Chapter 4285: Heroes Assemble! (Part 24)

The two reappeared in the center of the duel arena. The Beyonder jumped down from the floating island, came between the two of them, and started interviewing them separately. He first came to Main Universe Superman and said: "A bit of a pity, Superman, your final counterattack was wonderful, but a pity. The speed of the heat vision was not as fast as the flying dart..."

Main Universe Superman shook his head and said: "It's not that the speed of the heat vision was not as fast as the flying dart, but that he had already thrown the flying dart in this direction before leaving the car."

"You mean, he predicted your action?"

"Yes and no. He could calculate the best flying dart launch position, and I threw the Batmobile out, and there happened to be a point on the flight trajectory of the Batmobile that was one of the best positions. So when the Batmobile reached that position, he had already thrown the flying dart. And my firing of the heat vision was a later matter."

"So that's how it is." The Beyonder couldn't help but applaud and said, "So you didn't expect him to throw a flying dart?"

"I thought of it, but I had to take a gamble: he wouldn't go to the best position in such an emergency. But clearly, he is Batman; he won't make mistakes in such things."

Main Universe Superman took a deep breath—that remark just now was actually said by Batwoman; he couldn't calculate any best position. Then he expressed his opinion:

"Actually, I was at a disadvantage from the beginning of this battle. I can tell that his development in the previous game was better than mine, and he should have obtained quite a few good props. That kind of inevitable knockdown skill effect wouldn't have been there from the beginning..."

"Good! Then let us ask Batman if that's the case." The Beyonder handed the microphone to Arkham Batman.

Arkham Batman nodded and said: "That's indeed the case. But it's not any prop, but skill upgrade. After my combo count reaches a certain number and I knock down enough enemies, my skills will be upgraded. Now all my skills are at full level."

"My God, then your development is too good." The Beyonder sighed.

"My mode doesn't need any luck, just effort." Arkham Batman said truthfully, "If I relied on luck to search for props, I might not have been able to win the regional championship."

Main Universe Superman nodded repeatedly and said: "The two of us just relied too much on luck. If we had known, we shouldn't have been in a hurry to find props for me; we should have practiced your skills first."

"I said it long ago, although my skill of summoning the Dead Water Army looks quite powerful, the upper limit is too low, and it's only useful in water. Facts proved that my choice was right. If we had really focused on practicing underwater skills, we might not even have been able to fight back in the final duel."

Batwoman naturally had her helplessness—that whole battle just now, her skills weren't used at all. Because her skill was to summon the Dead Water Army, and the Dead Water Army was made of water, and there was no water in the final duel arena at all.

During the regional duel, they were assigned to the deep sea, so this set of skills was particularly useful, and could even be used to drive away other contestants, so they had no time to search for supplies, thus winning the final melee.

She was quite farsighted: she knew that her skill had limitations, and even if she found key props and upgraded to the highest level, the upper limit wasn't high. Even in the regional duel, at the final melee moment, it was still Superman's skill that won. The summoned soldiers could at most be atmosphere group.

This is complicated to say. Simply put, Batwoman is an early-game hero: when everyone is not very powerful, she can summon many soldiers, naturally grabbing more development time; but in the late game, when everyone has developed, those soldiers become chicken ribs.

"Batman is still too strong," Main Universe Superman said, "I really didn't expect the Batman of my universe to go find another Batman to team up with. They generally wouldn't do this."

"This proves that his pressure is not small." Batwoman said, "You should go back and stand by for this period of time; in case there is any emergency, you can arrive at the first time."

"What do you mean?" Main Universe Superman asked.

"I don't know the specific details either. In short, some kind of darkness is awakening in the universe. Main Universe Batman is investigating this matter; I don't know how much he knows, but perhaps he feels that he can't solve it alone, so he wants to practice cooperation with other Batmen."

"So that's how it is." Main Universe Superman said, "Then I'll go find other Supermen to fight a round later."

"What do you think?" Arkham Batman asked.

"You are right, your fighting mode is very special, different from everyone else, and very difficult to cooperate with; you'd better fight alone."

"I said it long ago, it's not that I want to be a lone ranger, but that my fighting style is more suitable for being an assassin."

"You will be a very powerful assassin."

And the Beyonder clearly didn't intend to let them go like this. It was hard to have an interview opportunity; he must dig out some gossip. Could he not know what this group of audience wanted to hear?

"Hello, Superman, I want to ask you another question. It has something to do with the competition, but you can also choose not to answer..."

"You mean, this question has nothing to do with the competition, and if I don't answer, the audience will definitely hate me, right?" Main Universe Superman didn't indulge him. He was a reporter; how could he not understand this set?

The Beyonder wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "Ah, I didn't mean that. You also know that no one can force you, but we are all very curious—that is, why did you choose to duo with Batman from another universe?"

"Regarding this matter, I must say that I didn't have any conflict with the Batman of my universe; we are as usual, and the Justice League is still united. As for why I wanted to play games with other Batmen, there is no complicated reason; it's just that we happened to run into each other in the previous game, felt that our cooperation was good, so we tried it. I think the significance of multiverse communication is to let us not be limited to our original universe, and we should make more friends from different universes and try more new possibilities, so that we can better deal with future crises. After all, when darkness strikes, you can't be sure who you will be with, so more communication and practice are necessary."

"My God," Batwoman said in his mind, "you sound like that kind of PR spokesperson for a cheating Hollywood star."

"Cheating?"

"The point is Hollywood."

"This is professional quality as a reporter."

But the Beyonder seemed not to have heard this big pile at all. He directly asked: "She is very beautiful, right?"

"I think we can't evaluate a person by appearance; this is very superficial..."

"Alright, then I'll change the question: Batman is very handsome, right?"

"This is a recognized fact."

"Okay, I know, I think the audience knows too." The Beyonder looked around.

Yes, after Main Universe Superman answered the question, the audience exploded. Everyone was very excited, but they didn't know what they were excited about.

"So the two of them aren't a couple?" Magneto in the waiting area asked.

"Who are you talking about?"

"Superman and Batman. Aren't they lovers?"

"Of course not, they are just partners."

"Then what is the audience excited about?"

"This... I don't know either."

And on the other side, Bruce looked at Selina and asked: "Honey, do you think I'm handsome?"

"Of course," Selina answered without thinking, "if you weren't a handsome guy, then there wouldn't be any handsome guys in this world."

"Then did you fall in love with me because I'm handsome?"

Selina closed her eyes hard, and the expression on her face couldn't be said to be angry or helpless. But after she opened her eyes, she looked at Bruce like looking at a silly son of a landlord and said: "When I first saw you, most of your face was covered by a mask; how could I see if you were handsome or not?"

"So you mean you fell in love with me the first time you saw me?"

"But for the next several times, you didn't take off your mask either."

"I mean, did you fall in love with me when I was still Batman?"

Selina was a bit angry instead and said: "Weren't we together at that time? Or do you think we hadn't started dating at that time? You damn..."

Before the two words "scumbag" could be spoken, Bruce directly kissed her, blocking the words behind her. Then he asked again: "Do you think I've changed a lot? Changed to not be the person you like?"

"Bruce, when will you realize that you have never changed; you have always been like this. At first, your curiosity about me spread uncontrollably; as long as I appeared, you would definitely chase me; later, you would satisfy every unreasonable request of Aisha, even if you collapsed from taking care of the child, you wouldn't give up; then, you would also rush into the slums like a greenhorn, making yourself very miserable, and you didn't know why. From beginning to end, your nature was not a mature and steady adult; the serious Batman-style image you had before was just you forcing yourself to become like that; that's not you at all."

Bruce was stunned for a long time without speaking. After a while, he nodded and said: "You have a point."

"Look at them," Selina looked at Arkham Batman standing in the center of the arena—she meant Arkham Batman and Main Universe Batman, and then she continued, "they have long passed the period of self-exploration and exploring the world, and have their own views on every matter, even if it's something they haven't come into contact with, they can infer it through things they have come into contact with and common sense, and usually won't be wrong. Their views and assumptions are very mature."

"But you have never been like this from beginning to end. The Batman you imagined is not quite right, the family life you imagined is also different from what you are more likely to encounter, and you have unrealistic fantasies about the slums and your situation in the slums; these are all signs of immaturity. You have always been like this, never changed."

Selina thought again and said: "This is why most Catwomen in most universes cannot get along with Batman for a long time, even if they once walked into the hall of marriage, they will eventually separate—because essentially Batman is too mature, like a high wall; and Catwoman likes uncertainty, she needs a big tree with countless branches, even if some branches are completely unstable, as long as you step on them, you will fall heavily, that is still more pleasing to us than walking on a stable, calm cement floor."

"So, are we a match made in heaven?"

"Of course." Selina smiled at him, then kissed him with a mouth full of chili powder, and said, "If you don't want me to treat you as a cat scratching board, don't throw me down, honey."

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