This time, the rope did not loop around his hands, but around his neck. Doctor Manhattan did not seem to have modified this part, and Arkham Batman experienced the full hanging process, dying just like that.
However, after he died, he could turn into a soul and remain on the field, and could even switch to his teammates' first-person perspectives. He thought this function was pretty good; he could watch his teammates complete the game as if he were right there with them.
The more infuriating part was that his other teammates' souls could stay too, and they could even communicate with each other. Constantine said smugly, "Well? I was fast enough, right? I should be the first one to complete a seal."
Arkham Batman truly could not be bothered to talk to him. He went over to Rorschach and said, "Thank you for blocking that knife for me. I admit I had some misunderstandings about you before. Perhaps I could invite you to the Presidential Palace for a talk."
Rorschach looked utterly dejected and could not hear a word Arkham Batman was saying. He said, "We completely messed this up. The devil is going to win. It must be because someone among us committed a sin, and that's why we didn't receive Christ's mercy..."
Arkham Batman sighed. Rorschach was the kind of person who would stay immersed in his own world and never come out. Switching to a religious channel made no difference; his head was full of thoughts about the devil defeating Christ, about his invincible Lord Jesus Christ possibly being harmed, and about how this was all because someone among them was guilty.
All Arkham Batman could say was that he finally started to feel a little glad he had matched with Constantine, because when it came