The Nameless Old Dragon stared blankly at Chen Tao, while Chen Tao stared back at him.
"Oh, no," the Nameless Old Dragon said.
"Don't you have anything to say before I lock you away for good?"
Chen Tao's feelings were complicated.
He had completely confirmed that the Nameless Old Dragon before him was a future version of himself. This was the first time he had ever met one of his future selves.
What Chen Tao meant was that ever since he had crossed into the DC Multiverse, he had seemed to be some kind of special existence. Superman, Batman, the entire Justice League, and even everyone else in the DC Multiverse all had counterparts in other universes. Chen Tao alone did not. The Batman in every parallel universe was Bruce Wayne; not one of them called himself Chen Tao.
Amid the endless sea of people, he had seen another version of himself for the first time.
"You're also Chen Tao, right?" he asked. "You're from the future..."
"I am..." The Nameless Old Dragon opened his mouth to answer, but suddenly found himself speechless.
Some invisible breeze brushed across the Nameless Old Dragon's mind, causing him to forget his own name in an instant.
"I don't know."
Chen Tao did not understand.
"What do you mean, you don't know?"
"I mean I don't know what my name is. The concept has been completely erased from my mind. Past me, listen to me. Something is wrong. You think you defeated me? No. In my history, I also defeated a future version of myself. We form some kind of cycle."
The Nameless Old Dragon suddenly clutched his head. "No, that's not right. Why don't I remember any of this? Did someone alter my memories and make me completely forget that I once met