It was called a meeting, but after everyone returned to the Hall of Justice and sat in the spotless conference room, there was no clear agenda.
The Monitor and the Anti-Monitor accused each other of being the true culprit behind the Source Wall's rupture. They then agreed that the catastrophe had been caused by Soul Resonance triggered by Tenth Metal, which broke the Source Wall. Therefore, the greatest responsibility belonged to the World Forger.
Tenth Metal had not been created by the World Forger himself. It was more like a spring, a rootless spring. The Forger had merely made use of it, yet he did not know where it had come from either.
Using something without understanding it was a mistake.
Once they established that the World Forger bore the biggest blame, the tense atmosphere between the two eased considerably. At least the Anti-Monitor no longer studied the Monitor's back and head with that sinister gaze.
Su Ming sat in Batman's former seat, propping his face on a fist against the armrest. He watched them argue until they had nothing left to say, then cleared his throat and spoke.
"Hawkgirl, take the child back to the dorms and rest. In your current mental state, I'm afraid you can't handle the next mission."
In the past, hot-tempered Kendra would have exploded at those words. But now, she was truly disheartened. She merely picked up the child, turned around, and left in silence.
But if one listened carefully, she was still muttering under her breath, "There's no way out. Everyone is going to die. We're finished."
DUANG!!!
With a tremendous crash, the Hawkgirl who had just turned away collapsed. Black tentacles curled around a Frying Pan and returned it to its host's hand.
Diana rubbed the back of her own head with