The Empty Hand Has Arrived, So Please Don't Leave (Thanks to Alliance Master NOXYZ, Sob)

Perpetua focused on sensing that finger of hers.

She could no longer feel it at all.

This startled Perpetua somewhat. Batman Dragon had exaggerated the danger of The Batman Who Laughs endlessly in front of her, and Perpetua had not voiced any objection out of... well, politeness?

Fine. It was disdain.

Before The Batman Who Laughs actually made his move, Perpetua had never believed that he truly possessed the ability to completely block her perception of that finger. Even if the finger had been cut off, it was still a part of her flesh.

With power like The Batman Who Laughs possessed, he could at most touch Mandrakk's Servitor God. He had not even reached the level of a sixth-dimensional deity, let alone Barbatos. Although Batman Dragon had repeatedly emphasized to her that once the finger was cut off, it would be completely seized by The Batman Who Laughs, Perpetua had still maintained a strange sense of making a profit without investing anything. She had always felt, You don't understand at all. I can actually reclaim my capital without investing anything, but there's no getting through to you, so just pretend I invested it! That strange arrogance had persisted, but The Batman Who Laughs's actions had now genuinely shocked her.

Perpetua, the Mother of the Multiverse, began to sense danger.

A successful schemer should be able to consider the consequences of failure while still holding the upper hand, and Perpetua was that kind of person.

As early as the Infinite Earths Crisis, Perpetua had already been plotting her own resurrection. The Anti-Monitor and Parallax Hal had both once been pawns she used to create the Crisis Force.

Now, as she once again reached this stalemate, Perpetua still held the advantage, but she had nevertheless prepared a contingency for her possible