Chapter 73 The Mystery of the Clown

In the multiverse, the Blainiac spacecraft that captured Ke Wen and his party is sailing in the multiverse. It was originally in the universe numbered -10. Yark did not appear on Earth. Of course, in the -10 earth universe, there is no such powerful interstellar force as Apocalypse.

At this time, Brainiac was communicating in his own control room, and the one communicating with him was another Brainiac.

"Have you successfully captured the person who disturbed the universe?" Another Brainiac asked on the other side of the screen.

"Don't ask such obvious questions, it is not difficult to capture him, but you are right, he is indeed disrupting the existence of the universe, thanks to him, I have no meaning to exist in this universe ah."

Brainiac of the -10 Earth universe with a mechanical brain was also reporting the situation there, and on the other screen, the captured Ke Wen and his party were still bound by the green beam. It can also be seen from the screen that there is a huge display cabinet around them that cannot be fully captured by the camera. There are glass bottles on the cabinets, and there are miniature city outlines in the bottles.

This is a hobby that belongs to Brainiac. For an artificial intelligence, the word hobby seems a bit inappropriate. But Brainiac, this is an artificial intelligence with absolute top intelligence in the DC universe, he even has more emotions than humans, in his opinion, every civilization in the universe will perish, no matter how brilliant it was, then As the most intelligent artificial intelligence in the universe, what he can do is to preserve the essence of those civilizations that are worth preserving, and he will even accelerate the demise of those civilizations that are not worth preserving.

For this reason, he attacked every civilization in the universe, and used his unsolvable technology to take away a city of each civilization in miniature, including the life living in the city.

"The meaning of your existence is given by me. Now, leave your universe and come to my universe. I need to study this person who disturbed the universe. As for other people, you can figure it out."

"Why do you give me orders." Brainiac of Universe-10 was also questioning his other self there.

"As interconnected parallel universes, my cosmic personality is higher than yours, my level is higher than yours, and all you have to do is obey."

Located at the other end of the screen, while speaking these words, Brainiac from another universe is also using his own ability to control the Brainiac spaceship belonging to the -10 universe. The mechanical tentacles are not affected. The control is connected to Brainiac in the -10 universe, overriding his instructions, and taking control of the spaceship into his own hands.

"Yes, start the universe spanning."

The reprogrammed Brainiac of the -10 universe is also repeating the instructions of Brainiac of another universe. The Brainiac spaceship that captured Ke Wen and his party also opened a big hole in the universe. , leading Ke Wen and his party away from this universe. While traveling through the universe, Ke Wen and his party were also separated in a coma after being captured and placed in the collection room.

Countless mechanical tentacles entangled the unconscious Ke Wen, separating him from Dick and his group. As a by-product of capturing Ke Wen, an invisible passage appeared, absorbing Dick and his party and placing them in an unknown area.

And when Ke Wen and his group were imprisoned by Brainiac, an artificial intelligence capable of contacting the multiverse, the Bright Multiverse, the Earth 0 main universe, belonged to Ke Wen's original universe. Superman, who has become a presidential candidate and revealed his identity, is also escorted by a special car to Gotham.

"Phew, no matter how many times I come here, I'm not used to the sunny Gotham. Jack, you just wait for me outside. I'm familiar with this place."

Superman no longer wearing a battle uniform, but a suit and leather shoes said to his full-time driver, then straightened the wrinkles on his clothes,

Walk towards the gate of Wayne Manor not far away.

"Do you really need me to go in with you, Superman, no, I mean Mr. Kent, you know, I can fight, especially in this kind of place where there seems to be a lot of furniture."

Behind Superman, the driver with a Chinese face also played a few tricks at will. It can be seen that this Chinese has no objection to becoming a full-time driver who has revealed his identity as Superman, and respects this man who has saved the world several times. superhero.

"Ah, let's forget it. If the furniture here is broken, the two of us may not be able to afford it even if we work for nothing for a year. Don't worry, Jack, if this place is not safe, there is no safe place."

Scratching his head, Superman said in embarrassment to the driver who was more a friend than a subordinate. Saying this, Superman also rang the doorbell in front of the gate of Wayne Manor, and a familiar voice came from the microphone next to the gate.

"Long time no see, Master Clark, are you here to find Master Bruce?"

"Yeah, Alfred is too busy these days, I'm here to find Bruce."

"Please wait a moment, I'll pick you up right away, by the way, your driver, will you come in together?"

"Can you, Alfred?"

"As you just said, there is no safer place than this."

"Thank you, Alfred."

Turning around, Superman walked into the car, stunned the driver Jack sitting in front.

"Not going in, Mr. Kent?"

"No, just drive forward, the road is quite spacious."

The gate of Wayne Manor opened, and the special car carrying Superman also slowly drove into Wayne Manor. After parking the car, Alfred, who was in charge of the entire Wayne family's daily life, also came out to receive Superman with a few servants. Seeing the servants beside Alfred, Superman who got out of the car was also taken aback. Every time he came here before, he never saw anyone other than Alfred.

"The times are different, Mr. Clark. In the past, I only needed to take care of Mr. Bruce, plus a troubled boy. Now, there are too many people, and I am old, and I can't do what I want. But they only work during the day and are not here at night, don't worry. "

"Yeah, yeah, I can't do enough to beat up the alienated clown and that guy named Silent." Walking beside the old butler, Superman also complained about the old butler's emotion.

"Hahaha, there are props to help, thanks to the little guy's help, but having said that, it seems that Master Dick and Master Ke Wen have been away for almost ten months."

"Yeah, I don't know how they are doing in other universes, but you don't have to worry too much, they are very strong."

"I'm not worried about that. Master Bruce is over there in the study, so I won't disturb the two of you talking."

"Understood, help me take care of my friend, Alfred."

"It should."

Walking and chatting with the old housekeeper, Superman who walked to the study said please, then opened the door of the study and walked in. There was no one in the study. Superman, who had been to Wayne Manor many times, found the mechanism leading to the Batcave on the bookshelf. After entering the password, the secret door opened. Looking at the secret door in the hole, Superman couldn't help laughing at himself.

"Hey, even I have to go through the main entrance now, I didn't need it before."

Through the secret door, Superman all the way down also saw Batman working at the desk of the brother-eye computer dedicated to Batman. Looking at Batman who was still wearing a battle uniform at this time, Superman couldn't help sighing.

"It is said that bats are nocturnal creatures, and you have violated this habit now."

"You're talking about bats, but I'm human, so who gave you the illusion that Batman can only come and go at night?"

Batman, who didn't turn around because of Superman's arrival, still looked at the report in front of the computer, and answered Superman's complaints seriously. Sighing helplessly, Superman also jumped directly down the stairs. Although the kryptonite toxin in his body maintains a balance with the core force of the Apocalypse, he cannot become stronger by absorbing sunlight as before, but Superman himself absorbs The Kryptonian Code of Life, the last naturally born newborn.

Even without the various bonuses from the yellow sun, his own Kryptonian physique is enough for him to cope with most difficulties, just jumping stairs is not a big deal.

Patting the dirt on his clothes, Superman also walked towards Batman, looked at the data displayed on the computer in front of Batman, frowned, and looked around.

"It's much quieter, I thought it would be more lively."

"Talia took Damian and Ruiwen back to Nandalbat, Selena went to attend the parent meeting between Helena and your son, Jason and Tim, they have grown up long ago, where do you want to go? Do you need to report to me? As for Diana, she is responsible for the resettlement of the remnants of Paradise Island, and she is busier than me."

"Huh? Why are you living like an empty-nest old man? No matter how you look at it, you are a winner in life who is more comfortable than me!" Superman couldn't understand Batman's explanation at all, so he complained directly.

"So what on earth are you here for?" Batman, who was focused on analyzing the data in front of him, didn't bother to continue wrangling with Superman, and asked questions directly.

Shaking his head helplessly, Superman also stepped forward, crossed Batman and tapped a few times on his computer. The computer screen in front of Batman changes, showing a research institute located in the Bermuda Delta. Because of the volcanic eruption caused by an earthquake, the research institute located in the mountain area has been destroyed, but from the screen, we can vaguely see the logo of Wayne Enterprises, which is a research institute invested by Wayne Enterprises, that is, Batman Place. When he saw Superman click to open the research institute, Batman sitting there fixed his eyes and understood the purpose of Superman's visit.

"Arthur told me that this is the research institute you asked him to rescue a few days ago. There is nothing wrong with it. But Arthur also told me that the only thing strange about him is that the location of this research institute is not recorded in the watchtower. , Atlantis, who is the manager of the ocean, did not find it either.

Through the investigation of Cyborg, I also know that this research institute only appeared ten months ago, that is, after the clown committed suicide in Nasino City. Not long after Ke Wen and the others left the main universe, you concealed the alliance, concealed See what the world is working on, Bruce. "

As he said this, Superman also turned Batman's chair at an angle, aiming at his own eyes. Looking up into Superman's eyes, it took a long time before Batman smiled.

"It seems that Arthur is not stupid."

"How can you say that he is also a civilized leader, no, now is the question of whether Arthur is stupid or not? Answer me, Bruce, what are you researching while hiding from everyone? After the clown committed suicide, you have been weird .”

Superman, who was almost taken away by Batman, hurried back and emphasized there. And Batman was also sitting there, launching his own torture on Superman, from Batman's gaze·jpg, but this time, Superman was not defeated by this move, maybe because he was no longer Superman, this move The gaze made him less difficult to resist as a human being at this time. After staring at each other silently for ten seconds, Batman stood up.

"Let's go."

"Where are you going?"

"Don't you want to know what I'm studying? How can I tell you if you don't go inside? Some things need to be seen with your own eyes to feel."

Speaking words that made Superman puzzled, Batman also walked ahead, walking deeper into the Batcave. Superman, who shook his head helplessly and sighed, could only follow quickly. The two walked side by side, and under the guidance of Batman, they came to a deeper place in the Batcave, and here, Superman also saw many things from his old opponent.

The owl court that was disintegrated before, the mask called the claw killer, and the teeth with the owl logo printed on it, and Superman also noticed that there was a liquid substance flowing in the tooth of the claw killer, which looked like Metal. Through the device placed on this tooth, Superman also understands that there is extraordinary power in this tooth.

A mask, a five-pronged halberd, a huge double-sided coin, three different joker cards, and all kinds of props were placed here, which made Superman a little overwhelmed. Finally, he saw a corpse. The pale face and the bloody smile were telling the identity of the corpse. Seeing this, Superman was in a bad mood.

"There's something wrong with you, Bruce! You put away the clown's body. I entrusted my son to you to be his godfather, not to teach him how to be perverted!"

"So there are some things you have to see with your own eyes to feel them. I brought you here to prove that I have no intention of hiding anything from you. Calm down."

"Conceal? You can't really hide the perverted attributes?!"

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The air suddenly became quiet, and the silent Batman used Batman's gaze again on Superman who let himself go. This time, Superman failed to save and fell silent under Batman's gaze. Seeing that Superman was quiet, Batman released his gaze, walked up to the Joker's corpse, and looked at his dead old opponent.

"Remember what I told you earlier, about the clown."

"You mean about the three clowns?"

"Well, one fell into the pond of the chemical plant and there is no body left, one committed suicide in front of us, and there is one left."

"Does this have anything to do with your collection of clown corpses?"

"Just listen to me."

Superman was silent, and Batman also began to tell what he had done during this time in front of the clown's corpse.

"Three clowns, I have been thinking about why the Mobius chair told me three clowns, I have always wondered why there are three clowns, this is unreasonable. We all know the birth of a clown, an accident , let him fall into the pool of chemicals, the pool water destroyed his face and everything that could identify him, fingerprints, teeth, that's why I couldn't find out his real identity.

And the memory storm before the restart of the universe caused by another Wally also made me guess, Wally can survive the restart of the universe, why can't the clown? Assuming that there was another universe restart before the previous universe restart, then the three clowns make sense. The clowns who survived the two universe restarts, plus the clowns of the current universe, will be three. "

Reasonable speculation, at least in Superman's view, there is no problem with Batman's speculation. After all, there is already an example of the old 52 Wally in front of him, and the three clowns are not unreasonable.

"There is no problem with this kind of speculation, but I am curious. I don't doubt that the pool water in the chemical plant destroyed everything that could prove the clown's identity. It doesn't mean that the clown can be endowed with the extraordinary regenerative ability."

"What you said is unreasonable. According to you, when the lightning strikes Barry, he should be turned into coke. How could it be possible to endow him with the supernatural speed force faster than me?"

Unable to hold back his complaints, the backhanded Superman directly cited the example of The Flash, but Batman didn't give him another stare because of Superman's arrogance. Instead, he was silent for a while, and said again.

"I thought the same as you before. You and I both understand that the reason why Barry didn't die was because the Speed ​​Force chose him through lightning, so Barry survived and became the Flash. Then think about it the other way around, if that The accident that led to the birth of the clown also caused a certain force, a certain existence to choose him, so can it explain why the clown has an extraordinary regeneration?"

Hearing Batman finish his guess about the clown's regeneration ability, Superman's expression also became serious at this time. He has experienced the madness of the clown before. If the extraordinary regeneration power of the clown is given by some existence, then This existence is definitely a hundred times worse and a thousand times more disgusting than the clown, so I, Batman and the Justice League have fought the clown so many times, does it mean that that existence has already set its sights on it? Did you wait for someone else? !

"It seems that you have already thought of it, which is why I have to dissect the clown's body, and I found the answer."

Batman, who understood what Superman was thinking at this time, also continued there.

"Answer? What is it?" At this moment, Superman's expression also became serious, waiting for Batman to give him an answer.

As for Batman standing in front of the clown's corpse, a pool of green liquid metal appeared in front of Superman. When he saw this pool of metal, Superman also had a disgusting feeling in his heart. As if thinking of something, he turned his head and looked to the other side not far away, the tooth taken from the claw killer of the owl court, inside the tooth, there was also such a pool of liquid metal of different colors flowing.

"It always feels a bit the same," Superman also expressed his thoughts looking at the two puddles of liquid metal.

"Yes, the two pools of metal seem to be the same substance."

"seemingly?"

"Because I am not completely sure now, which is why I will hide it from everyone and set up a secret research institute to study metals. No matter what this thing is, it is very dangerous. I even suspect that these things do not exist in our Something in the universe, so I have to study it and prevent more people from knowing it, I don’t want to see the fourth clown appear again, and likewise, I don’t want to see the people around me get hurt again.”

Batman stood in front of the clown's body, and said so seriously, and the stone in Superman's heart was put down. Walking behind Batman, he directly put his arms on Batman's shoulders, comforting Batman with his sunny smile.

"Don't always put the responsibility on yourself. You are the father of six children now, and you still play the Lonely Hero game. Don't forget that we have partners. That's enough, this is the end of the question and answer, you It's time to get out in the sun."

"You guy, I always feel that you are a little different now."

"After all, let go of the burden."

In the living room, the Chinese-American driver Jack, who was coming to a big family for the first time, was jumping up and down in the living room. Behind him, there were little Jonathan, a brat, and two generations of Robin, Jason and Tim, chasing and intercepting him. It's just a surprise that the two generations of Robin who were taught by Batman's precepts and deeds plus a son of Superman did not gain the upper hand in this siege and interception.

On the contrary, Jack took advantage of the terrain and the clothes on his body, and hit a counterattack from time to time, which made the three chasing people a little embarrassed. As for why this happened, to put it simply, the idle and boring Jack was practicing outside the garden to warm up. Little Jonathan, who had just returned from the parent meeting, saw a stranger boxing in his garden, and he was itchy for a while. Go up and start with Jack.

Immediately afterwards, Tim and Jason, who came back from the outside, saw that little Jonathan hadn't taken down an ordinary person, so they also joined the battle group, and then it became what it is now. Superman who came out of the secret door of the study and Batman who took off his suit also happened to see such a scene.

Even Batman, who has experienced many battles, was also shocked when he came out to see such a scene. In his opinion, although the Chinese who was being chased and intercepted by his godson and two adopted sons was good, he hadn't reached the level of superhumanity, but every time he used the furniture to fight back, he was extremely ingenious. It just happened when the old strength of the three of them was gone and the new strength was not yet born, which made the three of them very distressed.

"You driver, you are not an ordinary person."

"Ah, you said Jack. His full name is Jack Chen. He can be considered a superpower. He can defeat opponents with the help of various things he recognizes as props. However, special conditions are required to activate his superpowers. Yes, like in a place with similar furniture, or in an area with complex terrain conditions. If it is in the furniture city, even I can't beat him now. I think he can fight you five times in that kind of place. Five open."

"It's really a very high evaluation. It seems that you have had a good time during this time."

"That's it. Compared with this, I want to know when the four little guys will come back. I don't know if they will be shocked when they see the world now."

"Don't worry, they will definitely, I can still imagine that kid's expression."