"Shazam, go strip the Green Lantern Rings from the Green Lanterns who are still alive. Then, imprison them in the Metahuman Prison. Anyone who resists, kill them directly. Don't tell me you can't do such a thing."
Eric ordered Shazam, who was still in a daze.
"Alright."
Shazam scratched his head. This time, he didn't argue with Eric.
After Eric left, Wonder Woman's gaze moved back and forth between Shazam and the Green Lanterns.
"I don't know what you two are thinking right now."
Wonder Woman slung her shield onto her back, returned the Vulcan Sword to its sheath, and glared at the two with sharp, sword-like eyes, warning them: "But I hope that next time you fight an enemy, you'd better not harbor unnecessary pity. That is the most foolish behavior, and it is irresponsible to yourselves and others."
After speaking, she followed Eric's footsteps.
Shazam watched Diana's retreating figure and exchanged glances with the Green Lanterns.
"I don't know how you became friends."
Supergirl Kara stood behind the two at some point and said to the Green Lanterns: "In the future, you, Wonder Woman, and I seem to have a good relationship, otherwise, we wouldn't have formed a trio to travel from the future to the present. But now, it seems Wonder Woman has become a loyal supporter of Homelander and is very displeased with your 'betrayal'."
"This isn't betrayal! It's normal for us to have disagreements."
Shazam frowned and said unhappily to the woman who had been watching from a distance.
These Green Lanterns were ambushed by this woman from the beginning, and now she's coming out to make sarcastic remarks, which made his impression of Kara extremely poor.
"As teammates, opposing Eric directly and making him lose face, isn't that betrayal in the eyes of a woman like Wonder Woman?"
Supergirl Kara shrugged, "That Amazon woman adheres to the principle of annihilating enemies! I've researched a lot of information; Amazons are barbaric and warlike, showing no mercy to their enemies, and even cutting off their heads as trophies."
"Thank you for your advice."
Hal thanked Kara, "But we have to go, do you want to come with us?"
He took his old friend, the dejected Kilowog, and prepared to leave.
"With you?"
Kara shook her head, "No, after all, we're not on the same path. My ambush just now wasn't to help you, but an act of coercion."
She originally wanted to say that, to some extent, she was even Eric's creditor.
(Eric "stole" her spaceship, leading her to believe she was Eric's creditor!)
After glancing at the ruins underground, Kara took a deep breath and activated her super speed, flying into the sky with a "bang."
The Green Lanterns and Shazam exchanged glances, seeing deep melancholy in each other's eyes.
John Stewart continued to act as a silent observer, following behind Hal without saying a word.
The scene that had just unfolded was too shocking; he needed to properly adjust his thoughts and think about his next actions.
Hal slowly descended to the ground with Kilowog. The Wonder Twins, Bart, and Flash Barry immediately came forward to greet them.
Queen Mera, seeing there was no more excitement to be had, had already left the scene.
As a "fun-seeker," she liked to see Eric frustrated, not to see him display great power.
"The remaining Green Lanterns have all been brought under control."
Bart said to Hal: "Do you want me to hand them over to you? After all, you're one of them? Though I'm very curious about their biodiversity."
"No, just send them to the Metahuman Prison, that's what Eric ordered."
Hal handed Kilowog, who had already lost his Green Lantern Ring and had his hands cuffed by handcuffs conjured by Hal, over to Bart.
He saw Flash Barry next to him secretly hiding something behind his back.
"Barry, what are you doing?"
Hal asked Barry.
"Nothing, just…"
He smiled awkwardly at the Green Lanterns, "helped a friend take some photos."
"Alright."
Although it was strange why Barry would be obsessed with photography, Hal didn't ask further.
His current focus was still on the Green Lantern Corps' defeat.
With so many Green Lanterns sacrificed, and the surviving Green Lanterns imprisoned by Eric, he wouldn't be naive enough to think that the Guardians of Oa would let it go.
He looked up at the gloomy sky. Dark clouds gradually gathered, covering like sleeves.
There was a sense of an impending storm.
Lois and Chloe, on the edge of the battlefield, finally waited for Flash Barry's return.
After thanking him, Lois opened her camera to look.
She found that all the photos taken were blurry, looking as if they were shot during super-speed movement.
"Barry!"
Lois was about to ask Barry what he had done, but when she looked up, she found that he had already disappeared.
"Uh, is something wrong?"
Chloe saw her cousin's strange expression and leaned over to ask Lois.
"Yes, there's a pretty big problem."
Lois handed the camera to Chloe and said, "I feel like I've shot myself in the foot."
"He's a speedster, isn't that something you know?"
Chloe said, finding it a bit amusing.
"That doesn't mean speedsters can't do anything well. If they're on a date with a girl! Are they that fast too?"
Lois said fiercely.
"Lois!"
Chloe looked at her cousin driving, shocked.
"Sorry, I got carried away! How about we think about how to prepare birthday presents for the two Supermen."
Lois immediately changed the subject.
On the other side, Eric, after returning to the city hall, received a gift in his office.
On his desk was a life-size model of himself.
The finely sculpted model perfectly reproduced his physical features.
The uniform and cape had multiple signs of damage, presenting a battle-worn state after a major conflict.
Eric put away the statue, a hint of warmth in his eyes.
Underneath the figurine model was a note.
"Happy Birthday! And wishing Mr. Eric Kent, may you always maintain this unyielding fighting stance!"
Examining the handwriting on the note, Eric easily recognized it as Hanna's handwriting.
Picking up the exquisite model from the desk, Eric gazed at the "Battle-Damaged Homelander" made in his likeness.
"A birthday present?"
His eyes softened a few shades.
Meanwhile, in another city.
Star City, Black Canary Laurel's mansion.
Dressed in a black skin-tight uniform, she stopped at the door of her room.
The door in front of her was ajar!
And she remembered clearly that she had closed the door before she left, so there was no possibility of her forgetting to close it on her way out.
"I have something to do, I'll hang up for now! Oracle!"
Black Canary was on the phone with someone named "Oracle." Seeing the situation in front of her, she immediately frowned and whispered to "Oracle" on the other end of the line.
"What happened?"
"Oracle" asked her.
"Someone broke into my house. This might be Homelander's forces. Be careful with everything!"
After speaking, she gently turned off the communicator by her ear, drew a dagger from her waist, held it in her hand, and walked step by step into the room.
Although it was daytime, because the doors and windows were closed and all the curtains were drawn, the room appeared somewhat dim.
Black Canary walked while vigilantly observing her surroundings.
The only sounds in the room were her footsteps on the wooden floor and her faint breathing.
Walking to the center of the room, her gaze suddenly sharpened.
The moment her eyes shifted to the left, her body had already reacted, and the dagger in her right hand drew a curve in the air, slashing backward.
As she sharply turned, the dagger whistled through the air with the swing of her arm.
The dagger thrust out like lightning!
Bang!
A low, exquisitely decorated table lamp behind her was stomped on by her feet, letting out a loud bang.
The moment she stomped on the lamp, Black Canary's dagger also struck the mysterious person who had suddenly appeared behind her.
The dagger was blocked by the sudden shadow behind her, as if it had pierced into hard metal.
Black Canary's attack was thwarted, but she was not discouraged. She took a step forward, swept a high kick at the opponent, forcing them back, and then closed in.
She grabbed the opponent's collar with her left hand and pushed them backward.
With a bang, the shadow's body was heavily pushed by her and slammed against the wall.
White dust from the pinkish-white wall fell down.
A photograph hanging on the wall was also shaken off by this force and fell to the ground.
"Crash!"
The glass of the photo frame shattered, revealing a photo of her and Oliver Queen.
"Who are you?!"
Black Canary grabbed the opponent by the neck, pinning them, and asked fiercely.
"It's me, Guy!"
The shadow's face was illuminated by the light coming from outside. With this faint light, Black Canary clearly saw the opponent's appearance.
The shadow in front of her was none other than her acquaintance—Guy Gardner.
Hal Jordan's substitute Green Lantern, and also one of the people Hal didn't particularly like.
The two had a good relationship and had even drunk together at a bar.
"Guy?"
Black Canary stared at his face with some confusion and asked him, "What are you doing?"
"About why I'm here, well, Laurel, can you put me down first?"
Guy asked her.
Once Black Canary released her grip, Guy, able to breathe freely, took a few deep breaths, composed himself, and said to Black Canary:
"I heard what happened to Oliver."
His expression was somewhat heavy.
"Cough, cough."
He coughed, then suddenly asked Black Canary, who had fallen silent: "By the way, why do you have so much strength?"
Black Canary ignored him, walked to the room's power switch, pressed it, and turned on the room lights.
The entire dim room was instantly filled with light.
"I've always been this strong. It's just that compared to you monsters, I look like the most normal one."
Black Canary took out two bottles of beer from the refrigerator and turned around.
At this moment, Guy Gardner was already sitting on the sofa without ceremony.
"Alright, I've always neglected the mental health of you ordinary people, I need to reflect. But can you tell me what's been happening lately?"
"It's just as you know. We organized a team to oppose Homelander, and the result was Oliver, Captain Atom, and Martian Manhunter all sacrificed, and Deathstroke left the team. Although we have our biggest trump card, Superman, it seems he always acts like a protective older brother and is unwilling to go all out against Homelander! The result is, we've been played by Homelander. We've been failing, and then we just become more and more powerless."
"What about Batman?!"
Guy had dealt with Batman before and knew he was a tough guy from Gotham, and someone who didn't obey authority.
"Him?"
Sitting on the sofa, Black Canary twisted open the tab of a beer can.
"Pfft!"
Beer foam spilled out of the can.
Watching the overflowing foam, Black Canary shook her head.
"He's now a comatose vegetable, you can't count on him."
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