Chapter 2251: Late Autumn in Gold City (50)

Still the same saying, the bigger the heart, the bigger the stage; the bigger the stage, the bigger the mouth that eats the budget. The larger the stall is laid out, the more convenient it is to invent names, not only to ask for more budget, but also to make it more difficult to check where the budget goes.

Bruce first used all kinds of reports to make Barbatos dizzy, then kept expanding the ambition of Barbatos and the Owls with the "800,000 vs 600,000, the advantage is mine," and finally used a wide variety of complex terms to misappropriate a lot of dark energy for other uses.

Some people might say that Barbatos himself is the source of darkness, and dark energy is all part of him. How could he not know where his energy was used?

In fact, dark energy cannot be infinitely recycled. It will also be consumed. As long as you perform some operations to expand the loss, you can send the energy that was not actually consumed into a black box without anyone knowing, making Barbatos think that the energy that disappeared was actually consumed.

Speaking of black boxes, I have to mention Constantine, but in fact, sending energy to Constantine still has risks, because you never know which wandering Constantine will bump into the Court of Owls. Bruce adopted a safer method.

Before, he met the Sorcerer Supreme Strange of that universe in the fused New City. Bruce told him at the time that because they were not locals, the mages of the fused Earth were actually black boxes more secretive than Constantine.

And because the 616 old Earth didn't bring the entire universe when it came over, the mages were equivalent to being disconnected from their source of power. Except for the stored energy, they couldn't obtain new energy to cast magic.

So Strange and Bruce of the fused Earth hit it off. Bruce lent the black money he moved out to the mages of the fused Earth, and the mages used this power to work for him.

The work to be done was also very simple, which was to harass the magical forces of various universes, such as Hell, the Spirit World, and the Maiar. Once the portal was opened, it was a big mess. After finishing, they had to leave some energy to prove their identity.

"Wait a minute, why do this?" When Bruce talked about this, Diana raised a question. She said, "Although Hell and the like sound very evil, they are not enemies if they haven't actively attacked the human world, right?"

Lex snorted coldly and said, "They will be sooner or later, because it is obvious that they can never not attack the human world. These non-human creatures are all like this."

Clark and Diana looked at each other, clearly feeling that they had been scolded, but they really had no room for rebuttal, especially Diana. She knew how many times the family on Mount Olympus had stirred up trouble on Earth.

They looked at Bruce again, clearly because Bruce shouldn't be able to let the plan move to this step for this reason. Although they knew Batman was also a human supremacist, he was usually defensive and counterattacking, not an extremist alien life exterminationist.

But Bruce looked at Shiler, which also led others to look at Shiler. Shiler nodded and said, "Well, I have always liked to take precautions, unlike someone who makes his habits known to the world and finally needs us to clean up the mess."

"How so?"

"I need a mastermind," Shiler tapped the armrest of the chair with his fingertips and said, "Don't stare at me. This person is not me, and it cannot be me."

The experience in Battleworld made Shiler discover that because they sometimes made too much noise and had too many onlookers, they spread the word from ten to a hundred, giving Shiler some overly exaggerated titles, so that a bad habit of "fire prevention, theft prevention, and Shiler prevention" was set off between universes.

But fortunately, Shiler knew very well that wise life forms are forgetful and even more suspicious. Seeing is believing, hearing is false. The vast majority of people's understanding of Shiler actually comes from hearsay from a few big mouths, and they don't know his abilities, nor have they seen Shiler make trouble with their own eyes.

This left Shiler a chance to turn the tables. As long as there is a mastermind with more solid evidence than him, this matter will naturally turn the page. Some people will even suspect, could it be that Shiler is just a cover, a target used by the real mastermind to divert everyone's attention?

It sounds absurd, but Batman would be the first to suspect it, because usually Shiler is far away from them, but some things are very close to them, and even ubiquitous.

This is the main reason Shiler chose Barbatos.

Batman is the core pillar of DC comics. Any character related to him, especially the villain related to his origin story, is the perfect candidate for a mastermind.

Let alone whether Barbatos influenced Cat Getan, leading to the death of the Waynes, as long as there is a trace of possibility, Batman will never let go of this mastermind.

Although it looks like a personal grudge, with Batman's ability, the battle between the two will sooner or later be known to everyone. When everyone sees it, can an opponent who can be chased by Batman and defeated with all his strength be a simple character?

All the plans Shiler designed were designed for this.

First, Bruce poured dark energy into the lake of the Garden of Eden, angered Uriel, pitted Barbatos, and let Michael temporarily seal the source of darkness, in order to gag Barbatos.

I said before that this guy is not very smart, and it's easy to reveal his secrets if he opens his mouth. Keeping his mouth shut and maintaining a sense of mystery is more in line with the image of a mastermind. If he doesn't want to shut up, of course he can only be gagged manually.

Immediately after, Shiler took action himself, blew up Constantine's black box, and made the demon kings of Hell lose a lot of money. And when they followed the clues to find Constantine, they would only find that the most dark energy of Barbatos remained in Constantine's body. In this way, Barbatos would definitely become famous among the demon kings.

The demon kings couldn't just let it go. There must be someone among them who could find Barbatos, but the power that isolated Barbatos came from Michael. Michael's combat power was personally certified by Lucifer. The barrier he created could not be opened by the demon kings at all.

This further strengthened Barbatos's powerful image. You know, this time Hell was boiling, not only old-school demon kings like Azazel and Beelzebub came in person, but even the First of the Fallen and Elias, who had been homebodies for ten thousand years, ran to Barbatos's door to check the situation.

As a result, let alone giving Barbatos a lesson, they couldn't even open the door. Not a single person could figure out what isolated them from Barbatos, just like a file in a computer, unable to figure out what a folder is.

After the demon kings of Hell dispersed, a rumor began to spread in this vast kingdom: a powerful existence from the depths of darkness is completing his transformation. When he returns, every part of the universe will return to darkness.

This kind of vague rumor is actually more easily accepted by insiders, and coupled with the non-committal attitude of the major demon kings toward this statement, it is even more solid.

The demon kings of Hell still rule Hell by faith. In order to compete for the position of Satan, they can't wait to brag about how powerful and evil they are every moment, but at this time they let a mysterious message spread. Anyone with a heart can see that they are also trying to test Heaven's attitude.

Heaven didn't react, but Heaven almost didn't react to anything. But this time it was unusually quiet, and everyone didn't know that it was because Uriel strictly grasped the style, almost cutting off all channels for angels to communicate with other realms privately, leading to angels being almost gagged, so no gossip spread.

And the reason why he was able to seal every channel for angels to communicate with the outside world has to mention Bruce, who had already written the new rune and prayer system. The communication system was built by me. Isn't it easy to check how many calls you made?

Just like that, Barbatos can be said to be famous in the magical world, and some people even inquired about Lucifer.

Azazel asked tentatively, and Duma, an angel who had a good relationship with Lucifer, also inquired from the side.

Lucifer was busy looking for God, and Barbatos and his ilk were no different from ants to him. It was unlikely that he would spend energy paying attention, but since his friend asked, he said what he knew.

Lucifer didn't know much about Barbatos, but the Court of Owls left a deep impression on him. That's right, it was because of Shiler.

So he casually said that he had destroyed the Court of Owls of a certain universe, which was indeed a fact. Who let the Court of Owls blow up the car Shiler drove to go on vacation?

But when others heard it, this was incredible. Lucifer, such a supreme existence, had to personally descend to destroy Barbatos's minions. What kind of character is this Barbatos?

For a time, the demon kings were also a little scared, hurriedly blocked the rumor that had been spread before, and decided not to speak rashly before figuring out the situation, so as not to be really found by some great existence in the darkness.

As everyone knows, any rumor is unbelievable before the official blockade of news. If they don't block it, people will at most treat it as a probe. But blocking a message so grandly and solemnly, the authenticity of this message will rise greatly.

Hell can also be considered a place where people in the magical world of various universes often come and go. After learning about Lucifer and the Court of Owls, the demon kings will also find some of their own believers to inquire about the way the Court of Owls exists in human society.

Most believers don't know what's going on, so they can only investigate. Most of the magical world of DC is like that. A group of mages can't wait to write "I am a demon believer" on their faces. With such a group of monsters and ghosts pouring into Cat Getan, Batman couldn't possibly not notice.

That's right, in fact, everything before was just paving the way. Regardless of Hell or Heaven, even if the vigilance against Barbatos was raised, they were just side dishes. What Shiler really wanted to alert was Batman.

Although it is always said that Batman will lose in an encounter, there is also a sentence following it: he will win in a non-encounter. It's just that Batman is the protagonist, and winning makes people accustomed to it, while losing makes people have a deep impression.

Although it is always said that the Batman Who Laughs belongs to the nested doll type of intelligence hero, isn't Batman in a non-encounter also like this? "Because I am Batman" is no less than "I predicted your prediction."

So Shiler knows very well that the best way to deal with Barbatos is to turn the original encounter into a non-encounter where everything is within Batman's plan, and Batman, besides nested dolls, also has a protagonist halo that is almost invincible. ===== CHAPTER 2252 =====