The upper reaches of the Over-Time Stream.
Qward in the Anti-Matter Universe had once been Sinestro's base, and later became the Anti-Monitor's.
The Anti-Monitor sat high upon his throne, and beneath it crouched a strange creature with a scarlet body and a mouth full of fangs.
"Let's save some time, Your Majesty."
The Anti-Monitor heard the red monster speak. Anyone who had seen the Monitor himself would notice that the red creature's three-pronged hair was almost identical to the Monitor's.
"The World Forger trusts me deeply. Or rather, instead of saying he trusts me, it would be more accurate to say that he trusts the Monitor."
The Anti-Monitor sat there.
Lying.
He knew that his brother, the World Forger, could never completely trust the Monitor. At most, he was simply less overt about guarding against him.
Both he and the World Forger had witnessed the Infinite Earths Crisis...
During the Infinite Earths Crisis, the Monitor had deliberately allowed his adopted daughter, Lara, to kill him, thereby fixed the future of the Over-Time Stream and completely defeated the Anti-Monitor.
He had seen the ending from the very beginning of the story. He had planned everything, then written a script that made everyone dance to his tune.
As Sixth Dimension Gods, both the World Forger and the Anti-Monitor understood just how terrifying the Monitor was. Even among the three brothers, when it came to manipulating timelines, the Monitor stood head and shoulders above the rest.
Who could have imagined that the Monitor had deliberately allowed himself to be killed? Even the Anti-Monitor had never expected it back then.
The temptation of killing the Monitor had clouded his judgment, making him forget that this was a chess game, not a race.
He had thought that after killing the Monitor and erasing the fact