Earth 3, a universe where good and evil are inverted. In this universe, Batman is the evil Night Owl, Superman is the Sun-fearing Super霸, Wonder Woman is the domineering Super Queen, Joker is a righteous police officer, and Luther is the real Superhero. In short, the roles of most notorious villains are all reversed here.
The strength of this universe is actually quite average. Using the Prime Universe as a benchmark, they're generally a tier lower. The villain counterpart to this universe's Green Lantern, known as Power Ring, was once defeated and killed by Sinestro from the New 52's Prime Universe. This shows the differences in universal strength.
However, this doesn't mean they are powerless when facing heroes from other universes. On the contrary, because they are evil enough, they may actually pose a certain restraint on the heroes.
For example, Super霸 naturally has an affinity with Kryptonite. While Superman from other universes wouldn't dare touch it, he can not only carry it with him but even use it to enhance his Strength, causing other Supermen to steer clear of him. Additionally, the Surrender Rope of Super Queen corresponds to Wonder Woman's Lasso of Truth but can cause immense pain to those bound, forcing them to submit.
Speaking of Super Queen, Diana indeed has heard of her. However, the tales among Wonder Woman about this lady concern not justice or evil, rather: Super Queen is the wife of Super霸, but also the lover of Night Owl, and at the same time, the mother of Luther's child.
"Whether she's good or evil, let's just say the woman is living very well."
However, being able to handle all three of them at once proves that this woman is not simple, perhaps even the hidden mastermind behind Earth 3's Crime Syndicate. Facing off against her, Diana has no absolute certainty.
The Main Universe Wonder Woman hurriedly arrived on Earth 3 where Night Owl was. Just as she was about to confront Injustice Superman, Diana stopped her:
"No, sister, if we rush in recklessly like this, we're likely to run into their trap. It's two Evil Supermen plus an Evil Batman. Are you confident you can take them on?"
Wonder Woman wasn't entirely blinded by anger; she took a deep breath and said, "That's precisely why we need to hurry, we can't let them concoct any further evil plans that threaten the cosmos."
"I know, but we can choose to be clever," Diana said, "let's go to Gotham to find Clown Hero first, then contact this universe's Luther. With their help, we'll have a better chance against the Evil Superman, won't we?"
The Main Universe Wonder Woman couldn't help but shiver, "My gosh, I never thought there would be a day when we'd cooperate with Joker and Luther."
"There's no choice, this is a universe where good and evil are inverted. But I heard from Batman that Clown Hero is a good person. We don't need to hold any prejudice against him because of the actions of Joker in other universes."
"Alright, you're right," the Main Universe Wonder Woman said, "let's go find Clown Hero first. He should know a lot about the Evil Batman in this universe. If we can keep the Evil Batman occupied, we can teach that darn Injustice League Superman a lesson."
The Injustice Superman they referred to was currently quite distracted. He glanced at Super Queen's admiring eyes with agitation, clenched his fist, and said patiently, "We don't know much about Magic and can't break the Curse. Although we can try to help you find Night Owl, all Batmen are cunning, finding him is uncertain."
"You're calmer than I imagined." The glamorously beautiful Super Queen leaned back against the sofa, her finger lightly tapping her chin, exuding a charm almost no other Wonder Women had.
Injustice Superman was truly getting annoyed. Since coming here, this woman had been trying to seduce him, justifying it by saying she would only bear the offspring of the strongest. Especially after knowing she'd had a child with Luther, Injustice Superman was even more irked—of all people, you chose Luther?
Although Lord Superman was quite amused by Injustice Superman's predicament, they were here for serious matters. He cleared his throat and said, "We completely understand your concerns, madam. But black magic curses are unpredictable; your husband could die any second, or perhaps he'll recover soon on his own. My suggestion is: we stay here to take care of him while you go catch the culprit, Night Owl. Since you are from the same universe, you know him better, hadn't you almost caught him last time?"
Super Queen, however, shook her head and said, "It's not that simple. He still has some allies in the Multiverse. Even though my informants continuously disclose his whereabouts to me, capturing him is still a bit troublesome."
Lord Superman raised his eyebrow. He's on good terms with his Batman; more precisely, his Batman might be the only one willing to share intelligence with his Superman. He can obtain some intel from the Batman Group through Lord Batman.
The intel included that Night Owl was not doing well. His poor performance at the magical school led to the loss of a batch of followers; upon returning, he's been silent, causing another batch of fence-sitters to depart.
Initially thought to be beyond saving, yet the sinking ship still had some nails, he indeed survived amidst such a dire situation, which is certainly impressive.
The two Supermen present, both capable of utilizing super brains, focused on a common question: who saved Night Owl?
Super Queen certainly understood what they wanted to ask, but she still shook her head, saying, "To be honest, I don't know. But I can be sure he has already left our universe. My informant... well, no point hiding it at this stage. The one helping me hunt down Night Owl is Ultron. I saw this name in the women's chat group; it's how you refer to him, right?"
The two Supermen exchanged glances, then nodded. The universe where Night Owl resided was fairly close to the center, and Night Owl was a prominent figure among the Batmen. Although Super Queen was not aligned with the Wonder Women, it wasn't surprising she had obtained information about Ultron.
"Ultron told me he's no longer in this universe, and he happened to record the scene when Night Owl was taken away. Although it was recorded, there's no useful clue, and I don't know which universe he was taken to."
"Can you show us the footage?"
Super Queen took out a tablet and tossed it to them. Injustice Superman opened the tablet, and found the video was very short, just three seconds. A blue light flashed by, and Night Owl lying on the ground disappeared without a trace. This indeed doesn't make it clear.
Even on Earth, many superheroes using blue light aren't few, and many of Batman's technological devices also show a teleportation effect in blue, not to mention Blue Lantern, Blue Beetle, and the like.
Injustice Superman frowned and said, "Are you sure only he can lift the curse on Super霸?"
"That's a very powerful black magic," Super Queen grew serious when mentioning this, and she said, "Very complex, very obscure, it's the result of Night Owl using all his wisdom on Magic Studies. None of the mages I can contact are able to break it."
Injustice Superman was also unsure at this moment. The reason being: it seems he and Lord Superman and Super霸 can form an Evil Superman Alliance, but in reality, the only truly evil one in this alliance is Super霸. He and Lord Superman technically aren't considered evil supermen.
Given this, what's the point of forming this alliance? Just to play around one person?
While Injustice Superman was thinking, he suddenly received a message from Battleworld. It was Clark who sent it over:
"Brother, what did you do? Why are the Wonder Women angrily coming to find you?"
Injustice Superman was stunned. He replied with a question mark. Clark seemed to confirm something else, and after quite a few seconds responded: "Oh my, did the Wonder Woman from your universe die? Did you kill her while Batman was away?!"
"What?!" Injustice Superman stood up directly from the sofa, "Wonder Woman died? How did she die?!"
"Wasn't it you who killed her? It's spread among the Wonder Women, even the obituary has been issued."
At the end of Clark's message was a forwarded news. Injustice Superman clicked on it to see an emotionally expressive obituary, along with the scene of death—the laser beam unmistakably left by Superman.
Injustice Superman was practically speechless. He didn't kill Wonder Woman! He's not the one who did it!
You must know, when he was opposing Injustice Batman, Wonder Woman firmly stood by him. They were teammates for a long period, even though later Wonder Woman became somewhat erratic, he never thought of killing her.
Injustice Superman really wanted to scratch his head. His super brain worked at an unprecedented speed, and then he understood one thing: ever since he agreed to perform the brain-control act with Injustice Batman, he had no retreat.
He would certainly become the most evil Superman in the entire Multiverse, and the leader of all evil supermen, a standard and role model for them. After all, no one else could achieve the feat of brain-controlling Batman, only he did.
This also means any blame can be pinned on him. Not to mention such clear traces of laser beams at the scene, even if there was nothing, his suspicion would be the greatest—after all, he could even manage to brain-control Batman, what couldn't he do?
Moreover, in the Multiverse, whether it's Batman or Superman, no one will listen to his explanation. This Wonder Woman was not killed by him, and yet it was.
But actually, Injustice Superman didn't care about these things. What he worried most now is: would Injustice Batman also think Wonder Woman was killed by him?
Even though this is evidently a setup and trap, Injustice Superman does have a record. Even though he and Wonder Woman were teammates, Injustice Superman himself is someone who would kill innocent people indiscriminately. Under his violent rule of Earth, hundreds and thousands of innocent people have died at his hands, Wonder Woman among them would not be too many.
Injustice Superman really felt like he was going crazy. He knew things really couldn't go on like this. If he truly became the leader of evil supermen, he would constantly face immense survival pressure like Night Owl now, one wrong move, and everything's lost. A step back is a path to death. So what should he do?
Seeing it's impossible to clear his name, Injustice Superman realized he must find a way to turn from the main culprit to a minor one, at least shift the firepower of Justice Supermen onto someone else, otherwise he'd end up dead sooner or later.
Injustice Superman couldn't help but turn his head to look at the room where Super霸 was. At this point, he really needed to save this truly evil Superman, then let him be the leader of the evil superman camp, let him suffer the mixed beating from Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman, only this way he can extract himself and survive unscathed.