The appearance of Super Brainiac in their deductions cast another shadow over the Batmen. It was as if they had entered a world of nested boxes, one stacked atop another, each stronger than the last. Anyone could be the mastermind, and now the mastermind had them running themselves ragged.
"So the mastermind lost to Brainiac again, so it falsely claimed to be Brainiac? Then what about Batman? Why did it call itself Batman?"
"Same reason. It might have lost to some Batman too." Batwoman was already quite familiar with this pattern. "Whoever it loses to, it pretends to be them, trying to turn others against them—a thoroughly childish trick."
"That is worth examining," Mechanical Batman said. "I am not trying to praise the enemy, but the fact that we are gathered here discussing this proves that ordinary carbon-based lifeforms are inherently at a disadvantage against Electronic Life. They can create countless threads to cause trouble everywhere, while dealing with even one disaster leaves us exhausted. In a modern society, it becomes even more difficult. Even if we defeat them, it is hard to eliminate them completely. It can hardly be called victory—only a temporary repulsion."
"Looking at the mastermind's opponents, Scarlet Witch's strength needs no explanation. If Super Brainiac really exists, he must be extremely powerful as well. Both of them defeated the mastermind head-on and nearly destroyed it, which was why it held such a grudge. And if Batman did the same... which Batman could be that powerful?"
"It definitely was not Owlman's group." Arkham Batman snorted. "Every one of them is useless. If Owlman's universe was attacked too, he has probably not even realized it is a Multiverse disaster yet. He would still be there struggling alone."
"I think this involves a crucial question," Batwoman said. "This thing