"Adjutant, send me back."
After confirming that Deathspawn had died so thoroughly that not even a shadow remained, completely kicked the bucket, Su Ming gave Adjutant a new order and swiftly waited for the blue glow of teleportation.
But when he returned to the sky above Central City in the twenty-fifth century, he discovered a problem.
Forget Superboy-Prime, who had originally been covering the hole in the sky—even Bobo and the others, who had been watching from the rooftop, were gone.
"Oh? Verify the spacetime coordinates, Adjutant. Looks like Uncle Darkseid pulled something behind my back."
Silently communicating with Adjutant through Strangle, he flew toward the building, landed beside the pool, and began investigating.
There were signs that someone had used the pool, no trace of pineapples or drinks on the small table, and even the Magic Circle Albera had drawn was gone. That meant they had not teleported away.
The sky was azure, and the city's billboards were filled with advertisements. It was as though nothing that had happened before had ever occurred.
"No teleportation error detected, Sheriff. I did indeed return you to the spacetime node from which you previously departed." After running a self-diagnostic, Adjutant gave her answer. "Perhaps it is time to activate the plan."
"Mm. The Timeline where my friends existed has been replaced." Su Ming calmly sat down and looked over the city, peaceful as though nothing had happened. "While I went into the void to deal with Deathspawn, Uncle Darkseid used Timeline tricks to hide my teammates."
"Sheriff, what is your decision?" Adjutant was equally calm. All she needed to do was await orders.
"It doesn't matter. Bobo has Tenth Metal I attached to the back of his head, and there is also the Spider Totem I left in his pocket. Finding them