69novels Chapter 261 The Key to Controlling the Supreme Little Superman: The Red Light Ring
Chapter 261 The Key to Controlling the Supreme Little Superman: The Red Light Ring
Chapter 261 The Key to Controlling the Supreme Little Superman: The Red Light Ring
People often say to be strategically contemptuous but tactically attentive, but in the hands of the little blue men of Oa and their Green Lantern Corps, contempt has directly turned into neglect.
Strategically, they ignored Atocitas and his five-man rebel group, ignored the darkest night, and ignored all sorts of foreshadowed crises, but they were particularly serious about trivial tactics.
Since the Rebel Five formed and began rebelling against the Guardians of the Universe, and caused quite a stir, the appearances and related information of the three generations of the rebel leader Athocitas have been found out and put into the Book of Oa, as part of the enemy's data, and made available to every Green Lantern for viewing.
Therefore, the Green Lantern Ring is recognized as one of the most powerful weapons in the universe because it is not only a weapon, but also an encyclopedia that can be accessed at any time.
Even after the Tear Star Empire, established by the five former members of the Green Lanterns' rebel group, was completely destroyed by Green Lantern Abbin Sue, this level of access was still the kind where as long as you had a Green Lantern ring and were one of our own in the Green Lantern Corps, you could investigate anything you wanted.
But...
This Green Lantern automated query system clearly hasn't considered the question of whether Green Lantern rings from parallel universes can be accessed.
The Green Lantern version of Batman [Darkest Knight] that Chen Tao previously shared wasn't a modified version like the Dawn Lantern or the Ring of Calamity from Earth 3, but a genuine, authentic Green Lantern ring, complete with its own furnace. And coincidentally, it's the same Green Lantern that Bin Sue, the Green Lantern from a parallel universe, saving him the trouble of identity verification.
The only problem is that after he synchronizes with the Dark Knight, the Green Lantern Ring can't connect to Oa in this universe. This is easy to solve. He just needs to connect it slightly with Sinestro's Green Lantern Ring and copy the frequency at which Sinestro's Green Lantern Ring connects to Oa.
So this was Chen Tao's plan.
He couldn't monitor everyone at all times, even though he had already planted surveillance on Black Manta long ago; after all, he was Batman, not Brainiac. But once he had identified Black Manta as a suspect, all his actions were already exposed to Chen Tao's surveillance.
At this time, another person he was monitoring, Atosikas, also came into his view.
This is why Chen Tao used the magic of the mud face and water-repelling ability to disguise himself and the Supergirl as Athositus's wife and daughter.
Yes, yes... It seems we've encountered a problem: Black Manta and Atositas, what would an ordinary person do?
Defeat them, and then just take Aquaman and the Mother Box back to the Justice League?
This seems easy, and it really is:
Even disregarding the fact that he had infiltrated his flesh with enough deadly nanobots during their first meeting, which would have changed the course of the battle by slightly affecting the opponent's movements; and even without these methods, Atocitas could not have defeated him based solely on brute force.
Even Mister and the Outsider understood this, so their task for Athositas was to distract Batman's time and energy as much as possible, giving Mister time to absorb magic, rather than "You Go Kill Batman".
however……
Chen Tao never forgot another noteworthy person:
Supreme Little Superman.
Superman is incredibly strong, excessively so, but that also means no one can control his actions.
He is almost the Superman with the strongest magic resistance, unlike the Superman with low magic resistance like Clark in the main universe who would be bitten by Wonder Woman's villain Cheetah (who is a magic-side villain) and then get infected (see the New 52 Justice League comics).
Mind manipulation is ineffective against him, and kryptonite is ineffective against him, unless Chen Tao can find kryptonite from the Origin Universe—which is simply ridiculous, as that universe has already been destroyed.
The only thing that could somewhat restrain him was the sunlight from the red sun, but it was obvious that this thing couldn't affect Superman's brain.
If Superman Supreme were of sound mind, the first thing he would do upon escaping his cage would undoubtedly be to slaughter the entire Justice League.
In fact, Chen Tao felt that, to some extent, the Supreme Little Superman was very similar to Obito Uchiha from Naruto, a character he had seen in his previous life.
He no longer considers anyone alive in this universe as human, and he is no longer the hero who saved the world during the infinite crisis. In his view, the entire world is in need of correction, and everyone in it is naturally wrong.
As long as he restarts the world and restores the primordial universe, then all the people he killed will cease to exist, so wouldn't that mean he never killed anyone?
The Justice League and the Teen Titans, who repeatedly tried to stop him, are absolutely despicable sinners and should be condemned.
Therefore, the Justice League is definitely a higher priority to be attacked than Darkseid, and Superman the Supreme is incredibly powerful. This is the problem that Chen Tao has been thinking about and worrying about all along.
If things really don't work out and they have to release Superman Supreme to fight Darkseid, but he ends up being attacked first by the Superman Supreme he himself released and beaten to death, then that would probably be a contender for the funniest way a time traveler dies in history.
However, although Superman the Primal is fearless and has virtually no weaknesses, this doesn't mean there are no ways to affect his mental state—
For example, the red light ring might be the only way to make Superman lose his mind.
Aside from Atositas, every member of the Lantern Clan who wears the Red Lantern Ring loses their mind and becomes uncontrollably enraged. The farther away from the center of the spectrum, the greater the influence of the emotional energy on the holder; therefore, the red light representing anger and the purple light representing love have the greatest impact on the holder.
The Red Lantern Ring is not essentially mind control or magic; it is a gift, a power. It can only ignite anger, not create it out of thin air. The ring can only transform abstract anger into tangible flames, which is why every member of the Red Lantern Legion must already be angry to join.
However, a new problem arises: Atositas has not yet become the Lord of the Red Lanterns, and his primary method is still blood magic. How can Chen Tao forge a Red Lantern ring out of thin air?
Atositas forged the Red Lantern Furnace under two conditions: the corpses of the other four members of the rebel group of five, and a raging inferno.
The corpse was easy to deal with. Chen Tao touched the golden ball, a death treasure he had taken from Black Manta's pocket. Chen Tao had already set his sights on it the first time Black Manta pulled it out.
This thing can teleport long distances regardless of space and distance, and can bring Atosistans back to the planet where he was imprisoned at any time, personally sending the other four members of the rebel group to their deaths.
And anger...
"No matter who you are, how dare you impersonate my wife."
Now, at this moment.
Athositus said, enunciating each word clearly.
"You're dead."
Chen Tao knew long ago that impersonating his wife would greatly anger Athocitas, but he was determined to give it a try.
Of course, he also has many backup plans, or other options.
For example, if he fulfills both conditions in the comics and Athositas still can't forge the Red Lantern due to some kind of fateful reason like "the war of light and color hasn't come yet," he could beat Athositas unconscious with a crowbar and try to get the Red Lantern Batman, Bristol; or he could secretly lock Athositas up and kill him if he really needed Superman Supreme, then get the Red Lantern Bat Coin...
However, such plans seem too inhumane and radical, and Chen Tao would prioritize excluding them unless absolutely necessary.
After all, he's a super anti...
Super anti-hero.
"Mom—look, it's a mechanical hunter!" The super girl next to him didn't notice the many thoughts that flashed through Chen Tao's mind in an instant. She was diligently reciting the lines she had just been taught.
The Kryptonians' super brains are incredibly useful. Even though they don't use them often, when it comes to memorizing, their brains are absolutely unmatched.
She pointed at Athositas riding on the back of the chemical waste monster: "Mom, will the mechanical hunters kill us all?"
"Yeah, yeah," Chen Tao said, "Your dad will join the mechanical hunters to kill us all. After all, he's a murderer now, a villain, and he's no different from those little blue men who slaughtered Sector 666."
"Batman," Athocitas said, enunciating each word clearly. "I know it's you."
He felt the blood rushing from his limbs all the way to his head.
"How dare you... say such things while wearing my wife's face?"
The chemical waste monster he was riding on seemed to sense his roar and attacked the fake in front of it with a claw.
Chen Tao easily dodged the attack. He could have used it to launch a counterattack against Atositas, but he simply dodged it and had no intention of doing anything.
Chen Tao tried his best to make his movements and posture appear feminine, or rather, like Athositas's wife. He used various feminine movements to perform superhuman acts:
A respectable woman bends over... A respectable woman pulls her child and runs away... A respectable woman jumps... A respectable woman kicks...
This is the essence.
If Chen Tao were to completely impersonate Atocitas's wife, it would certainly anger Atocitas, but not to the point of extreme anger, because he would know that the wife in front of him was someone else in disguise, and he would be furious at the other party for looking down on his intelligence.
If he were merely a pretty face, it would still enrage Athositas, and the reason for his anger would be the enemy's despicable act of using his wife to distract him, leaving him only with indignation at the desecration of his wife.
Both kinds of anger are considerable, but neither can reach its peak.
What's most ironic is that the other party deliberately made it seem like a half-similar thing, like intentionally mimicking someone else's tone or speaking in a sarcastic manner. This isn't just blasphemy, it's amplified to an extreme degree. But what enraged Athostas even more was...
He's right.
"What do you want to do now, Atros? (Athositas's real name)?" Atrositas said to Batman, who was wearing his wife's face, "Destroy Atlantis with chemical junk monsters and poison everyone? So now you're starting to do the work of a mechanical hunter?"
He twisted his waist to dodge a piece of debris thrown by the chemical waste monster, which swirled up bubbles in the water and crashed with a thud onto a building not far away.
The Atlanteans around them had all fled, leaving only Atocitus, Chen Tao (who was posing as his wife), and the Supergirl (who was posing as his daughter).
Chen Tao lightly swayed his golden steps, dodging the chemical waste monster's attack once again, while also holding his daughter's hand tightly like a real Athositas wife.
"You don't understand at all. The Blood Prophecy tells me that only the Mite of Meditation can lead me to William Hand and stop the Darkest Night."
Athositas waved his cosmic wand, and a beam of red energy shot out from it. Unbeknownst to him, this beam of energy was no longer a simple laser, but had transformed into a light effect that vaguely resembled burning flame particles.
"You have no idea what kind of hatred I endure every day! While everyone else is fighting amongst themselves, slaughtering others, committing evil deeds and tragedies, I'm the only one saving the entire universe!"
"Then how is your behavior any different from that of the Guardians of the Universe? The Guardians of the Universe could sacrifice Sector 666, but you can sacrifice Atlantis?"
Athositas watched as his wife's face gradually turned charred.
The once healthy red color suddenly faded, and then, in the next moment, a charred black color appeared on it, just like his daughter.
The man who was pretending to be his daughter raised the small doll he was holding, and Athositas watched once again as the doll burned to ashes.
"If you dare to—"
This scene gave Atocitas an unparalleled shock, not only because of the desecration of his beloved by Batman, who was impersonating his wife, but more importantly, because he realized that the things Batman said while wearing his wife's face were true.
In some ways, the role he played wasn't much different from the one he once loathed. He had been avoiding thinking about the issue, avoiding considering the suffering he had brought to the planet's inhabitants.
"You murderer—Athocitas—you're no different from the mechanical hunter who killed us—"
He heard the two men in front of him, who were pretending to be his wife and daughter, whispering.
Although the sound was very soft, it still penetrated his ears wave after wave.
Anger at Batman for impersonating his wife.
He felt so angry because he had done the same thing as the mechanical hunter.
The anger of the guardians of the universe.
Anger at failing to find William Hand.
When Athositas was filled with rage, he was so furious that he felt almost nothing.
His nameless rage isolated him, keeping him away from those terrible memories.
Chen Tao saw that scarlet flames, like particles, were spewing from his mouth and nose.
it's time.
Chen Tao pulled out the Death King Golden Ball.
The green light ring provided him with the location of the planet where the five rebels were imprisoned. Soon, a golden vortex lit up, a portal opened, and the other four members of the rebels appeared on the other side of the portal.
They were the sacrifices that gave birth to the Red Lantern Legion.
(End of this chapter)