Luthor's office window. Veidt falls twenty stories and is hospitalized with minor injuries, but soon manages to escape. Upon returning to the Owlship, Veidt is confronted by Batman, who has read the contents of the original Rorschach's journal. As the two elude the police, Batman asserts that Veidt murdered millions as part of a delusional hero syndrome, and accuses him of concocting a conspiracy theory that has negatively affected the public's trust in the superheroes of the DC Universe. Veidt in turn criticizes Batman for focusing all his attention on supervillains while ignoring the world's social problems. A struggle ensues, leading to Batman falling out of the Owlship and into a mob of anti-hero protestors below. Rorschach II, Saturn Girl and Johnny Thunder meet up with Veidt at the Owlship. With his pet lynx, Bubastis II, and the Lantern Battery, Veidt travels to Manhattan's location at the Joker's lair, where Batman is fighting Marionette and Mime. Leaving Johnny and Saturn Girl on the Owlship, Veidt and Rorschach II confront the others inside. Veidt uses Bubastis II to summon Manhattan, who refuses to return to their world since he's in the middle of experimenting with this one. Manhattan reveals, among other things, that Veidt lied to Rorschach II about having cancer in order to get his help. Rorschach II punches Veidt and flees, while Veidt returns to the Owlship, attacks Imra and Johnny, and declares he can save everyone. Veidt then uses Bubastis' energy to cause an explosion in Moscow, which creates a diplomatic crisis as well as framing Superman and Firestorm. As planned by Veidt, most of Earth's superheroes then go to planet Mars to confront Manhattan, whom they think is responsible. After defeating all the superheroes on Mars, Manhattan returns to Earth and confronts Superman. Manhattan is eventually convinced by Superman to use his powers for the greater good and to return to his Universe to save his Earth. Veidt then reveals that his plan was to engineer the confrontation between Manhattan and Superman, as he had guessed that only the latter could change Manhattan's mind. Veidt is shot by the Comedian but Rorschach stops the bleeding so Veidt can face prosecution. Rorschach and Ozymandias are then teleported by Doctor Manhattan back to the Watchmen Universe, where Veidt is imprisoned for his crimes. Skills and abilities Adrian Veidt has been deemed "the smartest man in the world" by many,