In the middle of the street, the cover of a manhole had been ripped open, so the Parademon escaped into the sewers right in front of us. Honestly, if I was being chased by three lunatics, one of whom was flying around on a rock, I'd run away without any hesitation too.
While I was busy thinking about interesting things, Lantern asked Batman, "What's that thing even doing in Gotham?"
Batman answered, "People saw it downtown trying to activate some kind of bomb. When the police showed up, it started spewing fire."
As soon as Batman finished saying that, he jumped down into the sewers, and I followed him. By now, I'd already gotten used to the smell, thanks to the fact that we'd had to crawl through sewers while searching for Superman.
"Yeah, i noticed," Lantern said, "but flames don't hurt me. Like I already said, Green Lantern can do anything."
He started bragging again. Seriously, I was itching to show him that arrogance is just weakness if you don't have the strength to back it up. People like Darkseid can afford to be arrogant. But people like me and Lantern? Not a chance. Well…....to be fair, I was pretty sure I was stronger than Lantern, so maybe I could get away with bragging a little.
Batman cut in, "Expect can't shut up apparently".
I couldn't hold it in anymore,I burst out laughing.
"Haaahahahah!"
Lantern glared at me so hard that I'm convinced if looks could kill, I'd already have been tortured to death in the most brutal way possible. He scowled and said, "Ah, someone here hasn't had their daily dose of blood."
Batman shot back, "I'm not a vampire."
"Really? Because with the way you look and hide in the shadows… do you at least have super strength?"
"No," Batman said flatly.
Honestly, I was kind of enjoying their conversation, it was actually pretty interesting to listen to. After Batman said no, Lantern frowned and pressed on. "Can you fly?"
That was such a dumb question. He'd literally just watched Batman chase the Parademon without flying even once. And then people say I'm the one with the IQ of a Chinese protagonist. Pfft, yeah right. The author just doesn't like me.
(Author: I do like you... really trust me, otherwise i would just make the Truck-kuns change into human forms and let them rape you fr, be grateful you Chinese protagonist).
Batman answered, "In a plane."
It seemed like Lantern finally realized Batman was just a normal human.
"Wait,...you're not just some regular guy in a costume… are you?"
Batman stopped, turned to look at both me and Lantern, and smirked at Lantern.
Lantern flew closer to him and, of course, opened his stupid mouth again. I swear, he's worse than Flash. Even Flash knows when to shut up. Hell, even Spider-Man is probably better at keeping quiet than Lantern.
"You've got to be kidding me."
Batman just stared at him in silence, and Lantern kept going. "What? Nobody invited you to prom, so you dressed up like a bat and decided to live in your parents' basement?"
Honestly, I was surprised Batman hadn't shut Lantern up already.
And then suddenly, Batman was holding Lantern's ring in his hand. "What's this?" In the very next second, Lantern's suit disappeared and all that was left was his Air Force uniform. "No switch? I guess you activate it with your thoughts."
Hmmm i guess batman learned this from the tibetian monks, maybe i should go pay them a visit.
Lantern immediately demanded, "How did you do that?"
Batman smirked again and said, "You're easily distracted."
Lantern got pissed, and his ring started glowing green. He raised his hand, and the ring shot back toward him, but right as it was about to reach him, it froze in midair.
Batman looked at me with this all-knowing expression, and I just smiled back. Lantern noticed Batman's glance and realized I was the reason his ring wasn't moving. "You littl--" Lantern started to say, but then I released the ring and he regained his glowing green suit. Both Lantern and Batman were staring at me, so I just shrugged and said, "What? I can't join in on the fun?"
Lantern clearly didn't find it funny. "Don't you ever do that again."
So naturally, I decided I was going to piss him off even more. Why? Because rage-baiting is the best.
"Well, I'll do it whenever I feel like it."
(Author: That's a lie. Don't trust Aaron. He's just a Chinese protagonist, don't ragebait anyone guys, just joybait them instead.)
Lantern apparently didn't realize I was just rage-baiting him. He flew up right into my face and started yapping about something. I ignored him. He was about to grab me by the collar, and I was ready to slam him into a wall, but then Batman grabbed Lantern and shoved him against the wall instead.
Batman raised a finger to his lips. "Pshhhhhh."
Then we started hearing strange noises, things like, "Khhkkhhkkhhkkhhk," and "Grrhhrrkkhhhhh."
We all fell silent and slowly moved toward the end of the tunnel, which opened up into another huge chamber.
And there we saw the Parademon attaching something to the wall. Then it clicked a button, and whatever that bomb-looking thing was turned red.
That idiot Lantern was already about to charge at the Parademon, but Batman held him back. "Hold on, we don't know what it'll do."
The bomb started glowing even brighter. Lantern, thinking he was clever, said, "We know! It just activated the bomb." And then he lunged at the Parademon.
Batman shouted at him to wait, but Lantern ignored him. Batman rushed after Lantern, and I was forced to go with him.
Then the Parademon bellowed, "For Darkseid!" and… boom! The Parademon exploded. But Lantern had created a protective vault around us with his ring, so the Parademon's kamikaze attack didn't do much damage.
Lantern said, "Darkseid? Is that a band?"
Batman replied, "Or a death scream. It wanted to destroy us." He pointed to the bomb. " to protect this."
I stayed quiet, thinking about whether I should even tell them who Darkseid really is.
Lantern said he'd take a look and tried to analyze the bomb with his ring, but it didn't work. Then they started talking about Superman.
I decided it wouldn't hurt to let them know a little earlier who they were actually dealing with.
So I spoke up:
"Guys… I know who Darkseid is."