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Chapter 124 "Demolition"
Chapter 124 "Demolition"
After Amanda gave Martian Manhunter the order to arrest Superman, the alien guy had a cryptic expression on his face.
"Mars Manhunter, we have new developments. There's a mind controller named Dr. Madness who can communicate telepathically. He was in Kandark when Dr. Light died," Cyborg hurriedly explained.
Amanda pressed on relentlessly, refusing to yield an inch:
"Lock Superman in his cell first, then we can discuss new intelligence! He's a global security threat now!"
Green Arrow, who had just arrived, drew his bow and aimed at Superman.
"I can definitely feel someone messing with me—" Superman said weakly, wanting to find out what was going on.
The Green Arrow slowly shifted, pointing towards Amanda:
"I've had enough of sitting here like an idiot. Let's go and meet this mad doctor."
"Green Arrow, Don't One-One"
Amanda reached out to stop her, but Green Arrow interrupted her:
"Sorry, Amanda, but if you're not going to help us sort this out, then you're just standing in our way!"
The arrow he had nocked on his bow was not a lethal arrow, but an arrow that could release smoke and obstruct vision.
Suddenly, Firestorm spoke up, revealing a blind spot in the matter:
"Wait, if it really is because of Dr. Madman, then Superman shouldn't have become weak; he should be like..."
"Like the monster Thompson, controlling Superman to burrow underground and blow the entire city into the sky?" the Elemental Woman interjected.
"Stop talking, Superman doesn't have much time left," the "Questioner" urged.
An impatient expression crossed Green Arrow's face. He released his grip on the arrow's fletching, letting it fly towards Amanda and her army.
"Screw it, I knew something was wrong from the start, but it's 'Superman' who needs our help!!"
As Green Arrow fired his arrow, smoke billowed, and Martian Manhunter, Cyborg, and others took action.
Their targets were the mechs, not the soldiers who obeyed Amanda.
Within seconds, the ear-piercing sounds of metal bending, sparks from broken wires, and beeping alarms from the mechs filled the air.
Cyborg, Firestorm, Elementalist, Green Arrow, and Martian Manhunter—five superheroes—could easily defeat a mere few mechs.
Before the smoke cleared, all the mechs were reduced to scrapped fragments.
"Mars Hunter" tossed aside the internal wiring of the mech in his hand and said to Amanda:
"You should know perfectly well that you can't stop us. Before anyone gets hurt, quickly order your men to back off. Leave Superman's matter to us."
Although the other superheroes' mechs here have been dealt with, a soldier named Amanda stands in front of "Superman," carrying a huge ray weapon on his shoulder.
The soldier's body was trembling:
"Please, Superman, go back to the cell."
Superman clenched his fist, ready to strike:
"Don't force me—"
The soldier was extremely nervous and cautiously moved backward. When he saw Superman clench his fist, his heart skipped a beat, and he pulled the trigger of the weapon on his shoulder.
A thick red beam of light instantly pierced Superman's abdomen, forcing his body to arch.
Superman was almost unable to control himself, his fists clenched tightly and his eyes gradually turning red.
The soldiers on the other side were dumbfounded:
"I, I—"
"You didn't do it on purpose, did you?" Connors's "Kusama Man" walked up to the soldier and blocked Superman.
He could tell that the soldier was extremely nervous, facing immense pressure from Superman—most importantly, if Superman accidentally killed the soldier again, everything would fall apart.
"Superman, control yourself," Connors said to Superman.
Superman's face was covered in cold sweat. He closed his eyes until the heat vision disappeared and he calmed down completely.
"I'm fine, I can handle it."
After speaking, Superman looked at Amanda, this high-ranking member of the "Sky Eye Society," who was determined to have the Justice League of America replace the Justice League:
"I'm sorry, Amanda, but my mind is made up. No matter what's wrong with me now, I will end all of this."
He looked up, his eyes flashing with heat, piercing through the underground where the forbidden room was located and the medical center above it, before flying out.
Steel skeletons followed closely behind.
"Mars Manhunter, Green Arrow, you have to listen to me!" Amanda shouted.
Martian Manhunter ignored her, followed Superman into the air, and reached down to grab the grappling hook that Green Arrow had shot at him.
"Amanda, the purpose of this team you've formed is to fight against the Justice League, or even replace it. Do you really think I'll be loyal to you?"
"Green Arrow" said, as the grappling hook he fired was caught by Martian Hunter and flew into the sky with him.
Elemental Girl followed Green Arrow into the sky:
"Connors, have we gotten ourselves into trouble because of this?"
Connors's "Kusama Man" stood still, and he said with a smile:
"Elementalist, I think we're all already in deep trouble."
All the superheroes present had left, leaving only Connors' "Kusama" and the Justice League's "Firestorm".
"Firestorm, you're the only one left. Can I trust you?" Amanda said, looking at the man with flames on his head.
"Me?" A storm of fire erupted into the sky.
So the last superhero also abandoned Amanda, leaving only an "outsider," Connors.
Amanda, a high-ranking member of the "Sky Eye Society," joined forces with Connors to establish the "Justice League of America."
Even though no one obeys her orders now, with Connors around, she still feels confident:
"Connors, it seems we'll have to reshuffle the Justice League of America after this is over."
"You're shuffling cards."
Connors said that "Kusama Man" turned back into straw, and he ran away too.
During the "Monster Thompson" incident, he formed the Justice League of America and temporarily placed the team under Amanda's command, with the aim of fighting for the Kandak in the "Three-Body War" incident.
After this incident, the Justice League of America will eventually have to establish a true team partnership with the Justice League, rather than the adversarial relationship that Amanda, a high-ranking member of the government's "Sky Eye Society," envisions.
Regaining his focus from "Kusama," Connors stood opposite Constantine and the Dark Justice League, with Wonder Woman beside him.
Constantine, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, focused on pressing Wonder Woman for the reason they had come here after Connors gave him a strange laugh.
Upon learning that Wonder Woman and Connors were there to use them as laborers to find the Pandora's Box, Constantine exhaled a smoke ring and said:
"You mean, thousands of years ago, Pandora opened that damned box, resulting in the world now being full of wicked scoundrels—except, of course, everyone here."
"And then, when technology and the gods are both helpless, you decide to turn to us magical bastards for help?"
"We have our own things to attend to. Lady Shangdu has been captured and her whereabouts are still unknown. I suggest you just give up on Superman."
As soon as Constantine finished speaking, Wonder Woman grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up:
"Give up on Superman? You arrogant bastard!"
Connors didn't stop them, but stood aside happily watching the show, silently counting down the hours until Batman, the Phantom Stranger, and the others arrived.
"Hey, Connors, can you do me a favor?" Constantine was being grabbed by the collar by Wonder Woman, and the cigarette in his mouth fell out of his mouth. He turned to Connors for help.
"Connors?"
Nobody paid him any attention. Connors was standing there one second, and the next second he was gone.
Constantine then turned to the other members of the Justice League Dark for help, but the response he received was:
"Constantine, good luck to you. I've lived on Earth for centuries and seen many warriors, but no one is as great as Superman."
"If what Wonder Woman says is true, and doing what she says can save Superman, then we have to give it a try."
The speaker was Frankenstein of the Dark Justice League, a green-skinned undead whose body was stitched together from parts taken from dozens of people.
Frankenstein had a nickname: "Frankenstein's monster".
Another member of the Dark Justice League, "Dead Man," also said:
"I agree. Besides, my ghostly intuition tells me that whatever happened to Lady Shangdu, it's related to Pandora's box."
Another female superhero named "Black Orchid" also agreed with the two's views. The minority had to submit to the majority, and Constantine was unwilling but had no choice:
"Alright, Lady Shangdu is missing, and her psychic hut is no longer safe. I suggest we all retreat back to the Mysterious House."
They were standing outside the House of Mystery when Constantine turned his head and saw Connors, who had ignored him earlier, pasting words and pictures on the door of the House of Mystery.
White background with red lettering, it says "Demolish".
Constantine and the others in the Dark Justice League couldn't understand:
"What does this mean? What are you trying to do?"
Connors carefully pasted the "remove" sign, taking a full three minutes, before turning back to answer them:
"I'm wasting my time."
As soon as he finished speaking, Batman and Phantom Stranger led the Justice League and the Justice League of America down from the sky, with Shazam, wearing a hood and looking completely bewildered, sandwiched in between.