Chapter 61

Batman pursed his lips and stared deeply at his child who had gone down the wrong path: "This is not protection, it's control."

"I don't care about protection or control."

Messiah no longer cared. He glanced at the Arkham criminals lying on the ground, then looked up at the sky that had been dyed golden. "I only know one thing, Gotham will usher in peace. No one will be hurt again, no one will die, and no suffering will continue."

Batman…Batman couldn't have said harsher words to the Messiah.

After losing Jason, he once had the urge to kill all criminals in the world, but he suppressed this idea with his reason and self-control.

Even he had thought so. Messiah was still just a teenager, and he and Jason grew up together. Their relationship was much deeper than his and Jason's.

...But the Messiah is his child and his responsibility, and he cannot allow the Messiah to go down the wrong path.

Batman closed his eyes, and the fragility and hesitation in his eyes disappeared. When he opened his eyes again, he turned into determination: "I have sent a signal for help to the Justice League. They will be here soon."

The bat fighter carrying the Hellbat armor has also set off.

No matter what, he had to stop the Messiah before things got out of hand.

It's a pity that the Teen Titans went to an alien planet, otherwise Dick could help persuade the Messiah and have more power to stop the Messiah.

Batman knows the terrifying power of the Messiah, so he did not hesitate to use the Hell Bat armor and even asked for help from the Justice League.

At this time, the Teen Titans' spaceship was getting closer and closer to the earth.

"I wonder if Jason and Messiah have picked a city yet." Dick muttered to his two younger brothers. "It would be nice if they could be closer to Blüdhaven."

Dick thought of the gifts he had prepared for Jason and Messiah. He prepared alien classics and an alien language translator for Jason, and alien specialty candies and star potted plants for Messiah.

He knew nothing about what was happening on Earth. He looked at the blue planet that was getting closer and closer with joy, looking forward to hearing cheers from his younger brothers.

At this time, Dick didn't know that when he returned to Earth, he would be greeted not by cheers, but by a collapsed reality and a broken family.

"Then let them come." Messiah looked up at the golden sky, and the reflection in his golden eyes merged with the sky. "But I will be faster."

A golden film with a glittering and colorful luster covers Gotham. Outsiders can enter Gotham, but Gotham residents cannot go outside.

Only a small number of Gotham people who have never done evil and have never had any malicious intentions can pass through the golden film and leave here.

The Messiah will cleanse Gotham of all the evil and filthy people and turn Gotham into a peaceful paradise.

Gotham is his home, full of memories of him and Jason, so he'll start in Gotham—

Protect this world.

Messiah's expression became calmer and calmer. He was ready to take action, but before he began, there was one important thing to do.

He slowly looked at Batman. The wound on Batman's arm was still bleeding, but the owner of the wound didn't care at all. He just looked at him intently.

The owner of the wound doesn't care, but the Messiah does.

Messiah looked at Batman's wound. His drooping eyelashes obscured the expression in his eyes, and he could only see his seemingly indifferent look: "You are injured and need treatment."

Batman's face changed. With his understanding of Messiah, he realized what Messiah was going to do next: "Messiah!"

The next second, the environment around Batman suddenly became dark, and he returned to the Batcave, landing precisely next to the medical bed.

A ball of golden light remained beside him, providing him with gauze and medicine according to the will of its owner, and then slowly dissipated.

Batman slammed the medical bed.

On the other side, after sending Batman away, Messiah stood alone in Arkham Asylum and could finally act without any scruples.

Messiah looked around Arkham. The criminals who had rioted in Arkham had fallen to the ground. He looked at these criminals who had committed countless crimes with cold eyes. It was far from enough to just brainwash them into becoming good people.

Killing someone means paying with your life, which is only natural.

Especially since they killed more than one person.

Messiah raised his hand, and several golden threads flew out from his fingertips, flying towards the criminals lying on the ground, and inserted into their solar plexus without hesitation, connecting to their brains.

Everyone's memories were transmitted back to Messiah along the golden thread. Messiah roughly flipped through the memories in the brains of Arkham criminals to find out the crimes they had committed.

The criminals were twitching in pain on the ground, but Messiah didn't even look at them, his expression growing colder and colder.

"Unforgivable."

After reading these memories filled with blood debt and sin, Messiah's breath had become extremely cold. He looked at the criminals in Arkham coldly and wanted to kill these damn criminals directly, but when he thought of the terrified and painful victims in their memories, he felt that he could not let them go so easily.

Death is a matter of a moment, but the pain of the victim's family is long-lasting. Moreover, they killed more than one person. It is far from enough to just pay with one life.

The legal clause that had been read and revised many times but was never suitable came to Messiah's mind, and at this moment Messiah finally had an inspiration.

The golden light slowly condensed into a golden code, floating above the palm of the Messiah, with brand new provisions for taking over criminals written on it.

The golden thread that penetrated into the minds of the Arkham criminals awakened their wills without hesitation. The criminals who had fallen to the ground all woke up, looking at the Messiah who was looking down at them in confusion or horror.

The Messiah needs them to be awake to accept this judgment, just as the innocent victims they killed were awake.

"Now, it's time for you to pay for your sins."

The Messiah gently lifted up the code, and a cold and brutal golden light erupted from the code, covering the bodies of the criminals according to the Messiah's will, dividing the criminals into two waves.

One wave is composed of sinners who deserve to be cut into pieces, and the other wave is composed of people whose crimes do not deserve the death penalty. In Arkham Asylum, the former obviously outnumber the latter, and there are only a few people whose crimes do not deserve the death penalty.

For criminals sentenced to death, the golden threads embedded in their brains began to exert their power, generating countless corresponding illusions.

"You will now endure the same amount of pain as you have hurt others in the past," Messiah said coldly. "You will be killed as many times in this illusion as you have killed others. Only when you have paid for all your sins will you finally die."

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

Screams of pain echoed throughout Arkham. Messiah looked at the wailing and rolling criminals with an expressionless face. These super villains who used to be high and mighty and took other people's lives at will were now reduced to the same situation as the people they killed.

Those criminals who did not deserve the death penalty looked at Messiah in horror and tried to threaten him with Batman: "How could you do this! Batman will stop you!"

The Messiah specifically awakened them, not to be threatened by them.

"Although your crimes are not punishable by death, you will experience the same punishment as your victims." Messiah looked at them with a look of emotionless determination. "Those who cause others to become disabled will also become disabled. Those who cause others to collapse will also be collapsed."

"But don't worry, I won't let you become completely useless."

Messiah slowly smiled, but his expression was terrifyingly cold: "Because you still have to continue to atone for your sins in reality."

He would brainwash these criminals who had committed crimes, and after turning them into good people, he would further control their minds and make them his tools.

The Messiah has no experience of "protecting" the world, and the only reference he can make is the actions of the supreme leader of the previous world.

Obviously, one person cannot protect the entire earth by himself. Even if he can directly cover the entire earth and bring the earth within his ability, it is impossible for him to pay attention to everything happening on the earth at all times.

He needs an organization that can assist him.

Messiah does not have a Justice League or a super-powered army, but he can create his own and make these former criminals his tools to protect the earth together.

There is no better way to utilize waste than this, which allows them to atone for their sins and better protect the earth.

The golden light extending from the code penetrated the bodies of the criminals. Messiah slowly withdrew his gaze, no longer giving them any attention.

Arkham has been dealt with, and next is all of Gotham.

The golden film that isolated Gotham caused a lot of panic, but due to the calming effect of the golden film, the panic did not lead to chaos.

Messiah slowly flew into the sky, floating under the golden film covering Gotham, looking down at the miniature of Gotham below.

He recalled the actions of Superman in the previous world and drew inspiration from them.

Messiah moved his fingers slightly, and the golden light invaded and took over the electromagnetic signals of the entire earth.

All screens, televisions, mobile phones, and radio stations automatically turned on, showing the same picture.

People from all over the world stopped, some looking up at the big screen in the mall, some looking down at their phones. In addition to the Messiah staring at the camera, there was also a small window where the execution scene in Arkham was being broadcast live.

The wails and screams of Arkham's criminals were heard around the world.

The Messiah, wearing a white hooded cape, slowly took off his hood, exposing his face to the camera and making a declaration to the world.

"I am the Messiah."

Messiah's golden eyes stared at the camera, the breeze blew his platinum hair and made the white cloak behind him flutter.

"I hereby declare that I will take over the entire Earth."

Messiah's voice was calm and slow, but it contained an extremely firm meaning: "Any criminal who dares to commit a crime will pay a price equal to the crime. Life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot."①

"Under my protection, there will be no more death, chaos, or injustice on Earth."

"—A peaceful and tranquil future awaits everyone."

【Author’s words】

①: Quoted from Deuteronomy in the Old Testament of the Bible

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