Seeing Mera fall completely silent, Batman smiled faintly and turned his attention back to flying the plane.
A sheltered princess like Mera was, heh, far too easy for him to handle.
Whether it was probing with words or probing through actions, neither posed any difficulty for him.
He had never feared enemies who were too strong, because any enemy he could see through would fall beneath his plans.
Even if those plans were improvised!
As for the kind of enemy Batman feared most?
Naturally, the kind he could not figure out!
At that thought, Batman's train of thought was interrupted, because a blue figure appeared before him.
Superman was flying beside them, repeatedly examining Batman inside the aircraft and the dejected Mera hanging from the plane's grappling hook.
"Buddy, I didn't expect you to get attacked the moment you left, so I came over to take a look!"
Clark spoke to Bruce through the cockpit glass.
Listening to Clark, Bruce frowned deeply. Once again, he realized that if a Kryptonian wanted to, there was almost no way for him to escape a Kryptonian's sight!
His aircraft needed lead plating too. Everything needed lead plating!
He sternly reminded himself of that inwardly before exchanging a few pleasantries with Clark.
"Indeed, I came across a surprise. An Atlantis princess who wanted to meet the Sun God!"
"A princess?!!"
Clark froze for a moment, staring deeply at the helpless-looking Mera.
Then he looked back at Bruce and said with a smile.
"You, Dark Knight, didn't charge toward the dragon. Instead, you captured the princess. I bet Grandpa would laugh out loud if he heard about this!"
"Heh, he has always loved to laugh. I'm truly glad about that."
Because he wasn't God.
God only laughed when humans thought, while he laughed when humans