Barbatos Appears

Night.

Tony felt as if he were in an endless darkness, where he had no concept of time or space.

He didn't know how much time had passed when his vision brightened, and a gigantic dragon appeared before him, its entire body exuding an aura of destruction.

Upon seeing this, Tony immediately went on high alert, his divine body turning into molten lava, standing on one leg in the void, assuming the starting stance of Wing Chun: "Call Alyou?"

But the dragon merely glared at him, and his lava state immediately vanished.

"I am Barbatos, the ruler of the Dark Multiverse. You outsider, Gotham is not for you to meddle with!" (From 2017's Dark Day: The Foundry)

Tony narrowed his eyes. He knew that the causes of Gotham's fall mostly stemmed from ancient curses, the many sorcerer corpses buried underground, and even some demons.

But to his surprise, just as he gave Bruce the idea, before he could even put it into practice, someone came knocking on his door.

And he didn't even know this person...

He knew about the Dark Lord, but Darkseid, the ruler of the Dark Multiverse, where did he come from? (He hadn't read the 2009 Tony Stark universe comic by Barbatos.)

However, this so-called Overlord sounds very powerful. Although Tony is arrogant, he has no intention of risking his life. Since the other party is only here to warn him, it means he can survive.

"Okay, I won't interfere."

Remember what you said!

With a flick of its tail, the dragon vanished before his eyes, plunging him back into boundless darkness.

After an unknown amount of time, Tony seemed to hear someone calling his name, which startled him awake.

Looking around, he realized that he was in ruins, and the bed and room had been burned to a crisp.

Jonathan and the others stood at the door with buckets in hand, ready to splash water.

What's wrong with me?

"Tsk, you're famous now~" Bruce put down the bucket, his eyes filled with endless curiosity as he looked at Tony.

After everyone explained, Tony finally understood.

It turned out that during his nightmare, the Super Soldier Serum once again showed signs of going out of control, and his body's molten state set the room ablaze. Fortunately, Clark had sharp senses and noticed something was wrong immediately.

Otherwise, Joseph's house might be gone...

Tony shook the water that had been splashed into his ears and looked at everyone. "What time is it?"

"By 8:30, you've been trending for four or five hours straight. Seriously, you..."

Before Bruce could finish speaking, Tony interrupted him, "Give me the phone."

Bruce opened his mouth, but didn't say anything more. He turned around and went back to his room, handing Tony a Nokia 1011.

Los Angeles

Lin Xu got up very early today.

These past few days he has been fulfilling his duties Judicial Angel, giving the angels who come to turn themselves in a completely new way.

Although the angelic power within him was growing stronger, he always felt as if he had become the very thing he used to hate.

Going to work every day, isn't it annoying...?

So he took out a sign and placed it at the door, which read, "Today is a day off. Those who want to turn themselves in should come tomorrow."

Constantine walked over with a cigarette dangling from his lips. Upon seeing the sign, he immediately exclaimed, "Hiss~ Boss, are you sure they all recognize Chinese?"

"Ha, let them translate it themselves. If they can't even recognize a few characters, how dare they call themselves mortals? Absolutely not!"

Since Lin Xu has already confirmed that he won't be able to leave anytime soon, what's the point of being so busy? He might as well go fishing!

"John, wanna go fishing?"

"Sea fish?"

"Hmm... that works too."

Ding ding~ Ding ding~

Just then, the landline, which hadn't rung since the business opened, was suddenly dialed.

The two exchanged a glance and stood silently in place, pretending not to have heard.

After ringing four or five times, the phone hung up, and both of them breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed they could catch the fish today.

Ding ding~ Ding ding~

"Shit!"

Constantine cursed under his breath and strode to the phone, "Damn it, Hennessy, if it's not urgent, you're finished..."

"... I am not Hennessy."

"Uh, excuse me... This is the Kamar-Taj Exorcism Agency. I'm Chief Exorcist John Constantine. How can I help you...?"

Before Constantine could finish speaking, Lin Xu had already recognized Tony's voice, grabbed the receiver.

"What's wrong? What's the problem on your end?"

"It has nothing to do with the Quantum Project."

"Phew, that's good."

"But I almost died~"

"What's wrong? Is Clark planning to kill his master?"

"... I gave Bruce some advice yesterday, and then this guy named Barbatos showed up at my door in the middle of the night."

Barbatos!!

Upon hearing the name, Lin Xu frowned. As a product of the post-DC era, Lin Xu didn't know much about it, only that it was the pet of the World Forger.

Because he murdered his master, eliminated the World Forger, and seized his master's world, he became the ultimate villain.

The World Forger was born of the creator goddess Perpetua, and he had two older brothers, the Monitor and the Anti-Monitor.

Lin Xu didn't know if this so-called creation goddess's creation of the world was related to God's creation of the world. He only knew that God was now in charge of the entire multiverse.

Since Barbatos didn't kill Tony outright, it proves that it also fears God, especially since, to outsiders, Tony appeared to have come with Lin Xu.

So Lin Xu said into the phone, "Listen, don't worry about this for now, continue researching the quantum project."

"Okay, whatever you say~"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Xu began to ponder. Barbatos' strength was at least similar to that of Cyttorak, so he definitely couldn't beat him in a fight, but he couldn't swallow his pride.

Upon seeing this, Constantine immediately deflated; it seemed he wouldn't be able to catch any fish today.

Snap

"Hiss~ Whoosh..."

A moment later, Lin Xu suddenly looked up.

"Big brother, are you there?"

There was no response, but the cigarette Constantine had just lit instantly turned into a chopstick.

Constantine:???

Seeing this, Lin Xu laughed. He lay back on a chair next to him and said sarcastically, "Looks like I can't continue being this 'Judicial Angel.' Not only was I forced to work in this world, but my only friend was also threatened and almost lost his life. If I continue, I'm afraid one day I'll be the one being threatened myself."

There was still no response, but the chopsticks in Constantine's hand immediately transformed into a dagger.

Constantine: 'Fuck!'

Seeing this, Lin Xu knew that Michael must have understood what he meant.

At this point, he quickly got up and walked towards the door.

"John, go go go, let's go!"

Constantine, still grieving over his cigarette turning into chopsticks and then into a dagger, asked, "Where to?"

"Sea fishing, of course! Where else can I go? Nobody can stop me from slacking off today, not even Jesus!"