Opened a martial arts school, and his eldest disciple Batman

Chapter 99 Dark Universe
When Du Mu and Harry returned to Hogwarts, they were stunned when they noticed that Tom was not there.

This situation is quite rare. Du Mu thought about it for a while and came up with a guess.

Could it be that Tom's body, relatively speaking, grew almost naturally from an embryo to a shape that suits his soul, and was therefore judged by the portal as a native of Dashun?

What is birthright?

Even Tom's body should be filled with Harry's blood. Didn't this pass the judgment?
Du Mu said to Harry, "You go back to the dormitory and rest first. I'll go back to the martial arts hall to check on the situation."

Harry nodded and watched Du Mu leave.

When Du Mu's figure disappeared from his sight, Harry looked at the empty library and couldn't help but take a deep breath to calm himself.

He had experienced too much today, and he needed to digest it quietly.

Just as Harry was heading from the library to the Gryffindor dormitory, he suddenly heard someone shouting from behind, "Stop! The student in front! Have you forgotten that Hogwarts has a curfew at 10 p.m.? Who allowed you to wander around the school at night?"

Harry turned around calmly and saw Filch, holding a cat, walking towards him menacingly.

However, Filch's steps became slower and slower as he got closer.

His bald and ugly face also revealed a hint of hesitation.

Normally, when little wizards were discovered by themselves while wandering at night, they would immediately show expressions of fear and panic. This was Filch's favorite entertainment.

Being a Squib, yet being able to scare future wizards into trembling with fear was one of the few times Filch could steal a shred of dignity.

But the child in front of him was too calm.

Even...even Filch suspected at this moment that this was a professor in the academy, using Polyjuice Potion to disguise himself as a student.

It was not until the little wizard spoke that Filch could see his face clearly in the light.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Filch. I was just asked by the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor to do something. I'll be returning to my dormitory soon."

When Filch discovered that the other person was Harry Potter, a famous figure on campus, his inner jealousy made him even more dissatisfied.

He said in a deep voice: "I will confirm with the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor tomorrow. Don't try to get away with it."

Harry nodded. "Okay, Mr. Filch, can I leave now?"

Filch could only stand there and watch Harry's leaving, helpless.

After all, Hogwarts now follows the moral standards of the Muggle world and has abolished a series of punishment measures. His rights as the school's gatekeeper have also dropped to a historic low.

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When Du Mu returned to the martial arts gym, he saw Tom still standing there obediently without any movement.

"Professor Du Mu, is there something wrong with the magic like the portkey?"

Tom asked curiously.

Du Mu was a little surprised when he saw Tom seemed to have completely calmed down.

Since his mental power feedback almost all came from Tom, Tom devoured Du Mu's soul, which made his mental power strong enough to condense a spiritual entity.

This makes it easier for Du Mu to see through the other person's true emotions when he is with them, to a certain extent.

Du Mu was not surprised by Tom's jealousy and hatred towards Harry. After all, he was Voldemort.

But at this moment, Tom's calmness actually had a kind of... weird feeling of being free from worldly desires.

The order deep in his heart was completely destroyed, but the remaining ruins were much calmer than the original castle in the air, and no longer shaky.

Of course, even so, ruins are ruins and need to be rebuilt.

But what it will look like after reconstruction depends on the other party’s next ideas.

"That's about right. Let's try it again."

As he spoke, Du Mu raised his hand, condensed a drop of Harry's blood into a silk thread, and inserted it into Tom's wrist vein.

Then let Tom cross the martial arts hall door again.

But still nothing happened, Tom remained where he was.

Now Du Mu was really surprised. Why couldn’t Harry travel through time even though his blood was given to Tom?

Could it be because... the blood in Tom's body now is Harry's blood, which makes the portal unable to distinguish it?
Then how do you tell the difference between Harry and Tom?
Du Mu was scratching his head now. He didn't expect that after so long of use, the portal would have new features.

After that, we can only find other people's blood to try again, and then Tom won't be able to go to Hogwarts tonight.

Du Mu looked at Tom, thinking about how to deal with him.

This is Voldemort after all. Although he only has memories before the age of sixteen, judging from the original work, his evilness is no less than that of later times. Basically, he has already been evil in the places where he should be evil, and the grown-up Voldemort is just the adult version of Tom.

But looking at Tom's frank and calm expression, Du Mu couldn't tell what the other person's mental state was like.

In the past, Du Mu didn't have to worry about this matter. After all, it was just a diary that could be tied behind his waist. But now he is a living person. Without a Horcrux, if he dies, he will really be dead.

But then, Du Mu shook his head and said to Tom: "Since we can't go to Hogwarts today, I will take you to the side yard to rest first, and we can talk about other things tomorrow."

He remembered that Tom now had no wand and didn't know any wandless spells. Banner might not even need to turn into the Hulk to easily defeat him, so he posed no threat to the children in the yard for the time being.

Tom nodded obediently, and followed Du Mu to find a place in the side yard to rest temporarily.

After Du Mu left, Tom looked at the ceiling for a long time and couldn't fall asleep.

This seemed to be a place planned to be used for teaching in the future. It was still very empty for the time being. However, there was an unused bed that Du Mu moved here so that Tom would not sleep on the bed made of tables.

At the same time, in another world, Harry returned to the dormitory and lay on his bed.

So, two worlds, two teenagers with the same blood, maintained the same posture, reflecting each other's images in their minds.

Their relationship with each other is too complicated and entangled.

Theoretically, they have a blood feud against each other - Harry's parents died at the hands of Tom's original body, and Tom's original body died at the hands of Harry's mother.

But their fight had ended... and it ended with Tom's complete defeat, bringing the matter to an end.

Harry's kindness made him subconsciously kick his sixteen-year-old enemy out of the range of revenge, and as long as Tom was alive, his own blood would protect Harry from being hurt by him again.

In the end, Tom fell asleep earlier than Harry.

Because he had failed completely, there was nothing left to reflect on... When Tom acknowledged this in his heart, he felt more relaxed and free than ever before since he was born.

Newborn Tom fell into a deep baby-like sleep.

When Du Mu settled Tom and left the classroom, he saw Banner still fiddling with the astronomical telescope, with several laptops around him constantly calculating something.

However, after all, this does not involve program development, it just requires some results. The computing power of modern laptops is sufficient, even exceeding the calculator used by the United States when it first landed on the moon, so there is no sound of overheating fans.

As for the computer's power source, it comes from a generator built by Banner... It also seems to be mixed with the solar energy technology from the prosthetic limbs brought by Bruce, which was reverse-engineered and replicated by Banner.

Banner looked tired as if he had not slept well. He looked at Du Mu, silently operated one of the laptops, and then showed the screen to Du Mu.

"In fact, these planets are not in the same orbit, but the distances between their orbits are relatively close."

As he spoke, a 3D schematic diagram consisting of simple dots and lines appeared in front of Du Mu.

After all, Banner doesn't have time to add textures and post-rendering to these models.

Du Mu looked at the planets in the outer circle and asked in surprise: "Saturn and Jupiter actually exist?"

Banner nodded and said in a deep voice: "But there is no Mercury, Venus and Mars. I have seen several other mysterious planets. They are not modified based on the first three... but modified based on the earth."

Du Mu frowned and said, "You mean... those planets might just be different versions of Earth?"

Banner clicked the keyboard twice, and several images taken through the telescope appeared. "Based on the continents, atmosphere, vegetation, and ice and snow coverage, it is the Earth, without a doubt. And there are definitely signs of human existence, but there is no large-scale artificial light source, so it should still be in the ancient or Stone Age..."

Banner said, looking at the ancient buildings around him: "Just like this world?"

Du Mu felt heavy-hearted.

This artificial trace has become more obvious.

Whether it was five cloned Earths or five Earths abducted from another world, either possibility made the person behind the scenes of the entire world appear extremely exaggerated and powerful.

As far as the three worlds are concerned, the power system of Hogwarts is completely unable to reach this level. DC and Marvel can, but they are not easy to obtain.

The Infinity Gems in Marvel can even reshape the entire universe, but the problem is that according to the later Loki TV series, the Infinity Gems are more like keys to mobilize the power of the world itself. In other universes, they are just glowing stones.

The Kryptonians in DC should be able to move to Earth from other universes with the help of a little cross-time and space technology...but the problem is that after Du Mu was able to go to Gotham, he collected a lot of information, and Superman has not appeared in that world so far.

If Superman appeared, could lure the other person to a martial arts gym to become his disciple, and then let him bask in the sun, Du Mu couldn't even imagine how much he would improve.

But the problem is that Du Mu asked Alfred to help him investigate the Kent Farm in Kansas, which showed that the Kent couple had never had any children...

Could that DC be a pure Batman universe like the movies?
In Marvel comics, the Avengers and mutants are in the same worldview. However, due to copyright issues, Disney did not acquire the copyright of X-Men until after the release of Avengers 4 by acquiring Fox, which also resulted in the absence of mutants in the movie world.

This may also be the case with Batman, whether it is Nolan's version of Batman or the early Tim Burton version of Batman, there are no other superheroes.

Du Mu felt that he couldn't draw conclusions so easily, so he decided to continue exploring the DC world.

As long as he could abduct a Kryptonian, almost all of his problems could be solved.

When Du Mu left the martial arts gym and headed for the Bat Cave, he saw Bruce wearing a black bat costume and sitting in front of the central computer.

This is not surprising, but when Du Mu saw a photo on the screen, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

It's Superman.

To be precise, it is the diamond S on Superman's chest.

In fact, it's not just Superman, there's also Wonder Woman's wristband and Aquaman's trident.

and a Batman with a noticeably different outfit.

"This is……?"

Du Mu made a puzzled sound.

Batman turned his head slightly, saw Du Mu, then turned back to look at the screen.

"It is said that this is the Justice League in another world that protects the entire Earth from any evil invasion."

Batman looked at the Batman on the screen, narrowed his eyes slightly, and thought: "It seems that my alien world counterpart is also one of them."

Du Mu stepped forward and asked, "How did you get these contents?"

"The Court of Owls," Batman whispered.

"Not only the Justice League, I also heard a new term from them: the dark multiverse."

Du Mu looked puzzled, as this was also something that had never appeared in movies or animations.

Batman calmly explained, "In the eyes of several high-ranking members of the Court of Owls, our world is incomplete, dark, and doomed to extinction... This is something that the average Court of Owls member is unaware of, and it has a very high priority."

"So I used some tricks to find out more details."

"At least in the eyes of the highest-ranking Owl Priests, the lack of the Justice League, or the deaths of key members of the Justice League due to some kind of accident, or the fact that their behavior has become brutal and without bottom line, all mean that this world may be a dark universe."

"Is it possible?" Du Mu emphasized.

Batman nodded: "Yes, it is possible. Since they have no specific means of investigation, everything is based on speculation based on the so-called Justice League."

"It's just that the era we're in seems to be still very young, and the Justice League hasn't really been active yet. So even if there haven't been any Justice League members other than Gotham Batman, they're still not sure."

Du Mu looked at the Justice League on the screen and frowned deeply.

At this time Batman suddenly said: "You asked Alfred to help you check the Kent Farm in Kansas. What does this mean?"

Du Mu looked at Batman and asked curiously, "You have already found out about the Justice League, but you still don't know about Kent Farm?"

Batman was stunned. He suddenly realized something and turned to look at Du Mu and asked directly, "Master, do you also know about the Justice League?"

Du Mu nodded: "In our world, they are virtual movie and comic characters... just like in Banner's world, there is a comic called "Night Owl."

Batman frowned slightly, lost in thought.

He certainly didn't think his world was a caricature and start going crazy.

While exploring the innermost recesses of the Owl Clan, he had already noticed the existence of the multiverse and the subtle connections between different universes.

The story that creators from different worlds create other worlds out of inspiration due to the mutual interference of information is no more magical than the discovery of the multiverse itself.

Batman can even further speculate that, precisely because of the information disturbance between different universes, if the stories created are very close to the truth of another universe, other readers who have also received the information but have not created will inexplicably feel that these stories are very real and then become fans.

Therefore, the more popular a work is and the more audience it has, the more likely it is to contain information from another universe and partial truth.

But Batman would never take this as a basis, after all, the uncertainty is too great... just like there are no other members of the Justice League in this world.

perhaps.

"Kent Farms, Kansas, who's that?" Batman asked.

Du Mu pointed at the man in a cape with an S on his chest on the screen: "That's him, Superman, the strongest in the Justice League... well, at least the one with the greatest strength."

Batman nodded, then turned around and started to operate the computer again: "Then I will start searching for the existence of other people... Superman's identity is a secret, and the information obtained by the top officials of the Court of Owls does not know it."

"But Wonder Woman and Aquaman are from the Amazon tribe on Paradise Island and Atlantis under the sea respectively. They are both big targets. I will try my best to confirm whether they really exist within a month."

"By the way, I will monitor Kent Farm for a long time to confirm whether Superman has turned into another person or animal because of his counterpart."

Well, when Du Mu came to Gotham this time, he did have the idea of ​​asking Bruce for help in finding Superman.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived, the other party had already obtained the relevant information through the Court of Owls, which saved him the effort of explaining.

This also made Du Mu even more curious. What exactly is the Court of Owls in the comics? It sounds too unscientific to be able to access information from other parallel worlds.

However, recalling that the creation of claws seemed to require a certain degree of magical ritual, perhaps relying on the power of metaphysics.

Du Mu thought for a moment, took out the bottle of Shura's blood from his arms, and said, "Bruce, I would like you to help analyze the composition of this blood to see if we can produce inhibitory drugs."

Batman turned around, took the blood of Shura, and asked curiously: "Master, has some kind of plague broken out in your world?"

Du Mu thought for a moment and replied, "That's about right. Be careful not to get infected by the blood. It will spread through killing and fighting. If it spreads, it could be very troublesome."

Batman nodded, and then a cylindrical window extended from the computer desk. He put the blood and the bottle into it, and the steel cylinder sank back into the desktop.

Du Mu had purchased everything he needed, so he didn't stay in the bat cave any longer and went straight back to the martial arts gym.

Just then, he saw Peter Parker running to the martial arts gym in the middle of the night with an excited look on his face.

Du Mu always felt that the scene before him seemed familiar.

It seemed that the last time Peter came here so excitedly was because his true energy allowed him to deliver takeout.

This made Du Mu, who was excited about him, suddenly have no expectations.

But this time Peter Parker didn't wear the Spider suit, but ordinary casual clothes, holding a notebook. When he saw Du Mu, he excitedly said, "Master, you will never believe it. I recently met a doctor named Connors!"

"He is researching limb regeneration technology, and I actually found the key to that technology in the documents left by my father!"

(End of this chapter)