21. Ambition for the future

"Amanda, send out the special response force of the Sky Eye Society as soon as possible! Floyd Lawton sensed his capture and abandoned the mission to continue the assassination! ”

"He's only been gone for fifteen minutes, and there's still time to go, I'm sure you'll catch him!"

"By the way, he had a brief fight with my bodyguard, his sternum was shattered, his right hand was dislocated, and he shouldn't have any weapons on him......"

Half an hour later, Leo dialed Amanda Waller's phone.

His voice was anxious and annoyed, as if he regretted that he had missed a great opportunity to personally arrest the Death Shooter.

Amanda Waller also seemed to be in a hurry to mobilize the special response force, contact the National Guard to carry out a search operation, and hung up the phone without a few words of greeting Leo.

"Will she believe what you say?"

Ms. Siwa sat in the sports car and looked at Leo next to her, who took off her Bluetooth headphones.

"Maybe, maybe not. Amanda Waller is a smart woman, which means she thinks a lot more than anyone else, and on the face of it, I don't have any reason to let Floyd Lawton go, but if she doubts me, she can naturally make up the right reasons. ”

Leo stepped on the accelerator to accelerate, he had just sent Felicity home, and in the middle of the way, he went to the Star City Police Station to record a confession, and now he was about to return to White Manor.

The shooting assassination of the death shooter shocked the entire Star City, and even overshadowed the limelight of the vigilantes.

After all, using a sniper rifle to shoot rich and famous people in front of the public is a big deal no matter where it rests.

I believe that with the power of the Star City Police Department, coupled with the information deliberately given by Leo, it won't take a few days for that Quentin Lance detective to discover the truth.

There are only a few buyers who are interested in Unidad Industries and have strength, and they only need to be carefully investigated, and it is easy to find out Warren Patel.

However, the follow-up development of this matter, Leo was too lazy to care anymore, saved Walter Steele, and gained a favor from the death shooter, which was already a very satisfactory result.

"But why did you let Floyd Lawton go? Just because he's a daughter far away in Gotham? ”

Ms. Siwa asked, tilting her head, interested.

"The reasons are a bit complicated. On the one hand, it comes from the appreciation of fellow bad guys and villains, as a killer, Lawton is not without a bottom line, he does not attack women and children, and his business level is excellent, and he has a good reputation in the industry; On the other hand, it is understood that from a veteran to a death shooter, he is a person who has no choice. ”

Leo's eyes flickered, and his voice was a little low: "Every villain may not want to be what he will be at the beginning, but he lacks the power to choose. Some people will repeatedly lower their moral bottom line, and then tell themselves that the reason why they have fallen into this way is all the fault of the world. ”

"Some people will go into the darkness, abandon part of their moral conscience, the concept of good and evil, and then try their best to live."

"Neither deserves sympathy if standing on the moral high ground, but that doesn't prevent me from appreciating the latter."

The roar of sports cars echoes in the night sky, and on the silent highway, the roaring beast gallops heartily.

"It always feels like you're holding back."

Lady Siwa glanced at Leo with a smile curled at the corners of her eyebrows.

"Well, you still know me so well. The main reason is that I don't want to hand over the death shooter to Amanda Waller, when I first entered the Sky Eye Society, I proposed the concept of 'transhuman' and the plan of the 'suicide squad'. ”

Leo coughed twice, revealing his true thoughts, "The Death Shooter is on the list of members of the Suicide Squad, and I don't want to see Amanda Waller grow stronger, which will make me gradually less important in the Sky Eye Society. ”

This world is different from the studio next door, the power at the government level is extremely weak, and the slightly more well-known one is probably the Tianyan Club.

Superheroes such as Superman and Batman are basically resistant and disgusted with cooperating with the government, and in the event of a crisis or disaster, the Justice League is generally the first to stand up and solve it, and the national government is like a background board.

So Leo saw this as an opportunity, a new path with a difference.

You don't have to follow behind superheroes, endure the rules and regulations of moral principles, and you don't need to be shouted and killed by the Justice League like villains.

In a capitalist society like the United States, Leo had the natural advantage of being able to exert his influence from the superstructure.

And entering the Tianyan Club was just the first step he had taken.

…………

In the early morning of the next day, White Manor received a rare visit, and the Queen's family's mighty convoy lineup really shocked Leo.

Walter Steele and Moira Quinn stepped out of the two cars at the head, followed by Oliver Quinn and his sister Thea, as well as a group of professional bodyguards with expressionless faces.

It seems that the wonderful performance of the death shooter has made the rich people in Star City panic, and they must be followed by bodyguards when they travel.

It is estimated that this will be the case until Warren Patel is found by the Star City Police Department.

"Thank you for everything you did last night, I felt like I was brushing shoulders with death in that moment."

The Quinn family sat down in the living room, and Pierpont brought warm black tea and stood quietly on his side.

"I just did what I was supposed to do, and a good man of integrity like Mr. Steele deserved a happy family. It would be unfair if Mrs. Quinn lost her husband and Oliver and Thea lost their father because of some improper business competition. ”

Leo speaks the scene, calmly accepting Walter and Moira's gratitude, and as for Oliver and Thea, the siblings look at themselves in a slightly different way.

The former is observation with scrutiny, the latter is curious inquiry.

"Just call me Walter. Leo, I'm sorry we couldn't have helped you more when Benjamin died. ”

Walter said kindly, his expression showing no hint of hypocrisy.

Leo did not doubt the authenticity of these words, the black uncle in front of him was indeed honest and reliable, he was probably the only person in Quinn's mansion who did not have a secret.

Of course, if it comes out of Moira's mouth, it will have to be discounted.

In this way, several people seemed to be eagerly chatting, discussing the law and order maintainers who have recently caused heated public opinion, or exchanging business plans and ideas.

"My father had always had a regret that he had failed the city, and he had repeatedly proposed the development of the Palm Lake slum, but it was never put on the agenda by the city government."

Leo talked for a while, and after showing his excellent side, he began to cut to the chase.

That casual and sincere look with a hint of pity can't help but make people believe that he has carefully studied Stanislavsky's acting works.

"I'm also amazed why Star City can ignore the existence of Palm Lake, those abandoned factories, homeless homeless people...... They are dying every day, and we are turning a blind eye. ”

Honest people are really easy to be fooled, and Walter heard Leo mention this, and immediately took over the conversation.

He didn't notice at all that his wife, Moira's face had changed, and her eyes had become evasive.

"I have spoken to Mayor Cecil and there are several main challenges in the development of the Palm Lake slum, on the one hand, the need for a lot of human and material resources to improve the community, and on the other hand, the complexity of the movement of people and the resettlement of abandoned factories."

Leo put on a very professional look, and Walter listened very carefully.

He is currently at the helm of the Quinn Consortium and is familiar with the current situation in the Palm Lake slum.

Originally, after Oliver's return, Walter and Moira wanted to hand over the Quinn joint venture to him to avoid gossip from the outside world.

After all, he and Thea are the real heirs of Robert Quinn, who died in a shipwreck.

However, Oliver, who is bent on becoming a security keeper and saving the city, does not want to take over the family business at all, and deliberately shows his indulgent and profligate side, and after disappointing his mother Moira, he throws his hands and leaves.

Therefore, the current CEO of the Quinn Consortium is still Walter Steele.

Theoretically, he has the authority to decide all the day-to-day business activities of the company.

"I had the idea to buy the abandoned factory site in Palm Lake at a low price, which could be built into a White Industries refinery, provide jobs for people in the slums, or tear down and re-plan...... As for community consolidation and improvement, the Wright Charitable Foundation is willing to sponsor most of the funds for this purpose free of charge. ”

Hearing this, Walter's dark face was full of admiration, and he believed even more that Leo was a kind and enthusiastic good person.

He kept nodding his head, claiming that he would also put the motion on the board, and it was quickly passed and implemented.

Before leaving, Walter squeezed Leo's palm tightly, as if he had met a like-minded revolutionary comrade.

As for the expression on Oliver's face, it changed from initial suspicion to hesitation, as if he thought he had guessed something wrong.

"Everything is for Star City, and we should stand up."

Leo said loudly, in an impassioned tone, like a true philanthropist who does not ask for anything.