"The old Bat from the Prime Universe has come looking for you. He's about to find your true body."
Barbatos's avatar told Chen Tao.
"I know."
He nodded, then said to Barbatos, "You need to guide the Prime Universe Bat, making them appear at the right moment without realizing it."
Then he turned to face Anti-Monitor. "I'll leave deceiving World Forger to you."
Invisible strings of manipulation spread from Chen Tao's body, gradually enveloping the entire situation.
He was like a cunning spider, quietly waiting for his prey to walk into the trap.
Chen Tao had not felt this way in a long time. Before this, he had always been constrained on all sides. But when First Lantern died before him, and when the Batman known as Nameless Old Dragon was loaded onto his body by the Alfred Protocol, the invisible shackles that had been hindering his actions finally vanished.
He could once again lay out his plans at leisure, guiding matters toward the direction he desired. The existence and complete resurrection of Anti-Monitor had given him the basic conditions to scheme against World Forger in reverse.
He had already obtained Hawkman Carter's mace ahead of time through Luther and William.
And from the moment Luther first began sharing information about Green Lantern Hal's classic [Darkseid Manifestation] with Chen Tao, he had already considered making a move against Darkseid.
But he had never expected World Forger to be the one who ultimately fell for it.
World Forger himself probably had not expected it either.
"There's one more thing I'm afraid I need to repeat to you, Anti-Monitor. You don't just need to deceive World Forger. You also need to disrupt the ability of all Sixth-Dimensional Gods to look back through history."
"Hm? Are you guarding against my other brother?"
"Yes."