pdf-ebookys Chapter 297 Bane is rescued, Reverse-Flash and the Flash are subdued.
Chapter 297 Bane is rescued, Reverse-Flash and the Flash are subdued.
Chapter 297 Bane is rescued, Reverse-Flash and the Flash are subdued.
Chen Tao left Shazam standing there silently. He had no time to comfort poor Billy Batson, because things were far from over.
He returned to Darkseid's side, picked him up, and then gave him a command without any hesitation:
"Go stop Steppenwolf and Wonder Woman's fight and bring them both here."
"Then you all stay here and wait for me to come back and arrange the next steps."
Immediately afterwards, he held the Meditation Mite in one hand and produced a golden ball in the other, which was the Death King's treasure, the Golden Ball.
As the golden portal created by the golden sphere rippled, Chen Tao lifted his foot, about to step inside, when he suddenly remembered something and turned to Darkseid, saying:
"Oh, right, I almost forgot. You have one more thing to do: capture Dr. Sivana. You and Steppenwolf will do this together. Steppenwolf will tell you who Dr. Sivana really is. That guy is good at protecting himself; he disappeared from the very beginning of the battle. I don't want to let him slip through this time and cause me any more trouble later."
Chen Tao wasn't worried that Darkseid wouldn't be able to capture Dr. Sivana. Steppenwolf's preliminary work had been quite good; the villains had basically confirmed their main operational policy centered on "submitting to Darkseid." Even if some had ulterior motives, that was the general outline.
Therefore, once Darkseid and Steppenwolf start backstabbing each other, it's hard to fool Dr. Sivana into showing up, and dealing with him is a piece of cake.
After giving instructions, Chen Tao ignored Darkseid's reaction and traversed millions of kilometers in a single step, appearing on Ismot, the base of Atositas.
He landed on the ground, and in the valley not far away, the central energy battery of the Red Light was burning fiercely. Chen Tao flew closer with the Meditation Mite, and then saw Atositas kneeling in front of the central energy battery, in front of a blood magic circle that had already been drawn and was incredibly complex.
"Have you finished preparing everything you need to do?" Chen Tao asked him.
“Of course, Batman,” Athositas replied, his back to Batman. “I’ve been preparing since returning from the Origin Wall, and everything is ready. A magic circle to completely eradicate the darkness within William Hand.”
He turned his head:
"It would be far more profound and effective than simply using my cosmic wand to erase it, you... What the hell!"
Before Atocitas could finish speaking, he saw the half-dead Mite being carried by Batman, his anthropomorphic insect face filled with grievance. However, his electronic speaker was still in Chen Tao's hands, making it impossible for him to do anything.
When the mites saw Atositas appear before them, they became excited and hissed incessantly from their mouthparts, but Atositas couldn't understand a word they said.
Chen Tao picked up the half-dead Mite from the ground. Although he had never been sure if the Mite was the one behind William Hand's abduction, he also didn't know how the Mite had managed to take William Hand away...
However, after seeing the appearance of the Mite at the Hand Funeral Home, and after discussing with Atocitas the Mite's claim that "only he can help him find William Hand," the answer is basically obvious, and almost certainly the answer.
At this time, William Hand was just an unknown nobody, even a minor, not the first Black Lantern Corpse who would later become the key figure in the "Darkest Night" incident.
Unless the Black Death Emperor is about to break into the material universe and kidnap his apostles, who would kidnap William Hand?
That said, if the Black Death Emperor had the ability to directly enter the universe, he wouldn't need to train William Hand.
As for how to get the meditation mite to speak...
Atositas saw lightning created by the power of Shazam wrapping around Chen Tao's hands.
Oh! Athositas knows that. The Mite had been scheming to get it, and he actually succeeded. The Lord of the Red Lantern had been in the Mite's gang for quite some time, so he knew all this.
So Batman was planning to use this Living Lightning power to lure Mite out William Hand? Batman wouldn't share this Living Lightning power with him, would he? That would be another scheme…”
Zzzzzzzzzzz!
However, Athositas was only halfway through his thought when he stared blankly as Batman slammed his lightning-covered hand into the Mite, causing the giant insect to convulse violently.
He saw Batman kick the Mite, whose body was only a quarter of its original size, to the ground. Due to its severe injuries and the numerous magic circles binding it, the Mite's body was no longer as large as before, making it look even more pitiful.
Batman kicked and kicked the maniac repeatedly, causing him to curl up in pain, his body turning a reddish-green hue from the agony. Batman showed no mercy; the black nanobots in his hand transformed into a crowbar, which he used to smash against the maniac's skull with a maniacal laugh: "Will you talk? Will you talk? Will you talk?"
Hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss...
Chen Tao did not grant the Mite the permission to control the electronic speaker. The big worm twitched in pain, its mouthparts constantly sucking in air, but it could not utter a single word.
But even as the Mite seemed to be in great pain, under Chen Tao's deliberate attention, he still noticed that despite being in such a predicament, the Mite was still deliberately absorbing the lightning created by the Shazam power that Chen Tao had used to shock it.
Chen Tao pretended not to see it and let him do as he pleased.
Let him absorb, let him absorb. After all, he's the only creature who can wield the power of living lightning without being officially recognized. The more he absorbs now, the easier it will be to control him later…
As Chen Tao thought this, he granted the other party permission to speak.
Once permissions were granted, the first thing the mites said was:
"Stop hitting me! I'll confess everything, please, please stop!"
The mites didn't play any tricks. Soon, the emaciated William Hand was released, looking completely bewildered. Then he met two pairs of eyes that were both surprised and delighted.
"William Hand!" x2
Chen Tao rushed over, followed closely by Atocitas. After scanning his body to confirm that he wouldn't die immediately, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.
"At least I won't die for now!"
Then the two of them began examining William Hand's body, their excessive enthusiasm nearly scaring him half to death: "No! Where am I? Help! I want to go home!"
A few minutes later.
William Hand sat in the center of the magic circle, his mouth crooked, his eyes glazed over, and he remained motionless. Only then did Chen Tao breathe a slight sigh of relief.
The operation to eliminate the darkness in Athositas's heart has begun. In the original comic book history, Athositas, who foresaw the darkest night, once wanted to come to Earth to eliminate the darkness in William Hand's heart in advance.
Such actions were undoubtedly a crime to Hal and Seneca, who rushed to the scene upon hearing the news. Thus, Atositas predictably failed, and his plan to cut off the night at its source collapsed.
Now, with his intervention, William Hand can always quietly accept the "inner darkness candy."
This might be able to cure his necrophilia in one go. Could this have a positive impact on the arrival of the darkest night?
However, Chen Tao didn't have time to worry about that; he still had Darkseid to deal with. If he couldn't get through today's ordeal, there was no need to worry about the Darkest Night.
After instructing Athositas not to kill anyone and handing William Hand over to the Black Death Emperor, Chen Tao left Athositas, who was still performing a shamanistic ritual for William Hand, and hurriedly returned to Earth. He still had many things to do.
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At this moment, Reverse Lightning was bound in a corner of the Crimson of All Beings.
He coldly observed the numerous prison guards surrounding him, who were judging him, including Killer Croc, Poison Ivy, and Clark, who had recovered and appeared somewhat weak, being supported by his wife, Louise.
He no longer wanted to hear what these people were saying to him; his mind was filled with suspicion.
This is not right. This is not the future he envisioned.
What exactly went wrong? He has now completely lost control of the situation.
Will the Flash really lose the war against Darkseid, just as he envisions in the future?
He should have been standing by, leading and witnessing all of this, instead of being locked up here like a loser.
Then he saw Batman appear before him. Batman chased away the onlookers and led him into the shelter built for the families in the Red Desert of All Beings. He then took him to a spacious, silvery-white room.
This place was different from the other areas of the shelter that were clearly intended for rest and self-defense. But it was bare, and Reverse-Flash wasn't sure what Batman was up to.
"You want..."
He asked directly, but soon after, Reverse-Flash saw Batman take a ring out of his belt right in front of him, press it, and a Flash suit popped out of the small ring.
Reverse Lightning: ? ? ?
Then he saw Batman hurry away again.
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Loneliness.
dark.
deep.
"All these years, all I've been chasing is a reflection."
Bane is currently pinned to the Origin Wall. His consciousness is being slowly devoured by the wall. Perhaps it will take a while, perhaps soon...
He looked at a creature that had solidified into a statue beside him.
The creature flapped its broad wings, seemingly swooping towards the outside of the wall in its final moments.
Bane is thinking about Batman again.
His initial reason for wanting to defeat Batman was to overcome his own inner demons, his own nightmares.
His childhood molded him into a monster, and the constant sense of crisis prevented him from feeling happy. Only by defeating Batman could he find peace; otherwise, he would die at the hands of another monster. Defeating Batman was a delusional obsession of his own.
But after that obsession disappeared and everything was gone, Bain always felt that his life had been worthless.
He tried to find his father to fill the void in his soul; he wanted to find his blood relatives, a kind of search for his "origins." But in the end, he ended up searching for Batman again.
"You saved me—Batman—"
Bane tilted his head slightly, and the roar he once gave Batman seemed to echo in his ears again.
"I am no more harmless than this monster. But you saved me, so I will spare your life. We are destined to be entangled for life."
It's like a promise, and it's like a curse.
So Bain remained silent.
He lowered his head and saw that the gold had spread to the back of his neck, that gold... a dazzling gold.
It climbed over his bulging veins, began to grow uncontrollably into a flower-like chin, and finally climbed over his nose, gently and tenderly pressing down on his constantly fluttering nostrils.
He knew Batman might not make it to the appointment, and he wasn't sure if Batman was deliberately not showing up, but it didn't matter.
When Bain looked back on his life, he realized that it had been meaningless.
His hatred for Batman, both in its beginning and its dissipation, was incredibly childish.
He is a person who lacks intrinsic motivation.
Save the world? Destroy the world? Rule the world? Or even dominate Gotham?
Or does he want to resurrect someone? To change some past event?
Has he ever loved anyone?
What are his pursuits? What ideals does he want the world to accept? Fear, or madness, or a riddle?
He had nothing; his life was nothing but emptiness. Even his life goals were things he came up with himself, not things he pursued from the bottom of his heart.
He is not like Darkseid, or the Joker, or the Scarecrow.
Only bats.
Only Batman.
Even taking over Gotham is nothing more than a child trying to snatch a toy from another child's hand.
Conquer all evil?
What a grand goal! Is he truly interested in it? Does he really see it as a cause he will dedicate his life to?
No.
Beneath that strong body, Bain's heart was empty.
His actions are illogical and lack any planning. This doesn't mean he's incapable of making plans for specific goals, but rather that he...
This feeling is hard to describe in words; he never really thought about what to do after achieving his goal.
This is Bane... and I am Bane.
Perhaps my final resting place is on the Wall of Origins. That way, he will never need to consider the meaning of life or the direction of his journey again.
As Bain thought this, he began to feel sleepy. A golden light spread across his temples, making him drowsy, as warm as being in his mother's amniotic fluid.
He wanted to go home; he wanted to fall asleep.
Then he saw Batman.
Bain.
That hazy, otherworldly voice seemed to roar loudly in his ear, yet also seemed to murmur softly in his heart.
Bane heard Batman's voice.
"I came as I promised."
(End of this chapter)