The Battle of Three Gods, Metropolis in Ruins!

"...Killing it would be more fun."

As Link's casual words spread to every corner of the world through the live broadcast, a strange silence fell across the globe.

Countless people who had been praying or screaming froze where they stood.

Disbelief covered their faces.

Fun?

As their city crumbled and countless lives were lost, their New God, their only hope, thought it was... fun?

Amid the ruins, Superman, who had only just felt a glimmer of hope, stood as if struck by lightning.

He jerked his head up and stared at the spotless figure in the sky. His blue eyes held an anger deeper than anything he had felt upon seeing Doomsday—and fear.

He finally understood.

Link was no savior.

He was a disaster on a higher, more incomprehensible level.

He had not come to stop this catastrophe. He had come to... watch it.

"ROAR—!!!"

Doomsday understood nothing of humanity's complicated thoughts.

All it sensed was that two powerful prey had finally come together.

Its killing instinct surged to its peak. Its massive body dropped, the muscles in its legs bulged, and the ground beneath its feet cracked into a giant spiderweb.

The next instant, it became a gray meteor swifter than ever before and hurtled toward both Kryptonians in the sky!

It would snuff out both "suns" at once!

"Clark, anger and despair make the finest seasoning."

Link's voice reached Superman's ears, touched with what sounded like a smile.

"Let's see how delicious they can make this Beast."

Before the words had faded, Link moved.

He did not retreat. He charged straight at Doomsday.

He moved so fast he left a golden afterimage through the air.

Superman had no choice.

No matter how much he hated Link's cruelty, stopping Doomsday came first.

With a roar that barely contained his