Chapter 210: The Batman Who Laughs!

Bruce ignored the three unreliable men beside him.

He was far more concerned with what this other version of himself would do next.

The human governments chose to trust the visitors from beneath the sea.

Bryce, however, trusted her instincts. She believed these outsiders were merely another group of metahumans who needed to be imprisoned!

She put on her black cowl once again and began carrying out her mission!

And events soon proved that Bryce’s instincts had been correct!

The Atlanteans were incomparably vicious. Peace had only been a false pretense. They suddenly launched an attack against the completely unprepared coastal cities!

But beneath the ocean…

Within Aquawoman’s own domain, the fully prepared Batman defeated a horrified Arthur!

She seized the Trident of Poseidon and personally drove it through Arthur’s chest!

The corpse hanging from the trident, surrounded by clouds of blood, resembled a banner of victory!

On the beach.

Arthur’s joyful smile vanished.

Without drawing attention to himself, he shifted one step to the left, closer to Barry.

By Poseidon!

He swore that his leg had merely gone numb and he needed to stretch it.

He was definitely not afraid.

He was no coward…

Damn it, Barry Allen! What was with that look!?

Arthur wanted to display some of his kingly dominance, but after remembering Barry’s speed, his intelligence reclaimed the high ground.

At that moment, he suddenly realized that he did not seem capable of defeating anyone present.

After returning to the surface, Bryce dragged Aquawoman’s corpse behind her and declared her victory!

She believed the Atlanteans would retreat after their leader was defeated!

But what greeted her was an even more terrifying retaliation!

Atlantis unleashed a devastating tsunami that submerged Gotham and deployed enormous jellyfish-like creatures hundreds of meters tall to slaughter everything in their path!

Everything Bryce had spent her life protecting was destroyed!

And in its place, an unforgettable hatred was born!

Tony drew a deep breath.

Without a doubt, this was the moment she truly fell into darkness!

He had underestimated her before.

Now, he could not imagine what kind of madness this woman might unleash!

Bryce appeared to become even more rational and began studying Atlantean biology!

But this was merely the prelude to her madness!

She was willing to pay any price for revenge. Once her research produced results, she began modifying her own DNA!

She gained a powerful body, accelerated regeneration, control over water, the ability to breathe underwater, and many other abilities!

She became the very kind of metahuman she hated most!

And that was not all. Bryce also created an army!

They were called the Dead Water—a species of liquid creatures immune to physical attacks!

Thus, a new war began.

Within the radiant depths of Atlantis, cruelty appeared in Orm’s eyes.

How could the people of the gods possibly lose!?

Only a fool like Arthur would allow himself to be killed in single combat!

Even if that Batman had modified her body and created an army, Atlantis still possessed advanced technology beyond anything humanity could reach!

And then…

When the screen lit up again, the war had already ended!

Wearing black armor and holding the trident, Bryce sat upon Aquawoman’s throne, having completely crushed Atlantis!!

She had won!

On the beach.

Another version of himself had won, but Bruce felt no relief whatsoever.

The scene before him resembled a page from history.

Victory was merely the final result.

But what had been the cost?

Bryce had achieved victory, but there was no one left with whom she could share it.

During the war against Atlantis, the human world had also been destroyed!

The continental shelves collapsed, and the entire planet became an ocean!

Countless lives were transformed into drowned souls!

She sat alone upon the throne, while the dark underwater world before her remained as silent as an enormous graveyard!

Perhaps she should have been buried among them as well.

To conceal the emptiness inside her heart, Bryce erected the Bat-Signal once again beneath the sea!

But it no longer represented Batman!

The former Knight of Gotham had died completely.

The only one who remained was a lonely woman whose hands were stained with countless lives…

The Drowned!!

Countless viewers outside the screen fell silent.

It was far too tragic.

What meaning did such a victory possess?

It was no different from defeat!

They could not imagine how much pain this woman now carried within her heart—or whether she regretted everything she had done.

At that moment, countless people throughout the DC multiverse also witnessed the terror of “Bruce Wayne”!

Once this ordinary human descended into extreme obsession, he could easily destroy an entire world!

On Mount Olympus, Zeus remained silent.

Even he had never ruled the entire world, much less destroyed one!

No one knew how much time passed, and to Bryce, it no longer held any meaning.

She remained alone atop what had once been Wayne Tower, silently watching the sunset across the ocean.

But she did not live to see the darkness arrive. Instead, she saw her Bat-Signal go out!

“Who’s there!?”

Bryce quickly reached the Bat-Signal and saw a dark figure standing beside it!

In the next second, a mocking laugh echoed through the water:

“Hehehe… You arrived quickly.”

“Yet another pathetic creature from Gotham.”

Hearing that description, Bryce tightened her grip around the trident. Green light immediately appeared, illuminating the figure among the ruins!

It was a man wearing a visor surrounded by spikes. His lips were painted crimson, and his entire body was wrapped in bizarre black clothing, as though he were part of the darkness itself!

On the beach.

Bruce’s expression became grave!

He felt both surprised and unsurprised.

This alternate version of himself, who resembled the Joker, had filled him with an intense sense of unease from the very first moment he appeared!

It was a feeling that even all the other terrifying figures combined had failed to produce!

That only made the situation stranger.

The man did not appear particularly powerful!

“Who are you?”

Bryce asked in a low voice.

Hearing her question, the man pinched his chin and began thinking.

“Who am I?”

“Hmm… That is a very interesting question.”

“Let me think. What exactly am I again?”

More than ten seconds passed. Just as Bryce began losing patience, the man suddenly clapped his hands and exclaimed dramatically:

“Aha! I remember now!”

“Who am I?”

“Bryce, I am your hope, of course!”

As he spoke, a sinister smile suddenly appeared on his face.

“However…”

“You may also call me by another name.”

“For example…”

“The Batman Who Laughs!”