Chapter 3745: John Wick (Part 1)

Just as the group of personality traits in the Tower of Thought were discussing heatedly, Pride frowned and said: "Main Universe Batman sent me a message. The analysis results of the thing The Batman Who Laughs made are out, I might need to go over."

Soon, Pride used his own body to arrive at the Main Universe through the Domain System and came to the Main Universe Batman's Batcave. The two looked at the component analysis results displayed on the machine and were speechless for a moment.

"I don't know why he was so certain his experiment was successful," Batman opened his mouth after a silence. "At least so far, I haven't seen anything special in these components."

"Adding a lot of stimulants, does that count as special?" Shiler sighed and said. "He might as well say he formulated a super long-acting stimulant, wanting to make Batman mentally deranged due to excessive stimulant stimulation."

Batman didn't know what to say either, staring at the analysis results on the machine again and again. There were no mysterious components in it, just as Shiler said, excitatory neurotransmitters were added fully, and all kinds of stimulants were added all at once. If it were an ordinary person, even if they didn't get poisoned by these messy components, they might have symptoms like epilepsy due to excessive stimulation, or mental problems caused by excessive excitement.

But Shiler's spirit and the way his nerves work are a bit different from ordinary people, especially in terms of spirit. The mental excitement brought by stimulant drugs will lead to the personality traits of the morbid side being too active. Although the morbid side is closely connected, it generally doesn't surface entirely. However, after drug stimulation, this time the morbid side can be said to be all out, collectively partying.

"It's also possible that the genes of criminals only target Batman," Pride thought for a while and said. "If the one who got hit was you, it might really be as he wished. But if it were me, it could be considered his retribution."

"Do you know which universe he went to?" Batman asked.

"Isn't it his own universe?" Pride said with some surprise.

"He hid his universe," Batman clearly had investigated, saying, "It neither appeared in the Domain nor can it be located by ordinary methods. The Dark Universe he went to this time is very special; there is a group of rioters there."

"Rioters?" Pride began to think. Batman generally wouldn't use this vocabulary to describe ordinary people unless they were indeed very excessive. This reminded Shiler of the Omega Batman encountered in the previous Broken Bat instance; the people in that universe could indeed be called rioters.

"I heard there are players in that universe too," Pride said. "Anyone familiar? Perhaps we can take a look from their perspective."

"I'm contacting them," Batman frowned, paused for a moment, and then continued, "The situation in this universe is very complex, and the difficulty is not low. Without certainty, one generally wouldn't choose... ah, God. The worst result."

"The worst result? Joker?"

"Yes. I only know that a Joker went there, but I don't know which Joker specifically, hopefully not one of the most troublesome ones."

"I always feel this matter isn't simple," Pride's fingertips tapped on the back of the chair, saying, "The Batman Who Laughs seems to be recruiting victim Batmen in the Dark Multiverse. They might indeed not be as strong as those thorough lunatics, but the knights of the Light Universe also cannot bring themselves to kill these victims. Then the person he wants to deal with is obvious."

Pride looked at the Main Universe Batman and said: "He wouldn't come up with such a move for no reason. And you already started formulating a plan to deal with him the moment he appeared."

"I admit, I did give him some pressure. I contacted some Batmen in the universe, wanting to find out what made him become like this."

"You contacted his origin universe?"

"Yes. But I couldn't investigate too deeply, and I was discovered by him, so he hid his origin universe."

"That's rare. I thought he would be the kind of person who wants his story to be sung throughout the multiverse."

"He is. But he clearly hid a bigger secret in his origin universe and didn't want me to know. Realizing that I had started a deep investigation into him, he had to have some counter-means. Perhaps this is the reason he sought out that group of victims. He is determined to use them as hostages."

The Main Universe Batman paused for a moment, then continued: "There's also Joker. I mean the Joker of our universe, he has more malice toward The Batman Who Laughs than I do. He has also been recruiting other Jokers. They might have also given him some pressure. And I suspect that the appearance of a player in the universe where The Batman Who Laughs fled to is not a coincidence."

"They aren't competing, are they?" Pride narrowed his eyes and said, "Joker always wants to be Batman's savior. But there aren't many Batmen in the Dark Multiverse who can be called pure victims. The Batman Who Laughs recruited one, so Joker naturally has one less. There is a competitive relationship between them."

"It's highly likely," The Main Universe Batman made a judgment. "The Batman Who Laughs would set the first destination of his retreat as that universe, which proves that the Batman of that universe is very important. Joker definitely knows this too, so he wants to save the Batman of that universe before him. There should have been a struggle between them."

"But now it's probably a mess," Pride sighed and said. "The Batman Who Laughs himself wouldn't have thought that a lunatic would chase him into that universe. Now, compared to recruiting the Batman of that universe, the more important thing he needs to do is save his own life."

"Although he is Batman, he is also Joker. Do you really have the confidence to kill him?" The Main Universe Batman asked.

"Perhaps I can't kill him completely. But do you think he is a person who isn't afraid of death? Or rather, is he not afraid of pain?"

The Main Universe Batman frowned. Shiler continued: "He is Batman and also Joker, but precisely because of this, he is neither Batman nor Joker. You think he inherited all the advantages of Batman and Joker, but in my view, he perfectly eliminated the advantages and inherited all the dregs."

"He doesn't have Batman's powerful willpower, let alone the courage to face life and death without ever retreating. He also doesn't have Joker's thorough madness, nor the determination to fight to the death without any scruples. If I were to describe him, he is more like an ordinary person with a strange appearance but a mediocre heart."

"You will think I can't kill him. Other Batmen will also think so, and even Joker will think so. But only he himself won't. He will feel that there is no need to take this risk even if there is a one-in-ten-thousand chance. He is someone who can't let go."

"Perhaps you are right," The Main Universe Batman said. "If it weren't for this, his first reaction when discovering I was investigating his origin universe wouldn't have been to hide that universe, nor would he have chosen to hide and plot when he first encountered Mr. President. A real Joker wouldn't do this. They would rush up with joy and attract all of Batman's attention in the first instance."

"So, he won't take my pursuit lightly. Or rather, for the next period of time, his primary task is to run away from me. For this, any plan to recruit Dark Batmen is not important."

"Then it seems the winner of this round will be Joker."

Pride suddenly smiled and said: "It seems that compared to Joker, you still hate this monster that is a combination of Batman and Joker more."

"I investigated some things in his origin universe," The Main Universe Batman rarely expressed his disgust, saying, "If that is true, he will never be forgiven."

"The bad things he has done are more than just that. Fortunately, we were one step ahead of him. To be precise, many steps ahead. Someone made a good start, many people followed one after another, so he hasn't been able to become a climate yet."

Batman heard the implication in Pride's words, thought for a while, and said: "I know that in this universe, it's not just me and Joker plotting to deal with this guy, there are many other forces helping in the dark. Do you think I should contact them?"

"No need," Pride shook his head and said. "Currently, this guy isn't worth you making a big fuss. There are more crises hidden in the dark of the Dark Multiverse or all multiverses. If you can spare your hands, it's better to check on the 'Wall'."

Batman didn't pursue the questioning. Clearly, in the series of investigations into the Dark Multiverse, he had already caught a glimpse of part of the universe's truth. The Batman Who Laughs is jumping around here and is very conspicuous, but those secrets hidden in the dark without a sound might be more fatal.

When Pride returned to the high tower, everyone had already gone to the theater. He opened the theater door, and Greed waved at him. Pride sat down next to him, and Greed handed him the popcorn in his hand.

"The Superego has opened the permission of the visual system for us, allowing us to witness this pursuit from a first-person perspective."

"The Morbid's perspective?" Pride frowned slightly and said, "It seems we have to watch an avant-garde film."

"It doesn't matter, anyway, except for someone, everyone else will definitely understand," Greed turned to look at the Agent on the side and said, "Am I right, Agent?"

After hearing this, the Agent just turned his head, glanced at Greed, and then turned back without saying a word.

"Did you find out which universe it is?" The Bishop in front turned and asked. "Is it the universe of Omega Batman?"

"No," Pride answered. In his conversation with Batman, he already knew that The Batman Who Laughs might have gone to a new Dark Multiverse, preparing to recruit new Batmen. That wouldn't be Omega Batman, who was already under his command.

"I only know that the star is Joker," Pride continued. "But I can't determine which universe's Joker it is specifically. Perhaps we will know soon."

Everyone looked at the screen. There was nothing specific on the screen, only bright and rich color blocks and lines to the extreme. This meant his spirit had been excited to the peak, and the traces left by the treatment on him were getting shallower and shallower. As the hour hand turned backward, Shiler began to get closer and closer to his original self.

And in a Gotham City shrouded in dark clouds, the people living here were completely unaware of the chaos and disaster that was about to come. In the banquet hall of a newly built group building, it was brightly lit and colorful. The golden door carved with complex patterns was pushed open, and the strong man in a suit, holding his beautiful black-haired female companion, walked slowly in front of the crowd. ===== CHAPTER 3746 =====