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Buddy Baker opened his eyes and soon found himself standing on the endless grassland.

How is this going?

Buddy lowered his head and found that he was actually wearing the blue and brown tight-fitting suit of "Animal Man", but he had long since burned this outfit he bought online because he swore not to continue to be a superhero. Hero, he is married, he must take responsibility for this family, instead of letting his wife and children be afraid every day.

But now, Buddy is wearing this outfit again, and he's not even at home, but in the African savannah?

Buddy blinked and then shook his head. He felt the dry hot air blowing on his face as he tried to search for memories.

I was supposed to be sitting at the table getting ready for dinner, and I was holding my little girl, Maxine, and I was watching her pouting and blowing bubbles, and my eldest son, Cliff, came running in, shouting that there was something on the lawn. There was a weird drag mark and the lawnmower was missing.

Buddy slowly frowned under his blue hood, remembering more.

The potted plants placed in the living room suddenly grew extremely luxuriantly, and a white woman dressed like a biker opened the door. Immediately afterwards, a terrifying monster entangled by overgrown plants expanded and destroyed the flower pots. Also damaged the floor.

"Swamp Monster..." Of course Buddy knew the group of guardians of "All Green", and he also knew that the one who came to his door was an old friend, a monster with the memory of Alec Holland.

As for the other woman...that's Swamp Thing's girlfriend Abby Arcane. Why did she come? She even looked a little weird, with her pale face and a rotten and moldy smell...

But even stranger was the invisible force that suddenly shattered the table.

As the hot soup poured down, Buddy saw a twisted shape like a hound, an invisible monster.

When Buddy tried to defeat the monster and protect his daughter Maxine, he was hit by the flashing golden light from the eyes of the invisible monster. His clothes, his skin, his flesh and blood, every layer of his tissue and every bone...

Buddy shuddered. He sat down on the ground again, sweating profusely. Almost all his memories came back.

I was... disintegrated? But am I still alive now? What exactly is going on?

"Maxine!" Buddy remembered that he was holding his little daughter at the time. He immediately panicked and used his hands and feet. He got up and shouted tremblingly, "Maxine! Allen?"

"They're not here!" An extremely strange and deep voice appeared from behind Buddy.

Buddy turned around with a start. He saw a terrifying face slowly growing out of a big tree.

"You...what have you done, bastard!" Buddy was furious. He clenched his fists and even instinctively absorbed the speed of the antelope leisurely pacing in the distance. As the dust flew, Buddy instantly He jumped up and punched the strange face covered with moss, flowers and roots.

"Calm down, Buddy! We didn't do it!" The woman's voice appeared again.

Buddy turned his head slightly. This time, he was shocked to see a woman who was exuding blue ghost flames and looked like an undead. The woman was wearing dark armor, with bat wings spread out, and her long pale hair was flying. With.

"Are you...Abby?" Buddy asked tentatively.

"No, I am the queen of the Kingdom of Decay, Abby Arcane, and Alec Holland. They have died long ago. May they rest in peace in heaven." The eyes of the Queen of the Kingdom of Decay were burning with will-o'-wisps, and her voice sounded like An empty message came from the deep black hole, "We have all fulfilled our current responsibilities, Buddy, I'm afraid you must also be prepared to face the road you have to take."

"What on earth are you talking about?" Buddy said in confusion, "I won't go with you! I don't care what you are going to do! I quit a long time ago! I don't want to have anything to do with you either..."

"You're lying. You've been longing to put on these clothes again, Buddy, now is the time, although it's not us who make the change." Swamp Monster has grown a body at this time, he raised his head and walked away Taking two steps forward, cold green eyes stared at Buddy on the skull-like plant head, "Some existence forced you to make a choice."

"Okay, guys! You confused me! Who brought me here? Why?" Buddy asked, spreading his palms. "Why did you come to me?"

"We don't know who brought you here. We just tracked it to a deep pit and arrived here the moment we jumped down the pit. The other party has no ill intentions, and they have not touched your family. Their target is only you. ." The queen of the Kingdom of Decay pointed her sharp finger at Buddy, "What those higher-dimensional beings want is you, Animal Man."

"As for us, what we are looking for is not you, Buddy, but your daughter Maxine." Swamp Monster suddenly said, "The incarnations of the red of all living beings have found their heirs, and that is not you, but your daughter. .”

Buddy's eyes widened, his head was buzzing for a moment, and all he saw now was the terrifying sight of Maxine gradually falling into the crimson vortex.

"No!" Buddy roared, and he was responded to by the calls and shouts of all the animals on the grassland.

"This is your destined fate, whether you accept it or not." Swamp Thing said calmly.

"How did you feel the moment you knew you were not Alec? Are you willing to become someone else's shadow? To accept a memory and life that does not belong to you? Are you willing to act as a puppet and accept that damn identity and destiny?" Buddy turned around and yelled at Swamp Thing, "You are not Alec Holland! Abby's husband is dead! You are just idiots who cheated on each other! But you know that the love between you is not fake! And you chose to stand on the side of plants! This is not fate! This is your own identity with yourself! My daughter also has the right to choose! I will not allow any existence to force Maxine to take the path she does not want to take. road!"

"I'm afraid you can't protect yourself now. The existence that brought you here is higher than all of us. They have reconstructed you and made your connection with the Red of All Living Things even closer. They are making you a new warrior. "The Queen of the Kingdom of Decay said coldly, "They are controlling your destiny, our destiny, and the destiny of your daughter."

"So I'm going to kick their butts!" Buddy walked towards the grassland. He vaguely sensed that some powerful existence was waiting for his arrival. He absorbed the vulture's flying ability, then jumped up and opened his arms. Time flew up, "I'm no longer a superhero!"

I'm just a dad who wants to protect his daughter!