Black Death Knight William Hand Had Been Waiting for a Long Time!

Brainiac getting mixed up with The Batman Who Laughs was something Chen Tao had never expected. He turned and questioned the other man, then asked The Batman Who Laughs to explain the details to him.

"There aren't any details. Simply put, Brainiac thinks he's already become too deeply entangled in the conflict between us. His only goal in the end is to take away Reverse-Flash's Flashpoint universe."

Cough, spit. Chen Tao didn't believe a single word of that. Even if The Batman Who Laughs hadn't embellished anything—but was it true? After fighting for so long, at this exact moment? All for one universe? Was he joking?

But Chen Tao said nothing more. Instead, he let The Batman Who Laughs continue. "Brainiac also said that Anti-Monitor had already gone somewhat mad, and that he was afraid of him."

Chen Tao continued waiting for what came next, but The Batman Who Laughs suddenly fell silent.

"And then?"

"That's all. He only said those things. I swear it on my life."

Chen Tao glanced at Barbatos.

"What The Batman Who Laughs said is true." Barbatos nodded.

Chen Tao frowned. He was certain that The Batman Who Laughs had absolutely not told the whole story. It was merely the little trick of a montage lie—revealing part of the truth to create a misunderstanding. But he also knew that even if he killed the other man now, he still wouldn't talk.

Chen Tao gave up.

Then he said, "The Batman Who Laughs, Barbatos has assigned you to me now, so I'm going to give you an important mission."

Beside him, Barbatos blinked his enormous eyes.

"And that mission is—" Before Chen Tao could finish, he was about to make his move, but then he suddenly stopped.

He had originally intended to butcher The Batman Who