bioinnovel Chapter 479 Night Owl: I won, but why does it feel like I've become Luo?
Chapter 479 Night Owl: I won, but why does it feel like I've become Luo?
Chapter 479 Night Owl: I won, but why do I feel like I've become Robin?
"Run! Run! Run! Run!"
Inside the Owl spaceship, Dick Grayson was sweating profusely as he desperately fled for his life. He was grateful that Batman had been prescient enough to have him act early and turn Greer, one of Nite Owl's key henchmen, against him.
This is one of the main reasons why he was able to escape Night Owl's control and break free from the room where he was effectively under house arrest.
What's strange is that at this moment, the corridor was completely empty, yet he just ran out so brazenly, and Night Owl didn't react at all.
There was no arrest alarm, no response plan after he was discovered to have escaped. Dick Grayson just walked alone in the empty corridor for a long time without encountering a single robot guard.
Finally, Dick realized something was wrong.
"I'm walking the same path again."
He stopped and shouted at the surrounding walls, "You caught me a long time ago! You kept changing the direction of the corridor so that every time I opened the mechanical iron door, I was faced with the corridor I had walked through before."
He shouted at the surrounding walls, "Fine, I've got you now. What do you want?"
He shouted back at Night Owl, "What do you plan to do with Greer?"
Greer absolutely cannot be allowed to fail; this is one of the tasks Batman entrusted to him. Batman himself had told him that Greer would play a very important role in the final battle.
This function is very special, and only this woman, who is Darkseid's direct blood relative and is filled with hatred for Darkseid, has the ability to do it.
Therefore, Greer can fail, can be arrested, but she cannot die.
A few tens of minutes ago, Nightwing suddenly found himself under house arrest... It's not a big deal. He knew that Night Owl's rationality was always fighting with his emotions, so it was normal for him to be emotionally unstable in front of him. It was precisely because of this that Nightwing could move freely in front of Night Owl.
But things quickly went wrong... Dick discovered that this time was completely different from the previous ones. Night Owl appeared before him and told Nightwing almost bluntly that he had noticed the relationship between Grell and him. Before Dick Grayson could deny it, Night Owl made a montage of the entire process of Nightwing and his jailer Grell having an affair and played it to Nightwing on the spot.
From the initial approach to the gradual familiarity, and finally negotiating with Greer as Batman's spokesperson, Nightwing was shocked to see the cooperation finalized. He had no idea that all of this was under Night Owl's surveillance!
But that doesn't make any sense at all!
If Nite Owl knew from the beginning, why did he allow Greer to betray him? Why did he allow Greer to persuade his ally, Starro the Conqueror, to help Batman fight the Anti-Monitor?
They had thought that Starro's mind control abilities could completely blind a mere mortal like Night Owl, but now it seemed that they hadn't fooled him at all, but had been manipulated like puppets.
Even though Nightwing managed to win over half of them, one wrong move led to Greer forcing herself on him. Despite his sharp tongue and ability to maneuver freely, he couldn't persuade Greer and was forced to betray his girlfriend. The entire process of his poker game with Greer was also under Night Owl's surveillance.
(Note: Starfire feels a bit cuckolded. What, Nightwing being raped by a beautiful female villain is a traditional trope? Never mind then. Here, I'd like to specifically criticize a villain named Tarantula who comes every year to rape Nightwing. Note that Tarantula is a beautiful woman; there's a villain with the same name in the Marvel universe who's a burly man, but they are not the same person.)
Even the owl provided the timer for them, then sped up their poker video, showing the time they spent playing:
40 minutes and 32 seconds.
Nightwing was almost dumbfounded.
Night Owl did nothing to him, but instead placed him under house arrest again. This seemed like no punishment, but Nightwing quickly realized what Night Owl would do: Greer's life was in danger.
This is why Nightwing must now do everything in his power to escape his confinement and try to stop Night Owl from killing Greer.
He looked up and saw Night Owl standing in front of him.
"Listen to me, Thomas."
He racked his brains, trying to use his silver tongue, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the night owl.
His words at that moment plunged Nightwing into an icy abyss.
"Don't even think about it, Dick. My real body isn't here right now; this is just a robot I control remotely. So the Joker venom hidden in your spine is useless to me. You've always considered it your trump card. But do you think you can fool me?"
You must be trying to infect me with it, to defeat me by destroying my most powerful weapon—my intellect, right?
Batman even specially prepared an anti-mind-reading thought imprint in your mind to counter any attempt by me to use telepathy to read your memories. This pre-set mental protection is so ingenious that even Staro didn't notice it.
Nightwing was about to say something when Night Owl interrupted him: "Don't play dumb. It's pointless and only makes me feel insulted."
Nightwing remained silent.
He mentally spun around for a moment, then immediately changed the subject, saying, "Greel was bewitched by me. I used Batman's Metal Spirit magic on her to reverse her thoughts. You don't need to hurt innocent people."
Nightwing attempts to separate himself from Greer, portraying himself as the entity manipulating Greer in order to temporarily save Greer's life.
But that's a lie. The magic of the Metal Spirits never controlled the will of carbon-based life forms, and Nightwing's attempt to extricate Grell from the situation was completely futile.
None of this could shake the Night Owl's resolve.
Seeing that he remained completely unmoved, Nightwing's heart sank: "So, Greer is doomed to die?"
"You want to save her life?"
Then Nightwing heard Night Owl ask, "Is this your idea or Batman's idea?"
"mine."
Nightwing answered without hesitation.
He's not stupid, so what, Batman?
The owl stared at him intently for a while.
"I can't let Starro the Starfish peer into your brain because Batman has set up a mental barrier in your mind to prevent you from being read. If Starro were to forcibly break through this mental barrier, it would also cause your brain death."
He said, "So."
"I'll assume for now that this is your hope."
He said, "So now, tell me, Dick, are you confident you can convince Batman?"
Dick looked up and opened his mouth slightly.
"Don't look at me like that," he heard Night Owl say. Then he heard Night Owl say, "I've been preparing for so long... and now we've finally reached the final steps of the plan."
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"We need to talk, Batman."
Chen Tao watched indifferently as Darkseid panted in the distance, like a jackal drooling after a long run.
At that moment, the shadow of the night owl appeared before him and said, "We need to talk."
Chen Tao waited for his next words.
"You're a smart man, Bruce, just as smart as I am. You should have guessed my escape plan quite well. Even if you don't know the whole story, you should have a general idea. And..."
The owl's voice carried a hint of coldness and a subtle, almost imperceptible, disdain:
"I bet Luther has told you about his plan, which is a complete copy of mine... trying to switch my plans and sacrifice my universe to save you... It sounds ironic, haha, but you know he won't succeed."
He said, "Wake up."
He stared at Batman, while Superman the Supreme had already woken up not far away. He had been hit on both sides by his own monkey personality, resulting in a concussion. He was almost bursting with rage as soon as he woke up, and the red light ring on his finger glowed brightly in sync with his emotions.
The Blood Slaughter Bull behind him let out a groan, its color suddenly intensifying, directly overshadowing the Parallax Monster and Ion Shark with their yellow lights.
Superman the Supreme immediately tried to attack everyone present. He vanished from his spot in a flash. Darkseid jumped back and saw Superman the Supreme's fist almost smash into his face.
almost.
call!
Simply by relying on the gust of wind generated by his punch, it howled past Darkseid's face and drifted directly towards the distant Apokolips.
The fist that was about to smash into Darkseid's face stopped abruptly less than 10 centimeters away from him.
"You see, you can maintain control over that monkey head, but I can interfere with the original Superman's control over his body."
"How did you do that...?"
"A touch of magic, the full power of Starro the Starfish, my Father Box, and other methods I won't tell you."
Night Owl waved his hand:
"You know very well that dwelling on this now is pointless. You see Superman Supreme as your last trump card. Since even the Anti-Monitors are paying attention to him, how could I not?"
He said, "The anti-surveillance agents knew to take preemptive action to stop Superman Supreme, so how could I not prepare for him beforehand?"
"Then let's stop beating around the bush. What do you want, Night Owl?"
"I need you to participate in my plan. Just as you won't let me and Darkseid go, I won't let you go either, Batman. When it comes to the Anti-Monitor, we stand together. No one will abandon someone as powerful as you, a brilliant strategist, planner, and leader. We need your help..."
Immediately afterward, Night Owl saw Chen Tao reveal a smile that was both furious and mocking:
"You want to hand my universe over to the Anti-Monitors? Do you think I'd agree to cooperate with you? My plan is to save two worlds, I..."
"I will take your people from Earth at the last moment, and they will prosper in my universe. You yourself must remain in this universe that has lost its center and fight the Anti-Monitor to the death, delaying him for as long as possible."
Night Owl said, "That's right. One universe needs to hold off the Anti-Monitor for the other universe to have enough time to escape. That universe isn't you or me, so I'm sorry. The only thing I can do is take your people from Earth. Deal?"
As Night Owl spoke, he was prepared for Batman to be unreasonable, and he would either pull out Nightwing and let Batman persuade him or use Nightwing's life to threaten him.
His plan was meticulously crafted, step by step. He had been planning for a long time to usurp Batman's control over Superman, thereby forcing him to submit and completely seize the initiative. Today, he had finally succeeded.
The only problem now is that Batman might still refuse to listen to him, but he has made preparations for this: Nightwing will act as his persuader.
If Nightwing can't convince Batman, he'll choose the more extreme plan c:
Threaten Batman with Nightwing's life.
He allowed Nightwing to escape and let Nightwing be manipulated by Batman to deceive him; in fact, this was also a form of desensitization therapy for himself.
He forced himself to keep watching Nightwing's betrayal, trying to gradually erase his feelings for Nightwing.
This is because he has been using reason to cruelly torture his emotions for so long that now, Night Owl is certain that he will not hesitate at all if he takes action.
He will definitely be able to...
But then he heard Batman's voice:
"Okay, okay, I agree with your plan."
"...What?" Night Owl could hardly believe his ears. Was it really that simple?
That's impossible. His plan, to put it nicely, was to relocate all of Batman's people from Earth to his own, but he knew it was just a comforting notion. Ultimately, how many people could be taken was not decided by him and Batman, but by the Anti-Monitor.
The destruction and fall of a universe... cannot be erased by simply taking away a certain number of people.
"Then you have to help me first."
Then he heard Batman say:
"I have many things I need your help with."
"I need your help to transform the entire world into a beast. Oh, by the way, do you know I've already developed a dual-personality technology? I need your ally, the cosmic starfish Starro. I need the technology you possess. Also, the Blood Lord, the Ocean Lord Orm, I need your help to capture General Zod and his men, and I need your help to suppress Anton A. Cain, the master of the Corrupted Black, so that the Kryptonian army can..."
Before Night Owl could react, he heard Chen Tao rattle off a long list of tasks, like reciting a menu: "If we're going to cooperate deeply, these things must be done!"
Look.
The most difficult problem to get the owl to help willingly has now been solved by the owl himself, hasn't it?
(End of this chapter)