Mobius was sitting on a chair waiting for the three ladies to discuss the results.
"You should choose those Batmans who have suffered misery, betrayed their families, and fought against the entire world with the power of one person. The power of hatred is the most powerful!"
"No, no, I think Batman who completely controls Gotham or the Justice League is better. There is strength in numbers."
"Am I the only one who thinks rich people are the best?"
"Which Batman is poor?!" X2
"Yes..."
"[There is a saying that 'when one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven'," Mobius Chair said: "[But I never expected that fifteen hundred ducks would ascend to heaven here.]"
"...What duck?" Mobius expressed confusion.
"[Oh? You traveled through so many timelines but never heard this joke?]" Mobius Chair replied: "[A teacher taught two girls who were talking in class, saying, 'Two women are equal to a thousand ducks.
', the teacher's mother came to see him after class, so the girl who was being scolded said——]"
"Okay, I understand, don't explain the punchline of the joke," Mobius stopped the chair from finishing the joke: "I guess they will have to argue for a long time. What's your suggestion?"
"[My suggestion? The suggestions they put forward all focus on Batman's power, that is, how difficult it is for you to 'help them save their world', but what is important to you is 'willingness to follow you out of the original world'
Possibility——Are you really ready to fulfill your wish for the 'Black Holy Grail'?" said the Mobius Chair.
"Indeed, I have to recruit a group of 'Batman' first to eliminate the Court of Owls and erase the influence of the 'World Eater' or 'Khorne', and then eliminate the traces of the other three existences and obtain Ms. Death.
With the help of "Kang the Conqueror" and his minions, it is meaningless to simply save a single universe without bringing any thugs." Mobius agreed: "So, where should we go?
A single universe?"
"[I divided all the 'Gotham Universe' into a nine-square grid,]" Mobius Chair replied: "[The three horizontal columns are 'Batman must be Bruce Wayne', 'Batman can be Bruce
·The successor recognized by Wayne', 'Batman can call himself', and the three vertical columns are 'Batman will never kill, nor will he allow others to do it in front of him', 'Batman will never kill with his own hands, but
Will not stop other superheroes from taking action', 'Batman kills decisively'.]"
Following the words of the chair, the phantoms of the "Gotham Multiverse" projected into the air moved their positions and were arranged and combined according to the new rules.
It can be clearly seen that the single universe that restricts Batman to "must be Bruce Wayne" and "never kill anyone" accounts for the majority of the multiverse and is squeezed into the nine-square grid in the upper left corner like a soap bubble.
"This..." Mobius frowned and looked at the "bunch" of single universes.
"[As you might imagine, the 'foraging' behavior of the 'Court of Owls' will be concentrated in the 'cosmic dense area'," said the Mobius Chair: "[From a multiverse perspective, 'distance'
is meaningless, 'connection' is. Although the induction method I use is only one of them, the single universes in each 'grid' are indeed more connected to each other than to the universes of other grids.
Closely, and after the 'Court of Owls' destroys a certain universe, it has a greater chance of going to other 'same grid' universes.]"
"[And their priority in selecting targets is 'from big to small.'" The Mobius chair brings the two shadows of the "Gotham Universe" closer together. Although they are also centered on Gotham, they are
The overall size is very different, like watermelon and sesame seeds.
"They..." Mobius observed carefully and found that the former had expanded to extragalactic galaxies, while the territory of the latter did not even include Metropolis.
"[Based on a certain mystical principle, the closer it is to the upper left corner of the 'Nine Palace Grid', the faster the universe will expand. The further it deviates from it, the more difficult the development will be, and it may even self-destruct midway - the ones that feed Barbatos,"
"The Mobius Chair continued: "[The key is Krypton. Once 'Superman' appears, these 'cosmic balloons' will expand very fast, and will eventually be targeted by the 'Owl Court'.
It’s useless no matter how strong the single universe-level superheroes are. The Court of Owls trying to defeat them is like popping an inflated balloon with a needle and popping it - hey, they might as well change their name to the Court of Woodpeckers.]”
"So should we choose the big one or the small one?" Mobius reluctantly understood these words.
"[My suggestion is, try them all, let these eager ladies each choose a universe to help Batman there, and you can also choose one to practice,]" Mobius Chair said in a relaxed tone: "[Don't worry, it will fail.
It is the mother of success. If even the help of the Counter-Monitor and his followers cannot resist the offensive of the Court of Owls, then their original 'destiny' is to be destroyed and devoured.】"
"Sounds good," Mobius raised his head: "You--"
"Ready!" X3
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After a brief flicker of light and shadow, the Anti-Monitor tower fell silent.
The silence lasted...perhaps for a few minutes, or perhaps for hours, days, or centuries.
Because there is no change that symbolizes the flow of time, it is impossible to judge.
Finally, the sound sounded again in the giant tower.
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"Failed..." "Failed." "Failed?"
Fireproof Girl, Cortana and Indy appeared one after another, saying the same sentence in different tones, and said in unison with Mobius who finally appeared on the chair:
"Batman is dead."
After a brief silence, the three ladies started chattering again:
"I even helped him defeat Doomsday! Do you know Doomsday? Strong and invincible! As a result, Superman was infected by the Doomsday virus and attacked him from behind! Damn Kryptonian!"
"I helped him completely eliminate crime in Gotham, and everyone lived and worked in peace and contentment. Although the monitoring, laws and punishments were stricter, that was a necessary price... So why was he sentenced to 600 as Bruce Wayne?
Years in prison?!”
"I am most unjustly accused! I have no contact with Batman at all. I am only cultivating Catwoman's economic acumen and letting her and her adoptive father's family replace Wayne Enterprises as the richest man in Gotham. Who knows how he died?"
After they argued for a while about who was at fault and who was wronged, they all turned their attention to Mobius, who had been silent since returning.
"I..." Mobius held his forehead: "I helped him repel the Court of Owls, handle the follow-up related to the Justice League, and successfully persuaded him to leave the original universe with me. Then, he finally left as Batman before leaving.
He was killed by the clown while on patrol with his identity."
