The Way of Expressing Love and Batman's Evil Plan

"Wait, Emperor Joker isn't finished?"

Barbatos suddenly noticed an important problem. He had been distracted, gazing up at the upstream end of the Over-Time Stream, especially at Parallax Hal's position. Their last clash still left him shaken whenever he thought about it. He really did not want Parallax Hal to perform another vanishing act in front of him.

But when he shifted his gaze slightly away from Brainiac, he discovered that Emperor Joker had not been completely finished off by Parallax Hal as he had imagined. Instead, he had swallowed Mister Mxyzptlk's power and was now confronting Hal.

"Don't worry," Brainiac said beside him. "You should be paying attention to the Blackest Night that Black Death Emperor has unleashed. He may need our help at any moment."

"Batman currently needs Parallax Hal to come down from the upstream end of the Over-Time Stream and help him. Emperor Joker and Batman are natural enemies, so isn't it perfect that he's helping us hold Parallax Hal back? You only need to stop Hal from coming down. Let them fight it out upstream in the Over-Time Stream."

Barbatos nodded. He felt that something was not quite right, but he could not put his finger on what it was. In the end, he said:

"You don't need to teach me."

After a pause, he continued, "But I still feel that something is wrong. Did Mister Mxyzptlk appear there by accident? Or did he finally sense Emperor Joker? But Emperor Joker keeps claiming that Batman gave Mister Mxyzptlk to him. Could this be another scheme by Batman Dragon...?"

Hearing this, Brainiac took the matter somewhat more seriously.

He turned his head, and Barbatos saw row after row of data flash across his pink eyes.

"No matter what Batman is planning, there is no doubt that