Chapter 195 Batman Classic Two Choices
"What the hell are you doing?"
Bruce asked Katoom telepathically.
He knew that owls' normal behavior was a bit abstract, but he had never expected it to be this abstract.
What is being done now is completely incomprehensible.
"Have some fun and divert the attention of the Merciless Iron Fist."
Katum said casually, "If you weren't so useless and couldn't beat Wumin Iron Fist, I wouldn't have to do this kind of work."
Merciless is also Batman, with all the qualities of Batman.
He is determined and has a clear goal, but he has no bottom line. If he wants to kill Diana, he will definitely kill her and cannot be easily stopped.
However, the merciless iron fist has the strong curiosity of Batman.
When the owl behaved extremely abnormally in front of him, he couldn't help but stop and try to figure out what Katum's purpose was.
The more abstract the action, the more suspicious he became.
After all, Batman is the kind of person who thinks a glass of water will commit a crime when he sees it.
"But how do you move in stasis?"
Bruce asked, "And since you can move, why don't you just take us away?"
"Sorry, can't do it."
Katoum said, "I have increased my speed force to the limit so that I can move like a normal person. If I bring you and Diana with me, my speed will inevitably slow down."
When Bruce possesses the Speed Force, Katoom's speed will increase tenfold simultaneously.
It sounds scary, but in the face of static force, it can only barely maintain its movement.
After all, this kind of power is too obvious in restraining the speed force.
Katoom explained the plan to Bruce: "All I can do now is to use Apparition to teleport you to a safe place. You will be alone. I will stay here to protect Diana."
This method of Apparition comes from Ravenclaw.
It does not affect oneself, but teleports others away.
But Batboy had no time to learn it, only Katoom could do it.
"Can't you take Diana with you?" Bruce asked.
"It's hard to do." Katoum sighed, "You and Diana can only teleport together if you hold hands, but you are too far away."
This time, Wuqing's iron-fisted troops came prepared, but Bruce had to fight a surprise battle, so he was naturally at a huge disadvantage.
Teleporting the little bat away would give him time to prepare a plan, and there would still be a chance of victory.
Katoom had made his decision and would not listen to Bruce's protests.
The small talk ends here.
Katoom resumed his performance, angrily criticizing Bruce for his past actions.
In his words, the little bat had reached a level that was abhorrent to both humans and gods, and beyond the reach of justice.
"Bruce! You used me to travel across the universe, committed all kinds of evil, became sworn brothers with the Red Skull, beat Professor McGonagall with nunchakus, and even took advantage of poor Deep Sea!"
"I definitely didn't take advantage of Deep Sea!"
Bruce protested to Katoom through telepathy, saying that even if it was all nonsense, it was too much to say that he had an affair with Deep Sea.
Wumin Iron Fist had been watching from the sidelines.
He wanted to figure out what the owl was trying to do, but the more he observed, the more confused he became.
Why do I feel like this guy is just cursing Bruce for fun?
In this case, his patience is almost exhausted.
"enough……"
Just as Wuqing Tiefen opened his mouth, Bruce's figure suddenly began to twist. After a strange sound, Batboy disappeared.
Only he was gone, Katoom and Diana were still there.
"not good!"
Katum suddenly shouted, "This is my method of traveling through the heavens. When did Bruce learn it secretly?"
Traveling through the universe again.
Wumin Iron-Fist's brows twitched wildly. His biggest disadvantage against Bruce was that he could not leave the world.
If Bruce wants to escape, he can't stop him.
So Merciless first controlled Diana, wanting to use her as a hostage to prevent Bruce from making the decision to escape.
But Bruce still ran away.
"Are you sure he learned it secretly?"
Wumin Tiequan asked coldly, "Didn't you teach him?"
"If that's the case, why don't I run away with him?"
Owl asked back, "Why should I stay and endure your anger? For Bruce? He and I are not that close. We just had a few meals together."
Wumin Tiegan said nothing more.
Of course, he didn't believe Katum's excuses, but the problem now was that Bruce had already fled to beyond the heavens. Did he still have a chance to catch him?
This is the misunderstanding caused by Wumin Tiewan's lack of understanding of the mechanism of time travel.
If they really traveled through the heavens, Katoom and Bruce could not be separated.
The scene fell into a brief silence. After a moment, Wumin Tiewan suddenly spoke.
"wrong!"
He turned to look at Katum, "Bruce can't really escape, he will definitely come back!"
Katum seemed puzzled: "Why would he fall into this trap?"
"Because he's Bruce Wayne."
"He will keep trying to defeat me before he sees true despair, rather than running away," Wuqing Ironfist asserted.
Bruce's departure this time was just a strategic shift.
He will be back.
Wumin Tiewan felt relieved. He raised his hand gently, and a cold wind blew around him. Strange howling sounds were heard, and countless undead appeared out of thin air.
This is the power of Merciless Iron Fist. The souls of those killed by him will be enslaved by Merciless Iron Fist forever.
The undead spirits kept wandering in the air, slowly materializing, grabbing Diana and Katum and dragging them into the air.
"what are you doing!"
Katoom screamed, "I am also a member of the Dark Batman, you can't do anything to me!"
"I'm no longer interested in playing these games with you."
Wumin Iron Fist walked over and pulled off Katoom's bat hood.
He looked at the owl's face and said softly, "Just now, I suddenly had an idea, and now I really want to experiment with it."
"What idea?" asked Katum.
"Tell me, in Bruce's heart, who is more important, you or Diana?"
Wuqing Iron Fist turned his head and glanced at Diana who was in a state of stillness.
"If you can only choose to save one of the two of you, who would Bruce save?"
“Brilliant idea!”
Katum's eyes lit up, "Then can I make a suggestion?"
Wumin Tiequan frowned: "Did you hear me clearly? I want to use you as bait."
"I know, but what does this have to do with my advice?"
Katum showed a serious discussion, "Your plan actually has some flaws. If you let Bruce choose, he will definitely save the most important person. The one who was abandoned is not that important to him, and his guilt will not last long.
"How about this, listen to my advice, you give Bruce two choices, but secretly swap my position with Diana, so that he will rescue someone else in the end.
"If this is the case, won't Bruce feel guilty and regretful for the rest of his life?"
Katum spoke eloquently, and even Wumin Iron-fisted was stunned.
This owl actually took such a wicked plan for granted.
Aren't you and Bruce buddies?
Why are you always thinking about cheating him?
"It seems like you have no expectation at all that Bruce would choose you."
Wumin Tiegan thought of a possibility. He sneered and said, "After all, you are doing this for your own survival. Owl, oh owl, you really only think about yourself!"
"Excellent."
Katum was caught in mid-air by the undead, but he didn't look nervous at all.
He urged Wumin Tiegan: "Make a decision quickly! Do you want to adopt my suggestion?"
Wumin Tiegan was speechless. He had fully experienced Katum's shamelessness.
"Your advice is good."
After a long while, he slowly said, "But I refuse!"
"you……"
Katum sighed heavily, looking extremely regretful.
Merciless Iron Fist didn't want to waste any more time. He moved his finger, and the undead dragged Owl and Diana to Merciless Iron Fist's bat cave.
"I don't need any advice."
Wumin Iron Fist thought, "I only act according to my own ideas."
He is such a strong-minded person.
At this moment, his idea was to swap the positions of Katoom and Diana after giving Bruce the option.
This was a plan that Wumin Tiegan came up with himself.
It has nothing to do with owls.
……
A strange sound was heard in the air, and then Bruce's figure fell out of thin air.
He twisted in the air and landed safely.
After leaving the stasis force, he finally resumed normal movements and no longer had that strange feeling that his mind was transcending his body.
"Katum..."
Thinking back to the previous scene, Bruce's heart still couldn't calm down.
Although Owl's attitude at the time seemed to have everything under control, Bruce understood that Owl had made a huge sacrifice by teleporting him away. Now, both Katoom and Diana fell into the hands of the Merciless Iron Fist.
There’s no telling what kind of torture he’ll endure.
"He must be waiting for me to rescue him!"
Bruce gritted his teeth and felt Katum's trust. At the most critical moment, the owl was still thinking about him!
He can't let this expectation down!
Batboy swore on his parents' graves that he would rescue both Owl and Diana!
Having made up his mind, Bruce withdrew his thoughts and began to observe his surroundings.
First see where Katum teleported him to.
Then after a while——
"Katum, why don't you die!!!"
Bruce cursed at the sky, he already knew where he was.
An orphanage in London!
"It's already this late, and you're still trying to be clever!"
Oliver Twist Bruce Wayne keeps cursing at the owl.
Then, a voice suddenly came from his heart.
"Okay, let me catch you cursing me behind my back!"
That was Katum's voice, and it sounded extremely angry. "I made such a great sacrifice for you, and you still cursed me behind my back! This is too much of a bully!"
"you are not human."
Bruce corrected considerately, not surprised by Katoom's sudden voice.
This kind of remote voice transmission was not the first time they had experienced it.
"how are you now?"
Bruce asked with concern, "Did Merciless Iron Fist torture you inhumanely? For example, scalding you with boiling water and then plucking out all your hair?"
"No," Katoom said. "He just locked me up. Diana is in the cell next to mine."
"pity."
Bruce sighed regretfully.
"What a shame for you."
Katoom cursed casually, then returned to the topic, "You have to be careful. Merciless Iron Fist is worthy of being Batman. He expected that you would come back to challenge him again, and he is already prepared."
Bruce asked, "Where are you now?"
"In the Batcave of the Merciless Iron Fist," said Katoom.
Bruce was speechless for a moment. He reorganized his words and asked, "Where is the bat cave of the merciless iron fist?"
“In Moscow.”
"Where is Moscow?"
"The Batcave of Merciless Iron Fist."
"Just wait to die!"
Based on his long experience with Katum, Bruce could conclude that Katum probably didn't know the exact location, which was why he kept talking nonsense.
He thought to himself that the bat cave either had special restrictions or was simply a space gap that had been opened up.
Otherwise Katum would have Apparated away long ago.
"It seems that I can't count on you to work with me from inside and outside."
Bruce shook his head and said, "Then I can only follow my own plan."
It is difficult to defeat Merciless Iron Fist, but not impossible. It was Merciless Iron Fist's sudden arrival that put Bruce at a disadvantage.
But things are different now.
"Please help me take care of Diana first. Don't let Wuqing's iron fist hurt her."
Bruce said, "I'll go find him soon!"
"You weren't there, and Merciless Iron Fist had no intention of hurting Diana."
Katum glanced at the cell next door and saw Diana lying on the ground with her eyes closed.
"Anyway, just hurry up. You made tough statements to the Dark Batmen, and now it's time to execute them."
"I know."
Bruce said, then cut off the call with Katoom.
It was still night, and the sky was full of stars. Bruce thought that he was still watching the stars with Diana an hour ago, but it was a pity that the merciless and iron-fisted man ruined his good deed.
Just based on this, it would not be enough for him to kill Wuqing Iron Fist a hundred times.
Bruce opened his palms and raised them to the sky. A moment later, Thor's hammer flew from a distance and was held firmly by him.
Immediately afterwards, the little silver dragon Harley flew out from Thor's hammer.
It was in high spirits at first, and when it saw Bruce it exhaled a breath of dragon energy as a greeting.
But soon, after it flew a few circles and didn't see Katum, the whole dragon suddenly became bad.
“Awwwwww—”
Harley grabbed Bruce's ears with his little paws and kept making pitiful growls.
As if asking about the whereabouts of the owl.
"Don't worry, Katoom didn't abandon you, he was just captured."
Bruce explained calmly, "And we'll get him out soon."
Captured?
Harley was stunned. At that moment, countless horrible images flashed through his little head, all of which were of Katum being tortured.
It burst into tears. Perhaps no one in the world could feel more sorry for Katum than it.
"Woooa ...
Harley danced in front of Bruce. Bruce couldn't understand its language, but he could understand what it meant.
We have to rescue him quickly!
"Okay, let's go now."
Bruce said, "You should also have some faith in Katoom. Even if the world is destroyed, the owl will not die."
These words gave Harley hope, and it finally stopped crying and reintegrated into Thor's hammer.
The little silver dragon is now full of energy and is determined to rescue Katum!
Bruce raised Thor's hammer, and there was a missing piece on the cracked hammer.
Now, it's time to get that piece back!
……
Diana wakes up from her coma.
When I opened my eyes, I saw the ceiling of the prison.
"what happened……"
She sat up, covering her head, her mind seemed a little confused. In her memory, she was still fighting against the merciless iron fist in the last second, and fell into a coma in the next second.
"you're awake?"
Katum's voice came from next door. Diana turned her head and saw that the owl was hung upside down in the cell on the other side, with only a layer of iron bars between them.
"Katum? What's wrong with you!?"
Diana was frightened by the owl's current appearance. It looked like it was undergoing some kind of torture.
"Don't worry, I'm just looking at the world from a different perspective."
The owl flapped its wings and the whole bird flipped over in the air, but a white noose tied to his claws prevented him from escaping.
The Lasso of Lies, one of the three lassoes of fate.
Not from this world, but from a dark universe that was slaughtered by a merciless iron fist.
Being bound by this noose, one will fall into lies and illusions, and everything one sees will be illusory, and one will be unable to reach the truth.
But this worked poorly for Katoom.
He was an owl without dreams, and he had seen the dreams of countless people at Hogwarts. The illusion of the Lasso of Lies was not really new to him.
"What are we doing now? Where's Bruce?"
Diana was not tied up like Katum. She stood up and checked the cell where she was imprisoned. The iron bars seemed to be made of a special material. Diana tried her best but could not bend them.
"You can try the lever theorem."
Katum squeezed his head through the railings and said, "Tie the two rails together with a cloth and then twist them with a stick. It will save a lot of effort."
"It's not that simple."
Diana knocked on the railing. "There are traces of magic on this metal. Ordinary brute force should not be able to pry it open."
She stopped trying and brought up the previous topic again.
What's the situation now?
"We were caught with a merciless iron fist."
Katum said, "Bruce has made a successful transfer and should be outside now figuring out how to save us."
"You don't seem nervous at all."
Diana asked doubtfully, "Shouldn't the situation be critical now?"
"Can being nervous change the status quo?" Katum said, "If not, just accept the reality."
Diana was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "You are right, I should learn from your mentality."
"My character is indeed worth learning."
The owl took Diana's praise in stride, gripping the bars with its wings and pulling its head back.
"You stay here for a while."
He said, "I'm going to look around and see what's hidden in this bat cave."
"what?"
Diana was a little confused.
Aren’t they in jail? Why did Katum make it sound like they were visiting?
"I am a magical owl. I can do many things that the Merciless Iron Fist can't even imagine."
Katoom pulled a stuffed owl from the feathers and threw it into the sky.
"Go, Katum III!"
(End of this chapter)
