"Still no use?"
Shane lowered the hand he had rested on Injustice Wonder Woman's shoulder to channel divine power into her.
Diana's eyes were visibly changing, that harshness slowly returning to them.
The one fortunate thing was that Diana now clearly knew she was being influenced.
Her previous obsession had developed subtly over the years, changing her little by little, so no one had noticed.
But once she had experienced what it felt like to have a clear mind, even she resisted slipping back into that obsessive state.
The experiment had shown that Shane's divine power could not help Diana dispel the influence, however, leaving them both less certain of their earlier theory.
"Could there be some prerequisite? Something like how gods always require a certain ritual?"
Before she could completely revert to her previous state, Diana proposed a new hypothesis.
To test it on the spot, Shane and Diana exchanged a glance, then both turned their eyes toward Injustice Flash, who was hiding among the flowers and watching the show.
Injustice Flash froze at first, then figured out what they were thinking.
The exposed lower half of his face instantly turned green. "Wait, I can't take punches that can kill Superman!"
Only because Injustice Flash had grown accustomed to pressure over the past three years did their combined attention merely cause a few scattered sparks to flicker over him.
He did not turn tail and run.
Injustice Wonder Woman flew over without a word and placed a hand on Injustice Flash's shoulder, her face expressionless.
"Relax. If he learned the techniques I taught him, he should be able to control his strength."
Injustice Flash immediately protested.
"If? Should? Shouldn't we be a little more rigorous about the scientific experimentation part, even if it's only our choice of words?"
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