章 5: Recruiting (1/3)
{MC POV}
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Sir Lionheart." A man in a black suit said once I opened the door. I looked at the man, frowning lightly.
"Sorry, I was sent by the president, he wishes to speak with you. He knows that you have retired, but he has a special role he thinks you might like." The man in black said awkwardly,
"Alright, lead the way," I said calmly, the man in black nodded and led me to a helicopter that had landed on the landing zone before my mansion... oh, I never really spoke about my mansion, but it was huge. It was only 3 stories, not adding the basement. Outside was huge, easily the size of those large schools.
I got in the helicopter and we flew towards the white house, while that was happening the guys inside the helicopter couldn't help but keep looking at me.
"Something wrong?" I asked in confusion, to which they shook their head.
"We are just fans, sir, we saw your battle against Darkseid, you're truly amazing. You just walked in there and toyed with the guy." A young man said respect overflowing from his eyes.
"Oh? That video, I only had it be uploaded so the world can stop fearing the heroes. I only stepped in and gave them the push needed for them to work together, they did everything else without me having to step back in." I said with a smile,
"Even so, I'm sure you could have taken on Darkseid." He said to which everyone nodded, causing me to scratch my head feeling awkward. I could have defeated Darkseid even with the level of power I had limited myself to, but that would have defeated the whole point of me stepping in.
Another fun fact about Darkseid is that he wasn't at full power. The Boom Tube had an extra side effect when beings step through it, their sizes are changed to adapt to the world they step into. From what I could sense, Darkseid needed a Boom tube to come to Earth not because he was too far away, but because he was in another dimension. He needs a boom tube to not only leave that dimension but to have it adjust his size and form to this dimension.
Darkseid opened the boom tubes in a hurry, so when he arrived he wasn't at full power. I remembered something about Darkseid, for example, I knew what I faced wasn't the true form of Darkseid. Darkseid true form existed beyond the multiverse, what I faced was pretty much an avatar of the real thing. Darkseid was a being above multiversal, one of the strongest gods out there.
But enough on that, Darkseid was powerful but I was sure I could defeat him. I talked to the guys, getting to know them to kill the time. Before I knew it, we had arrived at the White House, where I stepped out to be greeted by the president who led me inside, not to his office but to a secret room. He also dismissed everyone, which allowed him to drop the small talk and get serious.
"Escanor, as you saw a week ago, Earth is in danger. Every day, a new danger pops up. First, we learn that there are aliens out there, and then we learn that there is an island of all females built by the gods or something like that. There is a guy named Shazam who got his powers from the gods... and then there is Darkseid." He said while putting his palm before a wall, opening a secret passage away to a hidden room.
"We are not capable enough to face these dangers, the rest of mankind isn't like you... we are far from it in fact." He said while walking down the stairs while I followed.
"I want to put together an organization, filled with heroes. I want you to oversee them. You have the strength, knowledge, and the time to do so... what do you think?" he asked pausing to look at me.
"If I'm going to do that, I want freedom, from the freedom to kill to the freedom to any information I want. You want me to protect Earth, I don't want to have Earth make things harder for me." I said calmly, to which He nodded in understanding.
"Then, you would have to convince the rest of the world." He said he walked down the stairs, and we arrived before a bunch of screens that showed the world leaders from all over the world. From the Queen of England to the president of China, it didn't matter if they hated each other or loved each other, every leader from across the world took up one of the many screens that surrounded the center circle, where the president and I went on to stand.
"As you all saw from the recent attack from Darkseid, and from the many things that have happened over the past few years. We are not alone in the universe, we are hopeless and out-powered compared to the rest. Our survival depends fully on heroes who are not fully humans." The President of the United States said while pushing a button which had the screened before all of the presidents show the sight of the heroes who took down Darkseid... I was of course not amongst them.
"Look at those heroes. Superman is an alien, Wonder Woman is a demi-god, Cyborg needs otherworldly tech, Green Lantern uses otherworldly tech, and Flash and Batman are the only normal ones among them. But they are metahumans, as much as we fear them, are we not crippling ourselves? Suppressing the next evolution of mankind because we fear them, while the universe starts to notice us more with every passing day? The one known as the lantern already explained to me that the shock of Darkseid's defeat had spread across the universe, so we could expect more aliens. We need to start growing with the changes that are happening, and adapt." He said leaving the air quiet as they took in his words.
"What are you planning then?" the Russian president spoke in Russian, but the system translated it for us in real time.
"I want to put together a team of heroes, one that could protect Earth. I already made the move to do it within the US, but I wanted to bring this up to you all, for their movement would be limited to the nations that allow them to step foot in." The US president said leaving them to narrow their eyes.
"So, in the next alien invasion, if they avoid touching American soil, they would not make a move?" The queen of England asked with a frown,
"That's right. This isn't a form of blackmail or anything of the kind. I'm sure you all are unwilling to have them step into your land and play hero, for this reason, we should come together, make the rules, and set boundaries. We are not ready for outer space, not when we have yet to deal with Earth's troubles." He said to which everyone went quiet for some time,
"So... what is the Scarlet Demon doing here then?" China's President asked with narrowed eyes, looking straight at me.
"He would be the leader of the organization, he stepped out of retirement to take up the position. This is the world's deadliest man, most skilled in dealing with the supernatural world, and as seen with the Darkseid event, he is perfect for the task." The US president said lightly.
"He is American, like most of those who would join the organization, they grew up on American soil." the Russian president said coldly,
"Are you all saying you don't have metahumans within your own nation that could join? If not, is it no more reason for you to allow this? Plus, I want him to act for the betterment of mankind, not the US. He has done that very task for the past 30 years, working all over the world dealing with the supernatural." The US president said to which everyone had to think for some time... well, not everyone as a few of the weaker nations supported the US plan.
But a small break was held after that, where everyone came back after they had collected their thoughts. For the following hours, we stood there, going back and forth with the president trying his best to convince the others to do this, in the end, all of them had no choice but to agree.
How couldn't they? If this organization of heroes didn't step in if they were in danger, who would they cry to? I also used some magic to speed things up, making them more willing to accept the US president's plan, I was getting bored with just standing there.
So, that's how I became the man with the most power on Earth. The Justice League became official, although those members didn't want to be a part of the team. I didn't care for that right now, for I wanted to find Arthur and other members to join the Justice League.
"So, your name is Escanor." Standing within the Hall Of Justice, I was looking around at the new base of the Justice League when someone called out to me. I turned around and saw Cyborg walking towards me.
"Pleasure to meet you Victor Stone," I said with a smile, taking Cyborg's outstretched hand.
"I hear you would be the Leader Of the Justice League. You stepped out of retirement for that?" Cyborg asked to which I nodded,
"Are you able to locate all of the people who showed Superhuman capability during the battle? What am I saying, Batman should know." I said with a shake of my head, to which Cyborg laughed lightly as that was true.
"But there is one person I'm looking for, someone named Arthur, he should live in some kind of lighthouse or something, near the Ocean?" I asked to which Cyborg looked at me in confusion, but he had already done the search and he had found a person
"Arthur Curry?" He asked to which to which I snapped my finger.
"That's the guy, I want to go meet him and have him join the Justice League," I said with a node of my head,
"Are you able to find someone with a golden helmet flying or something like that?" I asked to which Cyborg did the search once more, and located that said person.
"Well, those two are a must join to the Justice League. Want to join me to go get them?" I asked to which Cyborg shrugged, it's not like he was doing anything at the moment. So he tagged along with me.
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