American comics: What kind of evil intentions could Batman have?

Chapter 434 Hidden Dangers, I've Come to Extract the Codex of Life, Zod and the Night

Chapter 434 Hidden Dangers, I'm Here to Extract the Codex of Life, Zod's Connection with the Night Owl

"You still have a chance to back out, Clark."

Justice League, Base Headquarters.

General Zod has regained his freedom... temporarily.

Chen Tao originally intended to force Mogo, the planet Green Lantern, to return to freedom, but General Zod regarded it as his last bargaining chip and resolutely refused. In the end, they came up with a compromise: General Zod had to stop forcibly controlling Mogo, but could still retain the power to control him at any time.

In any case, General Zod's control over Mogo stemmed from the Kryptonian technology he installed at the core of the opposing planet, and he was confident that he could keep Mogo bound indefinitely...

Whether they can truly be restrained is not important; what matters is that they have reached a cooperation agreement, and that is the most important thing.

So, in conclusion, the terms have now been agreed upon. And General Zod should fulfill the most important part of their agreement: to heal Superman.

"We can't be sure if Zod is actually capable of treating you or if he's just talking nonsense. He said the surgery will take three days, requiring the removal of those Doomsday spores bit by bit. Does it really take that long? There has never been a three-day surgery on Earth. I've absorbed Brainiac's knowledge, although Brainiac only absorbed a little of Kryptonian technology, but he's not completely ignorant of it. I can't solve your situation, but he really can..."

Chen Tao paced back and forth like a father in front of a delivery room, worrying about this and that, while Superman Clark Kent sat there with a serene smile, like a pregnant woman about to enter the delivery room.

"Louis and my baby are almost a month old," he said, switching to a completely unrelated topic. "Maybe we could invite the rest of the Justice League over for a party..."

Superman was in high spirits. He was saying things that had nothing to do with what they were talking about.

"It may be a bit late, but I really wish I could share this news with you as soon as possible. But you were on business on another planet at the time. Louise and I named the child Jonathan, and Connor even held him. Oh, by the way, Connor is quite the hero now. He's joined the Teen Titans, along with your son Damian. You know about Deathstroke the other day? The Teen Titans defeated him, without any help!"

"Can you let me say something first?" Chen Tao said. "Your experiment is dangerous, and frankly, it makes me very anxious."

"Let's assume General Zod wasn't lying. Even if he has the ability to heal you, wouldn't he tamper with your body? Not much, just a little trick to kill you at a crucial moment. Or perhaps some method of controlling or monitoring you, like..."

Just like I would normally do.

Chen Tao quickly swallowed the rest of his sentence and then said, "Like a deadly poison that can kill you at any time or a method that can control you."

"What? No, you're overthinking it. This surgery will be assisted entirely by the artificial intelligence of Lonely Fortress, which was developed by my biological father. It carries all of Krypton's knowledge except for the Codex of Life, so no matter what method General Zod uses, it will not deviate from the content of Kryptonian technology."

Superman recklessly stuck flags on his back, one on the left and one on the right.

"Zod didn't have that opportunity, and he's not good at that kind of thing. He's a warrior; backstabbing isn't his style."

Superman said, "There won't be any problems, don't worry."

It's precisely because you said that I feel somewhat worried.

Chen Tao remained silent, and the two sat facing each other in silence for a while. Then Clark glanced at his wrist and figured it was about time.

"Well then..." he said.

"It's time."

So he stood up and planned to walk straight to the operating room, where General Zod was waiting for him.

"Wait, Clark," Chen Tao said, "wait a minute."

He hesitated for a moment, then finally said, "You've spoken with General Zod many times. Tell me honestly, is he confident? If he's not, that's alright. I won't say anything about him, let alone about you. Just live a normal life. I'll handle things here on Earth, but nothing too serious will happen."

He said, "Frankly, I'd rather have afternoon tea with you when I have time than see you become Superman. That's more important than anything else."

"Although you've never had time for afternoon tea since you met me," Clark laughed, concluding with:

"Okay, okay, I'll definitely come find you for afternoon tea when I have time. But I hope you remember that."

"I intend to regain my superpowers, and this isn't just to show off."

He said, "I genuinely want to help you, Bat. I know your retirement plans and everything you've done to protect our world. I want to help you because I know that if my body hadn't had these problems, I really could have helped you. But now, an opportunity has presented itself to me, and perhaps... I can become Superman again through it."

"Please," he said, "have some faith in me." After saying that, he didn't linger for a moment.

So Chen Tao slowly watched him walk out.

He waded through turbulent rivers and crossed valleys, only to be reborn on the other side.

Clark Kent, The Coming One.

Spring mountains are in sight.

But this rather aesthetically pleasing picture of "Batman Watching Superman Go" was quickly shattered by the Flash rushing in. Barry Allen, who had rushed over to act as a messenger, caught his breath and said to Chen Tao:

"Batman, something's happened."

Seeing that expression on his face made Chen Tao's head start to ache again. It was an expression he knew all too well, an expression that meant trouble: "You can tell me the bad news now, I can handle it."

"The Green Lantern Corps has disappeared. Hal told us it was General Zod who did it, but he doesn't have any evidence. However, he has already stormed in and started beating up General Zod."

Chen Tao and Superman exchanged a glance.

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"Stop! Stop!"

When Chen Tao rushed over, the battle between General Zod and Hal Jordan had already begun to intensify.

Hal used the Green Lantern Ring to create Kryptonite, a skill that allowed him to fight General Zod to a standstill. Initially, they were both wary of being at Justice League headquarters, but that concern is now diminishing.

"Keep the news under wraps." Chen Tao gave the order to Martian Manhunter, who had rushed over from nearby after hearing the news: "Have Amanda help us. The Justice League civil war must not be leaked. Check and monitor the electronic devices of all personnel in the base who witnessed the battle. Don't let them film or leak it. Since they're here at Justice League headquarters, they must have signed a confidentiality agreement, right?"

After giving a general overview of the situation, Chen Tao floated up and shouted to the two men who were still fighting in mid-air.

"Stop hitting him!"

no response.

"Wonder Woman is in Ohio right now, and I've already initiated an emergency recall," Martian Manhunter whispered to Chen Tao through telepathy. "The other members are on standby, they..."

"There's no need to go through all that trouble," Martian Manhunter then heard Batman say.

The Martian hunter was taken aback.

His expression gradually changed from surprise and annoyance to eager anticipation.

"Damn it." Martian Manhunter knew what he was up to when he saw that expression.

"I and a few of my Green Lantern Corps colleagues rushed over here to provide support. They stayed behind to besiege you, and now you're telling me, where are the 2000+ Green Lantern Corps members?!"

Hal grabbed General Zod by the collar: "Where are they now?"

General Zod responded with a heavy punch.

"If you keep doing this, I'm going to have to take action, you..." Hal's hand glowed with the green light of green kryptonite. He heard what Batman below was saying, but his priority now was to figure out where General Zod had taken the 2000 men. He was going crazy with anxiety.

Back on Planet OA, they found it overrun by Yellow Lanterns. They learned that Abinsu's sister, Arlinsu, had led a Yellow Lantern army under her command to OA, while the remaining Green Lanterns had formed a temporary alliance and were stationed on the planet. The other vicious criminals Sinestro had hastily recruited had either escaped or died at the hands of this Yellow and Green Lantern army. Everything seemed to be on track, but the only problem was: where had all the Green Lanterns gone?

Batman below seemed to be shouting something, but Hal didn't have time to listen. He raised the Green Lantern ring again…

Then he was sprayed in the face with a terrifying toxic gas by his own ring.

Hal: ? ? ?

Chen Tao felt a little regretful. This move was the fastest way to take down Hal Jordan, but if used too often, others wouldn't be fooled, and it probably wouldn't work next time.

Moreover, this method of tampering with other people's rings is so sophisticated that once something is discovered, everyone will be more vigilant. If Hal were to scan his own ring, he could get a general idea of ​​what was going on.

At the same time, the uniform that General Zod was wearing, the one that he would only wear in the Justice League's cage, also peeled off its nanobot shell at almost the same moment, revealing a thin layer of kryptonite powder inside. Before General Zod could react, he lost his powers due to the kryptonite and fell from the sky with a thud.

Chen Tao synchronized some of the high-speed bullets, which hovered and flew in front of the two of them. He stared at General Zod, feeling utterly miserable.

"What exactly are you hiding from me?"

He asked General Zod, enunciating each word clearly: "You'd better tell the truth."

"Those 2000-plus Green Lantern Corps members were besieging me, and I merely retaliated," General Zod said. "I exiled them back to the Phantom Zone. But now we're allies, aren't we?"

"How can we get them out?"

Hal immediately asked impatiently, "Can you reopen the teleportation portal? To the place where you left them."

When Chen Tao saw General Zod's expression, he had no intention of believing a single word he said next.

To prevent himself from being immediately surrounded and annihilated by the Legion after leaving the Phantom Zone, General Zod took precautions before leading them out of the Phantom Zone and sent them all back during his siege. The whole thing seemed quite reasonable and without any problems, with both a cause and a result.

But Chen Tao instinctively felt that something was wrong. He had felt uneasy when he spoke with Superman Clark earlier.

General Zod is definitely up to something; he's been hiding too much from us.

"I've been a little puzzled for a while. The Phantom Zone is so big, how did you manage to find Hal so accurately? If they said it was just luck, I think it's a bit too good to be true. Who was it?" Chen Tao asked. "Being trapped in the Phantom Zone, you shouldn't have been able to communicate with the outside world. Who revealed the Green Lantern Corps' location to you?"

"Not only are you able to control the Green Lantern planet Mogo, but you can also open the portal to the Phantom Zone and exile all 2000 Green Lantern Corps members back in. If opening the Phantom Zone were as easy as eating and drinking, you wouldn't have been trapped inside for over 20 years."

General Zod remained silent.

"Let me guess. Night Owl?"

Chen Tao tried to observe General Zuo De's complexion, but soon saw that General Zuo De, whose face was green, was lying on the ground, and Chen Tao's face was just as ugly as his.

He saw Superman Clark Kent rushing over from not far away. He was arriving rather slowly, so Chen Tao flew directly to his side.

"The surgery to be performed by General Zuo De is canceled for now," he said. "I will first help you extract the Codex of Life from your body."

He said, "At worst, I'll forcibly read his memories."

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Is Batman even here?

Inside the Justice League lobby.

A woman asked Barry Allen, the Flash, who was standing in front of her, with some anxiety. She had long, fiery red hair and a pretty face, but looked somewhat worried. She heard loud noises coming from inside the Justice League, as if someone was fighting inside.

"Excuse me, ma'am, it's dangerous now, you can't go over there." The Flash stopped her, but he felt that her strength was beyond his imagination, and he couldn't stop her for a while with his strength.

Barry also had to constantly control himself from getting too close to the other person, lest it cause a diplomatic incident.

"That's enough!"

The next second, the Flash stared wide-eyed as he saw the other manipulating a pool of water, spinning it like tentacles, binding him tightly, and then throwing him to the ground with a thud.

"I urgently need to speak with Batman," the woman said. "My name is Mera."

"I came to see him because of Aquaman."

"This is something on par with the Justice League; Arthur needs their help. I need it too."

(End of this chapter)