Madness really was adorable, and Su Ming liked dealing with lunatics too. Unfortunately, under the current circumstances, her unpredictable insanity could easily throw the entire plan completely out of control. He could only give up on working with her and continue cooperating with familiar faces instead.
Death and Dream of a Thousand Cats were obviously much more reliable. Although both had slipped through loopholes to help, bypassing the rules had cost them something. He could not let them be left disappointed.
So the situation had basically returned to square one, except Lucifer had been excluded.
Su Ming had originally thought they were on fairly good terms with Lucifer. In the end, though, they were only relatives who might meet once at Thanksgiving. Sure enough, where there were people, there was conflict.
Thinking about it carefully, it was understandable. God always wanted to arrange everyone's affairs, but Destiny among the Endless was the same way. Their duties overlapped extensively, and that was probably the root of their conflict.
Darkseid managing to infiltrate the Palace of Destiny and kill that one might even have involved God's shadow behind the scenes. At the very least, Su Ming could not rule out the possibility.
With murder cases, generally speaking, anyone who stood to benefit from the victim's death was a suspect.
Everyone knew Lucifer had fallen out with Father God, but Elaine had now given him new wings and authority. The Endless probably could not get a read on the stance of this future young God, so to avoid any accidents, not taking Lucifer to see Mother Night was the best choice.
During the meeting, all six had said to his face that they could not do it, but they had really been speaking for Lucifer's benefit. Desire had even been prepared to lure