Days passed like this, and Dane did nothing but busily bring all the humans who had been 'demonized' by the influence of the dream stone into dreams.
Batman was busy playing hide-and-seek with the villains of Gotham, who were once again stirring.
There were too many people trying to fish in troubled Waters. Even Nightwing, who was originally stationed in Blüdhaven, came to Gotham to pursue Penguin and Two-Face.
"This situation cannot continue."
In the Hall of Justice, Superman looked at the news on the big screen, his expression grave.
He turned to Dane, "Can't we do something?"
Dane retorted, annoyed, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"I seem to be the busiest one these days, okay? Even Shazam and Constantine are busy setting up magic circles. What are you, who does nothing, doing here making sarcastic remarks?"
Clark looked a bit embarrassed at his words, and the momentum he had just managed to gather immediately collapsed.
"But things haven't improved; they're getting worse. The situation is escalating faster than we imagined."
Martian Manhunter walked in from outside, "Checkmate has also been trying to find the cause recently. I heard Hawkman has already set off to find the legendary Doctor Fate."
"Huh? Hasn't he had enough beatings?" The speaker was Damian, who had somehow slipped in.
Dane was puzzled. He asked Cortana, "Who let him in?"
Cortana appeared as a 3D full-body image in his palm: "According to the monitor, he stole Batman's teleporter."
Damian said smugly, "He was careless."
"Then what are you doing here?" Dane looked at him with a bit of amusement. "This isn't a place for children to play house."
"I'm almost an adult!" Damian gritted his teeth. "And I've killed many criminals; I'm very powerful!"
Although he had been strictly supervised by Alfred over the years, Damian had not become a good boy because of it.
On the contrary, he often secretly went out to act as a vigilante when no one was paying attention.
Damian set his nano-suit to black, red, and yellow, calling himself "Robin."
He often brutally killed those clearly heinous and psychopathic murderers.
But to prevent Batman from discovering his little secret, he usually figured out Batman's target in advance, then found an opposite direction to do his own thing.
He was a professional assassin, dealing only with some not-so-famous criminals.
Each time, after a quick kill, he immediately retreated without any hesitation, so no one had discovered him until now.
However, the criminals he killed were all eventually attributed to Red Hood. The only superhero in all of Gotham who would directly kill criminals was Red Hood.
Red Hood's ranking on Kuaishou is very high now. Besides heroes with special abilities, he should be the highest-ranked male hero.
Although his rank is still below Batgirl, there's nothing to be done; the power of the LSP is still very strong... As the only hero in the Justice League who chooses to kill criminals, his tough style has attracted a large number of fans.
Some fans even directly exposed serial killers in the Kuaishou official comment section who were still at large due to insufficient evidence.
Whenever Red Hood had time, and after confirming that the other party was indeed guilty, he would also take care of them, which further boosted his popularity.
Fortunately, Damian never killed indiscriminately; he only killed major villains who deserved to die. Even if Red Hood knew someone was framing him, he didn't care.
He wished there were more people like that.
At this moment, Batman's side suddenly sent a communication request.
Dane ignored Damian's request to silence him with a finger and casually opened the communication. Batman's serious bust appeared on the screen.
"Damian, I know you're there." His voice was low, making it impossible to discern any emotion.
"Don't think I don't know about your activities. I just... haven't had time to talk to you properly about this."
"But this time when you come back, I think it's time to start."
After speaking, he hung up the video without waiting for Damian's response.
Damian stared blankly at the screen, not saying a word.
Dane turned to him, "Oh, wow ~"
Damian instantly snapped out of it, his expression displeased: "Why are you making that weird noise?"
Dane chuckled, "What's wrong? Even a mighty rich second-generation has moments of guilt?"
Everyone present instantly looked at him: "So you're the rich second-generation!"
Many people online had been guessing the identity of this rich second-generation, suspecting him to be an internal staff member of the Justice League.
However, the rich second-generation always used special effects during his live streams, so his true identity had never been discovered.
Now the case is solved. Thinking carefully about Damian Wayne, the future heir of the Wayne Family, isn't he a rich kid from a powerful family?
Well, the answer was right in front of us.
No wonder he kept running to the Hall of Justice from time to time; he was probably gathering first-hand information for the Justice League!
Wonder Woman remembered the frustration of being cooped up at home because her identity was revealed, and now she looked at Damian with a hint of displeasure.
Other Justice League members also thought of similar things and began to walk towards Damian one by one.
Damian saw the Justice League members looking like they wanted to beat up a child and couldn't help but quietly retreat.
He reached behind him, where he had hidden the teleporter he had stolen from Batman.
But as he touched, he felt something strange.
Damian fumbled upwards in confusion, then suddenly startled and turned to jump back.
That was clearly a person!
Everyone in the Hall of Justice instantly prepared for battle. Diana was clad in divine armor, her eyes burning.
Hawkgirl spread her wings, gripping her war hammer and taking a stance.
Martian Manhunter floated in the air, ready for action. Superman lowered himself slightly, locking onto the stranger.
But only Dane, instead of making a move, laughed out loud:
"A rare guest, truly a rare guest! I never expected the Dream Lord to personally grace my humble abode; I am overjoyed."
Everyone immediately composed themselves upon hearing this. Someone Dane knew should, at the very least, not be a bad person.
Morpheus looked at Dane like a stone-faced person: "You must have anticipated this scene, didn't you?"
He had only thought of it on his way here. Dane clearly knew more than him, otherwise, it would be impossible for him to always appear at precisely the right moment.
But Dane did not answer, neither saying yes nor no.
He invited the Dream Lord to sit down, then introduced him to the others:
"This is the Dream Lord. Of course, you can call him the Dream God or Morpheus. He is the key to solving our current problem."
Morpheus ignored the others' gazes and stared at Dane, slowly saying:
"My dream stone was stolen by a dark magic user who calls himself Destiny. He should have already arrived in the present World."
"Dark magic user?" Dane asked in surprise, "I thought it was John Dee."
Morpheus couldn't tell if Dane genuinely didn't know or was pretending to be foolish, but he continued:
"That dark magic user had originally been residing in John Dee's body, but... some of my power was taken by the dream stone at the time, and he escaped with the dream stone!"
Dane squinted at him. This guy was still trying to show off at a time like this.
What do you mean he escaped? You were lucky to escape with your life, wasn't it?
However, it's not impossible that this guy, Destiny, didn't kill him because he knew the secrets of the Endless Family.
"So what? Are you here to surrender?"
"No, I'm here to help. I assume you don't know Destiny's true name?"
Dane frowned. That was true; the original animation didn't reveal the dark magic user's true name.
The Three Goddesses only answered questions but wouldn't reveal the true mastermind.
And once the opponent's true name couldn't be known, the tracking spell wouldn't be able to find them.
So Dane looked at Morpheus: "You mean you know?"
Morpheus shook his head: "I don't know, but I have a way to locate the dream stone."
The moment he touched the dream stone, although his power was taken, he still managed to leave a hidden mark.
It was just that with his current abilities, he couldn't retrieve the dream stone, so he could only seek Dane's cooperation.
At least this rival in front of him was relatively honorable. If it were an old Fallen Angel like Lucifer, he would probably try to trick him out of everything he had before stopping.
Dane immediately understood his thoughts upon hearing this. He secretly thought it was fortunate that he had clarified things with him earlier, otherwise, he would probably be at a loss right now.
However, he still spoke business: "What happens after we get the dream stone? Who does it belong to?"
Morpheus didn't hesitate: "At that time, you and I will compete fairly. Whoever wins gets it."
"Deal!"
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