"Why are you looking at me?" Schiller glared at Loki. "I'm just an obscure psychologist from Earth. You're the con artist famous across the galaxy."
"And who do you think made me into a con artist?" Loki glared back at Schiller. "Is there any psychologist in the world better at soliciting clients or charging higher fees than you?"
The two stared each other down for a long while before finally deciding to shut up before the other could dredge up their embarrassing past.
Thor clearly did not want to dwell on Loki's dark history either, so he steered the conversation back to the main topic.
"Like I said, the Hui Crystals and this Crystal Energy Blocking Fog may both have been created by an Advanced Alien Civilization, but I don't know what the other civilization's purpose was."
"That's why I wanted you to share the clues each of you found." Schiller shrugged. "Then I'll tell you what I discovered."
The two Batmen exchanged another glance. Overlord Batman looked at the fragment of a totem pole in Schiller's hand.
Then he surveyed the surroundings. He had noticed earlier that everyone here knew Schiller. It seemed Doctor Schiller was an important figure in every universe, so why had he never heard of him in his own universe?
Overlord Batman thought carefully, then looked at Overlord Superman. Overlord Superman gently shook his head, indicating that he had not known him before either.
The two traded looks and decided to investigate thoroughly after they returned. But for now, Overlord Batman also wanted to know the truth. Time had been too short, and the clues they had found were incomplete. They could only piece the story together by exchanging information, so he spoke first. "I found a great deal of information in the research institute,