More than ten minutes later, Deathstroke walked out of Channel 52 with an arm around Martian Manhunter's shoulders, casually tossing a purple Soul Stone up and down in one hand.
A closer look would reveal a black tentacle extending from behind him like a tail, towing along a silver metal throne.
J'onn still looked somewhat dazed, numb as a puppet as Deathstroke led him along.
"Wait, where is this? Why am I here?"
Back on Sepulk's surface beneath the red glow, feeling the solid metal beneath his feet, J'onn finally came to his senses and asked the man beside him.
Su Ming pulled out a chocolate cookie from his waist pouch and handed it to him, patting his shoulder.
"This is Sepulk, an artificial star I took from Darkseid. The surrounding area is the Spectre Universe, a special universe sustained by this star. As for how you got here, think about it yourself. I'm curious how much you remember from being inside someone else's body."
If it had been anything else, J'onn would likely have refused. But chocolate cookies were highly tempting to him, so he immediately accepted it.
He crunched away while rubbing his bald head and trying to remember. "I recall going to see Luthor, intending to persuade him not to keep working with Perpetua. But then I saw Perpetua was there too. She used some trick to fuse me into Luthor's body. So that means...!"
Just hearing him eat the cookie made Su Ming's throat feel dry. He had no idea how J'onn could speak normally while chewing. That was probably a superpower too.
"Mm, don't worry. Perpetua is dead. Everyone in the Legion of Doom except Luthor has been captured. Unfortunately, I couldn't keep Luthor, but I did find a way to separate you from him."