According to Chen Ang's plan, the seven members of the League of Evil would face the seven members of the Justice League, and Fu Manzhou would be responsible for dealing with Batman. He should have the easiest time because Batman was just a mortal. The most powerful mortal was still a mortal. Batman's strength was in his tactical mind.
Therefore, when he had enough information, he could defeat heroes and villains that were thousands of times stronger than him.
However, this was completely ineffective against the Prophet, because the Prophet's advantage in intelligence had reached a crushing level. Whatever the Prophet didn't want Bruce Wayne to know, he would never know.
This was why Batman in Gotham City was still clueless when the mysterious world of magic had some understanding of the council.
In a situation where he didn't have enough information, and he was facing an opponent with overwhelming strength on a battlefield that was extremely disadvantageous to him, Chen Ang could've picked anyone to defeat Batman without enough preparation. So, why did he have to arrange for Fu Manzhou to do it? That was because the person Chen Ang wanted him to defeat was the brains of the Justice League, Batman, and not the mortal Bruce Wayne of Gotham City.
At least, that was what Fu Manzhou thought.
As a ruthless villain, the evilest Asian, Fu Manzhou had his own pride. His pride did not allow him to complete a job that was like a puppet. He wanted to defeat Batman at his strongest point. He wanted to fight a real Batman, not end his life like a slaughtering machine.
Fu Manzhou listened to Batman talk about the information he found from the minority report and compared it with what he knew. He slowly understood Chen Ang's idea. This was Chen Ang demonstrating to him what he expected to defeat Batman. It was not as simple as killing a mortal, but to mislead the Justice League so that he would make the Justice League lose and Chen Ang's plan succeed.
It was just like how the Joker was obsessed with breaking the Dark Knight's spirit, forcing Batman to let go of his persistence and principles and agree with the Joker.
Chen Ang had also personally demonstrated that he had used intelligence to mislead and control Batman's thoughts. He had even personally appeared as a villain, using seemingly reasonable reasoning to cover up his true, crazy thoughts. Therefore, no one in the Evil Alliance knew Chen Ang's real plan.
Batman was saying so much because he wanted to obtain information.
Batman didn't even believe it himself. They were underestimating him too much by expecting him to sneak into a seemingly heavily guarded place and obtain some sensational information through the Third Prophet's arrangement. The Third Prophet might have misled him, and the information he received might have been misleading. To verify this, he first had to expand the information exchange.
Even if it was just a small talk, he had to say so much in front of Fu Manzhou and observe his reaction.
"I thought you would give me a reaction after I said so much," Batman suddenly said. "But you just stood there like it had nothing to do with you."
Fu Manzhou smiled. Batman had already begun his test. It seemed that this master of torture was not only proficient in using leather whips, wax dripping, pain, and fear to force the suspect to reveal information in a small, dark room, but he was also proficient in using exquisite language and superb acting skills to obtain information in the midst of people in suits and leather shoes under the bright lights of the night.
Fu Manzhou said calmly, "It's not a good thing to know too much. These things have nothing to do with me."
"If it has nothing to do with you, you shouldn't have listened to me," Batman said calmly.
"This is a battle between prophets …" Fu Manzhou pretended that he was just a small fry. His gray hair was slightly longer than Stark's, but his beard was neatly trimmed. He knew that Batman was good at psychology. Perhaps he was doing a close-up of himself.
"The fact that you're here means that you've already obtained the support of a prophet. And the lord behind me … will only be stronger than her. So, you won't take anything with you today. You'll be buried here with all the secrets. The prophets can sense everything that has happened in the world. As you said, if this world is really a virtual world created by the prophets, then they can see all the data in this world. "
"The Ultimate Archive was originally a black box created by a prophet, but the Third Prophet turned you into her virus, allowing you to sense everything in the black box. Being sensed by you means being sensed by her, so you don't have to say this on purpose … When you see the minority report, it's no longer a secret to the prophets!"
Fu Manzhou said meaningfully, "You're already an abandoned pawn! A trojan virus that enters the black box is no longer of value to the Authoritative Ones! "
"The Third Prophet has already obtained the information, so you're not here to stop me from leaking the truth." Batman's voice was hoarse. "No … you're here to stop the information from leaking because the Third Prophet has some sort of tacit understanding with you. Just because she knows something doesn't mean we know it."
"What you really want to stop is the information from leaking into the hands of the Justice Alliance."
Batman had to eliminate the interference of his own subjective thoughts, and at the same time, he had to infer the truth from the limited information. At least he already knew that the Third Prophet could obtain the information he knew, so there was not much point in stopping the information from leaking. But the Second Prophet still sent people to stop him. This was not to kill to vent their anger, but an act with a purpose.
Batman sorted out a series of information. Although he was still in the fog of the intelligence war, he at least guessed the enemy's next move. They had to ensure that the information was still within the scope of control that only the Prophet knew. Batman did not know what tacit understanding or agreement the Second Prophet and the Third Prophet had.
But it was clear that the Third Prophet's position was not against the Second Prophet, nor was she with the Justice Alliance. The Third Prophet's only position was herself.
From this perspective, the Third Prophet wanted to use the Justice Alliance, but it was unclear whether this use was good or bad.
"But at this time …" Batman made the right judgment. In the enemy's headquarters, facing an enemy sent by the Second Prophet to kill him, there was no way he could bring back information alive. In terms of information … only the Prophet could fight against the Prophet, and only those with authority could fight against those with authority.
Although he had left a lot of clues before he left, these could only reveal part of the information revealed by the Second Prophet before this trip, including the headquarters of the World Security Committee and some of the committee's secrets.
The real important information had already been intercepted.
Batman thought a lot at this moment, including the information about the Prophet that he could not distinguish between true and false. He found that even if he ignored the shocking assumption that the world was a virtual world created by the Prophet, with just the information he knew, it was impossible for him to mislead and defeat the Prophet. In the process of transmission of information, the Prophet, who could foresee everything, had a million ways to play with it.
"Only the Prophet can fight against the Prophet."
This cliché flashed through Batman's mind. Now, there was only one possible channel of information — the Third Prophet.
To use the Third Prophet, Batman's eyes narrowed. He had to establish a channel of communication with the Third Prophet. The Third Prophet's weakness was her personal quality. As long as he could communicate with the Third Prophet, Batman was confident that he could influence the Third Prophet. His only weapon now was his brain.
The Third Prophet knew everything and could cover all information, but her personal quality was not enough to make full use of this information.
Didn't the Third Prophet need a master tactician like Batman?
"She must have thought of this …" Batman thought about it from the perspective of the Third Prophet and realized that his value to the Third Prophet was actually very important. As the known number one master tactician, once Batman and the Third Prophet, who had unlimited intelligence ability, worked together, it would be an unbeatable combination.
Why didn't the Third Prophet think of this?
Or rather, she had thought of it, and even more deeply, she had also thought of the fatal flaw. It was impossible for the two of them to trust each other.
Batman did not trust anyone, and it was impossible for him to completely stand in someone else's position. Batman could not agree with the Third Prophet's position, so the Third Prophet had to be careful not to be used when using Batman's tactical ability.
The Third Prophet could not trust Batman at all.
This state of mutual distrust made Batman useless to her. It was tasteless, but a pity to abandon him. That was why she used Batman as a sacrificial pawn to obtain information from the minority report.
Batman had already thought of the key to breaking out of this situation. He had to create an environment where the Third Prophet could trust him, and then use the Third Prophet. This kind of environment was very difficult to create, because it was too late to create trust now. With the Second Prophet next to him, Batman could not walk out of here alive. Even the Second Prophet could not do anything about it.
But who said that people could not be controlled, served, and influenced when they were dead?
Batman thought it through. The only Batman that the Third Prophet could trust was the Batman in her prophecy, the Batman in the future she saw.
Batman had a bold idea — the Prophet could see all the futures.
In that case, could she see the present future? In that case, could her current thoughts and existence also be in the future that she saw? Was the timeline that she was in really real? Did she exist in the uncertain future she saw? Or, would the words she said now change the 'present'?
Because the 'present' was the 'future' to the Third Prophet.
Batman decided to give it a try, so he began to talk about an idea about Batman in the time trap. In the future the Third Prophet saw, there was a timeline where Batman decided to be loyal to the Third Prophet. Of course, the Third Prophet would not believe it easily, but this Batman posed no threat to the Third Prophet at all.
Because this was just a 'future', a future in which the Third Prophet previewed Batman's loyalty.
This future would always exist in the future, because the Third Prophet did not have to let it happen in reality. So the Third Prophet could have a Master Tactician who only existed in the uncertain future to serve her. She could get Batman's service without worrying about his tricks, because this Batman only existed in her preview.
This was a 'Batman' that only existed for her.
Safe … harmless!
And this — the Batman in the time trap. The hiring method was very simple. The Third Prophet only needed to tell Batman's own plan in the future she previewed. Then the Batman in the preview would understand her plan and take the initiative to cooperate to create the time trap.
And all the plots of the Batman in the preview would be discovered by the Prophet, and the Third Prophet could trust him relatively.
Perfect solution to all the obstacles.
After Batman said this idea, he calmly died in the hands of Fu Manzhou.
But in reality, the Third Prophet suddenly opened his eyes … For the Prophet, the timeline was vague, and the way it existed was beyond anyone's imagination. Now the timeline returned to before the Third Prophet tricked Batman into going to the Ultimate Archive to read the minority report. At this time, the most critical secret recorded in the minority report to the Prophet collapsed and became an unknown.
As for what this secret was, of course, it was not what was written in the previous chapter. It was not that the Prophet could not hear it, but it was something that was not written at all. Because the previous chapter was a preview of the future, the secret was still a black box, still a secret. It could not be observed in the preview.
And this preview of the future would never come true again.
Because Batman's words before his death successfully moved the Third Prophet, he successfully broke the game, although he died in the preview. But he survived in reality, the Third Prophet would no longer calculate Batman's death. She would let Batman live and then tell Batman about the trick of being trapped in the time trap during the rehearsal. She would tell Batman about her plan and gain his trust. Then, she would create a Batman trapped in the time trap to come up with a plan for her.
If Batman died in reality, then the Third Prophet would not be able to preview the future where Batman was still alive, and the exclusive think tank would no longer exist.
Batman used his own value to break the deadlock.
At the same time, Fu Manzhou, who had sneaked back, buried his head after asking his doubts, only to hear Chen Ang suddenly laugh. Chen Ang said to him, "You lost your first battle with Batman!"
"You can't kill him anymore … because the Third Prophet won't allow it. Batman's tactical ability and the Third Prophet's intelligence. You won't have a chance anymore! "
"You still disappoint me!" Chen Ang sighed. "If you still don't understand why you lost …"
"Go down!" Chen Ang said to him. "Losing in the future … How pitiful."
Fu Manzhou walked out of the temple with a dumbfounded expression. He came in full of confidence, then was suddenly judged to have lost. Then, he went out with a dumbfounded expression. Looking at the moon's sky, Fu Manzhou was full of confusion. "What did I do?"
"How did I lose?"
"How did I lose … How do I win it back?"
Even if the intelligence was misguided, even if most of what he knew was false, even if he had no chance of winning the battle, even if he faced Chen Ang 'malice, Batman still used a small part of the correct intelligence he knew to break the deadlock and win in the future.
The first battle between the Evil Alliance and the Justice Alliance took place in the future, and the Justice Alliance's brain completely crushed the Evil Alliance.
However, Chen Ang was not disappointed. Instead, he smiled happily.
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