The scientist thought for a moment, then continued, "Your Highness, have the robots lure the ability users into the materials room. The instruments inside will automatically identify what their sunglasses are made of.
"Also, equip the robots with flashbangs. When the petrification ability user uses his ability, flashbangs will be especially effective against him."
"No problem. Leave it to me. Oh, and hurry up and have someone find some sunglasses."
Balam nodded repeatedly. With someone to rally around, everyone was no longer so panicked and helpless. Under the scientist's direction, they united once more to fight the ability users.
Batman narrowed his eyes slightly. Aside from Balam, the scientist was the most important person in this command cabin. He would have to find a way to eliminate him later.
Batman gave his instructions mentally. "Indigo, tell DL and the others about the flashbangs so they can prepare. Things might not go so smoothly from here on.
"Also, leave traces of an intrusion in the network. With their methods being countered one after another, the aliens are bound to suspect a mole. I need a scapegoat."
"Understood. Leave it to me." Indigo readily agreed. Batman really was a crafty old fox. He never left things to chance.
DL naturally knew nothing of this. Seeing the second Quantum Energy Cannon shot fail, he shrugged and said, "Looks like I wasn't meant to be the protagonist. I worked so hard to upgrade my ability, and I still couldn't kill the enemy boss."
Previously, DL had only been able to quantumize himself. Under Soldier Boy's "coercion," he had worked hard to improve his ability and made good progress. He could even quantumize Energy Cannon blasts now.
"If you were the protagonist, you wouldn't need to work hard to level up at all. Protagonists usually