This Was All Part of My Plan-The Batman Who Laughs' (Strikethrough) Murder Machine's Plan

The Batman Who Laughs had taken Cyborg for a reason. In his plan, Cyborg was even more important than the person known as the Flash, the human "free-roaming vehicle for the Over-Time Stream."

Cyborg could connect to the energy of the Multiverse through the Mother Box. With that energy empowering him, the Batman Who Laughs could help his ally escape the restrictions the timeline placed on him. With that ally's existence, his plan could continue unfolding.

So how could he not have prepared safeguards for something this important?

Although the attacker who had struck at Cyborg was not Batman Dragon, the "attack" itself had ultimately been part of his plan—

But before the Batman Who Laughs could speak, Murder Machine interrupted him first.

"I know you must have prepared a contingency for someone trying to take Cyborg away."

Murder Machine said, "Let me guess. You suspected it would be Batman Dragon, so you must have prepared for his abilities too, right? Metal Spirit? You're not good at dealing with magic, but magic is still limited by science... Let me guess... a computer virus?"

The Batman Who Laughs heard the other party pause before saying, "But this was all part of my Murder Machine's plan."

The Batman Who Laughs: ...

The other party had stolen all his lines, and the funniest part was...

He had guessed correctly.

"But an ordinary computer virus couldn't possibly hurt Batman Dragon."

"Do you think I would try to deal with Batman Dragon using an ordinary computer virus?"

The Batman Who Laughs and Murder Machine spoke almost simultaneously, saying nearly the same thing.

The Batman Who Laughs realized that the other party was trying to put pressure on him. Interesting. Truly too interesting.

Under normal circumstances, this sort of thing was usually what the Batman Who