The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 989: Dealing with Psychic Pirates

"Although he's barely recognizable as a human, DNA testing has confirmed that he's Roger Hayden."

In front of a piece of glass, members of the Justice League and Young Justice lined up in a row, and Cyborg was explaining to them the muscular monster trapped on the other side of the glass.

"In case anyone doesn't read the internal records of the Alliance, I'd like to clarify that Roger Hayden is the Psychic Pirate's real name."

"Roger Hayden met the first generation of Psychic Pirate Charles Halstead in prison. The two were cellmates. Roger took care of the dying Charles in prison, and Charles taught him all his skills in his last moments."

"Roger was later released on bail. Although the details are unclear, he likely learned the hiding place of the Medusa Mask from Charles, and thus became a new generation of Psychic Pirate."

"That's good," Green Lantern Hal breathed a sigh of relief. "Even criminals are starting to pay attention to their heritage."

"This is indeed disappointing news. There are always people destroying the world for their own selfish desires."

Superman patted Superboy on the shoulder and said to everyone with a smile, "But fortunately, there are always many people fighting for a better tomorrow."

Superboy obviously didn't expect Superman to be so close to him all of a sudden. He stood there in a daze for a moment. It was only when Kid Flash secretly poked him that he came to his senses.

Superboy looked at his companions. Unlike him, the others looked at their elders with pride after hearing Superman's words, as if to say that even if evil had a legacy, it would not be a match for them, the righteous.

Looking back at Superman and seeing his encouraging eyes, Superboy finally smiled with relief. Perhaps at this moment he really let go of his identity as a clone.

"Ahem!" Cyborg coughed twice, drawing everyone's attention back. "If you don't mind, I'll continue."

Seeing that no one interrupted him again, Cyborg continued, "Before I conducted a systematic examination on Roger, Yang Le had already given me some basic information."

"First of all, Roger's system does contain cobra venom, and the dose injected is not low. According to the data previously brought back by the Young Justice League from Santa Prisca Island, the amount injected into Roger is clearly more than the normal injection dose for an adult."

"As a result, Roger's body was deformed by the Cobra Cultists on Santa Prisca Island. His skin was almost completely torn apart, and bones in his joints and other places had overgrown, even developing bone spurs."

Cyborg projected the data he had obtained in front of everyone, pointing at a few of the data and continuing to count.

"Look at his weight and bone density. They're far beyond the range of normal Earth creatures. The damage caused by this deformation even exceeds the healing ability of the potion. Logically, Roger should have been crushed to death by his own muscles before the deformation was complete."

"However, Wotan's black magic has contributed to the tragedy before us." Giovanni took over from Cyborg and then turned to his professional field.

"Although these dark arts are believed to have been created by Wotan, I believe he wasn't the one who carried out these inhumane experiments. This is more like the result of an outsider throwing everything he didn't understand into the pot."

"If we don't take into account the cobra venom, then someone who has been subjected to so much magic would have died long ago. But as Cyborg said, the potion and magic have achieved a wonderful balance in Roger."

At Giovanni's prompt, Cyborg brought up a 3D image of Roger's current appearance. "While the potion was destroying Roger's body, the magic was repairing him. And while the magic was destroying him, the potion was doing the opposite, repairing Roger's body."

Anger flashed across Giovanni's face. This usually calm gentleman now had his delicate mustache trembling with anger.

"This is more like torture than reinforcement. No other form of punishment can compare to the tragedy before us. Roger is now in a state where he cannot live, and cannot die."

"I see," Martian Manhunter exclaimed. "No wonder his mind is constantly in a state of extreme anger and panic. Is it because he's constantly tormented by this pain?"

Martian Hunter had tried to enter Roger's brain before, but just like the Martian girl, he couldn't find anything useful in such a confused brain. Instead, his mind was slightly affected.

"Is there a possibility of a cure?" Superman asked.

Giovanni and Cyborg exchanged a glance, then sighed and said, "It's basically impossible. Like Yang Le said before, curing him is the same as killing him. Without either potion or magic, either one would be enough to kill him, let alone losing both at the same time."

"But I do agree to 'cure' him now. If I continue to let him go on like this, it will only make him suffer more. It's better to..."

Giovanni didn't finish his words, but everyone understood what he meant. Instead of living in endless pain, it would be better to help him escape from the suffering as soon as possible.

"But this still requires killing him." Star Chaser whispered. For children of their age, life has always been a heavy topic.

"And we have no right to do that," Cyborg sighed. "Even though he's become like this, he's still an American citizen. We can only hand him over to the government and await their judgment."

In fact, normally after the super criminals on Earth are captured by the Justice League, they will eventually be sent to special prisons that are qualified to detain them, just like Count Vertigo and others.

As soon as the biological aircraft landed, an escort convoy came to the Hall of Justice to pick people up. Originally, the escort convoy wanted to take everyone away, but the Psychic Pirate's condition was not suitable for being sent directly to prison.

That's why he was left here to be treated by the Justice League, which is why members of the Justice League and Young Justice gathered here.

"Submit our plan to the government and let them make the decision." Batman finally made the decision, and the topic ended unsatisfactorily.

After the meeting, everyone went about their own business. However, when leaving, Wonder Woman approached Batman and Superman and said that she had something to discuss with them.

Naturally, the two would not refuse, and the three of them made an appointment to go to the conference room of the Hall of Justice, which was a good place for conversation.

"What's wrong, Diana?" Superman spoke first. The three giants had a good relationship with each other, so when they were alone they preferred to call each other by their real names.

(End of this chapter)