Pandora's Box
Under the dual lure of Kino's tough orders and generous rewards, the situation in each city gradually improved at a visible pace, like a frozen river thawing in spring.
Although most of these villains knew nothing about management, they understood the principle of leveraging others' strengths and found people skilled in management to handle affairs on their behalf.
As for the numerous complicated affairs of the Crime Syndicate, Kino handed them all over to others.
Work? For him, that's something he would never do willingly in his entire life.
At this time, the rooftop of the Metropolis had been transformed into a luxurious outdoor swimming pool.
Kino lay lazily on the deck chair, contemplating his next plan while enjoying the company of Venom and Kara beside him.
Both women were dressed in sexy swimsuits, like beautiful flowers blooming on either side of Kino.
What do you want to do by staying in this world?
Venom gently picked up a grape and slowly brought it to Kino's lips. Kino swallowed it and savored it.
Next, Kara handed him a strawberry, Kino gladly accepted. After tasting it, he smacked his lips and replied, "Nothing much, just a place to rest. But I need to use this place to search for the Life Equation in other universes."
"Earth 0, the Blackest Night, if I remember correctly, the counter-surveillance is also there."
"Yes, the Life Equation and the Anti-Life Equation should be able to enhance my power once again."
"Kino said."
He made this plan after learning that the Final Crisis had already occurred. After all, the Final Crisis was followed by the Sinestro Corps War, and then the Blackest Night.
In the Blackest Night, the mysterious and powerful White Lantern Ring will appear, and the Anti-Monitor will also be there.
The reason we didn't take action before was because we weren't confident we could find Earth 0. Although there are only 52 Earths on the surface in the DC World right now, if you include other numbered and unusual Earths, the number is still enormous, and we wouldn't be able to recognize them before the various events began.
Upon hearing that Kino was leaving, Kara immediately hugged Kino's arm tightly, her eyes filled with determination.
"I want to go too."
Okay, let's all go together.
A day later, Kino found the Owlman.
"I'll be leaving this universe for a while, so I'm leaving this place in your care. If anything goes wrong after I'm gone, you can command it."
As they spoke, a gigantic, monstrous creature appeared out of thin air between them. Even in his slumber, Owlman couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine; his intuition told him that this was a being far more terrifying than Ultraman.
"Chief, what is this?"
"Doomsday was nothing but a failure, but even so, its power was enough to destroy the entire Earth."
Kino stared calmly at Doomsday before him. This Doomsday didn't possess the incredible ability to Death Immunity, similar to the Doomsday in the movie, yet its power far surpassed that of the "malnourished" premature baby.
"Doomsday?" Owlman murmured softly. The power to destroy the entire Earth certainly deserved that chilling title.
Kino then explained the Anti-Monitor matters to Owlman, before turning and leaving with a three-eyed golden skull in his hand. This three-eyed golden skull was Pandora's Box, a magical device capable of traversing the universe.
The original Crime Syndicate used it to travel to the main universe, but its functions had many limitations.
There are two Pandora's Box. One can open a portal, allowing the person holding the other box to enter their own universe, and this portal is one-way.
Normally, to travel through the universe, one must rely on another person who possesses Pandora's Box to open the passage.
However, Kino naturally didn't need such a complicated method; he simply used Pandora's Box for positioning to determine the exact location of Earth 0.
Earth 0, time rewinds to nearly 3 million days ago. A girl Pandora, by chance, found a golden skull emitting a mysterious light.
The moment she picked it up, the golden skull suddenly cracked open, releasing seven evil forces— the Seven Deadly Sins.
After the Seven Deadly Sins were released, they descended upon the world like demons, Carnage her tribe and causing immense and devastating damage to the Earth at that time.
Since then, this golden skull has been known as Pandora's Box, becoming a symbol of fear and disaster.
Just when Pandora thought she was about to die, the wizards of the Council of Eternity appeared.
However, they rescued Pandora not out of pity, but to inflict cruel punishment on her.
Beside her were two other people, the Outsider and the Seeker; the three of them were collectively known as the Trinity of Sin.
The Outsider's sins stemmed from his numerous acts of questioning God. For example, in biblical times, he chose to commit suicide because of his questioning of God, and was ultimately punished by a wizard, destined to walk the world as a stranger.
The Seeker, having committed some serious crime (the specific crime is yet to be determined), had his name and facial features erased by the wizard, who cursed him to constantly question everything on Earth and forever search for the unattainable answer.
As for Pandora, her punishment was Eternity solitude, destined to wander in this sinful world forever, never to be reborn.
After that, Pandora carried Pandora's Box and wandered the world, constantly learning all kinds of knowledge, always holding a firm belief in her heart—to seal the Seven Deadly Sins again.
On this day, Pandora, as usual, carried another Pandora's Box and walked slowly down a dark alley. The wizards' words kept echoing in her mind.
"Only the most powerful person in the world, or the darkest being, can open that box, and the power within can end the curse."
Just as she was racking her brains trying to figure out who was the one who could open the box, the surface of Pandora's Box in her hand suddenly lit up with a strange light, and a red portal opened out of thin air without warning.
A man and a woman walked out of the portal.
There's a bug: although the Blackest Night event precedes Forever Evil, in the Blackest Night, the Anti-Monitor is the main energy source for the Black Lantern Furnace. The Timeline of these events is really messed up.