Chapter 98: The Ninety-Eighth Palm
Wonder Woman tried to look up and search for the Messiah in the glaring sunlight. The moment she caught sight of the Messiah, she was suddenly stunned.
Above the white clouds, a young man in white clothes, almost blending into the sunlight, was gazing at the earth with a calm expression that was almost indifferent, but in the blink of an eye, a tear suddenly fell from his eyes.
A tear that shouldn't be on that calm face.
Tears rolled down Messiah's cheeks and then evaporated into the air high in the sky.
Wonder Woman looked up at Messiah in a daze, and a drop of water suddenly hit her forehead.
She subconsciously reached out to touch her forehead, and was stunned when she saw the transparent liquid on her fingers.
……water?
One drop of water, two drops of water, three drops of water...
The frequency of the falling water droplets suddenly became denser. Dense water droplets fell from the blue sky, crackling and hitting the devastated earth, and also hitting the humans on the earth.
It's raining.
An unprecedented downpour that encircled the entire planet.
A sun shower.
The moment she realized it was rain, Wonder Woman looked up at Messiah again. She had realized who caused the heavy rain.
I'm going to go to Him, I'm going to go to the Messiah.
This idea suddenly popped up in Wonder Woman's mind, and her intuition told her that if she didn't catch the Messiah as soon as possible, there would never be another chance.
However, at this moment, Wonder Woman, who was looking up at the Messiah, suddenly blinked, and a drop of rain fell into her eye socket, causing her to close her eyes involuntarily.
When she opened her eyes again, Wonder Woman looked at the empty white clouds and suddenly grabbed the Lasso of Truth.
The Messiah is missing!
She quickly leaped into the sky and searched around for the Messiah's shadow, but she couldn't find the familiar figure no matter what.
"Messiah!" Wonder Woman cried out. "Where are you? What do you want? Let me talk to you."
The only response she got was the increasingly dense raindrops.
Wonder Woman took a deep breath and cast her gaze towards the earth below, trying to find the Messiah's shadow on the ground.
She thought, perhaps Messiah was still there, just blending into the crowd. Knowing Messiah, she knew he wouldn't abandon the regime's super-powered army and leave on his own.
But when she saw the scene on the earth, Wonder Woman was suddenly stunned. The shock hit her heart, making her look mixed with astonishment and confusion.
The rain washed every corner of the ground, and little by little, pale golden points of light were rising above the earth. The soft points of light, like fireflies, were not bright, but when they gathered together, they seemed to form a dazzling light that covered the sun.
On the ground, people who were drenched by the torrential rain looked at the scene in shock. Some people subconsciously stretched out their hands to grab the golden dots floating out from the ground, but the golden dots nimbly avoided them.
"My wound seems to have healed!"
At this moment, someone screamed. He had been covering the wound on his arm to prevent the rain from causing inflammation, but the rain seemed to have consciousness. As he stared in astonishment, it penetrated his palm and seeped into the wound.
He thought that the rain would hurt when it hit his wound, but the reality was completely opposite to his imagination. The feeling of the falling rain was like a soft feather gently brushing against his wound.
The torn wounds quickly healed together, as if an invisible hand was accelerating the flow of time at the wound. In a blink of an eye, the healed wounds had formed scabs, and then the scabs fell off, and the scars disappeared in the rain.
Such scenes happened to people all over the world, whether they were indoors or outdoors, whether they were injured in battle or due to illness, the rain fell on their wounds accurately as if it were equipped with trackers, bringing healing to their wounds.
"Messiah……"
Wonder Woman saw the wounds of the people on the ground being healed and whispered the Messiah's name: "Messiah."
There was still no sign of the Messiah in the sky.
Above the earth, pale golden spots of light continued to rise, especially in the ruins of the metropolis, where the golden spots were so dense that the ground could hardly be seen.
The Supreme Leader opened his eyes in a daze. The rain that unconditionally healed everyone also healed his injuries, allowing him to wake up after being knocked unconscious by Wonder Woman's punch and still being exposed to kryptonite radiation.
Messiah, Diana, how dare you do this to me!!
The Supreme Leader climbed up from the ground in a panic, his heart full of anger. His little curly hair, wet from the rain, stuck to his forehead, making him look even more embarrassed.
I will make them pay the price!
Before the Supreme Leader could take any action, a dazzling golden light flashed in his eyes, causing him to subconsciously squint and look towards the brightest part of the golden light.
The Supreme Leader didn't need super vision to see the metropolis across the river at a glance. The overwhelming golden light captured his attention, making him stand there in a daze, forgetting what he was going to do.
"Metropolis..." the Supreme Leader murmured, "Messiah?"
An incredible idea came into the mind of the Supreme Leader. He subconsciously rejected this possibility. How could such a thing happen? It was impossible for anyone to possess such power.
Even those who were resurrected by the White Lantern Ring created by the Spirit of Life were able to do so because they had remaining bones and were first "resurrected" by the Black Death Emperor to become the Black Lantern Corps.
Metropolis... All the people in Metropolis were wiped out in the nuclear explosion. Only a very small number of people were left with skeletons that were damaged beyond recognition. How could they be resurrected?
The Supreme Leader subconsciously denied this possibility. He did not want to face greater despair after having hope. However, the fire of hope that had been ignited in his heart and never extinguished told him what his true thoughts were.
What if, what if it is really possible?
The lush greenery of the metropolis resurfaced in the Supreme Leader's mind. The dazzling sunlight reflected from the golden globe model atop the Daily Planet, the French windows on the top floor of the Lex Tower that would always be open for him, the rosy-cheeked child offering him a sunflower, the cat that meowed non-stop after he had taken it down from the tree...
There is also Louise's high-spirited smile and the sound of Louise's heartbeat that suddenly appeared in the dark night.
His hopes, everything he had, and yesterday that he could never go back to.
Out of the sight of the Supreme Leader, the black fog that had been lingering in his mind suddenly dissipated.
The Supreme Leader took a stumbling step and stumbled towards the metropolis.
He wants to go to the Metropolis, he wants to go back to the Metropolis, no matter whether that possibility is realized or not, he will go back.
Above the sky, a transparent shadow silently looked at the embarrassed appearance of the Supreme Leader. The Supreme Leader's figure was reflected in its bright golden eyes, but upon closer inspection, it seemed as if there was nothing.
The Messiah's mind found a long-lost peace, and all the complicated thoughts and emotions that influenced his behavior disappeared.
He looked at the devastated land and his old friends on the ground, and his heart was at peace.
After resurrecting all the dead, he will leave this world and look for the culprit who caused all this.
After eliminating the culprit and completing the mission given to him by Heavenly Father, he will go to see Heavenly Father and ask the question he has always wanted to know the answer to.
The Supreme Leader struggled to walk out of the range of Kryptonite radiation and appeared in the ruins of Metropolis the next second.
The golden spots of light rising from the ground danced around the Supreme Leader. It was a rare moment for them to show their closeness to others, and they did not avoid the Supreme Leader's touch like the golden spots of light in other places.
The Supreme Leader silently watched the golden dots of light dancing in his palms. He subconsciously wanted to close his palms to hold them, but was worried that this action would hurt them. So he maintained his original posture and stood stiffly in place, not daring to move.
After a long time, or seemingly only a moment, the golden light spots that had been rising from the ground finally stopped increasing.
The Supreme Leader held his breath and dared not blink, for fear of missing anything.
Golden dots of light, like a galaxy of stars, began to spin, as if an invisible hand gently touched them, gathering them gently into a human shape.
The Supreme Leader's hands were clenched unconsciously until they hurt. He was almost certain that his guess had come true, but he couldn't be sure until he actually saw the scene.
Even in his dreams, he only dared to imagine that the nuclear explosion in Metropolis had never happened, and never expected that there would be a day when everyone would be resurrected.
The golden light spots that gathered into a human shape stopped rotating, and a white fluorescent light appeared at the heart of the human-shaped golden light spots.
This is the human soul.
Messiah carefully placed Batman's soul in his palm in the center of the golden light, stared deeply at the golden light that he had pinched into a human shape, and then waved his hand.
A breeze took away Batman's soul and the golden spots of light that guarded his soul, and brought him back to Gotham and back to his children.
The smile on the face of "Ghost King Nightwing" who suddenly appeared in Gotham disappeared. He looked in a daze at the several human-shaped golden spots of different heights surrounding him. His heart, which had been inexplicably aching since the day he was turned back into a human, regained its calm.
A golden light gently touched the eyelashes of "Ghost King Nightwing" and then sank into his brow.
The power that can purify everything swept through the brain of "Ghost King Nightwing", forcefully eliminating the black fog shrouding his mind.
"Ghost King Nightwing" suddenly burst into tears.
A light brighter than sunlight suddenly burst out, and golden light spots condensed into human shapes began to burn out of thin air. The brilliant golden flames illuminated the souls surrounded by the light spots.
【Author’s words】
Ahhhhhh, I'm back, I'm back, I'm back!
Finally finished my work. This terrible July almost made me busy like a dog. I don’t want to experience the hectic days again.
Working overtime on weekends is bad civilization. Who invented the odd-even day off? Who!
I will gradually resume daily updates, but since I haven't written properly for a while, I'm a little rusty orz
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