A retired magician raises a bucket daily

The time that was frozen in this city flowed again, the moon returned to its normal size, it was not very obvious in the sky that was about to turn white, and it was no longer as oppressive as before, making them feel as if they were being driven by a huge The eyeballs are monitoring, all the electronic noises that have disappeared have returned again, some emergency broadcasts are coming from the TVs that are not turned off in some rooms, all the TV anchors are discussing the strange phenomena that have appeared in the sky above Gotham, the voices of men and women are blending, Echoes in this quiet city.

After a few minutes, the people who lost consciousness due to the magic performed by Merlin consciously got up from the ground and walked back home one by one as if they were sleepwalking. A bizarre illusion, a conjecture in the mind.

After seeing the clown's body missing, Reed and Jason rushed back to the Batcave.

The scope of the magic and the world that Tony said was made up of code, all of which exceeded their initial expectations.

"We were confused by what the clown said, he said it was a 'dream', so we discussed it from the heroic spirit with powerful 'mind control' at the beginning, but in fact the ability of the other heroic spirit exists on the virtual level , that is to say, it is very likely that it is a top hacker or intelligent AI... Wait, can these also become heroic spirits?" Tony rubbed his chin and began to think, and he came up with an idea. In a few minutes, he tried to attack the loopholes in this virtual world through the string of cheat codes, but the speed of the opponent's withdrawal was so fast that even Jarvis didn't keep the opponent.

"The Hall of Valor is an existence beyond time, including the past, present, future, all timelines and all parallel universes." Reid explained that he had discussed this with Weber before, "The previous summoning of the spirits was Those who need holy relics, the so-called holy relics have already limited the scope of summoning - from the past. But this time is different, these summons are not according to the person's wishes, but have great randomness, and the scope of summoning has become very large , the heroic spirits summoned by the clowns may exist outside of our cognition."

"OK, so according to your point of view, the Heroic Spirit on the opposite side may be a dimensionality reduction blow to us?" Tony spread his hands, "Then how do we fight? Maybe we are under the other party's surveillance right now."

"But we can also see each other's situation." Reid said.The magic left by him and Jason when they went to the clown's factory has successfully penetrated into all the protective shields after one night, and it's their fault that they didn't cover the factory with the barrier, so When Tony and Tim cracked the enchantment called 'dream', Reed was working hard to establish himself and the magic there.

Golden light spots flowed in the air, and then formed a rough shape of a factory.

The entire building, including the various rooms and even the basement in it, are clearly displayed in front of everyone. The entities condensed by the light spots represent the people in it. Although the heroic spirits cannot be seen, they can still distinguish their locations.

The person in the largest room who was walking back and forth was probably a clown, at least the pace and walking posture were almost exactly the same as the clown in their impression.In the house on the second floor, many people gathered. They were all sitting on the ground, as if they were trapped in their bodies.

"Those should be the children who were taken away..." Reed frowned.

"How come there are so many?" Dick was a little surprised. After he became a criminal policeman, the most unbearable thing he saw was the cases of child abduction. He had his bonuses deducted several times because he was chasing crimes. The opponent's hand was too heavy, and it was used as medical expenses.

"What's he trying to do to these kids?" Tony felt bad too, "How long has it been...they need rescue."

Just as he finished speaking, Steve's figure appeared behind him, and one of his hands was put on Tony's shoulder, like a silent protection.Tony glanced sideways, not understanding what he was going to do all of a sudden.

"Reed," the white-haired heroic spirit that appeared from the air called him. Merlin was a little tired after solving the nightmare in the whole city, but his tone sank, and said to him, "It's about to start."

Bruce and Heroic Spirit looked at each other, with emotions in the other's eyes that others couldn't understand, and he slowly smiled at Bruce.That smile made Bruce's hair stand on end, and his instinct of more than 20 years of vigilante career made him aware of the danger of this heroic spirit.

Reed hadn't realized Merlin's meaning: "What?"

"The Holy Grail has appeared." Merlin said, "He has collected all the energy needed, and the malice, fear, and despair that were born in just a few hours are enough to support the essence of this Holy Grail to 'fulfill wishes'."

All the heroic spirits present felt the huge fluctuation of magic power, as if they were ostentatiously telling everyone: Come and get me.

"The clown wants to use the Holy Grail to achieve his goal, but he must not be allowed to get that..." Reed said, he was stunned for a few seconds, the tragedy of Fuyuki City 11 years ago reappeared in his Right now, "No one knows what the contents of that holy grail will turn into in the end."

The holy grail that has collected so much negativity has the potential to become the second all evil of this world.

How will they stop Gotham from being corrupted by that time?

"It's time—Mr. Wayne?" Reid looked at Bruce Wayne not far away, who was staring at the servant he summoned solemnly.

Two people who can be said to be exactly the same look at each other, but it makes people feel a strange sense of incongruity.

"What exactly are you trying to do?" Bruce asked him, approaching him step by step, "What is your purpose?"

Even without that Batman armor on, the Gotham babe's scowling face, cold blue eyes, is enough to scare most people.

But Heroic Spirit is very familiar with this set of operations, because he is also Batman, Bruce Wayne of another world, the person who is most familiar with himself in the world.

"Do you think such a little deterrence can scare me?" The corner of Yingling's mouth raised.It was then that Reed suddenly understood what the incongruity he felt was.

——This heroic spirit obviously has a face of Bruce Wayne, but there seems to be a clown inside.

"who are you?"

"Oh, you all like to ask that, right?" Heroic Spirit called out his name in a low and gentle voice, as if calling a female partner at a dance, "Bruce, your etiquette class didn't teach you that way."

"Let me introduce myself again, I'm Bruce Wayne," he said in a soft tone, blinking his eyes, and fainted with a malicious smile in the ice blue: "A... clown That's all."

"It really is you." Merlin sighed. He did have this guess. He thought that the heroic spirit he had foreseen at the beginning would be summoned, but he didn't expect that he would be summoned after being stabbed with a sword. Cleverly disguised himself.Merlin said quietly: "At that time, the attack should have been more serious."

"It's you." The Laughing Bat obviously still has the memory of that time period. When he was first summoned, he was stabbed unpreparedly. He didn't even look at the appearance of the Master or the surrounding environment. Qing was sent back to the Hall of Valor, but during that short period of time, the Holy Grail had given him all the common sense in this world, so that he quickly realized that this was his parallel universe.

So when he was summoned for the second time, he changed all his spiritual clothes one second before he was summoned, and was summoned in a suit and leather shoes.

After seeing his surroundings and realizing who it was who summoned him, he had a great plan - a plan for how to bring down the Batman of this world - and before that, he had to do a bit of camouflage .

"So what you said...was lying to me?" Jason asked him, he seemed to be trying to make himself look normal, he was used to it, wasn't he?Anyway, for them, his death was nothing more than a result of overreaching their own capabilities and suffering the consequences of themselves.

"You mean to kill the clown?" The Laughing Bat stared at Jason with madness in his eyes. Jason was the most important part of his plan and he couldn't make mistakes. "Of course I killed him."

"Then I understood him." His eyes didn't shift in any way, and they fell on Jason's eyes, as if he was looking for the most vulnerable part of his heart, "but not for you, dear."

"In my world, you have lived once, and I think you have let go of that hatred." The Laughing Bat said, "But I killed you, and of course Dick, Tim, Barbara... ...because y'all don't accept me as I am, and Alfred and Dammy...oh, Dammy, Daddy's boy, you're the only one who accepts and understands me."

Like a poisonous snake, he swam past everyone gently with his voice, entwining them tightly unconsciously.

Robin took a step back, this is the first time he saw such a crazy expression on Bruce's face, the devil's son was full of disgust, he couldn't accept that in another world his father had become a Crazy——I can't accept that I became a fool in that world.

"But what I mentioned to you is true, Jason." The Laughing Bat said, "It is true that Bruce killed the clown for you."

He wanted to go in Jason's direction, but Bruce held a sharp batarang against his chin and growled threateningly, "Stay away from him!"

The Laughing Bat paused, stopped in his tracks, and continued: "But that Bruce also killed the criminals in that whole world at the same time... so do you know how easy it is for me to invade that world? Ha, Superman who was easily killed by kryptonite, Wonder Woman who was obsessed with art, the Flash who couldn't run fast, Iron Man who was hollowed out by spending time and money, Captain America who chose to live in seclusion... Vulnerable Heroes, there are too many."

"You destroyed a lot of worlds?!" Dick frowned, his expression full of disappointment. He looked at Batman, obviously they used to be the best partner, a dynamic duo, but now he didn't seem to know this person.

The Laughing Bat's throat moved, and he could feel the oppressive feeling of the bat dart getting closer, but he still laughed indifferently, as if provoking Bruce in front of him: "As many as stars, kid."