I have a secret.

I came from another world, a world that was the complete opposite of the world I was in right now, a parallel universe.

There, the crime syndicates rule the world, not the Justice League of the universe I'm in right now.

But where it came from is not a secret, you will soon find out...... But not now.

A few years ago, Earth 3.

Another Gotham.

"Can you hear me? Lord Thomas? ”

(Note: Thomas Wayne Jr., aka Night Stalker, is an isotope of Earth3 Batman, an evil version of Batman, and is the older brother of Earth3's Bruce Wayne, who is long dead in this universe.) ）

The outsider piloted the owl plane, and he checked the location of the night owl on the monitor.

"I'm following you as best I can, sir, but it's always hard to keep up when you fly up the wall."

"Where's the Talons?"

(Note: The claws in the mouth of the night owl refer to Dick Grayson, in the normal universe, he is the first Robin of Batman, who became the superhero Nightwing after flying solo, but in the parallel universe of Earth 3, he became the claw.) ）

"His communicator didn't answer, you shouldn't have told him about his parents, sir. Just as you shouldn't tell him the truth about Barbara and other things. ”

Outsider says:

"You should do it the same way we did: deceive."

"It's just a waste of time to say that now. We're going to get the claws back from the Joker, and then I'm going to kill every one of the people who help the Joker. If something happens to Dick, I'm going to break that laughing harlequin to pieces. ”

"With all due respect, Master Thomas, if you hadn't killed Harley Quinn, Joker's girlfriend, maybe he wouldn't have lowered the bar and made a move on your underage hench-"

"Shut up. I'll contact him when you find him. ”

"But ......"

"Night owl, the call is over."

- You see, Thomas and I have been partners for life, ever since the day I shot his parents.

That day was the only time I saw Thomas completely out of control, and it was the only time Thomas cried bitterly.

He never spoke about that day, it was his darkest secret. After that, Thomas stopped expecting anything, he chose to take complete control of everything, everything, and everyone with both hands.

Gotham is a piece of cake, but what about the people? It's the people who are the problem.

My real name is Alfred Pennyworth, and I'm also known as an outsider, and I live only to serve the night owls.

He never asked me why, but he knew he had to. He knows my darkest secrets, which is why I would never betray him, why I would help him spy on the police station, Arkham Manor, Tompkins brothel and Halle's circus, and why I could die for him.

The two of us work together to navigate Gotham's system, which gives him control, and losing control is bound to cause chaos.

The slightest bit of chaos could cause it to spread like a cancer until the entire system died.

This is exactly what the man wants, he wants to break the Night Stalker's control over the people, he wants to free Gotham from the Night Stalker's iron fist, he is the Clownman.

He's the cancer of this city, and he almost killed me.

Clown used to be the person I feared the most, and I shuddered at the sight of the curled corners of his mouth. That night, the Night Stalker kills the Clown, putting an end to the only person who resists the Night Stalker.

I thought I'd never see that crazy smile again.

However......

At this moment, at this moment.

"Outsider, answer me."

"How's your survey of that universe's defenses? We're in a terrible situation here. You'd better hurry. ”

In a dark underground lair on Earth, the grim face of the night owl is reflected on the screen in front of an outsider.

On the machine next to it, the parent box is constantly turning quietly.

"Master Thomas...... I'm sorry. I've been waiting for you to come, but I'm trying to put the world in order...... I underestimated the difficulty of the job. ”

"You just tell me how many people can come to the teleportation channel."

"I'm afraid you can only come one at a time, and it will take a while to recharge after a person comes before you can continue to come to the next one, and ...... The security of the conveyor channel is still up for debate. I'm sorry. ”

"But now that the teleportation channel has been opened, that's good."

The outsider heard the night owl's voice: "We're going to send a member over in a moment." ”

He thought about it.

"Let's choose the Sea Overlord. He's the most wasteful of us, he doesn't know anything but talking to the fish, and it doesn't matter if he dies, it's just a test of the stability of the teleportation channel. ”

(Note: Sea King, a member of the Crime Syndicate, is an evil version of Aquaman.) ）

He went on to ask:

"What about the information you've gathered about the world's defenses?"

"After establishing contact just now, I have already transmitted to the owl computer in the owl cave." The outsider said, and then he wanted to say something more, but he couldn't.

"If you have anything to say, just say it."

"Hmm...... Lord Thomas, in the history of this earth, your brother Bruce Wayne has survived. ”

"You've already told me this information in your contact shortly after you came into this world."

"Yes, that's right, Lord Thomas, but I have to correct it now. The Batman of this world may be a bit ...... as we imagine It's not quite the same. ”

The outsider took a breath, and Batman's wild laughter flashed through his mind.

"Different? What difference can this make? ”

The outsider heard the Night Stalker's voice: "After all these years in Gotham, there is nothing that can surprise me. ”

He said, "No matter what this Batman looks like, could it be more disgusting than Joker? ”

"......" The outsider lowered his head: "You better look at the information I sent you." ”

"I'll see it later." The Night Stalker said, "The Night Stalker finished talking. ”

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In many ways, the universe we live in is like a giant jar.

It's a place bound and ruled by unseen rules, some born of science, some of which are derived from magic, and some of which are more mysterious.

However, all the beings born in this universe are bound by his own laws, like an impermeable glass barrier.

However, once upon a time, in a pocket born on the edge of time and space, an incredible whirlpool was surging.

There, the rules in the usual sense no longer apply, and that's a space outside the jar.

Creatures here tend to give up on themselves before they have matured in evolution, and any life that appears on the shores of chaos will quickly become extinct, and eventually only one known planet will reach maturity, and that is a terrible place, unlike the simple biological origin and stable evolution of branch variants in the usual world, life on this planet has reached the peak of pluralism and differentiation when it is born.

The strange and wild creatures have shown their most complete posture in the Sea of Origin, so when life on ordinary planets is thriving, in this world, the process is completely reversed.

All species here start with war, and the only goal of their existence is to destroy each other. All creatures join the ultimate melee of the fittest, and only the most powerful, vicious, and ruthless creatures survive in this ultimate bloody battle.

Over time, extinction followed extinction.

Eventually, the planet chose his masterpiece, a species with endless life capable of controlling any mind that comes into contact with him.

And within this race, an independent existence has quietly emerged......

After coming to the multiverse, he destroyed every being, every planet, every civilization, every thought that stood in his way.

He has received many names over the years: Obsidian, Black......

And he was most pleased with the title of Staro the Conqueror, because all those who had seen him on his conquests...... It is equivalent to witnessing his death.

In the midst of the endless starry sky.

A giant starfish curled around his body in space.

Its telepathic abilities span mountains and rivers to lock in a new target......

Earth.

"The target has been discovered: Earth. Staro the Conqueror will conquer the Earth! ”

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"Shh

"Batman can't hear us."

The red of all beings.

When the many members of the Totem Council dispersed, the antler totem among them was quietly exercising his machinations.

"Listen, the darkness of decay is coming, and no one can help us."

He was whispering into the void, and through the crimson connection, he saw the two crimson faces.

Just as the green of all things and the black of decay also have a dark side, in the long years, the red of all beings also has its own side that cannot be shown to others.

"Hiss...... Did you know? ”

"The boy."

The Antlers Totem whispered, "You've really succeeded. ”

"Well done," he said. Well done. ”

The Antlers Totem looked left and right for a moment before he dared to continue, "You have no idea what Batman has bullied us into. ”

"He constantly forged buildings in the Red of All Beings, hid things, and did not allow any of the Red warriors of All Living Beings to approach."

He said:

He even left behind the robots in those buildings, creatures made entirely of metal, neither plants, nor life, nor death. It's horrible, it's against nature. ”

"He turned a blind eye to us and treated us like complete idiots."

He whispered to himself, "And Batman will definitely pay the price." ”

He looked at the two vague red figures: "And you, you have made a great contribution to the red of all beings. ”

"—Beastie Boy."

"It's the only person we've found right now who can actually transform into any animal at will." The voice of the antler totem was full of excitement: "It will be the key to strengthening the red of all beings!" ”

The two red figures didn't respond, but the antler totem didn't care. He walked around excitedly: "We can take all the humans on the planet - every single one, including superhumans, like Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, those superhumans...... We can turn them all into beasts and half-animals...... And then they're going to be in control of the Red. ”

"The red of all beings will be unprecedentedly powerful and prosperous, and they will no longer have to fear the threat of the corrupt black! Those fools in the totem council, those ignorant and uninformed antiques, they actually injected the power of life into the body of the daughter of Animal Man Buddy Baker, and then wanted to wait for that embryo to mature? What a joke. ”

He said, "We're going to get rid of that group of idiots - to make the Red of All Living Great again!" ”

"And it all started with the Beast Kid, with the Young Titans!"

"Brothers...... Go and fulfill our plan to make the world feel the horrors of the Blood Church! ”

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Louisiana.

3 p.m.

A large group of heavily armed soldiers searched the vast primeval jungle for their targets.

"Team Z, report on the current situation."

"This is Number 1, we are still tracking the target's tracks, but the swamp has affected our electronics...... The area we are in now is...... Coordinates......"

"I'm glad you've found the right place."

Immediately after that, Soldier No. 1 heard Amanda Waller's voice coming out of the headphones: "Don't ask questions until I'm done, I'll try to talk as I go." ”

The soldiers searched, and the number 1 crouched down. Amanda Waller's voice was still ringing in his ears.

"Captain, I guess you already know what's going on in Belheim, or at least as everyone else knows. Riots, raids, and so on. ”

(Note: Belheif Prison is a prison in Louisiana designed to house supercriminals.) ）

"I'm not going to tell you the specifics of that attack, but you need to know that one of the fugitives who escaped from that attack was Leopard Girl, whose original name was Barbara Minerva, and she had several pseudonyms, but Barbara Minerva's name looks like her real name......"

Nodding slowly, Number 1 continued to listen intently to Amanda Waller's assignment.

"Dr. Minerva had a lot of work to work in order to enter the Eye Society, which was a department specializing in the study of mysterious objects collected, and Barbara Minerva even met and became friends with Wonder Woman who had just arrived in the United States at the Eye of the Sky."

"However, during the Celestial Eye Society, Dr. Minerva came into contact with a thing known as the Godkiller Blade, and in any case, she transformed into a leopard girl through various witchcraft, and all her senses were strengthened, and her speed was almost as fast as that of the Flash, and she was even called the Speedster without the speed of God, and at the same time became incredibly bloodthirsty."

"So your task is not to catch her, but to notify the katana as soon as you find a trace—"

(Note: Katana, which appeared in a previous chapter, is a Japanese woman whose husband's soul is lodged in a sword, a member of the government.) ）

Yikes!

But before Amanda Waller could finish his words, he heard a soft sound in his headphones, as if someone was gently caressing the tough cowhide with his rough hands.

However, it is clear that there will be no cattle in the swamp, and there will be no cowhides.

There were no screams.

There was no sound of gunfire.

There is only one "Wow!" ”

Then there was the creepy chewing sound, and Amanda Waller could even imagine some humanoid monster lying on the ground, pulling out the inside of its chest and nibbling on it like a tomato.

Amanda Waller's face was expressionless.

Immediately after that, she heard a loud noise, and the communicator was stepped on and smashed, and she directly connected to another phone call without saying a word: "Hey? This is Amanda Waller, calling Wonder Woman. ”

On the other side, the Leopard Girl stomped on the communicator next to the dead soldier.

The communicator in her hand sounded: "Leopard Girl, the secret society needs you, we think you should have completely gotten rid of Belheim and are on your way to the rendezvous...... We let you out on the other hand. Your Excellency the Outsider is waiting for you, and he will introduce you to a group of truly powerful people. ”

"Yes, get rid of it. I'll get over as soon as I can. ”

"But before that, I have some personal grievances to settle. ”

But just as she was about to turn away from the bloody scene, she saw a Japanese woman standing quietly at the edge of the swamp.

The demon knife in her hand glowed with a faint green fluorescent.

"It seems that there is a little bit of work to be done before settling personal grievances."

The leopard girl said.

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Louisiana.

Bailey Hoff Prison.

"There's a manta ray up there."

"What's his real name?"

"I don't know. See here: real name unknown. ”

Two guards walked down the steel hallway, next to them a giant robot, a heavily guarded prison built for the superpowered.

They were chatting, and one of the guards read the words on the paper in his hand:

"The Treasure Hunter, Aquaman's main antagonist, would be invaluable if it were used to rescue the Black Manta Ray in a shipwreck, especially for salvaging the wreckage of a wrecked plane, tracking of suspects, and assassination operations - oh my God, this thing was written by Waller?"

"There's her signature underneath. She wanted him. ”

"Tsk......"

"Woo ......"

"Look, this helmet, how funny, like a big red-headed fly."

One of the guards flicked his helmet.

"Honestly, hasn't she given up on the plan to recruit villains to become government agents?"

"Of course not, Waller said she wanted it, then he had to be hers. What's it called...... Suicide Squad? This is clearly plagiarizing Batman. Waller wouldn't use that name again, would he? ”

"She's the boss, and she's in charge."

One of the guards said, "And we should come and help him with it, and tell Waller that she'll have a manta ray at his disposal in no time." ”

The two of them walked to the door of the last cell and handed the papers to the doorkeeper.

As the huge iron door opened, they finally saw the black manta ray, a strong black man with three scars on his face.

"Wow, when they first got you, we were wondering if we were going to have a fish tank for you. But obviously, you don't breathe underwater like your aquarium friends. ”

One of the guards walked up to the black manta ray, who was sitting at the table, and the other party was wearing heavy shackles and handcuffs, and he didn't have to worry about the other party flareing up.

"Tell me, Black Manta - is he really that tough to deal with?"

The black manta ray looked up at him. He knows exactly who the other person's "he" refers to.

"You're dying."

He said suddenly.

"You ......" the guard wanted to say something, but he was forced by his sharp gaze, and gradually did not dare to say anything, and the frivolous look slowly disappeared on his face.

He was inexplicably a little flustered, so he stopped talking nonsense and hurriedly began to perform his duties: "If you say that you will go to prison, you will probably have to sit for the rest of your life, but look, now there is an opportunity for you to get out of here, I can tell you all the details, as long as you sign here......"

"Join the government as an agent? Right, everybody knows there's that stuff, but I don't eat that. ”

The black manta ray's gaze looked at the helmet that had been brought to the table. The helmet's eyes are right at the guard.

"You're dying."

The black manta ray told him.

"What do you mean?" The guard said, "Can you stop making jokes like this?" ”

He rested his gaze on the other's heavy anklets and handcuffs again.

"You're dying."

"I'm dying."

"Dead. He's dead. He's dead. ”

The Black Manta Ray's tone grew faster and higher, and the guard and his companion met each other, and he stood up from the table, a great terror haunting him, but he didn't know where it came from.

“3。 2。 1。 ”

“QUEIMADURA！” The black manta said suddenly.

(Note: Portuguese, meaning burning.) ）

The black manta ray stood up. He saw the guard burn half of his body from the laser from his helmet, and he howled twice on the ground, but soon stopped moving. People who are pierced through their bodies by such a level of laser and can still live and talk non-stop only exist in TV dramas.

"Oh my God, he ...... He...... Come on! Another guard was howling.

The manta continued to sit in the chair, not moving.

"You wonder why Aquaman is so hard to deal with?"

He said.

"His skin is nearly invulnerable."

Another guard tried to pull out his gun, but the helmet on the table rotated itself without warning, and a laser struck the hand he was holding the gun and vaporized his forearm all the way to his elbow.

"His muscles are 10 times stronger than you and mine, and as you say, he can breathe underwater."

"Ahh The guard screamed desperately.

The body is then dissolved by a red laser, like a ripe cheese.

"It's not like us." Black Manta said.

"We gave you the helmet as you asked, Black Manta Ray, and we let the guards carry the helmet into your cell, exposing a spy from the Eye of the Sky Society."

At this moment, the helmet placed on the table made a voice: "And now it's time to repay us." ”

"What do you want me to do?"

Two lasers broke the black manta ray's handcuffs and anklets, and he stood up from his seat and put his helmet on his head.

In the distance, the sound of violent explosions at the Berry Hef prison was heard as a planned mass escape had been turned upside down.

"Get out of this prison first, and then come and join us."

The black manta ray heard a voice from the helmet: "Your Excellency the Outsider is waiting for you." ”

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"You've been away from home long enough, Arthur."

In the depths of the ocean, in the ruins of a ship. Aquaman Arthur is talking to a man.

"And so am I."

Said the man hiding in the shadows.

"Thank you for coming." Aquaman Arthur said.

The two of them stared at each other in silence for a moment, and then the man in the shadows said in a slow voice:

"What can I do for you, brother?"

Arthur, the king of the sea, glanced at him.

"Two days ago, an Atlantean soldier attacked a U.S. military base in order to recover an Atlantean artifact, and today, the black manta ray escaped from the Barichheif prison, he attacked my friend and robbed another Dead King treasure."

"Except for the last time the Golden Ball of the Dead King was taken away by Batman, he has now robbed two Dead King relics. It had to make me wonder what he wanted to do, or what the people who hired him were trying to do. ”

"What is a black manta ray?"

"He's a treasure hunter."

"From the surface world?"

"Yes."

Arthur, the king of the sea, stared at each other.

"Someone from Atlantis hired him, someone who wanted to get his hands on the ancient relics of Atlantis."

"And you think that person is me, Arthur? If I wanted those ancient relics, I would never hide them, but ask you directly. ”

"—unless you don't want me to know why you want them. The Black Manta knows the sea well, and he may be able to find the Death King's Scepter through the treasures. I've seen the power of that thing, it can sink an entire island. ”

"Arthur, I didn't lie to you, never. You're my brother, and if you suspect that I'm trying to attack your surface, you can just ask me. ”

Arthur the Aquaman stared into his eyes. He saw the man in the shadows hiding his entire face under his mask.

Then after a long time, he asked, "Do you want to plan an attack on land?" ”

"Of course not."

The man in the shadows said:

"I'm Lord Aum, and I never lie."

"In fact, I've only been to the surface world twice, once to ask you to come back and take back the throne, but you refused, and you chose your father's kingdom over ours. But I don't blame you, although many of the ministers around me have a lot of opinions about you, and I understand that you spent most of your childhood there. ”

"It's better if what you're saying is true."

Arthur the Sea King said, "I entrust the kingdom to you because I am not fit to be a king, and I do not have the qualities of a king, so when you come back and ask me for the throne, I will give it up." But that doesn't mean I'm going to be indifferent to what you do to the surface world. ”

"Breathing that air and being pinned to the ground must have been a terrible experience."

But Lord Orm did not answer Arthur, the king of the sea. The face under his mask took on a sympathetic look.

“…… The world above isn't as bad as you think. ”

Aquaman Arthur said.

"I'm sure you've made it better, Arthur. Like I did at Atlantis, I thought we could change Atlantis together. But now we are literally two worlds.

When you first ascended to the throne, I took you to see the wreckage to remind you of what the landlanders were capable of.

The men on this ship killed our great-grandmother and then our great-grandfather, they killed the king and queen, but they aroused the wrath of the whole of Atlantis, do you remember what happened to that ship? ”

"Sunk, those crew members were left with their lives."

Aquaman Arthur says:

"The Atlanteans kept them alive, but threw them into the sea, and then watched coldly as the crew drowned one by one and sank into the ground, until the captain of the ship was left alone."

"Yes, you're right. The Atlanteans just watched like that, and waited with great patience until finally the captain could no longer swim, do you remember what they did next? ”

"They brought him ashore."

"Yes, Arthur. And then? ”

Yet he raised his dagger again and asked the Atlanteans to take him back to the sea. A captain is always with his ship. ”

Aquaman Arthur turned his head to see a skeleton in a captain's costume floating behind him.

"We can capsize all the ships that sail on the sea if we want to, Arthur, we can destroy everything at sea, but we won't do that, and whatever happens won't change that.

Whoever wanted the scepter, maybe they just wanted to frame Atlantis. ”

Lord Aum said, "I love you, brother. I just want you to be happy. ”

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Gotham.

Chen Tao examined the big bug.

At this moment, they were in the Gotham laboratory, and Lucius was standing beside Chen Tao.

"The meditative mites are almost finished."

Chen Tao directly came to a conclusion.

"The huge magic almost destroyed his body, and this is not something that can be repaired by a simple repair."

He said with some chagrin, "He became the main rope, so now it is the most broken." ”

"And the situation of the gorilla Grove and the turtle people is not much different, they are half a pound and eight taels."

"Thankfully, none of them died, but they were basically useless, and I did my best to save their lives," Lucius said. ”

"If I find a way to strengthen them, can I let them continue to share the burden for me......"

"It's useless to do anything." Lucius interrupted Chen Tao's speculation.

"If you try to do anything to them, they'll die for you."

"So that means I'll have to find a new partner to divide it up for me?"

"What the hell." Chen Tao muttered.

"Aren't you going to retire?"

Lucius asked.

"yes, yes, yes, I'm retiring."

Chen Tao immediately changed the topic again and said, "By the way, how is the research on that phantom zone?" Can you find General Zod now? ”

"Not yet, I need time." "My energy is limited, you can't give me dozens of tasks at the same time and let me do them all," Lucius said. ”

"Oh, oh, okay." 陈韬 says:

"You've got to pick up the pace, I need to be prepared."

“……”

Lucius was speechless:

"But you told me you were going to retire. Have you changed your mind? ”

"Of course not." Chen Tao said: "I've done enough, but I'm just prepared, prepared. ”

"Even if there's no crisis, we have to be ready all the time, don't we?" he said. ”

He muttered a lot more inaudible words to Lucius, and finally said, "Actually, I know too." But I just need to have my cards and be ready for the unexpected. ”

He said: "After all, although there is no new crisis for me to solve for the time being, we have to keep our cards. ”

"You're going to retire, what are you doing with so much care?" Lucius shook his head:

"Could it be that there are still a lot of things for you to solve? You are sick, and you must be healed. ”

He advised, "Stop soaking in the lab, didn't you make an appointment with Wonder Woman tomorrow?" ”

"Why don't you hurry home and get ready now?"

American Drama World: Beginning with the Los Angeles Patrol

An old salted fish eats and waits for death in the American drama world

(End of chapter)