In Bruce's mental world, the spot left vacant by Pride's departure soon welcomed a new guest. Greed threw himself onto the soft sofa, lit a cigar Pride had cut for him, took a deep drag, and slowly exhaled the smoke.
Lucifer looked at him and said, "I didn't expect you to be the first one out. In fact, we made a bet just now, and I bet on you winning."
"Thank you. Where did that confidence come from?" Greed turned to ask him.
"I thought you were strong, and the backstory you designed was excellent. You had a greater advantage than everyone else."
"And that's why I'm here now."
Lucifer froze for a moment, because he caught the implication in Greed's words. Greed rolled his eyes and said, "Haven't you figured it out yet? Batman definitely teamed up with Agent."
Lucifer took a cigar as well, lighting it as he said, "You mean they deliberately set you up?"
"That damned Batman!" Greed was practically gritting his teeth. He said, "This was obviously a trap Batman and Agent set together, meant to eliminate Owlman and me first."
"But when would they have had the time... Oh, wait. When you were coming over here, you didn't have time to watch the surveillance footage, so you didn't know what they said."
Resting his head on one hand, Greed sighed. "I really shouldn't have made my backstory so good. A regionally dominant Medical Insurance Company, deeply involved in the strange field for years, having captured two monsters, with a high-tech laboratory here... My advantage was so great that even if they joined forces, they might not have been able to deal with me. Naturally, they had to unite and eliminate me first."
"Too much is as bad as too little." Lucifer smiled.
"That whole