American comics: What kind of evil intentions could Batman have?

Chapter 769 The Laughing Bat: Monkey?

Chapter 769 The Laughing Bat: Monkey? (Sorry for the late update)

Of course, the Batman Who Laughs couldn't possibly have taken control of the Cosmic Tuning Fork from the Foolish Owl and Batman Dragon with just one dose of the drug.

Many people think of Laughing’s plans as something mysterious, and some even exaggerate to the point of developing the misconception that “Laughing is the god of concepts.” But in fact, the core of many of Laughing’s plans is simply a matter of mastering information.

To be honest, the Bat who laughs's previous resume was at most that he first worked for Barbatos and then joined Papetua.

After the Time Trapped One was resurrected, the Hypertime Stream helped him fill in the gaps in his memory about the entire multiverse while he was gone. However, before the Dark Night Metal event occurred, most characters in the multiverse had little knowledge of who the Laughing Man was.

Most people see him as Batman, but that's just a subconscious application of their preconceived notions of Batman to him. At most, it's the same as the other members of the Dark Knights.

Only a time traveler like Chen Tao, who had read the comics beforehand, would treat the Batman Who Laughs as a formidable enemy.

From the perspective of the Trapped One, the Bat Who Laughs had absolutely no motive to harm him. They both worked for Perpetual, so what benefit would the Bat Who Laughs gain from killing him?

He's dead, unable to release Papetua, how can he face Papetua's mother's questioning while laughing wildly?

The man trapped in this situation hadn't changed his mindset, but he wasn't going to drink whatever was offered to him. He had actually had a checkup!

But before losing consciousness, the victim couldn't understand why. He had carefully examined the potion that the Mad Laugh had given him. There shouldn't have been any hidden tricks or anything like that. How could the Mad Laugh...?

But the truth is, there was nothing wrong with the potion that the Laughing Man gave. The potion's function was simply to temporarily grant the Time Trapped the ability to communicate telepathically. The Laughing Man concealed from the Time Trapped the fact that he already knew that the Tuning Fork was controlled by the Monitor and the Counter-Monitor.

This small piece of information directly caught the Time Trapped One off guard, forcibly taking control of the tuning fork instead of proceeding gradually. It also forced the Monitor and the Counter-Monitor to retaliate, completely depleting the power they could project in the next short period of time. After all, they had been dead for too long and were too far removed from the present history. It was already quite good that they could project a little power, which could not be compared with the World Forger.

The laughing bat leisurely carried out its next step.

A foolish tyrant.

This fool, who manipulates the killing machine as a puppet in the foreground, has been hiding in the shadows, yet he's stupid enough to take what the Batman Who Laughs gave him.

He used the body of the current timeline monitor he had captured to exchange half of Steelbone's mechanical body with the Foolish Owl in the Flashpoint timeline.

After acquiring the Watcher's body, Foolish Owl used it to contact the Watcher at its peak during the Crisis of Infinite Earths and successfully secured a major project for himself: the Cosmic Tuning Fork.

Meanwhile, Laughing wasn't idle either. While Foolish Owl was fiddling with the tuning fork, he completed his arrangements at the Flashpoint in the main universe, which led to the Time Trapped's incursion into Capitol Hill.

This was originally a win-win situation, with both sides getting what they wanted, but the only mistake the Foolish Owl made was daring to take the thing from the Laughing One.

Ordinary people wouldn't dare leave any hidden devices in the monitor's body in the current timeline, right? That's the monitor...

But the Laughing Bat is clearly no ordinary person.

He was so audacious as to use a portion of the crisis energy to conceal a part of Papetua's power within it, and then secretly hide it in the body of the watcher he had traded to the Fool of the World.

Then his perspective followed the monitor's body as it rotated. When the killing machine brought the thing to Foolish Owl's face, and Foolish Owl's true form was exposed in front of the puppet, the Batman Who Laughs understood everything.

"And then... I'm afraid no one can stop me now."

Meanwhile, in the shadows, on the spaceship where the true form of the Foolish Owl was hiding, bursts of intense smoke and explosions erupted one after another.

The observer, who was downstream of the time flow, was suspended in mid-air. His face was an unusual grayish-white color, and his eyes shone with a searchlight-like white light.

Cold sweat poured down the Foolish Owl's forehead. He sensed that someone was taking away his control over the Cosmic Tuning Fork, and the source of this energy taking seemed to be the body of the monitor in front of him!

"Damn it! We have to stop him!" The Foolish Owl manipulated the killing machine, trying to call for help from Batman Dragon or Superman Supreme, but he couldn't send out any information.

"Don't be silly, do you think I would make such a basic mistake?"

The Bat Who Laughs said, "It would be a miracle if you could even contact those two."

Yes, you can still hold on for now, but after I kill Batman Dragon, Superman the Youngster will personally break your neck for me.

The Bat Who Laughs thought this, but he didn't say it aloud.

"Batman Dragon will see through your trick," said Foolish Owl. He said this to distract the Batman Who Laughs while desperately trying to think of a solution.

The Laughing Bat was so audacious. He never imagined that even if it was the body of the Watcher downstream of the trans-time flow, it was still the body of a sixth-dimensional god in the current timeline.

The Bat Who Laughs even managed to deceive the Watcher himself, which is why he suddenly gave the Foolish Owl such a big surprise!

"Batman Dragon himself? Some of my good friends are already busy taking care of him. I know how tough he is."

The Batman Who Laughs recalled a future Wonder Woman, Diana, whose lower body had transformed into a spider-like octagonal base while her upper body retained mechanical parts. In this timeline, the Ormack robot, having mastered the magic of the Metal Spirit, could definitely hold off Batman Dragon for a while, and might even become a formidable adversary.

"Damn it, you bastard, you despicable man!" Foolish Owl's heart was pounding, and he continued to curse them, pretending to be so angry he had lost his mind.

He ignored the maniacal laughter. The problem with the Foolish Owl was solved; everything was going according to plan, and the other side couldn't cause any trouble. Next, he would face the Supreme Superman.

But what he was about to do next was something that Yu Xiao couldn't quite understand.

He directly manipulated the cosmic tuning fork to create a huge humming sound, and Superman the Younger, who had just appeared on the scene, immediately returned upon hearing the sound.

"Damn it, what's going on?"

He stared in astonishment at the trembling tuning fork before him. This was different from what he had agreed upon with Batman: Dragon and the Killing Machine. Then, he felt a telepathic connection linking to his brain, and in an instant, the tuning fork seemed to suddenly become completely obedient to his commands.

"Oh, my dear Superman Supreme, I'm sorry to see you this way, my friend."

Supreme Superman wanted to ask who the other party was, but before he could even voice his thoughts, it was as if the other party had read his mind beforehand. The answer, along with the thought process, was transmitted directly to his mind through this telepathic connection.

Then, the little Superman heard the other person speak: "I guess even if you team up with Batman Dragon or even Kill Machine, you'll still want to create a brand new world. That goal will never change, will it?"

The Fool of the World realized something and struggled desperately, but the more desperate he became, the harder it was for him to escape the Bat Who Laughs's control.

He was already being choked by the controlled monitor, who then reached out and pressed his hand against his forehead.

The Foolish Owl did have a means of escape, but it was inconvenient for him to use, as such a method would not only destroy himself but also the body of the watcher.

There is no greater fear than this.

The very next second, Superman Supreme connected with Foolish Owl's mind through the telepathic link established by the Batman Who Laughs. In an instant, he read Foolish Owl's entire plan to use it as material to create a new Superman for the New 52.

His face turned ashen in an instant.

He felt a tightness in his chest and couldn't speak. He had thought he had found an opportunity, a chance to save history and set things right.

But all of this was just a lie, a lie told to him by others.

Superman Supreme originally thought he would fly into a rage, but at this moment, he strangely did not do so for a moment.

But the laughter of the bat continued.

"Yes, that's a lie, but even so, we can try to see if the cosmic tuning fork can really reboot the universe. You see, we haven't actually fully tested whether this thing is real or not."

"What do you mean?"

Supreme Superman felt a glimmer of hope return, and then he heard the other person say:

"I also have some crisis energy that I have saved up myself, as well as some crisis energy generated by you and the Time Trapped in the main universe during your chase. This is enough for us to test whether the cosmic tuning fork can reverse the history of the super-time flow."

The Bat Who Laughs said, "Want to try?"

Supreme Superman agreed.

He mixed the crisis energy given to him by the laughing bats with the crisis energy originally contained in the tuning fork. In an instant, the tuning fork started buzzing, but in the end nothing happened.

"It seems we've come to a conclusion. The Anti-Monitor and the Monitor had already crippled the Cosmic Survey Fork's ability to restart the universe upstream in the hypertime stream," he heard the Batman Who Laughs say. "What a pity."

"How dare they... how dare they?"

The Laughing Bat slowly simmered the emotions of the Supreme Superman, and when he saw him begin to rage and his emotions were gradually being drawn upwards, he continued to strike while the iron was hot.

"But compared to this, there's something even more interesting, Superman Supreme. Would you like to know?"

The Bat of Laughter continued.

Superman Supreme, who was still hearing the Batman Laughing's voice remotely from the cosmic tuning fork, was startled. Then he looked down and saw a Genie Evolution standing before him, his face filled with terror?

No, it's not the first Lantern Knight. This guy is too weak; it looks like he's been severely injured by something.

"The first Lantern Hero from the future or from a parallel timeline."

"That's what the Bat of Laughter said."

"Someone from the future? He knows the future?"

It's remarkable that Superman is still able to maintain his sanity; he's only too shocked to start yelling and screaming. It's truly ironic.

"I'm afraid so, my friend," said the Bat Who Laughs. "Aren't you even the slightest bit curious about what kind of future he knows?"

He said in a low voice, "Feel it with your heart, my friend. Using the Cosmic Tuning Fork, you should have a very good way to analyze his memories."

Superman did as instructed.

Then he saw that history, which made Superman's hands and feet go cold.

It's not all that miscellaneous stuff; the most important information is just one thing:

On one timeline, Parallax Morhal and his Superman Supreme rebooted the entire universe, but it ultimately ended in tragedy.

They tried to hide the rotten, less palatable food on the table under it, but they never considered that if the garbage wasn't taken out regularly, it would eventually overflow from under the table.

"So be it, my friend. An era has passed and can never return. All your efforts have been in vain. We have already tried the path you were trying to take."

Your method simply won't work.

The Batman Who Laughs lowered his body slightly, even though he knew that Superman Supreme was not in front of him at the moment, he still made this gesture out of politeness.

"Everything you've done is nothing but wishful thinking."

After hearing these words, Superman the Supreme was like a volcano about to erupt.

The Laughing Bat, however, remained silent, speculating.

Very well, Superman's emotions are about to break down, but before that, Laughter will carry out his third phase plan.

Everything went as he expected.

After learning all this, the Batman Who Laughs knew that the history of Superman Supreme had changed, and that the history of the Time Trapped would overlap with the history of Superman Supreme himself.

He secretly controlled the cosmic tuning fork, channeling his full power into it.

He saw the face of Superman Supreme begin to contort, his mouth opening to reveal sharp teeth, as if he were crying.

His head began to shake violently. The Laughing Bat knew that the Time Trapped nearby must be doing the same; this was a sign that their two histories were merging.

Some hair grew on his face. The Batman Who Laughs knew very well that after the Time Trapped and Superman Supreme merged, the concept of the Time Trapped would take precedence.

Very good, excellent.

The integration was going according to plan, except...

The Batman Who Laughs suddenly felt something was wrong, because what reappeared before him was not the rather aged Superman Supreme he had imagined, possessing all the power of the Time Trapped and Superman.

Instead, some unexpected changes occurred.

After a series of twists and twitches, the head of Superman Supreme...

It turned into a monkey's head?!

What?!

(End of this chapter)