"He lost?"

In the metropolis, the Steppenwolf, who lurks here, waiting for the mother box to choose the last alien knight, is also communicating with the new god mantis of the Apocalypse in Canterlot. At the same time, through the communication of the praying mantis, he also learned the news of Kewen's defeat in Canterlot, and even has been successfully brainwashed and lost his self-memory and identity. When he heard this, Steppenwolf's words also showed disbelief.

"Yes, right in front of me, I saw it with my own eyes, and at the same time, I was observing the new life he started in Canterlot. I've completely forgotten who I am, and I'm quite enjoying my new life, and it seems that the opponent you chose isn't very good, Steppenwolf. ”

On the other side of the screen, the praying mantis enjoying the Iron Mountain Prison was also commenting on the Steppenwolf, and even he had to admire the Turtle Man's calculations towards the Flash. With the help of his longing for his mother, he set a trap that the Flash couldn't break free, and let the Flash be at his mercy, creating such a weird Canterlot, although he mocked Steppenwolf, but the mantis also knew very well the purpose of his party to come to Earth.

"I said, now that he's forgotten who he really is, I don't think you need your previous layout. As long as you want to, my side is enough to make him, who knows nothing about himself, feel the malice from all over the world, and make him the best carrier. ”

Listening to the advice given by the praying mantis, Steppenwolf on the other side of the screen also fell silent, looking at the mother box with the cursor looming in his hand at this time, it took a long time for Steppenwolf to give an answer.

"Very good advice, but I refuse, I believe in my own vision. If he is so easily defeated and admits defeat, then it is not him who will save the universe in the darkest night. ”

"So what, he is now false except that his name is true, even if it is a happy life, it is also the kindness I have bestowed on him, isn't it better for such a person to receive the malice of the whole world after the worst day, I can't figure out what's wrong with my plan."

"Yes, there is nothing bad about it, but I just don't think it will work, I don't want you to think, I want me to feel, listen to me, I am the person in charge of this project. If you still can't figure it out, then I'll tell you, just because he's Kamen Rider, this reason is enough, as for why, you can slowly look down for yourself, of course, in the end, I hope you can succeed, if you can succeed. ”

Anyway, Steppenwolf also hung up the communication here, leaving only the Iron Mountain Prison, the mantis with a confused face looked at the blackened screen, and some didn't react to what Steppenwolf did just now, this is kicking himself out of the group chat and letting himself do it alone? As for it, my heart is so small, just because I finished your work?!

Obviously, the praying mantis is a little cautious, at least for Steppenwolf who unilaterally turned off the communication, he is really not small-minded, but he understands very well that this trick is ineffective for Kewen. If this trick was so useful, why didn't the black hand control Ke Wen when he used the anti-life equation in the first place? It's just that he's cautious, and he doesn't mind including the praying mantis as a plan of action in Plan B, just in case it's not.

Thinking like this, Steppenwolf also tossed the mother box in his hand and floated in the air, and the mother box with the Decade logo looming was also changing. At the same time, the mother box in the form of a square is also changing its shape, a scene that Steppenwolf has not seen on other alien knights.

"Mother box, it's up to you, let me see the man who confronted Darkseid on the Apocalypse, his true power."

Thinking back to the gesture that the Arrows had placed on the Apocalypse Star against Darkseid, even Steppenwolf was not allowed to praise him, and in the air, the mother box that had broken itself into pieces disappeared in this violent flash. In the distance, at the home of Jimmy Olsen, the royal photographer of the planet daily, Jimmy was asleep in his bedroom, and in front of him, the computer desk used for his office.

The computer screen that should have been turned off suddenly lit up, and the blue fluorescent light up the whole room, and on the screen, only one line of subtitles was displayed there: You, do you want to change your current life, and then below this subtitle, it is the simplest YES/NO. The most simple option is that the computer screen that lights up just keeps it on, and it doesn't make any noise, just there.

Soon, Jimmy, who should have been asleep, was also woken up by the brightness, got up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and looked at his computer desk while still in a daze.

"Huh? Did I forget to turn off my computer when I was sleeping? What is this? ”

Jimmy, who got up, also noticed the passage on his computer screen that flashed blue light, originally just treating it as a prank virus, and Jimmy, who was about to shut down violently directly, stopped the hand that reached for the plug, but moved to the mouse, dragging the cursor on the screen, and moving towards the YES option.

"Give it a try, and you don't need money anyway." With that in mind, Jimmy, clicked YES.

Soon, a blue glow filled Jimmy's room, and after a flicker, it regained its calm, as if the dazzling blue light had never existed. On the periphery, Steppenwolf and Disard were also the first time they had seen the Mother Box choose a different knight in this form, and Dissad, who always felt that something was wrong, was about to go to Jimmy's residence to confirm his situation, but was stopped by Steppenwolf.

"No, let's let the mother box develop like this, the last one always has to be special. Keep a mark, let's go back to Philadelphia, that Thunder Shazam still needs some thought. ”

Anyway, Steppenwolf didn't continue to monitor the last person chosen by the mother box in the Met, and took Dissad with him, and the two left from the Met. Although Superman is not there, the metropolis is guarded by Connor, the super's eldest son, and with such frequent activities, if something goes wrong, they are also in trouble.

Similarly, after Steppenwolf finished communicating with the new god of the Apocalypse in Canterlot, the Turtle Man, who cooperated with the mantis, also walked over.

"Looks like you didn't seem to have a good conversation just now, and they don't agree with you doing this."

"If they don't agree, it's useful, even if I obey, the question is can I stop you?"

"Clever answer, yes, no one can stop me now, Canterlot's experiment was successful, it's time to create a utopia for the world, I never thought that the one who helped me do all this would be my enemy, the fastest man in the world, the Flash, you say yes."

“··· I'm just looking for the best of both worlds. ”

Words with a struggling tone also sounded in this room, and the Flash, that is, Barry Allen, who now has the power of the sage, just stood there, not looking directly at the alien Drive and the mantis in front of him, and the trembling hand on the glass already showed how complicated his mood was at the moment. And the alien Drive and the praying mantis, who were still there discussing the idea of making the world a utopia, also walked up to Barry, following his line of sight, looking out the window.

This is the interior of Iron Mountain Prison, and the reason why this prison is called Iron Mountain is because it is a prison built on the mountain. Backed by a big mountain, even if the prisoner escapes from prison, there are not too many escape routes, easy to catch and easy to follow. And now, the mountain on which Iron Mountain Prison rests is being hollowed out by the inmates who have allowed Barry to brainwash and modify his memories through the power of the sages.

These prisoners, not only those who served their sentences in Iron Mountain Prison, but also those who were at large in Canterlot before, also have several old faces. Captain Cold, Heat Wave, and the already good Rogue Gang are also among them, using their high-tech weapons to build something in the hollowed-out mountain, because of Barry's sage control, the Rogue Gang has not lost their sense of self and has become a working machine with no emotion, they are all distorted cognition, thinking that they are doing a good thing.

Similarly, among these people, there is a red figure that is constantly moving, it is Wally, who became the Flash under Barry's arrangement. He is also in this construction team, playing the role of porter and supervisor, and under the construction of such a team, the base of a transmission tower appeared in front of Barry, the alien Drive and the praying mantis, not only the base, but the prototype of a base station transmission tower has been built.

And Barry just looked at the transmitter tower through the window, struggling eyes, and kept saying there: "I'll save all this, soon..."

No one knows what is going on inside Canterlot, and under the control of Barry's powerful speed thinking and sage power, all that Canterlot can show is harmony and beauty. The undercurrent hidden beneath the city can swallow up everyone who is curious to step into Canterlot, and not let go of a single one.

When the new gods of the Apocalypse in Canterlot and Metropolis began to move, Dick, who had left Gotham and returned to Naxino, had not done nothing. He understood his purpose for returning to Naxino, and after a few days of spending time with his girlfriend, he also came to the west coast of Nacino City, where there was a building that he knew but was unfamiliar with.

"This is it, Planetary Detective Agency, there should be someone in this picture."

Standing at the door of Cowen's detective office, Dick said with the photo in his hand that had been taken a year and a half ago. Because this photo was taken when Ke Wen was decorating his detective agency, there is a detective agency and a ladder in the photo, but there is no one standing on the ladder to paint the signboard for the agency, it looks like the same person who took pictures and painted it, and he can't be separated.

But after that merger with Curvin in Gotham, a lot of things, Dick also understood the problem. Just like the photo I was holding in my hand at this time, maybe the person who took the photo and painted the signboard should be the same person, or it was possible that there was a guy sitting on the ladder with a sunny smile looking at the camera and smiling, but someone erased the traces of this person on this photo.

Carrying the picture in his arms, Dick also lifted his legs, walked to the door of the office, and after three taps, he tried to push the door. The door was unlocked, and Dick pushed it open with a single force, and when it opened, he also touched the doorbell, and the crisp bell rang. This crisp bell is like an alarm clock, and when it rings, it gives Dick the feeling that it is the office he has stepped into, and it comes to life!

Especially when Dick felt the floor he was stepping on start to move, well, Dick knew that it wasn't the feeling, but the detective agency, it was alive, and it looked like it was in the body of a behemoth. After feeling the strange feeling coming from the floor under his feet, Dick wanted to leave the office immediately, he should have touched the defense mechanism just now, as long as he left the room, everything would be back to normal.

It's just that the steps out are stopped at the last minute by Dick on the edge.

"Grandpa, I'm not a thief, as for that?"

Dick, who made relevant evasive actions purely because of conditioned reflexes, reacted at this time, and he came here to find a truth, and if he ran out, there would be nothing. Just when Dick was thinking like this, he saw that the furniture placed in the office also came to life at this moment, the door behind him was closed, and Dick, who was cut off from retreat, could only look at these living furniture, showing a helpless expression, and then it was dark in front of him, and he didn't know anything.

When he woke up again, Dick also found himself entangled in the living staircase, frozen in mid-air, and a familiar figure of himself was also sitting in front of him, drinking, Vita Lemon Tea?

"Good evening, Cortana, don't you think it's a bit too rough to treat an old friend like this?"

"If it were an old friend, I wouldn't have come to me in the middle of the night like this, and I haven't said hello in advance, Dick Grayson, I can't guarantee that you have any bad ideas."

"Huh? Please, you know my girlfriend Claire, there is an old Chinese saying, rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest, in addition, look at me now, who has ideas about whom, can you help me change my position, it's very uncomfortable to hang upside down. ”

Dick, who felt that he was about to have a cerebral hemorrhage, also complained there, listening to Dick's teasing, Zatana who was sitting on the chair waved her hand, and the staircase that had entangled Dick like a living creature was also restored to its original state, and the whole office returned to the appearance that Dick had seen before. And Dick, an uninvited guest, just came from the air and made a close contact with the floor.

"Hey, I never thought you'd have such a grumpy temper, Xiaozha." Standing up from the ground and touching his head, Dick teased as well.

"I'm grumpy and I don't need to show you, say, what are you doing here?"

Zatana, who didn't give Dick half a good face, moved her steps lightly, and sat cross-legged in the air, with a magic book in her hand, looking at it. Dick was standing there, looking around the interior of the office, the desk, the typewriter identical to his room at Wayne Manor, and the sealed file bag that had been placed aside, and Dick walked over and was about to sit in Curvin's seat, but before he could touch the chair, the chair moved away of its own accord.

"That chair, it's not yours to sit on."

"That's your place?"

"No, it's not mine, I just want to put it there and watch, you have an opinion. Okay, Dick, what the hell are you doing here, come and entertain me at night, and believe it or not, I'm going to tie you up and throw you in front of Claire right now. ”

For Zatana's problem, Dick just stood there and continued to look at the layout in the office, everything was fine, but everything was a problem in Dick's eyes, because the layout here is not like the style of Zatana's arrangement, memories can be modified, deeds can be erased, but those habits that belong to everyone's life cannot be changed, it is something that has been engraved into the DNA, just like now, the first time he saw Zatana drinking Vita lemon tea.

"I'm here just to find an answer."

"What answer?"

"The answer hidden in this picture."

As he spoke, Dick also took out the photo that he was carrying in his arms, and under the influence of Zatana's magic, it flew into Zatana's hand. When Zatana looked at this photo taken a year and a half ago, with only a ladder and a sign of the office, she was stunned for what she wanted to say, and after a long time, she said in a somewhat uncertain tone: "This photo doesn't seem right, right?" ”

"So, what do you think is wrong, Xiaozha. Just say what you think is wrong, I just want a reference. ”

"It always feels like there's going to be someone sitting here."

Pointing to the blank space on the ladder, Zatana said as well. When she said this, Zatana also felt that her heart seemed to be grabbed, and her breathing suddenly became a little difficult, and subconsciously, she let go of the photo in her hand, and was caught by Dick, and carefully took it into her arms, and then looked at Zatana.

At this time, Zatana, who also realized that something was wrong, also fell from mid-air, looked at Dick, and after feeling the feeling of worrying about herself just now, she also asked: "So, what is the secret of this photo, what did you do to it?" ”

"It's not me who did the tricks, but we were, it seems that you and I have forgotten a person who is very important to us, Xiaozha."

Zatana frowned, feeling offended by Dick's words, no matter how she said it, she was also a magic family, and her magic attainments were not weaker than some demon gods. His father can still make a cameo appearance in Naboo, the god of fate, in such an environment, Dick told himself that he was passive, and it was still in terms of memory, how could it be, isn't it a joke, who can remember all the creatures living on the earth but have not been discovered, it is too exaggerated.

"Someone important? Dick, your words are exaggerating, there is a problem with the shooting of this picture, I will use magic to find out why, and when the time comes, I will inform you, now, it is time for you to leave. ”

Frowning, Zatana waved her hand, and the office that had returned to normal came alive again, and before Dick could say a few more words, it was controlled and moved towards the door. Faced with such a situation, Dick also had a headache, and sure enough, he was still not good at persuading girls with words, even so, for the sake of Kewen, who still couldn't remember his name, Dick let it go! With his feet raised, he pressed against the door frame to keep himself from being thrown out, and looked at Zatana, who had his back to him, and Dick asked in a barrage.

"Exaggerated? I've always told you the truth, Xiaozha, there are some things that you may not even notice yourself, because it has become a part of your life, a habit of your life. Like now, tell me, when did you start to like drinking Vita Lemon Tea! ”

"Can't answer? Then tell me, why don't you let me touch that chair, but in the same way, why don't you touch it yourself, you take care of this desk, but you never understand the things on it, why! ”

"This office has been open for almost three years, why are you still here, why did you come here in the first place, you answer me these questions!"

Dick, who was questioning Zatana against the door frame, could also feel that the power of the magical creation that had been wrapped around him and wanted to throw him out had become smaller. Dick, who had reverted to his original form and regained his freedom, stood there, looking at Zatana with his back to him, waiting for her to answer.

With her back to Dick, Zatana was silent, and slowly, Dick heard the sound of water dripping and glanced at where Zatana was, and there were some traces on the floor.

"Why do I like to drink Vita Lemon Tea, yes, no one is sitting at that desk, why do I have to take care of it, why am I in this detective agency, I seem to be waiting for someone, but why, I can't remember who the person I'm waiting for is, Dick, why can't I remember, why, I'm crying at the moment."

Turning her head, Zatana's face was already wet with tears, and she was still calm, but when she asked Dick, she unconsciously had a sad tone, as if she had released the sadness hidden in her heart that had never been revealed.

Dick smiled at Zatana like this, because he knew that he still couldn't remember the name of his partner. The bonds left in this world have long been engraved into the lives of these people, and even if they can't remember his name, they will feel sad because they forget him. That's good, because he's no longer alone looking for traces of his partner in the world, and he's sure he'll remember his name, definitely.

"This, that's the reason we need to find, Xiaozha, the one we forgot and the most important person to us, is waiting for us to find him~"

As he spoke, Dick extended his hand to Zatana as well.

And in the sky above the city of Naxino, the blue butterfly was also flying in the air, turning into the incomprehensible quantum god, looking at Dick and Xiaozha in the office with blank eyes, silent. It's just that tonight in the sky over the city of Naxino, it's not just Dr. Manhattan, an uninvited guest.

"Oops, I've been really tired lately, but I can't help it, I've let that kid do the work for me, and I'll have to deal with it anyway." You say yes, Quantum God, I don't have to introduce myself. ”

In the sky, with frivolous words, Lucifer, dressed in a black suit, stood in the void and greeted Dr. Manhattan, the quantum god.