"I knew you would meet me here one day sooner or later." There was a hint of laughter in the darkness that seemed to be suppressed, and it seemed a little intermittent, and a strange voice that was out of breath sounded suddenly. A figure wearing a rivet mask and a black chain strapped all over his body stood up and walked out of the darkness, exposed to the only light.

The clown-like smeared red mouth, with teeth exposed, was as terrifying as a hyena that had bitten flesh. His voice still rings in the space.

"It's just that I didn't expect this day to come so quickly. Is it because of the guidance of the person behind you? I hope you enjoyed the little gift I just gave you, after all, I think that experience was too good to be revisited, didn't it? ”

"You shouldn't be thinking about this universe." Bruce's eyes became solemn, and he stomped back and forth in place, always staring at himself opposite him, known as the Laughing Bat.

"Am I the only one who is the one who has the idea of this universe? Hasn't it been targeted for a long time? Do you think your current universe is still your own universe? Don't kid yourself, it already belongs to someone else! This is the case, irrefutable.

If you can accept the rule of others, why can't you accept your own rule? Although you are in another universe, you and I are originally a community. The Laughing Bat giggled, piercing the last thing Bruce wanted to admit.

Although Luke left many things in this universe to him and the people of the Justice League to deal with, it was only because there was no need to overstimulate them and consume the potential and heritage of this universe. In fact, even they know that the real managers of this universe now are Luke and them. They have the power and confidence to take over everything at any time.

They say it's collaborators, but in Bruce's view, it's more of a good-sounding term for a part-time worker. The only good thing is that Luke has indeed given up all rights in matters other than psionic powers.

"I can see your heart, you don't want to start a war with that guy, but you need to make him feel jealous, and the power to burn at the critical moment. That's why you're looking around for possible great power, aren't you?

So why can't you choose us? You have witnessed our power in your dreams, and you have even glimpsed the power of Barbatos. We know all the mysteries of this universe and can guide you to the power to protect your world! As long as you join us! You'll have the power to protect it all! The words of the laughing bat were like the whispers of the devil, and they came from the heart and directly bewitched Bruce.

And Bruce's expression did show a look of struggle and hesitation, but soon, he seemed to have figured out something and calmed down again.

"You're lying!" Bruce coldly pointed out the deception of the Laughing Bat.

"I don't bother to lie to you." The smile on the corner of the Laughing Bat's mouth opened a little more.

"Perhaps, but we all know that there is nothing good for those who make deals with the devil. You may seem to be able to fulfill your wish, but is that wish really what you want? And the price that needs to be paid behind it is also the last thing traders want to see.

I know myself very well, and I know the clown, and as a combination of the two, I can't trust you, no matter how heartwarming what you say. Bruce said firmly. He had clenched his fists, not intending to communicate with the Laughing Bat.

Whether it is him or the clown, he is very good at insight and demagogy, especially the clown, he seems to have an innate talent, he can naturally grasp the weakness of a person's heart, and happily use various means to release it from the deepest part of his heart, so that he becomes like him to throw away all the shackles of spirituality, morality, and the bottom line, unrestrained! Free!

Bruce has a similar talent, only he's more in control of himself. But even so, he didn't dare to believe that he could hold on to himself under the long-term bewitchment and brainwashing of the laughing bat.

"It's a pity." The laughing bat's voice was sad, as if he was about to cry out in the next moment, and under the violent fluctuations of his emotions, the darkness around him seemed to come to life, and there was a deformity like pus.

"Why don't you join us? Sooner or later, the universe will be destroyed, and your so-called protection is meaningless. We can destroy all universes and recreate a whole new world with our rules!

For this goal, we need the power of each of ourselves! Now, we need your strength, Bruce! You, in this universe, can lead us to the ultimate perfect form!

You can't escape, Bruce! Join us, blend in with us, and be us! It's your predetermined destiny! ”

The laughing bat finally burst into tears, but soon he smiled again and wiped the tears that ran down the skin under the mask, and with his final roar, the dark bub like an abscess, in an onomatopoeic bubble bursting, exploded in front of everyone present, revealing one figure after another dressed strangely, but with Bruce exceptionally familiar.

The Red Death in a Barry-style red suit.

A grim figure with a helmet, merciless and iron-fisted.

The whole body has been transformed into a metal texture, and many emotions have been stripped of it, and the mental mind has been intelligentized by the Alfred Protocol Killing Machine.

Dressed in a lantern ring costume, it represents the power of the spectrum of will, the dawn of the treacherous lamp.

A drowning soul that looks like a woman and exudes the rich smell of seawater.

and the terrifying monster ravager with all kinds of bone spurs standing behind them, who can bring infinite pressure to people with just one figure.

The Dark Knights, recruited by the Laughing Bats, met with Bruce in a magical way, in a place of nothingness.

"Those are just projections of the other person's memory. It uses the power of your spirit world to project them out. They are not really ontologies. It's clear that your dark side has a lot to offer.

You need to get rid of the ideas that bind you, and you can use your power in this spiritual world to find some help for yourself. It doesn't matter if you fight, but it's a struggle for control of this spiritual world. ”

Stephen's voice was quickly and quickly picked up by Bruce along the chain of minds, but in the next moment, the chain of minds in his hand was suddenly cut off by a black scythe, and the connection between him and Stephen was instantly cut off. At the last moment, the key point he could vaguely grasp was only based on the will of Stephen's guidance, and his wishes came true.

The black scythe was bound by a mass of black liquid, held in the hand of the Laughing Bat, and a human face was faintly struggling to emerge on the scythe, each face familiar and shocked Bruce.

Because that's his face! From childhood to adulthood, every negative emotion, the face he revealed. One of the most representative is the face of fear in the well when he was young.

The scythe held in the hand of the laughing bat is his dark side!

It is precisely because of this that the Laughing Bat can lurk in his spiritual world and be powerful.

"The people who got in the way have been driven away by me. The surroundings are full of fog, even if it is close at hand, a movement that should not allow you to instantly open an unreachable distance between you and him. Even if he can get back here, then everything should be settled here.

To be honest, he brought you in and caught me off guard. It only takes a little more time for me to completely erode your spiritual world and easily let you fall into the arms of darkness. But that's not bad right now. You don't have a helper, and you can't do whatever you want in this world, and it looks like I have the advantage. I felt a little bored for a while. Maybe I should redirect that helper of yours back? ”

The laughing bat stuck out its tongue and licked the blade of the scythe, and the laughter grew wild.

"I have more than one helper." Bruce thought back to what Stephen wanted to say to him, and one trustworthy person after another naturally came to mind.

Wonder Woman, Superman, Martian Manhunter, Barry Allen, Green Lantern Hal Jordan, Aquaman Arthur. and the last unexpected, purple-skinned figure - Thanos!

"Wow! You didn't disappoint me! I love the days when you struggled and fought against you! Come, let's say hello to our old fellows, and you can torture and kill the mortal enemies of this world again! Although only projection. But it's also good to fight a front battle and warm up. ”

The laughter of the Laughing Bat froze, but then the corners of the clown-like mouth could not be closed in any way, and his whole body exuded an emotion of extreme pleasure and surprise, and he almost couldn't wait to launch a declaration of battle.

The first to attack was the Laughing Bat and the others standing behind the Laughing Bat, who was a stressful ravager who almost roared out like a tank and attacked Superman.

"Clark, hypocrite! It makes me sick to see you again. ”

"Oh, my Diana! I love you, but I have to kill you again! "The merciless iron fist with the helmet of the god of war, Ares, found Diana, a fully armed Wonder Woman.

For the rest, the Red Dead found Barry, the Daybreak found Howl, the killing machine found Martian Manhunter, and the Drowning Necrons swept up a stream of death and took Aquaman Arthur away.

In the end, there were three people left on the field, or rather, four. The Laughing Bat and Bruce, the dark side of Thanos and the inhumanoid Bruce.

"I don't have any gems." Thanos glanced at his hands, as if they weren't projections, but real ones, and cast an inquiring glance at Bruce.

"I'm sorry, I can't see them here. Although I should have done anything here. But actually, I'm very vulnerable. Bruce also didn't see Thanos as a puppet projection without intelligence and emotion, and sincerely apologized.

"I can feel that you are in pain, child! But I think you should know that pain and death, survival and choice, are the inevitable paths that life must experience. Thanos looked at the black scythe in the hand of the Laughing Bat, reached out and patted Bruce on the shoulder, then leaned over slightly, flicked his arms and took the lead in charging forward.

Boom!

The surrounding fog shook and drifted away, and the building trembled as if it was about to collapse. With a strange scream, the laughing bat was grabbed by Thanos' head, and smashed straight through layer after layer of walls, and finally fell to the ground, splashing a mouth full of blood foam.

"Come on, we're all left." Bruce stepped forward and said to the black scythe that had fallen to the ground.

Under Bruce's gaze, the metallic scythe slowly melted into a cloud of black filthy water, just by looking at it, Bruce felt that his thinking and will were washed by the negative emotions like a torrent, it seemed to have a mysterious power, giving it extreme pollution, which was hidden before, and now it completely exploded that power.

There is a strangeness to this force.

Soon, a thin figure gradually emerged from the sewage, with a familiar face that resembled Bruce Wayne when he was a teenager. Or simply when he was young, he had not yet traveled, and he was deeply trapped in fear and pain.

The black stream of filth snaked up the young Wayne's body, turning into a black suit.

"You're not me, who the hell are you?" Bruce looked at the evil young version of himself in front of him, no matter what made him very familiar, but his senses always reminded him that the other party was not him! In his own spiritual world, Bruce chooses to listen to the teachings of professionals, and that is how he believes in his own feelings. Even if he had been so close to losing his life by this feeling. But since Stephen didn't remind him, that meant the advice was still useful.

"I'm you. What you don't want, what you suppress, what you want us to disappear all the time. Young Wayne grinned, a bright smile that gave him a sense of strangeness and unease.

"If you were me, then I would have been influenced by you a long time ago, right?" Bruce's embankment of will is in a state of crisis all the time, and even if he hasn't done anything, the self on the other side has already made him a little irresistible. This also made Bruce understand even more that the other party must not be his dark side! If his dark side was so strong, he should really be glad that he was able to maintain his bottom line all these years without degeneration and blackening.

"I'm just borrowing some foreign power under the guidance of myself in another universe." Young Wayne's smile grew brighter and brighter, "It favors me and sees me as its contractor, its resonator." I was able to feel its presence and borrow some power from it. ”

At this time, Stephen, who was trying to find back in the fog, suddenly looked up in a certain direction in the fog, and said with some broken defenses: "Abyss? ”

(End of chapter)