Batman Would Never Wear Hockey Pads, and He Always Wins (A Movie Reference)

Perhaps Chen Tao could have retorted:

"You don't know what I've done. I did A, B, and C."

But Chen Tao knew those words would never convince Reverse-Flash.

Reverse-Flash knew about that matter...

He knew Chen Tao had deliberately indulged Emperor Joker in hopes of using him.

On this point alone, Chen Tao could not deny it.

"For your own purposes, you can release Emperor Joker from his cage without caring how many deaths, how much destruction, and how much ruin he might cause."

"Then why can't I do the same?"

Chen Tao was accusing Reverse-Flash of running away. He accused him of doing nothing but constantly rebooting the world, even going so far as to act as a traitor.

But to Reverse-Flash, if Batman Dragon could stop at nothing to achieve victory, then he could do the same to protect his own universe.

That included never facing the enemy head-on, but fleeing with his universe.

That included constantly rebooting time and cutting off his world's future.

That included...

Betrayal.

His betrayal was entirely justified. When there was no hope in sight, what right did anyone have to demand loyalty?

Chen Tao looked at Reverse-Flash.

"Do it," Reverse-Flash said.

"What more is there to say to a traitor?"

Chen Tao knew that Reverse-Flash still wanted to deceive him at this point. He was waiting for a chance to fight to the death, and he was about to make his move.

So Chen Tao sighed.

"You know..."

He turned sideways, giving Reverse-Flash a chance to attack him—a chance that Reverse-Flash believed could save his universe, a hope. But immediately afterward, he would snatch that hope away.

Chen Tao knew it was cruel, but he had no choice.

"When Batman had just begun fighting crime in Gotham City, he gained a group