Batman Suffered a Forced Kiss, The Merciless: Triple Bull?! (A 5,000-Character Chapter)

When The Merciless charged at him like a madman, Chen Tao felt his head about to explode.

After assessing his current abilities, Chen Tao was absolutely capable of defeating any member of the Dark Knights one-on-one in a head-on fight. Even the boost from Barbatos's energy wouldn't change the outcome.

That was already powerful enough. After all, every member of the Dark Knights, empowered by Barbatos's energy, had defeated their counterparts from their respective universes in a direct one-on-one battle.

But being able to defeat someone didn't mean being able to kill them instantly. That was why The Batman Who Laughs had sent The Merciless here. Every second Chen Tao wasted on The Merciless meant one less second of attention and suppression on The Batman Who Laughs.

Giving The Batman Who Laughs time to develop would absolutely lead to a horrifying result.

Barbatos, Perpetua, Lex Luthor of the Prime Universe, and even Superman, Batman, and a whole host of other victims from the Prime Universe had all proven that.

(Note: They briefly suppressed The Batman Who Laughs in Metal, Death Metal, and Batman/Superman, among many other issues, but were ultimately killed in return.)

So, to prevent The Batman Who Laughs from eventually saying that disgusting line—"Everything is going according to plan"—Chen Tao had never intended to fight The Merciless himself. He had arranged for Bane and the insane retro version of Wonder Woman to deal with him.

To make sure no one would be unable to handle The Merciless, he had even assigned Dread Lantern, who had achieved a balance between three kinds of power, to Bane. Bane was then placed fully in charge of restraining The Merciless.

Wonder Woman Who Laughs would attack The Merciless's mind, Dread Lantern would suppress his body, and Bane would summon zombies to fight