Lo and behold...... That's how it always happens.

When Chen Tao's feet stepped on the dark blue tiles of Berelford Prison, he suddenly remembered for no reason the night he faced Bane a long time ago.

He heard Bane's breath curl up like the waves of the sea, a quiet, low roar that was as distinct as a whisper in his ear.

The exact process of the fight has long been blurred in time, but he remembers how pitiful, weak, helpless, and more importantly......

Alone.

You can never count on anyone, you should never count on anyone......

The voice had whispered in his ear countless times, and he had seen it as a breeze blowing in his face, but now it seemed like a premeditated curse.

He seemed to be standing in the middle of the huge ring again, with countless ghosts standing in front of him. And in the center of that great whistling, he confronted the enemy surrounded by countless people.

One enemy fell, and another got up. He was like Hercules (the ancient Greek hero) who slew the Hydra, he kept swinging his sword and cutting off one head after another, but as soon as one of the heads fell to the ground, two grew from the Hydra's neck, and he didn't have the torch that burned the neck.

So he just waved his sword mechanically. Be careful not to be distracted. If you are a little slower, you will be caught by the venom sprayed by the hydra.

The world is waiting for you to save, only you, only you.

You hold up the sky, so you don't have a breather.

yes, I know, I've always known.

Chen Tao paced, walking past the broken ruins. The two guard robots have been beaten to scrap metal. This is supposed to be Waller's technology based on Brainac's modification.

Even from a long distance, he could hear the sounds of the battlefield through the nanobots that had been sent in one step in advance.

“…… Stop thinking about Batman, do you have only that hope in battle? Let me guess...... Justice League? Batman and his 6 or 7 thigh pendants? ”

The voice belonged to Maximil Lauder. It sounds like he's trying hard to unleash his abilities and use words to dismantle Wonder Woman's sense of battle. This method of using telepathic abilities is very lauder, and the form of his ability is to "persuade" others. However, it seems that this ability is ineffective against demigods, and it is also greatly reduced for those who can speed up their brains with the speed of God.

Then Chen Tao heard a female voice, which sounded like it should be the Jade Empress.

She's a mistake in the timeline, and the eyeball next to her is able to use green light energy.

“…… Very fast, not bad, dear. I know this kind of thing...... Speed Force, right? ”

She said:

"Inventor Barry...... Wait a minute...... Albert Swan? No, it doesn't seem right...... Hell, damn it, this messy timeline...... But none of that matters to us now. What did I just say? Nice dodge. ”

This was followed by a loud bang, and then the next sentence of the Emerald Empress sounded:

"But you forgot about Dr. Polaris, the beautiful attack, but it was all expected. Oh, I guess that must have hurt. Hey, frankly, you're not really familiar with green light energy, right? What about the Green Lantern on your team? Haven't you learned from him? Never practiced against each other, like the Superhero Army? ”

(Note: The Emerald Empress is from the 30th century and is the villain of the 30th century superhero team [Super Hero Legion], but this superhero team from the future was directly destroyed after the time restart, and the Emerald Empress became a residual bug in the timeline.) ）

"Oh, no, I think about it...... Green Lantern and Batman fell out, didn't they? Even though I've only been out of prison for a long time, I'm at least still online. The Green Lantern is no longer in the league, why? Because he doesn't want to be a dog for Batman like you do? ”

"You've got too much nonsense, Empress Emerald." Then came the deep male voice belonging to Dr. Polaris, which seemed to resonate in an empty cave under the effect of the magnetic field surging beside him: "We should quickly take out the enemy in front of us, and then go and kill Amanda Waller." ”

"Dr. Polaris is right. The only macho man in the universe is already a little impatient. Are you going to tickle me? Her Royal Highness the Princess? ”

There was another violent bang.

Immediately after Chen Tao heard Wonder Woman's answer, just by listening to the voice, he could feel how stretched she was when she faced the siege of the entire villain army on her own.

"Even the two of us can stop you, Maximil......"

Chen Tao sighed.

While distractingly using the mud-faced clone mixed with nanobots to secretly control the timing of Damian's activation, he kept an eye on the situation on Wonder Woman and The Flash's side.

He used the green of all things to create an eyeball in the room, thus clearly communicating to him the scene in the room.

It is a perfect combination of the red of all living beings and the green of all things, combining the eyeballs of living beings and the rhizomes of plants, and of course, the power of some metal spirits as lubrication and energy.

In long-term use, Chen Tao has long been handy with such synthetic creations.

"Wonder Woman, it's in your favor to stand by and let us get the job done."

Maxiwell Laud is still trying to unleash his abilities on Wonder Woman, his nose is bleeding, and Wonder Woman is unmoved.

She stood up from the ground, then stood with her sword.

"I know all too well how unscrupulous you are to get there, Lauder. Not only will you force others to achieve your goals, but you will also drive them to a pulp. My mind will not be manipulated by people like you. ”

"You're right." Maxiver Laude tried again, then sighed.

"Your mind is a locked box, Princess Amazon, and I think the key to it is magic. And I don't have the key...... Never again. ”

He said.

Then the next second, a purple light flashed in his eyes, and Wonder Woman hugged her head and let out a scream, and then hugged her head violently.

But even so, Wonder Woman's sword still hasn't been taken off:

"This ...... That's not enough to twist me! ”

She tapped her forehead with her sword-wielding wrist, and then rushed towards Lauder like a bull, so much so that the other man had to dodge in embarrassment.

His nose bleededs, and even his ears were bleeding, and the purple light in his eyes was uncertain.

"That's true...... But it's enough for you to say what I want to know......"

Want, what? Wonder Woman didn't have time to think about it.

She tensed her whole body, no matter how much Maxiver Laude managed to interfere with herself as a demigod, but she was ready to resist the manipulation of the other party.

In the entire Justice League, Wonder Woman is also the one who has a closer relationship with the government, thanks to her friendship with Colonel Steve Deepor, and the fact that she used to work for the government, and now she has not broken off her clean ties and has not thought of breaking clean contacts, Wonder Woman's authority in Berelph Prison is second only to Amanda Waller and Steve Trevor.

If Maxiver Lauderer had ordered Wonder Woman to hand over her control of the prison to him, he would have been able to find Amanda Waller more quickly by bypassing many of the defenses that would have required a violent breakthrough, and Wonder Woman would not have allowed this to happen.

But now that she's injured and Lauder uses unknown magic to break his superpowers' inability to control demigods, Wonder Woman herself isn't sure if she'll be able to withstand the other's abilities.

She bit her tongue. She knew that Lauder's abilities were similar to coercive persuasion, that is, he would not use his psychic abilities to force control her body like Brenac, but would use his ability to make himself think from the bottom of his heart that he was right, and then obey him.

But nothing like this will happen, absolutely not. She's a warrior, and before she speaks, she'd rather bite off her ......

Yet she heard Maxiwell Lauder ask:

"I'm not going to ask about Amanda Waller, but I want to know another innocuous little thing:"

"Why did Batman fall out with Green Lantern? So much so that Green Lantern never appeared in the league except for fighting alongside the other members of the alliance on the battlefield against Darkseid, but Batman still insisted that the other party was a member of the alliance? ”

What, isn't it asking for my permissions?

This unexpected question made Wonder Woman's mind feel relieved, and under the influence of Maxiwell's ability, she subconsciously replied: "Because Batman has manipulated Green Lantern's thinking to ensure that when dealing with Darkseid, the other party will not break away from the pre-set command control and do something beyond control." ”

Wonder Woman's face was gloomy as soon as she spoke, damn bastard!

"I see...... "I am so thankful for fulfilling a question that has always haunted my mind." ”

Wonder Woman rushed towards Lauder in a rage, and this state of distraction and rage was undoubtedly a huge flaw. And the other party also turned his head to Johnisoro and shouted at the right time:

"Now is our chance, don't forget why you're here!"

The masked magician, with his head in it, slowly opened his hand, and pulled a flaming door through the void.

"Don't worry, I still need to invite assistant performers for my performance........."

Maxiwell Laud rolls in disbelief to dodge the splatters of rubble caused by Wonder Woman's shield striking the earth.

"I'm sure I can find quite a few good ways to entertain our hosts. I was not alone when I was locked up in Waller's prison, and the screams in the darkness were with me all the time. That's what the army of the King of Tears is thirsting for...... Freely! ”

Boom!

As a large number of flesh tentacles poured towards Wonder Woman like a tide, Maxime Verlaud's eyes flashed purple light again, and with a loud bang, Wonder Woman's sword had already flown to the side, and she used the sharp edge of her round shield to cut off a huge and sharp tooth tentacle that Johnny Solo had summoned with a loud shout, but then it was hit by three others at the same time, and then flew upside down.

The Flash falls to the ground, his feet twisting abnormally, revealing Bai Sensen's calf bones. It seems that the enemy has long thought about how to deal with a speedy person running around, and breaking the calf is indeed the perfect choice.

And the Flash...... In a hurry, he didn't care about wailing, but used his only remaining leg to get up from the ground and jump up in an independent posture of the golden rooster.

It's a slightly comical move, but with the acceleration of the speed force, the Flash still comes and goes like the wind, even with only one leg.

"My name is Barry Allen, and I'm the fastest cripple in the world......"

Chen Tao made up in his mind what the opening of the CW's Flash American drama would be like if this happened, then shook his head and walked in.

Rustam was still wielding his flame blade at the Flash, who was jumping around on one foot, but at some point, everyone on the field stopped moving.

Chen Tao walked out slowly.

No one spoke.

People watched as Batman slowly walked through the chaotic battlefield, and as soon as he raised his hand, Rostam, who was holding the flame blade, flew out.

Maxiver Lauder's face darkened, and he wiped his nosebleed. Then he said slowly: "It's surprising that you are here." ”

"Aren't you going to take your son's life?"

“……”

Maxiwell Laud was communicating with Titan Tower for the first second he saw Batman, but the result was that it was not Batman himself who appeared there, but a child who had appeared with Batman in the early days. A once a Robin of a certain generation.

It's weird, very weird. He had obviously made it obvious enough that the leopard girl suddenly fled...... According to Batman's IQ, he should be able to easily perceive that Leopard Girl is a cover to lure him away from his child, so that he immediately realizes that his son is in danger.

What a father should do at this time should be to protect his children no matter what, in order to make the crisis of trapping Batman fully established. Maxiwell Laud also manipulates Talia, as long as Batman appears in the Titan Tower, then she will appear immediately when she is hidden there, and then ......

That's right. Brain Demon, Leviathan Incident, and some villains such as shrapnel steel girder gizmo Jinx......

It's all a product of the collaboration between Maxi Vill Laud and the Super Queen of the Crime Syndicate.

Maxiver Laud brought the mother and son back to Batman, always in order to use their mother and son duo to contain Batman. Lauder even took the initiative to expose the Super Queen and the Crime Syndicate to the stage in order to make Batman no longer suspect, so as to make Batman think that he had found the real "mastermind".

Anyway, in Lauder's opinion, this group of so-called criminal syndicates is nothing more than a group of inferior cosplay justice and cute villains, no different from third-rate characters like Jinx Gizmo.

He didn't know about them, and he didn't need to. He just needs Batman not to focus on himself, and it turns out that the Crime Syndicate does a very good job as a cover as well.

Although Batman doesn't know why he didn't hurt the villains, he also didn't find himself. His plan went smoothly, and it was also at the right time to lure Batman away completely.

But now things are a little different......

It was definitely a big accident, and Lauder hated accidents.

"You've got to save your son."

Maxi Verlaude said.

He pressed his middle and forefinger to his temple: "If you don't hurry now, they're going to die." You sent a villain called Killer Crocodile there before, right? That scum from Gotham City, that ugly beast with scales. You gave him a pantsless Robin uniform to use as dog food and tasked him with saving your son? Ridiculous, don't you know that now he has been also put down by Damian, and then controlled, and it has not affected the outcome at all? ”

Lauder threatened, "I advise you to go back to the Titan Tower now to save your precious son Damian." He'll teleport the entire Titan Tower to a black hole in the universe, and if you set off now, you might be able to save everyone before they get torn apart by the black hole. ”

He said, "Come to think of it, my purpose is only to kill Amanda Waller, what does it matter to you whether she lives or dies?" Hmph—"

Halfway through Maxiwell's words, a stream of blood suddenly spurted out of his nose, and Chen Tao slowly tightened the corners of his mouth that were upturned under his nose, and then pursed his lips.

As a telepathic person, Maxiver Laud had gathered enough information beforehand. For a long time, Batman's abilities may have been a secret to ordinary people, but there are no impermeable walls in the world after all.

has seen so many unfortunate pasts of telepathic predecessors, so when facing Chen Tao this time, he is only using his ability to "force persuasion", and he is not stupid enough to try to enter Chen Tao's brain.

It's a pity, if he dares to come in, the two of them will be able to hold hands and laugh together.

However, after Chen Tao discovered the other party's caution, he also turned his head into an iron block neatly, which made Maxiver Lauder's ability start a loneliness.

But this kind of nosebleed is already commonplace for the other party, Chen Tao has always suspected that in addition to telepathic ability, Maximil's hematopoietic function is also very powerful, otherwise it is really strange that he has this superpower side effect of nosebleeds at every turn, and he has not bled to death for so many years.

"Don't think about it, Maxi Verlaud."

Facing the threat from Lauder, Chen Tao shook his head, and then said, "If I appear here, the first thing you should do is not to ask me why I am here, but to think about how far your arrangement has been destroyed." ”

He said, "You know what? ”

Chen Tao turned his head and looked at Wonder Woman and Flash lying on the ground.

"You may have been hiding from me for a while...... I'll admit it's remarkable. ”

"But you should know better...... When I'm here, it means you've lost, completely. ”

So Maxiver Lauder looked up and saw Batman's cape flying, windless and automatic, as ethereal as smoke falling from a Gotham night.

"And if you lose, it means I'm going to win, I'm going to win, I'm going to win soon. Although ......"

The Flash got up from the ground, Chen Tao saw that his broken leg was still broken before he came, but within a few minutes of his arrival, as the owner of this body was agitated, the injury was actually completely healed under the acceleration of the speed force.

Wonder Woman stood up from the ground, a smile appeared on her face, and when she saw Batman arrive, her body, which had no strength, had once again burst out of divine power.

So Maximille Lauder looked at Batman for some reason, and he saw a mixture of joy and sadness on the other party's face, and Maximil didn't understand why this was at all.

"Although...... All of this seemed a little too cruel to me. ”

(End of chapter)