Water, this is a place with water.
It is built along the river and is located in a remote place.
Rusty ferris wheels, creaking animal rocking chairs, and countless abandoned rides all suggest that the place has been abandoned for years.
On the side of the road overgrown with weeds, a wooden advertising board stood alone in the wind, and an old poster was pasted on the board—the Bownos Brothers Circus performed here.
Perhaps not many people still remember this name now, but many years ago, this group was quite famous.
Gotham was one of the stops on their tour, and the mayor at the time specially allocated funds to build such a carnival in the suburbs just to welcome them.
Time has passed, and now, the Bonos brothers have disappeared, and this carnival venue... has become a broken place where even homeless people will not stop.
But tonight, here's... a guest.
squeak—squeak—
This man in a long purple suit sat on a tattered animal rocking chair. He rocked the chair like a child, looking like he had nothing to do.
"I know you're here." At a certain moment, Feng Bujue suddenly looked up at the sky, and said to himself, "You're watching, listening, waiting..." He paused, "I'm already sitting here Fifteen minutes without doing anything, but still not judged as a 'passive game', this can only be explained as... you interfered with the judgment system of 'Destiny'."
His voice fell behind, and there was about five seconds of silence.
Then, another voice said, "How do you know...it's me?"
It was a gentle male voice, his tone sounded cold and numb.
"Exclusion method." Feng Bujue replied without thinking, "List out the people who have the ability to operate the timeline and have the ability to interfere with 'fate' one by one, and then think about who is more likely... The conclusion is that it is more likely than you Low-level characters can't do this, and characters higher than you can't make such nonsense, so... I think about it, and it's only you."
After finishing speaking, Feng Bujue turned his face away according to the sound, and looked at the man who suddenly appeared not far from him.
That... is a humanoid creature with a blue body, and its whole body is glowing like a blue fluorescent stick.
He was tall, at least a head taller than Feng Bujue. Apart from his abnormal skin color, he was roughly a middle-aged man with no clothes or hair.
In the setting of the DC universe, there are many existences that can be called "gods", and he is one of them, and he is a very powerful one; people call him-"Dr. Manhattan (attan)" .
"I guess... you're going to negotiate a deal with me now," Dr. Manhattan said two seconds later.
"You who can predict the future... still need to 'guess'?" Feng Bujue continued.
"Need." Dr. Manhattan replied, "Because...you are not within my 'observation' range."
"So... what about Bruce Wayne?" Feng Bujue asked, "Or...that 'probably Bruce Wayne' guy... Can you see his future clearly?"
"You already know the answer, why bother to ask." Dr. Manhattan continued.
"Heh..." Brother Jue smiled, raised his leg and turned to one side, and rolled over from the pink elephant (that is, the animal rocking chair he was sitting on), "Yeah... If you can see clearly, we are now This conversation would no longer exist."
"You seem a little dissatisfied, why?" Dr. Manhattan has telepathic ability, even if Feng Bujue is smiling on the surface, he can see his true emotions.
"Because the 'hint' you gave me was a bit too obvious, which made me feel a little bored." Feng Bujue continued, "'You can keep your own thoughts, and I am very happy to help you relieve this feeling in your heart. Confused. When you find out the truth, you will get a logical answer... a traveler from another world.'" In the next second, he repeated the last paragraph of the opening introduction verbatim, and then paused for half a second , and then said, "The 'foreign traveler' at the end of your passage seems to be referring to me from a contextual point of view, but in fact... it is the 'answer' itself... You have told the 'truth' from the very beginning. I’m sorry—the reason for all the abnormalities in this world is... travelers from other worlds.”
"Is it bad to tell you?" Dr. Manhattan asked again.
"Heh..." Feng Bujue said, "I don't want to answer this question. After all, you don't know me well, so I can't say that you did something wrong."
"Hmm..." Dr. Manhattan pondered for a while. During the process, he tried to analyze Brother Jue's psychology, "I really didn't expect...you are such a dangerous person."
"You should be lucky, I'm not like that 'Wayne'... I won't stay here for a long time." Feng Bujue said.
"Yes, I'm very glad." Dr. Manhattan nodded slightly, "If you were the one who came... the world would have been turned upside down."
"Okay, I don't have time to imagine the unfolding of another non-existent timeline with you, let's talk about the 'transaction' part." Feng Bujue changed the subject.
Hearing this, Dr. Manhattan's expression didn't change, he just paused for a moment, and then continued: "A long time ago... I also made a deal with 'him', that was when he first came here...
"That year, Bruce Wayne was nine years old, on the night of the first anniversary of his parents' death, he swallowed half a bottle of sleeping pills in grief and ended his life.
"The cause of everything happened at that time...
"One minute after Bruce's vital signs disappeared, a 'consciousness' from another world entered his body, bringing him back to life; and that 'consciousness'... is the 'Batman' who fought you twice today '.
"When this 'unpredictable' special individual was born on this timeline, I immediately came to him and negotiated with him.
"He claimed to come from a dimension higher than mine, where all the multiverses in my dimension, all the people, things, and things in it... are just imaginary products for people's entertainment.
"He listed in detail the whole picture of several different futures, and I have indeed observed the universes that are exactly the same as his description.
"In addition, he also knows me quite well, and can tell many secrets about me that have never been known to outsiders.
"As an 'observer', in the face of such an existence, I naturally would not choose to obliterate him... because he is 'unique' and 'very reference value'... His appearance has already made the 'reality trend' of this universe Changes have taken place, and no matter what the future of this universe is, it is an excellent specimen for me.
"So, I made a deal with him...
"I gave him the abilities that Bruce Wayne should have - amazing IQ, physical fitness, energy, etc., and I also wiped out all characters who might become 'threats' in his eyes... such as being killed in other multiverses. Kryptonians called 'Superman', and other alien civilizations in this universe that may intersect with Earth.
"He promised that he would 'be better than the real Bruce Wayne'."
Speaking of this, Dr. Manhattan paused for a moment, shaking his head: "Actually, I never cared if he would do 'better' or 'worse', I just wanted to see... what he would do, and...' How to do it'."
"So... you've seen enough so far?" Feng Bujue followed suit.
"I've seen enough." Dr. Manhattan replied, "What I need now is a change, but I can't predict it. It's up to me... or 'some me' (Dr. What kind of impact will it have on my own quantum flow and all the multiverses in this dimension if you intervene directly on him in the material or non-material level of thinking, the ability is like the ontology.
"So..." Brother Jue continued, "You want me to... 'kill Batman' for you?"
Dr. Manhattan nodded, and then said, "That's all my demands and needs, let me tell you about yours."
"Heh... easy to say~" Feng Bujue raised one corner of his mouth, and an evil smile appeared on his face, "My request is definitely simpler than that of Mr. 'Traveler', and it can be easily fulfilled …”