"The Mother Box was fake."
"Pfft!!!!"
Barry spat out a mouthful of coffee. Greed waved a hand, signaling him not to make such a fuss. "Pride has really spoiled all of you. No one wants to use even a little more of their brain. Is that really okay?"
"What did that have to do with our brains? Why did you make a fake Mother Box?"
"Don't rush me, I was just getting to that." Greed said, "Darkseid needed a Mother Box, so we gave him one. That way, no matter what he had originally been planning, he could only put it aside and turn his attention to the more important Mother Box. Tell me, wasn't a theft case more pressing than a Child Kidnapping Case?"
Barry could not refute that. After all, the reason he and Jena had dared to slack off was because stolen research materials were not such a big deal. More precisely, they would not cause immense harm in the short term. Even if the sky fell, Brainiac would be there to hold it up. A Child Kidnapping Case was different. The damage was immediate, and the case was highly time-sensitive. They had to make a breakthrough right away, or innocent people would be harmed.
And judging by the kidnappers' actions, three Child Kidnapping Cases were far from their limit. They had never intended to give up voluntarily. Yet ever since the Mother Box had appeared, no more serious incidents had occurred.
"The theft was fake too."
"Cough, cough, cough!!"
Greed could not help rolling his eyes again. "Someone really did come to steal something, but we caught them. The Mother Box is still sitting safely in Main Universe Batman's hands."
"Why would you do that?"
"First, with an important item stolen, Brainiac had a reason to