The appearance of Super Brainiac in the deductions cast another shadow over the Batmen. They seemed to have entered a box-stacking world, one stacking on top of another, growing stronger each time. Anyone could be the behind-the-scenes manipulator, and now the manipulator has them in a frenzy.
"So, the behind-the-scenes manipulator couldn't defeat Brainiac, which is why they're falsely claiming to be Brainiac? And what about Batman? Why would it call itself Batman?"
"It's the same principle. It might not have defeated a particular Batman either." Batwoman was quite familiar with this method, "If it hasn't defeated someone, it falsely claims to be that person, trying to attract hatred from the opponent—a childish trick if ever there was one."
"This is definitely worth exploring," Mechanical Batman said. "I'm not trying to boost anyone's ego, but the fact that we're gathered here discussing it shows that ordinary carbon-based beings are naturally at a disadvantage against electronic life forms. They can have countless threads causing trouble everywhere, and we're overwhelmed dealing with just one disaster. In the modern societal environment, it's even more difficult. Even if we can win against them, it's hard to completely eliminate them, barely a victory, just a temporary retreat."
"And observing the opponents of the manipulator, the strength of Scarlet Witch needs no further mention. If Super Brainiac truly exists, it must be formidable as well. Both have beaten the manipulator head-on, nearly eliminating it, which could be why it harbors such resentment. And if Batman achieved this... which Batman could be that strong?"
"Definitely not Night Owl and his gang," Arkham Batman sneered. "They're all useless. If Night Owl's universe is also under attack, he's likely still thinking it's only a Multiverse disaster, struggling alone in there."
"I think this touches on a key issue," Batwoman said, "this being's life form is quite unique, not entirely electronic. It seems to function within the radio waves."
"Indeed," a Batman immediately chimed in, "it can even connect to offline devices, proving it's not purely a web-based life form but more akin to an energy being. What could this imply?"
"Could it be achieving this effect through some trick? For instance, manipulating others to connect internet devices, leading us to believe it can move within radio waves?"
"Impossible," Batwoman said, "I was in Atlantis at the time without any electronic devices. Yet it activated a call device on a sunken ship stored in the Atlantis ship graveyard, attempting to manipulate the Atlanteans. There was no network signal within thousands of miles. I even suspect it came through Earth's magnetic field."
"It truly can invade offline devices out of nowhere. My universe experienced a hurricane, with no network, not even power. But as soon as the Batcave doors opened, it had already infiltrated. This proves it's not bound to the network for movement."
"Yet, even so, Scarlet Witch, Super Brainiac, and that suspected Batman can all give it a heavy blow. The first two aren't surprising: one is a Witch controlling The power of Scarlet, adept at dealing with energy beings; the other is a kindred spirit, naturally familiar with electronic life's tricks. Energy invasion is not a major issue for electronic beings; resolving it makes sense."
"But Batman seems like the wrong answer mixed into a pattern-finding question—unless he also has a way to deal with energy beings."
"I think our reasoning has deviated," Batwoman continued, "Now, the key is not the victim's identity but the behind-the-scenes manipulator's identity. Can we use its radio wave-like attribute to further narrow down its true identity?"
The Batmen pondered, combing through their memories, trying to identify anyone likely from the neighboring big worlds. Unfortunately, even after a long search, they found no useful leads.
"Electronic life forms are rare, and evil ones even less so. An evil electronic life form capable of traveling to another world must also be quite renowned in their original world," Primary Universe Batman said.
"Next door, the most famous evil electronic life form is Ultron," Arkham Batman said. "I once played a replica where Iron Man mentioned their universe had just defeated Ultron, and quite a few people seemed to have died. Could it be Ultron?"
"It's not impossible. But the key is which universe's Ultron, why it went to the so-called Central Universe, and how it came over here."
"How was Ultron born?" Wonder Woman asked.
Everyone exchanged glances, clearly at a loss. Despite its fame as an evil electronic life form next door, it didn't quite rank among the villains there. They didn't even know if this evil electronic life form had entered Battleworld.
"I have an idea," Big Adventure Batman said, "I'll ask Spider Man, he'll definitely know."
With that, he brought up the Battleworld interface and began messaging a Spider Man he knew. Soon after, Spider Man sent a barrage of messages:
"You mean Ultron? I heard Dr. Pym invented it as an AI to assist his scientific research. But somehow it turned into an Evil Robot. We killed it once before, but it soon resurged, seemingly updating itself each time, iterating against the weaknesses of the Avengers. We can never fully kill it, only temporarily repel it. Why are you interested?"