PFC Chapter 3890 The Nameless Bat (6)
Chapter 3890 The Nameless Bat (6)
Chapter 3890 The Nameless Bat (Sixty)
"Raoh, Batman's gone mad! Do you know how horrified I was when I opened the warehouse door and instead of kryptonite, over six hundred lamplighters fell out? It was like he'd slaughtered the Green Lantern Corps!"
"Wonder Woman and Batman are at each other's throats. Batman wants the key to Mount Olympus, but Wonder Woman won't give it to him. Are they breaking up before they're even together?"
"Who knows what's wrong with my Batman? He flew a spaceship all by himself to Saturn. What's on there?"
"Is this really not some kind of infectious disease of the Chiroptera?"
"Batman hasn't been back to Gotham for a whole week. His adopted son called me, and I think they suspect I kidnapped their father, but I didn't! Someone save me!"
"Batman should be sent to Arkham Asylum."
"The group owner has enabled the mute mode."
"The group owner has lifted the mute mode."
"I think I know what Batman is up to. He needs to get the energy to build a magical defense network. How can I help him?"
“‘Stay put,’ Batman said.”
Do you know how much they got?
Superman scrolled through the chat history and noticed that the profile picture in this message was different from the other Supermen's. Most of the other Supermen's profile pictures were close-ups of themselves in their red and blue uniforms, while this person's profile picture was of their back, and their uniform was white.
“Quite a lot,” someone replied. “I don’t know what he killed, but he filled up that big machine at the bottom of the Batcave.”
"There are a lot, really. You know, if Batman decides to become a bandit, who can escape his clutches? Luckily, my universe's Krypton has already exploded..."
"I don't have any in my universe. So I guess he'll drag Krypton back and recycle it. Would it make me seem a little childish to have him keep my old crib?"
"So your Batman has all gotten his hands on some energy?"
Superman saw another Superman with a somewhat strange face. Although it was also a close-up, the face was surrounded by metal, the blue of the eyes was lighter than the usual Superman, and the expression was more gloomy. He remembered that it seemed to be the universe where the Injustice League had been formed.
"Yes. He's been so busy with this ever since he came back from magic school that he hasn't even had time to deal with crime in Gotham."
"That's right, he even made me watch Gotham for a few days. That Joker is really annoying, he keeps calling me boring."
"Batman's been really busy lately. He seems to have hidden something in the Watchtower. I thought it was going to be a birthday surprise for me, but it looks like he got his hands on some kind of energy..."
Superman scrolled to the bottom of the chat history and saw that this Superman from Injustice had just asked. So he typed in the chat box: "That's right, we just finished here. To be precise, it came to an end. Batman poured the energy he got into the Hellbat Armor and fought Wonder Woman to a draw, and can even fly as fast as me. We're about to move on to the next step."
A dozen seconds later, Injustice sent a string of ellipses.
Superman rolled his eyes slightly. He knew it was still a bit impolite, even if the other person couldn't see his expression. But he really couldn't help it.
He knew exactly what Injustice Superman had done—he wanted his Batman to go out and collect energy, but he was also afraid that Batman would bring back more energy than him. He'd never seen such a petty Superman.
"My Batman is amazing! He just went to the Underworld and robbed them again, stuffing those souls into some kind of converter, turning his already ridiculous Batmobile into a ghostly, fiery Batmobile. It's so cool! (Images) (Images) (Images)"
Superman clicked on the picture and saw: Wow, a Batmobile emitting blue flames, that's really cool. From the subsequent photo of Batman and the Batmobile together, he knew this was the Batman who had a good relationship with his own Batman and was a staunch supporter of his Batman's leadership. So Superman liked the photo.
Injustice Superman sent another string of ellipses. Superman was absolutely fed up with him and couldn't help but close the interface, complaining to the main universe's Batman next to him: "Looks like the Batman from the Injustice universe hasn't been out doing his job, which is why the Superman from that universe is going crazy in the group chat."
Batman, who was dismounting from the Hellbat armor, paused and said, "What's wrong with him?"
“He’s just jealous that Batman from another universe can get his hands on so much energy,” Superman sighed. “If Batman from that universe had actually tried, he might have stolen the energy. Batman was right not to go.”
"How do you know Batman didn't go?" The main universe Batman remotely controlled the Hellbat armor to fly back to the Batcave and said, "Maybe he did go, but he hid it well and didn't let Superman know."
“Maybe. He really should teach that bastard a lesson.” Superman shook his head and said, “I remember he said in the group chat last time that the cake I made was ugly. He’s really unlikable.”
The main universe's Batman opened the Batman group chat; it was completely silent. The last time anyone spoke was two weeks ago. Sure enough, all the Batmen were quietly and secretly working on something.
Superman continued to stare at the group chat interface, noticing that everyone was showing off their Batman's achievements, and no one was paying any attention to Injustice Superman. He chuckled inwardly, but out of politeness, he didn't show it and pretended not to notice, continuing to reply to messages and praise others.
Injustice Superman angrily closed the Battle Realm chat interface.
He paced back and forth in the room twice, finally unable to resist, he opened the door and rushed out. He arrived at the room of the Injustice Batman and found him reading a book.
Injustice Superman rushed forward, snatched the book from him, and slammed it onto the table. Only then did Injustice Batman slowly raise his eyes to look at him.
"what happened?"
"you……"
Injustice opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. He really had no reason to criticize Batman.
After the last incident, Bruce Wayne helped Batman injustice introduce Brainiac—the Brainiac from the Bruce Universe. The super-electronic lifeforms ended the chaos on Earth and are now steadily restoring order.
Brainiac was stricter in Bruce Wayne's universe because it was a wartime system, requiring strict adherence to rationing. However, in the Injustice universe, Brainiac didn't forcibly implement rationing; instead, he developed a unique governance model. Currently, it's primarily a market economy, and Brainiac's contributions lie mainly in combating corruption, monopolies, and crime, as well as ensuring a relatively fair redistribution of resources.
Overall, the results were quite good. Under the complete control of a super artificial intelligence, crime was essentially eradicated. Furthermore, by limiting excessive capital expansion and implementing a welfare system through tiered taxation, the lower classes are doing relatively well.
If Brainiac in the Bruce Wayne universe is equivalent to Stalin, then Brainiac in the Injustice universe is roughly equivalent to Roosevelt, delivering a powerful blow to capitalists. Bruce Wayne undoubtedly belongs to that group that gets hammered.
Wayne Enterprises had reached a level of monopoly in Gotham that Brainiac wouldn't allow, and after he dealt them a few heavy blows, their businesses were almost completely dismantled. Batman had far fewer things to manage, and naturally, more free time.
Logically, Batman should be happy to have more time to be Batman. But in reality, Injustice Batman has been completely sidelined.
With Brainiac in charge, Gotham City practically had no criminals. Those with mental problems were all locked up in mental hospitals, given medication on schedule; those without were thrown into prison, each with an average of over 200 surveillance cameras—no escape! Petty thieves were sent to labor camps to maintain the community environment, mowing lawns and picking up trash from morning till night. The crime rate plummeted.
Big cities are big cities after all. The level of public security has improved, the infrastructure is not bad, and with the addition of welfare and benefits, one can barely say that one can live and work in peace and contentment.
Batman became Batman to save Gotham. Now that Gotham is mostly saved, he really doesn't have much of a goal left.
But just because he did it doesn't mean Superman wants to. He previously ruled the Earth. Power is something addictive once you've tasted it. But with Brainiac, he can't even control Metropolis, let alone Earth; he can't even catch a criminal. Injustice Superman has been incredibly bored lately.
Normally, he wouldn't make up a reason to cause trouble if there wasn't a specific reason. But now there's a clear excuse—Batmen from other universes are all messing around with energy, so why isn't this one from his own universe doing anything?
Injustice then remembered to check what book Batman was reading. He glanced down and saw it was *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes*, currently on the "Return of the Beast" section.
Injustice Superman was almost laughing in exasperation. He looked at Injustice Batman and said, "So, the world's greatest detective isn't solving cases anymore, but sitting here reading detective novels?"
"Then you'd better find me a case that I need to solve." The Unjust Batman took the book back and continued reading.
Injustice was speechless for a moment. Holmes's era was long gone; there were no cameras back then. Unlike now, Injustice even suspected that the newly built buildings were constructed by Brainiac using cameras, capable of taking eight hundred photos of suspects at the slightest disturbance. If you put Holmes in the present day, he'd starve to death from lack of work.
“Listen, Batman,” Injustice said, holding up one finger. “You have the smartest brain in the world. You can’t let it rot in emptiness. We need to get this done!”
“You could deliver newspapers,” Batman Injustice said, slowly turning a page. “Or you could deliver milk. You’d get the Employee of the Year award.”
"Batman!!!" Injustice Superman yelled at him, "Get your ass off that chair right now, and go to Mount Olympus, to Oa, to New Genesis... anywhere! Get some energy!!!"
"What do you need energy for?" Injustice Batman asked without even lifting his eyelids.
"Of course, we should establish a magical defense network, in every other universe. Don't you want to build one?"
“We don’t need to build it,” Injustice Batman said, shaking his head. “Brainiac has planetary shield technology.”
"But you need energy!"
"He also has solar energy extraction technology."
"We can't rely on him entirely!"
"Why not?" Injustice Batman turned another page and said, "Do you think you did a better job than him?"
Unjust Superman angrily slammed his fist on the table.
"They're all posting pictures in the group!" Injustice raised his voice. "The magical Batmobile, the magical furnace, and I can't post anything, Batman. It's all your fault!"
The Injustice Batman finally put down the book and said, "So you sent me to get some energy so you could show off to the other Supermen?"
"Hmm." Injustice Superman responded sullenly, then explained, "For a while, they kept posting pictures of their homemade dishes, which were clearly awful but they were still praising each other. I just said a few honest things, and they ganged up on me and attacked me. I have to get my revenge!"
“Alright.” The Injustice Batman stood up. “Then take a good look and see where you are?”
"Isn't this the third floor of the newly built Hall of Justice?" Injustice Superman turned his head to look around.
Batman snapped his fingers. In an instant, the surrounding scenery began to rush past, the simple, modern decor vanished, and was replaced by carved paneling, solid wood floors, crystal chandeliers, and soft carpets.
Injustice Superman stood there, eyes wide. He looked out the window and exclaimed, "Isn't that Wayne Manor?!"
Sitting on the plush sofa, the Unjust Batman casually placed the book on the table and said, "This should be enough for you to brag about, right?"
Let's watch the game!