Supreme Superboy and Time Trapper wreaked havoc in the densely populated city. They should have had no idea how many people they had killed, but by now, under Chen Tao's overlay of another timeline, they had beaten a pile of corpses into existence.
But regardless, the battle continued. The two of them fought farther and farther away, flying higher and higher. Before long, they fought their way out of the atmosphere and into space.
By now, Time Trapper had realized that it was impossible for him to face Supreme Superboy head-on. His opponent was too young, yet powerful enough.
But that did not matter. The Batman Who Laughs and he had already discussed a plan. The other party truly lived up to being Batman—the plan was extremely meticulous, with almost no possibility of error.
The Batman Who Laughs had long since guessed that Batman Dragon would try to lure him with the Cosmic Tuning Fork. This was how he had put it:
"Look, Time Trapper. When you're fighting Supreme Superboy and discover the Tuning Fork, you'll immediately realize that it's the only way to threaten Supreme Superboy and turn the tables. So what you'll do is try to drag the battlefield over to the Tuning Fork."
"—But all of this should be the other side's trap."
What came next was the part Time Trapper found most difficult to understand.
The Batman Who Laughs had directly described to him the plan Batman Dragon and Murder Machine might carry out, and the facts before them had proven that he was right.
They really did intend to use the Tuning Fork to lure him away.
"When you're stupid enough to try to seize the Tuning Fork, you'll be caught in the trap they prepared in advance. Then, while you're trapped, they'll immediately drop