Justice League Hall.
Inside the surveillance room.
Projections of countless cities filled the massive wall display. Batman stared expressionlessly at the large screen in front of him.
He sat in his chair, holding a cup of coffee.
"Another patrol. Gotham City is clear."
Diana's voice came through the earpiece.
"Coast City is normal as well."
Clark's voice joined the conversation.
"Keep watching."
Batman replied, resting his chin on his hands.
He was thinking.
Where exactly was the Mother Box entrusted to humanity?
"Victor."
Carefully pushing open the closed door, the aging Black man cautiously looked at the figure standing by the window.
"Maybe you should go out for a walk."
"How I live has nothing to do with you!"
The boy took off his coat, revealing a metallic body.
The only half of his face that remained human was dark with resentment. "If you'd come with us that night, Mom wouldn't have died in that car accident, and I wouldn't have become this freak."
The boy's words cut into the man's heart like blades. After a long silence, he took a recorder he had prepared long ago from his pocket and placed it on the table. "I know you're upset right now. I hope you'll listen to this."
After saying that, he turned and left.
The boy remained silent. Not long after his father left, he turned on the recorder his father had left for him.
"Bzzzt—"
Static crackled, and a voice sounded by his ear.
"Victor, your abilities are extraordinary. Incredibly powerful."
"You possess limitless potential."
"In the world of online information built from zeroes and ones, you are the absolute ruler."
"In modern life, no one can escape networked devices."
"And you possess the ability to easily breach firewalls, infiltrate other people's electronic devices, and paralyze an entire