"What do you mean? Who found this place beyond all things?"
Shocked and confused, he raised his head and spoke to the unknown voice.
"Did you really think you were beyond all things? Did you think nothing could surpass your 'lofty' insight?"
The voice in the sky even carried a hint of amusement, while Psycho-Pirate stood frozen in place.
It was as though a nonexistent camera had pulled back. The white world where Psycho-Pirate stood instantly shrank, surrounded beyond its circular white space by thick blackness that curled around it like an Ouroboros.
It was a period.
He had thought he stood against the backdrop of the real world, but Psycho-Pirate was actually standing only in that tiny blank space within the period's circle.
And naturally, there was a sentence before the period. That sentence was—
Darkseid Is.
The world spun. Clutching the mask, Psycho-Pirate was dazed for a moment as a thunderous howl echoed in his ears.
Then he found himself standing on a desolate expanse of black earth. Jagged rocks rose everywhere, ravines crisscrossed the ground, dark clouds blanketed the sky, and red lightning occasionally flashed through the gaps in the clouds.
A towering Giant sat upon a throne. His face was familiar, but his body was stone-gray, and his eyes had changed from their former red to a ghastly white.
This world was neither black nor white. It was gray.
"Welcome to the Omega Universe, Psycho-Pirate."
The Giant's gaze fell upon Psycho-Pirate. Though he spoke words of welcome, Roger felt as if a mountain had crashed down onto his head, leaving him dizzy and disoriented.
Staggering backward, he shook his head again and again as he spoke.
"How could this be? So you are what lies beyond all things. You... How is that possible?!"
"There is Despair