dmims Chapter 71 The Old Bat
Chapter 71 The Old Bat
Chapter 71 The Old Bat
After ending the war and saving so many lives, Joey found himself getting a little too cocky.
He could kill the gorilla Grod and its tribe without hesitation because he felt that position was more important than right or wrong. Since he was on the side of humans, he could naturally slaughter that group of gorillas without hesitation.
But to the Kryptonians, humans are far more backward than gorillas. If Joey were to choose a side now, shouldn't he choose the Kryptonians' side?
The core tragedy of Superman lies in his immense power and utter loneliness, while now his entire Kryptonian race is far away, and he is not as lonely as Clark Kent.
He simply needs to choose his position wisely.
Now he can easily choose his side, but he's starting to struggle with right and wrong.
Wait a minute—Joey pondered for a long time before suddenly remembering something.
I'm Superman, I can do whatever I want.
Forget about opposing sides, I am my own position!
Choosing between Kryptonians and humans seems like a complex trolley problem, a difficult choice between two equally important options.
But Joey is the epitome of Superman—the one with superhuman strength and the ability to fly bricks, the ultimate simple solution to the most complex problems.
Faced with this trolley problem, super intelligence has already provided a super simple solution: why don't you use your super power to stop the trolley?
Now a new problem has arisen: how can Joey ensure that his super power is super enough to directly overwhelm a million-strong Kryptonian army?
Superman is a Kryptonian, but that doesn't mean all Kryptonians are Superman; there are differences between Kryptonians.
However, they were Kryptonians after all, and under the yellow sunlight, each Kryptonian clearly possessed the power to destroy the world.
It's unrealistic to expect Joey to take down the Kryptonian army one by one with a single punch.
Two fists can't fight four hands. Putting aside whether Joey will be exhausted, the aftershocks of his battle with the Kryptonian army are probably enough to destroy the Earth hundreds of times over.
Would it be effective to use the same direct decapitation strike as I did against the Amazons and take down their commander?
I wonder what the Kryptonian military command chain structure is like?
Can Cyborg find a sufficiently strong candidate to support a small but powerful special operations force capable of breaking through the Kryptonian army, based on his requirements and hints?
Why don't you ask Batman?
By entrusting the recruitment to Cyborg, especially with names like Zatanna and Constantine specifically mentioned, Joey couldn't go looking for them himself; these sorcerers had plenty of ways to conceal their presence.
They are easier to find than Steelbone, who can see cameras all over the world and access consumer records worldwide.
Joey sent Wonder Woman back to prepare for battle, and also informed Aquaman, telling the Atlanteans to prepare to fight for their survival.
Speaking of which, where have all the old gods of this world gone? Joey asked Wonder Woman, and she said that Themyscira lost contact with her illegitimate father many years ago.
Of course, "Wonder Woman's strange father" was something Joey said in his heart. If he actually said it out loud, he might get struck by lightning because he had a very noble title and name—Zeus, the king of gods.
Joey discovers that although Wonder Woman in this world is ruthless, she is still in a state of inexperience, and her failed marriage to Aquaman has left her still unaware of where she came from.
Wonder Woman still believes that she was created from clay by her mother Hippolyta and then blessed by the Greek gods, transforming from a clay figurine into an Amazon.
Well, Joey just felt that Diana had better hope that the ancient gods had indeed completely left this world and would never return.
Otherwise—with Hera above and considering the unfortunate Hercules, Diana would be in deep trouble.
It has to be said that thinking about other people's suffering, even if it hasn't happened yet, always makes one feel much more relaxed. While Joey was trying to calm himself down in his mind, he had already flown to Gotham.
The Batman in this universe is not the young and strong Bruce Wayne, but his father Thomas Wayne, a doctor.
After Batman caused a medical malpractice incident that killed the Flash, Joey was busy ending the war and stopped paying attention to the situation in Gotham.
Joey remembered that the first time Doctor Fate teleported him, it was from the sun to Gotham. Maybe in Fate's eyes, this old bat still had a few teeth left.
Well, it won't hurt to ask. Although Cyborg has invited the other party repeatedly, and each time he has been met with a merciless rejection and humiliation.
After all, I'm trying to protect humans like the old bat, so the other party can't just not cooperate at all, right?
Are you out of your mind?
It was still daytime. The old bat had not yet transformed into Gotham City's avenger. He was still Thomas Wayne, Gotham City's billionaire, whose Wayne Casino tirelessly extracted exorbitant profits from countless people whose dreams had been shattered.
At this moment, the casino tycoon, dressed in a suit, was drinking heavily in his office seat on the top floor of the Wayne Casino building.
Despite his immense wealth, he consumed the cheapest whiskey.
Even without activating his super vision, Joey knew that if this old bat, reeking of alcohol, continued drinking like this, his heart probably wouldn't last more than a few years. The other party's actions at that moment fundamentally negated Joey's plans.
"They imprisoned your cousin and tortured her for almost twenty years. Now your father wants to kill them to bring a better future to your people. Aren't you happy about that?"
You could have been a hero who expanded the territory for your race, why did you choose to be a traitor despised by your millions of people?
To be honest, Joey could refute the old bat from angles like "Which planet doesn't have good and bad people?", "Earth belongs to Earthlings", or "Earthlings' lives matter too", but ultimately Joey would definitely be unable to refute the other party.
Because the old bat simply wanted to curse himself a few times, and simply wanted to die.
The death of his son Bruce Wayne and the departure of his wife Martha Wayne completely robbed the old Batman of his will to live, and he no longer had the lofty ideals of the main universe's Batman.
Bruce Wayne chose to become Batman to prevent more children from suffering the same misfortune he did, while Thomas became Batman simply to vent his frustrations.
The old bat, who drinks heavily in a suit during the day and kills people at night in his bat costume, does so only to accelerate his own life process as much as possible.
Even if the world were about to be destroyed, he would only choose to stay in Gotham, this garbage dump, and wait to die.
Joey cursed "Old Bitden" under his breath and chose to leave Gotham to find another possible ally.
This old Batman is completely unresponsive and just waiting to die. Joey originally thought that Batman, who has no bottom line, would be easier to communicate with!
He thought the normal Bruce Wayne was obsessive enough, but he didn't expect that the student would surpass the teacher. This old Batman was much more stubborn than the real Batman.
After confirming Joey's departure, Batman pulled out his tablet, and the lit screen displayed something of paramount importance to him.
The Pool of Lazarus.