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When Hal's vision cleared again.

Not far away, countless Green Lanterns, like diligent fireflies, patrolled the planet's orbit, everything exactly as it had been when he left, in perfect order.

However, Hal's feelings could never go back to what they were before.

He looked at the place he had sworn to protect with his life, his eyes filled with sorrow.

"Alright, we've arrived."

Xiu En looked around.

"Xiu En..."

Hal was about to say something.

For example, empty phrases like "We need to stay calm when we meet the Guardians" or "Let me talk to them first."

However, the roar came again from directly in front of them!

"Hal Jordan!!!"

Right in front of them, a dozen green figures appeared in a standard encirclement formation!

Leading the group was the Green Lantern Corps honorary instructor, who had a pink pig face and a mouthful of fangs.

Kilowog!

At this moment, he had his arms crossed in front of his chest, with a furious expression that said, "You dare to teleport here like this, you brat."

That look in his eyes seemed to be able to pin Hal to the ground and make him do ten thousand push-ups with just his gaze.

Behind him stood ten veteran Green Lanterns of varying builds, all radiating powerful willpower. They were an elite squad personally trained by Kilowog, responsible for protecting the core area of ​​Oa.

Everyone adopted a posture that suggested they could launch an attack at any moment.

This time is different from the last time. It's obvious that they came prepared this time and specifically came here to ambush them!

"Instructor Kirovog!"

Hal immediately raised his hands in an attempt to explain.

"Listen, it's not what you think! We've come back for a reason!"

"Shut up! You hopeless newbie!"

"I don't care what you and that golden monster did outside! You, Hal Jordan, have been temporarily stripped of all your duties for allegedly colluding with an unknown high-risk entity and endangering cosmic security! Now, put down the ring and come back with us for questioning!"

His gaze then shifted to Xiu En, his eyes blazing with even greater fury: "And you! Last time you escaped because of the Guardians, but this time you won't be taking a single cog from Oa! Surrender now!"

"Wait! Instructor! This is a misunderstanding!"

Hal was sweating profusely with anxiety.

"We've discovered something wrong with the Guardians!"

"I told you! Shut up!"

Kirowog didn't give him any chance to explain.

"My duty is to arrest you! Any resistance will be considered a direct declaration of war against the Green Lantern Corps!"

"superior!"

At his command, the ten elite Lantern Knights behind him launched an attack simultaneously!

A dozen green beams of light instantly materialized into all sorts of imaginative heavy weapons!

There are giant iron fists the size of trains! There's a missile matrix that blots out the sky! There are cryogenic ray emitters that can instantly freeze targets! And there's a giant energy net!

These dozen or so Lanterns had clearly undergone rigorous training in willpower and imagination. Their attacks were cunning and coordinated perfectly, blocking all of Shuen and Hal's escape routes from all directions!

"Damn it!"

Hal cursed under his breath, knowing that this battle was inevitable.

He subconsciously prepared to visualize an F-22 Raptor fighter jet and perform evasive maneuvers first.

Xiu En showed an impatient expression.

"I came here to discuss business with your boss, so why did the security guard at the door attack me first? Is this how your company culture is supposed to be—so hospitable?"

He raised his right hand, which was wearing the new four-color ring.

"Alright, since you're so eager to communicate, I'll grant your request all at once."

As soon as he finished speaking, the ring on his middle finger shone brightly!

This time it's red! And yellow!

Two forces representing the most negative emotions in the universe were released under Xiu's will!

On the ring, red flame runes representing anger and yellow lightning bolt patterns representing fear lit up simultaneously.

The target of both forces is the owners of those weapons!

The elite Lanterns all let out a muffled groan the instant they were struck by the two emotional shockwaves.

Fear makes them subconsciously doubt their own will and everything they do.

"Can we really defeat him?"

"What was that light? Why do I feel like my heart is about to stop beating?"

"Him? He looks like he's smiling!"

Anger, on the other hand, ignites the negative emotions within them!

"That bastard Kirowog! He's making us do this dirty, backbreaking work again!"

"That Hal Jordan, with his connections! Why does he always get into trouble and never get punished?!"

"Those old men from the Guardians! They sit in their offices and just open their mouths, expecting us to fight to the death!"

Their will was corrupted in that instant!

And their weapons, creations built from willpower, also changed because of the wavering in the hearts of their masters!

The iron fist began to tremble uncontrollably!

The missile matrix was now randomly pointing its warheads at its own teammates!

The low-temperature rays even struck the energy network materialized by their own people, freezing it into a pile of green ice shards!

What was originally a perfect encirclement collapsed in just a few seconds due to the chaos inside!

"Newbies! Stay focused!"

Kirowog roared angrily, channeling all his willpower in an attempt to regain his footing!

But it was too late.

"Alright, now it's time to pack it up."

The light on the ring changed once again!

This time, it's the green light that represents will!

Hal saw that Shum had also used the power of the Green Lantern Corps!

Xiu En waved his hand casually at the battlefield that was now in complete chaos.

"receive."

The personification of those Green Lanterns in "American Comics: Praise the Sun Starting in Gotham!" is sparking a reading frenzy. Haven't you read it yet? All the out-of-control weapons, everything, has been forcibly kneaded into a ball!

They were shaped into a garbage bag that actually looks pretty sturdy?!

The dozen or so Green Lanterns who had temporarily lost their ability to resist due to mental shock and mental confusion, including the enraged Kirowog, were all stuffed into green garbage bags without exception!

A pretty green bow was automatically tied to the top of the bag.

The entire process took no more than ten seconds.

A dozen or so highly trained Green Lantern Corps elites, along with their instructors, were taken away.

It was packaged into a bag of green trash and tied with a bow.

Hal looked at the garbage bag inside, from which came the occasional angry shouts of "Let me out! Rookie!" from Kilowog.

Then, he opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

For example, "Why does your ring have a green glow?"

Or, "Could you release Instructor Kilowog first? I'm afraid he'll explode with rage."

But in the end, he said nothing.

"Alright, the trash at the entrance has been cleaned up."

Xiu En clapped his hands, looked at the green garbage bag that was still deforming from time to time due to the internal impact, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Let's charge in now!"

Hal stopped Shuen.

"Wait a minute, Xiu En."

"There are some things we need to let those old guys know before we go find them."

Xiu En looked at him with great interest and made a gesture indicating that he should go ahead.

Hal raised his hand, the one with the green light ring.

This time, he closed his eyes.

Then, recount everything that he had seen and felt in that sea of ​​blood.

The lament of millions of souls, the covered-up massacre, the endless injustice and resentment.

Everything, without reservation, was poured into the ring on his hand.

He didn't know why he was able to do it.

But ever since his breakthrough in willpower, he seems to have understood.

The ring is an extension of his will, an amplifier of his soul.

He can make others see everything he sees, if he so desires.

"Hey! Rookie! What are you doing?!"

From inside the bag came Kirowog's furious roar.

"If you've got the guts, let us out for a one-on-one fight! What kind of hero uses such underhanded tactics!"

However, his roaring stopped quickly.

because.

They saw it.

They saw a thriving, beautiful world filled with exotic flora and fauna and towering crystal buildings.

They saw the red-skinned aliens laughing in the market, debating in the academy, and embracing their children at home.

Then they saw the sky, a vast, cold, mechanical shadow that blotted out the sun.

Countless identical mechanical hunters, the precursors to the Green Lantern Corps, shimmering with blue light, descended upon the land.

"Objective: Eliminate all unstable factors in sector 666. Command: Execute."

The mechanical hunter's synthesized voice resonated in the minds of every Green Lantern.

Then came the massacre.

The mechanical hunters' blue beams mercilessly reaped lives.

The city is on fire.

The crystal structure collapsed amidst cries of despair.

Those who were just laughing were vaporized by the beam of light and turned into a wisp of smoke amidst their desperate cries.

A young mother shielded her cradle with her own body, only to be pierced by a beam of light that carried her and her child.

An elderly warrior wielded an axe and felled three mechanical hunters, only to be instantly torn to shreds by hundreds of beams of light that followed.

The whole world is on fire!

The entire sector is wailing!

There was no trial, no reason, no mercy.

Only execution.

Inside the bag, there was a deathly silence.

Kirowog and his elite men were warriors who had seen death and war before.

But what I'm seeing now...

This was an appalling genocide against the entire civilization, committed by the predecessors of the legion they served!

And their successors knew nothing of this!

In the files in their minds, Sector 666, forever marked as a desolate starfield destroyed for unknown reasons, was a forbidden zone for the Legion.

It turns out, the unknown reason was themselves!

At the end of the scene, they saw a heartbroken man kneeling amidst the ashes of his wife and daughter.

They heard his heart-wrenching roar and saw the blood-red ring that had silently appeared.

Then, all the images disappeared.

In the garbage bag.

The Green Lanterns, who had been struggling and shouting earlier, were now motionless, as if they had turned into green statues.

Kirovog, the strongest, most stubborn, and most devoted instructor to the Guardians, was now facing away from everyone, his body trembling uncontrollably.

He didn't say anything.

But Hal knew he understood everything.

Every day, they commemorate in Valhalla the great warriors who sacrificed themselves to protect the peace of the universe.

Every day, they recited the creeds filled with "glory," "courage," and "justice" in the Legion's handbook.

Faced with this sea of ​​blood and deep-seated hatred.

It all turned into an ironic joke.

"Are you still going to arrest me now?"

No one answered.

Hal chuckled self-deprecatingly, then turned to look at Shuen.

"Thanks."

He said it from the bottom of his heart.

If it weren't for Xiu En, he might have remained in the dark his entire life.

He spent his entire life taking pride in his identity as Green Lantern, but he was never able to hear the cries of despair that should have been heard.

"You're welcome."

"I think you looked much cooler just now than when you were just using light to build airplanes."

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