"Good God, what are all these things?!" Standing atop a skyscraper, Batman stared toward the horizon at the countless monsters and sighed from the bottom of his heart. "What the hell did Superman do?!"
On the distant skyline, a towering spire slowly rose into the clouds. At its very peak, a scarlet eye blinked again and again. On a nearby building, a gigantic gorilla leaped up and pounded its chest as it roared. A wizard in a black cape was blasting away with his wand. On the ground, an enormous Tyrannosaurus Rex chased citizens into a frantic scramble. The Kraken sprawled across a bridge, waving its tentacles as it lifted cars from the roadway and hurled them into the sea...
Superman landed behind Batman. "Your evil clone broke into my Phantom Zone and released all these monsters."
"Are you trying to blame... I mean, is your Fortress of Solitude all right?"
"He didn't damage anything else." Superman stepped forward and looked at the monsters. "I suspect he wanted to use the criminals imprisoned in the Phantom Zone to destroy Gotham. And since he happened to possess your intelligence and abilities, he succeeded."
"You said my intelligence and abilities were... So what are you planning to do now?"
Superman gave him a somewhat surprised look. He flew into the air, circled Batman once, and said, "You seem a little off."
"How am I... Let's talk about the current situation." Batman had to take a huge breath between every sentence. The abrupt change of subject nearly made him choke, but remembering the techniques Schiller had taught him, he decided to try his best not to steer the conversation toward himself.
Wonder Woman also leaped onto the rooftop, her expression grave as she brought even worse news. She pointed downward and said, "See