The efficiency of the two Batmans was not just 1+1=2. They quickly completed the search for most historical books and found some problems.
First of all, both Batmans paid attention to the historical fragments they saw before entering Dr. Soship's room, and combined with some details described in the book, they were basically certain that it was from ancient times to the Roman Empire.
some pictures.
But the problem is that there are some things that should not have appeared in human history, such as the raven with red eyes, such as those spaceships and weapons.
This means that there are indeed other things hidden in history. In other words, if you turn over the history books of mankind, those things that were originally regarded as myths and legends are very likely to be true.
Of course, even through Wonder Woman's self-narration, Batman knows that there are gods on earth, but Wonder Woman is also a descendant of gods after all, and her narration of the Olympus pantheon is more from the perspective of gods.
By consulting history books, Batman realized that these gods had a large number of believers in certain periods on earth, and they might even be in certain countries they were familiar with.
From this perspective, it makes sense that Barbatos only has followers like the Court of Owls. There is no way this guy came to Earth after the founding of the United States. If he came earlier, then the followers he left behind would be even more
It may be in Europe or Asia, these two continents were the most densely populated areas in ancient times.
Realizing that the Court of Owls may not be the only believer in Barbatos, Batman began to look for ancient dark beliefs. Similar concepts and descriptions exist in almost any pantheon. In primitive human religions, there is always a god who represents mystery.
night.
There was indeed no target found in this regard, but Batman searched and found that in a classic that explained the origin of human totem worship, it was mentioned that there was such an ancient tribe that worshiped the bat god.
Almost every Batman is very interested in bats. After the two discovered this tribe, they decided to put aside the matter of the Dark God and study what was going on with this tribe that worshiped bats.
As a result, they accidentally discovered the Hebrew spelling of Barbatos in an inscription image material used as a totem display.
This is unlikely to be a coincidence, because first of all, the spelling of Hebrew is completely different from that of English. The formation of the word Barbatos is very strange in Hebrew. At first glance, it seems that it cannot be used by the people who use Hebrew.
The name that comes out is more like a mechanical one, and you have to use the letters of your own language to spell out the pronunciation.
Secondly, there is a pattern in the center of this totem, but it doesn't look like a big bat, it looks a bit like a dragon with bat wings. And the name of this tribe is even more intriguing. They call themselves Judah Believers.
After discovering the clues, they began to search through more books, and then discovered that the influence of this so-called tribe of Judas believers was really great, and they were mentioned in almost all primitive totem worships.
Then the two gradually discovered that the so-called bats were actually just the people who compiled these books. They saw that the totem looked like a bat, so they thought they were ancient bat worshipers. But in fact, in the inscriptions left by the Judah believer tribe, they never said
They worship bats, and they call their god the great god of darkness.
Now it completely matches the image of Barbatos.
Two Batmans found Constantine in a pub in Oxfordshire, who was starting to drink again, but this time they managed to stop her before she got drunk, held her head down, and asked her to find someone in the occult world.
There are more records about the tribes of Judah.
The most useful one is a book that Constantine found in the Forgotten Bookstore. Here, a chief of the Judah tribe at a certain period wrote about his dream of seeing the God of Darkness.
This story is probably that one night, the chief saw their god descending on the earth in his sleep, and the great god of darkness told him that night will eventually fall into day, and bats are the passage.
The last sentence is actually much more complicated and secretive than that, but after the two Batmans deciphered it, they discovered that this is what Barbatos meant.
Note that the bat here is the bat in the passage. It is a real bat, which is the pronunciation of bat in English. However, due to the language barrier, the chief at the time did not understand the real meaning.
But this inspired two Batmans, especially the Batman of the main universe. He thought that if darkness and light are two worlds, and Barbatos is the master of the dark world, then night will eventually fall into day, which means that
Barbatos definitely wants to invade the world of light.
It is easy to understand that bats are passages. There are so many cities in this world, but he just threw the Court of Owls into Gotham, and infiltrated Gotham with the rich power of darkness. Could this be to cause his own birth?
Because Gotham is a mess and there are many criminals, a Batman is destined to be born, either himself or someone else, and because of something special about himself, he may become the channel for Barbatos to descend into the bright universe.
When Batman in the main universe told Batwoman these things, Batwoman said it was too abstract and difficult to understand, but Constantine gave a reasonable explanation.
"That's what mystical science is like. A certain god may not choose you because of your special abilities or how good you are, but just because your name has some special meaning."
"Things that are meaningless to humans and have no impact are not the same in the occult world. The year, month and day of your birth, the state of the sun and moon at the time of birth, the meaning of your name, the goodness of certain things you have done.
and evil, are of great significance to these mysterious beings."
"So I am the chosen one." Batwoman frowned deeply and said, "But there is no way I can open a channel for an evil god. How will he use me to come to this world?"
"Really?" Batman looked at her and asked.
Batwoman was slightly stunned. She turned her head and stared at Batman. She was about to retort, but when she saw his deep eyes, she realized something.
"This universe is an enlarged version of Gotham." Batman said: "It is infected by dark energy, criminals emerge in endlessly, and tragedies occur one after another. Do you dare to say that you will never lose control?"
"What about you? Have you never lost control?"
"Maybe, but I can find myself in the end." Batman said: "This is not because my willpower is stronger than yours, but just because the universe I live in is much better than here, even if some things happen.
Even if there is a mistake, there is still room for recovery.”
Batwoman stopped talking and began to think about it. Assuming that this group of weird visitors from another world did not come, and she went to negotiate with the Sea Queen, and the two broke up on bad terms, would it eventually lead to a war on land and sea?
If war really breaks out, are you really sure that the land will not be destroyed, the ocean will not be cleaned, and that a peaceful outcome will eventually be achieved?
Not entirely sure, Batwoman thought, her preparations were far from ensuring that everything was under her control, so why would she want to start this war?
She suddenly felt a hole in her chest, and her breathing began to become rapid. Suddenly a hand was placed on her shoulder. Batman looked at her and said: "Calm down, the thoughts in your mind may not be true."
Your own thoughts are the result of the influence of dark power. He just wants you to think this way, wants you to lose control, and then open a channel."
Batwoman took a sharp breath to force her heart to stop beating so hard, but a certain haze still lingered in her mind.
"Let's go back." Batman said: "I guess you should have a final plan for Atlantis. Take it and let's go talk to the Sea Queen. Now is not the time for internal fighting."
Discovering that the culprit has been controlling them both from the shadows, Batman feels a sense of urgency, and they return to Gotham without stopping, while Batwoman shows Batman her last resort.
"It was a huge machine, consisting of an energy storage, a control center, a lot of robotic arms and an operating table."
"When necessary, I will transform myself into the ultimate weapon." Batwoman said: "As long as enough energy is filled into the energy storage, I mean energy that can control the direction of transformation, such as the energy of Atlantis.
, I can pour this energy into my body in another form, so that I can have the abilities they have, even stronger than him."
"It's terrible." Batman commented: "I think you realize now that you are more out of control than you thought. How could you think of transforming yourself into a weapon? Why do you think you won't lose control?"
At this time, Batwoman was speechless, because she really had no way to guarantee that she would still be herself when she became the weapon, and she was completely unaware of this when she was looking at the machine.
This is not like her, nor is it actually like any Batman. Although Batman has backup plans for every factor around him that may be out of control, he actually has the most backup plans for his own loss of control.
Batman has had many nightmares, but the worst one is not about Superman or Green Lantern losing control, but about him losing control of himself. In his opinion, a man who has lost his mind is much scarier than any criminal.
Batman looked up at the energy center and said, "What did you use to amplify the energy filled in it?"
"A meteorite, to be precise, it is the metal in the meteorite." Batwoman said: "This thing fell in Egypt. It was originally placed in the Egyptian Museum, but it fell into my hands during a certain battle.
I discovered that this thing had very magical properties, so I built this machine."
Batwoman reached out and pointed to a jar that was shining with a strange light under the energy center and said, "That's it. All the energy that passes through this metal will be amplified, reorganized and compressed, and will have more magical properties and be more powerful."
Batman shook his head, obviously still amazed at Batwoman's boldness, and said: "We can't carry this thing to see the Sea Queen, she may not understand what it is for, and it doesn't have enough deterrence.
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"Where is your workshop? I think we could make it a visible weapon and target it specifically to the Atlanteans, so that she can calm down and talk to us, maybe later