Chapter 418: Mr. Witt, I Have a Plan
"I had a malignant glioma on the frontal lobe...... It's a lie you pulled out to that young man in a Rorschach mask, right? ”
The chandelier above Luke's head shook and shook because of the air currents set off by the spatial teleportation, illuminating his face half-brightly and half-darkly.
Because of the asymmetry of power and information between the two sides, Luke firmly grasped the rhythm of the conversation, leaving the Pharaoh in passivity.
"That's true, I deceived Reggie, he's a poor kid who only sees what he wants."
Adrian didn't have any psychological burden, or guilt.
"I created the New York Massacre, caused his parents to die in that disaster, and sent him to a nursing home for mental disorders, auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, etc., and I am the person he should hate the most."
Luke raised an eyebrow, he knew the true identity of Rorschach II.
Reggie Lang, a black man, is the son of a psychiatrist.
His father once gave Rorschach the Inkblot Test, a well-known projective personality test that uses abstract images to reflect the subject's subconscious.
The doctor hopes to heal this "criminal" with serious violent tendencies by probing the other person's heart.
But he failed, not only did he not break through Rorschach's psychological defense, but the other party shattered the beautiful illusion in his heart.
"He shouldn't have put that mask on. There may be only one Rorschach in the world, and it is unrealistic to want to be the second. ”
Luke said lightly.
He learns about Rorschach's past, whose real name is "Walter Covacs", the son of a prostitute who has been subjected to all kinds of bullying and insults since he was a child.
Kovax wasn't a staunch fighter for justice from the start.
The story begins with a kidnapping case, when he has just become a drag fighter, codenamed "Rorschach".
It just so happened that a six-year-old girl named Blair Roche went missing, and Rorschach was tasked with tracking down her whereabouts.
He has always been the most radical and violent of the militia.
He is merciless in his treatment of criminals, and often even the night stalkers who team up with him are unbearable.
But at the time, Rorschach was still very young, and at most he broke a few bones of those guys and sent them to prison.
That dark night, after finding clues, he broke into the kidnapper's house, but found no girl, only a pile of burned clothes and blood stains on the desk.
There are two large dogs in the yard who are fighting for a young leg bone.
Rorschach could see clearly that there were red shoes hanging on them.
He guessed what was happening, killed the two dogs in a fit of rage, and then dumped the bodies in the prisoner's house and waited for the other to return.
Half an hour later, Rorschach used the butcher's knife on the desk to chop the bastard's head into several pieces.
According to the rules of a drag hero, he can't actually do this, he should be arrested first, and then sent to prison and brought to justice.
That's the normal process.
But Rorschach didn't, the living tragedy in front of him made him understand the world and the dark side of human nature.
Mortals deserve to be punished, but there is only one way for brutes to die!
From then on, Walter Covacs died, leaving only Rorschach, who was uncompromising and unforgiving.
Rorschach ...... It's hard to have someone like him in the future. ”
The pharaoh was a little embarrassed, and he admired those who could stand their ground.
In the new generation of militias, Alidean has a high regard for Laughing Smith and Rorschach.
Night Stalkers and Silk Souls are too weak for their kind to change anything, they just go with the flow.
"Regie is a ...... The most vulnerable person he wants to see is that I feel remorse for my mistakes. ”
Adrian had begun to get used to Luke's omniscience, and the conversation gradually entered an unusually harmonious atmosphere.
"So, after he found me, I said I had cancer, and I showed despair, decadence, and even regret in front of him."
"It's far more painful than being shot to death by a villain like the villain in the story."
"Revenge is very psychological feedback, and if the enemy is easily eliminated, there will be no pleasure."
"A once high-ranking successful businessman, a well-known cross-dressing hero, is now being pointed out by thousands of people, scolded by countless people, and is riddled with serious illness, his life is short, and he lives in remorse and pain all the time...... This is the script Reggie wants to see. ”
"Since he craves this strong emotion, then I will satisfy him."
Luke clapped his palms, a smile on his face.
I have to say that the pharaoh's acting skills are really superb and deserve an Oscar.
He is a deceitful man!
You know, it's not just Rorschach II Reggie Lang, marionettes and pantomime.
Including the government that issued the wanted warrant, they all thought that Adrian Witt was really going to die.
If he didn't have super vision to see through the Pharaoh's skull, maybe Luke would have been tricked by him.
"Reggie is one of your pawns, what about marionettes and pantomime?"
Luke bent down and touched the red lynx, and he felt a familiar energy, the breath of Dr. Manhattan.
This pet is very quirky.
"They were in Joe's old life, and I could use it to remind him of who he really was......"
The Pharaoh sat on the edge of the console, and there was still an hour and a half before the two countries launched nuclear bombs.
He needs to activate the Night Stalker airship and leave the place to find Dr. Manhattan.
"Then why don't you bring the second generation of the Silk Soul?"
Luke continues to pet the red lynx named "Bubastis", a hybrid creature created by the pharaoh using genetic technology.
The other party's original intention was to create an "alien race" that matched the plan, but they made a special "pet".
"No matter when or where, it's never nice to see an ex-girlfriend."
Adrian shrugged, though Dr. Manhattan doesn't necessarily care about human feelings, such as cheating, betrayal, cuckolding, and the like.
But anything that has the potential to cause uncertainty should be avoided.
"A man who is driven by a sense of inner morality, forgives the murderer who caused the death of his parents, and is willing to help him save the wrong tool at the end of his life......"
"A couple that reminds Dr. Manhattan of the criminals of yesteryear......"
"Good match. So, here's the problem. ”
The corners of Luke's mouth curled, and he looked at the Pharaoh and asked, "How are you going to find him?" ”
"Each creature has a unique eigenfield, which is a 'quantum fingerprint' composed of the four fundamental forces of nature."
Adrian seems to be confident and confident.
"Joe's Origin Field has disappeared twice, first, from the accident that created Dr. Manhattan, and the other time...... Caused by me. ”
Luke nodded, the Pharaoh had wanted to replicate the experimental accident that had happened and kill Dr. Manhattan with the Eigenfield Generator.
As a result, the latter has long learned to reorganize his body and has not suffered any harm.
"After that failure, I studied Joe more and found out that his blue body was actually the result of the escape of electrons in his body, which left a traceable trace."
Adrian talked eloquently, telling the whole story of his plan.
"I'll transform the Night Stalker airship to withstand quantum tunneling, and then follow the trails left by Joe, and you'll be able to find him!"
Luke couldn't help but compliment, and said with a smile: "Beautiful plan!" ”
According to the original plot, the Pharaoh succeeded in finding Dr. Manhattan, but failed to persuade him to return to the Watchmen universe and continue to play the role of God.
"So, Mr. Adrian Witt, I have a plan too, would you like to hear it?"
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"You say you can stop this war that will destroy humanity?"
The Pharaoh looked at Luke with a smiling and groaning gaze with suspicion.
He asked, half of it was a temptation, wanting more information;
Half of them are real reactions, not believing that the other person can do it.
Single-handedly preventing a nuclear war between two great powers?
Unless Luke has the power to rival that of Dr. Manhattan, it can't be done.
Although the other party has already demonstrated similar abilities such as matter decomposition and spatial teleportation, this is far from enough.
Adrian is one of the people in the world who has studied Dr. Manhattan the most.
He was once commissioned by the Pentagon to scientifically replicate the energy composition of the blue man.
Although not entirely successful, it is possible to understand how strong Dr. Manhattan is.
It's a desperate, invincible force!
"You know, Mr. Anonymous, Joe once told me that he can walk on foot on the surface of the sun, he can travel through space, and he can transform the planet......"
There was a hint of sneer on the pharaoh's lips, and he deliberately made a contemptuous expression to see if he could arouse the emotions of this man of unknown origin.
But he was disappointed, and the other party was indifferent, without the slightest irritation.
"Maybe you won't believe it, Mr. Werther, I happen to have the experience of going deep into the core of the sun, and that's not a big deal."
Luke shrugged his shoulders and chuckled.
Not long ago, when he and the Sentinel let go of their hands and feet and fought with all their might, the two of them fell into the sun together.
This is also a breakthrough in the stars, not much worse than Dr. Manhattan.
"Mr. Werther, we have an hour and twenty minutes left."
Luke continued to exert pressure, further said.
"If you accept the conditions and are willing to cooperate, I can solve the nuclear bomb that is about to be lifted off in less than forty minutes."
The Pharaoh hesitated rarely, unable to tell whether what Luke said was true or false.
"All you want is this Nightstalk?"
Adrian was puzzled, if the other party was to leave this universe, then with his strength, there was no need to negotiate terms with himself at all.
"Plus the traces left by Dr. Manhattan, that's the 'coordinates.'"
Luke added.
According to the original plot, the Pharaoh traveled to the main universe and first met with Lex Luthor.
It was jokingly dubbed "the meeting of two of the world's brightest men".
Then, he designed Batman to make Gotham's Dark Knight eat a deflated stump.
But all this is meaningless, Dr. Manhattan has developed a strong interest in the changes in the main universe and the existence of superhumans.
The blue man was making an unprecedented observation, ignoring the Pharaoh's persuasion.
"I need to go back and settle a good score with Dr. Manhattan."
Luke made his purpose clear, and the reason why he didn't use force to take it.
It's because a wise man like Pharaoh would have understood how to choose.
Besides, why wave your fist when you can accomplish something in the form of a transaction.
As a Supreme Mage, negotiating conditions is my basic skill.
It's not too late to flip the table when we can't talk.
And, Luke needs Adrian Witt, the best chess piece against Dr. Manhattan.
"Then I want to know, Mr. Anonymous, how are you going to stop the war? Russia has a total of 3,530 nuclear bombs, which would be enough to scorch the North American continent even if only a third of them were fired. ”
The Pharaoh spoke directly about his doubts, and he hoped that Luke would give a reasonable answer.
"And that's not counting the Pentagon's customized plan for a nuclear strike, and I'm guessing that the United States will have at least a thousand or more nuclear bombs fired into Russian territory...... This is a confrontation between the Eastern and Western camps, and mortals simply cannot do anything about it. ”
If it weren't for the fact that the situation was so bad, Adrian wouldn't have come up with the crazy idea of getting Dr. Manhattan back.
The smartest man in the world, facing the final moment of the doomsday clock, deeply feels his powerlessness.
"First of all, I will intercept all the nuclear bombs launched by Russia and the United States within 10 minutes."
In an understated tone, Luke said something that would be impossible for a normal person.
"Then, fly to the Kremlin, or the White House, and spend fifteen minutes convincing the presidents of both countries."
"To tell you the truth, I am a pacifist who has persuaded many conspirators and careerists who have tried to rule the world and start wars, so those two gentlemen presidents, they will be influenced by me and put aside each other's prejudices."
"Everything was resolved in this way. Are you satisfied with this answer, Mr. Witt? ”
Even though the city was as deep as the Pharaoh, he couldn't help but be shocked by Luke's "perfect" plan.
He opened his mouth slightly and asked in disbelief, "It's that simple?" ”
"It's as simple as that."
Luke pursed his lips, as if this was just a small problem for him that could be solved at hand.
"Intercept nuclear bombs, with the president of the country...... Forty minutes? ”
Adrian was a little sluggish, and his brain couldn't turn.
If it weren't for the words coming from Luke's mouth, I'm afraid he would have thought he was a madman's babbling.
"Believe me, Mr. Witt, I am definitely experienced in how to play the role of the third pole of the world and show force."
Faced with Luke's assurances, the Pharaoh did not know how to answer.
This man is either a lunatic man without reason, or a god who has come down to earth.
"It looks like you still can't believe that barren cognition limits your imagination."
Luke glanced up at the time, and the round clock hanging inside the secret base was ticking.
The second hand beats one grid at a time, and the time passes slowly.
"As a sign of sincerity, I don't mind paying a little 'money' upfront."
Syllable!
Luke snapped his fingers, and the space shook slightly, enveloping the secret base he had left the sewers.
The Pharaoh sat there in a daze, his hands trembling slightly.
It wasn't that he was frightened by Luke's special ability to teleport and teleport, but that there was an uncontrollable excitement welling up in his heart.
"Is there more than one ......God in mankind?"
Adrian stared at the clock hanging on the wall, his body motionless, as if expecting something.
Ten minutes later.
Luke returns to the secret base on time.
"That's it."
The young man seemed to run to a high-end restaurant, ate and drank, and showed a lazy feeling.
The Pharaoh, who was sitting across from him, twitched his nose and smelled a faint smell of gunsmoke.
"You intercepted all the nuclear bombs of the United States and Russia? How?! ”
Adrian stood up and quickly turned on the array of monitors along with the outside television and radio.
All sorts of information poured into his ears, and as Luke said, the nuclear bomb disappeared before it left the country.
Not even the bright light and aftermath of the explosion appeared.
"It's just an appetizer."
The corners of Luke's mouth curled, as if he had just done a trivial matter.
"Now, let's move on to getting back to the negotiation of the deal."