Chapter 3494: Research on Cats and Dogs (Part 53)

There were indeed Batmen from other universes who had come to this universe. However, Batman himself wasn't someone who liked to be flashy; after coming, he mostly only operated in those few places. Ordinary people definitely couldn't see them.

At that time, Marafak might still have been on Mars, and Zod was even more trapped in the Phantom Zone, so there was no way they could have met other Batmen here.

Then there was only one answer, and that was Battleworld.

However, Battleworld wasn't something anyone could enter. Marafak himself was a small character, belonging to a villain role that was marginal to the point of being marginal in the comic world.

Even in Martian Manhunter's personal story, he didn't have many appearances, let alone any fans. Battleworld wouldn't send him an invitation.

Although Zod was much more famous than him, he was actually not as famous as Superman's other arch-enemies, especially not as famous as Luthor.

The quota for villains corresponding to each hero entering Battleworld was at most one or two, and Batman and Spider-Man were the only exceptions. No matter how one ranked, it wouldn't be Zod's turn.

Since that was the case, they had no possibility of meeting other Batmen. But their performance was precisely like they were very familiar with that kind of orthodox Batman.

This made Schiller feel very strange, so he needed to spend some time investigating this matter.

First, he needed to figure out whether Battleworld had sent invitations to these two characters. This was simple; Schiller called Lucifer directly.

"Hello? It's me. No, the annual leave hasn't been taken yet. Even if I took it, I wouldn't go traveling with you, so give up that idea," Schiller very coldly and ruthlessly rejected Lucifer's travel invitation, and then asked about the business: "Did you send Battleworld invitations to Zod or Marafak? That Kryptonian general, and that Martian..."

Lucifer said a long string of gibberish on the other end. Schiller summarized it as: there were too many popular characters, wait another two hundred years, they would be about ready to be ranked.

Schiller asked Lucifer for the list of people in this universe who were qualified to enter Battleworld. Soon the list was sent via email.

Schiller checked it, and most of them were people he knew, but there was also a small part that were important characters in comics, just that they hadn't appeared in this universe yet.

This was also normal, after all, the timeline of this universe was still early, and many younger heroes hadn't taken the stage yet.

For example, Victor Stone, who was Cyborg in other universes, also received an invitation, but he wasn't Cyborg at all now. According to his age, he had just started university.

Not surprisingly, Schiller saw the name of Martian Manhunter on the list. It was just that the list only had a name, and it didn't mention what occupation he was engaged in or where he lived.

Just at this moment, Schiller suddenly thought: can anyone enter Battleworld just by getting an invitation? Does it work for anyone who gets it?

To verify this question, Schiller called Lucifer again. Lucifer looked a bit helpless and said on the other end of the phone:

"How is that possible? If this secret spread, wouldn't it become a Battle Royale? Of course, only those on the list can enter."

"How to judge whether the person entering Battleworld is the person on the list?"

"Rest assured, there is a strict screening system that checks from all aspects such as fingerprints, iris, genes, vocal cords, appearance, etc."

"Would it be a bit too scientific? Shouldn't it be directly identifying the underlying code?"

"We certainly want to, but the structure of the underlying code between the two great worlds is completely different. If we use this check, we have to write two sets of systems, which is too troublesome."

"Then it's better to be troublesome." Schiller said unhappily, "Didn't you consider the possibility of identical twins?"

"Uh, that's also impossible," Lucifer said, "Although the genetic difference between identical twins is not large, our testing is very precise. Even the slightest difference can be detected."

"What if the other party also happens to have shapeshifting ability?"

"We will also check memory," Lucifer said, "From which we obtain his personal resume and compare it with most counterparts."

"What if he also happens to be a psychic ability user?"

"How can there be so many coincidences?"

Schiller sighed and said: "It's just such a coincidence. I'm afraid that Martian Manhunter's identical twin brother Marafak used his brother's quota to enter Battleworld."

When Lucifer said the way of checking, Schiller knew that the one who entered Battleworld should be Marafak, and it wasn't by normal means, but by replacing his brother's quota.

Although the physical strength of Martians is far from that of humans, the way of reproduction is about the same, and it is possible to have twins. Marafak and J'onn are a pair of identical twins.

This means that their genes are basically the same. Moreover, Martians have molecular-level shapeshifting abilities, and with this ability, they can adjust those subtle inconsistencies to be consistent.

As for checking memory, it's even easier. As a psychic ability user, the degree of control over one's own spiritual world is far stronger than ordinary people, and he knows his brother very well, so he only needs to weave a past memory that is the same as Martian Manhunter.

Marafak must have used this method to deceive Battleworld's detection system and successfully logged into Martian Manhunter's account.

But there is still a problem, and that is the invitation. Marafak definitely couldn't forge this thing, and without an invitation, he couldn't log in.

The invitation is sent directly to the person corresponding to the list. But if Marafak was already disguised as Martian Manhunter at that time, would the invitation be sent directly to his hands?

Schiller asked Lucifer this question. Lucifer said: "This is definitely impossible, because although the login system is a unified system, the invitation is a physical object after all, and it needs to be sent by the management agencies of the two great worlds respectively."

"On our side, it's sent by Heaven, and on the opposite side, it seems to be the Living Tribunal, or it's Eternity; anyway, they manage their own."

"Heaven now uses underlying code identification, and every existence has an independent number, so it will never send it to the wrong recipient."

In this way, the invitation must have been sent to Martian Manhunter. Schiller thought, just don't know why it fell into Marafak's hands.

Battleworld hasn't been in public beta for long, which means Marafak must have contacted Martian Manhunter in the last few years and got the invitation from him.

However, Marafak's ability was sealed, and he definitely couldn't beat his brother J'onn, so the method of obtaining the invitation couldn't be robbery; it's likely he stole it.

That is to say, Marafak knows where J'onn is.

But it's useless for him to know, he couldn't possibly tell the KGB... wait, impossible?

Since he used this trick once, maybe he will use it a second time. He and Zod have been unable to attack for a long time, so it's inevitable that he won't think of some dirty tricks, pretending to be Martian Manhunter to infiltrate the Justice League might be a good method.

Of course, he can also just pop out from some corner, claim to be Martian Manhunter, and then let the KGB bring him to the Justice League.

But Schiller felt that Marafak wasn't that stupid. The Soviet Union hadn't fallen, and the KGB was still famous. Everyone knew that this was the best intelligence organization in the world, and no matter who they investigated, they would definitely investigate the other party thoroughly.

If Marafak just popped out somewhere, his resume wouldn't stand up to scrutiny. For example, where exactly in that area did he work? What job did he do? When did he get off work and go home? Where did he usually go? The KGB would definitely investigate these.

It might even be that they would adjust the surveillance to verify whether the whereabouts he said were true, so as to determine his identity.

Forging these evidences of a person living in human society is not impossible, but the time required will be very long. Forging all the traces of a person living in human society is still a bit too troublesome.

Then the safest way is to use J'onn's disguise identity. J'onn has really lived on Earth for so many years, all traces are verifiable, and it won't arouse the suspicion of the KGB.

To use the other party's disguise identity, one must go to the other party's location, otherwise, if the person is living in a city on the West Coast, and you suddenly pop out from the East Coast, and you can't find how you came over, that's definitely not going to work.

So the safest way is to go to the city where Martian Manhunter J'onn is, and wait for the KGB to come here, and contact the KGB before the real J'onn.

And to make the KGB find that city, Marafak must find a way to attract the attention of the KGB.

Thinking of this, Schiller immediately sent a message to the Eleventh Bureau, asking them to pause the wide-area brain wave information transmission.

Because this message was sent to everyone, all psychic ability users in the world could hear it, and Marafak could also hear it.

If Marafak knew they were using this method to find J'onn, he would guess that they also had a powerful psychic ability user on their side, and not only would he not execute his disguise plan, but he might also be vigilant and come up with other dirty tricks.

"No need to search actively, abnormal reports will soon be sent to the door. Don't act rashly when receiving the news, contact me immediately, and I will go there in person."

After sending this message, Schiller started to pack his things.

Playing against a psychic ability user like Marafak, ordinary agents won't work. Even if people in the Eleventh Bureau know some magic, it's sometimes very difficult to detect some of his small actions, so it's better for him to go himself.

Moreover, there might be a J'onn in the city where Marafak appears. These two brothers are the deadliest enemies among dead enemies.

Marafak also killed J'onn's wife and children when he exterminated Mars. The wife and children infected with the H'ronmeer virus were like countless Martians, as if falling into the hellfire, feeling endless burning pain, and died in J'onn's arms in incomparable pain. If these two meet, the harm will never be less than Mars colliding with Earth.

Schiller was also a bit helpless. Two Kryptonians have to choose to duel on Earth, and two Martians also have to choose to duel on Earth. Is Earth a gladiator arena?

But things have come to this, complaining is useless. At least one good news is that after the skills are interconnected, he can also use the detective's skills, and disguising as a KGB agent is not a problem.

Although Marafak has seen him, J'onn hasn't. As long as the target city is found, he can completely contact J'onn first, and then take J'onn to find Marafak together.

J'onn hasn't been sealed, and a Martian with complete abilities is extremely powerful; Marafak will be doomed.

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