The Death Knell

Even Batman couldn't help but narrow his pupils when he saw this row of rings of various colors on Deathstroke's hand.

He finally understood the role of Harley and Ivy. He had been paying attention to what kind of fighting power they had as bad guys, but he had ignored their original jobs.

Gotham's best psychiatrist and phytochemistry expert.

Their abilities, coupled with Deathstroke's temperament and physical fitness, allow him to plot almost any known or unknown emotional spectrum.

Batman was a little confused. He didn't know why Deathstroke told him about having the ring.

Deathstroke should have been able to guess that this would only make him more suspicious of him, raising Deathstroke's alert level directly to the highest level, and even making it onto the Justice League's list of 'multiverse natural disaster-level threats'.

But Deathstroke did it anyway, why?

If it was to show off or just on a whim, it was completely impossible for this kind of situation to happen to Deathstroke. He must have a bigger plan.

Batman won't take one or two light rings seriously. He can even steal Hal's light ring instantly and make him fall on his ass.

Batman has been offered many opportunities to wear the ring, but he has turned them down.

He will not serve for the hegemony in the universe. Batman will exist for mankind.

But ten light rings?

In Batman's perception, the full spectrum can be regarded as one of the pinnacles of the power of the multiverse, not to mention that there are white, black, and invisible lights that no one understands.

What else is Deathstroke planning?

So when Deathstroke spread out his fingers and dangled them in front of him, he was just silent for a short while.

“The earth has no need of an earthly god.”

Let alone Deathstroke, even Clark, with whom he has the closest relationship, Batman will not allow him to become a god on earth.

People should have the right to choose their lives instead of surrendering to power and superpowers.

"Huh? Who wants to be a god on earth? Superman? If you want me to take action against him, you have to pay a big price." Su Ming lowered his head and casually wiped the dirt on the orange ring.

"End this charade, you know what I mean." Batman said coldly.

"Why are you so serious? Batman, hehehe, I can let you choose, now."

Su Ming smiled and hooked Batman's shoulder, pointing towards the distance, as if Asia's largest tidal power station was invisible in the distance.

"Now please listen to the question! A Gotham subway originally carried fifty passengers, thirty men and twenty women. When it arrived at the first stop, three women and three baby girls got on. Five old ladies got off the bus. At the second stop, four strong men, four shemales, and the disguised Bat family got off the bus. At the third stop, they came back and captured the Penguin. At this stop No one got off the bus. Before reaching the fourth stop, the Penguin jumped out of the window and escaped..."

Batman: "......"

Why do you feel like this happened?

Su Ming just kept talking in his ear. At every stop, Batman's acquaintances got on or off the bus. When he heard these names, Batman's reaction was very funny.

Although his face was expressionless, Su Ming could feel the changes in his heart rate with his hand on his neck.

Especially when hearing about Catwoman, Batman was obviously hesitant.

"Okay, listen to the question. When we arrive at station 27...what color is the subway driver wearing?"

Batman: "..."

He was wrong, this was not a riddle, it was a joke.

"There is no connection between your question and the answer." Batman finally complained. Although his face was still expressionless, he couldn't bear it: "This doesn't make sense logically."

"Haha, this question is just like your suspicion of me. I am the driver, and the passengers are these rings. No matter how many passengers get on and off, will the driver change? Your suspicion of me has no logic at all."

"..."

Su Ming patted him: "Humanity itself is the foundation. How much power it can carry is like how many passengers or goods it carries on the journey of life. There will be gains, but there will also be losses... What you are doing now, Just when you see other people’s cars with many passengers, you suspect that the car is not strong enough and the driver suddenly mutates.”

It's not that Batman can't be persuaded, but he has to pay attention to methods. It's basically impossible to fool him like he fooled Barry.

To deal with this guy in black, you need to first attract his attention, then give examples or data, and then overwhelm him with a lot of Jungian psychology theories.

Freud and Jung were both masters of psychology, but their theories were different, and they fell out after a few years of cooperation.

Freud believed that humans and animals are no different. All behaviors are affected by sexual impulses. Personality is shaped by encounters and experiences in childhood and will not change in adulthood.

When an individual's sexual impulses are frustrated in childhood, he or she will fall into a state of mental disorder.

Jung believed that human beings have noble character. After they reach adulthood, hopes and lofty ideals can still shape their personality.

Jung believed that the cause of neurosis should be sought in the present, not in the past.

According to him, patients are neurotic when they begin to "stagnate" at a certain point, that is, they no longer follow the laws of psychological development that come with age.

The reason for stagnation is generally attributed to the avoidance of some kind of "burden" in life.

Batman is like this, his time is stuck on the day his parents died.

But has Batman changed?

After he joined the Justice League, he changed a bit, and he at least talked about his plans to his teammates.

In fact, Batman changed after he accepted the first Robin. His condition has been improving at a super slow speed since then.

The key is that the improvement is so slow that it is almost invisible to the people around him who see him every day.

Batman looks like that every day, coming and leaving expressionless.

But in fact, outsiders like Su Ming can be clearly analyzed from Batman's profile.

He used to only regard Gotham as his own territory, but now, he has arranged the Hall of Justice as his own territory.

Arrange protective shields, arrange back-ups, arrange traps, and move in a lot of equipment and instruments...

Just for fun?

Territorial awareness, although others cannot see it, even Batman is not aware of it, but Deathstroke can see it.

The Hall of Justice is a collective territory. Although Batman does not admit it, his attitude is now open. He is trying to understand others, those who regard him as friends.

It's just that the process of understanding him is always accompanied by defensiveness, which is caused by an extreme lack of security.

Batman needs some distance. He is not used to close contact with others. When powerful things come too close, he will subconsciously react to stress.

But Su Ming now wants to cross this distance and point the problem directly into Batman's heart. This is a psychological suggestion in body language that makes Batman feel that there is no way to avoid it, so he looks directly at the problem.

Anyway, Su Ming has his own plan to implement, and it is impossible to let the Justice League become an obstacle, so let's treat Batman's mental illness by the way.

There is a saying that habit becomes natural. Now that Su Ming has gained super strength, he dangles in front of Batman every day until he becomes numb.

When it comes to familiar things, you will subconsciously relax your vigilance. This is human nature.

Next, we need to show the power of the ten rings in front of Batman so that he can have an intuitive feeling.

If you have seen something with your own eyes, you will have a more specific concept, instead of amplifying fear in self-hypnosis and scaring yourself.

With a well-thought-out plan in his mind, Deathstroke told Batman a lot of things that Arthur couldn't understand under the look of despair in Aquaman's eyes.

What you are is not you, in fact, you in the dream are the real you, time stagnation, physical detachment, self-awareness and external driving force, etc...

I said, the Kraken is about to fall, can't you guys talk about it later? !

.........

"Light blue. All Gotham Subway staff must wear light blue uniforms during working hours."

Batman took a few deep breaths and answered Su Ming's previous brain teaser. This answer seemed to turn back to the question, but it meant that he admitted that what Deathstroke said was reasonable.

But he won’t admit it, huh~

"Don't you see clearly? You have to know that no driver except Indians would drive an overloaded train around."

Su Ming retracted his arm and pointed at the sea monster in the distance. That was the result of suddenly gaining too much unbearable power and letting uncontrollable weapons onto the battlefield. That was the Indian tactic...

Batman just stared at him expressionlessly. This Deathstroke was nothing like the one in the main world. When did he become a psychiatrist part-time? Did you learn it after fooling around with Harley for two days?

For the time being, he admitted that Deathstroke had a point, but Batman would not let up, and he would still keep an eye on Deathstroke.

It’s not enough to have too much power without supervision. The subway also needs dispatching stations.

As a result, Batman began to consider the possibility of letting Deathstroke join the Justice League. When he discovered that Deathstroke had been holding back just to stare at Diana's thighs, he had a plan...

"If the Kraken touches the ocean, everything will be over. We have already wasted too much time."

Batman said to Deathstroke. His comrades in the distance were all sweating profusely from exhaustion. Only he and Deathstroke were standing on the deck blowing in the wind.

"Well, that's right. It's all your fault for wasting so much of my time." Su Ming glanced at Batman with disgust. If you hadn't suddenly burst out with such strong hostility, the devil would be talking nonsense to you.

The employer just needs to pay, right?

"..." Batman just took two steps back, indicating that no matter what Deathstroke wanted to do, he had to start quickly.

"The anti-life equation actually has a mediocre effect. Only guys who think they are gods can do multiplication and division. We mercenaries only need to do addition."

Su Ming raised his hands and used his bones to charge the rings.

Will + anger + fear + greed + hope + love + mercy + life + death + repentance + creation metal =? ? ?

Su Ming didn't know what kind of power this was. It was higher than the power of existence of the white lamp and the power of death of the black lamp. This string of power was superimposed on everything, giving him a power similar to a concept.

Anyway, Su Ming has the opposite concept of the Death Siren, and because of the addition of X metal, his conceptual energy is even more powerful.

Crossing his fingers and arranging the ten rings in a twisting curve, he aimed at the huge sea monster.

When a thick beam of light from ten colors was launched from his hand and accurately hit the monster in the distance, he had a clear understanding in his heart.

This is not the power that should exist within the wall of origin, this is the power used to create the world. This is the original ‘zero’, a vague concept from chaos.

The 'transcendence' in Batman's hands is indeed not inconsistent with the 'destruction' in Luther's hands, because the 'creation' that conflicts with Luther's concept is now in Su Ming's own hands...