Viktor had already moved away from Superman and moved to Batman.
He watched in amazement as Superman used his freezing breath to freeze a tsunami over ten meters high.
"Do you need me to do anything?"
He pulled back his gaze and whispered toward Batman's ear.
"But we have to wait until I take Rachel away. I didn't expect such a good opportunity to come so suddenly."
Batman responded in a low voice while moving several unconscious people away from the beach.
"I don't think taking Rachel away now is a good idea. If the other you discovers it, the situation will be even harder to control."
"We're not the ones who wanted the chaos in the situation. This is just the right time to investigate whether the Justice League or other superheroes also have problems similar to Rhonda."
He gave a fairly reasonable explanation.
Batman stayed silent for a few seconds and actually proposed something somewhat unexpected to Viktor.
"After taking Rachel away, I wanted you to go to Themyscira and find Diana."
Before he could respond, there was suddenly a loud rushing explosion.
A red and blue figure was sent flying back from the sky.
Batman instinctively lowered his body with his cape rising to protect him, but he was still blown away by the explosion of sand and dust.
Fortunately, the cape absorbed most of the impact. He rolled on the ground a few times and then stood up again.
Then Batman and Viktor, who was still clinging tightly to the tip of his ear, silently looked at Superman in the huge sand pit.
"Pwe! Pwe Pwe!"
Superman crawled out from the bottom of the pit, covered in dust. He spat out the sand in his mouth.
He looked a bit embarrassed, then he angrily stared at Batman's right bat ear.
"I now seriously suspect you've actually always wanted to hit me. Otherwise, how would the future you have time to give me such a heavy punch in such an intense battle?!"
Viktor spread his hands.
"You're the strongest on Earth. I bet whether superhero or villain, anyone with enough power would really want to challenge you."
Superman narrowed his eyes at the top of Batman's head, and his fists slowly clenched.
"Then I wouldn't hold back against you anymore. By the way, please go to Metropolis later and bring Kara to Themyscira as well. If the situation got worse, I probably wouldn't have time to take care of her."
"Alright, go ahead."
Superman pushed off with both legs and rushed toward the battlefield over the sea with determination.
From a distance, they saw Emperor Viktor get punched away by Superman, his body flying diagonally beyond the clouds.
Then Superman chased after him alongside Martian Manhunter.
Viktor jumped down from Batman's ear and flew toward the villa that had been hidden by magic.
Batman looked in the direction he had left. His lips were tightly pressed together, and in the end, he didn't say what he had wanted to say.
He didn't expect Diana to forgive him, but as Wonder Woman, she wouldn't ignore Earth's crisis.
After a while, Viktor entered the villa.
After returning to normal size, Viktor took off his helmet and softly called out a few times, but got no response.
He then went upstairs and pushed open Rachel's door.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered, a burst of magical energy hit him straight in the face.
"Get lost!"
He rubbed his numb face and stared at Rachel, who was clearly awake.
The latter seemed somewhat surprised and looked at each other in silence.
After carefully scrutinizing Viktor's eyes, Rachel showed a skeptical expression, her nose twitching a few times.
Rachel, who was originally sitting cross-legged on the bed, jumped down, then quickly ran to him, and pressed her nose against his chest, breathing in deeply again and again.
"You came back?!"
"Yes… but didn't that guy hypnotize you?"
Rachel suddenly hugged him tightly, locking her arms around him.
She raised her head, and her usually expressionless face showed a bit of excitement and a bit of disdain.
"Whether it's you or the future you, you both have absolutely no skill in energy manipulation. I secretly broke such shallow hypnosis long ago, but I was afraid that man would notice and kill Zatanna and the others who came to visit."
Viktor paused for a moment, then reacted with a helpless smile.
"Even my future self still didn't give up on magic… using a magic approach to control fear energy?"
Rachel snorted twice.
After two or three seconds, she seemed to realize something. She quickly released both hands, stepped back a few steps, and lowered her head blankly.
He raised his hand and gently rubbed her head.
"We have to leave here first. There's fighting outside, and many places, including Metropolis, are no longer safe—oh, and we still needed to pick up Superman's relative."
Rachel nodded lightly in agreement, then skillfully opened a teleportation spell.
He thought for a moment, then put on Atom's helmet and restrained all his power.
As the two disappeared from the magical villa, an extremely angry roar suddenly echoed in the sky.
Emperor Viktor, who had been beaten back and forth like a "baseball" by Superman and Martian Manhunter, had red eyes.
A bright yellow aura suddenly burst out from his body.
The huge energy impact pushed Superman and Martian Manhunter away.
Emperor Viktor's eyes had already turned into dim yellow vertical pupils.
"How dare you?!"
There were no human emotions left in Viktor's gaze, and he became cold and beast-like.
"You dared to attack the people around me. Superman, didn't you think about Lois?!"
Superman's expression tightened slightly, but he looked clearly confused.
"Lois? What does she have to do with this?"
Emperor Viktor paused for a moment, then seemed to realize something.
He looked at Martian Manhunter.
"Then you must have someone close to you… I'll go kill everyone in A.R.G.U.S. first!"
Martian Manhunter couldn't hold back and immediately asked.
"Who did something to you—"
Then he fell silent again.
Amanda really was someone who would do anything to achieve her goals.
"What the hell was this situation…"
Martian Manhunter's hesitation made Emperor Viktor immediately lock the suspect onto the A.R.G.U.S.
Superman and Martian Manhunter noticed something was wrong with Emperor Viktor and quickly flew forward to stop him.
But as a yellow light flashed, a crack in space suddenly opened behind Emperor Viktor.
In the next second, Emperor Viktor skillfully disappeared into the Anti-Matter Universe.
Superman was shocked and quickly informed Batman about the situation.
Batman didn't respond because a spatial crack suddenly opened beside him.
As the yellow light spread, Emperor Viktor only stretched out one arm and instantly grabbed Doctor Light, who was farthest from Batman and still sleeping like a baby, into the crack.
Obviously, once Doctor Light woke up, Emperor Viktor would immediately start interrogating him for the exact location of A.R.G.U.S.
Looking at the Anti-Matter Universe that disappeared in an instant, Batman could only contact Green Arrow first.
"Green Arrow, have you reached A.R.G.U.S. yet?"
Green Arrow was crouching outside the A.R.G.U.S. headquarters and aiming his bow at two guards at the entrance.
After hearing Batman's call, Green Arrow sounded a bit impatient.
"What's the rush? You really think I'm that powerful? Give me another ten minutes, and I guarantee to knock down everyone inside."
"I gave you five minutes and bring Black Canary out there with you."
Suddenly hearing his fiancée's name, Green Arrow first went blank for a second, then immediately understood why Batman had sent him to deal with A.R.G.U.S.
Black Canary had already been sent in by Batman as an undercover agent.
It was a coordinated inside-and-out strategy…
Green Arrow immediately got furious.
"Fuck you, Batman!!!"
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