20demayo Chapter 586 The Joker Wears a Green Hat, A New Batman is Imminent
Chapter 586 The Joker Wears a Green Hat, A New Batman is Imminent
Chapter 586 The Joker Wears a Green Hat, A New Batman Is About to Be Persecuted
While Chen Tao was busy preparing to leave his own universe, the many members of the Justice League were also busy with their own problems.
"There are just too many of these orange-lamp ghosts!"
Beyond Earth, the Justice League members are being besieged by an endless horde of orange ghosts. Shazam's hand crackles with fiery lightning, creating a chain reaction among about seventeen or eighteen orange ghosts, instantly obliterating any monsters trying to climb on him, only to have them re-form nearby.
"Where are our reinforcements? Honestly, even Dark Souls 2 wouldn't have this many endless mobs!"
(Note: This is a gaming reference; Dark Souls 2 is known in the Souls-like game community for its massive number of enemies.)
"Reality and combat aren't games! Hey, Shazam, you have to stick to our pre-arranged plan and don't go too deep into those groups! We have to work together to move forward..."
Green Lantern Hal Brown was sweating. He was now in charge, completely replacing Batman's role. And it was precisely because of this that he so acutely understood just how difficult these teammates were to manage—damn it!
"The Orange Lantern King Lafriz couldn't possibly have become that powerful..." Fine beads of sweat appeared on Hal's forehead as he stared at the orange-black ghosts before him. "And these Orange Lantern ghosts are different from what the Guardians of the Universe recorded... Lafriz is definitely..."
"We need enough reinforcements!" Shazam shouted again, and Wonder Woman swung her sword and chopped off the head of a ghost. Then, a portal to the Burst Sound appeared in front of her, connecting a large group of unreconstructed corpses with the Truth Coil.
Wonder Woman kicked all the corpses into the portal with one kick.
"This will slow their return down a little."
Then Wonder Woman yelled at Shazam, "Enough! Stop yelling! We have to keep them off Earth!"
She raised her shield: "We can fight you all day long."
"The Green Lantern Corps is suppressing the genocide instigated by the Sennagon Empire and the collapse of order in over a hundred sectors caused by the disappearance of those former cosmic overlords," Hal said. "Arlins promised to mobilize manpower, but all of this will take time. Besides, we don't even understand why Lafriz is so powerful, or why he..."
Hal's gaze lingered on the expressionless face of the other person, now Superman, Aquaman, and Martian Manhunter were practically hanging on him.
This is already the treatment reserved for those who oppose surveillance.
"The power of the dark lights is beyond doubt."
Then Hal heard Lex Luthor's mocking voice ring out on the comms channel: "And without my help, you bunch of trash don't even know how to deal with him."
Even though Hal couldn't see the other person's face, he could almost picture their sarcastic voice: "If I don't dare to make a move now, are you going to go begging for milk from Batman's mom again?"
"Shut up," Hal said.
"You should really thank me for glancing at the mess you've made during a break in the experiment, and you should also thank me for spending 17 minutes helping you find a solution so you wouldn't have to call Batman for help again." Luther stopped spouting nonsense before Hal was about to explode with anger:
"Although the Orange Lantern Ghost in front of you looks a lot like the Black Lantern Corpse, there are still fundamental differences between them..."
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A few days later.
Chen Tao, who was as busy as a spinning top, finally returned to the Justice Alliance Hall.
He prepared some essential items for his departure, then recruited Clayface. Next, he needed to give the Justice League some briefings on the rest...
"Hey, where did Green Lantern Hal go?"
Chen Tao checked the time.
"Didn't I say we were having a meeting at 2:00?"
In fact, Chen Tao could directly monitor the other party's current location, but he had been too busy for a long time to check on the Justice League members. Unless the AI monitoring he left detected that they were in danger or injury that could be fatal, Chen Tao would not actively monitor his teammates, nor would he check in front of them.
Of course, he can review the surveillance footage if he needs to.
The Justice League members may have guessed that Batman might do this, but as long as Chen Tao didn't do it in front of them, it was as if he hadn't done it.
Therefore, when Chen Tao encounters a problem, his first reaction is always to ask others rather than to investigate it himself.
The Justice League members fell silent for a moment.
"Hal was injured in recent events and may not be able to attend the meeting," Lex Luthor said, tapping his finger on the table.
"So let's just get started."
Inside the Starry Sky Laboratory.
Hal, the Green Lantern, was wrapped in bandages, and green and orange lights shone on his body together.
Hal snored loudly: "Snoring, snoring, snoring—"
While still listening to the snoring he had overheard, Chen Tao also briefly listened to Luther's description of the events.
"Lafferties of the Orange Lantern attacked Earth. He seems to have been influenced by the Black Death Emperor and launched the attack in a way that was not entirely involuntary," Luther said.
"I used the metal spirit power you gave me to research to transform Hal into an inanimate object, and then made him rush over and put the green lantern ring on the hand of the orange lantern master, Lafriz. Then it exploded, and Hal, just as I expected, only suffered minor injuries."
Chen Tao stared into deep thought at Hal, who was wrapped up like a rice dumpling.
Then he shrugged.
"Hmm. Whatever."
He said this, then turned to the crowd: "Let's begin. The main purpose of this meeting is to tell... our Spirit of Existence is weak... I must find a new Spirit of Existence to counter it..."
Chen Tao omitted the contents of the Laughing Bat, and then briefly explained why they needed to find the Spirit of Existence.
He then added, "Besides Mudface, I'll be bringing two other people with me."
"One of them is the Joker. I need the power of the Black Death that he possesses. It is both a guiding sign and a way to deceive the Black Death at crucial moments. Lucius and Zatanna agree that the Joker can do this from both magical and scientific perspectives."
Chen Tao said, "So, in addition to the two humanoid tools, I also need an assistant."
Lex Luthor sat in his seat, his back slowly straightening.
Wonder Woman Diana Prince sat in her seat, her back slowly straightening.
Clark Kent noticed the sudden change in attitude from the bald man and Wonder Woman. Confused, he scratched his head, a question mark appearing above his head.
Then he whispered to the Martian hunter beside him, "What's going on?"
"Dude, even if you have one of the most extraordinary eyesights on this planet, sometimes you're still blind," Martian Manhunter said. "Obviously, they..."
"Haha, I get it," Shazam said in the telepathic channel set up by Martian Manhunter. "Both Luthor and Diana want..."
However, before he could finish speaking, Martian Hunter's tentacles extended from his mental space and blocked his mouth, effectively silencing him.
Then everyone heard Batman say, "And the sidekick I've chosen is..."
Lex Luthor took a deep breath.
Wonder Woman Diana suddenly lifted her toes, almost breaking her shoes.
"that is……"
Martian Manhunter, Superman, Shazam, and Aquaman all perked up their ears.
"It's Bain."
"What?"
"Oh, come on."
"Are you kidding me?"
"vomit!"
Chen Tao: "..."
"I'm just announcing my decision; this isn't a selection process." He rubbed his temples and said, "Bane is a sorcerer; he can, to some extent, replace Zatana's role... while Zatana herself must defend this universe against the Black Death Emperor's magical attacks. And she's irreplaceable. In short, when I leave, the Black Death Emperor will most likely be... and the Batman Who Laughs, he's a... and the Emperor Joker, he..."
As he spoke, he saw the Justice League members in front of him looking like wilted cabbages.
"Focus your thoughts, everyone! Your mission is equally important. Now begin formulating a defense plan for the cosmic fortress. As approximately one-quarter of the Dark Multiverse Dragons, you can defend against external enemies within the fortress I have constructed using two universes…"
In this situation, the entire universe will help you... but the price is that the universe will be weakened afterwards, to the point that... therefore you need to make reasonable arrangements, and then...
A few hours later, after the Justice League meeting ended, it was finally time for Chen Tao to set off.
Bane tore through space and appeared behind him.
He had already stored everything he needed in his personal alternate dimension created using the Decaying Black, and he knew Batman had done the same.
Meanwhile, Bane, wearing a red, white, and black hood and his classic vest, revealed his classic white hairy arms and chest hair. His thick arms were bound by a chain made of green lamp energy, a technique from Calona that binds the Lamp Beasts.
At the end of the chain, the clown, his mouth gagged, was bound to his upper body by countless colorful, vein-like threads, especially around his neck, which formed a large, colorful, spiked dog collar.
"..."
Chen Tao felt that the clown's outfit was a bit too arrogant.
So he said to Bain in a slightly more tactful way, "Wouldn't this make us look like villains?"
"really."
Bane thought for a moment, then used the power of the green of all things to create two large green leaves, which he used to make a green hood for the Joker, and then put it on his head, giving the Joker a green hat.
The clown's head immediately turned green.
The clown didn't react much at first, but when he saw that even his head was about to be covered, he suddenly started yelling excitedly.
"Okay, now it's like a..."
"Death row inmates being dragged to the execution ground..." Chen Tao sighed, rubbing his forehead.
"Never mind." So he simply put the clown into his Metal Spirit Space and placed it next to Mudface.
He and Bane then headed to the battle training hall at the Justice League headquarters.
"It's time to go." Chen Tao took a deep breath and then grabbed Bain's hand.
Boo!
The next instant, purple lightning flashed simultaneously beside them.
Space shattered in an instant, purple lightning enveloped the two of them as they streaked across the universe, and then the star-studded universe gradually receded into the distance.
Purple lightning energy enveloped them, and Chen Tao's body shone with the green light of the Ion Shark. It would be difficult for him alone to bear the energy consumption required to drive the [1/4 Dark Multiverse Dragon] authority, so he had to carry a Lamp Beast with him as a recharge battery. Among the Lamp Beasts he could currently obtain, the Ion Shark, being the most stable and docile, was undoubtedly his first choice.
Using the techniques taught to him by the Laughing Bat, Chen Tao began searching and retrieving what he needed in the vast Dark Multiverse. He had to be fast, not because he couldn't stay in the Dark Multiverse, but because staying too long would attract Barbatos's attention.
One world after another flew past them, and Chen Tao was like a driver, constantly changing direction.
As he glided across the edge of a world, he heard someone inside shouting, "Where did you get that name? Where did you get the name Martha???"
What the hell?
Chen Tao bypassed this world and continued flying forward.
As they passed through world after world, they heard countless chaotic sounds.
Soon, after flying like a comet, bobbing its tail between the dark multiverses for an unknown amount of time, they finally found the dark multiverse they were looking for.
Not far away, countless gray substances churned and rose and fell like ocean waves, making the world look like a giant, breathing black soap bubble.
Chen Tao and Bain plunged in headfirst.
With a loud bang, the two of them fell onto the street in this dark multiverse of Gotham City, startling innocent passersby who instantly pulled out countless guns and cannons from their clothes and unleashed a barrage of fire on them.
Da da da da...
Thompson submachine gun, also known as the Chicago typewriter... Uzi submachine gun, AK-47, Glock automatic pistol...
Chen Tao and Bain can now ignore bullets, but they were chased all over the place amidst a hail of bullets.
They triggered the fragile nerves of everyone on the street, and the attack on them quickly turned into a random gunfight. Chen Tao and Bain went to great lengths to stop it, and the citizens killed each other for no reason.
"It's too dark, too dark," Bane muttered. "Is Batman in this universe useless?"
"Even if he's not trash, he must be incredibly violent," Chen Tao said. "Batman is the soul of the city, and generally speaking, his actions will have repercussions on the city. In short, we shouldn't waste our time on this; it's time to meet the Batman of this universe. Hopefully, he's still alive."
(To be continued... Next chapter: Giving other Batmen in the Dark Multiverse a little shock by resurrecting their parents)
(End of this chapter)