American comics: What kind of evil intentions could Batman have?

Chapter 206 First, we'll break the Flash's legs

Chapter 206 First, we'll break the Flash's legs (5000-word chapter)

Chen Tao sighed.

"So, you don't trust the future I've planned for you? Or are you ashamed of calling yourself a friend of the Flash? Never mind, none of that matters anymore. The important thing is..."

He said in a low voice.

"Now, thanks to your swift betrayal, you've moved fast enough, Swann. Your ultimate goal is simply to go home, isn't it? So now, go back to your time and don't meddle in ours..."

Please.

Chen Tao looked at Reverse Lightning, whose eyes were flashing red and whose gaze was filled with cruelty, and made a final request for a truce.

He still really hopes Reverse Flash will say yes.

Reverse Lightning smiled indifferently; in fact, he could more or less guess what the other party was thinking.

The other party was unaware of the memories that had surfaced in his mind, nor of the future he had envisioned, and therefore could not understand the change in his objectives.

Therefore, in Batman's eyes, he is probably the kind of character who is capricious, eccentric, and a powder keg that could turn against him at any time.

That's why he abandoned his plan to have Reverse-Flash help him fight Darkseid, and instead decided to persuade him to leave right here.

But unfortunately...

I reject!

"That's such a shame."

Chen Tao said.

Reverse-Flash was intrigued by Batman's expressionless face and cold demeanor.

"You know, I've been keeping track of time, from the moment you showed up here and fought against the gorilla Groud, using that ability to turn yourself into a Kryptonian, until now."

Reverse-Flash said, "That's about enough, isn't it? You can't use this ability for long. Can you still turn into a Kryptonian now?"

I can.

Chen Tao thought silently that it was like weightlifting. Even when he reached the limit of safe load, he could still ignore the warnings of the Alfred Protocol and continue lifting. Of course, if he used too much "force", he would naturally pay the price.

"You can't, and even if you could, it wouldn't be long."

But ultimately, how much intelligence did those people in the military actually leak out...?

Chen Tao cursed inwardly, then he heard Reverse Lightning continue:

"So don't even think about stopping me, Batman."

Reverse-Flash picked up the gorilla Grud, who was lying like a dead dog, and used his lightning staff to absorb the Speed ​​Force from him like a floodgate had been opened.

"Your goal was just to resolve the minor crisis that Gorilla Grodd posed to the Flash, or are you now preparing to save Central City as well? No problem, I've already achieved that goal for you, no need to thank me."

Reverse Lightning had the common speedster habit of talking, while Chen Tao was never idle.

He secretly observed the lightning scepter clutched tightly in Reverse-Flash's hand. It seemed to be some kind of 25th-century technology, but as for its effects…

Chen Tao guessed that this thing served the same purpose as the 30-meter-high lightning rod that the gorilla Grud had erected earlier.

"Therefore, we have absolutely no reason to be hostile, we..."

boom!

The next second, Reverse-Flash watched helplessly as Batman appeared in front of him. The azure full-face mask of Rapid Bullet appeared on Chen Tao's face, and the cape billowed due to the high-speed movement.

Reverse Flash remained expressionless as his opponent punched him hard through the head, leaving him completely unharmed.

He watched indifferently as Chen Tao tried to snatch the gorilla Grud and the lightning scepter from his hands, but it was as if he had only grasped a phantom.

Speedsters can vibrate their body molecules to pass through doors or windows, and clearly, Batman's fists are no exception.

This is an advanced application of the Speed ​​Force, and also a technique that demands an extremely high level of speed from the user. At this moment, he is faster than anyone else, transformed into a living ghost.

The speedster in yellow shook his head, deciding not to waste any more words. He simply snapped his fingers, and the Frost Captain and Heat Wave, who had been controlled by Gerudo, suddenly appeared on either side of him, protecting him.

As Reverse-Flash's hand gripping Gerd's head trembled slightly, Gerd let out a painful cry, and the two immediately attacked Chen Tao.

"This should hold you off for a while and let you vent your excess energy, Batman."

Using unknown means, Reverse-Flash, who had manipulated two henchmen controlled by Grud, casually turned around and dragged Grud along the ground.

"And this time, I've got the big prize I needed."

Reverse Flash looked with satisfaction at the gorilla Groud, who had completely lost consciousness.

At this moment, the other party is like a tank full of water or a fully charged battery, enough to keep him "charged" until the Darkseid affair is over.

Once Darkseid's affair is over, and the Flash dies just like in the history he has seen, then he will become the only Speed ​​Force user in this timeline.

The Speed ​​Force will be forced to grant him even greater speed, and he will naturally be able to fulfill his long-held dream on this timeline... to become the new Flash!

Beep beep beep beep...

Reverse-Flash saw his communicator on his arm ring; it was Cyborg Superman. They had previously agreed to help each other kill the Flash, and he had guessed that Cyborg had been monitoring the battlefield. But clearly, he had already broken his promise without hesitation.

"Tch." Reverse-Flash hung up on the mechanical superhero's accusations and then quickly crushed the phone card into a large pile of crumbs.

His next goal was clear: take Groud, absorb his Speed ​​Force, and then find a secluded spot to stay quietly, making sure not to change history, and patiently wait for the Flash to die. Then he could…

Reverse Lightning suddenly turned his head, his face blurring into a blur as it trembled rapidly.

Even though he seemed somewhat absent-minded, Reverse Flash never let his guard down.

He vanished in a blur, and the golden glider that emerged from the Mirror Master's mirror missed its target. It skimmed across the ground like a bird flapping its wings. Her ribbons, which could restrict speedsters, fluttered as she existed in spirit form, like a flag waving in the spring breeze.

The flag reads: The Rogue Gang is here!

The speedster, whose eyes glowed red, yanked the head of the gorilla Grud, like Perseus holding the head of Medusa.

(Note: Perseus, a hero in Greek mythology, beheaded Medusa, the Gorgon with snakes for hair, and used his ability to petrify others to defeat his enemies.)

The immense mental shock struck the golden glider in that instant, only to be interrupted by the hysterical laughter that came from Batman's mind.

Reverse-Flash's face darkened as he saw the Mirror Master appear not far away, sporting that unsettling, grotesque, twisted smile reminiscent of Batman.

This has practically become Batman's trademark; Reverse-Flash feels a chill run down his spine whenever he sees it...

He looked down and saw that the gorilla Grud in his hand also had the same grinning expression, which almost made him throw away his prize.

Ok.

Groud absorbed too much of that mad will. Even though he was tricked by himself and trapped by the Lightning Scepter in a way that extracted the Speed ​​Force's "speed," he would inevitably suffer the backlash from methods like Batman's whenever he used his mental abilities to invade others.

but……

Since Reverse-Flash wasn't the one suffering the damage, he wasn't too concerned about how badly Grodd's mind would be affected. So he continued to drive the Speed ​​Force to accelerate Grodd's brain, manipulating his mental abilities like a tsunami, relentlessly assaulting the enemy's brain.

He only needs a kettle, and it doesn't matter to him whether the kettle is dented or scratched.

But then again... Reverse Lightning stared at the two people in front of him.

Both the Golden Glide and the Mirror Master are imbued with the Speed ​​Force, and Batman, like them, had never considered giving up these two powerful fighting forces.

And this means...

Reverse-Flash turned around and saw Batman following leisurely behind him, with the Weather Wizard close by. Not far away, the Flash was still locked in a fierce battle with his old rivals, the Ice and Fire duo.

Batman kept his head bowed deeply.

Although he was still wearing Batman's suit from the neck down, the pointed bat ears had disappeared from his head, replaced by a purple, round, soft cap. He stretched out one hand, pressing it low against the brim, outlining his pale, upturned lips beneath it.

The Weather Wizard and the Flash beside him had their maniacal laughter frozen on their faces, as if they were wearing terrifying masks.

Reverse-Lightning tightened his grip on Grud's head, attempting to use the other's telepathic abilities to continue capturing the Weather Wizard's mind.

Compared to the Speed ​​Force, which allows him to accelerate his thoughts and thus resist mind control to some extent, and Batman, who is a source of pollution himself, the Weather Wizard is clearly an easy target.

But his actions only made the distorted, maniacal grin on Grud's face even more pronounced.

"you……"

"Tell me, imposter, hee! Hahahaha..."

He heard the golden glider's voice drifting in from all directions, like sea fish swimming in the air. Reverse Flash turned his head and saw two more laughing faces.

"Now, tell me, Swann..."

Why are you so serious?

In that instant, the sky suddenly brightened!

The Reverse Lightning alarm blared, signaling a coordinated attack from the three-man Rogue Gang.

The dark clouds overhead vanished without a trace in an instant, and the unusually scorching sun shone down, only to be reflected by the countless mirrors of the Mirror Master.

Just as Reverse Flash was trying to escape the shrouded area, he was ambushed by the Golden Glider once again. He swung his high-frequency vibrating hand chop to force back the golden-clad glider, and was then surrounded by a large number of mirrors and intense reflections.

Suddenly enveloped in light, Reverse Lightning swung his fist, shattering one of the mirrors with a single blow. However, this was an absolutely wrong choice in the battle, as the Mirror Master could perhaps restore these mirrors even faster than he had broken them.

"Is that all?" The Mirror Master said halfway through his sentence, then couldn't help but let out a cold laugh before quickly covering the corner of his mouth.

Reverse Flash's vision was thwarted, and he dared not let go of Grud. He instinctively tried to use the gorilla to control Captain Cold and Heatwave nearby, but these attempts seemed to have vanished without a trace. Then, the next moment, along with the light came a sudden surge in temperature.

"Have you ever heard of heat cramps? Reverse lightning? It happens when the body is exposed to temperatures of 130 degrees Fahrenheit, hahaha, hee hee hee!"

He heard the voice of the weather wizard.

"First...first, it causes extremely painful spasms in the muscles of the legs and abdomen, which, as the temperature rises, can lead to heat exhaustion, heatstroke, and ultimately death."

Reverse-Flash heard the Weather Wizard's voice: "You're nowhere near as good as the Flash."

boom!

His body vibrated at an excessive frequency, breaking through the cage formed by countless mirrors and heat. He opened his eyes, still tightly gripping Gerudo, trying to preemptively attack the Weather Wizard's vulnerable body, but he only saw countless fake bodies created by the Mirror Master.

These falsetto voices momentarily confused Reverse-Flash, a result of the Rogue Gang's meticulously coordinated efforts; he heard the Weather Wizard's voice.

"Perhaps you don't understand something, Reverse-Lightning. Fighting the Speedster..."

"The scoundrels are the real professionals!"

It's cold! Bone-chillingly cold!

The body, which had just been vibrating at a high frequency, was suddenly exposed to such extreme cold, causing the movement of the molecules that make up the body to slow down.

"My years working alongside Captain Cold have taught me a thing or two about extreme cold: for example, absolute zero."

"Let's see if your speed can keep up with a 100 miles per hour blizzard!!!"

The weather suddenly turned cold, and the golden glider darted through the blizzard like a fish. Reverse-Flash knew that the half-dead spirit was poised to attack at any moment, and the most dangerous...

Batman spread his cape, his wide-brimmed hat obscuring his pale, distorted face. Half of his body disintegrated into black sand, which swirled toward him along with the blizzard.

Reverse-Flash's inner alarm bells rang. He had fallen into a pre-prepared trap during the battle; in this frigid air, the speed of molecular motion slowed, and he might...

But Reverse-Flash still managed to get through Batman's attack and the Weather Wizard's lightning mixed with hail. He once again swung his supersonic vibrating hand chop to force back the Golden Glider, shattered the mirror that the Mirror Master used to reflect light and create illusions, and rushed to the side of Heatwave and Captain Cold, who were still fighting the Flash.

"Stop fighting, retreat! Heatwave, self-destruct immediately!"

He gave the order to the arsonist through Grud, knowing that the arsonist's superpowers were highly unstable. If he could sacrifice the arsonist and create a large enough explosion...

Reverse Flash was so focused on Heatwave that he failed to notice the strange expression that had appeared on Captain Cold's face, who had been staring blankly.

call!

The heatwave suddenly whirled around, unleashing a torrent of flames directly at Reverse Lightning. Caught off guard by the heatwave's sudden attack, Reverse Lightning frantically swung his arms, creating whirlwinds to block the flames, and then, unsurprisingly, behind him…

call!

In the blink of an eye, Captain Cold breathed a cold air at close range onto Reverse-Flash, who immediately let out a scream.

Despite his last-minute tremor, he and the gorilla Grodd were frozen into an ice sculpture.

Captain Cold wore a blank smile; in the last second before Reverse Flash was frozen, that disgusting smile was still the one he saw.

"Reverse...Reverse Lightning is trapped?" Barry gasped for breath, his feelings a mix of emotions.

Even now, the other party still has that Professor Wells face.

"Yes."

Chen Tao said.

He patted The Flash on the shoulder: "Well done, Barry. You did a great job sneaking the Reverse-Flash around and installing the device that transmits the mind protection program in their backs without hurting Captain Cold and Heatwave."

The Flash touched the corners of his mouth, which were still uncontrollably turned up.

You call this a mental health protection procedure?

But he still breathed a sigh of relief.

"But all in all, it's finally over," he said. "Now we need to figure out how to stop this lightning rod and get the speed back to the residents of Midtown..."

"Barry!"

But before the Flash could finish speaking, a pleasant female voice interrupted him. He turned his head and saw Patty standing at the top of the stairs leading up from the rooftop, seemingly unaffected by the speed at which the lightning rod was pulled away.

"Barry, what happened?"

Chen Tao immediately frowned. It seemed a bit strange that the other party was here. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a cracking sound, and a large gash appeared on the frost on Gerud's body.

The timing of this coordination was so perfect that before Chen Tao could even speak, Barry had already appeared next to his girlfriend. Before he could even open his mouth, he found himself in a pre-arranged static force field.

Click click click click click...

The cracks on the gorilla Groud's body increased, spreading out in a dense, spiderweb-like pattern. Meanwhile, the long-absent turtle man appeared behind Barry, raising his crowbar high.

"Watch out, Patty!"

The Flash wanted to protect his girlfriend in his arms, so he reached out and grabbed her waist. He then tried to activate the Speed ​​Force to pull her out of the stasis field set up by the Turtle Man, but the moment his hand touched his girlfriend, countless golden bolts of lightning were sucked into Patty's body from that point of contact.

Barry's eyes widened as he stared in astonishment at Patty, who was equally bewildered. Then his legs went weak, and he nearly got sucked dry by his girlfriend.

In that brief pause, the turtle man suddenly swung his crowbar and slammed it hard into Barry's leg!

"ah!!!!"

Barry screamed in agony as his leg was broken on the spot.

Chen Tao turned his head and looked at Groud, the gorilla who had broken free from the ice.

His beastly face was filled with the smug satisfaction of a successful conspiracy.

Reverse Lightning, sealed within the ice, howled silently as a large amount of Speed ​​Force was poured back into Grud's body, turning his hair golden.

"You foolish humans."

Upon hearing what the gorilla Grud said, Chen Tao immediately reached out to touch his chest.

He had not only collected the Flash's blood but also the Turtle Man's hair. While Grodd's plot succeeded, he had other preparations in place. He could still easily utilize stillness...

But Chen Tao immediately stopped reaching into his robes, silently staring at the silver-white text appearing on his retina:

[Warning! Warning! Anchored item detected:]

[The Flash's severed leg and spurting blood]

[Warning: Please immediately acquire an anchored item.]

[WARNING: This anchored item can target Batman files]

Red Death Demon

[Danger Level: SS]

I accidentally fell asleep halfway through writing last night, sob sob, I'm so sorry! And about PY transactions.

(End of this chapter)