I, the anti-superman, have hacked into the chat group.

Chapter 173 The Clown of Justice

Batman created a device that could shield him from the grid surveillance, but opening the portal would cause quite a commotion. Even if he tried to reduce the power, there was still a possibility that he would be detected. Therefore, he needed to find a location that would not be easily discovered, and that was a corner of Gotham City on Earth 3.

Many members of the alliance participated in this operation, after all, they were facing a Superman from another world. Batman, in particular, knew that this Superman was not afraid of Kryptonite. Even if they did not necessarily fight, they still had to be prepared.

There are ten wristbands to prevent mesh shielding; one is worn on the wrist, and the other is a spare, so there are a total of five people going this time.

The Big Three: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, plus The Flash and Hal, who lost his ring.

Hal's equipment has been replaced with an exoskeleton suit. This suit releases energy that can shape objects, which is an attempt to imitate the Green Lantern Ring. However, it is no match for the original in terms of power, so it will have to make do for now.

After putting on the bracelets, Batman led them to a large metal door. The main function of this door was to help with positioning, but the key was the Mother Box he hid under the door.

After Batman activated the Mother Box, a familiar-looking portal opened in front of everyone, connecting to an abandoned chemical plant in Gotham City.

Trusting Batman, the League members went straight in and soon arrived at the factory filled with waste bins.

Even though the place was abandoned, the pungent chemicals still made everyone sniffle, and the Flash even sneezed.

After getting used to the harsh air, Hal said with great enthusiasm, "Okay, let's find out where that bastard who stole my ring is."

Then, at that moment, a soft metallic clanging sound suddenly came from the second floor of the factory.

"Who's there!" The battle-hardened Wonder Woman, Diana, drew her sword and went straight to the second floor.

"Don't hide, come out and let me see you," Diana urged.

In response, she was met with a purple grenade with an exaggerated smiley face painted on it.

Halfway through its flight, the grenade exploded automatically, releasing not flames, but a large amount of eerie green smoke. Everyone quickly stepped back to avoid inhaling the obviously dangerous green smoke.

Aside from Superman, he stood in front of everyone and took a deep breath, directly absorbing all the smoke into his body. For ordinary people, inhaling this smoke would be fatal, but for Superman, it was no different from ordinary air.

Superman then looked up at the second floor, wanting to know who had attacked them with a gas detector without saying a word. But he immediately discovered that most of the walls of the factory were coated with lead, and his X-ray vision couldn't penetrate them.

However, he didn't need to see through it, because the culprit had already been stopped by the Flash.

"Ha, you're not fast enough to run away... Wait, who are you?" The Flash looked at the other person's face with surprise.

The others also arrived on the second floor at this time, and their reaction to the attacker was similar to that of The Flash.

"Joker?"

The person they surrounded had pale skin and unusual green hair, and wore a striking purple suit. But that wasn't the most memorable thing about him. The most vibrant part of his body was his lips, a blood-red color, as red as a circus clown's, so striking that you would never forget them.

Everyone in the Justice League knows him; he is Batman's nemesis, the Joker, the king of crime in Gotham City.

"So this is the Joker from another world, but without that disgusting smile, he looks much better," the Flash said. "Let's deal with him anyway."

The Joker stood ready, his opponents the most powerful organization on the planet, like gods of a new era, and he stood before them with only a small knife in his hand.

Faced with this situation, the clown, who had been looking very serious, suddenly laughed: "Come on, Johnny Quick, hehe, let me see just how fast you really are."

Knowing he had no chance of surviving this situation, the Joker felt despair as he looked at the blue uniform and red cape.

He couldn't understand why Superman, who had always ignored Gotham City, would suddenly appear in front of him today after changing clothes with the other members.

Even if he couldn't win, he would never surrender. After vowing to overthrow Night Owl's control over Gotham City, he was prepared to die at any time. Meeting so many villains before he died was worth it. Maybe he would even be lucky enough to take a few with him.

He had already planted a large number of nitrous oxide bombs underground in this abandoned factory; Kryptonians are immune to this level of toxicity. But that doesn't mean others can, as he had already remotely activated the detonator.

"Hahaha, Ultimate League, you scum! How many innocent people have died because of you? And you, Night Owl, you dream of controlling Gotham City, but you will never succeed. There will always be someone who stands up against you. You can't control anyone, you can't even control your own family!"

With his life drawing to a close, the clown opens his heart and unleashes his emotions.

Meanwhile, the Justice League members listened with strange expressions. Why were they acting like righteous heroes, as if they were the bad guys?

The alliance members felt it necessary to ask, but before that, they should deal with the bomb underground first; Superman had already heard the timer going off.

In an instant, Superman crashed into the ground, dug out the bomb, and then casually used a freezing blast of air to freeze it into a block of ice.

The clown immediately stopped speaking as if he had been choked, making a gurgling sound in his throat.

But then, he gripped the knife and lunged at the nearest Batman.

"Pay with your life, Night Owl!"

Thump! Batman punched the Joker in the stomach and subdued the mentally broken Joker with just a few punches and kicks.

After skillfully removing the gadgets hidden on the other man's body, Batman left the distraught Joker behind and began questioning him about what had just happened.

"You've probably mistaken us for the people of this world, since we've only just arrived. So, would you be interested in telling us about the so-called Ultimate Alliance?"

The clown spat to the side with a sour face. Admittedly, after calming down, he also noticed something was wrong, but the more he said, the more mistakes he would make. He would not easily cooperate with someone who looked so much like the Ultimate Alliance.

Helpless, Batman gestured to Diana, who was standing nearby.

Diana nodded, then put the Lasso of Truth from her waist directly onto the Joker.

They wouldn't normally use such methods on innocent people, but the other person was so similar to that mad clown that it made it difficult for Diana to feel any psychological burden.

"In the name of Athena, I now ask you, what exactly is the Ultimate Alliance?"

Chapter 174 Reaching a Consensus

Wonder Woman's Lasso of Truth can force people to tell the truth, and even gods can be affected by it. Even though the Joker resisted, he was still forced to open his heart.

"Hmm... The Ultimate Alliance was an organization established by the Metropolitan Superpower about half a year ago."

After he started speaking, the clown's words became more and more fluent, and he rattled off the relevant information like beans.

"It is made up of the most terrifying villains on the planet, and its structure is like a pyramid. At the head is Superpower, below are big villains who control a city by themselves, then there are small groups, and ordinary villains under their control."

"It can be said that Earth has become the territory of these villains. Even official organizations are colluding with them, and 9% of these villains have joined the Ultimate Alliance system. Even though the news media has never publicly acknowledged it, the Ultimate Alliance is the master of this world."

After saying these words, the clown suddenly started breathing heavily, feeling extremely uncomfortable with this sense of helplessness.

The Justice League then began discussing what had just been said.

"It sounds like we've become the Ultimate Alliance in this world, and we're all villains, while the Joker has become the good guy who wants to overthrow the reign of terror. This is so strange, is this really true?" The Flash was a little unable to accept it.

Wonder Woman confidently said, holding the lasso of truth, "No one can lie under the lasso of truth, so he must be telling the truth."

The other members nodded in agreement. They had all tried the Lasso of Truth to some extent and knew how effective its coercive force was; even Hal, who fought with willpower, could not resist it.

"So this is an upside-down world, where good people become bad people, bad people become good people, and Superman is the ultimate tyrant in this world, and also the boss of criminals?" Hal said.

“Not necessarily,” Superman retorted. “The Joker might just be an isolated case. When that Superman appeared in our world, he didn’t seem like a bad guy.”

“But if he and his alliance with this world are truly so evil, we absolutely cannot let him go!” Wonder Woman said, clenching her fist.

However, Batman remained silent in the face of such enthusiastic words.

"I must remind you that we are only here to help Hal find the ring. What happens in this world has little to do with us."

Batman doesn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble. If he were to actually do it, he certainly wouldn't choose to back down, but if he had a choice, he wouldn't want to spend too much energy on other universes.

"Batman, how could you say that!" Wonder Woman retorted. "We are the Justice League. We should fight for justice and righteousness. This world is being taken over by a bunch of villains. How can we turn a blind eye to it!"

Everyone except Batman expressed their agreement, saying that they all chose to be heroes for the sake of justice in their hearts, and would naturally help those in need when they saw injustice.

Batman did not answer immediately, and at that moment the Joker finally understood the situation from the Justice League's words.

"Excuse me, just kidding," the clown said, drawing everyone's attention.

“I understand now that you are counterparts from other universes. After all, you have no reason to put on an act in front of someone as insignificant as me. And I just heard you say that you want to restore justice to this world.”

"Please let me help you!" the Joker said resolutely. He knew his abilities were very limited, and if he wanted to take down the Ultimate Alliance, he would have to find other helpers.

The Justice League members exchanged bewildered glances. It was indeed strange for the Joker to say such a thing, but he seemed to be serious.

“The Lasso of Truth isn’t working,” Wonder Woman said, which meant the Joker was telling the truth and genuinely wanted to help the Justice League.

The group exchanged glances, and then Wonder Woman removed the restraints from the other person.

“Tell us more about what’s going on here. Why do you hate the Ultimate Alliance so much?” Superman asked.

The clown stretched his limbs and then said, "It's best for you to witness this with your own eyes. Please come with me."

The Joker led the way, and they didn't go very far, only arriving at the outside of the chemical plant. This area was the Joker's stronghold, with equipment that could block the grid surveillance, but going any further would not guarantee safety, as his technology was not yet advanced enough to miniaturize the device to the point where it could be carried on his person.

“What do you want us to see? There doesn’t seem to be anything suspicious around here,” Superman said, glancing around.

The clown raised one hand and pointed it high into the sky.

"That is a symbol of authority, a symbol of fear. People have given it many nicknames: the Dark Star, the Ultimate Star, the Star that Obscures the Sun. But decades ago, everyone only called it—the Moon."

The members were speechless for a moment, and Batman immediately went to Superman's side and asked him for a favor.

"It's 2 p.m. now, which means it should be daytime," Superman said, glancing into the distance.

The others immediately realized that, in connection with the previous mention of the sun-obscuring star, this clearly meant that the sunlight that should have reached Earth was being blocked by the moon. Who could be so heartless as to do that?

The Joker said in a deep voice, "That was done by Superpower. That alien seems to hate sunlight, so he used the moon to block out Metropolis, along with the surrounding cities, taking away their light."

"My God!" the Flash exclaimed.

“Now you should be able to understand me a little better,” the Joker continued. “This is just one of the evil things the Ultimate Alliance has done. Superpower has rarely left his building in recent years, and the other members haven’t done anything as outrageous as him, but they are definitely more disgusting.”

“I really want to take you there, but this world is already under surveillance by the Ultimate Alliance. Without a shielding device, they will definitely discover you people of unknown identity. So, to avoid alerting them, you'd better wait until I've improved the device before you take any action.”

After hearing what he said, the righteous Superman immediately said, "No need for all that trouble. The bracelets we have are jammers. But that's not important. We can just go and confront those people face to face."

Upon hearing this, the Joker immediately wanted to object, as they had no idea how terrifying the Ultimate Alliance was. However, someone else objected even faster than him.

Batman said, "Are you crazy? They are similar to us, and may even have no bottom line. You can't be so reckless in trying to save the world."

Superman wasn't angry; he just smiled and said, "So you've decided to help this world too?"

“I have to keep an eye on you all, in case the League members all fall in this world,” Batman said.

Chapter 175 Changing Homes

The Justice League and Earth-3's Joker are determined to change this chaotic world, but first they need intelligence.

The alliance members soon discovered that the world was indeed upside down; west had become east, and east had become west, and the sun rose in the west and set in the east every day. But even more so, the people of this world were the opposite.

“I know the counterparts of most of you; they are all key members of the Ultimate Alliance,” the Joker said.

He turned and went to the deeper workshop to take out a stack of photos. These were the materials he had collected over the years about the Ultimate Alliance members. He looked at the Justice League members and pulled out photos of each one to compare.

“Superman, you are definitely the counterpart of Superman. You two look too alike. Apart from the symbol on your chest, the only difference is probably your hairstyle.”