Shane, who had quietly slipped into the shadow behind the Man in Black, really was getting a headache.
He had assumed that even if the Man in Black was not Vundabar himself, he would at least meet with Vundabar to report his progress after accomplishing his objective.
Instead, Vundabar turned out to be so cautious that his maggot-like habits were practically beyond description.
He had not appeared in person to release the Amazo Virus. He had assigned subordinates, who had even disguised themselves as a gang with mysterious financial backing.
Even after the corrupted, infected superhumans were induced to gather, he remained in hiding, directing everything remotely through a Man in Black affiliated with the Dark Side Club.
Honestly, Shane did not care about whatever schemes Vundabar was cooking up. He really didn't.
After all, unlike Jason or anyone else in the Batman Family, he had no particular fascination with detective work.
Shane was purely an executioner.
He just wanted to find that vicious, scheming bastard as quickly as possible and kill the hell out of him.
It was that simple.
But Virman Vundabar simply refused to show himself.
As a New God from Apokolips who had once served as a strategist in the Dark Elite Corps, in a position similar to Desaad's, Vundabar had to possess both New God Technology and New God Magic, even by the most conservative estimate.
He might not even have lost the Mother Box that every New God carried.
Shane did not know exactly where he was hiding. Given the man's venomous, snake-like nature, if Shane lost patience and rushed out to kill the Man in Black first, Vundabar might simply open a Boom Tube and flee to another dimension without even bothering to make a threat.
Then, one day in the future, just