What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 367 We need a master of fear

No one understands fear better than Dr. Jonathan Crane.

oh! Or maybe, and probably we should call him Mr. Scarecrow.

The famous Gotham villain Scarecrow is the ultimate nightmare of countless people. He will be one of the monsters that parents use to scare their children every darkest night in Gotham.

But in fact, what many people don’t know is…

Klein lives in constant fear.

He hated this, it reminded him that he had never been any different in his life.

His childhood was filled with constant fear. Afraid of dogs, afraid of falling, afraid of germs, afraid of bad people, afraid of other children, afraid of teachers, afraid of his parents, afraid of doing something wrong, afraid of being teased, afraid of change, afraid of...

Klein closed his eyes.

Even after a long time, those roars still lingered in his ears.

"Be careful, Klein, or I will use your skin and bones as toothpicks. Maybe you are famous outside, but without your fear gas to defend yourself and your mask to hide, you are nothing!"

Klein was trembling with fear. This was one of his greatest fears...the fear of what others said about him being true.

"Actually, it's worse than shit! They didn't even put you in Arkham Special Zone like other famous mentally ill criminals, but threw you into the regular zone with the rest of us!"

fear.

fear.

fear.

"Please...please don't hurt me, I won't dare to do it again."

"You don't deserve to let me hurt you. Idiot, you can't wet your pants, can you? Hahahahaha!"

"The scarecrow was so scared that he knelt down and begged us for mercy? Hahahaha!"

"I can't believe this guy actually got the name of a super criminal, so who am I, a super super criminal?"

"My grandma is more courageous than him!"

"Seriously, this guy is the Scarecrow? Are you sure?"

There was a time when... fear was his friend, his puppet, used against others. It wasn't like that before. He embraced fear and roamed his world, letting the whole world know that he was the best. Terrible people.

And then it was all gone, taken away by someone who knew fear as well as he did. The man even knew how to use fear as his weapon, and because of Batman, everything came full circle.

Afraid of being hurt, afraid of those big bad guys, afraid of their attitudes, words, fists, crude homemade weapons, afraid of what they think of me is real.

Afraid that without his fear gas, he would really be nothing. Afraid that he would be labeled a weakling for the rest of his life. What should he do if this is really the case?

"No! No! No!!! Please! Help!"

"It's Scarecrow!!! Scarecrow!!! He's coming for us!!! Idiot!!! We're all going to die-"

"Ah-"

Klein shook his head and shook off the dying cries of his former inmates.

But it's not real, it's not just skinny, Jonathan Crane isn't just a scarecrow, he's a scientist, a trained psychologist who specializes in the psychology of fear.

The poison gas is just one of my many tools, and I'll prove it to you guys.

You paranoid people, you bullies, you losers, I'm going to prove it to you, and to all of Gotham City, and yes, there is another man who can master fear... Batman.

I will prove to everyone that it does not require my special poison gas to bring fear to others, and I will let them see what real fear is.

At this moment, at this moment.

Jonathan Crane, also known as the Scarecrow, is sewing a scarecrow.

This may sound like nonsense, but the fact is that what Crane is holding in his hands at this time is technically a scarecrow that is actually filled with straw.

This time, he wants to change his behavior. No more henchmen, no revenge.

Klein's eyes stopped at the sharp knife on the table not far away, and then he continued to lower his head and sew the scarecrow.

The victims this time will be completely random, without any connection, and killed with the most brutal means.

All the information Batman had collected on Jonathan Crane and his associates was gone.

Batman has been away from Gotham City and their game for too long. The Riddler is missing, the Joker is missing, Two-Face, the Penguin, Mr. Freeze have become Batman's lackeys...

Gotham has been peaceful for too long, and it's time for the city to rekindle the horrors of that chaotic era.

And Nightwing...

Batman actually lets his follower perform heroic acts in this city. He actually thinks that his stupid follower alone can solve all the problems in this city?

No, Scarecrow doesn't allow Batman to ignore Gotham so much.

This city is his, and it's Batman's, and it's time for Batman to put aside those boring Justice League things and get back to his job.

Klein is going to be a new scarecrow, one that no one knows anything about, can't predict, and can't even find.

He wants to restart the Gotham game that has been dormant for many years.

He is making scarecrows, which he will place in every corner of the city. On rooftops, in parking lots, in storage rooms, in phone booths, in bedroom closets, in living rooms, blocking people's views and watching people's windows, every corner.

He wants to send a message to the city, raise people's fears, he wants to tell people that he can be everywhere, appear at any time, and no one can stop him.

He is a master at instilling fear in others.

He wants to tell everyone...

"There's no such thing as safety anymore."

The Scarecrow turned his head sharply.

suddenly.

Bang!

The lights in the room went out.

"who is it……"

The scarecrow holds up the needle in his hand.

"Who is it?"

He was trembling, waving the thin needle in his hand randomly in the darkness.

But no one responded to him.

The Scarecrow tried to take out his mobile phone. He knew that the weather outside was just in the afternoon, and there should be light coming through the window... but there was only darkness.

No! No! Now is not the time to think about this. It's Batman! How on earth did he find himself?

The phone won't light up at all.

In the darkness, Chen Tao quietly observed Klein.

He needs Klein...he needs such a master of fear to help him.

When faced with the possible existence of the Sinestro Legion, which represents fear, nothing is more useful than a Master of Fear.

And Chen Tao even had some vague ideas...

Like the Bloody Ox that chases the angry Red Lantern Corps lampbeasts, Parallax will succumb to those who are best at manipulating fear.

Maybe he can do something about the Yellow Lantern Corps' djinn parallax through Crane.

Of course, in order to realize these ideas of my own, before using Klein...

He must scare the other person first, otherwise he will never give in easily.

A barrier built by nanorobots was used by Chen Tao to wrap around the room where Klein was, blocking the last ray of light.

Chen Tao synchronized the high-speed bullets, and under the x-ray sight, every action of the scarecrow was clearly visible.

Most people agree that one of the most primal fears is the fear of the dark...

But when you think about it carefully, you'll realize that it's not the darkness itself that people fear, but what might be lurking in the darkness. time flies.

Chen Tao never said a word to the Scarecrow again. He had been like this for an hour or two, slowly torturing the Scarecrow in the most trivial ways.

Caress the scarecrow's cheek with a feather, prick him gently with a pin, and breathe softly into his cheek. Make a slight scraping sound with your shoes on the floor.

"Where are you? Where are you? Don't play these tricks, these are tricks I've played before, and I know they're needles—and feathers!"

"No!"

"what--!"

"what--!"

"what--!!!"

These may not seem like much, but in the Scarecrow's mind, he will think that the feathers and pins are mice or bugs biting him.

The breath could come from anything, and the sound of shoes scraping on the floor told him that there were other people in the room, and all of this was done deliberately by Chen Tao.

"Do not……"

"Come out and face me! Face me!"

"You monster!"

And now it's time to put on another mask, and it's time for the Scarecrow to see himself clearly.

Then he let out a low laugh.

He looks like a ghost, and his voice is like the shrill low cry of a night owl at dusk before the sun sets.

Then he let out another high-pitched laugh.

Immediately afterwards...

Under the dim light caused by the flickering of silver-white particles, the Scarecrow saw the figure that made his heart stop appearing in front of him.

He didn't know how Batman found him.

What's even more frightening than Batman appearing here is that Scarecrow is so deeply aware that maybe he can rule fear and become fear...

But there is another man who can equally command fear to his will. A man who is better at mastering fear than himself...

Batman!

"No!! It's too scary!"

The scarecrow finally collapsed. He held his head and tried desperately to escape.

He broke through the house and fled into the afternoon sun.

But he could only see the shadow appearing in front of him like a ghost:

"Your tricks may have changed form, your sick mind games may be more corrupted than they were last time, but I see in your frightened eyes that one thing remains the same.

yourself.

You are still the same sad little coward as before. "

combustion.

Violent burning.

The sunlight reflected into the scarecrow's pupils, and then reflected the bat monster, which still looked like a living shadow even in the sunlight.

He held his head and howled.

Chen Tao said a formulaic declaration of arrest, and looked at the scarecrow who was so scared that his buttocks were wet and he just felt baffled.

Really.

That's the bad thing about scarecrows.

He is so good at scaring others, but he is also so easily scared.

He just used a little bit of Batman's intimidation skills he learned from comics, and he actually scared the Scarecrow into this...

Isn't this a bit exaggerated?

I'm super, why is the scarecrow howling and tearing off his own clothes, using his hands and feet to escape?

Is it really necessary?

Acting in a movie?

???

Am I that scary? Isn't it just a reproduction of the operations of Batman and yourself in the comics...

amount……

But...

Chen Tao picked up Klein who had a runny nose.

This time he was so frightened that he was probably convinced and ready to use it.

Well, the Scarecrow was successfully captured, and the Parallax Monster's Noble Phantasm +1, which is really good.

Ever since Bain's prison break incident incidentally released the Scarecrow, the Scarecrow has been moving around erratically, and it's not easy to find him.

The Scarecrow didn't know how or what method he used to disable Chen Tao's tracking nanorobots. After all, Chen Tao's control of the nanorobots back then was indeed too simple, which allowed Klein to take advantage of such a loophole and let him Klein disappeared from his sight for a while, and even participated in the outsiders' plot against Thunder Shazam.

(Note: During this period, the Scarecrow was ordered by the Outsider to serve as a psychological teacher to Billy, thereby weakening his will. Later, the Scarecrow successfully removed himself from the Outsider's trap and disappeared again.)

However, during this period of time, he was actively looking for trouble in Gotham City, and there was no point in hiding it. Although he avoided the surveillance cameras, he couldn't avoid the dazzling eyes of Chen Tao who acted as a surveillance camera.

What's even more interesting is that the straws he used to make the scarecrows were once living plants. He only needs to gently mobilize some of the power of the green of all things to resurrect the dead straws and then ask them where they were before. …

All things green, boy.

Ok……

Chen Tao suddenly fell silent.

He looked at the scarecrow whose hands were shaking like a sieve, and suddenly a suspicion arose in his heart.

scarecrow……

Is he really the best candidate to be liked by Parallax, the avatar of fear?

It would be funny if he worked on it for a long time and finally said, "What, you don't like the scarecrow but me?"

Ok……

However, Chen Tao's set of techniques for intimidating others were all learned from comics. At most, he added a few opinions from his previous life as an actor. It is essentially a crude reproduction of comic techniques. This is not about mastering fear. It should be at best a reproduction of the fear-making process.

The scarecrow in front of you is the real master of creating fear!

Then, Chen Tao, who roughly copied the fear skills, became happy again, and hurriedly carried the Scarecrow of the Fear Master, who was so frightened that his urine leaked out, and disappeared into the portal.

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the other side.

"You have to get the lantern beast of fear, the Parallax monster."

When Sinestro left the hall, a voice suddenly sounded in Mongo's ears.

"Our cooperation must be based on this, otherwise everything will be empty talk."

"You have to be better at controlling fear than Sinestro. You have to be a true master of fear."

"of course."

Mongo turned his head.

He whispered: "No one is better at controlling fear than me..."

(End of this chapter)