"You're hurt!"

Barry came to Thomas in the blink of an eye. "Blunt injuries, scrapes, and cuts... Did you go to a bar and fight with a dozen thugs?"

"That would be nice," the old vigilante said gruffly. "There's only one man on the other side."

"One person?" Barry was amazed. "One person can fight Batman on equal terms. My god, no matter which world the Gotan is from, there are always talented people."

Thomas snorted and glanced at the ugly little sign on the wall of the Batcave. "Yeah, you never know what kind of monsters life can create."

He plugged the USB drive in his hand into the host computer, opened the video, enlarged the picture, and then captured the shots frame by frame, finally fixing on a yellow figure that appeared at a certain moment.

"It's him!" said the Flash. "Professor of Speed ​​Albert Swan. He usually calls himself Reverse Flash. His abilities are similar to mine."

Thomas: "Will the camera capture you when you move quickly?"

"If I want to be invisible, they can't take pictures of me."

"Then this guy let us find him on purpose. He might be waiting for you to take the initiative to meet him."

"But Swann certainly didn't expect that we have not only two Flashes, but also two Supermen."

With the remote support of Thomas Wayne, the recognized master of tactics, and the Justice League of the parallel universe, how could they lose this team battle?

Everyone was in a relaxed mood. The Lightning Man asked, "Should we go to the main battlefield first to stop the war between Amazon and Atlantis? Regardless of whether what Steel said is true or not, we can't just turn a blind eye to the aggression in front of us."

Superman's expression changed, and he suddenly stood up: "Sorry, I may have to go first."

Batman in another world immediately responded: "What did you hear? Someone is in danger?"

"Maybe." Superman answered uncertainly, "But I'm worried and I have to go take a look. Give me a communicator, so that even if the magic is located on me and the heroine can't see the scene in the Batcave, they can still hear the sound and communicate with each other in time."

He flew up, waved at the people on the ground, and exploded into a blue light like a cannonball and left the Bat Cave.

"Why don't Kryptonians prepare uniforms for children? Although his sportswear is also blue, it feels a little off." After a while, Barry's voice full of regret rang out, "I really want to take a picture of him and bring it back to show the adult Superman."

Clark doesn't have any children yet, so this photo is enough to give him plenty of room for imagination.

The Flash glanced at his other self and said, "Are you recalling the second time he misjudged the distance and dropped the ice cream on his collar and panicked?"

"I am you, so you are thinking too."

“…”

Superman, who was already flying in the blue sky, sneezed. When you have a group of teammates with super powers, no matter how small a move you make, it will be discovered. He silently increased his flying speed, smiled half embarrassed and half indulgently, and decided to go back early to avoid letting a few friends who gradually adapted to his childish appearance and even began to lower his inner age in their impression fill the Batcave with Lego toys and hamburger meals.

He actually understood the Flash very well. Animals that rely on vision can never completely separate the illusion they see from reality.

Superman is convinced that his behavior is no different from usual and his mentality will not be affected.

Sometimes, in order not to appear childish, he would deliberately maintain his expression and lean towards seriousness and uprightness.

but!

Diana said that when Superman speaks seriously, that's when he smells the most milky...

Even now, the heroes in Metropolis have not dared to ask her what the adjective "milky taste" she mentioned is.

This was one of the reasons why he accidentally failed to catch the fallen ice cream and got panicked for a moment.

Green Lantern's laughter, which he tried to suppress but was particularly obvious, sounded particularly devilish to Superman. He endured it for a long time, but finally couldn't help but use a threat that no one would take seriously to warn the other party: "If you don't shut up, I won't save you."

Hal didn't react yet: "What's wrong with me?"

"It's you from another world." Batman said, "Didn't he get the lantern ring either?"

"It seems so." Superman said, "The Green Lantern here is an ordinary person. A government official just found him and gave him a mission."

That is definitely not a task that can be completed smoothly.

Otherwise, Superman wouldn't have left the rest of the people behind and ran out in such a hurry.

Green Lantern Man seemed to be stuck and didn't say anything for a long time.

After a moment he coughed slightly and whispered, "It seems that what you said to the heroine was true - you were watching us all the time."

"I was a little mad. But thank you, Superman."

In the screen of Magic Communication, it is not often that you can watch Superman flying across the sky from this perspective. He drags a thick and soft cloud of water vapor behind him, and his toes draw a beautiful arc, like a paint spot thrown by a painter, forming a white arch bridge above people's heads.

A girl inadvertently raised her head, pointed to the sky and shouted to her mother: "Look! It's a plane!"

The woman subconsciously covered her mouth in fear and squatted down, thinking that the enemy's army had invaded the city. After a few seconds, she saw the peaceful scene around her and her own frenzied behavior in her daughter's eyes, which were shining with tears. She hurriedly released her hand that was blocking the child's mouth and nose, patted her daughter's back to help her breathe heavily, and at the same time looked up at the blue sky in confusion.

Over the city not far from the battlefield, the clouds were painted into a big, cotton candy-like smiley face, forming a cute sketch with the azure background. At the end of the horizon, smoke was rising, and if you looked further away, you could see mushroom-shaped smoke rising.

As for the "plane" my daughter mentioned, I have no idea where it flew to.

**

Superman saved several ordinary people who were affected by the war and almost couldn't escape, but he was not late.

When they arrived over the occupied area of ​​Atlantis, pilot Hal Jordan was flying a flying device that was unlike any other on Earth, soaring over the ocean.

In the deep sea not far away, a submarine hidden by the Sea King as a secret weapon to destroy the world is lying quietly below the sea surface.

Hal's boss' voice came from inside the machine: "Captain Jordan. Finally, I want to say, in the name of humanity..."

"Come on, I don't want to listen to nonsense at this time." The human pilot took off his helmet and looked at the curved sea in the distance with a smile on his face. Although there was a glass barrier above him, he took a deep breath, as if waiting for the fishy and salty sea breeze to rush into his nose again and for the last time. "I said I had long felt that I would achieve something. There must be something in this universe that only I can do. I have been waiting for this moment for many years, General."

“People will always remember my name.”

He aimed at the submarine, adjusted the direction of the aircraft, and pressed the accelerator.

"Come on, assholes." Hal said nonchalantly, imitating the tone of the previous owner of this machine, an alien holding a green light ring, "——Beware my power!!"

His vehicle accelerated and charged forward towards the invincible Destroyer.

But suddenly, the calm water surface was broken. The giant beast in the sea stirred up a huge storm, opened its fangs and sharp teeth towards the martyr who overestimated his own strength, and was about to swallow the aircraft whole. Hal opened his eyes in disbelief, and before he could react, he heard a clear child's voice beside him:

"Oh, danger."

The voice was calm and composed, and seemed to be a little teasing. Before he could reply, a blue light flashed before his eyes. Hal blinked and was shocked to find that he had returned to the air without knowing when.

As for the boy who had just spoken to him, he was... uh.

Beat up the sea monster.

Strictly speaking, Superman did not have the upper hand, as the monsters bred by Atlantis were still very tough. But Hal saw him grab a tooth with one hand, making it impossible for the fish to close its mouth and almost breaking its upper jaw. The pilot did not want to say anything and sat paralyzed in the driver's seat.

"Can't you let me be the protagonist for once?"

He made a mock complaint, but the boy who was fighting the enemy glanced back at him as if he had noticed something.

Hal was so scared that he quickly sat up and adjusted his hair, then said seriously: "Thank you, brother, you saved my life."

"He said so, so I won't thank him endlessly for the second time." The Green Lantern said, "Superman will always need the Green Lantern, although I may not seem very trustworthy at the moment?"

This is truly the first time in the history of the world. I don't know if it was because the fact that the lantern ring from another world did not choose Hal Jordan in time stimulated him.

"—You've already proven yourself."

His teammate replied.

"I didn't expect Aquaman to make weapons of mass destruction. How come Mr. Aquaman here doesn't see that he has this talent?" Some people are just not afraid of showing off, and they are not used to being recognized and praised by others. Green Light changed the subject a little awkwardly, pretending nothing happened, "Then it will probably be more difficult to stop the war."

"Not necessarily." Batman, who had been writing and drawing, said, "The Batman in the parallel universe just gave us a battlefield distribution map..."

"When was it given to you?!" Shazan sat up in shock from his dying illness, "Did I really fall asleep?"

"You didn't," said Steel Bone, "and I didn't see it either. When did it happen?"

Everyone looked at Batman.

The Dark Knight, who once again became the focus of everyone's attention, was silent for a long time before speaking:

"…It's a word game. When he showed us the Reverse Flash video just now, the alphabetical order of the folder titles represented the directions, and the time displayed by the paused frames could be connected to form the longitude and latitude. The distribution of the earth's plates in the two worlds is the same, and you can tell by just doing the math."

In the Batcave, the Flash, who had also heard this explanation, turned his head and looked at Thomas. The old vigilante was holding a medical book in his hand. The corners of the book were curled and burred, and the pages were yellowed. It looked like it had been preserved for many years. But now he stared at the familiar text with his eyes, and his eyes did not move for a long time, obviously absent-minded.

Barry seemed to understand: this might be an unspoken little secret between father and son. Maybe they had played a similar game before, which allowed them to understand each other without any obstacles after so many years.

After a moment of silence, Thomas Wayne slowly asked, "What do you think?"

He still didn't look up, and his words were incoherent, but everyone knew who he was asking. In fact, people from the two worlds couldn't see each other now, otherwise the superheroes of the alliance would find that the two generations of Batman pretending to be unable to put down the book and looking at the paper in a trance were almost carved from the same mold.

"I have a plan."

"Tell me about it."

"The main battle zone between Amazon and Atlantis is now on the European plate..."

In just fifteen minutes, they talked and listened to each other, occasionally exchanging opinions briefly, and soon they finalized the combat arrangements.

After the last word on the form was read, no one spoke for a long time, and the only sound was the rustling sound of electricity coming from the communication device.

In the Batcave, Barry desperately gestured to Thomas: Aren't you going to say anything more?

The old vigilante ignored him, his gloved hands gripping the spine of the book actually showing a thin layer of sweat.

For a moment he wanted to talk to him about Martha.

They talked about how they had just met in the mud and garbage dump in Gotham, and as expected, they had another fight. But this time the confrontation between the two was not silent, because Thomas couldn't help but say, "I saw Bruce today."

The ugly poker card brushed his cheek and fell on the wall.

"You crazy guy! You've said that more than once!" She laughed and punched Thomas in the stomach viciously, "Do you think I will believe it?!"

The sky of Gotham seemed to never be able to see the light. The city was shrouded in a layer of cold mist, and walking through it was like walking under a dense rain curtain. The rain line split the once inseparable lovers into two unrelated halves, lying on the ground, fighting each other like wild animals, but also like kissing fiercely.

At last, Xiao Chou, covered in wounds and panting, asked the same question as every time: "You saw him, what did he say to you?"

"I really saw it. It was Bruce Wayne from an alternate universe. He became Batman."

“…”

Thomas vividly saw Martha stumbling away in the rain and mist. He suddenly felt bored and lost interest in the conversation.

It's not because I want the other person to think I'm doing well.

They knew each other too well. After just a brief exchange, listening to the knowledge that should not be mastered and skillfully used by the other party, they already knew the cruel side of the world - what's more, no matter which Batman it was, he habitually imagined things to be worse, so there was no need and no way to whitewash the peace between father and son.

The difference is that Thomas is the elder.

Like every parent sending their child to school, like every father meeting with their child's colleagues and leaders.

How can you let the person you love know in front of his friends that his father was on the brink of darkness and his mother was a lunatic and a criminal?

Even if the Batman in another world wouldn't mind this, and his colleagues were very clear about the differences between the universes, Thomas still couldn't say it.

Let's just forget it.

He thought.

"That's it." The old vigilante stood up and said in a calm voice, "You can move now. Since someone is in charge and I'm not needed, I will contact the steel skeleton here for support."

On the other side of the Flashpoint world, Aquaman was furious.

"This is impossible!" He questioned his brother and subordinates with the scepter in his hand, and his anger made him look even stronger. "Captain Atom was rescued just now! All the members of our guard were knocked unconscious and thrown on the shore. If the landers could do this, what would they have done before?"

"We were not the only ones attacked," his minister said tremblingly. "According to intelligence from the front, a group of Amazon soldiers who tried to invade the city were also stopped. Their leading three-headed dog didn't even last a minute."

"Tell me who did it," Neptune growled under his breath.

"... is a, uh, young man who calls himself Superman, Your Majesty."