Donna took the initiative to help Su Ming drag the monster's corpse, while Barry and Albera handled cleaning up the traces here. Barry had already retrieved the gear and was studying the program on the portable computer.
Bobo, on the other hand, was truly acting like a secretary, holding Su Ming's phone and reporting issues to him.
"Batman's guard is up even higher against you now."
"Let him enjoy it. You're a detective too—you know what paranoia looks like."
Su Ming dragged the Chira by its tail—the snake-bodied part—heading deeper into the passage.
"But he also brought up an important point afterward: no one from the Justice League actually contacted Olympus." Bobo scratched his chin, a grave look shining in his black eyes.
"Hm? Is that so?"
So soone deliberately tipped off Olympus—or specifically Athena. Why?
Could it be Eris's doing? No, because she stirs up chaos just to watch the show, but anything happening here would be in the Speed Force—she couldn't see it.
Was it Luthor? But this doesn't seem to benefit him in any way.
For now, there weren't enough clues, so he dropped it. The Justice League had too many enemies—people capable of pulling this off were as common as dirt.
As long as he added an extra layer of prep to keep anyone from popping up to ss with their plans against Hecate and Reverse-Flash, it'd be fine.
After crossing the hall, the group pressed deeper into the mountain, and the path conditions got nasty again.
Not only did the road keep narrowing, but they hit a massive pit—about the size of a stadium—pitch-black and bottomless.
"This must be the pit sealing the First Born. It goes straight to the Earth's core."
Bobo, standing at the cliff's edge, peeked down, then pulled back to light a cigar slowly.
As a gorilla raised in a circus, he'd barely even climbed trees, so he had a fear of heights.
"Looks like you know a fair bit too." Su Ming and Donna lifted the monster, flying alongside to cross the narrow cliffside path.
"I do know a lot, but I don't go out of my way to say it and rile people up."
"Then you're wrong there. Batman's not like normal folks. To him, 'soone who knows everything and spills it all' is better—more reassuring—than 'soone who knows everything but says nothing.'"
Su Ming, hovering slowly, glanced back at the gorilla.
Bobo flashed a grin, stuffed the cigar in his mouth, and scrambled forward on all fours to catch up a few steps. "That's for you humans. I'm just a gorilla—a pitiful animal with no superpowers."
Su Ming let out a long sigh skyward. Bobo was a gorilla who'd sniffed out the Justice League's weaknesses—worthy of being the animal kingdom's sharpest detective.
Yep, the Justice League was full of closet animal rights activists, whether it was humans turned animal or animals suddenly gaining super smarts.
They were always lenient with those kinds of villains.
It's like they naturally believed animal instincts made them go bad or screw up—mistakes by animal folks were forgivable.
Man-Bat's a no-brainer—everyone knows what he got up to in Gotham, but now he's a Justice League researcher.
Beyond that, Grodd, Cheetah, Killer Croc, King Shark, Orca—you na it. These animalized villains ss up, get beaten by the League, and the punishnt's always raised high and dropped light.
You'd think these animal villains, tied to myths and legends, would face Diana or Aquaman—two heroes who aren't afraid to kill.
But Diana clearly has no resistance to fuzzy big cats. Cheetah's hurt her a thousand tis, and she still can't bear to kill her.
Last ti Diana needed Cheetah's help, Cheetah's condition was that Diana kill her afterward—she was sick of her half-human, half-beast form.
Thanks to her curse, she couldn't even off herself. Only Diana's sky-god power, unleashed after removing her bracelets, could do it.
Diana agreed without hesitation, but when Minerva finished the job, Diana couldn't hurt the big kitty. So fluffy, so cute—those big eyes, pointy ears, all gorgeous. Without Cheetah, who'd she play with later?
So Diana fed Minerva a big bowl of inspirational mumbo-jumbo and bailed.
Minerva, dazed at the ti, later caught on. She'd been duped! Duped by a warrior woman whose brain was mostly muscle!
So Cheetah joining Luthor's crew this ti made perfect sense—her goal was to get back at Diana for breaking her word.
What surprised Su Ming was why the Joker tead up with Luthor. Those two never pissed in the sa pot.
One's always yamring about human spirit, wanting a god-free society; the other... ntion humanity, and it hits his funny bone.
No matter how you slice it, they don't sh.
Unless seeing Batman and Superman's bromance left them both jilted, forming the 'Heartbreak Front Alliance.'
"Hm, Luthor's squad should totally be called that. It's all poor souls hurt by the Justice League."
The more he thought about it, the more it made sense. So Su Ming took it upon himself to na the enemy team, nodding confidently, leaving Donna beside him totally baffled.
"What does the magic pillar look like?" Su Ming caught Donna's look and switched topics.
Seeing it was about business, Donna answered seriously. "It's called a pillar, but it's probably a massive magic circle. The pillar of magic shouldn't be a physical thing."
Albera trailed behind the group, swaying along the cliff wall. She seed a bit drunk—walking like that, she looked ready to tumble off any second.
"I agree with the little beauty. Her grasp of magic's essence outshines her sister's by a mile."
Zatanna, behind her, shrugged. She might be closer to little Di, but the fallen Barbie doll was spitting facts.
"Hee hee." Donna grinned smugly. If she had a tail, it'd be wagging sky-high right now.
Su Ming keenly clocked her weakness. She loved hearing she was better than Diana—being so alike, comparisons were inevitable.
That flaw could be exploited by enemies, so Su Ming had to prep a counterasure, accounting for every possibility.
The two of them flew ahead, hefting the monster's corpse, while the others followed. On the far side of the giant pit, Su Ming spotted a massive door.
If he wasn't wrong, that had to be the destination.
Truth be told, he'd considered just smashing the magic pillar—like blowing up Doctor Fate's tower.
But in reality, that'd only treat the symptom, not the cause. Hecate could just find another energy hub to tweak—bit more effort, that's all.
So why not use this last spot as a trap and settle it once and for all?
Right when Hecate thinks she's won, have Zatanna's backward magic unleash Reverse-Flash. Bet that'd send Hecate into pure bliss, huh?
And with that, it was happily decided.
Reviews
All reviews (0)