Justice League Gotham Base. Arkham Batman frowned at the document in his hand when Superman suddenly rushed in and shouted, "West California's largest Power Company has suffered a serious malfunction. A total blackout is expected within two hours!"
Arkham Batman shot to his feet and narrowed his eyes. "It's finally here."
Three days earlier, Arkham Batman had just finished presiding over that week's regular meeting and stepped out of the conference room when his assistant approached, lowered his voice, and said into his ear, "Urgent call from Spain. The royal family strongly opposes establishing the temple base in Madrid. Serbia also called and said this matter needs to be postponed. And Hong Kong..."
Arkham Batman stopped short. Just as he was about to say something, the phone in his pocket vibrated. He took it out and saw that the phone's entire system had vanished. There was only one line of black text on the white screen—"The show is starting."
Arkham Batman's expression darkened at once. Seeing that something was wrong, the assistant asked about it. Arkham Batman shook his head. "This guy reminds me of someone I hate the most."
"Something's wrong, Mr. President!" As he passed an intersection, another assistant suddenly rushed out and stopped Arkham Batman. "A cruise ship carrying 163 federal citizens has disappeared in the Amazon Basin. Their families called the police after learning the news, and the media has found out too. It'll hit the papers in thirty minutes at the earliest!"
"How did the news get out?"
"We don't know. The missing vessel has lost all signals. The families claim they received text messages from passengers before it disappeared, but Ohio State Police tracked the signal through technical means and found nothing. They initially thought the families had made a false report, but other