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

Chapter 659 Hal raises a crowbar and strikes the Emperor Joker on the head:

Chapter 659 Hal raised his crowbar and hit the Emperor Joker on the head: What's it to you?

The Emperor Joker's behavior looks completely like that of a madman, even though he is indeed a madman.

But in fact, his goal has never changed:

That is to express their friendship to Batman.

He didn't want to do anything specific; he just wanted to express his emotions. His actions were entirely driven by emotion, devoid of any logic.

The attempt to help Hal escape the time-travel loop presents a challenge for Batman. Now that Hal's physical body cannot escape, he wants to support Batman by acting as the spirit of the crowbar. The Emperor Joker's intervention also presents a challenge for Batman.

His stance shifted with his emotions, and even Chen Tao, let alone Hal, couldn't fully understand what the Emperor Joker was thinking at this moment.

"Calm down, calm down. Oh, right, yes, I need to be as calm as Batman now, to become a super serious supervillain, hee hee hee..."

The Emperor Joker muttered to himself in a seizure-like manner. He didn't immediately leap out of his hiding place like a mad dog to bite Parallax Hal. This wasn't just because Parallax Hal, currently possessed by Parallax, could grow sharp teeth at any moment to bite him back; the more important reason was:

It might not be able to bite through.

Moreover, if the Emperor Joker needed to do something bad, there was absolutely no need to use such an extreme method as direct confrontation.

"Yes, that's right..." the Emperor Joker muttered to himself, his black pupils gleaming with a malevolent light.

"Wow, I've suddenly had a great plan, a brilliant idea!"

He paced back and forth in the void, muttering to himself, "This will absolutely be second only to the smiling piranha in terms of brilliance, hahaha, hahahaha!"

His smile vanished abruptly, his face returning to its blank expression, as if his earlier maniacal laughter had been nothing more than an illusion.

He had long wanted to test the bat content of the Batman dragon in front of him, but he hadn't come up with a good way until just now.

"But we still can't get Hal and Batman together."

The Emperor Clown thought to himself.

He glanced one last time at Parallax Morhal, who had routed everyone else, then fled into the depths of the surrounding void without looking back.

That's right, the Emperor Joker is indeed the only one who can interfere with Batman's plans.

The communication and connection between Batman Dragon and Parallax Morhal comes from the shared power of the Bat Mite, but the Emperor Joker also possesses the power of the Mischief.

As a fifth-dimensional being himself, the Emperor Joker can see the connection between the two, and he can also sever them at any time.

But the Emperor Joker had no intention of doing that directly.

He relapsed into his Joker ways; he wanted to wait until Batman and Hal's plan was about to succeed, watch them make a fool of Barbatos and Brainiac, leaving himself out, and then, just as they were about to succeed…

Boo!

See, this is the kind of joke that makes the Emperor Joker laugh out loud, and the best jokes often require a little patience!

Besides getting away from Hal and avoiding being found by him, the Emperor Joker certainly had another purpose...

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A node in a time-transfer stream.

The Time Trapped One sits upright in outer space. He has now appeared in the timeline of "Zero Hour," ready to support Parallax Morhal at any moment.

He closed his eyes and silently observed the battle situation on the timeline.

He reached an agreement with Parallax Mohal, and this cooperation was entirely based on the Time Trapped disguising himself as the future Superman Supreme.

Look, Superman Supreme wants to create a perfect world, and Parallax Morhal also wants to create a perfect world. Their goals are exactly the same.

When they joined forces to storm the World Forge, both Superman Supreme and Parallax Morhal confirmed this.

The problem is that while the Time Trapped is a future version of Superman, he represents the future of "what Superman will become if he goes evil?"

What perfect world? What truth, goodness, and beauty? It's all bullshit. The Time Trapped's goal is actually more similar to Barbatos' than Hal's and the others'.

He deceived Hal. At this point, when Superman Supreme was still trapped in the timeline, the Time Trapped One who escaped first impersonated his past self, thus gaining Hal's trust.

Hal's escape also aligns with the interests of those trapped, for a simple reason—

Barbatos is fucking amazing!

With the invincible Lord Barbatos guarding the world, villains like the Trapped Ones, whose goals are similar to Barbatos', will either become the dragon's lackeys, like the Anti-Monitor Dragon, or become its food.

Therefore, although it wasn't intentional, Barbatos's existence objectively deterred villains like the Time Trapped, which is probably Barbatos's only contribution to the multiverse.

If Barbatos did not exist in the multiverse, who knows how many people would claim to be emperors and kings!

Therefore, the Time Trapped needs Hal. With Hal as an ally, the Time Trapped can confront Barbatos head-on in the downstream of the hypertime stream. If not, he can always gather some allies, but Hal's existence is still indispensable.

Like Barbatos, Parallax Morhal is simply too powerful; he is a bargaining chip that no one can ignore.

Before Barbatos completely falls, the goals of Time Trapped and Hal are not conflicting.

Therefore, they are currently cooperating and are quite close at present.

However, Hal hasn't yet asked the Time Trapped for help to escape the constraints of the Time Flow. Hal may have his own plans, but for the Time Trapped, he's been waiting a long time.

As Hal's injuries multiplied, the Time Trapped frowned more and more.

He needed a superhuman who was completely unharmed and strong enough to kill Barbatos with his bare hands, not a sickly guy who was badly injured, half-dead, and barely escaped from the time-travel.

However, Hal didn't ask him for help, and he couldn't just rush out on his own, as that would only disrupt the other party's plans. So the trapped person could only suppress his anxiety and let Hal do as he pleased.

Ever since Batman found him, the Time Trapped was initially baffled as to how he had been discovered, until finally, he pulled a green lantern ring from his pocket…

That was given to him by Hal. Although it was a green light ring, it only had one function: as long as the trapped person gave the order, the ring would switch his position with the ring's in one go.

Hal gave him this because he had devised a plan for the two of them to attack the hypothetical enemy Barbatos together.

This ring is used to allow those trapped in time to use the power of the fifth dimension to change their position at crucial moments, allowing them to jump directly to Barbatos's face and launch a sneak attack.

This was just a one-time prop made by Hal, but the funniest thing is that it contains the power of the bat mite, and the power of the bat mite comes from Batman Dragon.

Damn it, there's probably only one explanation. Otherwise, it would be a miracle if Batman could find him. The Time Trapped was completely fooled by Batman at first, and actually thought he was hiding in such a bad way.

After reluctantly making the stick for Batman, the Trapped Man, who successfully detected the problem, didn't intend to destroy the rings. After all, he had already been discovered by Batman, so what was the point of destroying them?

Instead, they leave it as is, so that when Hal decides to launch the plan later, the Time Trapped can continue to work with Hal to fight the enemy according to the battle plan they discussed in advance.

The man trapped in the moment knew he didn't need to be overly suspicious. What's done is done. Since the fifth-dimensional power in this ring originated from Batman, could it be that someone else could use this power to find him?

Anyway, these consumables will run out on their own soon...

The man trapped in the moment turned around and was met with the pale face of the Emperor Joker, almost giving him a fright.

"Joker, you fucking...!"

Just as the Time Trapped was about to ask how the other person found him, he saw the energy of the fifth dimension rising from the other person's body. It was different from the energy he controlled, but it was indeed the energy of the fifth dimension, which made the Time Trapped's face darken instantly.

Damn it, it's still that ring!

"Hey, dear friend," he said, seeing the Emperor Joker somersault and land in front of him, gesturing wildly.

"Don't stare at me like that. I know you and Hal must have reached some kind of cooperation agreement, but that's not important, darling."

The Emperor Joker coaxed, "I'm here to seek your cooperation, a partner who is far superior, more outstanding, and more worthy of our collaboration than Parallax Mohal. That partner is me, the Emperor Joker."

The moment the Emperor Joker started rambling on, the Time Trapped attacked him, punching him so hard he turned the Emperor Joker into a pancake...

Hmm? Cookies?

Yes, the Emperor Joker, who had turned into a cookie, did not die. The human-shaped cookie stood up in mid-air and then, with a snap, just like in a Tom and Jerry cartoon, transformed back into the living Emperor Joker.

He seemed completely unaffected by the punch, still beaming with a smile, and boasted, "No one can give you more than me, my friend. Believe me, I have a plan, a plan to share Hal. Using this big oaf's power isn't as convenient as you acquiring it yourself, is it?"

Upon hearing this, the Time Trapped's heart stirred. The Joker was indeed a master at manipulating people's hearts; just this one sentence had already given the Time Trapped some ideas.

He began to wonder about the Joker's plan to devour Hal's power, although he had no intention of doing so at the moment and did not believe that the other party could actually do it.

But it sparked curiosity... and curiosity is often the beginning of a downfall.

At this moment, the Time Trapped's fist, poised to strike the Emperor Joker, remained firm. He had no intention of betraying Hal, and he still agreed with the previous plan. But a thought had already taken root in his mind.

The Emperor Joker knew that this idea would resurface in his mind once the views of Parallax Mohal and the Time Trapped diverged completely, but the Emperor Joker didn't need that long; he needed to use it now.

He continued, "If you knew me, you'd know I'm the Joker, and the Joker never needs those powers. All I need is a game with Batman, and everything that comes out of this plan will go to you. Doesn't that prove my sincerity?"

The person trapped in the situation refused: "I refuse."

He raised his fist: "I will not cooperate with people of dubious origin."

In reality, the trapped man knew the Joker, but he was definitely not foolish enough to believe what the other man said.

After a brief moment of being tempted, he quickly realized something was amiss. "You should take what the clown says with a grain of salt," even those who are trapped in the situation know this.

He looked at the Emperor Clown with a mocking expression: "You didn't think...?"

But before he could finish speaking, he saw a white light appear in the Emperor Joker's hand.

"Some kind of communication magic?" The Time Trapped frowned, then said, "Who do you want to send a message to? Superman Supreme or Genie #1? Hmm...?"

Before the person trapped in the time trap could finish speaking, they felt as if they had said something they had said before, and an ominous premonition rose in their heart. What happened next almost made the person trapped in the time trap jump up.

He sensed it; he sensed the target of the communication spell again—it was Barbatos.

"You fucking..." The trapped man didn't move.

He cursed Batman and the Joker in his mind over and over again. They both used the same method and the same tactics to deal with him. Was he some kind of elite monster whose strategy guide was already available?

If you're stuck on a quest, just use this as a dungeon to grind, and once you're done, you can just leave.

Even at this point, he still harbored a sliver of hope, a glimmer of wishful thinking that the Emperor Clown actually wouldn't dare to do that.

Then he watched as the Emperor Joker raised his palm and pushed the transmitting energy into the void.

Under the influence of the fifth-dimensional divine power, a portal suddenly appeared in the air, and the energy cluster drew closer and closer to it.

The Emperor Joker did not hesitate for a moment:

"Great Lord Barbatos, great Lord Barbatos!" he pinched his nose and cried out in the voice of the Laughing Bat, "Ah, your followers are calling upon you!"

"That's enough!"

The person trapped inside shouted, "Stop!"

"I give up, stop!"

The man's face was as black as coal, even though he always wore a hood and his face was always hidden in darkness.

He saw the Joker smile: "A wise decision. Whether it's Hal or Batman, they'll turn against you sooner or later. If Hal is going to die anyway, why not have you take over its power?"

The Time Trapped sighed, "So you..." But before he could finish speaking, he saw Parallax Mohal tear through space behind him and smash the Emperor Joker's forehead with a club.

"Batman knew you had ulterior motives all along. What does our cooperation have to do with you?"

(End of this chapter)