"I've come to see you again."
Chen Tao said to the First Lantern.
"What do you mean, again? Haven't we been sitting here the whole time..."x2
The First Lantern understood what was happening the moment Chen Tao simultaneously spoke the words he was about to say.
The Batman Dragon, who had been communicating with him normally just a moment ago, had suddenly spoken his next words?
The future of the Over-Time Stream had been disturbed.
"Can you answer a question for me?"
The First Lantern heard Batman's words.
"What is it? Go ahead."
"You..."
Chen Tao wanted to say something, but suddenly felt somewhat lost. After considering his words, he spoke:
"Have you ever regretted it? No—or rather, have you ever felt lost?"
Before the First Lantern could answer, he heard the Batman Dragon deliver the rest of the sentence as if passing final judgment.
"What if you knew clearly and unambiguously that the end of the road was ultimately death?"
"Clearly and unambiguously? Then I'd change it." The First Lantern spoke with certainty.
"It can't be changed." But that was the Batman Dragon's reply.
"It can. Anything dictated by fate can be changed."
"But you have no choice but to choose this fate. You willingly choose this fate. You don't want to change it. This isn't a matter of human strength having limits—you chose to do this."
That was what he heard the Batman Dragon say.
The First Lantern fell silent.
He began to realize that the timeline in which this Batman had returned was far later than he had imagined.
"Can't it really be changed?"
"It really can't. You're doomed."
Chen Tao saw the First Lantern's lips begin to tremble.
"But at least I'm not dead yet," he said.
"You intend to charge into the Multiversal Convergence." Chen