What bad intentions could Batman have?.

Chapter 794: Fighting the Invisible Enemy

In fact, before Old Huo Rong began his speech in front of Chen Tao and Superboy-Prime, Chen Tao had already made the decision.

The reason is simple, Chen Tao learned the other party's identity.

The old Huo Rong hid his identity from Superboy-Prime and revealed it to Chen Tao directly through the telepathy of the emotional spectrum user.

This identity alone allowed Chen Tao to quickly confirm the other party's purpose.

In this long-lasting war, Chen Tao was actually always at a disadvantage. He was like a tired hound, constantly being driven to repair the burning thatched hut and fleeing everywhere being chased by hurricanes and lightning.

If the difficulties Chen Tao faced before were like towering mountains or tangled messes, now all Chen Tao felt was a blank.

Nothing at all.

But that's not the scariest thing.

The most terrifying thing was that when he first saw the old Huo Rong, he saw his own shadow in the other person.

That’s right, my own shadow.

Chen Tao is too familiar with himself.

Although they are all Batman making plans, each Batman is slightly different.

The Laughing Bat's plan is a network, and he likes to induce you to destroy his superficial purpose so as to achieve his deeper purpose, thus completing the "everything is according to plan" exclusive buff of the Laughing Bat.

The old bat in the main universe is more inclined to adapt to circumstances, but he is prepared to deal with any possibility.

For example, he once placed bombs in every major building in Gotham so that if he might fight an enemy in that building one day, he could use bombs to break the situation at any time.

As for the variant Batman like Night Owl that Chen Tao met, he... he seemed to have a lot of plans, but lacked a dominant central idea. He just planned for the sake of planning, with a feeling that anything was fine.

But Chen Tao is different. His plan is more offensive and destructive than theirs, just as Chen Tao likes to manipulate his teammates...

First of all, Chen Tao will have a purpose.

Next, he would write a script for this purpose and then do everything possible to direct things toward the script he had written.

Rather than a planner, he is more like a manipulator, manipulating his enemies, his teammates, and himself, all to act out the script he has preset.

No matter what the process is, this [result] will definitely be achieved at some time, some place, and some moment.

For example, can the result of [Controlling Supreme Super Monkey] be achieved on Hero's Day? If he can't, then I will choose to merge with Barbatos and go on my own.

No matter what accidents happen, I, Chen Tao, will ensure that the result will not change.

And this result lays the foundation for another result and is the premise for another thing to happen.

such as:

Control Superboy-Prime → Superboy-Prime punches World Forger's disgusting blue face at the critical moment!

This is how Chen Tao does things. The old bat in the main universe is like a groundhog burying bombs, the laughing bat is like a spider weaving a web, and Chen Tao is like a puppeteer who controls everyone with puppet strings.

Chen Tao is good at manipulating everyone, so he himself is extremely sensitive to this kind of manipulation.

And now, Chen Tao clearly felt that he was being manipulated.

Someone was hiding behind the old Huo Rong who was kneeling in front of him, taking into account everything he had done.

He used the same manipulation techniques as Chen Tao, and through constant intervention, he forcibly guided things to happen.

At this moment, Chen Tao suddenly realized that even if the old Huo Rong himself did not realize it, the person kneeling before him was the result of the manipulation of the manipulator behind the scenes.

The plan of the old Huo Rong was provided by the manipulator behind the scenes, and the reason why he was exposed to Chen Tao's sight was based on the two things he did: guiding Luther and giving Luther Doomsday.

Chen Tao suddenly stopped talking, and the red light in his eyes disappeared.

"What's wrong?" Superboy-Prime didn't quite understand, he turned his head and asked Chen Tao.

Chen Tao just felt a little dizzy.

The main reason why Chen Tao's puppeteer plan can work normally is that he has read the comics and knows something about everyone. Even the purpose of the World Forger, which he thinks is secret, is clear to Chen Tao.

Based on this premise, he can make his moves as sharp as a knife and draw blood with every move.

But if there is someone who can understand Chen Tao as well as he does, and can manipulate him without Chen Tao even realizing it, then...

What a terrible enemy this would be?

Chen Tao finally understood why his previous plans had been repeatedly frustrated, and also understood why, even though he had clearly achieved his goal of joining forces with Superboy-Prime, he still felt something was wrong.

But the old man Huo Rong's actions would not stop just because Chen Tao's thinking stagnated. He quickly burst out a large amount of information in Chen Tao's mind.

"You don't know, right? The Superboy-Prime beside you has already reached an agreement with the World Forger. The World Forger proposed an agreement to Superboy-Prime...

As long as Superboy-Prime helps him complete the multiverse fusion, he can intercept the entire Golden Age and embed it into his baby multiverse, and then continue the Golden Age... That is a real continuation!"

It makes sense and is indeed what Superboy-Prime would do. In Death Metal, the Batman Who Laughs used a created perfect universe to pull Superboy-Prime into his camp, at least for a short period of time.

A Golden Age that skipped Crisis on Infinite Earths and continued straight on? This would drive Superboy-Prime crazy, and no matter how severe his madness was, he would be cured immediately when he heard this.

Just hearing this news, Chen Tao felt his head buzzing, and then he continued to hear the other party's continuous output:

"Also, and, if we calculate the time, Hero's Day should have found the body of the World Forger in the depths of the World Forge. He broke through the defense and counterattack system left by Barbatos—"

"I already know this."

"The Monitor actually released the Anti-Monitor from the timeline for a purpose. He has already done it..."

"That's enough. Wait a moment."

Chen Tao's mind was in a mess. This information and intelligence were deliberately given to him by the person who manipulated Old Huo Rong behind the scenes. The core of Chen Tao's manipulative plan was based on intelligence. Rashly absorbing this intelligence would only pollute his own database.

"Hey, wait a minute."

Chen Tao smacked his lips and slowly tasted something different from it.

The manipulator behind the scenes is using this method to...

Sending a friendly signal?

But it could be a cannonball covered in icing sugar.

Chen Tao's expression gradually changed from confusion to determination.

He could feel that what old Huo Rong said was true. This was his habit.

For insignificant guys, he always tends to make up some lies and then turn them into reality to deal with them, but for truly dangerous guys, he would not do such a stupid thing.

If the person behind Old Huo Rong wanted to manipulate Chen Tao directly, he shouldn't have exposed Old Huo Rong in front of Chen Tao, right?

He shouldn't have done it so obviously, letting Luther be completely fooled by the old man Huo Rong. Even this fool would think there was something wrong. He could have led the other party to some other place and perfectly avoided him.

And they directly gave Doomsday to Luther, and then passed it on to Chen Tao. Couldn't the other party try another method instead of just giving the things to them directly?

If the other party did something like this, they would have expected Chen Tao to come to them immediately through these two clues, but the person behind the scenes did it on purpose, so his purpose was...

Chen Tao's gaze fell on the old Huo Rong in front of him, who was still wearing the face of the old Terry.

"The real Terry is not dead, right?" Chen Tao asked telepathically.

"No, absolutely not." The old Huo Rong replied immediately: "I am not a random killer. I just took advantage of the car accident to steal his face, captured him, and hid him in his universe to prevent anyone from finding anomalies in the timeline when they trace back my identity."

Chen Tao nodded.

Don't kill indiscriminately, it's a friendly signal.

But what is the other party’s real purpose?

Chen Tao suddenly had an idea.

If we lead him here, and show him so much goodwill, but don't give him any guidance, then what he has to do is very simple...

Show.

The person behind the scenes wanted to show Chen Tao the old man Huo Rong.

But what's the point? Is it a conversation like "Mom, I found a flower" or "Have you finished your homework?"

Old Huo Rong told his plan in the telepathic channel.

Fight back against the Laughing Bat, sever the Anti-Monitor's connection to Barbatos, and manipulate him...

Chen Tao gradually realized what the person behind the scenes wanted to show.

Plans to show old age Huo Rong?

No.

Chen Tao was looking down from a high position. He could see the hidden malice behind the old man Huo Rong's almost flattering attitude.

Some people kneel down in order to take better advantage of others.

"It's just one Earth. Just one Earth. Listen to me, Batman, help me, I've found a way to save my universe. Listen to me, I just need you to listen to me."

In the telepathic transmission space, the old Huo Rong shared his senses with Chen Tao and showed him a strange thing:

A small Earth suspended in the palm of your hand.

"This thing is a fake created by the World Forger. You understand what I want to do. This is Earth 15."

The old man Huo Rong's voice resounded in Chen Tao's mind:

"I can replace the real Earth-15 with a fake Earth-15 and a fake world a second before Earth-15 is destroyed, and smoothly cut Earth- from the timeline, turning it into an independent universe that keeps looping and has no future."

He said: "This will not affect the integrity of the history of the multiverse, right? At that time, I would still think that I had lost my hometown and mother. I would take the shuttle light and work hard to save my hometown."

"Those great deeds that created the Green Lantern Corps, the great deeds that laid the foundation for the multiverse, they will not disappear, they will all be preserved in the timeline.

Nobody got hurt, nobody was going to feel bad about it, it was just that I got what I wanted, I got what I wanted, I saved the people I loved.”

Chen Tao narrowed his eyes slightly. The old Huo Rong had gone a little crazy. He believed so persistently in the script he had compiled. He had failed too many times, but had never been as close to success as he was today.

His mentality was already somewhat unbalanced. He was like an old dog who firmly believed that he would be able to get a bone. Although he said those words, he could no longer conceal his urgency.

His attitude was sincere and genuine, or at least it seemed so.

The old man Huo Rong said: "This story...can't it be considered a good story?"

"Oh, of course, of course, you will be rewarded, and my plan will help you, Batman Dragon, you are the hero who protects the entire multiverse, right?"

Chen Tao looked at the other person and inexplicably thought of Gollum, the monster guarding the One Ring in the Lord of the Rings novel.

“Whether it’s the Monitor, the Anti-Monitor, or the World Forger, I can help you fight them. All I need is my history and my hometown. You need to stabilize the multiverse. Our goals don’t conflict!”

"And if my hometown wants to continue its history, it must be attached to the main universe timeline. Your repair of the entire multiverse is also a good thing for me and my hometown. In fact, you and I both know that once you enter the baby multiverse of the World Forger, you will completely become his puppet on the table. I will never let my universe fall into that situation again...right."

This all sounds reasonable, but there is one problem:

If a fake one were used to replace the real one, a period of history that affected the entire multiverse could be stripped from the hyper-time stream without any hidden dangers...

If all this were really that simple, then this kind of operation should have been used to death by countless regretful people in the multiverse.

So, what to do?

Should he directly persuade Superboy-Prime to kill the old man with one punch?

Or……

"I accept."

Chen Tao said.

His eyes were leisurely looking behind the old Huo Rong.

One puppet string after another hung upside down from outside the sky, hanging on each other's bodies.

The old face of the old Huo Rong, which was derived from the future Batman Terry, changed into countless expressions under the pull of the heavy puppet strings, which were corrupt, vicious, fanatical and twisted.

The most ardent hope, love and reluctance, the deepest emotions, gave birth to the most persistent monster.

Chen Tao turned around and said to Superboy-Prime: "I just talked to him, and now I know who is behind this."

"Oh, who is it?"

"My friends, we must be more careful with the World Forger from now on. As for this guy in front of us..."

Chen Tao stretched out his hand and put it into the metallic spiritual space in his body.

"Let's go."

He said so.

Superboy-Prime followed Chen Tao to open the space and returned to the Anti-Monitor Dragon.

And at the same time...

Superboy-Prime whispered to the World Forger in his telepathic channel:

"This Batman from the Future Terry...what do you think?"