In the Sunlight, the Monkey Was Sadly Crowned Human

We were all more or less trapped by something, a manifestation of something deep within our hearts.

Sometimes, it was something good, like a kiss, a hug, or a hand resting on your shoulder in the dark—a birthday candle lit amid the darkness.

Of course, sometimes it was something terrible, too.

A slap, an argument, a hysterical roar, a bowl shattered beneath bright lights.

But sometimes, what trapped us was not those bad things, but the better ones.

A magnificent dream.

The obsession you could never let go of, something you sought but could never obtain.

It dragged you into the abyss. Your life was imprisoned and hardened by this good thing, turning you into the person you had always wanted to become.

And you were powerless to resist.

Let us establish one fact first:

Supreme Superboy could never give up resurrecting his world.

Just as First Lantern could never give up resurrecting Earth-15, these two sworn enemies were remarkably similar in this regard.

They could only strive toward that goal, like Sisyphus pushing his boulder, trying again and again after every failure until the day they died.

Even if he knew that goal was impossible to achieve. Even if, deep down, they understood better than anyone how slim the chances of success truly were.

But they could no longer give up.

They could only continue, because...

Because if he did not strive toward that goal, then he...

He would not be able to go on living.

When Chen Tao saw Supreme Superboy Monkey swing his fist and suppress Barbatos, who was under Anti-Monitor's control, so completely that he could not fight back, his brain kept sending him warnings. Chen Tao temporarily named this feeling Bat-Sense, much like the jolt Peter Parker from the neighboring Spider-Man experienced.