Damian was not the only one searching for Superman. Another team was following the same lead, but the two sides had no communication whatsoever and did not even know how far the other had progressed.
That team was the Legion of Doom—Luthor's people.
After finishing his cooperation with Deathstroke, the bald man returned to Earth-0. He watched Superman head to the Hall of Justice for a meeting, only to hear shortly afterward that Superman had vanished again.
This time, however, he was more inclined to believe Superman had left of his own accord. After all, many people had seen him leave to chase after Batwoman.
Yet the string of events that followed made the clever bald man realize that things might not be so simple. He quietly began preparing his own plan, but the massive blackout ruined his preparations.
It was not just electricity that had been cut off. Many advanced energy sources had also failed, including, but not limited to, Brainiac and the Amazo army, which now lay as dead as corpses.
The Fortress of Doom had also been forced to make an emergency landing deep in the South American rainforest after losing power. The only people Luthor could use now were his secretary in faraway Metropolis and Cheetah at his side.
But that was not a problem for him. His most powerful weapon was still his mind.
"Everything lost power? Interesting." Luthor lit a handheld flare in the darkness, and its burning smoke rose swiftly. "Even Brainiac shut down. This is the first time I've ever seen something like this."
He had suffered a few scrapes during the fortress's emergency landing, and blood was still running down his bald head. Yet he looked exhilarated, with the excitement of a scientist encountering something new.
"The Amazo robots have all