redvbooks Chapter 223 I, Batman, am a superhero!
Chapter 223 I, Batman, am a superhero!
Chapter 223 I, Batman, am a superhero! (Please continue reading, sob sob)
"you……"
The mechanical superman felt a sharp pain in his head and chest, and his anger and horror almost made him lose his balance.
The wolf's axe sliced him from his forehead down to his abdomen, and what was most disgusting was that the wolf's axe strike didn't seem to be a spur-of-the-moment decision, but rather something that had been brewing for a long time.
The sharp blade, as if obsessive-compulsive, cut him completely along the dividing line between his half-mechanical and half-organic body, just like a skilled butcher in the market perfectly separating fat and lean meat, neither too much nor too little.
Black Adam had a hole cut in the left chest of his organic body, while Shazam, as if they had planned it, had a symmetrical hole cut in the same spot on the right side of his mechanical body. One on the left and one on the right, separated in the middle, they brought the beauty of symmetry and balance to the extreme, instantly curing my obsessive-compulsive disorder.
But the mechanical superhero felt like he was about to split open. He really was about to split open; the wolf's axe had already chopped into his lower abdomen, and was about to cut him in half with just a little more force.
He staggered and shoved Shazam aside, then turned halfway around and roared at Steppenwolf with all his might, "Steppenwolf!!! Have you lost your mind?"
Billy, standing nearby, clicked his tongue in disbelief: "What the f***! His tongue's split in two, and he can still speak normally?"
The wolf sensed trouble the moment it swung its axe. The face split in two didn't show the embarrassment of a plot exposed, but rather a helpless rage at its foolish teammate.
This is obviously not a counterfeit.
"you……"
The mechanical superhero, whose upper body had been split in two, wanted to say something, but he didn't have time to say anything more because the black Adam, who was in a frenzy, had already pounced on him.
"Calm down! You're Batman's enemy, right? And so am I. This is just an illusion!"
Anyone else... even Wonder Woman, would have to go to Hades after suffering such a symmetrical and artistically crafted fatal wound, but the mechanical superhero, thanks to his mechanical body formed after being exposed to cosmic rays, is even able to speak clearly and logically.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Billy squatted down to the side, sweating profusely as he dismantled the brick-like tracking device that Batman had given him.
He had previously asked Batman how to escape from these three terrifying enemies. Even though Billy appears to be a child, his intelligence is comparable to that of the giant zombie Solomon Grundy. It's easy to see that the enemies in front of him are outmaneuvered, but this is only the result of a combination of information gaps and deliberately created misunderstandings.
The three enemies weren't really idiots after all; after this sneak attack, they would soon figure out the true relationship between friend and foe.
At that point, Billy, surrounded by three villains, will be in real trouble.
So he'd better act quickly, pull out the "secret weapon" Batman gave him as soon as possible, and then pray that the other party has already prepared a reliable plan.
He quickly unscrewed the four screws and then took one out of the locator...
A signal flare?
What the hell is this thing?
But Billy didn't have time to think further. He closed his eyes and chanted the incantation: "The Art of Throwing Things with Force!"
He then threw the signal flare with great force, which landed on the ground. Good heavens, it actually... emitted red smoke that mixed with the surrounding white mist, seemingly undergoing some kind of chemical reaction, boiling and bubbling up, and finally miraculously turning into purple smoke, making it extremely conspicuous.
Wow, this is really amazing!
"Damn it! This is just a regular signal flare!!" Billy's eyes turned red, and he screamed inwardly.
Since he met Batman, he has experienced more emotional fluctuations than he has in the past decade or so.
Fortunately, he remembered Batman's instructions to him: "Take everything out of the box, use what you can, and leave what you can't on the ground."
So he continued rummaging through the box and soon pulled out a mirror.
It's a real mirror, the kind women use for applying makeup.
Wow, this looks really useful!
What the hell?!
I'm going to die! Waaaaaaah!
Then he looked down and saw that he had become Batman.
Billy: "?"
He opened his mouth as if to say something, then turned his head and saw ten Batmen standing beside him.
"Take this opportunity and run!"
The Mirror Master's face appeared on the mirror in his hand: "I will create at least 3000 dummies in this area to scatter in all directions and distract your enemies. Hurry up and run."
He said, "Otherwise, your enemies will realize what's happening."
Billy turned his head and saw Steppenwolf, Black Adam, and Cyborg Superman, all of whom had also transformed into Batman, looking at each other in the sky.
A dramatic scene unfolds where Batman tries to capture Batman but only manages to grab a mirror dummy, leading to his frustration and exasperation.
A dozen minutes later.
The three villains reunited, each dressed as Batman. Apart from Steppenwolf, whose unusual height made him look like a 12-inch action figure inside a 6-inch figurine, the other two were almost indistinguishable from the real Batman.
Of course, they were no different from each other; the gloomy expressions on their faces were almost identical. Black Adam punched the dummies for more than 10 minutes, and none of them were Billy.
The mechanical superhero transformed into a blower, constantly blowing away the fog and then using his X-ray vision to distinguish it, making him much more efficient. However, the fog seemed to be alive, filling up again as soon as it was blown away. In the end, they finally discovered that no matter how many dummies they destroyed, it was meaningless. Someone was secretly remaking these dummies that would turn into mirror shards when broken. Their destruction was not as fast as the other side's creation.
So they eventually had no choice but to give up and returned to the place where they had fought before.
Mechanical Superman and Black Adam were disgusted by the sight of the other's Batman appearance, but they still had to hold their noses and talk to him.
However, after exchanging a few words and discovering that the other party also knew nothing about Batman, the two groups quickly lost interest in talking.
Having just clashed, and with no offer of an alliance from the Mechanical Superman, Black Adam, being the type to rush in and be met with indifference, quickly parted ways with the two groups.
However, after the mechanical superhero and Steppenwolf left, Black Adam, who remained in the same spot, quietly passed through the white mist, landed on the ground, and picked up something that looked like a brick...
It was the locator Chen Tao had given to Billy. The mechanical superman relied too much on his X-ray vision, which ironically became his weakness, causing him to neglect using his ordinary eyes. That's why this thing had ended up in Black Adam's hands.
In fact, Black Adam, being an ancient human, did not understand how to operate the device, but being a superhuman with an extraordinary memory, he quickly recalled Billy's actions when using the machine.
Then he copied it exactly.
[Error! Error! Fingerprint verification error. You have 4 uses remaining.]
Black Adam didn't quite understand what this was, so he copied Billy's actions and clicked on it again.
This time, the instrument gave a different response: [New user detected!]
He paused for two seconds, then said: "Preparing to scan. Please ensure your entire body is within the camera's view."
Immediately afterwards, a small camera and light rose up from the square-shaped locator, and a green light swept over Black Adam from head to toe, paying special attention to his throat.
Black Adam clearly had no idea what privacy protection was. He eagerly pressed the screen twice more, and soon, amidst a cheerful voice welcome, the machine restarted, immediately displaying a map.
Black Adam's gaze was fixed on one of the small points of light.
batman.
Indeed, just as he suspected, the machine Batman gave to his men would surely expose his hiding place.
Black Adam, holding the brick-like locator, soared into the sky:
He's basically figured out how to use it. It's a really good thing; Batman is quite generous with his crew.
……
……
……
In the pure white mist, Wonder Woman and Chen Tao walked together.
Clouds and mist filled the air, rising into the distance. The hazy light from outside filtered through the dark river flowing in the air, gently rippling between the two, playing with the swaying shadows of the trees, and then lingering in every dappled rhythm.
It was less like escaping from a mechanical superhero and government forces and more like a picnic.
In some ways, this was not far from Afu's original plan: a lone man and woman taking a walk together and shopping (referring to buying back a live Super Girl for free), it seemed like everything was going according to plan.
Is there something wrong?
No problem.
Super Dog Xiao Ke is doing quite well. He has basically regained his mobility and some of his superpowers, but he still can't fly.
It followed Chen Tao and Wonder Woman with lingering fear. Due to the influence of Kryptonite, its superpowers were temporarily suppressed, so it had to walk on four legs. Its dog face showed a human-like expression of lingering fear.
The Super Girl's situation was much worse; she was still unconscious, being carried on the back of her dog, Xiao Ke... Yes, Xiao Ke carried her, not Batman. Xiao Ke snorted sadly and whimpered twice.
Although it looks exactly like a dog on Earth, as an alien creature, it is not lacking in intelligence.
It strongly suspects that Batman brought it along not only to let Supergirl Kara know it, but also to use it as an electric camper van!
The Supergirl's face turned green. Having inhaled too much kryptonite, she now looked practically on the verge of death.
Chen Tao and Wonder Woman hadn't spoken much the whole way, until Chen Tao finally broke the silence: "Do you... not quite agree with what I've done?"
"This doesn't seem like a method a superhero or a soldier would use?"
Before Wonder Woman could speak, he continued rapidly, reciting everything Wonder Woman might say in advance:
"They came here to protect and save the Super Girl, but now they've left her half-dead? Before deciding to deal with the enemy, shouldn't they have prepared to deal with their own people first?"
"Are these really things that superheroes should be doing?"
Wonder Woman looked at him, her face expressionless.
"Woof?!" Little K tilted its head and barked from behind.
Chen Tao responded with a cold face. He carefully observed Diana's figure, which resembled that of ancient Greece... well, this might be a metaphor or a compliment to others, but to Diana, she was a demigod, real and true.
Chen Tao tried to find something on her bright and spirited face, which was completely expressionless at the moment, but found nothing except for her good looks.
But Chen Tao knew that Wonder Woman wasn't just a pretty face, right? He was well aware that his methods were extremely cruel and, from his teammates' perspective, very inhumane.
Sometimes, even Batman in the comics wouldn't be so ruthless towards his teammates. For example, most of the time when he deals with Green Lantern, he steals his ring instead of lying that he's blind. Or when dealing with Superman, he simply pulls out his kryptonite ring instead of throwing a kryptonite party.
But Chen Tao knew that his overreaction was entirely for the sake of absolute certainty—he wasn't confident that he could beat up a Kryptonian with just a pair of Kryptonite knuckle dusters like a real Batman (Batman: Hush), or take down Superman with a piece of chewing gum (Batman: Endgame), or send Superman to the emergency room with just a Kryptonite bullet (Justice League: Destruction).
"The Supergirl inhaled artificially produced kryptonite," Chen Tao said. "I deliberately reduced its purity, so it will only cause discomfort and incapacitation, not death. After a few hours, the lower-purity kryptonite that entered her body will be excreted by the Kryptonians through metabolism."
So he is essentially a good person, and what he did was not excessive at all.
"Ugh!" The Super Girl suddenly woke up. She coughed loudly and then vomited a large amount of green stuff.
The green color on her face faded considerably, but she still promptly and decisively fainted.
"..."
Wonder Woman remained expressionless.
Chen Tao took a deep breath: "I know that preparing a plan to deal with teammates and mission targets seems absurd, but it's all just in case. And here it is today, with the victims even giving it positive reviews."
He solemnly stated, "Everything was for justice and victory. Although the process was somewhat strange, the ultimate goal was still achieved. I am a good person."
But Wonder Woman remained silent. Chen Tao was somewhat worried; if Wonder Woman didn't agree with his plans, then the subsequent team formation might...
"Pfft!"
Chen Tao was taken aback.
He stared blankly at Wonder Woman, who was laughing out loud, not quite understanding what she was laughing about.
"What are you laughing at?"
"Hehe. Yes, yes, you're a good thing." The female warrior put her hands behind her head: "That's right, you're a really good..."
But the heroine's words soon came to an abrupt end.
Just then, they passed through the edge of the thick fog, and what came into view was neither a meadow overgrown with weeds nor an endless forest.
It was a position, a well-prepared corps position.
Soldiers armed with guns were everywhere.
When Chen Tao saw them raise their dark gun barrels, he knew very well that:
Their goal is themselves.
(End of this chapter)