Superman from the comics: Starting with the Black Robe

Chapter 423 Werewolf Game, Start!

Chapter 423 Werewolf Game, Start!

Joey had already heard the same thing from Batman.

Batman and Iron Man accused each other of having problems, and as someone who knew Doctor Doom's methods, Joey was naturally more inclined to believe Batman.

So after Iron Man said those words, he tried his best to keep a straight face and his expression unchanged, afraid that the other party would notice something unusual.

"Is that even English you're speaking?!"

But as soon as Tony finished explaining the whole story, Joey immediately lost his temper: "What do you mean Batman tried to erase all of your memories with the Mind Stone, and he almost succeeded?!"

Joey reached to his waist and found the Mind Stone perfectly still in its rightful place.

But considering it's Batman, if he really did it, he certainly wouldn't leave such a basic flaw.

"Batman has to have some motive for doing something like this, right?! He's not crazy!"

No, wait a minute—Joey thought again, and realized that Batman was theoretically a psychopath.

But then I thought about it again, and that was even more wrong.

If Batman can erase memories, how does Iron Man resist the past?

"I don't know Batman's motives, and I didn't retain that part of my memory either, but I found clues in my AI assistants."

Tony's explanation is also reasonable: "Batman quietly deleted a lot of things, but he didn't expect that I had many backups of my servers."

"Wait a minute—"

Joey gestured to stop Iron Man's explanation; even with his super brain, he wasn't really ready to think anymore.

He remembered that he came here to save the world, so how did he wake up after being knocked unconscious by a zombie sentinel and end up playing Werewolf?

"I have a feeling Batman might have noticed something's wrong with me, so I think it's necessary to tell you before he comes after me again. Oh, right—"

Tony flicked his finger, and an indigo gem popped out through the hilt of his suit and into Joey's hand: "Now we only need one more."

This is the Space Stone that Tony obtained when he set off.

Having received the Space Stone, Joey now possesses four stones: Time, Space, Mind, and Power.

"No, to be precise, there are two."

The Reality Stone remains missing, and Joey only brought back a base for the Soul Stone; no one knows how to properly extract the Soul Stone from it.

"Don't panic, there's always a way out."

Tony was seemingly comforting Superman, but he was just saying it casually.

Because he knew that there was no road ahead of their vehicle.

Not all stories unfold in a constant, linear fashion. In a complex matter, the simplest part is often the first to be completed.

The difficult parts may never be completed, just like now, Tony knows that all six Infinity Stones can never be collected.

He came here to hand over the Space Stone as a side job; his main purpose was to muddy the waters.

Now that Batman has discovered his own problem, in order to prevent the other party from really, really trusting Superman (which is highly likely) and revealing his own secrets, he might as well reveal the other party's problems as well.

Moreover, given Tony's understanding of Superman, when Batman told Superman about the flaws in Doctor Doom's abilities, he would never have mentioned something like erasing memories.

Therefore, Tony doesn't need to reveal everything about himself; he only needs to mention that the other party erased everyone's memories.

Tony glanced at Joey furtively and, unsurprisingly, saw the conflict on the other's face.

This proves that I made the right choice.

Moreover, Tony knew he had a better chance of winning this contest.

It would be nearly impossible for Batman to prove he is Doctor Doom, but Batman's ability to erase memories does not mean he can erase all traces.

Once Superman makes up his mind to investigate, it's almost a certainty that he'll find out that everyone has lost about a few hours of memory.

At that point, Batman's accusations against himself would be seen as a frame-up to cover up his crimes.

Tony knew that his identity would be exposed sooner or later, but at least he could create some chaos so he could survive in the confusion.

"What kind of mess is this?!"

At this moment, Joey not only felt that her mood points, which she had just accumulated, were continuously decreasing, but if there were a stress bar, the stress points would be about to explode.

There is no doubt that Joey is currently experiencing a brain war between Batman and Iron Man over their accusations against each other.

However, he still trusted Batman and Tony too much. After hesitating for two seconds and going over the matter in his mind hundreds of times, he still thought of two possibilities:

It turned out that Batman was lying. He said that Tony being possessed by Doctor Doom was a case of the villain accusing the victim first, and he was prepared to continue erasing Tony's memory to cover up his crimes.

Is it Iron Man or Doctor Doom who is playing a trick, fabricating a story about Batman erasing everyone's memories to clear their own name?

Before Joey could figure it out, he suddenly remembered why he had come here!

"This matter can be put on hold for now!"

There were more pressing matters on his mind: "I fought a zombie sentinel earlier, and it bit several people, but now those people are gone!"

This was unexpected by Tony, who, upon hearing the news, conveniently added, "Look, none of us remember this, and nobody realized we needed to check this place!"

The truth is that nobody cared what was happening hundreds of meters underground. Whatever could be infectious was less important than the possibility that Superman might be infected.

However, this doesn't prevent Doctor Doom, disguised as Tony, from using it as a bullet to shoot Batman, deepening Superman's suspicions about Batman and thus clearing himself of suspicion.

If Batman did indeed erase everyone's memories, then that would explain why no one paid attention to the area where the zombie Sentinels were discovered.

However, the most urgent task is to find those zombies who have disappeared.

"Now is not the time to think about that kind of thing!"

Despite his suspicions, Joey had to address the immediate problem: "They could create new zombies at any moment!"

Joey's senses were now working at full speed, scanning the entire city of New York for any sign of the escaped zombies.

"Anyway, keep your question about Batman a secret for now. Get the others together and let's think of a solution, Tony!"

After giving Iron Man his instructions, Joey, still feeling uneasy, ascended into the sky.

He floated among the clouds, thinking about the mess between Batman and Iron Man while also taking in the view of New York City and the surrounding New York State, observing everyone's movements.

Once zombies appear in the city center or any densely populated area, they can infect a large number of people in just a few seconds.

Joey can only prevent this from happening by keeping a close watch on him.

But between Batman and Iron Man, who lied and who told the truth?

While Joey was still struggling with his doubts, one thing he hadn't considered was that the whole picture was far more abstract than he had imagined. Not only did Batman and Iron Man both tell the truth, they both lied.