Chapter 453: The Beginning of the Confrontation (Part II)

In the guest rooms of the Mayor's Mansion, Bruce, Lex, and Clark were still reminiscing about the dream.

Their views on some things in this dream cannot be said to be exactly the same, they can only be said to be very different, and for the matter of disagreement, it cannot be said that they seek common ground while reserving differences, but can only be said to be fighting.

Even if they are guilty, you can't destroy them in that way, that is neither reasonable nor humane! Clark said to Bruce in a very loud voice.

"I'm just cracking that dream." Bruce said very calmly.

"But aren't you afraid that it's not a dream? When you hit the crowd with that black wave, you don't think about what you're going to do if it's true? Can you raise those dead? ”

"Clark, is your brain abnormal?" Lex suddenly spoke, his voice was also cold, he said: "That group of people unanimously voted to kill you on the premise that you saved them, and you still want to stop Bruce from killing them, are you crazy?" ”

"I didn't want to kill them, I didn't kill anyone." Bruce retorted to Lex, saying, "I'm pretty sure, it's a dream, brute force is the most efficient way to do it, otherwise we're all going to be stuck there." ”

"Big sure?" Clark snorted coldly and said, "You dare to do such a thing without complete certainty, and you are embarrassed to say that you are a non-murderer?" ”

"Because his brain spins faster than you." Lex turned to Clark again and said without mercy, "What was the beginning of the whole thing?" Didn't you knock me out without thinking or investigating? ”

Clark fell silent suddenly, and then he looked into Lex's eyes and said, "Only this one, you are right, the beginning of this is indeed my recklessness." ”

He tilted his head to the side and said in a somewhat low tone, "If someone really dies because of this incident, then I have an unshirkable responsibility." ”

But his apology made Lecks break down a little, and he said, "You're really crazy, Clark, you ......"

He glared at Clark with his eyes, as if he couldn't figure out how he had developed this kind of virgin mentality.

Lex took a deep breath and then said to Clark, "I retract my earlier inference, you are not forgiving enough because you are strong enough, you are simply sick in the head. ”

"How can you say that about me? Even if I was a little reckless before, you can't attack me personally! Clark said as he folded his hands on his hips and looked at Lex.

"Your fitness is very problematic." Bruce hit the nail on the head when he pointed out the most frustrating part of Lex, saying, "Even if Clark knocks you unconscious at first, if you stay awake in the end, you can completely bewitch that group and manipulate the vote." ”

"Of course I can." Lex crossed his arms and said disdainfully, "In the face of such a group of stupid people who can't be more stupid, it's easy to manipulate their minds. ”

"You can't manipulate people's minds casually! Lex, this kind of thinking of yours is dangerous! Clark spoke again.

Lex was really going to be by him.

To put it simply, these three people can be said to be very different in various aspects.

If divided according to factions, Bruce and Clark both belong to the hero camp, they want to protect ordinary people, and Rykers doesn't care about the life or death of ordinary people at all.

However, in terms of means, Bruce and Lex are the same kind of people, they are more results-oriented, and believe that proper control and surveillance are necessary, but Clark feels that procedural justice is essential.

Geographically, Clark and Lex are on the same side, both of them are from the Met, and they are very unanimous in their belief that all Gotham is crazy.

In this extremely complex triangular relationship, it is normal for there to be no consensus.

While the three of them were arguing, there was a sudden knock on the door of the guest room, and Clark narrowed his eyes for a moment, and then said, "A man with a bandage on his head, but I don't know him." ”

Bruce and Lex glanced at each other, and by this time, Clark had already walked up to open the door.

When the door opened, Benjamin with his head wrapped in gauze appeared outside the door, he had been knocked unconscious by Lex and Schiller, and then questioned by Bruce, and woke up with a very haggard face.

"Hello, do you need any help?" Clark asked with great concern, but Benjamin didn't look at him, just his eyes fell on the other two people in the room.

Bruce stepped out of the way slightly, and Benjamin walked in, Benjamin looked at Bruce first and said, "Mr. Wayne, you really didn't ...... me."

Then he turned to Lex and said, "Mr. Luthor, so are you. ”

"I don't understand, why do you rich second generation play such a trick? Is it fun to disguise yourself as a playboy and autism? ”

Neither Bruce nor Lex spoke, and the two were in very similar positions, both holding their arms and looking at Benjamin with an X-ray-like gaze.

Perhaps, smart people always have very similar qualities, and when their eyes fall on someone else, they always make that person feel that they are being seen through something.

Benjamin did not resist such pressure, he could only speak first: "I need your help, I must find that mysterious Soviet spy." ”

As soon as Bruce was about to say no, Benjamin said, "I'm pretty sure that among the attendees of the banquet there was someone who had been connected with the Soviet spy who had taken Philby's list." ”

"Why are you sure?"

"It's classified."

As soon as Benjamin said this, he saw Bruce and Lex's faces change, so he hurriedly explained: "The details are indeed classified, but in general, this agent should have a relatively high social status. ”

"Perhaps, you should have heard Philby's story on the radio, during the period when he was under investigation, all his activities were closely monitored, and at this time, the level of people he could reach was not too low."

"Don't you have a list of people he has been in contact with?"

"If Britain could really produce this list, it wouldn't have allowed Philby to flee back to Moscow."

Benjamin's explanation is very reasonable, and Bruce and Lex have little room for refutation, because this is a very simple truth, but if the British intelligence agencies have a little ability, they will not let Philby get out of the way.

Even, Philby's retreat had a far greater impact on Britain's reputation than the harm caused by the leakage of intelligence, and Britain had no important information to leak anyway.

"I am more clear, Britain is not unaware that the people Philby came into contact with during that time may be suspicious, but the problem is that he only contacted people at the top during that time, and no one dared to check the high-level."

"There's one more question." Lex then asked, "If this man dared to pass on information to Philby during that time, why didn't he succeed in sending it back to Moscow in the end?" Instead came to the East Coast of the United States? ”

Benjamin shook his head and said, "We don't have any clues either, which is what I'm looking into." ”

"What are you doing here?" Bruce asked.

"I hope to be able to count on your help." Benjamin sighed and continued, "Before, you had a big fight with the agents in the hallway, and the gunshots were loud and caused a lot of panic, and many people would rather have a confrontation with the agents than stay here anymore. ”

"If we focus on quelling the panic, there's no more time to investigate clues about spies."

"So, you want us to be wicked and persuade those people to stay here so you can investigate them?" Lex hit the nail on the head.

"This can only be said to be cooperation, after all, whether it is the Luthor group in Metropolis or the Wayne group in Gotham, there should be no hope that there is a dangerous Soviet spy operating in your hometown, right?"

"If you let him go, it could have more serious consequences, and if you cross paths with him without knowing it, you may also be suspected."

"You don't have to threaten us." "The Luthor Group provides hundreds of thousands of jobs in the metropolitan area alone," said Lexor in a cold voice. ”

"If the Luther boss is suspected of collusion, the stock will fall sharply, and the consequence of the industrial contraction will be a wave of unemployment, followed by a financial crisis."

"The Sword Comes"

"Once Wayne and I are eliminated by you, all entrepreneurs will be at their own risk, the economic crisis will come early, and Congress will not allow you to do this."

Benjamin felt that he had some difficulty breathing, originally, he shouldn't have consumed his brain power so much after he was injured, but now the problem is that he has consumed brain power, and he can't fight the two people in front of him at all.

"Without the CIA, we can also investigate spies, or rather, after you let us out, it will be easier for us to exert force, the Lutor Group's industries are all over the metropolis, and it is easy to check the whereabouts, and the Wayne Group is the same for Gotham."

Lecks continued to analyze the matter, but Benjamin came up with another condition, he said: "You should know something about the underground treasure of the metropolis, and now that the CIA has learned this information, it is impossible for you to take the whole treasure, and the military is waiting to be fed." ”

"If you are willing to help me, I can be on your side when deciding on the share in the future, and if this work goes well, the CIA and the FBI, the two agencies in charge of internal and external affairs, will return to the top of power, enough to decide something."

When they heard the word treasure, Lex, Bruce, and Clark looked at each other, and they thought of what they had seen in their dreams.

They have no evidence that the dream that Schiller has constructed must have been based on reality, so it is not certain whether the one buried beneath the metropolis is actually a massive piece of kryptonite.

But they have reason to believe that Schiller has investigated something to weave such a dream, that is, the treasure under the Metropolis is likely to be kryptonite.

Knowing this, to some extent, the interests of the three of them agreed.

Both Lex and Bruce are skeptics, they can't fully embrace Clark and his powerful superpowers, and they want something to counter him, so they both want to get Kryptonite.

And Clark, he doesn't care if someone wants to use this thing against him, he cares more about whether this stone is like in a dream, it will really make ordinary people get cancer, he hopes to be able to transfer these things and not bury them here.

But they also knew that it would not be easy to find and transfer this thing, and if it was really as large as in the dream, it would take a lot of people to excavate, and it would definitely alarm all parties.

Lex and Bruce replied at about the same time, and Bruce said, "We can help you, but we have a request." ”

Lex continued, "We don't trust you and your agents to be efficient, so we're going to have to change our role. ”

"Change? What do you mean? ”

"You go and appease those people, and we'll investigate Soviet spies."