Lucifer stared, dumbfounded, at the countless crystals brimming with Green Lantern energy. His jaw slowly opened and closed, but then he lowered his head and rubbed his eyes. When he looked up again, he pointed at the mountain and asked:
"You moved all the Green Lantern energy in the universe here??!!"
"Not quite." Schiller shook his head. "It's only the energy from a dozen or so Central Power Batteries. There should be more Emotional Spectrum energy in the universe than that, right?"
Lucifer gestured between Schiller, Hal, and the green mountain, clearly asking, "How the hell did you manage that?"
"As I recall, the Corps has strict rules, doesn't it? And those little blue-skinned people treat the Emotional Spectrum as their property. They wouldn't let anyone mess around with it. How did you do this right under their noses...?"
Lucifer trailed off, but in the end, his gaze settled on Schiller's face. He did not even need to think about it. This had to be another one of his Pope's brilliant schemes.
"Allow me to introduce him." Schiller stood, pointed at Hal, and said, "Leader of the Green Lantern Military Police, Supreme Green Lantern, Minister of the Green Lantern Corps Integrity Department, chief director of the Green Lantern Corps Logistics Administration, honorary principal of the Green Lantern Training School, chief investigator of the Green Lantern energy theft case, and candidate for greatest Green Lantern of all time—Hal Jordan!"
Lucifer slapped a hand against his forehead.
"I didn't want it to turn out this way either." Hal looked utterly innocent. "It's just that my brothers thought highly of me, and they really couldn't find anyone else."
Seeing Hal's expression, Lucifer realized that perhaps this was not entirely Schiller and Hal's fault. The Green Lantern Corps' greatest flaw was that all its