The Batman Who Laughs: What the Hell Is This? I've Never Seen Anything Like It-How Do You Counter It? I'm Desperate

"Cackle, cackle, cackle! Everything is within my plan!"

No one understood plans better than The Batman Who Laughs.

The Batman Who Laughs remained in prison, not because he had been captured after making a mistake, but because he had calculated everything. Serving time was simply part of his plan.

See? Hadn't he come right back out again, fresh as a daisy?

That idiot Monitor had been completely toyed with by The Batman Who Laughs. Earlier, Barbatos had ordered him to collect information on Monitor and capture his body in the lower reaches of the Over-Time Stream, intending to combine that body with the brain Barbatos had bought from Anti-Monitor and create a super bomb capable of destroying the Multiverse. (Note: For this bomb, refer to the ending of Dark Nights: Metal. After The Batman Who Laughs pulled it out, Batman and Joker joined forces to stop him.)

Although The Batman Who Laughs had always been saying, "Boss, I'm working on the job you gave me, I really am," only to hand Barbatos a "New Folder.jpg," that didn't mean he had never actually made a move against Monitor.

At the critical moment, Monitor had extended a helping hand to The Batman Who Laughs, treating him as an immune cell capable of saving the Over-Time Stream. That wasn't because Monitor had lost his mind. It was all thanks to the favor The Batman Who Laughs had built up through his previous efforts!

So the statement "everything is within The Batman Who Laughs' plan" was entirely deserved. There wasn't a trace of luck involved—everything had been meticulously planned.

The moment he escaped, The Batman Who Laughs stabbed Monitor in the back. Not only did he fail to maintain the balance of the entire Over-Time Stream as Monitor had expected, but he quickly found