The manhole cover not far behind Emiko and the others rose into the sky, and Su Ming flew directly up from the ground, floating above the muddy ground in a standard mage posture.
Behind him were Damian and Wally, who were being strangled and rolled up, and Millie, who was wrapped in a magic floating cloak.
The black and yellow armor glowed coldly under the moonlight, and the tentacle monster behind him also gave him an aura of terror. After that little red light, calm eyes fell on the remaining three people.
"I was wrong! I changed it! I..."
Emiko and Crushing turned around and made fighting movements, but Fatty was still kicking his legs on the ground and had no intention of fighting at all, and was still crying and howling.
However, the small eyes behind the fingers would peek at Su Ming's reaction from time to time, as if observing the effect of his own strategy.
"Stop, stop, that's about it." Su Ming put down Damian and the three of them, indicating that they were free, and spoke to the fat man angrily in Chinese: "Where are you crying? Stop, if you cry again I will kill your whole family."
"oh."
Fatty Lan quickly got up, patted the muddy water on his butt, and showed a simple and honest smile like a retarder.
Because he has a silly face and a stupid body shape, he deliberately uses his appearance to mislead others, which is also a form of self-protection.
He also knew that this kind of disguise would have no effect on smart people like Deathstroke and Batman, but he had to laugh.
‘Deathstroke must have known that all my family members were dead, this joke is really cold enough.’ That’s what he thought in his heart, but it’s better to laugh after hearing Deathstroke’s joke.
Even though he looks very silly when he smiles, what can be done about it?
Wally immediately disappeared with Damian and Milly and hid behind his teammates. He swallowed and asked Damian in a low voice.
"Well, is our surrender accepted?"
Damian glanced at him. Hei Wally was only good at dancing on the dance machine. Do you still need to ask in this situation? If Deathstroke wasn't joking, several people would be dead by now.
Since it was just a joke to play a game, and Billy unplugged the power of the game console, how could there be any surrender?
Damian pushed aside the crusher in front of him and walked through the mud towards the death knell. He raised his head and looked at the floating figure, his brain running rapidly.
The other party has shown absolute strength but hasn't hurt many people, so there should be something to talk about.
"... Deathstroke, what are you here for?"
Su Ming was still floating, the long black cloak behind him flying in the moonlight, and a red light on the mask stared at Damian's face, observing his expression carefully.
It's strange, Damian seems to be very familiar with Deathstroke, and his attitude is not repulsive. Although he is cold, he is also the same towards Batman...
To the people of the Bat Family, this was just an ordinary inquiry, but it was really wrong to say such things in such a tone when the person being asked was Deathstroke.
You know, even Batman can't be so calm when seeing Deathstroke, and the same goes for Nightwing and Tim.
"Death Knell! What did you do again!"
This should be the case. No matter whether Deathstroke has done something or not, you should be excited to suspect that he has done something bad when you meet him... Even Su Ming, who is the otherworldly counterpart of the old Deathstroke, should be suspected.
This family lives by suspicion. You must know that even though Su Ming saved the earth several times, Batman still doubted him. Last time about the Lantern Ring, Bat only made a temporary concession, and there must be some plan behind it.
Are the Ten Lantern Rings strong? In fact, because each universe has its own lantern group, this is just the power of a single universe.
In the multiverse, it is only above average, far inferior to X metal.
At least when the five-dimensional power overwrites the world, the X metal remains, and only the invisible light of the Ten Lantern Ring remains.
If there is a need to deal with the holder of the Ten Lantern Rings, Su Ming also has a way. The same problem will certainly not trouble a smart man like Batman or Luther, nor will it trouble a lunatic like the Joker or Laughter.
Not to mention there are multiverse god-level bosses.
Out of the DC multiverse, the light rings have directly turned into gems that are difficult to use directly, becoming energy sources and amplifiers, which also shows that they are still not strong enough.
In the currently known universes, the only universal powers are one's own mind and martial arts, plus X metal, a top-notch prop.
A lot of thoughts flashed through his mind quickly, looking for clues from all aspects, but it didn't even take him a blink of an eye. Su Ming smiled. He understood why Damian was not afraid of the death knell.
Su Ming has seen this reason in the comics. The source is "Deathstroke: Rebirth V4". Damian thinks that he is Deathstroke's son.
In this case, he believes that the old Death Knell on Earth 0 is his father, so Su Ming is also a relative in a sense to him.
Just like the Huntress from Earth 2 calls Batman from Earth 0 Uncle Bruce, Damian doesn't have much fear of Su Ming. On the contrary, he may hope to rely on Su Ming's information to study the truth of his life experience.
In fact, this matter is not complicated at all. It was all Damian's fucking fault, and no one else knew about it.
Thalia wants to start a new family with Deathstroke in the main world, so of course the child must be with her! Anyway, Bruce doesn't care about children at all, it doesn't matter whether he has them or not.
Damian is superstitious about Batman, and ordinary methods cannot separate Rice and Bruce, so Thalia came up with a trick.
She forged several DNA test reports, put them on the dark web, and spread a few rumors in the world through the Assassin League's dead men. As expected, Tim, who loves solving crimes the most, took the bait.
He cracked the dark web through the Justice League's host and found these reports, and was immediately shocked.
‘I went and found out that Damian turned out to be...!’
Originally, he wanted to keep it a secret. After all, everyone was doing well the way they were, but at the last moment of his life, he decided to tell Damian the truth.
Thalia knew that Mr. Oz wanted to capture Tim alive, so she had a previous plan, but Tim didn't know it. He thought he was going to die.
So Damian, who took over the information, was confused.
You said you want to verify the DNA again? Sorry, Batman will not give his DNA sample to anyone! Not even the Justice League! I can’t believe it!
Did he test it himself? Or let Alfred test it? Sorry, Damian couldn't believe the conclusions they made.
"You are my son, no need to prove."
"I need evidence, but you can't give it to me."
"This matter ends here!"
The two had a falling out.
So Da Mi went to see Old Sangzhong, and after paying the price, Sangzhong happily cut off a piece of flesh from his arm and let him inspect it at will. A little piece of flesh could be sold for one million U.S. dollars. It’s so easy to make money these days!
Inspection report descriptions do not match.
But Damian began to suspect that Batman had tampered with the test and deliberately prevented him from getting to know Deathstroke and his son. This new report was not credible.
The three old reports are not only the conclusions of the three most famous laboratories in the world, but also Tim's last words before his death. Let his life speak for itself. This is much more credible than the statements of Batman and Deathstroke himself!
Even when a person is about to die, he speaks well, not to mention that Tim is the most loyal Robin to Batman. The only news left before his death is Damian's life experience.
According to Thalia, Damian is her and Deathstroke's son, and Batman... was just a poor man who took over the pot at that time because he was rich and could give Damian good material things.
Base.
So Damian went to pester Old Deathstroke again, and even if he went out to do a mission, he would follow him.
"I'm really not your father!"
"What are you trying to hide?"
"If you keep talking nonsense, I will kill you!"
"We are really similar, because I think so too!"
Of course, old Deathstroke didn't kill Damian. Without money, he wouldn't kill a very valuable target. Damian then felt that Deathstroke was hard-spoken and soft-hearted, and his attitude towards him was actually the same as towards Deathstroke's known children.
It’s indeed suspicious!
Then, the whole thing goes to hell.
Doubt is something that comes out of Pandora's box. Once it takes root in your heart, it can never be eradicated.
Now even if Talia changes her story, Damian will doubt whether Batman used violence to coerce her.
Lie detector? Sorry, that thing is just a toy for a well-trained warrior. Damian himself can make the pointer continuously draw pentagrams, and stronger warriors can even make it play music.
Let Damian travel back in time and see for himself? He will wonder if Barry is using the Speed Force to help Batman.
Go to the underworld of Black Paradise to find your grandfather Lei Xiaogu? No, maybe Batman and the Black Death Emperor reached some kind of deal.
Now Batman has no excuses. He used to feel comfortable doubting others, but now he has finally suffered retribution. Under Damian's suspicion method, he can't prove that Damian is his biological child.
Please prove that you are you and your father is your father, and write down the steps to solve the problem...
Do you think this is physics? Chemistry? Mathematics? Wrong! This is a philosophical question! There are no steps to solve it!
The question is wrong and the person answering the question is wrong, but the question must be answered.
So no matter how Batman answers, it's not the correct answer.
In the end, even Batman began to doubt whether Damian was his son...?
Were the people who died in Crime Alley really his parents? Bruce had no memory of before he was three years old, so he couldn't prove that those two people were his biological parents.
Alfred, on the other hand, is more like his father...otherwise why would he take care of him for decades? Just because of loyalty or friendship?
I can't think about it, I'll go crazy just thinking about it.
And now even if he goes for DNA verification himself, he can't believe the result, because it may be the conclusion reached by Deathstroke or Thalia after using tricks, and the other party can do this.
For the same reason, Damian doesn't trust anyone when it comes to his life experience. He only trusts his own judgment.
As a result, the whole thing is irreversible. This is a top-notch strategy to take advantage of people's hearts.
And strictly speaking, Thalia really didn't lie. After all, if she married the old Deathstroke, Rice would be Deathstroke's stepson, and the stepson would also be a son. It would just be a little earlier for him to change his name to dad.
The most ridiculous thing is that even if Su Ming tells Damian the whole story now, Damian still won't believe it. Instead, he will suspect that Batman used money to bribe Deathstroke from this other world to perjury...
...
Human nature is like this, people will only believe what they want to believe, and doubt has always been symbiotic with trust.
The more you value a person, the more you will believe him, but as long as there is a little clue that your belief is wrong, all the doubts that were previously covered up will come out, they have always been there.
How much I believed before, I doubt now.
Darkness is deeply rooted in everyone's heart, and you never know when it will burst out, and even those who are close to you may suddenly turn against you.
Su Ming naturally cannot try to prove this unanswerable question to Damian in a thankless way. On the contrary, Damian, who is full of doubts about his life experience, is the most frightened and helpless now.