To solve the mystery of the ring, we must look to the past, to that time when Diana was young, and Allen began with the ten-year time jumps.
"Is this some kind of magical artifact?" asked a young Diana with curiosity as she looked at the ring Allen had given her.
"Something like that, well, with your strength, it's hardly useful, but it can save your life."
That ring was exactly like the pendants Gwen, MJ, and Natasha had. It served as a means of protecting her when she needed it.
"It's beautiful~"
"To be honest, I thought the model of the pendant I gave the girls was a bit outdated, so I changed it."
Allen had underestimated the level of attachment Gwen, MJ, and Natasha would have to those protective pendants. Allen felt uncomfortable, while they weren't ugly accessories, they were green-rank items he got from the store, not something you could boast about.
Allen asked more than once if they wanted him to modify them to be more aesthetic, beautiful, or cute, maybe a silver pendant with embedded jewels or something like that, but none of the girls accepted.
Allen decided that every time he gave a gift to a girl, he would also try to focus on aesthetics, in case they developed an attachment to the gift.
Allen remembered Diana's words when he offered a pendant to her.
– "In that case, give me a ring, I can't wear anything on my wrists because of my bracelets, and something on my neck would be moving around when I fight." –
Allen thought for a moment and accepted, so Diana's pendant became a beautiful ring that appeared to be made of crystal, with a faint glow, and despite not being ostentatious, it had a beautiful design and carving.
Allen joked, "If you wear it on the left ring finger, it'll be like you're my wife."
Unexpectedly, Diana put it on and smiled at Allen, "Then I should call you my husband from now on, haha."
Of course, at that moment, their relationship was young, and they both took it as a funny joke... However, over the years, Diana matured and began to take this matter seriously. And her attitude towards Allen changed; she skipped the dating part and directly took on the role of a wife. Allen also made no effort to reject her, and although they never got married, people who saw them would think they were.
At Diana's request, Allen didn't inform Gwen, MJ, and Natasha about this.
"I'm the stranger here... I should introduce myself in person." Diana said confidently, that she respected the position of Allen's other women and while her feelings would not lose against them, Diana would not do something like trying to separate Allen from the other women.
Allen promised that after he finished his time jumps, he would take her to his world to meet them, and Diana would officially introduce herself as part of Allen's harem.
Sounds good... in fact, it was a good plan...
But Allen never imagined he would be mistaken for a supervillain upon arriving in the modern era. Everything happened very quickly, and Allen didn't have time to find Diana before this incident.
In a relationship like this, honesty is what matters most. Allen fully complies with this by livestreaming most of the time; he doesn't hide his nature and actions, so ordinary people can trust that he won't conquer or destroy the world, and his girlfriends can see every woman Allen interacts with.
Unknowingly, Allen began to enjoy being the villain because, although it all started as mere acting, Allen felt extremely comfortable being the antagonist, perhaps partly because he felt relieved of a great deal of responsibility. It was the good guys who had to save the world; in this position, he could go wherever he wanted and mess with whoever he wanted, whether it was Darkseid or some superhero.
Of course, keeping within limits, Allen could steal, but he wouldn't keep the money; he would return it after a while. He could hit a superhero who bothered him, but of course, he would be careful not to cause anyone's death. He could tease a superheroine without crossing the line and being an abuser. For Allen, it was simply freeing himself from chains.
In conclusion, all of the above triggered the situation where Allen is enjoying his fight with Wonder Woman without realizing that his actions have been misinterpreted.
Neither Mary Jane, Gwen, nor even Natasha would be angry if Allen had a relationship with Diana, from what was transmitted in the live stream, it was clear that this was the case. But Diana's ring made them feel like she was more important than them in Allen's heart, which caused them real annoyance.
They allow him to be a womanizer, and what they demand in return is affection, care, and respect.
...
[Host... there's something you should know...]
"Tell me later; it seems like I'm about to be surrounded by guests..."
The street in front of Allen disappeared as if it had been disintegrated, yet Diana remained intact as she floated in the air surrounded by a bright blue aura.
Allen smiled satisfactorily; there was a time when, upon removing her bracelets, Diana would lose control and become a female Berserk.
However, Allen thought it was a waste not to try to control it, so he helped her train that power, although the so-called training consisted of her releasing her power, and Allen using Infinity to contain her until she exhausted herself.
It cost them dearly because the first time Diana destroyed a mountain, both were punished by Hippolyta. The second time Diana destroyed half a forest, and Antiope forced them to work in the fields for a week.
After several problems and attempts, Diana managed to stay controlled in that state for a few minutes.
In the same way, Diana was proud of him, Allen nodded towards her in recognition. Allen knows how much it took for her to stay calm in that state.
Allen's loving gaze and gentle smile reflected how happy he was to see her in control of that power. Diana smiled back and felt the urge to jump on him and take him to bed and get this show over with.
...
However, before the couple could do anything affectionate they were surprised by a news helicopter.
Diana's extraordinary presence caught everyone's attention, and at the same time, the news helicopter was still in the air.
"Dear viewers, we continue with the broadcast watching Wonder Woman's extraordinary strength as she takes on the terrifying villain Walker!," said the reporter without worrying about dying. "Don't lose hope she can win!"
Diana snorted in annoyance and Allen shrugged. She was simply acting and wasn't going to try to hurt Allen, he for his part felt the same way, he wasn't going to attack Diana if he didn't know she would be okay.
Diana is known as the most powerful superheroine in the world, and for good reason. In the few years since she appeared, she has performed feats of strength that rival Superman's. However, as usual, there was resistance to accepting superpowered beings walking around as if nothing in the streets. The same phenomenon that occurred in Marvel with mutants.
Superheroes could save people, and stop criminals, but people would always harbor an intrinsic fear towards them, whether they were good, bad, or neutral.
However, the threat from outside the planet, the mass-murdering conqueror, Darkseid, had penetrated deeply into everyone's hearts, and just when they thought it couldn't get worse, a supervillain appeared and destroyed Darkseid's emissary as if it were nothing and ended the invasion... so everything's fine?
No!
People couldn't rejoice because Allen was a villain; he was the bad guy, the terrifying antagonist, and far from creating hope, he caused fear.
In that situation, Wonder Woman's image was engraved in everyone's hearts, but nobody knew that all of this was part of Allen's desires.
And this was just the beginning...
Diana prepared to attack again, but Allen smiled at her and with his gaze told her to stop.
Allen didn't plan to livestream because he had just finished one; he planned to make a video of everything that had happened. Of course, this would bring a lot of dissatisfaction to his viewers, but it was the best option.
...
Traveling at an incredible speed, Flash appeared, Barry Allen, although he doesn't usually work far from his city, Central City, the threat Allen posed was big enough for Flash to leave his city and head to Gotham.
Flash is the fastest man alive... so, he didn't need much time to get to Gotham.
Wrapped in the Speed Force, Flash arrived in Gotham, and in less than a second since he arrived, he was within close range of Allen. A terrifying speed far superior to Kid Flash.
Allen smiled and pointed in his direction; chains emerged from his clothes and attacked the red blur.
The chains made a sonic boom as they moved, but Flash smiled as he saw them approaching.
"Oh come on!" Flash mocked, grabbing a chain and starting to run around Allen.
Flash rarely took an opponent seriously because generally, there were no criminals capable of facing him.
Confident, Flash was about to pull the chain to trap the villain without realizing there was a small smile on Allen's face.
Allen looked in Flash's direction. "You shouldn't grab something you don't know so easily!" Allen said with a playful tone.
"Wtf!!" Barry's eyes widened in shock as he saw his opponent could respond at this speed. Flash usually stops in fights so his opponents and criminals can interact with him, but for Allen to respond when he moves at this speed meant only one thing.
"You're fast!" shouted Flash
"Yeah, but not just that!"
The chain in Allen's hand turned into a shackle that trapped him. Allen pulled the chain and stopped Flash in his tracks.
Flash wouldn't give up, so he tried to vibrate; by vibrating his molecules, he could pass through solid objects. Flash freed himself from the shackle in his hand, but when he tried to run, he fell to the ground, looking at his feet to see two more shackles.
"Damn it!" Flash felt scared as he saw that his opponent was capable of dealing with him.
"What's wrong, speedster?" Allen mocked. "Can't run?"
Flash gritted his teeth and vibrated through the ground. Allen didn't stop him. Flash fell into the murky waters of the sewers.
"Okay, I admit I might need help!" said Flash, breathing heavily.
...
Allen landed on the ground and at the same time heard thunder rumbling in the sky. For a moment, he thought it was Zeus and tensed his gaze, but then he remembered that was not possible; the gods of Olympus don't just appear in the world.
Allen didn't have to wait as a powerful bolt of golden lightning struck him from the sky. Allen remained indifferent as he had Infinity active.
Allen looked up at the sky where a man in a red and gold suit with a white cape was looking at him in disbelief, within that appearance was a boy named Billy who had acquired the powers of Shazam.
Billy, like Flash, had the flaw of being very powerful, and consequently, they were confident.
"The great fake Superman!" Allen mocked with a half-smile. "Are you afraid?"
"What did you say?! You're just a second-rate villain!" Billy yelled back as he gathered more lightning in his hands.
"Is that all you can do? Are your muscles just for show?"
Billy was too young to control his temper and was very impulsive; immediately, he fell for Allen's provocation and attacked.
"Then test my strength!"
"Shazam, super strength, super reflexes, magic, etc., but you don't know how to use that power..."
Allen leaned a little to the right, dodging Billy's fist, then placed his hand on Billy's abdomen.
"Ryuo..."
"Ahhhhgg!!"
Advanced Armament Haki penetrated Billy's skin to attack him from within. Billy recoiled in pain, he wasn't used to feeling it. He felt invincible with his powers and believed he could even take on Superman so that confidence accompanied him along with the feeling of being powerful. Billy was intoxicated by power, but one thing to recognize is that he didn't choose to be evil, he wanted to be a superhero.
Billy grabbed his abdomen and knelt in pain; he looked at Allen, scared. He was just a kid. He turned around and flew away, he had fled from Allen.
"Well, it seems the hero wasn't as strong!" Allen mocked Billy, who could only swallow the humiliation and fear before leaving, 'If you can overcome this, you'll be able to call yourself Shazam for the first time.' Although Allen seemed cruel to Billy, deep down he hoped Billy would become more worthy of being Shazam.
"Besides, giving character development to heroes is the villain's job!" Allen smiled as he looked at the sky. "Isn't that right, Hal?!"
"In brightest day, in blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil's might Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!..."
The sky lit up green, and Green Lantern hovered in the sky, gritting his teeth as he held his ring with both hands. Hal was overexerting himself in his next attack, hundreds of giant missiles appeared in the sky above Gotham.
Hal Jordan had lost once, and he had even been saved by his enemy; it was very pathetic, but more than anything, Hal felt he had failed.
"I am a Green Lantern, I can't stay down," Hal shouted at Allen. "No matter what happens, as long as my heart beats, I must protect, I must be here!!"
Allen opened his eyes in surprise, unlike the egotistical and arrogant guy he met at first, Hal Jordan seemed different.
"Oh? Hahaha... you already look more like a Green Lantern!"
[Host, you seem happy.]
'I've seen several versions of the Justice League, and many of them are disappointing; sometimes the word "superhero" gets so distorted that they don't seem like heroes...' Allen smiled confidently yet his gaze showed some respect for Hal Jordan. 'I don't believe in them, I don't see myself dying for the good of the world. However, I don't hate them either... Even so, I won't lose!
A requirement to be an apocalyptic-level villain is to face the entire Justice League. Only then can you assert your level to the world.
Allen saw the hundreds of missiles heading towards him. "The ring is incredible, but it depends on concentration..." Allen smiled as his eyes fixed on Green Lantern.
Hal felt a chill and summoned a shield around himself, but a shockwave broke it, and Hal felt like he had been hit on the head with a hammer.
Advanced Conqueror's Haki, a terrifying Haki capable of attacking the "will" of the opponent from great distances.
"I'm sorry." Allen extended his hand, and chains trapped Hal as he fell, at the same time, the missiles made of his power shattered into pieces. "It seems I'm your natural enemy, Green Lantern..."
Allen smiled at the news helicopter's camera, and his smile evoked different emotions in the people of DC. Although Allen was defeating the superheroes one by one, he seemed to have a certain respect for them. Also, he didn't kill any of them or pursue them when they fled.
Allen was about to say something, but his gaze tensed when his sense of danger activated.
Clown Crown created a shield to block an invisible attack.
"A very interesting power..." said a mysterious voice.
In front of Allen manifested a humanoid with alien features, green in color.
"Martian Manhunter..." Allen murmured.
Immediately, two heat rays hit Allen's Infinity.
"Superman?"
In the sky, the symbol of hope floated calmly. It wasn't just Superman; Kara was by his side, although she avoided making eye contact. Batman landed not far away, accompanied by Batgirl.
Finally, Diana arrived with her bracelets on, but she kept her distance and remained on guard. Although not against him, she could play along with Allen, but if she saw him in danger, she didn't mind discarding her hero identity to protect him.
Allen sent a telepathic message to Diana through the system, 'Don't worry, Diana,' Allen thought with affection.
Although he wouldn't like Diana to do it, seeing her willing to sacrifice her reputation for him made him very happy.
This brief exchange of glances did not go unnoticed by those present, especially Supergirl and Batgirl, who put their feminine instinct to work at two hundred percent, and both girls came to a terrible conclusion.
'That bastard seduced Wonder Woman!!'
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