So, they left.

He was approached by one of his villains, in Joker 's case , he was in the middle of a commotion of police officers, several people watching, witnesses who could be of some use, the aforementioned clown challenged him, provoked him, at that moment, he was cornering him in front of everyone.

It seemed like a deliberate trap, so that he would be seen by everyone, the man, surrounded by a pile of police officers and witnesses who were caught as his victims in the crossfire, it was never him, he was the victim, wasn't he, laughing in his face, in the middle of a pile of bodies, all around, right in the center of the commotion.

Then he stopped him, provoked him, laughing like the maniac he was, he looked at that man, grabbing him by the collar, he was going to shake him, break him, punch him, but he stopped, looked at him, everyone expected him to come, but he thought...

What was the point of going back in time, to do the same thing again? He had a great lesson, a great learning experience, a milestone in his life.

Nothing beats a good night's sleep, free from despair.

Then he looked at him and said, in a different way.

Then he said.

"It's time for someone to learn that they're not the center of the world, nor the center of attention, and that not everything happens as we wish. You simply have to learn a lesson," Tsuki said.

"Is that really what it would be like, Batsy?" Joker challenged him.

Then he let go of him, straightened his collar, and said.

"I'm not playing this game anymore, play it alone." Then he left, leaving everyone stunned.

"I'm going to have a few drinks with a bunch of women for company," Tsuki said, leaving the room.

- What...? – They all said at the same time.

So, Tsuki headed towards a bar, hidden from human eyes, as well as gossips, paparazzi and reporters on duty, he went to drink, for everyone to see and hear.

At that moment, while disguising himself, Tsuki thought that no one would recognize him, so he wouldn't be approached or cornered, but he was wrong.

As far as he knew, they were projected as holograms, and were seen on all televisions, only the backs of their bodies were visible.

The Presence appeared above them, accompanied by others, such as Lucifer and Neron, and the others who appeared beside them at the bar where Tsuki Miki was drinking; he looked around.

Their images appeared like reflections in the water, above the clouds and the buildings of Gotham City, Golden Valley, Central City, Star City, and all the other superhero cities.

Astro-Star appeared above the skies and buildings of Golden Valley and tried unsuccessfully to punch The Presence in the face, but passed right through him.

"We didn't come here to fight," said Lucifer. "But to propose a deal," said the angel of the morning.

"We are messengers and gamblers," Trigon said.

"Damn it, I already said no," Tsuki said.

"At least listen to us," Lucifer said.

"Your union with the king of darkness could be beneficial," Lucifer said.

"It's beneficial, and besides, I know they didn't come just for that," Tsuki said.

"We are here to announce to all heroes a way to make money that will be worth its weight in gold," said The Presence. "You bet with us, then we try to convince you of the relationship," each of them said.

"We propose this to all heroes; they are not obligated to do it if they don't want to," said Trigon.

"What do you think we would do about it?" Astro-Star asked. "Do you think we're going to do something for you?" the Man of Steel questioned.

"You won't be forced, but if you do," Trigon said, "you will receive 700 billion dollars and 30 gold bars."

"You know, we won't leave him alone," he heard them say.

"Two centuries before the current events, innocent heroes from each of the cities, without being forced to do so, must, if they wish, kill seven innocent people within two weeks," Trigon said.

"Villains don't count; you can kill of your own free will or not," Trigon said. "Without being forced," Trigon added.

Above the clouds, a golden sky appeared, and an immense pointed tower floated, with a box of dollars floating on its tip. Opening the box, the heroes revealed the gold bars and dollars, before returning the box.

"You kill if you want to," said Trigon. "You don't have to," said the demon.

"Within two weeks, you must decide whether or not to kill," Trigon said.

"The tower is protected, and those who try will not be able to leave for at least two weeks; they will regret it," said another creature.

"While the other heroes are busy thinking about the mess of their lives, we keep them distracted. You can think more carefully about how to accept a relationship with the king of darkness," Lucifer said.

"There's no real choice there," Tsuki said.

Then, when the demons and the gods began to manipulate the population.

It was announced in the news, it circulated on the internet, it was broadcast on all television networks, and nothing else was talked about for two centuries before the current events, for days on end until the end of the week.

Everyone saw and heard the story, everyone there felt the pressure and the power...

Yes, they only mentioned the heroes who could kill.

Astro-Star looked towards the sky, and saw around him the black tower with the gold at its tip on top of it.

"It can't be," said Astro-Star.

"Who would kill for money? A hero wouldn't do that," one of them said.

Astro-Star called a meeting in the watchtower later that same afternoon.

The heroes gathered in the watchtower, and if that wasn't enough, Luther organized a march and a press conference about the danger of Astro-Star, which not even a Boy Scout could ignore for such a large sum of money.

Astro-Star saw Tsuki Miki's chair being occupied by another Dark-Dragon.

"What would he gain by giving us money to kill?" another person asked.

"See how low we've sunk?" Raven tried to say.

"He could see us becoming corrupted, and with that, he would have innocent souls being led to the abyss of fear," Raven said.

The Dark-Dragon looked at everyone and said, "Corrupt," he said, "at best."

"Why didn't he choose a villain?" Zatanna asked.

"Do you really think we'll make money by killing an innocent person?" Constantine asked.

"If they said anyone could kill, then someone would have killed right there in the first hour," Zatanna said.

"It's much better to see a hero become corrupt and kill than a villain. He's already corrupted, and they kill for money. Anyone could see that there would be no fun in having no rules," said Dark-Dragon.

"So," said Green Arrow. "The fun part is seeing who gives in first."

Astro-Star flew towards the bat cave. Tsuki Miki had already returned to the mansion; he was feeling weak. The alcohol and the pressure hadn't agreed with him. If he had trouble containing Astro-Star at his best, collapsing weak on the cave floor didn't seem like a good situation.

Damn, how could they pressure him into having a relationship with a dark god, the king of space vampires?

Tsuki Miki ignored the Warriors' calls, he turned off the computers, the cell phones, everything, he stayed in the dark, thinking of a backup plan, in case they literally wanted to kill him, but he was thinking about Astro-Star.

He alternated between using listening devices and trackers on each of his allies. Tsuki Miki supposedly spent her time drinking; he actually took a laptop and followed their movements with cameras scattered throughout the cities, tracking the steps of each hero in each city.

Tsuki Miki ran towards the bathroom, unable to hold it in any longer. It was there that he heard Astro-Star flying towards the cave. He couldn't stop vomiting. He heard more than one footstep; it was someone else...

- Tsuki Miki. – It was Dick, who had his hands on her shoulders.

After Tsuki Miki finished vomiting in the toilet, he turned around.

"You've been drinking," said Astro-Star. "All week."

"Are you still thinking about traveling?" – It was a strange question asked by the Man of Steel.

"It's not the end of the month yet," Tsuki Miki said. "But I'm not feeling well," she added. "Something in the drink," Tsuki Miki said.

"A hangover, at best, isn't really a bad thing," said Astro-Star. "But that's no reason to worry about it."

"Do you intend to kill yourself from drinking so much?" Artemis asked, appearing beside them.

"What do you want here?" he asked, wiping his mouth with toilet paper and standing up. He was wearing only brown pyjama's.

"I left the Warriors, go away!" Tsuki Miki said, staggering.

"I'm no longer useful to the Warriors Society of Heroes," Tsuki Miki said. "I'm out."

"We thought you knew," said Astro-Star, accompanying him around the cave.

"That was shown in every city," said Tsuki Miki.

Some lights were out, and the computer screen was flickering; there was little lighting, and the cave and the mansion were in semi-darkness.

Tsuki Miki slumped towards the chair away from the computer on a corner table, his head aching, he was a mess, there was a large travel backpack packed in the corner, his temple was throbbing.

- God... – Tsuki Miki said. - Crap.

He had to go to the company right away, waiting for some demons to start acting as mediators and representatives, both for bets and as messengers of Darkness.

All the demons, some of them former enemies and henchmen, were conspiring to bring them together, but no matter how much Tsuki said she wasn't interested, it had no effect.

On another day, when he was approached at his mansion.

During a visit from his former associates at the Warriors Society.

"I would say yes, Tsuki Miki," said Artemis.

Tsuki Miki looked at himself in the mirror, deep dark circles under his eyes. Luckily, Gerard was traveling; he wouldn't see him, with his beard needing a shave and his hair dishevelled.

Anyone who tried to lure Dark-Dragon out of his cave would have had a field day in Gotham, but apparently, no one could drag him out of his lair.

"I'm tired," said Tsuki Miki.

"We're having problems," Artemis said.

"You can have all the problems you want, but I'm leaving the Warriors," said Tsuki Miki.

"I trained you, Dick, enough to succeed me," said Tsuki Miki.

"I'm not going to help," said Tsuki Miki.

"There's another Dark-Dragon doing the job," said Tsuki Miki.

"But not even a word of advice?" Astro-Star asked.

Tsuki Miki looked towards the Astro-Star.

"No," he said.

"I want to be left alone," said Tsuki Miki.

"There are so many heroes and vigilantes in Gotham," said Tsuki Miki.

"I trained most, if not all, of them," Tsuki Miki said. "You'll figure out what to do eventually."

They looked at each other and left the cave.

Tsuki Miki stared towards a computer, he waited a few minutes, then, when he waited until no one returned, that's when he turned on a computer, which then displayed several screens, each showing one of the heroes from the cities.

- Idiots. – Said Tsuki Miki.

"Fools," he said.

Within the first week that followed, almost at the end of Friday, all the heroes are included, two centuries before the current events, heroes from each superhero city, will be able to kill seven innocents, from the first to the last, the one they kill must be an innocent without sin.

Everyone there was on edge , constantly irritated, and there was a clock ticking away the time.

Heroes, gods, villains, and everyone there saw and heard what the gods said.

"Interesting," said Luther . "I couldn't have done better."

In a bar full of villains...

Lutheran was sitting there at a table, with poker cards and smoking a cigar.

Lutheran looked around, realizing they wanted heroes to kill, and who was he to not help, to turn Astro-Star into a villain.

"I bet Astro-Star will succumb," he said.

Joker and some villains gathered around a round table, chatting and playing poker, surrounded by smokers and underworld villains.

"I bet I can get Dark-Dragon to kill," said the clown prince of crime.

"The hero is the one who benefits from this, not us," said Mr. Freeze, "besides killing for money."

"I don't see Dark-Dragon killing people around here, not even for money," said Mr. Freeze.

"Actually, I only see a Dark-Dragon, but I don't know if this is the original," said Penguin.

"Even if he needed to," said Penguin.

"But did you notice something, Joker ?" Poison Ivy asked.

"What, darling?" the clown asked.

"We haven't seen him for weeks," said the green woman.

"You, like all of us, know that what we have here isn't the original," Poison said.

"And you know he doesn't kill," said Crocodile.

"But we don't know about this new one," said Riddler.

"He had thousands of opportunities to kill you and he didn't, and it was free," said Penguin. "Why would he kill an innocent person, even now, for money?"

"Power corrupts, doesn't it?" asked the Riddler. "And greed makes you do crazy things."

"We can play around a bit, make them angry enough to cause a complication and drive them crazy to the point of killing and taking it out on an innocent person," said the Riddler.

"Does murder by mistake count?" Riddler asked.

"Come on, let's see who the biggest lunatic is, the one who caused so much chaos that they drove them insane. That would be you," said the Riddler.

"Since we're not doing anything," said Riddler. "Why not?" asked Nygma.

"You wouldn't do it for money?" he said. "Did you see that amount?" Two-Face asked. "It's 700 billion dollars and 30 gold bars," he said. "That would make anyone greedy," he added.

"What would we gain from him killing?" Joker asked. "Besides, of course, seeing him kill an innocent person," he said. "Come on, folks, let's watch the circus burn down."

"He could split the money with us if we found the victim," Nygma proposed.

"Since when would any hero share money with us?" Crocodile asked.

"Why not?" Nygma asked.

"Because if someone kills an innocent person, since when would they care about not killing us?" Harley Queen asked, appearing.

"What if we kidnapped an ally of a hero?" Nygma proposed. "If we had any hostages," Riddler tried.

"He wouldn't care about a villain," Harley Queen said. "And he'd kill everyone in his path."

"How about we at least have some fun and forget about that part?" said Joker . "How about chaos for chaos' sake?" said Joker .

- Yes. – They said around. – With a clinking of glasses.

Yes, they would try to get the gold.

While the most idiotic, in every sense, all to a greater or lesser degree, were transformed into animals, in addition to being electrocuted, a mountain of pigs walked back trying to retrieve the boxes of money from that pointed tower.

Among the villains, bets began to be placed on who would kill first.

Leticia Lane was looking for a story, ignoring most of the shouting and craziness of heroes.

During that week, reporters were approaching the heroes about those issues.

Crime levels soared in each of the cities; they took several hostages throughout the week, and each time they appeared and a hero emerged, the villains used children as shields.

Then, there were several cases of kidnappings throughout the week.

Leticia Lane was covering a story about superheroes murdering innocent people.

"Leticia," Perry said, standing in front of her in the Daily Planet newsroom.

"You're off work for the rest of the month," he said.

- What...? – Leticia said.

"No..." Leticia said. "No..." she said again. "It's not right."

"You are the source of all of Astro-Star's problems; some imbecile villain could use you to force him to kill an innocent person," he said.

"Don't come back here before the end of the month," Perry said.

"Who said Astro-Star kills?" Leticia shouted.

"The informants on the streets," Perry said. "They stole a shipment of helionite and fear gas."

"Who said that?" Leticia asked.

"Me," Jimmy said. "I found an informant who leaked that they stole something coming to Golden Valley."

"Men in fits of rage have done worse," Perry said.

- About that.

The stories of gods and drugged aliens, hallucinating and killing even unintentionally, are what he said.

"He might think you're the Apocalypse," Perry said.

"Besides doing a story about his death, I'll also do a story supporting Luther ," Perry said.

"The rules are clear, Perry, he can only kill an innocent person of his own free will," Leticia said. "And no, thank you," Leticia added.

"That's not what I heard," Perry said. "If you stay, I'll call the police and you'll be escorted out of the Daily Planet." "I'll claim national security," Perry added.

"Boss, please," Leticia tried.

"If you prove to me," Perry said, "that you won't be killed by Astro-Star, who thinks you're a supervillain." Perry proposed, "I'll allow it." Her boss said.

Fuming, Leticia went to her desk, grabbed her things, and went down to the street in the elevator.

Tsuki Miki, following Leticia, with his sunglasses on, bumped into her even though he was coughing and feeling unwell, almost falling. The woman almost got angry, but turned around in time when she realized the man was unwell; it was a good disguise for a leper, making him unrecognizable.

"Oh my God," Leticia said. "Are you okay?" she asked.

"I'll get better," he said, sitting on the bench, a little unsteady and unsteady.

She let go of him when he stood up, not realizing that he had placed a tracker on her, observing her, and then following her the next day, monitoring her actions throughout the day and over the course of the week.

Some of them bet on the Dark-Dragon, even though they hadn't seen him for a long time, since the previous month, they thought they could induce him to kill.

There were several press delegations that Lutheran made, or did not find, almost no one arguing that Astro-Star was as fallible as anyone else, that he would be a danger to the world, and should be detained throughout the week until the trial period ended.

The Miraculous Woman was about to break a villain's neck, and her sword nearly pierced the shoulder of an innocent person caught in an ambush and used as a shield.

Each of the heroes, at some point, was caught in the crossfire between villains who resembled an assault group; they would appear, drive Astro-Star and Miraculous Woman crazy, launch an attack, and then disappear as soon as they acted.

That week, Miraculous Woman was restrained by Astro-Star, who was trying to prevent her from killing one of the criminals who had used a hostage as a shield, in addition to bombs strapped to him.

After they calmed down, Astro-Star also lost control due to the revenge and assault that followed.

"Do you think they would really give us money if an innocent person died?" Bartholomew asked.

"Even if they offered money, I wouldn't do it," said Astro-Star.

"Even so, it's quite a lot of money, and besides losing my soul, I would become rich, but my soul is very important to me, Bartholomew," said Astro-Star.

"Yes," said Bartholomew. "Me too," said Bartholomew. "But what if it were by other means, like winning the lottery, what would you do with 700 billion dollars, plus 30 gold bars?"

"What a dream, Bartholomew!" Artemis laughed. "That's a lot of money, indeed," Artemis said.

"I have no idea," said Astro-Star, sitting down in the tower's recreation room.

"I, at least, would distribute a portion," he said. "There are many hungry and penniless people in the world," said Astro-Star.

"A scout, as always," said Artemis. "That's a good idea," said Artemis.

"You wouldn't do that with that kind of money," said Astro-Star. "If there were another way."

There was the element of attraction and seduction inherent in sin itself; once, he was almost tempted, the temptation was there.

All the heroes almost killed an innocent person, even if it was just an "almost," they were drawn into a chase.

Investigating and following heroes took its toll on his body; everyone thought he was drinking or feeling unwell in corners, but in reality, he hadn't slept for four days.

They had constant fights, Astro-Star, Miraculous Woman, various speedsters, among the representatives of Hermes, when a contingent of mediators and representatives of werewolves were accused of persecution, then there was a long discussion between accusations.

His lack of sleep was approaching five, he was drinking energy drinks and eating a lot, which is why he saw several heroes being cornered, and villains surrounding Artemis.

Those wretches were giving some heroes double the trouble, and on the sixth day, Lutheran showed up and invited Tsuki Miki out. The man managed to reschedule three times, four times, until he couldn't come up with an excuse to avoid meeting them.

Meanwhile, as they were being observed by curious and spying eyes, at the very moment when Tsuki Miki and the gamblers were watching them...

The heroes stood in the watchtower, while the silence was heavy.

After a period of silence, they began to talk, exchanging accounts of a tiring day of humanitarian aid; they had almost killed or let die children who had been kidnapped by a villain, and Astro-Star had almost dropped a child towards a precipice.

"I can't keep fighting," said Astro-Star.

"What happened?" Artemis asked.

"I need to go to the fortress," said Astro-Star.

"What's going on, Kal?" a hero arriving there asked.

"I'm not as made of steel as I think," said Astro-Star.