Chapter 3906: The Nameless Bat (87)

"There is the most common-sense logic to this," Batwoman continued. "It must have been unable to obtain a certain red-haired woman, which is why it chose to cast a wide net, searching the multiverse for a substitute."

Many of the Batmen were momentarily stunned. They were contemplating how Batwoman had arrived at the conclusion that it was "unable to obtain" her.

Then they realized it was indeed highly probable. Electronic lifeforms are typically rigid; they lack the capacity for whimsy, and they possess no aesthetic sense. Moreover, red hair is hardly a mainstream aesthetic; it's impossible that it suddenly felt, "I should go date a red-haired woman." This red-haired woman must have had an original prototype.

Since there was an original, why not choose her?

When an electronic lifeform pursues a goal, it will always choose the fastest and most efficient route. If it could obtain the original, it wouldn't choose someone else, let alone scour the multiverse for red-haired women. It must have failed to obtain the original, forcing it to seek alternatives.

Why, then, could it not obtain this original? This is worth pondering. Batman even thought this might be a key clue.

"If the red-haired woman were its creator, it would be virtually impossible for her to be dead," Batwoman said. "This electronic lifeform is already powerful enough to stir up trouble across the entire multiverse, even splitting into different threads to face different Batmen without falling behind. I don't believe it couldn't protect its own creator."

"Then perhaps its creator doesn't like it? Refuses to let it protect her?"

"Then it wouldn't like its creator either, and wouldn't choose her as the object of its emotional initiation," Batwoman said.

Everyone looked at Machine Batman. Machine Batman pondered for a moment before saying, "Perhaps that's the case. If the creator didn't play a significant role in its life, it shouldn't choose her as a selection standard. If the creator even wanted to destroy it, then the creator would become part of the contradiction, which it would then update away. It would be even less likely to seek out someone related to that contradiction."

"Since she isn't dead, only one possibility remains: the other party is unwilling to be with it, and it is unable to force her," Batwoman said. "Considering that electronic life has no morality and hasn't yet awakened emotions, 'unable to force' wouldn't be a sudden spark of conscience, but rather that it simply cannot do it."

Lego Batman was a bit dizzy from the circular logic. He said, "So how does this prove the red-haired woman isn't its creator?"

"Because someone who even it cannot force has no need to create it," Batwoman said.

The other Batmen understood quickly. The logic was simple: it is highly unlikely that someone would create an electronic lifeform purely as a hobby, because as mentioned earlier, it requires more than just technology—it requires luck, coincidence, and the investment of immense energy to wait for a miracle.

Creating an electronic lifeform must be for a purpose, or because something needs to be done that only it can do. For instance, Machine Batman originally created his AI to resurrect Alfred to continue assisting him; Stark built Jarvis because he needed an electronic butler; Ant-Man invented Ultron to assist in his research. Most others were similar.

It's clear that whether it's Batman, Iron Man, or Ant-Man, while they are strong in certain areas, they are limited by human bodies and finite energy, necessitating an AI to assist them. Asgardian technology is not weak, and they are constantly at war, yet one never hears of Odin building an AI to assist him.

Returning to the point, this electronic lifeform can wage war across universes, splitting into dozens of threads, each facing a Batman without falling behind. Such an electronic lifeform should be able to force someone easily, right?

Yet it failed to do so, unable to get its "white moonlight," forced to scour the multiverse for substitutes. Doesn't that prove that the person it couldn't get is incredibly strong—strong in every aspect, from every angle?

Batmen are already "hexagonal warriors" (all-arounders), yet it can face so many Batmen alone but can't handle one "white moonlight." Doesn't that prove this red-haired woman is even stronger than Batman?

And why would someone so strong need to create an electronic lifeform? The one she created couldn't even handle her, so it couldn't help her. It couldn't be for mere decoration, could it?

Of course, it could be a hobby. Setting aside the fact that, aside from those famous multiverse troublemakers, who would have such a peculiar hobby and the perseverance to sustain it? If it were truly a hobby, why would she reject the electronic lifeform's confession?

Having spent so much energy and time creating it, the interest must be significant. If the electronic lifeform confessed, wouldn't that be perfect? If they were a match made in heaven, there wouldn't be all this trouble.

With the chain of reasoning complete, the Main Universe Batman immediately realized the key clue. He said, "A very strong red-haired woman."

"Yes, and one with almost no weaknesses."

"One that leaves such a powerful electronic lifeform at a loss."

"And the intensity must be higher than the ones it's looking for now."

As soon as Adventure Batman said this, the other Batmen looked at him. Adventure Batman continued, "It keeps picking and choosing without finding one it's satisfied with, which proves it feels none of these people are as good as the one it wants."

The other Batmen nodded, agreeing. By now, the scope had narrowed significantly. Machine Batman spoke up again: "If it's not the creator, then why would this red-haired woman have special significance to it?"

Everyone looked at him. Machine Batman said, "You don't think it's because this red-haired woman is strong, do you?"

"Why not?"

"Of course not! If it just wanted to find someone strong, the universe is full of them. Not to mention the angels in Heaven, who isn't omniscient and omnipotent? And the conceptual gods in those universes, or even God—I mean, even this Batman." Machine Batman pointed at the Main Universe Batman. "The two of them have already clashed, so why didn't the electronic lifeform fall in love with him?"

"Uh..."

The Batmen were speechless. They all knew the Main Universe Batman was the most special among them, arguably the strongest, though he might be surpassed in certain areas by others, his balance was such that he scored 95 in every subject. If it were about strength, even God would call him God.

And with so many Batmen, it's not like there aren't those who score a perfect 100 in certain subjects. If the electronic lifeform were truly attracted to strength, it should have fallen for Batman. If not, there are so many Supermen—is the Silver Age Superman too old, or is the Golden Age Superman too weak?

"Makes sense," Arkham Batman nodded. "It's unlikely to be because of combat power. Then what could it be?"

"I have an idea," Doomsday Batman suddenly said. "Could it be because there's already a successful case?"

"You mean..."

"This red-haired woman once inspired an electronic lifeform, allowing it to gain true emotions. And now, this electronic lifeform invading our multiverse sees this situation and thinks it can do the same if it finds a red-haired woman."

"Absurd," Batwoman evaluated. "One person inspiring another's emotions might be due to a beautiful soul or a beautiful appearance, but how could it be because of red hair? Is this electronic lifeform so incapable of grasping the point?"

"I wouldn't be so sure," Doomsday Batman shook his head. "The key isn't the red-haired woman, but the electronic lifeform that was inspired by her. Do you think there's a possibility that the electronic lifeform invading our multiverse was beaten up by that already-emotional electronic lifeform, giving it psychological trauma, so it insists on finding a lover to match that one?"

"Too absurd," Arkham Batman said.

"But it's certainly possible," Machine Batman said. Everyone looked at him, and he continued: "Let me put it another way: this guy once encountered an opponent far stronger than itself, was defeated after a battle, and then it reviewed the conditions of both parties with extreme rigor, only to find that it was superior in every way, with the only variable being the red-haired woman. That's why it's exploring, trying to find out what this red-haired woman did to its opponent to make him so strong."

"That sounds much more plausible. But there's still one problem," Batwoman pointed out. "If we assume this red-haired woman is the prototype, then if it can't handle the prototype in one universe, why wouldn't it try to handle the ones in other universes? Don't parallel universes have counterparts?"

"That proves it couldn't handle the counterpart in any parallel universe," Main Universe Batman said. "Now there's another clue: this red-haired woman is very strong in every multiverse."

"You mean it tried?" Batwoman thought for a moment. "If it's as you say, it tried but failed, failing to handle any of them. I'm assuming this red-haired lady's temperament is average, and she's so strong, why is there no movement in the universe now?"

The other Batmen realized this too. If this electronic lifeform harassed every counterpart of this red-haired woman in every universe, and this red-haired woman was incredibly strong, wouldn't they have united to hunt it down?

"This proves that this red-haired woman probably isn't from our Great World," Main Universe Batman said. "It's highly likely she's from the neighboring world. And this electronic lifeform has already been hunted down over there, forcing it to run to our side, trying everything to boost its strength, not to conquer the universe, but just to avoid being wiped out by that group of red-haired women."

Adventure Batman couldn't help but gloat. He shook his head and sighed, "What a poor wretch."

They could already reconstruct the whole process. In short, there was an electronic lifeform that encountered an opponent one day, got beaten up, went home to review, felt it wasn't inferior to the opponent, but noticed the opponent had a good partner, so it thought it could do the same, only to be beaten up by that partner too.

Finding it couldn't handle the one in this universe, it went to find counterparts in other universes, only to find it couldn't handle them either. Every time it went, it got beaten up, provoking all of them, and they chased it across the multiverse, making it unable to stay in that world, forcing it to run to this one.

But it probably feared those women would come looking for it and wipe it out, so it had to rush to find a substitute to boost its strength by one level. To improve efficiency, it had to cast a wide net, splitting into multiple threads to stir up trouble in every multiverse.

After this chain of reasoning, the identity of this mysterious red-haired woman was obvious.

The Batmen looked at each other. Adventure Batman sighed softly and said, "I'll count to three, and we'll say her name together. Three, two, one..."

"Scarlet Witch Wanda!"

?? So many people guessed it!