Solomon sighed.
"I don't know. I can't precisely control this kind of travel either. I might return the day after I leave, or it might be... years, decades, or we might never see each other again."
Hearing this, Martian Manhunter J'onn secretly breathed a long sigh of relief.
Good riddance!
Leaving such a powerful, uncontrollable, terrifying being, filled with unknown variables, in this world was like leaving a ticking time bomb that could explode at any moment.
His departure was definitely a good thing for Earth.
But barely concealed anxiety and disappointment flashed through Diana's and Clark's eyes.
"Can't you just... stay?"
Diana stepped forward, her sea-blue eyes filled with a plea for him to stay.
"Earth needs you. We... need you too."
"I can't control it."
Solomon looked at his hands and shook his head self-mockingly.
"Perhaps, in the end, it's because I'm still not strong enough. That's why I've kept working to get stronger."
Hearing this, J'onn nodded thoughtfully, believing he had finally understood.
"So now I understand. You infiltrated Atlantis to defeat them and acquire their abilities. When they resisted, you went on a killing spree and slaughtered over a hundred of their elite warriors..."
"Huh?!"
Utterly bewildered, Solomon interrupted J'onn, looking at him as though he were an idiot.
"What do you mean, slaughtered over a hundred people?! Who the fuck made that up?! The only person I killed from beginning to end was one Atlantean idiot who pointed a trident at my nose and hurled insults at me, all right!"
J'onn was dumbfounded too, his green face blank with shock.
"You... you only killed one?!"
"Of course! What else?!"
Solomon rolled his eyes irritably.
"I did want to defeat them and pick up some abilities, but my luck was terrible. I seem to have alerted