American Comics: What Evil Plans Could Batman Conceive?
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[Warning! Warning! An anchoring item has been detected in your possession: Joker's Crystal Coffin] [Converted Crisis Energy: ∞]
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Chen Tao could hardly believe his eyes.
[Syncing: The Batman Who Laughs!] [The Batman Who Laughs! Laughing! Laughing! Error! Error!] [Activating emergency shielding! Emergency shielding!]
After a dazzling series of silver-white characters flashed by, the text on Chen Tao's retinas finally stabilized.
[Converted Crisis Energy: 80] [Your current Crisis Energy Units: 164] [Warning. Downloading Batman-targetable file] [Shattered Bat] [Danger Level: C] [In a certain Dark Multiverse, at the end of the Knightfall event, Batman failed to defeat his fallen apprentice, the villainous Death Angel, Jean-Paul. Batman's identity changed hands. Death Angel renamed himself Saint Batman and began a bloody, tyrannical reign of terror over Gotham. After Bruce Wayne was vivisected and his essential organs preserved, he was forced to spend the next thirty years watching Death Angel's deeds in Gotham City. After being rescued by Lady Shiva and Bane's son, he was healed by miniature Bat robots made with nanotechnology and became a cyborg. However, thirty years of torment had completely broken the once-just Dark Knight, Batman. The Shattered Bat, who had embraced the darkness, killed Death Angel and every ally who stood in his way, becoming Gotham's new ruler.] [Would you like to immediately consume 80 Crisis Energy Units to synchronize?]
Chen Tao rubbed his chin, his fingertips brushing over the butt-like cleft in Batman's chin.
Joker-Man had given him 40 Crisis Energy Units before, but synchronization had consumed 40 of them.
This time was the same. He had been given 80 Crisis Energy Units, and this new Batman happened to require exactly 80. It was
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