As soon as the barrier was broken, the Justice League received very bad news.
The Pacific Fleet of the Polar Bear nation had already engaged with parts of the Navy stationed at Pearl Harbor; war had begun.
This war happened so suddenly that everyone felt something was amiss.
War is an extension of politics, but the Polar Bear nation showed no political demands before the war, which left everyone feeling somewhat baffled.
"We should stop this war!"
Hal unhesitatingly proposed this suggestion; the Green Lantern Corps had long experience dealing with such matters.
"Stop it? How?" Constantine glanced at him.
"Are you going to help the United States' Army attack the Polar Bear nation's fleet, or are you going to wipe out both sides?
You don't think you can make them stop fighting without any casualties, do you?"
The Green Lantern Corps' reputation wasn't very effective on Earth.
But Hal retorted, "We can expand the scope of the dream a bit, so we don't have to worry too much about what we do, and it won't cause too much loss.
Wasn't this method proven in Atlantis? We can replicate it again."
The idea was good, but things weren't that simple.
Batman shook his head and objected, "This way, all we can do is stop this one war, but we can't change the tense situation between nations."
"Moreover, doing so is very dangerous. The Justice League has always given the impression of being global; it should not, and will not, become an organization exclusive to the United States. This would change the League's purity."
Regarding the positioning of the Justice League, Batman and Dane shared the same view; he hoped it would be completely independent.
Although the Justice League always acted collectively in the United States, that was because most disasters always occurred more frequently in that land.
Perhaps the feng shui really wasn't very good.
But once the Justice League interfered in this war, even if they believed they acted impartially, it would be interpreted by other countries as taking sides with the United States.
This would be a huge blow to the Justice League's prestige, and their righteousness would be questioned.
Furthermore, Batman's concerns were also valid: even if they could stop this war, what about the next time?
Once the Polar Bear nation or other countries collectively viewed the Justice League as part of the United States, as a threat, war would still happen.
And the next time it would certainly spread wider, possibly becoming a World War, a World War encompassing all humans and metahumans.
Could the Justice League bear such consequences?
To be honest, it wasn't that they couldn't bear it; at worst, they would become the Injustice League, but Dane didn't want to deal with such nonsense.
Let them fight to the death among their countries; as long as they didn't use nuclear bombs to destroy the World, everything was negotiable.
Honestly, he didn't quite understand why Dr. Manhattan couldn't stop humanity from self-destructing.
Couldn't he just keep them in a pen?
In fact, by simply disabling all nuclear bomb usage permissions, cutting off their ability to destroy each other at the source, these countries would naturally find ways to seek peace.
A moderate war might even make them reflect on how hard-won peace is.
"Dane, what do you think?"
Dane snapped back to attention, seeing all the members looking at him.
"The Justice League cannot directly participate in matters of war."
Dane first set the tone: the United States must never think the Justice League were their enforcers.
"But we also cannot let the war escalate; it cannot turn into an all-out war."
If it were to escalate into an all-out war, Ares's power would swell to an extremely exaggerated degree.
In ancient times, when the whole World united against Darkseid, Ares's power was even able to directly gravely injure him, leading to Apokolips's defeat.
Just as Dane was thinking about how to handle this matter, a message from Cortana made him smile.
"It seems we no longer need to ponder this problem; someone has already solved it for us."
It turned out that LexCorp's new communication network had officially gone online in the Military's command system.
The system, immediately upon going online, ordered the United States' Pacific Fleet to intercept the Polar Bear nation's warships.
Not only that, but after this command system officially began operation, Washington also contacted the NATO Military command.
After some exchange of interests, it successfully caused them to mass troops on the Polar Bear nation's border, clearly intending a major confrontation.
The Polar Bear nation, after all, was no longer what it once was. After calming down, they began to weigh the pros and cons and were no longer as brave and fearless as at first.
Ultimately, the initiation of modern warfare is difficult to sustain on a whim; it requires considering many things.
Ares had been separated from human society for too long and lacked the necessary understanding of the current international situation. This was no longer the World War I era where he could arbitrarily instigate conflict.
Alexander Luthor himself might not have realized it, but he had defeated Ares and thwarted his plot to instigate a World War, all without knowing it.
So, let them handle the next steps.
"We no longer need to worry about the war. As long as both sides remain calm, this conflict will at most develop into a low-intensity war."
As long as the balance of power isn't lost, everyone can maintain restraint.
"Compared to the war, another battlefield is what we should be focusing on."
"What?"
"I have reliable information that Ares is behind this war; he provoked the Polar Bear nation earlier and framed the United States."
"Ares!" Diana reacted strongly, "That's impossible, isn't he already dead?" And she had killed him herself.
Dane told her, "Gods are very difficult to kill. As long as the concept of war still exists in this World, Ares can be reborn again.
You should know that after Ares's death, a large-scale war still occurred in the Human world."
This war was even larger in scale than the World War I Ares caused, which was known as the "meat grinder of life," World War II.
It was this war that allowed Ares to be reborn, even gaining greater strength than he had during World War I.
This time his plan didn't succeed, so he shouldn't be able to draw much power. It's a good time to kill him.
Although gods can't truly die, it's good to make him quiet for a while.
And Dane had been waiting for them to appear for a long time; he couldn't remember how long he had waited for these gods to show themselves.
So he immediately used a tracking spell to find him, but the magic failed. He wasn't surprised; he was a god, after all, and had some tricks up his sleeve.
Even if he didn't, Hades would help him.
"Cortana, use satellite analysis to check if there are any abnormal energy sources near the Pacific Ocean."
He believed Ares was definitely lurking near the battlefield; he liked to feel the atmosphere of battle up close.
"Found it. The target is indeed near the Pacific Ocean, and Arthur Curry is also there."
Because Arthur still had his King duties to attend to, Dane hadn't involved him in this operation, nor had he even told him about it.
But true to being a member of the Justice League, he wouldn't miss out, would he?
"One more thing, Dane. Hespera has appeared in Central City with another team of new Kryptonians. A new metahuman has recently emerged there."
Central City?
Was Hespera perhaps targeting Barry Allen?
This was not impossible. She might not know what "Speed Force" meant, but Hades might.
Even if Hades didn't know much about the Speed Force, he would certainly know the potential of such power.
"Clark, you take them to the Pacific battlefield, no problem?"
"What about you?" Clark couldn't help but ask.
"I'm going to catch that woman." With that, Dane flew upward, transforming into a bolt of lightning and disappearing.
Batman turned to Clark: "There's no time to lose, let's go now!"
He had also received news from Cortana that Arthur was on the Pacific Ocean battlefield and was a bit worried he couldn't handle it alone... And why was Arthur there?
Actually, he had sneaked out to slack off. Originally, he wanted to go to Northern Europe to see the 'hairy girls' there... Who knew he hadn't even seen any 'hairy girls' yet, when he first saw a group of 'hairy bears' and their warships.
"What the hell is this?"
As Arthur poked his head out of the Water, he saw the 'hairy bears'' warships firing at another group of warships.
He understood some Russian, so he could tell that the ones firing were the Russian Navy, and the ones being attacked were the United States Navy.
This made Arthur's brain freeze a bit. What was happening? World War?
But he didn't think too much and rushed over to rescue the Soldiers who had fallen into the Water.
He had no political stance, so he chose to save both sides.
However, before he could do much, someone came to interfere with him.
"You have the bloodline of Poseidon."
Arthur heard the voice and looked up. It was a burly man floating in the sky, wearing ancient armor and a horned helmet.
"Who are you?"
The man laughed at his question, and the huge sound wave made Arthur's ears ache.
"I am Ares!"
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