hotmtlnovel Chapter 2260 Jincheng comes late in autumn (5)
Chapter 2260 Jincheng comes late in autumn (5)
Chapter 2260: Late Autumn in Jincheng (Fifty)
As I said, the bigger your heart is, the bigger the stage is; the bigger the stage is, the bigger your mouth is for eating the budget; the bigger the stall is, the easier it is to come up with various pretexts, which not only allows you to ask for more budget, but also makes it more difficult to track where the budget goes.
Bruce first used all kinds of reports to confuse Barbatos, and then he kept the advantage of 80 to 60 on my side, expanding the ambitions of Barbatos and Owl. Finally, he made up a lot of dark energy for other purposes with a wide variety of reasons and complicated terms.
Some people may say that Barbatos himself is the source of darkness, and dark energy is a part of him. How could he not know where his energy is being used?
In fact, dark energy cannot circulate infinitely. It will also be consumed. As long as some operations are performed to increase the loss, the energy that has not been consumed can be sent into the black box without anyone noticing, making Barbatos think that the energy that has disappeared is actually consumed.
When talking about the black box, we have to mention Constantine, but in fact, sending energy to Constantine is still risky, because there is no telling which Constantine might run into the Court of Owls. Bruce took a more cautious approach.
He had previously met Strange, the Sorcerer Supreme, in the merged new city. Bruce had told him at the time that since they were not locals, the wizards from the merged Earth were actually a more secretive black box than Constantine.
Also, because the old Earth 616 did not bring the entire universe with it, the wizards were disconnected from the source of their power. Apart from the stored energy, they could no longer obtain new energy for casting magic.
So Strange and Bruce from the fused Earth hit it off, and Bruce lent his own black money to the wizards from the fused Earth, and the wizards used this power to help him do work.
The job is very simple, which is to harass the magical forces in various universes, such as hell, the spirit world, and Maia. Once the portal is opened, there will be a big commotion. After that, you have to keep some energy to prove your identity.
"Wait a minute, why do you do this?" Diana asked when Bruce said this. She said, "Although hell sounds evil, if they don't actively attack the human world, they are not enemies, right?"
Lex snorted coldly and said, "It will happen sooner or later, because it is obvious that they will never not attack the human world. These non-human creatures are like this."
Clark and Diana looked at each other, obviously feeling that they were being scolded, but they really had no room for rebuttal, especially Diana. She knew how many times the family on Mount Olympus had come to Earth to cause trouble.
They looked at Bruce again, obviously because Bruce would never allow the plan to move forward to this step for this reason. Although they knew that Batman was also a human supremacist, he usually took a defensive counterattack approach rather than extreme alien extermination.
But Bruce looked at Schiller, which caused everyone else to look at Schiller. Schiller nodded and said, "Well, I always like to plan ahead, unlike someone who makes his habits known to the world and then we have to clean up the mess in the end."
"How to say?"
"I need a mastermind." Schiller tapped the armrest of the chair with the tips of his fingers and said, "Don't stare at me. This person is not me, and it can't be me."
Schiller's previous experience in the fighting world made him realize that sometimes they made too much noise and attracted too many onlookers, which led to the spread of the news from one person to ten people, and from ten to a hundred people, and thus gave Schiller some overly exaggerated titles, so that a bad habit of preventing fire, theft and Schiller was set off in the universe.
Fortunately, Schiller was well aware that intelligent life is forgetful and even more suspicious. Seeing is believing, hearing is not. Most people's understanding of Schiller actually comes from hearsay from a few big mouths. They are not clear about his abilities and have never seen Schiller do anything with their own eyes.
This leaves Schiller with a glimmer of room for a comeback. As long as there is more conclusive evidence of a mastermind behind the scenes than him, his case will naturally be over. Some people may even suspect that Schiller is just a cover, a target used by the real mastermind to divert everyone's attention.
It sounds ridiculous, but Batman would be the first to suspect this, because usually Schiller is far away from them, but some things are very close to them, even everywhere.
This is the main reason why Schiller chose Barbatos.
Batman is such a central pillar of DC Comics that any character related to him, especially a villain related to his origin story, is the perfect candidate for the mastermind.
Let’s not talk about whether Barbatos influenced Gotham and led to the murder of the Waynes. As long as there is even a slight possibility, Batman will never let the mastermind go.
Although it seems to be a personal grudge, with Batman's ability, the battle between the two of them will sooner or later become known to everyone. When everyone sees it, can the opponent who can be chased by Batman and who he has to do his best to defeat be a simple character?
All the plans Schiller made were designed for this purpose.
First, Bruce poured dark energy into the lake in the Garden of Eden, angered Uriel, tricked Barbatos, and asked Michael to temporarily seal the source of darkness in order to silence Barbatos.
As mentioned before, this guy is not very smart. He will easily be exposed once he opens his mouth. Keeping his mouth shut and maintaining mystery is more in line with the image of a mastermind. If he himself is unwilling to shut up, of course we can only mute him manually.
Then, Schiller personally took action and blew up Constantine's black box, making the demons of hell pay a heavy price. When they followed the clues to find Constantine, they found that the most remaining in Constantine's body was Barbatos' dark energy. In this way, Barbatos would definitely become famous among the demons.
The devil would not give up like this. There must be someone among them who can find Barbatos, but the power that isolates Barbatos comes from Michael. Michael's fighting ability has been certified by Lucifer himself. The barrier he created cannot be opened by the devils at all.
This further strengthened the powerful image of Barbatos. You have to know that the whole nation of Hell was in an uproar this time. Not only did Azazel, Beelzebub and other veteran demon kings come in person, but even the First Fallen and Elias, who had been staying at home for thousands of years, ran to the door of Barbatos to check the situation.
As a result, let alone teaching Barbatos a lesson, they couldn't even open the door. No one could even figure out what was separating them from Barbatos, just like the files in a computer, no one could figure out what a folder was.
After the demon kings of hell dispersed, a rumor began to spread in this vast country that a powerful being from the depths of darkness was completing his transformation, and when he returned, every corner of the universe would return to darkness.
This kind of vague rumor is actually more easily accepted by insiders, and the fact that the major demon kings are noncommittal about this statement makes it even more plausible.
The demons in hell still rule hell based on their faith. In order to fight for the position of Satan, they want to brag about how powerful and evil they are all the time. But at this time, they allow a mysterious message to spread. Anyone with a keen eye can see that they also want to use this to test the attitude of heaven.
Heaven did not react, but Heaven almost did not react to anything. However, this time it was unusually quiet. People did not know that it was because Uriel strictly enforced discipline and almost cut off all channels for angels to communicate privately with other realms, resulting in almost all angels being silenced. That was why no gossip was spread.
The reason why he was able to seal every angel's communication channel with the outside world was because of Bruce, who had already written the new runes and prayer system. I built the communication system, so it's easy to check how many calls you made.
In this way, Barbatos could be said to be famous in the magic world, and some people even found out about him from Lucifer.
Azazel asked tentatively, and the angel Duma, who had a good relationship with Lucifer, also asked indirectly.
Lucifer was busy looking for God, and to him, Barbatos was no different than an ant, so he was unlikely to bother paying attention, but since his friend didn't ask, he told him what he knew.
Lucifer didn't know much about Barbatos, but he was impressed by the Court of Owls, yes, because of Schiller.
So he casually said that he had destroyed the Court of Owls in a certain universe, which was indeed true, because it was the Court of Owls that blew up the car that Schiller was driving on vacation.
But when others heard this, they thought it was a big deal. Even a supreme being like Lucifer had to come down to earth in person to eliminate Barbatos' minions. What kind of person must Barbatos be?
For a moment, the demon kings were a little frightened and hurriedly blocked the rumor that had been spread before. They decided not to speak rashly before figuring out the situation, so as to avoid being visited by some great existence in the darkness.
As we all know, any rumor is not credible before the official news is blocked. If they don't block it, people will at most regard it as a test. But when a piece of news is blocked in such a high-profile and grand manner, the authenticity of the news will be greatly increased.
Hell is a place frequented by people from the magical world of various universes. Upon learning about the existence of Lucifer and the Court of Owls, the demons would also find some of their believers to inquire about the existence of the Court of Owls in human society.
Most of the believers didn't know what was going on, so they could only investigate. Most of the magic world in DC was like that, with a group of wizards wanting to write "I am a devil believer" on their faces. It was impossible for Batman not to notice such a group of monsters pouring into Gotham.
That’s right, in fact, all the previous things were just foreshadowing, no matter whether it was hell or heaven, even if the vigilance against Barbatos was raised, they were just side dishes. What Schiller really wanted to alert was Batman.
Although it is always said that Batman will lose in a duel, it is also followed by a sentence that he will win in non-duel battles. It’s just that Batman is the protagonist, so his winning is commonplace, but his losing is memorable.
Although it is always said that Laughing Maniac is a nesting doll-type intelligence hero, the same is true for Batman when he is not fighting a skirmish. "Because I am Batman" is no less than "I predicted your prediction."
Therefore, Schiller knew very well that the best way to deal with Barbatos was to turn the original encounter into a non-encounter in which everything was within Batman's plan. In addition to the nesting dolls, Batman also had the almost invincible aura of the protagonist.
(End of this chapter)