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Chapter 154 The Outsider's Pawns
Chapter 154 The Outsider's Pawns
metropolis.
"Richard Grayson? Who the hell is that?"
Lex Luthor scratched his bald head, puzzled.
The live stream footage has disappeared—not completely, but it's now playing on a loop; there's just no longer any new live stream footage.
Luther sat on the hole the helicopter had created in the building, looking at the sun outside.
"It's ridiculous that I still haven't forgotten that cat after all these years."
He watched as the moon was gradually pushed away from its original orbit and moved closer to the sun.
"That stupid cat is stuck in a tree. Superman needs to step in—where the hell is he?!"
Lex Luthor roared to the sky, but Superman did not appear until the sun was completely obscured by the moon.
The changes in gravity caused by the moon's movement caused buildings on Earth to gradually collapse, tsunamis triggered earthquakes, and earthquakes caused buildings to collapse even more completely.
Lex Luthor knew that if he didn't act soon, he would be killed alive inside this building.
He decided to go to the basement of his own building to retrieve some items, such as a complete suit of armor and a clone of "Superman".
The building's elevators were out of service, so Lex Luthor had to take the stairs. Fortunately, the building was sturdy enough that, although the stairs were partially damaged, the building did not collapse due to the tidal changes.
Kandak.
Black Adam has resolved the oppression of the local puppet government and re-liberated the people of the country.
He sat on his throne, looking at the declaration on the screen that read "The world belongs to us," and shattered it with a single punch:
"The world belongs to no one."
Black Adam's eyes flashed with electricity, and he instantly flew into the sky, heading in the direction he had identified, and sped away.
He was to stake out the Superb near the Daily Planet building in Metropolis, just as Connors had told him beforehand.
Although he was confident he could defeat that "Superman," Black Adam decided to do as he was told this time to avoid being tormented by that damned "outsider" in the future.
Rhodes Island, Happy Harbor.
Black Bat, wielding Aquaman's trident, jumped into the sea after Superpower finished his speech and sped toward Metropolis.
He was going to meet up with "Black Adam" and reunite with Lex Luthor.
Poison Ivy, following Connors's instructions, approaches Detroit, where the TechStar laboratory has the potential to save Cyborg.
Incidentally, she also needs to deal with a member of the "Criminal Syndicate"—"Super Queen".
Harley has Connors's "illusion magic" on her, but Ivy does not.
On Earth-3, the Crime Syndicate already knew that the Anti-Monitor was someone Ivy had attracted using her life energy, arranged by Connors.
Upon arriving in this world, "Poison Ivy" Ivy will inevitably face attacks from the "Criminal Syndicate," which is why Connors wants to replace the original Ivy.
Earth 0's "Poison Ivy" is too weak; you need Big Wave Ivy to be better.
"Super Queen" is even more eager to find Connors than "Night Owl," and she will definitely volunteer to deal with "Poison Ivy," which is exactly what Connors wants.
The "outsiders'" pre-placed pieces have begun to move.
The "Criminal Syndicate" members returned to the watchtower, where the "Divine Power Ring" was showing "Death Storm" his seemingly rotting right hand:
"It's starting to hurt again, Death Storm! What has this ring done to me?! Please, Professor!"
The true form of "Death Storm" is a combination of a professor and a dead body, so the name "Divine Power Ring" is not inappropriate.
While the other members of the crime syndicate were preoccupied with their own agendas, the two of them were quite relaxed at this moment.
"Death Storm" picked up "Divine Power Ring" and examined it, then pinched its chin to check the veins in its neck, and pondered:
"Wait another week. Conquering the world is the most important step right now. Put your matters aside for now."
The "Divine Power Ring" hung its arm with a worried expression; its ring emitted a warning:
"Energy index 78%, excessive panic will accelerate energy loss, you idiot."
"Night Owl" and "Superpower" stood next to "Grid" and looked at the big screen together.
"Grid" spoke in a completely emotionless voice:
"Militaries and police forces around the world must rescue disaster areas and fight our super-villain army in the absence of power and communications."
"We need to maintain a certain number of troops to keep our villainous members in check," Night Owl said.
Johnny Express complained:
"What nonsense are you talking about? We have to kill them all, it's that simple, that exciting."
"If any of you encounter 'Atomic Girl' or 'The Outsider,' be sure to leave them to me. I'll smash their 'Night Owls.'" Ignoring the second half of Johnny Quick's statement, he too was going to find "The Outsider."
"If we want to control the world, we need infrastructure to help it function; that's my experience in Gotham."
Johnny Express said dismissively:
"Save your breath, Night Owl. This is the new Earth, and it's already under our control. The Super Villain Secret Society has already started making its move."
"Divine Power Ring, don't even think about staying comfortably in the watchtower and reaping the benefits. You're such a pathetic sight, always hiding and running away."
I really don't know why Superpowers agreed to let you join the Syndicate.
"Oh, Superpower even let traitors like Atom and Outsider join him. It seems he likes to recruit some outliers."
"He couldn't even bear to kill 'Zansha'."
Johnny Quick, reclining in his chair, launched a tirade against the entire Crime Syndicate before dashing off in a flash.
"I'm not like you guys, I'm going out to have some fun!"
Superpower kept his eyes glued to Johnny Quick as he spoke, but he didn't make a move; Johnny Quick was still useful to him.
Moreover, "Johnny Express" reminded him of something.
"How's that guy who hitched a ride with us doing, Grid?"
The grid remained motionless, facing the screen, and said:
"The sedative he was given hasn't worn off yet, which means he'll stay put for a long time."
"Furthermore, since being freed from Viktor's fragile body, I seem to have begun to feel something, that kind of feeling that you humans call satisfaction."
No one paid attention to the second half of his sentence. To the "crime syndicate," "Zanza" was clearly more important than the "satisfaction" of a robot.
"We should take this opportunity to kill him," Night Owl said to Superpower after being reminded by Johnny Quick.
"He's still useful," Superpower and Night Owl said, standing in front of the masked and gagged "Zanza." "We barely managed to escape from that thing that once came to our Earth."
"That thing was lured here by 'Poison Ivy' at the behest of 'The Outsider.' I've already arranged for 'Super Queen' to eliminate the 'Poison Ivy' of this world. Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free."
"But Zamsa must live, just in case."
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Superpower's tone left no room for argument, which gave Night Owl the opportunity to set his terms:
"Then Grayson has to live too."
Superpower didn't understand: "That guy is just a nobody, a piece of trash."
"This is the condition of the exchange."
The conversation between the two ended there, and "Grid" interjected:
"Superman, there's a gang of petty thieves in Central City called the 'Rogue Gang' who's not cooperating. They refuse to join the 'Super Villain Secret Society.'"
"Why?" Superba asked.
"I don't know," the grid replied truthfully.
"Let the Divine Power Ring and Death Storm handle this. I'm going to Metropolis." After saying that, Superpower broke through the air and disappeared.
Although the "Divine Power Ring" was extremely unwilling, it dared not disobey the orders of the Overlord and could only obediently follow the "Death Storm" towards the central city.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, "Night Owl" said to "Grid":
"I need to speak with Grayson alone and turn off the cameras."
"Grid": "Understood."
"Night Owl" entered the room where "Nightwing" was locked and locked the door.
The grid stood motionless, devoid of emotion and desire, not even entertaining the thought of asking "why".
But even though he had no emotion at all, the next time he appeared to be "startled".
"Outsider" Connors appeared out of nowhere next to "The Grid":
"Do you know why Night Owl insisted on keeping Grayson alive?"
"Why?" Grid asked, not out of curiosity, but simply to follow Connors's lead.
"When he was a child, with the help of the butler, he killed his parents and accidentally killed his beloved younger brother."
"I killed the clown, and not long ago I killed the butler too."
"He was a lonely man, and he desperately wanted to make up for everything and rebuild his family, which is why he hoped that Grayson in this world would survive."
"Also, 'Grid,' I suggest you don't rush to send the signals of my appearance to others—do you want to have emotions? I have a way."
"Grid" remained motionless, but instead of sending the signal of Connors' appearance to "Johnny Quick," "Superpower," and "Super Queen," he said:
"What method?"
Connors spoke to "The Grid" with unusual sincerity:
"Now that you have a thirst for knowledge, once the people I sent have finished repairing 'Cyborg,' you will enter the 'Digital World' and kill 'Cyborg.' The reason you cannot gain emotions is that Cyborg has taken them all away."
"Grid's" eyes gleamed with a green light. No matter the angle, he couldn't find fault with Connors's words; on the contrary, he strongly agreed with them.
"So that's how it is. 'Scythe' took away the part of 'human,' which is why I can't experience emotions—"
"Outsider" has been added to the whitelist.
Connors patted "Grid" on the shoulder and passed through the wall to the room where "Nightwing" was imprisoned.
He certainly wouldn't help "The Grid" kill "Steelbow." What he just said was just a trap for "The Grid," and it was part of the game.
"His name is Richard Grayson, and he comes from a completely different family than Dick in my world."
"Night Owl" seemed unsurprised by Connors's appearance, perhaps he had anticipated that Connors would come looking for him.
He whispered to Connors:
"The Grayson family, whom I know, runs a circus that was inherited from a clown named Anthony."
"After John Grayson's father killed the clown, most of the other circus performers were blackmailed into joining Grayson's gang."
"This circus became their money laundering den. They would come to Gotham often, and I would often do business with them."
"Until the Graysons were killed, leaving behind their only son."
Connors nodded, making no move, watching as "Night Owl" walked behind "Nightwing" and reached out to touch his shoulder:
"Don't be afraid, Richard."
I came for you.