The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 884 Afterwards
By the time everything was settled, it was already early morning. The Justice League's transport plane slowly rose from Santa Prisca Island under the morning light.

The 214 cultists were evenly distributed across four transport planes, each guarded by two to three members of the Justice League.

The members of the Young Justice League naturally had to go back on their own because they had biological aircraft, so Batman made arrangements for them.

He asked the team members participating in the mission to return directly to Mount Justice. The Alliance would check their bodies, and after they rested, there would be a mission report waiting for everyone.

These are all commonplace things. Not only these kids, but also the members of the Justice League have to go through these steps after completing their mission.

The physical examination is to prevent anyone from suffering any injuries that are not visible to the naked eye. In addition to the modern medical examination provided by Cyborg, there is also a magical examination provided by Zatanna's father Giovanni.

Physical health is the most important thing, so the members of the Young Justice League dragged their tired bodies to complete the physical examination before returning to their rooms to rest.

It was already evening when Dick woke up. He didn't expect that he could sleep so long. When he arrived at the restaurant, he found that he was still early.

There was no one in the restaurant except Hubby.

"You're awake." Habib finished the last bit of food on his plate. "There's some lasagna in the oven. I didn't know when you'd wake up, so I left it in there to keep warm."

"Lasagna?" Dick didn't go to the kitchen. Instead, he pulled out a chair and sat next to Happy. "You're eating something so heavy right after waking up?"

"Metahumans all have high energy consumption. Kid Flash ate over a dozen energy bars before falling asleep this morning."

After Happy finished explaining, he stood up and walked towards the kitchen with the plate. Seeing this, Dick immediately stood up and followed behind the former, looking like he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"You look like you want to say something?" Habib put the dishes into the dishwasher, causing Dick, who was pretending to take lasagna out of the oven behind him, to stiffen.

"Nothing much, I just want to ask about what happened on the island before."

Dick asked as if nothing had happened as he bent down to pick up the lasagna and put it on his plate.

Dick asked this question because Habib displayed psychic abilities on Santa Prisca Island that were completely different from his usual intensity.

According to the tests of the Justice League and the data given by Happy himself, his ability could not be stronger than that of the Martian girl, but when he was leaving the island, he controlled all the team members including the Martian girl.

Although it seemed like a sneak attack, he defeated the Martian girl's mental defense in an instant, which is not something that ordinary people can do.

In Dick's impression, the only ones who can do this are probably the Martian Manhunter from the Justice League and the super criminal Brainiac. The rest of the psychics on Earth probably can't do it.

Hiding one's own abilities is fatal to a team, but Dick was glad that Habib revealed his abilities because he wanted to protect his teammates.

"I reported to Batman while you were sleeping." Happy turned around, looking like he didn't want to say anything more.

"If you have any questions, you can ask him. I need some time to rest now."

After saying that, Habib turned and left the kitchen. Dick didn't stop him but just stood in the kitchen and finished the lasagna on the plate in a few bites. After throwing the dishes into the dishwasher, he walked towards the conversation room.

It was still the same conversation room. Dick knocked on the door and heard a familiar, husky voice. "Come in."

Dick pushed the door open and saw Batman sitting on a chair with a tablet-like device in front of him. He must be handling some important matters.

When he saw Dick come in, Batman turned off the tablet and gestured for Dick to sit opposite him. Dick took two or three steps to the chair and sat down obediently.

"Tell me." Batman changed his sitting position. He could finally relax a little in front of his own child.

Dick didn't hesitate when he saw this. He had been working with Batman for a long time and lived with him on weekdays, so he was used to it.

Dick cleared his throat and then gave a brief and coherent account of what he knew had happened on Santa Prisca Island.

Batman didn't interrupt, but just listened quietly until Dick finished his narration before speaking.

"You said almost exactly what Harpy said, except for what happened after Harpy was captured."

"Speaking of Harpy, he displayed powerful psychic abilities when he was on Santa Prisca Island, even controlling all of us for a short period of time."

Dick once again asked Batman the question that he had not been able to get an answer from Happy just now.

"I just ran into him in the restaurant and asked him a question, but he didn't answer me. Instead, he asked me to ask you."

Batman nodded and said, "Happy has already mentioned this to me. He has indeed been hiding his strength before."

"Hide your strength? Why?" Dick couldn't understand.

"Because of the Illuminati." Batman mentioned this organization that has been mentioned many times. "Harpy told me the truth. The purpose of his creation was not to protect Connor, but to kill him."

"What?!" Dick was shocked. He didn't expect that the two who usually called each other brothers would have such a bloody relationship.

"but…"

"Harpy was secretly created by Dr. Desmond. Although Desmond invented the Homunculus potion, he was not taken seriously by the Illuminati. The Illuminati's top brass actually sent him to the Cadmus Institute to guard Superboy."

"In Dr. Desmond's view, Superboy is just a boring clone. However, the Illuminati's top brass believe that this unknown creature is more valuable than him, so they want to invent a creature more powerful than the Kryptonians."

"This creature is the mutant from the Cadmus Institute. They are merely failures and accessories to Desmond's ultimate creation. The only one who truly succeeded was Harpy, the so-called Weapon O."

Batman swallowed, then continued, "Desmond succeeded, but he also failed because he gave Harpy too much intelligence and time to grow, causing Weapon O, who was supposed to be a weapon, to develop his own values."

"So, the normally grown Weapon O rejected its creator's mission and disguised itself as a failure."

(End of this chapter)