20demayo Chapter 617 Batman's First Kiss
Chapter 617 Batman's First Kiss
Chapter 617 Batman's First Kiss
Chen Tao realized that he probably had to end this predicament.
This is not only because time is running out and every extra minute increases the risk, but more importantly, because, given his absolute strength, he genuinely lacks the ability to suppress the bat mites.
Delaying the game will not only fail to increase his chances of winning, but will also make the bat mite more and more carried away, playing more and more recklessly, and in the end, who knows what kind of trouble it will cause.
So, since that's the case, it's better to...
Chen Tao turned his head and met his own Diana's blinking eyes.
A huge sense of awkwardness permeated the two of them. At this moment, Chen Tao and Diana had stopped running, while the group of brides were kept outside by a protective shield hastily created by the bat mites.
They kept banging on the glass-like lid, each one acting like a victim desperately trying to stop it. The heroine's urgency to see the blond-haired man was palpable, but our friends, the behavior patterns of these villainous brides were set by the bat mite, uncontrollable, actors temporarily captured by the bat mite in the time-travel loop.
Most of them, whether it's Doomsday or Poison Ivy from another timeline—they have no connection to either Batman or Wonder Woman. Their urgency is fake, their cow-like behavior is fake, it's all part of a role-playing story created by Batman.
But with your merciless, iron-fisted approach, our friend, you…
"Damn it!" The merciless iron fist swung its blade and slashed at the transparent barrier created by the bat mites. The blade bounced high into the air as if it had hit a rubber tire.
The next second, he flickered, seemingly intending to leave the impenetrable barrier and rush over to kill Chen Tao's friends and family who were still fighting his Amazonian undead. Since he couldn't get revenge on Batman, he might as well kill his friends and family.
But soon, the merciless iron fist found itself crashing into the transparent barrier again. Bat Mite appeared beside him with a snap: "Hey, hey, hey, I'm Batman, the Batman of the Fifth Dimension! I always think things through, just like Batman. You're Bruce Wayne too, you can't even tell that, can you?"
Without a word, Wu Lei swung his sword again, hacking at the barrier that was trapping him several times. Slightly agitated, he finally realized it was futile. So he gave up the meaningless hacking and turned to face Chen Tao and Diana, standing there with a gloomy face, watching them like a guardian deity.
Chen Tao shifted his gaze somewhat uncomfortably. He wasn't afraid of Wu Min's iron fist rushing up to chop him down, but the other party's terrifying, sneer-like look made him feel uneasy, especially when he knew what to do next.
Chen Tao didn't think that much about it.
Look at him. His consistent attitude has always been to solve problems as quickly, easily, and conveniently as possible. Ethical or moral dilemmas, or even the methods involved, are never issues that Chen Tao would consider—unless they truly cross the line of basic human decency.
Once Batman finishes this farce, Chen Tao will be able to free up his hands to lead his friends and family to completely overthrow the merciless Iron Fist, and then he can guide the Bat Mite to give the Batman Who Laughs a big surprise.
The Batman Who Laughs can only do so much. The Bat Mite is a five-dimensional being that maintains its peak in reality. Even if the Emperor Joker were to completely descend from the timeline, he might not be a match for the Bat Mite. After all, the Emperor Joker only possesses 99.9% of the Mischief's power, still lacking 0.1%, so he is never truly complete.
What's the big deal about a kiss? If the bat mite can really end this farce as he promised, the kiss doesn't seem like much of a hesitation compared to the time saved and the many benefits of a faster response to the Batman Who Laughs plan.
You see, Chen Tao generally doesn't consider other people's opinions; he's always been more adept at acting first and asking questions later. If necessary, twisting his comrades' minds isn't even a bottom line for him. In this respect, he goes even further than Batman from the main universe—
When dealing with Darkseid, he was even capable of directly implanting nanobots into Hal's mind, something the main universe's Batman wouldn't do; even if he did, it would cause a split within the Justice League.
In the long history of the DC main universe, the last time heroes manipulated the minds of their comrades was during "Identity Crisis." This event split the Justice League, directly leading to Batman in the main universe believing that all his teammates were untrustworthy. He then started holed up in the Batcave, frantically creating the Brother Eyes. After they were created, the AI rebelled, and Batman was manipulated by Maxwell Lord to create "Infinite Crisis"...
What followed was a series of cataclysmic events, unlike in Chen Tao's universe where Hal just laughed it off and brooded over it.
Chen Tao knew that the heroes in his universe were all good at forgiving others. If he directly and forcefully asked Wonder Woman to do him this favor, well... maybe she wouldn't refuse?
Since refusing is pointless anyway, Chen Tao can act first and ask for permission later. At worst, he can apologize to Diana afterward, just like he did to Hal.
But for some reason, he was a little hesitant and didn't really want to do that in such a situation.
He just wanted to appear less... he knew, to keep things strictly business.
Chen Tao's Diana did not speak.
She stood there like a dazed goose, stretching out her long, graceful neck, as swan-like as she was, and uttered a bewildered sound:
"what?"
Then Chen Tao heard her say, "Um, I'm not sure... but in that case... although I feel... uh."
Diana then realized that she was still wearing the wedding dress, and there wasn't a single hole in it.
Bat Mite snapped his fingers, and Chen Tao looked down to see that his Batman costume had been transformed into a black tuxedo worn by a groom.
Wonder Woman Diana's ordinary wedding dress was transformed into a gold-trimmed gown with a wedding veil by a snap of the fingers of a bat mite.
The bat mite instantly disguised itself as a priest, grew larger, and stood among them.
"Hey, why?" the bat mite said, "Is it that hard? You guys are making such a slow progress."
He straightened his upturned nose, then snapped back to his small form, stretched out a tiny hand, and raised a tiny finger: "If the world were a comic book, we'd almost turned halfway through, and you guys are still stuck at this point."
He gestured a zero, then said in a tone as if aiming intently, "Even disregarding the opinions of comic book readers, from the perspective of a comic book artist, this is absolutely an unhealthy structure."
He said, "So you understand now?"
He crossed his two little arms and then hugged his arms: "So, when I couldn't stand it anymore, that was the only thing I could do, hmm."
He nodded, then said, "Either you kiss her, and I'll help you get ahead of things by a lot, or..."
Chen Tao knew that the bat mite would definitely come up with another unreliable and outrageous option, but he still couldn't help but prick up his ears to listen.
Then he heard the bat mite reach out and point to the Bride of Doomsday outside, who was still desperately pounding on the transparent barrier:
"I'll let the Bride of Doomsday kiss you, you choose."
"Awoooooo!"
Meanwhile, Doomsday, standing nearby, joined in with a series of ghostly howls.
At this point, most of the villainous brides, realizing they were simply unable to open the transparent glass jar created by Batman, gave up on attacking the transparent barrier.
As the bat mite focused its energy on getting Batman and Wonder Woman to kiss, its control over them weakened slightly; at least it stopped forcibly manipulating them to keep banging on the barrier.
So most of the villainous brides laid down their weapons at this point, just like Merciless. Or perhaps Batman created a barrier similar to Merciless's for them, forcing them to watch the ceremony, thus preventing them from leaving Chen Tao and Diana's side to attack Chen Tao's friends and family who were still battling the Amazonian ghosts.
The Cruel Knight, who was not far away, seemed to have recovered from being flattened, but he soon faced Wonder Queen and Wonder Woman with the Magic Laugh. The two Wonder Women joined forces and beat him so badly that he was crawling on the ground, completely reduced to a point where he could not fight head-on and could only use kiting tactics.
Outside the transparent barrier, only the delirious Bride of Doomsday was still desperately pounding on the impenetrable barrier with her fists. The bat mite thoughtfully snapped its fingers, causing a flower to appear in Doomsday's hand, making him look like a radical bride-kidnapper carrying a bunch of flowers.
Chen Tao still did not take any action.
"I'm so anxious!" said the bat mite.
He said, "Why is that? Shouldn't most Batmen in parallel universes be playboys...?"
Then he paused halfway through his sentence.
"Damn it, you're still a virgin," he said.
"???"
"I just looked back at your past history on your timeline. Although you dated a lot of people, you never spent the night with them. Instead, you would find an excuse to send them away. And after a certain incident, you never had any more pretentious behavior with any socialites. Hey, wait... you're not quite the same Bruce from before."
The bat mite scratched its chin.
"You have Damian, but you've never had any experience with women... So, if I'm not mistaken, where did Damian come from?"
Bat Mite scrutinized Chen Tao for a while: "I hadn't really paid attention to you before, but you're quite a strange Batman... Your past and present are incompatible."
Then she looked at Diana next to Chen Tao.
"And what about Wonder Woman? I remember most Wonder Woman characters' first love was..."
Then he was like pickled cabbage.
"Oh damn, in this parallel universe, Wonder Woman's first love never even started! She was only ever friends with Colonel Steve Trevor, and your interactions have become increasingly rare, almost nonexistent..."
The bat mite clutched its head: "What the hell? What kind of blank slate are you in the entire multiverse?"
Then, in a fit of rage, he sat down cross-legged in mid-air: "Do whatever you want, I only have one request."
Chen Tao fell silent.
So in the end, he could only turn to Wonder Woman Diana and cough his throat slightly.
"What do you want, Bat?" Chen Tao heard her voice.
Chen Tao took a deep breath.
He said, "You know what I want to do."
"I don't know what you're trying to do," Diana said, then laughed, "Well, that sounds like a tongue twister."
"The current situation is that we really need the bat mites to leave us alone," Chen Tao said somewhat haltingly, "Therefore..."
Then he saw Diana with a half-smile on her face.
"Okay, please continue."
The bat mite interrupted loudly from the side, "Enough with all this nonsense! You two talk on and on. To be honest, I've always been curious, what exactly is your relationship?"
"Shut up," Chen Tao and Wonder Woman said, turning to the bat mite together.
The bat mite made a lip-pulling motion.
Chen Tao looked at Diana. To be honest, he had a vague feeling about it, but he knew...
He knew that once he had this idea, it meant he had to take responsibility, not the same responsibility he had towards the entire Justice League, but a different kind of relationship that was more trustworthy and dependable.
He could deceive Green Lantern Hal without any scruples, all for the sake of final victory, without a trace of guilt in his heart. He could tell his teammates without any scruples that he might die. In every deepest midnight, he knew that he could always go without hesitation.
But if...
But if he did that, if he was determined to take that step, to take that step toward Wonder Woman Diana.
He will no longer be able to calmly tell himself that he may die, nor will he be able to try to bear the weight of the whole world alone. He will share his life with others, and once he does that, his life will no longer belong entirely to himself.
He might willingly wear the shackles he shouldn't have, and he might hesitate for half a second on the eve of charging forward.
In those places filled with swords and flames, at every crossroads of destiny, Chen Tao must shoulder an immense burden with another person.
In every darkest moment—I mean, he could no longer honestly tell himself:
"I am prepared to leave at any time."
He never figured out whether he should or shouldn't have done it.
All of this may be a shackle for him, and a shackle for another person as well.
Chen Tao knew that thinking so much made him seem somewhat ridiculous and presumptuous, but he knew that this was a choice, and once he made it, there would be no going back.
Chen Tao took another deep breath: "What I mean is, if you find it a little hard to accept..."
The next second, Chen Tao's mouth was sealed by red lips.
(End of this chapter)