Volume 7: Da Mu Da Mu Chapter 42: How dangerous it is to chase away wolves and tigers. I think it is better to defeat wolves, tigers and leopards together.
"The Laughing Bat could show up at any moment, and I even suspect he's already advancing his plans in Gotham for something that he doesn't know what it is, but it's definitely evil.
Although the members of the Dark Knights were defeated one after another, their rampant dark servants had already delayed the top group of heroes.
Superman, Cyborg, and Diana have all been held back, Flash has to stay on the cosmic treadmill in case of emergency, reinforcements from all walks of life have to be dispersed to hot spots around the world to quell the unrest, and the troublemakers who escaped from the Phantom Zone are also causing trouble everywhere.
I have every reason to believe that all this is part of Laughing's plan.
We are winning again and again.
But we are getting weaker and weaker. This is his plan. We will continue to lose blood because of our continuous victories. If this continues, when the final battle comes, we will not have enough strength to deal with the conquerors and liquidators that may appear.
We can’t let him continue to do this any longer.”
On the way to the place where the lantern group fell, Mason contacted the master and said in a serious tone:
"How long will your plan with the Last Knight to hunt down the Laughing Man last?"
The master remained silent and did not answer. After a moment, he said:
"He has captured the life signal of the Laughing Bat. He is doing something in the center of Gotham City. We are heading there.
This may be another trap, but I promise, Mason.
He will not interfere in this war any longer."
The determination in Batman's words made Mason take a deep breath.
He knew that the master had made up his mind, so he didn't say anything more, but just reminded:
“I will ensure that the decisive battle between you will not be interfered with by any external forces. I will find a way to deal with the other members of the Dark Knights. This is the last hurdle.
If we defeat them, the warlocks will be doomed."
"Well, see you after the war."
The master said goodbye.
Mason felt that this was an ominous sign, so after hanging up the phone, he quickly dialed the old man's number, but the call didn't go through.
Mason guessed that the old couple would definitely not let Batman fight the Laughing Maniac alone.
But he couldn't get involved in the Wayne family's affairs, so he called Barbara again. As soon as the call was connected, he heard Batgirl's scream:
"Ah, my brain is going to explode! I have upgraded the frontal cortex RAM cache to the maximum capacity, but why can't it withstand the data redundancy of this chair?
Mason!
Your chair is making my head explode."
"Aren't you allowed to turn on safe mode?"
Mason scolded:
"Don't just connect to the Mobius Chair's database. It's a search program for intelligence at Brainiac's level. You're really asking for trouble.
Mobius chair!
Switch to assisted invasion mode, data signal amplifiers fully operational, enemy tracking program activated! Search the entire network for the killing machine's data stream and lock down the global nuclear weapons launch program."
"Instructions received."
The calm mechanical sound of the Mobius chair rang out, and a few seconds later, Barbara's slightly excited voice also echoed in Mason's ears:
“This thing is awesome, I feel like my consciousness is like that of Batmos or Ultra, traveling freely in the cyber world… Wait!
I saw him!
Killing machine!
The signal has been locked, and the remote cracking program has been activated. I won’t talk to you anymore, brother, leave this thing to me. I will definitely take it away at the cost of my dignity as a hacker…”
"If you can't beat them, remember to call for help."
Mason said to Barbara dimly:
"The Mobius Chair and the Divine Space have an encrypted network protocol that is specifically used to harm people. The activation authority has been delegated to you. Do you understand what I mean?"
"learn!"
Barbara replied, and then the communication between the two was forcibly interrupted with a shrill busy tone. It was obvious that the killing machine had hacked into the communication.
He said to Mason in Batman's unique hoarse voice and cold electronic sound:
"I got you! Mason Cooper."
"But I don't have any electronic devices that you can remotely activate to explode, so give up."
Mason yawned and responded:
"I heard that Alfred, whom you made into an artificial intelligence, performed a transformation surgery on you. He used the Mother Box's high-tech technology to strip away your fear and sadness, and completely reshaped you from your heart to your flesh and blood.
Sounds cool man, do you think you're the most powerful Batman ever?"
"I am not."
The killing machine replied indifferently:
"But I can confirm that your life has entered the countdown. The coordinate information has been sent, and the capture process has been transferred to the Dawn Light authority! Mason, when I capture Barbara Gordon's mind, I will allow you to hear your legal elder sister's dying sobs with your own ears."
"Nice threat. I'll give you two points. Listen to me from now on."
Mason retorted:
"When Barbara pulls out your electronic brain that has regained your fear, I will send you to where you belong with a smile on my face... Friendly reminder, it's not hell.
Don't have too many beautiful fantasies about your destiny.
Communication ended, bastards!"
He turned off the communicator and stopped the continuous flashing of the water, which finally stopped in the ruins of the former Arkham Asylum on the outskirts of Gotham City.
In front of Mason were the Will Lanterns in Green Lantern uniforms lying in a mess.
From their strange appearance, it is not difficult to tell that these guys are warriors from the Green Lantern Corps.
They should be the warriors summoned by Hal Jordan of this world to defend the earth. For this reason alone, Mason should show them due respect.
Although the current state of these Lanterns is really hard to respect.
Everyone was seriously injured and close to death.
This is the result of having the power of the Lantern Ring sealed from outer space and then thrown into the earth. The fact that these guys survived the orbital fall and survived the fall proves how powerful they are.
Mason wasted no time, he squatted down and began to bandage and give first aid to the Lantern in front of him.
These are all aliens!
Their life structure is very different from that of humans on Earth, and providing first aid to them can effectively push Mason's now stagnant first aid skills to the next stage.
He was already very familiar with this job, and it didn't take him much time to save the Lanterns from near death. The information about the improvement of first aid skills that popped up on the character cards made him very happy.
Of course, there are also not-so-happy things.
For example, just when Mason finished providing first aid to the last female Lantern, a guy fell from a high altitude, dancing and screaming, and hit Mason on the back.
He looked back and laughed.
Hey, isn't this Hal? Long time no see.
"Which Hal are you?"
Mason asked:
"You two look exactly alike. Even I can hardly tell them apart."
"I am our Hal!"
The dusty Green Lantern fell flat on his face. He got up with a sour face and looked at the light ring on his finger that was flashing as if it had bad contact. He then raised his head to look at the sky with a bitter expression.
There, another Green Lantern was fighting with a guy who was dressed very "non-mainstream" and was using green light to shape everything, but the other Hal was obviously unable to resist.
Mainly because the opponents are weird.
That guy can easily summon illusions like the Parallax Demon to join the attack, and his every move is full of oppression, and his methods are deadly and efficient.
His fighting style is very different from other Lanterns. His attacks are deadly and difficult to defend against. Once hit, you will feel uncomfortable for a long time.
"You two have been fighting with the Dawn Breaker for so long and yet you haven't been able to defeat him?"
Mason pushed his glasses and said to Hal beside him:
"Isn't this a bit lame? Aren't you the greatest Lantern?"
"Ah? The greatest?"
Hal was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand modestly and said:
"I would like to be the greatest Lantern, but I'm just a newcomer. You should be talking about the Hal Jordan from other dimensions, like this guy you pulled from another world.
Much better than me."
"Oh, you are a rookie in this world."
Mason snorted, popped out a cigarette, took out the lightsaver and lit it, then glanced at the battle in the sky. Hal No. 2, wearing green lantern armor, was struggling and seemed to be unable to handle the situation.
"Do me a favor, Hal."
Mason blew out a smoke ring and said to Hal beside him:
"Call Sinestro over here. I know he's on Earth. You've dealt with him before, right?"
"Um?"
Mason's request made Hal's eyes widen. He said:
"That Fear Lantern attacked me and the other Hal before. He's from the Legion of Doom! This Dawnbreaker Batman also attacked him before. He was suppressing the two of us... ahem, I mean he got injured when he was fighting fiercely with the two of us.
I guess he ran away.”
"You need to have a basic understanding of the revengeful nature of the fearful."
Mason shook his head and stared at the battle between Hal II and Dawnbreaker overhead. He knew that the evil Batman had set his sights on him, and as long as he could deal with Hal II, he would pounce on him and kill him.
When they had previously come into contact with the Red Death, the Drowned Wrath and the Killing Machine, they all revealed an important piece of information: the Laughing Bat seemed to be planning to capture Mason alive.
This should be an important mission for the Dark Knights.
"boom"
Just as Mason was thinking, a gray-green energy transformed into a gray-white illusion of the Lord of Wrath Atrocitus, roaring and rushing towards him. The Dawn Lantern had already launched an attack on him.
But Mason didn't move.
The burning hellfire exploded in front of him, and the loyal vehicle demon Fenrir tore through the flames and strode out, punching the strange illusion.
Seeing that an illusionary alien was unable to suppress Mason, the Dawn Ghost Lantern above drew out more power and projected a ferocious parallax demon that came towards him again.
Mason still didn't move.
Kevin, who was carrying a big gourd on his shoulder, knew that his time to appear had come, so he jumped down with a howl and pulled out the plug of the mud gourd, controlling the magic mud to transform into all the heroes of the Justice League and the Avengers, who rushed forward to fight against the Parallax Demon.
"Contact him, Hal. We don't have much time left."
Mason calmly threw the half-smoked cigarette butt on the ground and urged:
“Don’t think I’m calm now, but I can’t continue to deal with an evil Lantern who can summon all kinds of will illusions to deliver fatal blows.
I have a way to deal with him, and if I want to defeat him in one blow, I will need the help of the Lamp of Fear."
Hal was not very willing, because the Green Lantern Corps and the Yellow Lantern Corps have never been friends, but when he looked at his fellow Lanterns lying on the ground, he thought of the latter's miraculous ability when they beat up the Dawnbreaker in outer space before. The fact that he killed so many Lanterns in an instant was enough to prove that this guy was the nemesis of all Lanterns.
He didn't know Mason very well, but Hal No. 2 believed in him very much. Since they were all Hal, there was no need to deceive each other. So in this critical moment, the rookie Hal Jordan finally decided to take a risk.
He used his still flashing Green Lantern ring to call out a hand-cranked telephone, and through the special connection between the emotional spectrum, he quickly contacted the Fear Lantern Sinestro across the earth.
The other party naturally refused to come to help.
The main reason was that he had witnessed with his own eyes the terrifying suppressive power of the Dawn Lamp on the Lantern Ring in outer space before, and he didn't think he could turn the situation around by coming here.
Mason snatched the microphone from Hal's hand and said:
"Lex Luthor is almost done for, Sinestro, you have to leave yourself a way out. Look at what the forces sent by the Star Council are doing. Do you think they will give you a good life after they take power?
Of course, I know that as cosmic forces, you have a tacit understanding not to get involved in the affairs of the Earth, but I might as well tell you honestly that this tacit understanding will soon be broken.
You now have a chance to reselect your side.
You won't work for nothing. After the Dawnbreaker is caught, his unique lantern ring will be yours!"
"make a deal!"
Sinestro didn't care much about what Mason said before, but the last condition touched the desire in Uncle Sinestro's heart.
With that strange lamp ring that can extinguish all lamp rings in hand, it will no longer be a near-fantasy goal for his lamp group of fear to sweep across other lamp groups.
We can even kill our way into the planet Oa and give those damn little blue men who almost messed up everything a good insect-killing and sun-shooting treat!
The two sides reached an agreement, and soon a yellow light appeared in the sky.
Although Uncle Sai, the old silver coin, said that he was not interested, he had actually been hiding near Gotham and closely observing the traces of the Dawn Breakers.
As the greatest Green Lantern ever, although he has changed his team now, he is different from the rookie Hal. His experience tells him that he must be vigilant when dealing with that special ring.
"So, what's the plan of action?"
Hal stretched his body and prepared to go forward to fight back against the Dawn Lantern. He looked at Mason to ask about the plan, but found that Mason threw him two cold, shiny silver-gray N metal limited edition "bat bracelets", then raised the beautiful lighter in his hand and turned to give him a meaningful smile.
The next moment, Mason pressed the ignition button of the light-off device.
The ability of this treasure from Dumbledore to rewrite reality was activated, and all the light sources around Mason were suddenly extinguished at this moment.
Of course, this also includes the three sparkling light rings on the top of the head.
That thing flashes a different light through the emotional spectrum and is an "artificial light source", so it is naturally within the range of the light extinguisher.
Although for a cosmic-level weapon like the Lantern Ring, even if it is extinguished, it will only last for a few seconds, but for the Lantern Man whose entire military force depends on the Lantern Ring, these few seconds of extinguishing the lights are also an extremely terrifying scene.
Under the shocked gaze of Hal One, Hal Two, Dawnbreaker, and Sinestro fell from the sky dancing as if someone was strangling them.
The Lantern who lost his lantern ring can only rely on his own strength to fight.
Hal No. 2 was once a pilot, so his courage was beyond doubt.
The moment he fell, he pounced on and grabbed the equally shocked Dawn Ghost Lamp's neck, and beat him hard, knocking out several of the latter's teeth in just a few punches.
The latter didn't even react.
Oh, this is really strange!
In the past, he was the one who extinguished other people's light rings. But when someone suddenly attacked and extinguished their lights, he was a little at a loss as to what to do. He could only swing his fist in the air and wrestle with Hal.
But Uncle Sai is so smart!
As soon as he saw that his lamp ring was also extinguished, he immediately realized that Mason didn't call him over because he needed his help.
This bastard is trying to kill two birds with one stone and solve two problems at once!
Damn it!
Are all the young people on earth so confident now?
Look at this smooth conspiracy that is carried out as if by instinct. No wonder Luthor lost so miserably in front of him!
As a veteran, Uncle Sai immediately opened his arms and let his battle suit glide out like a flying squirrel suit, but the gunshots from below completely shattered Uncle Sai's dream of escape.
Mason's accurate shooting sent six weakening bullets into his limbs, and the powerful impact caused him to tumble in the air.
The moment the mutated illusions created by the twisted lantern ring dissipated, the demonized Fenrir armor rushed into the sky in flames, waving its burning mechanical tentacles to grab Uncle Se and the Dawn Lantern and threw them to the ground. Kevin cheered and absorbed all the mud into a huge mud ball to swallow the two guys.
The Dawn Ghost Lantern still tried to struggle.
But when he landed, Hal No. 1 pounced on him and snapped N metal bracelets on his hands. Mason walked forward with his windbreaker fluttering, took out a fear grenade from his waist, pulled out the stopper and stuffed it into his mouth.
The dark green compressed nerve poison rushed into the body.
Those forgotten memories suddenly came to his mind, his eyes became terrified and panicked, and even the light ring on his finger began to wail.
"You are the coolest and weakest of all Batmen. Other Batmen can eat this fear gas as a bedtime dessert, but you can't."
Mason grabbed his weird bat helmet, forced him to look into his eyes, and said in a deep voice:
"Other Batmen have overcome their fear and accepted it as a part of themselves, but you, with your strong will, have failed to overcome your fear and have simply forced yourself to forget it.
That night in Crime Alley, dead parents, blood on my hands...
Those shadows shrouded you and made you release fear to others with your will. You should have been a better messenger of fear than Uncle Sai, but do you know why the Yellow Lantern Ring didn't choose you?
You poor creature who has succumbed to fear, I refuse to acknowledge you as Batman!"
Mason pulled off the cracked strange lantern ring on the other's finger, and then looked at Sinestro, who had his yellow lantern ring taken away by Hal and was handcuffed with N metal handcuffs, with his eyes closed, waiting to die.
He put the Lights Out Ring in front of his eyes and examined it. After getting the complete blueprint, he tossed the ring in his hand and said to the Lord of Fear:
"This thing is just a collection for me, but you seem to really want it and are willing to risk being killed for it, so, do you want to make a deal? Uncle Sai.
You may not believe it, but of all the lanterns I favor you fearwalkers, and I can give it to you, but I need you to do me a favor.
Don't worry, not in this war, it's almost over.
I mean, the next war…”
