The next morning, at the Green Lantern Corps headquarters, Hal had just stepped out of his bedroom when a rather beautiful female Green Lantern greeted him.
Ignoring her purple skin and the six arms behind her back, she was quite a stunning beauty. Hal blushed and turned his head away. The female Green Lantern smiled and said to him,
"I never thought Ion Man would be such a shy little boy... All right, enough joking. The Corps Leader wants to see you. Go to his office after breakfast."
"O-Okay, Thank you."
After saying goodbye to the female Green Lantern, Hal took the elevator to the cafeteria.
There were all kinds of creatures here: Protoss floating in midair, spherical creatures hopping around on the floor, and even long-necked dinosaurs whose full bodies could not be seen, with only their heads reaching in through the windows. Hal walked along, looking everywhere and marveling nonstop.
No matter where he went, everyone showered him with praise. Even Green Lanterns who had not participated in the operation and had only just returned from their sectors sighed in amazement after hearing of Hal's deeds.
What had happened in Gotham was not as spectacular as some interstellar wars, but it carried an eerie, terrifying air. Every Green Lantern who had been there could deeply feel the chaos and madness, so their accounts inevitably became embellished. As the story spread, it grew more and more exaggerated.
The Green Lanterns praised Hal as though there were none above him in heaven and none beneath him on earth. Even Carol, the injured deputy, was no exception.
Constantine had been the one to attack him. He had not even lasted a single exchange against that mage before suffering a humiliating defeat. To conceal that failure, he wildly exaggerated Constantine's strength, claiming