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.
Among their missions, they were unaware of the spies and gamblers.
Meanwhile, Tsuki Miki Delphos was following them, while Astro-Star, Artemis, and various heroes of varying degrees were being tempted and tested.
There was a fight at the end of the rescue operation involving some girls; they were angry and started fighting.
Sometime later, upon returning to planet Earth, on a day of patrol.
Tsuki Miki had to save the world, and sometimes he expected to find Felicity relatively well at the mansion or exploring the cave, but that's not what he found...
After arresting those villains, he tied them up and led them to the police station, arriving at the cave in his limousine.
He had several problems, and a demon convinced him to get rid of his stalker, who suddenly drugged him, slept with him, and became pregnant.
Proof of this was that he was summoned to the police station, and it took no less than six centuries before the current events for the con man to be arrested for one of his robberies in the mystical city; overall, it was a very long time for justice to prevail.
That afternoon.
After arriving from the Delphos company.
He has plans to expand and undertake ventures in the galactic realms.
Gerard was waiting for him.
Sometime later...
Tsuki Miki had to save the world, and sometimes she expected to find Felicity relatively well at the mansion, or exploring the cave, but that's not what she found...
After arresting those villains, he drove to the police station, arriving at the cave in his limousine.
He had several problems, and a demon convinced him to get rid of his pursuer, who suddenly drugged him, slept with him, and became pregnant.
Proof of this was that he was summoned to the police station, and it took no less than they said-more than six centuries before the current events-for the con artist to be arrested for one of her robberies in the mystical city.
That afternoon.
After arriving from the Delphos company.
Gerard was waiting for him. "There's a problem, sir," said his loyal butler, who had just arrived from his company at the end of a mission in the mystical dimension.
It was when he was returning from the transport center after rescuing Karina, who had been taken to the kingdom of Akropolis, between the shadowy dimensions and space, that he felt guilty and wanted to talk to the butler, but the air of the matter made him stop and halt his thoughts and guilt.
He had his escapades, but he wasn't caught. Tsuki Miki should have known that nothing between them would work out. Even what Felicity did help and provided an excuse for the end of anything that could have happened. She would be the thieving con artist and wouldn't be pulling off a scam on a man anytime soon, nor would she drug him for the next year.
It was six months of an unhappy relationship, in addition to being stalked by someone who made his life as miserable and unhappy as possible, in the general opinion. Not that it was bad, actually, but there were countless rumors, and the divorce was quick and became public knowledge. The media pounced on them, all because a reporter friend of his, after much blackmail and men who brought the events to light with Leticia's help, somehow leaked the information in a way he never understood.
There were people who showed up in the middle of the trial, claiming to be Felicity's lover, ranging from villains to petty thugs, who had occasional deals, which in the end turned into a circus, him being the cuckold, all that, all the secrets of what she supposedly did behind his back.
All her secrets, which she supposedly kept for him and Amasteus, were unearthed. Luckily, Gerard traveled, practically drugged, and was placed on a plane with a bodyguard to prevent him from returning before two centuries before the current events.
It was, in general opinion, a quick marriage, unlike Felicity, who was caught in the middle of a robbery, along with two other villains from two centuries before the current events: Catman and Calendar Man.
In addition to his contact with a thief and underworld informant called Noturna, who had a scheme to manipulate an information network, which they used to escape, they were caught by Dark-Dragon on their way back from Akropolis, when he least expected it to happen so soon.
Felicity, for her part, fell into the alleyways when a police officer, even without knowing it, could have caught her in the middle of Gotham on her way back. Then, incredibly, they testified against her, all because of a witch hunt against hooded thieves.
By reducing their sentences, they used the tactic of letting them know that she was the mastermind behind the creation of the world's largest diamond and the British crown jewels, and that she was the one who ordered the crime.
According to her, she shouldn't be caught, which is why she was wearing a panther costume at that point, to differentiate herself from Catwoman, as if another cat costume with electric weapons was a big change, which didn't prevent her from being unmasked in the end.
What was a good thing would have been a problem if they had stayed married; he had new plans, and he couldn't have stayed married to Felicity for so long if things continued like that. This was something he hadn't counted on when he stopped paying attention to his wife and continued with his vigilantism .
Tsuki Miki had said, while concealing her identity better than she could, that somehow Felicity was taken to the hospital, and that's where she lost their baby.
A forensic examination was conducted, and the most serious injury was caused by the fall. The examinations indicated a spontaneous abortion due to the fall, even though he suggested she should have stayed home or waited for the baby to be born before returning to her supposed crime-fighting activities. In the end...
Felicity had her secret escapades; while he faced Darkness and returned to catch museum thieves, Felicity stole, all for the thrill of the escapades, simply wanting to destroy the lives of everyone she could get her hands on.
During that time, Tsuki Miki made Gerard leave.
He was advised by his godfather Amasteus to keep the human away from the property and his affairs.
"I need to put that one year back; it became more than 30 years ago. He returned to the 1800s, which would be more than six centuries before the current events, without his friends and colleagues," said Tsuki Miki. "Or more than two centuries before the current events," he said, turning to Gerard.
The worried butler disagreed; he offered coffee to the butler, and as they drank, the butler fell into his arms.
He paid for Gerard's extended vacation, which was supposed to be a year, but that year turned into more than 30 years ago. He returned to the 1800s, not to stay there, but so that he could put his plans into action, in fact.
On second thought, Tsuki Miki thought it best, two centuries before the current events, years away from him, putting a drugged Gerard towards a private plane, in short, the old man woke up in a luxury hotel.
Seeing that beside the bed was a personal friend of Tsuki Miki who would keep an eye on Gerard and not let him return so soon, so that Tsuki Miki could proceed with his plans, when the poor butler called him furiously about rights and kidnappings, but Tsuki Miki was literally unyielding.
What didn't coincide with his return, doing this sort of thing with a man who had treated him like a son and was a supposed father to him, Tsuki Miki laughed and said, that life isn't always as one wants it to be.
By forcing the old butler to take an all-expenses-paid trip around the world to see every corner of the planet, he would have a guide keep an eye on him, to leave him in peace, and thus not prevent him from doing what he had in mind....
"How could you do this to me? I did everything for you," the butler said on the phone.
"I don't understand, what's going on?" Gerard shouted.
"Gerard, you won't be able to return before this one year has passed. It's become more than 30 years ago; he's returned to the 1800s. None of this matters. I need you to stay out of Gotham," said Tsuki Miki.
"I don't need any of that," said his butler.
"By the way," Tsuki Miki said, "the cards would be blocked and monitored, so withdrawals of certain amounts would have to be made directly to me, and you couldn't return before the established time."