Chapter 85 The Stone of Eternity

The dark knight opened his heavy eyelids, and the white light flashed before his eyes. When his eyes gradually got used to the light and finished focusing, the first thing that caught his eye was the old friend he was familiar with.

Superman stood not far in front of him with an expressionless face, his hands clasped in front of his chest, his eyes were cold and dull, like a puppet without a soul.

Gradually regaining consciousness of his body, Batman quickly understands the current situation. He was in a metal-clad room, his hands handcuffed to a beam from the ceiling. There's a white door and a rectangular window right in front, but it's supposed to be one-way glass because in the window he can't see anything but himself, who is suspended in the center of the room, and Superman standing next to him like a stone statue.

His mask was removed and his belt was no longer around his waist, but that's not surprising, as most people do when they have Batman in check.

Finally, his eyes fell back to Superman. The two looked at each other for a while, and then Batman said lightly: "What? Are you going to spend the whole day here with me? Since when did you become the exclusive fighter of the Assassin League?"

The other party still kept his arms folded in front of his chest, motionless as if he hadn't heard at all. Batman knew that the League of Assassins had a set of brainwashing methods, and this Superman was clearly in a state of hypnotic control, completely deaf to words other than orders from his superiors.

The white door opened at this moment, and Talia Or Gul put on a black ninja outfit and walked into the room. The black leather uniform outlines the concave and convex curves of her body vividly. She walked in with a tablet in her hand, closed the door with her backhand, and looked at the hanging Dark Knight with a charming smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Calculate it, detective." She took the initiative to speak. "How many times has this scene appeared?"

"Three or four times, including when Russ was alive," Batman said lightly, "but each time the ending was the same."

Talia shrugged: "I don't deny it. Every time before, it ended with your successful escape and defeating the alliance's plan, as if these were destined." She paused and smiled slightly: "But not this time. "

"You seem confident about what your father has never been able to do." Batman's voice was still cold, he said, glancing at the big blue man standing beside him, "Tell me, Talia, What brought you this far? Cloning Superman? It doesn't sound like your idea."

"Yes, it wasn't my idea, it wasn't anyone's idea," she said mysteriously. "This is the future, detective, the fateful future, the path God has shown us."

Batman frowned: "Tell me."

Talia sighed and said, "You may not know, detective, you may think that after my father's death, I seem to have completely changed. I know that in your eyes I am just a more violent and vicious person. but you don't know that I also have my difficulties. I am the daughter of the devil, the destined heir to the alliance, and I must inherit my father's legacy and complete his unfinished business. But things...not so smooth.

After my father's death, all matters of the Union have been affected, and our development stalled, making little progress in any way. I have persevered for so many years, and have always believed in my father's path forward. Until today, it seems that God has finally moved my sincerity and pointed out the way for us. "

She said this, smiled cryptically and picked up the tablet she had brought in when she came in. She fiddled with the screen for a while, then turned it upside down to show Batman.

That appears to be real-time monitoring of a laboratory. Batman saw that the center of the picture was a circular open space. Several elliptical energy cylinders were neatly arranged around the outer arc of the circle. Dark red energy was churning in each cylinder, and it looked as if it contained rolling thunder. of some liquid substance. The bottom of each column is filled with various wires, and a large number of researchers in protective clothing are in the room doing various tests and recording data.

"Is that what you call an oracle?" Batman asked.

Talia retracted the tablet and smiled: "Yes. Remember the unusual weather in the Philippine Sea these days? These stone pillars are the culprits. We found them on the bottom of that sea, and our experts call them 'Eternal Stones'. ."

She paused and continued: "You must be wondering what these pillars have to do with the big blue man standing here, don't worry, we'll get to that part soon. What we know about the 'Stone of Eternity' Very little is known, at present, we only know that they are very powerful space-time energy bodies, maybe something that does not belong to this world. Its operation is irregular, and sometimes it releases amazing energy to turn the sea upside down, Sometimes it transmits things that shouldn't appear at all from the time-space flow of different eras and different spaces, and other times, they show users the future and point out a bright road."

"So that's what your so-called 'Eternity Stone' is showing you the future?" Batman asked in a low voice. "Clone Superman to conquer the world? Did it teach you how to clone Kryptonians?"

"Better than that." Talia smiled strangely, stretched out her slender fingers on the tablet for another operation, and then flipped the screen to Batman again.

It seems to be a picture from another surveillance video. In the center of the picture is a two-meter-long incubation cabin. You can see through the pale yellow glass. The Kryptonian wearing a blue uniform with an "S" logo on his chest is quietly. lie in it. His eyes were closed, his hands were interlaced in his abdomen, and he looked like he was asleep.

"...It brought us the corpse of a real Superman."

At this moment, Batman felt a "hum" in his brain, and his breathing almost stopped.

Just a few days ago, he just confirmed that Clark Kent is still alive in the world, but he has lost his memory and ability, and he has become an ordinary human being living an ordinary and happy life.

And if Talia is telling the truth, does the scene he sees in front of him mean that one day in the future, Clark will eventually regain his memory, put on his shirt again, and is destined to be in a more tragic battle in the future. Dedicate yourself to the world?

The thought nearly stalled his mind, and he stared at the closed-eyed Superman on the tablet screen until Talia pulled the screen away from him.

"Where did he come from?" Batman's voice was extremely low. "The future?"

Talia shrugged: "Who knows? The 'Eternity Stone' sometimes sends things from the future, and sometimes it's from the past... It's tied to the timeline in a special way that we currently have How it works is completely unknown. But the important thing is that it gave us a gift in the most dangerous moment of the league. This is the key to our ultimate goal."

She said, walked over to the superman standing like a sculpture, patted him on the shoulder, and smiled: "Look, how perfect he is. We copied the complete memory of Superman's life, the smallest since he can remember. He remembers every detail of his life. The only changes we made were to remove his ethics and code of conduct and instill in him the standards of the league."

"You mean removing his humanity and soul," Batman said solemnly.

"I just let him do what the previous Superman never dared to do, but should have done long ago." Talia said, "Superman's strength is a gift and gift to this rotten world, and he is too cowardly, It's not worth having. But now, the Alliance will use this power to achieve the ultimate goal we have been pursuing since its establishment! From now on, there will be no wars in the world, human society will be unified, and crime will be put to an end. Humanity will be in the Alliance's Leading the way to an unprecedented era of perfection, I will lead the Alliance to accomplish great things that even my father has never done!"

"And then you'll be the ruler of that new world, won't you?" Batman asked coldly.

Talia smiled. "If people need a leader, then yes, I'll be in that position."

"Then that makes you no different from the other careerists, Talia," Batman said, "and you'll join their end-failure."

"Maybe, but it won't be in your hands this time, detective." Talia said, "I waited for you to wake up, except because you are the person in the world I want to share the results of the most. , and more because... well, I have to admit, I still have some feelings for you. I still have a little bit of luck, I hope you can join me and build a new world together. I can't love you Brainwashing - your strong will was always admired by my father and me, so you had to be willing."

"Then you should know my answer."

Talia sighed helplessly: "Of course, I know. You have to know that I still love you, Bruce, but you left me with no choice. You are the biggest obstacle in the league's next path, and I can't take this risk. But at least I can let you die at the hands of your once best friend, and I'm sure you won't feel the slightest pain. I just hope that maybe in some parallel time and space, we finally have a chance to come together Bar."

She put away the tablet, opened the door of the room, and before leaving, winked at Superman standing in the room: "Kill him."