tkworld Chapter 1129 Let me be that evil, laughing bat I once was.
Chapter 1129 Let me be that evil, laughing bat I once was.
Chapter 1129 Let me be the evil, laughing bat I once was.
I am the Bat of Laughter.
I was resurrected in the wrong way, beyond my plans.
In fact, I think I have to admit that Batman: Dragon successfully altered my will.
It wasn't in a schizophrenic way, but in a more secretive and dangerous way.
The laughing bat closed its eyes.
He saw his own image reflected in his mind.
Pale skin like a clown, dark goggles filled with spikes.
His body was much thinner than that of a normal Batman, with long, slender fingers.
Of course, there's also that most iconic smile.
A malicious smile.
The laughing bat faced this imagined version of himself, face to face.
At this moment, he was still conscious and his thinking was clear; he was still himself.
That's the worst part.
The Batman Who Laughs knew rationally that he was probably caught in a trap. His reason told him to carry out those evil plots and become the nightmare of the entire multiverse, but his emotions were influencing his thoughts and actions, even causing him to release Black Manta from the main universe.
What does the black manta ray have to do with him?
If the Batman Who Laughs were to discover that he had a secondary personality created by Batman Dragon within him, he would not hesitate to destroy it. But what terrifies the Batman Who Laughs most right now is that he is probably the secondary personality himself, or at least that's what he thinks.
Another even more terrifying conjecture for the maniac is—
He is not a secondary personality; he is the primary personality, the Bat Who Laughs.
Oh my god, this is terrible — I wish I were an alternate personality.
Therefore, the Laughing Bat can only move.
He had to keep moving, and he found justification for his actions: everything he did was for the evil purpose of defeating Batman Dragon, devouring Doctor Manhattan, and gaining control of the DC multiverse.
He had to convince himself that he had done some good deeds out of evil motives.
He needs to achieve this goal, so he can cooperate with the Justice League and Luthor, playing the role of a righteous partner.
He had to convince himself that none of this was real, just a facade. Even letting Black Manta go wasn't out of pity or compassion, but because he had to—well, make up some excuse, like he had to appear exceptionally kind to the Justice League, even though they never saw Black Manta or how he let him go.
But—if you're going to put on an act, you should go all the way, right?
The laughing bat said this to itself.
This is a huge cognitive dissonance.
The immense conflict between his self-definition and his own actions led the Batman Who Laughs to attempt a reconstruction of his identity. In any case, he couldn't accept that Batman Dragon had turned him back into a good person.
If he were to admit it, he would be emotionally devastated.
He would recall the night he murdered his entire bat family.
He would recall the bullets piercing the other person's body.
Blood was everywhere.
His Jason drew his gun.
His Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon were killed before they even had a chance to react.
In the past, when the Bat of Laughter recalled these past events, he only felt—pleasure.
The surge of dopamine, like a tidal wave, mingled with the melancholy of losing his bat family—a memory the Batman Who Laughs always loved, but now—
You are finally able to shift your focus away from these pleasures and begin to examine your entire life—the life ruined by decadent laughter.
It's like suddenly waking up from a dream —
All that you once had, that once warmed your heart, now only remains—
No, no, that's too terrible, let me get out of here—
Please don't think about it anymore, I beg you.
Let me be the evil, laughing bat I once was.
The Bat of Laughter forced himself to forget, trying to draw his attention back to the plan at hand.
Superheroes are battling the Dark Multiverse creatures created by Batman Dragon.
Even without being on the battlefield, the Batman Who Laughs can hear the voices of the superheroes on the battlefield.
"—Beware, this Superman corrupted by the sun is a living universe core—"
He heard the Dark Multiverse Superman, whose skin was burned away by solar flares, roaring. He heard Bizarro's panicked voice from the main universe and the commands of the main universe's parasitic demon.
"—Look at you, child! In my world, my Arthur is powerful, a warrior of the sea! I am ashamed to be your mother! Damn it, how come there are two Arthurs, one of whom has—a fish head?"
A dark multiverse version of Mother Aquaman berates Arthur.
The Bat Who Laughs can sense all of this; he can sense that his friends are facing the greatest nightmare in each of their hearts.
"—You are the guardian of all greenery here, yet you have forgiven humanity. All greenery is now wailing in agony, listen to it!!!"
The swamp monster struggles in the palm of a larger, more withered, colossal dark multiverse swamp monster.
"Don't listen to him!" the other superheroes shouted at the swamp monster.
A Wally West from a dark multiverse, sitting on a knock-off Möbius Chair, his body crackling with blue lightning: "I am the real Flash, and you should have stayed dead in the Speed Force, Barry!"
"No, you are not Wally, you are nothing but a vile thought!"
And then—
The Bat of Mad Laughter felt a tremor in its heart.
He saw a familiar face.
Jason Todd from the main universe, wearing a red mask and hood, swung a crowbar and sent a Laughing Robin flying: "Tell me, our shorts weren't that short back then!"
"Bullshit!" Barbara Gordon from the main universe swung her slender fist, and the Batgirl performed a gymnastic-like swinging punch, knocking the laughing Robin on the other side to the ground: "You guys were much shorter back then!"
Dick Grayson slammed his short stick into the head of another laughing Robin, then kicked him away: "I won't die under elven boots, nor will I die under—"
The Laughing Bat also saw many other people.
Former Robin, now a troublemaker, Stephanie Brown.
The third Robin, Tim Drake.
The fourth Robin, Damian Wayne.
and also.
In the main universe, Bane grabbed a bunch of laughing Robins.
Deathstroke's opponent is a Batman with bronze skin.
Mr. Freeze has frozen the creations of several Dark Multiverses into ice sculptures.
Poison Ivy's vines entangled countless enemies.
The Laughing Bat watched silently as his old enemies drew their swords to help him, and everyone was united in their hatred of the enemy.
Then he took a deep breath.
He turned his back to the battlefield and walked toward the cosmic tuning fork.
Anti-crisis energy and crisis energy are ready.
Come, look! The steel is glowing red-hot.
All that's left is to raise the hammer, and then, with a thud!