behind our backs, at some point in the future, it's going to be a big problem for us. I hate this! What's not to be honest? Effective communication is the best way to solve problems. We're a team, aren't we? Diana obviously didn't completely believe Bruce's words, but she didn't press it down, but gave Bruce a step down.

Bruce's heart moved, but the slight urge was quickly extinguished. If you can easily be persuaded to change your style, then people will not be on the same road again and again. When it comes to self-determination and self-determination, no one can be more serious than himself. He knows what his problems are and how to fix them when he needs to, but that doesn't mean he will actually change them.

Their group is usually very busy, except for encountering world-destroying catastrophes such as Thanos, Darkseid, and Steppenwolf, generally speaking, they all have their own areas of activity and life, and their usual communication is also through the Lantern Ring or the like, or communication devices created by human technology.

There are a few people in front of them, such as Diana and Jones, just waiting for Stephen to hear from them as soon as possible. But that doesn't mean you'll be at the bat base all the time.

So in the dead of night, when Bruce came out of the elevator inside the bat base, ate dinner in his own manor above, and rested, the moment he lay down on the bed, his hand touched the deep blue crystal he was wearing in front of his chest.

Although there are still criminals in Gotham now, it is much better than the Sin City it once was. After all, it has been reforged and replenished by a large number of foreign populations. Although most of the additional population is not a good person, it is still much better than the situation of all the villains.

Coupled with Bruce's commitment to creating a stable system of order for Gotham, which has worked effectively with the help of people like Gordon, Gotham's ethos has improved considerably. There is no need for him to go out every night to fight evil.

He also built his own bat squad, all of them young people with a passion and a sense of justice. Instead of him, they wore the uniform of the Bat family, maintaining the peace of the night in the city. This freed up more time for him to do his own thing, as well as to plan.

His fingers rubbed against the surface of the azure crystal, the calming power that kept his mind calm and functioning. The power inside this crystal seems to have its own consciousness, and it can always provide him with protection according to his needs while maintaining the characteristics of the power.

He knew that the other thing he deliberately mentioned was the smooth oval crystal in his hand, and he also knew that the other party must be sure that he would do it to a certain extent, in order to obtain information, but Bruce did not intend to follow the other party's settings.

He tucked the blue crystal back into his pajamas, then closed his eyes and lay down in the soft and warm bed, the power of the crystal made him fall asleep quickly.

……

"Bruce, I can't lend you my powers. I know exactly what you want, but trust me, it won't end well! I tried! I don't want to think about it. ”

Bruce dimly heard a familiar voice talking to him, and when he refreshed himself, he found that he had left his manor and left his bedroom. He was now dressed in a bat suit and was standing in a street full of war. Talking to him was an uncle's version of Barry Allen, who looked somewhat familiar, but his face looked a little vicissitudes.

Bruce wanted to say something, but his voice was painful and depressed: "Things shouldn't have come to this, and everything shouldn't have come this way!" It's your stubbornness that leads to everything, Barry Allen! ”

"You're on the verge of madness, and fate is hard to change. Listen to my Bruce, you should stop and don't try to do anything with your time, it will only get an outcome that you don't want to accept. Barry was making a final persuasion to Bruce.

However, the negotiation is invalid!

A fierce battle took place. Batman is clearly prepared this time, and as long as he wants to, he can always use his brain and tools to find and create weaknesses and methods to restrain the corresponding opponent. This time facing Barry Allen, who has the power of speed, Batman is no exception.

A fleeting opportunity is seized by Bruce, who injects the Freezer potion into Barry's body, limiting his speed and leaving him unconscious. Bruce then tied Barry to the front of his modified vehicle, activated the speed force in his body with the instrument, and slammed into the void at high speed.

Tragedy struck.

Bruce's body was torn apart and engulfed by a powerful force, and Gotham, which he wanted to protect, was in unprecedented chaos.

Eventually, a red monster emerges from the void and acts his own justice with vengeance, suppressing the Gotham riots with blood.

Batman got his wish and mastered the speed of God, and called himself the Red Grim Reaper.

……

The screen turns.

Bruce's gaze suddenly switched to another scene. This time he tried to control his body, but unsurprisingly, he didn't succeed. He has the senses of sight, taste, and even shared emotions that he can empathize with, but he is not the owner of this body, he is just a bystander who borrows this body. The true owner of this body is someone else.

Bruce's emotions and spirit were immersed in the red death of the previous world, and he immediately seamlessly switched to the other self. At the same time, he also guessed what the other one said would give him some information through a certain way, what kind of way it was.

Obviously, although he didn't know how the other party did it, he made good use of the power of dreams to construct a real but not illusory world for him. Let him see with his own eyes, and also feel with his own eyes some of the other universes that he has experienced, encountered, and despaired.

This time it's Ah Fu. The man who was like a father to him! He is indispensable to Bruce and the person he trusts and relies on the most. But he died, at the hands of Bane, a killer who tried to pry his whereabouts out of his mouth.

Bruce's longing for Ah Fu has become an obsession, and he goes to find his partner Steel Bone, and wants to use Ah Fu as the prototype to create a powerful artificial intelligence Ah Fu, which will make him feel that Ah Fu is still with him, and he has not left.

With the full cooperation with Cyborg, artificial intelligence based on Ah Fu appeared, and he did make Bruce feel Ah Fu's existence again, as well as his companionship and help all the time.

But accidents and disasters always accompany him. Ah Fu systematically kills every criminal in Arkham Asylum, and monitors everyone in Gotham, stopping the crime with his ruthless violence. Cyborg realizes that something is wrong, but everything is irretrievable.

Bruce thought he could change the underlying code of Afu, but he couldn't. Instead, he was corrupted and transformed by Ah Fu, removing Bruce's grief and fear, transforming him into a ruthless and cruel machine. The mechanical army wreaked havoc on Gotham, and life was completely wiped out, and Gotham eventually became a dead place. Bruce couldn't give up on Afu, and eventually became the modified Batman of the codename: The Killing Machine.

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Next, one after another blackened and depraved self was staged in front of his eyes. Those tragic images also hit his spiritual barrier again and again.

Seeing the death of his parents, he exploded his will and won the approval of the Green Light Ring, but because of hatred and obsession, the light was broken, and the darkness polluted the Dawn Trick of the Green Light Ring.

Wanting to protect the world, wanting to carry everything, but always doubting everything, finally opposing everyone, and clashing with the Sea Clan, finally killing the Sea Clan Queen, and reforming himself, adapting to the sea, and finally defeating the Sea Clan, but also gaining a female Bruce of a world submerged by the sea.

Drowned resentful souls.

Believing everything about Superman, but eventually discovering that Superman is a hypocrite, he deceived everyone and killed everyone, and finally in order to stop the pretender Superman, he had to inject the Doomsday virus and became Doomsday and killed the pretender Superman's ravager.

Falling in love with Wonder Woman Diana, teaming up against Ares, the god of war who has a terrible helmet that can increase his strength, after his lover Diana created an opportunity for Bruce to take off the helmet at the cost of being unconscious, he desperately wanted revenge, believing that he could control the helmet, and Bruce, who was not affected by his will, took that helmet.

But he still underestimated the power of this helmet, and his mental will was completely destroyed by the power of the helmet almost instantly, and he was controlled and brainwashed. He becomes ruthless and cold, just in pursuit of victory, indifferent to good and evil. Perceptions are distorted under the brainwashing of the helmet.

At the same time, he has gained unparalleled power! This power led him to bloodied the Greek gods and decapitated Ares, the god of war.

At the same time, Diana, the lover who woke up, also died at his hands.

This is another world called the Self of the Merciless.

In the end, it was the picture that made him remember deeply, the scene of the death of his parents!

The clown leads one parent after another with children to him, then kills each other again and again in front of him, and then infects the child with his own clown virus. Under torture again and again, Batman's spirit finally broke down completely, and he couldn't bear it anymore and killed the Joker, but he was also infected with the Joker virus that was sprayed when the Joker died. (End of chapter)