Chapter 106: Ch.105 Abandoning the Useless
"Ha ha ha! Oh my, oh my! Isn't this the Dawnbreaker?" A man dressed in a tight leather suit, his face adorned with a wide grin, immediately noticed the 'half-piece' lying on the ground.
He was the Batman Who Laughs, and those boys surrounding him were his former Robins. Barbatos had transformed them into bloodthirsty Robin Hounds.
The Batman Who Laughs still had a twisted affection for them. He decided to put name tags and leashes on them, treating them like pets. Whenever there were usable remains, he would unleash them to have a feast.
He turned around and spread his arms wide, hugging himself tightly as if basking in happiness, his body writhing in madness.
But he suddenly stopped, grabbing his chin with one hand, tilting his head as he walked over to the mangled legs that had been gnawed upon.
"Oh no, Dawnbreaker! What happened to you? Answer me!"
He cradled the half-body in his arms, holding it to his chest, and suddenly burst into tears.
Like a little girl holding her doll, he raised the remains to eye level and spoke to the severed part:
"No, Dawnbreaker! You can't die! Who killed you? Tell me! Don't people in movies always reveal their killer before they die?!"
However, he seemed to have used too much force. The already fragile half-body finally fell apart completely.
The Batman Who Laughs seemed to understand something, and he began to tremble slightly. "Oh, I see? So this Earth killed you, huh? Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee! Ha ha ha!!!"
The others who had emerged from the portal exchanged glances. A figure resembling a robotic Batman quietly spoke to the gigantic monster beside him: "Dawnbreaker is clearly still alive, albeit heavily wounded. But to him, it's as if he's already dead?"
The massive creature scratched his arm. Standing over five meters tall, he resembled a wall amidst the ruins, gray spores falling from his body. "Alive or dead, trash is still trash."
At this moment, another figure wearing a bat armor made of chains, his face pale and bloated like a corpse, with seaweed and barnacles clinging to him, stepped out of the portal, leaning on a trident. He looked like a drowned corpse recovered from a sunken ship: "Dawnbreaker is already useless. His heart is filled with fear. For a Lantern, that means he's completely finished."
"Looks like Red Death and the Merciless are dead too. I'm curious who managed to kill them in an instant," the robotic Murder Machine said, calculating with interest. But with insufficient information, he couldn't arrive at an answer.
Su Ming had been moving around constantly with Barry's help, leaving no trace of key information. Even the Murder Machine couldn't deduce who was responsible.
"Strange, an illusion?" The Batman Who Laughs placed his hand under his chin, looking around as if searching for something. "I just buried the Dawnbreaker. How am I hearing his voice again? Huh? I'm sick! Ha ha ha!"
"No! Look at me! What are you planning to do? I fought for all of us!" Dawnbreaker crawled toward him, trying to grab at his clothes.
But the Batman Who Laughs stepped back several times, twirling around as if dancing, then really started tap-dancing.
"Well, I guess I haven't been sleeping well lately. Ever since we got here, my insomnia's been worse. Ha ha!" He let go of the chains, sticking out his tongue and licking his teeth. "Rest in peace."
The mad Robins immediately let out sharp laughs and charged at Dawnbreaker on all fours, attacking him.
They were creations of darkness; any act of darkness was their nature.
"No!!! Ring! Ring... ack!"
In just a few seconds, Dawnbreaker went silent.
At that moment, his ring slipped off his bitten-off finger and flew toward the sky.
"Lantern deceased. Seeking replacement."
The Batman Who Laughs turned his head and looked at the Murder Machine, still smiling: "What are you waiting for? The little bird's flying away!"
Among the Dark Knights, the Batman Who Laughs was Barbatos' favorite because he was the darkest and the craziest. He was in charge of most operations.
The Murder Machine immediately raised his arm, which began transforming from its original mechanical shape. With a series of mechanical clicks, it formed a massive cannon barrel.
A streak of black energy shot through the sky, precisely striking the gray-green ring.
"Error. Ring compromised."
Watching the ring shatter and fall down the mountain, the Batman Who Laughs joyfully sprinted back to the others, throwing his arms around the shoulders of the Murder Machine and the Drowned. Leading the way, he burst into laughter, and they joined in.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"