"So? You went to all this trouble just to wait until my performance was over and laugh like maniacs here for no reason?"
The Batman Who Laughs bared his teeth in a cold smile. He simply changed back into his original outfit and swept his gaze around the room.
The atmosphere in the room was indeed lively. Two-Face and Harley Quinn were discussing how difficult it had been to study in those days. Penguin was telling Main Universe Batman the details of how he had made his fortune. The leading figures of various academic circles had gathered to study other ways of poisoning Batman. Even Riddler had gotten some Superman merchandise from Main Universe Batman and was turning it over in his hands with admiration.
Of everyone in the room, only Schiller seemed to have any free time. Laughing Man looked at him and began one of his signature long-winded speeches.
"Do you really think any of what you're doing has meaning? If that young Batman hadn't acted so recklessly and exposed too much information in front of me, I never would have thought to disguise myself as him."
"For people who know him well, my disguise may indeed have been imperfect. But that doesn't matter. There are far more people in this universe who don't know him. So long as I act under his identity and casually kill a few native residents of some universes, he can forget about smoothly helping Barbatos carry out any plan."
"Yes, he will become the public enemy of the universe instead of me. Today is merely a small opening ceremony. No matter where you chase me, I can appear in some corner of the universe and commit the evil deeds you speak of while wearing the identity of that mad Batman."
"Isn't that