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Chapter 1052 The Siege of Manhattan: Doctor's Plan

Chapter 1052 The Siege of Manhattan: Doctor's Plan

Papetua was filled with sorrow.

The threat from the Origin Hands is still far off, but the threat from Dr. Manhattan is already imminent.

The threat posed by a complete detached being was too great for Papetua; this was the first time she had encountered such a helpless situation.

Moreover, even before Doctor Manhattan has fully focused his efforts on resisting Perpetua, in Batman: The Dragon movie, Superman in the main universe is reclaiming his identity and complete self, while on the other side, the Void Hand is plotting an unknown conspiracy.

These are all issues that Dr. Manhattan should consider.

Papetua completely ignored the Pharaoh. In the eyes of the Mother of the Multiverse, a creature as weak as the Pharaoh was not even qualified to be in the game.

This is almost a common problem among the powerful: because they possess power, they neglect those who do not, a fatal form of arrogance.

Papetua has no idea what the consequences of Dr. Manhattan's plan will be, nor how to defeat him. She can only breathe on Dr. Manhattan in vain, but she can't do anything to him.

What's even more troublesome is that she doesn't even have time to find the main entity now, and she has no way to regain all her power. She can only watch helplessly as the situation collapses, and this feeling is just too much—

"Oh, my Queen."

Papetua turned his head to the side.

I've lost count of how many times this has happened.

The Bat Who Laughs, the embodiment of the DC multiverse's malice towards Batman, an indelible virus.

But this time—

Papetua looked at the so-called Bat of Laughter before him: "What kind of monster have you transformed yourself into?"

Yes, the laughing bat that appeared before him was not the kind of bat that laughed so hard it reached his ears that he was used to seeing, but rather a brain floating in nutrient solution inside a huge, bizarre machine.

Outside of this brain, countless flexible tubes connect to the instruments, driving the machinery below and enabling the entire instrument to move on its own.

The machine moved so slowly that even passing through the space portal took some time.

"The Laughing Bat?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, without a doubt."

Papetua saw a face of maniacal laughter appear on the display screen of the instrument. If this brain was indeed the original form of Maniacal Laughter, then Maniacal Laughter was undoubtedly in its weakest state at the moment.

Moreover, his presence here is tantamount to entrusting his life to Papetua. Papetua originally wanted to burn the Batman Who Laughs to ashes the moment he saw him, but since the Batman is already so vulnerable, it seems harmless to listen to what he has to say.

But before that—

"The Bat of Laughter, you only ever appear before me when you want to do something."

I remember your service to me ended when you started flirting with the Hand of the Void. How dare you show your face in front of me again?

Yes, Papetua is indeed troubled by Dr. Manhattan, but that doesn't mean she'll still be persuaded by the Bat who laughs.

Even Perpetual would not accept the Batman Who Laughs's ability to form alliances and betray them at any time. The Batman Who Laughs's appearance before Perpetual with his brain did give him a chance to speak, but if he couldn't come up with a coherent answer, his head would soon explode.

Papetua waited for the laughing bat to speak, but the laughing bat remained silent.

His body, if we can tentatively assume that the brain-controlled machine can be considered the laughing body.

A mechanical hand extended from his body.

He opened his palm, and on it was a —

A transparent sphere?

In that instant, Papetua felt his breath catch in his throat, and he instantly recognized what it was.

"Damn it, it's all combined!"

"Yes, my great queen."

The Bat Who Laughs said, "Your long-lost power, and the key to unlocking it—the seven powers of destruction—are now presented to you as a gift."

Papetua couldn't help but be overjoyed, yet a huge question remained in her mind: how could the Batman Who Laughs have managed to find a fragment of the Origin Wall like the Total Convergence, which had fallen onto the main universe's timeline thousands of years ago?

"However, he still said, 'You did well, Bat of Laughter. For the sake of the Grand Alliance, I can completely forgive your previous betrayal—'"

"You left without saying goodbye, my queen. Isn't this brief separation for a longer reunion?"

The Laughing Bat said, "However, I'm afraid I have to report some bad news to you: obtaining the total fusion will inevitably come at a price."

Papetua knew that things weren't that simple.

"Tell me, what is the price?"

"It's not as big as you imagine, Your Majesty."

He laughed wildly and said, "In order to obtain the total entity, I made a deal with the Void Hand. I sold the Miracle Machine to him directly."

"What?"

Papetua was shocked upon hearing this. The Void Hand, who controlled the Miracle Machine, was essentially holding the lifeline of the DC multiverse in his hands. She must have been out of her mind to allow the other party to control it to such an extent. This was also why he had previously tried so hard to restrict the Void Hand. But now that the Bat Who Laughs had casually allowed the Void Hand to grow to such an extent, how could he dare to do this?

"Dr. Manhattan is the greatest threat we face now, Your Majesty."

But just as Papetua was about to erupt, he was interrupted by the Batman Who Laughs' loud voice: "If Dr. Manhattan completes his plans related to Superman, none of us will know what he's actually going to do, will we? If he completes his plans, then it all makes no sense."

We will all be defeated by Doctor Manhattan, and the DC multiverse will no longer need us. Doctor Manhattan will have everything, control everything, and replace everything. In that new world formed by the merging of the DC multiverse and the Watchmen universe, there will be no place for us.

His brain writhed in the nutrient solution, and on the machine's display screen, the Batman Who Laughs earnestly said, "Think carefully, my queen. No matter how much trouble the Void Hand can cause, it can't be bigger than Dr. Manhattan. Besides, he's just a wolf that wants to eat a little bit of flesh and blood, while Dr. Manhattan is a tiger that wants to swallow us all whole, leaving not even the bones behind."

I know I'm drinking poison to quench my thirst, but no matter what, the Void Hand is easier to deal with than Dr. Manhattan, isn't he?

Papetua did not speak.

She gritted her teeth.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

"A true alliance, Your Majesty. You, me, the Hand of the Void, and Batman Dragon."

"A coalition for self-salvation within the DC multiverse—by killing Doctor Manhattan!"

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