Chen Tao had no intention of continuing to argue with the Hero Day in front of him.
Whether he was pretending or genuine, whatever his plans were, Chen Tao still had no way to directly prove that something was wrong with him. But he had not changed his mind about capturing and restraining him alive.
At worst, if he captured the wrong person, he could do what he had done to Darkseid before—implant nanomachines in Green Lantern Hal's brain—and apologize afterward.
He would rather sincerely apologize afterward than take the risk. You could say he was using his own will to forcefully bully the weak, that he was a cold and exceptional dictator, and you would not be wrong. Chen Tao did not deny any of that. But he was Batman.
That was simply how he operated.
Hero Day was nothing like Supergirl Kara, who had once been a spy. At least Chen Tao had been able to understand how Kara was controlled back then.
If he could understand it, he could grasp the limits, use them to turn the tables, and counterattack. But Chen Tao could not find anything wrong with this Hero Day. He merely suspected him.
Capturing him was still safer.
In short, Bane's ambush plan had failed because of Chen Tao.
He should not have hesitated. Now, he could only force the issue. Even if he had to bear the unknown danger of using Fifth-Dimensional Power against what might be a magical creature, he still had to do it.
Chen Tao did not know what changes Doomsday had undergone within The Black. He had no information on his opponent.
Chen Tao had always disliked acting directly when he lacked information, only to suffer the Bat Family's negative buff of "Batman was unfortunately killed on first sight