John Dee has been obsessed with dreams since he was a child.

He believes that dreams are the most incredible thing in the world. No matter what kind of person you are, whether you are poor, weak, or congenitally defective, all beings are equal only in your dreams.

Dreams are the best gift that God has given to people. It is also the only place where you can be free, let go of all the stress and worries, and even break free from the cage of the weak human body, and become anyone, doing anything that is impossible in the daytime.

He was obsessed with the study of dreams and the idea of what he called "lucid dreaming," trying to make his brain consciously manipulate dreams. Unfortunately, there were some side effects in the process, which had some unintended effects on his spirit.

That's why he lived in Arkham.

But it brought him new opportunities in life.

Sensory Enhancer, a piece of equipment donated to Arkham Asylum by a cutting-edge scientific institution. It is designed to aid in the study of human dreams and to augment the senses to a certain extent.

Due to the danger of being in the experimental phase, in order to avoid the need for a large number of experimental volunteers, the research team reached an agreement with the madhouse to borrow the lunatics held here for testing.

It was the best gift from heaven to John Dee.

He was madly obsessed with the machine, and the most anticipated moment of the week was the few minutes he could try out as a volunteer — doctors didn't allow patients to use it longer because of the risks.

John succeeded. With the help of this machine, he felt that the modules in his mind about dreams had been developed more and more clearly, and now he was almost able to control dreams with no negative impact on himself. Because of this, his mental problems when he was initially imprisoned in an insane asylum were resolved.

"You've recovered incredible, and if you want me to say you'll be discharged from the hospital next month." The doctor smiled at him at the time.

At that time, John thought that his life was about to reach a peak. It's equivalent to him going to Arkham to get what he's dreamed of for years, and to be able to return to the trajectory of his life.

And then he was green.

It was his girlfriend who told him when she learned that he would be discharged from the hospital next month. She is already with John's best friend, and they are ready to get married.

A sudden hat stunned him. However, it didn't take long for him to be convinced that the pair of dog men and women must have had a leg long ago, and they might have had problems even before they entered Arkham.

All of a sudden, his mood to go out faded, and this prompted him to have the boldest idea in his life.

He attacked the doctor, illegally activated the dangerous sensory enhancer, and used it on himself, all at full power.

He knew it could be dangerous, and the slightest mistake would turn his brain into a toasted loaf. But he didn't care.

If you don't succeed, you will succeed.

And then he succeeded. And so Doctor Destiny was born, a dream god who dominated dreams and possessed powers beyond the reach of humans!

Using this power, he easily killed his ex-girlfriend and the friend who greened him in his dreams. And he soon realized that he could do more than that.

He wants to drag the world into an eternal nightmare and become the god of the new world!

And then......

...... Then he was shot.

Now that he has returned to reality, he finds that there are still sequelae.

Now, as soon as he closed his eyes, the giant with eyes like two salted eggs would appear in front of him, and the feeling of being filled and tearing pain would follow.

Even if he tried to use his ability to create any dream, he could not erase the horrible scene from his mind. The direct consequence is that no matter what dream he creates now, the terrifying giant will definitely appear in the scene......

The fear of destruction has been seared into his DNA, causing all his dreams to become his nightmares!

John was in a frenzy when he suddenly noticed someone approaching his hiding place.

The perceptual enhancer not only gave him the ability to practice his dreams, but also strengthened his spirit and senses. He can perceive the approach of any thinking living person within a certain range.

So he quickly found out who was approaching.

Batman.

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Batman may have been the first in the city to notice Doctor Destiny.

At first, what caught his attention was the information that John's ex-girlfriend and fiancé had died violently in a nightmare. He keeps an eye on every death in the city every day, and any potentially suspicious deaths that the police won't pay attention to will be carefully investigated.

Within a day, he had linked the murder to Arkham's escape from prison with John Dee and the illegally activated sensory enhancer.

Then the nightmare that gripped Gotham erupted.

With some mind control techniques learned while traveling the world, and a little bit of bat-like willpower, Batman was able to break free from his nightmare. Contacting the previous day's case, he quickly thought that John Dee, who had gained superpowers, might be the culprit.

Based on his mastery of traceology, and following the clues he found at the scene of the escape, Batman soon found the hiding place of John Dee — or Doctor Destiny — who should now be called him.

But the moment he pushed open the door of the house, the world began to spin.

The old room vanished, and the scene rolled away like a tide. The black-and-white picture looks like a scene from an old video tape of the last century, and when he comes back to his senses, he is already in a dark alley, and the street lamps emit a gloomy and dim glow.

Batman's pupils shrank.

It was a scene he would never forget.

Crime Alley.

Men and women, holding a small child, walked into this alley.

The reason why they came to this unfortunate place at this unfortunate time was because the child willfully asked to leave the scene early before the movie was over.

No, that's not true.

Batman struggled to close his eyes and shook his head.

At such a close distance, the effect of Doctor Destiny's superpowers was enhanced to the extreme. Without having to dream, he can also make the target accept his ability to dream.

Batman ignores it all and moves on.

Then the gunner appeared.

A robber with an old pistol in his hand. It was as if the Grim Reaper, who had come here under the guidance of fate, was destined to pull the trigger at this moment.

No, it's just a nightmare. Batman continued to say to himself.

Focus on the task. Ah Fu is still in a nightmare, Gordon is also in a nightmare, and the city is dangerous.

You're too late to save the two of them, but you can save the others.

Too late......

Bang.

Gunshots rang out, and two fires pierced the silent alley.

"No!" He finally screamed uncontrollably.

Only this scene, only this night, is impossible for him to ignore.

Men and women fall down, pearl necklaces bouncing on the ground.

In a trance, Batman and the helpless child's figures overlapped, and they fell to their knees in the pearls and blood everywhere.

Finely equipped and under the cloak of the night, he was just an eight-year-old boy after all, kneeling in a pool of blood from his parents and weeping.

Then Thomas Wayne, who had fallen to the ground, suddenly moved.

He staggered to his feet from a pool of blood, his face pale as a zombie, and the scythe of death in his hand.

"Both...... Blame you. ”

"If not, you have to watch this movie."

"If you don't ask to leave early......"

Batman still fell to his knees, unresponsive.

Thomas Wayne raised the scythe in his hand.

"You killed us!"

The scythe is swinged.

But at that moment, the hand under the cloak jerked out and grabbed his wrist, preventing the scythe from falling.

Batman slowly raised his head, his eyes under the mask shining with anger but determination.

The scene changes again. Pools of blood and pearl necklaces, corpses on the ground, dim lights and entire Crime Alley vanished in an instant.

Including Thomas Wayne's figures, he disappeared, replaced by a shocked John Dee, holding a sharp knife in his hand held by Batman.

"How...... How can it be!? ”

John Dee was shocked.

"You resist my nightmares?"

"At this distance? Still looking me straight in the eye!? ”

He's Doctor Destiny, the master of nightmares! He is powerful enough to drag an entire city into a nightmare hell, decide their life and death, and make them surrender to him for eternity!

It's just a dream shattered by the inexplicable giant - it doesn't look like a human, maybe it's a god or something.

And this guy in front of him, an ordinary person in a bat suit......

He can be immune to his own ultimate in the face!

Why?

John stared at him with difficulty, squeezing the final question out of his teeth.

"Why ......?"

The fist landed in his face.

Looking at John Dee who was unconscious at his feet, Batman was expressionless.

"Because I'm Batman."