Ian's Escape Plan

Unless someone had stopped him.

There was no way Ian should have been unable to return to the DC Universe. There was nothing in this universe that could rival his power either; aside from those mysterious Chronos Guardians, he could think of no other possibility.

"But the question is, why stop me from going back to the DC Universe?" Ian was utterly baffled by this. He could tell the other party definitely had a purpose, but he could not guess what that purpose was.

"Insufficient information. Unable to determine."

Black Box's reply also sounded rather helpless.

"The Chronos Guardians want your power?"

It could only make a guess.

Hearing that, Ian thought for a moment.

"Maybe. Maybe not. That man said the Chronos Guardians wanted to capture me. But they had no need to trap me in this universe—they could have just come and caught me directly, like that man did. Trapping me does them no good. What they need is to take me back, not lock me up here."

This line of reasoning seemed a little pointless at first glance, but in truth, there was still some logic to it.

"Then who could it be?"

Black Box had instead become the one asking questions.

Ian opened his eyes and looked at that barrier.

"I don't know. But I do know one thing—the integration of this universe isn't a natural phenomenon. Someone is pushing it. Someone is controlling it."

"Someone wants this universe to merge with the DC Universe. They may even be behind the merging of other universes with the DC Universe too."

"As someone who knows about it, it makes sense that they wouldn't want me to leave." Ian's judgment was sound and well-founded, and the moment he spoke, even Black Box felt it made sense.

Black Box