Dane still remembered that when they left last time, Lois had just started showing her pregnancy.
In the Syndicate's World, they had only been living for, at most, four months.
But now, calculating it, Lois's due date was almost upon them!
Looking at it this way, did the time in the positive matter Universe seem to be faster than in the Antimatter Universe?
No, that couldn't be definitively concluded.
Dane thought there was also a possibility that a stable passage hadn't been established between the two Worlds, so the time points of each crossing were sporadic and not continuous. Hmm... this was an issue worth considering.
Fortunately, it wasn't ten years later, or Clark's child would probably be old enough to run errands by now.
"What about Lois's due date?"
"It's very soon, she could go into labor at any moment."
Dane thought, "I can't miss this."
"By the way, since seven months have passed, how is the Moon Base doing?"
Dane still remembered the goal he had set for Umbrella's Space Strategy Department before he left: to build a Moon Base capable of normal human habitation within a year.
Cortana had been keeping an eye on this for him. Her scope of work was very broad; in addition to helping monitor Earth, her sub-units were also supervising the construction progress of the Moon construction team.
Due to Umbrella's advanced artificial intelligence, Moon construction was primarily driven by a small number of human engineers working with a large number of automated robots.
And each automated robot was, in fact, Cortana's eyes. They would help Cortana monitor the every move of these human engineers, wary of any potential spies.
And indeed, there was a spy who didn't belong to Umbrella—a Jewish structural engineer. Cortana found that the individual was very likely from a certain hexagram nation.
"If it's them, then it's no surprise. Those Jews always want to meddle in every inch of land on the entire Earth. Now, spy activities have even extended to the Moon." Dane was unconcerned.
Since Cortana had already uncovered the person's tracks, he absolutely wouldn't be able to escape. If he had the guts, he should fly directly back from the Moon!
"Oh, and one more small thing." Cortana seemed to suddenly remember, "A while ago, Robin took a piece of Kryptonite from the Justice League's warehouse."
"How much did he take?" Dane asked curiously.
"500 grams."
500 grams? That was enough to give Clark a good run for his money!
What was Damian trying to do? Follow in his father's footsteps?
Dane suddenly thought of something and asked Cortana: "Does Damian know about Lois's pregnancy?"
"Yes, he knows..." As Dane said this, Cortana also seemed to suddenly realize, "You mean..."
A Flash of data crossed her eyes, and then she said, "He went to take the Kryptonite after he knew Lois was carrying Superman's child."
Just as expected.
Was this the Bat-Family's awareness?
Always preparing in advance. Damian taking the Kryptonite this time wasn't to deal with Superman, but to deal with a new Kryptonian hybrid in the future.
Of course, it wasn't necessarily entirely to deal with him; it might just be a habitual precaution.
But Dane couldn't encourage this unhealthy trend. Batman already had a Kryptonite radiation lamp; why would he need more Kryptonite? That was the League's public property!
Damian wasn't a member of the Justice League!
So he decided to go retrieve the Kryptonite and, while he was at it, visit the little crazy one and the plant girl.
He then said to Zatanna, "I'm going to Gotham. You and Circe go to the Rock of Eternity."
Circe flew out of Zatanna's hat, looking at Dane with anticipation.
"You can read any magic texts inside, but there are some taboos you should know. Zatanna will tell you."
Circe nodded vigorously, her eyes curved in a smile.
Gotham. Dane, in casual clothes, walked into Wayne Manor.
"Master Davis." The loyal old butler, Alfred, still opened the door.
"Is Master Wayne doing well?"
"Don't worry, he's very well, perhaps even better than ever before."
Dane felt that the Joker Gang in Gotham, in a way, seemed to have revitalized Batman.
They were starting their cat-and-mouse games again.
"Is Damian here?" Dane knew at a glance that the boy wasn't there, but he asked politely anyway.
"Master Damian has already gone out."
He was now a young man, about the same age as Nightwing when he first became Robin.
And this boy was even more impulsive and irritable. In recent years, Gotham's gangs had suffered greatly, being cleansed by Robin again and again; his suit was almost washed red.
Although the butler didn't elaborate, Dane knew what he was up to.
"I'm here to pick something up, Alfred. Do you know where the boy put it?"
Alfred certainly knew. He hadn't really approved of Damian doing that, just as he had never approved of Bruce constantly treating other League members as hypothetical enemies.
"Master Damian put it in the Batcave... Do you need me to help you find it?"
"No, I'll go myself."
Alfred nodded, then asked, "Would you like coffee or tea?"
"Tea."
Alfred got his answer and went to prepare the tea. Dane, familiar with the way, walked into the secret room.
If it had been before, finding something might have been a bit more troublesome.
But now he had x-ray vision, so with just a glance, he saw Damian's "piggy bank" where he hid the Kryptonite.
He easily took out the Kryptonite and casually threw it into his inventory.
After returning to this World, he could now connect to his warehouse at the Rock of Eternity.
But after taking the items, Dane didn't leave immediately. Instead, he sat in front of the Bat-computer, checking recent events in Gotham and, by the way, peeking into Batman's secrets, which he found a little thrilling.
However, perhaps having learned from the Hush incident, Dane didn't find any files similar to the "Babylon Project" in the computer archives.
But Dane knew that the paranoid Batman would absolutely not fail to do so.
Just as Dane was about to examine the computer more deeply, he suddenly detected an abnormal spatiotemporal fluctuation echoing within the Batcave.
As he felt puzzled, the surrounding spatiotemporal continuum was instantly shattered, and space was distorted. Dane was very familiar with this feeling; it was a sign of a parallel timeline crossing phenomenon occurring.
He spun around, seeing a red figure appear within the distorted spatiotemporal light and shadow. He recognized the person as Barry Allen at a glance.
But he was definitely not their World's Barry.
"Bruce, listen to me!"
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