Chapter 2094: The Night of the Knight's Horror (36)
"Lieutenant Williams, have you arrived at the designated location?"
The voice on the phone was slightly anxious, and the man known as Lieutenant Williams frowned, not knowing how to explain the situation to his superiors.
There was nothing wrong with the positioning, but they didn't see any equipment here, and just as Williams was about to speak, his boss lowered his voice and said to him, "Okay, David, don't worry about the hell military equipment, do you know what I mean?" ”
Williams frowned deeply, his white American skin was furrowed and furrowed, but every line was full of puzzlement.
"Do you know how Duncan was promoted? Okay, let's not talk about that, you just need to know that there's a congressional question about the Gotham disaster in two hours, and both the FBI and Bruce Wayne will be in attendance, and the press conference will take place later. ”
"Whatever you do, shut up Bruce Wayne! David, hang up and act immediately, I want to hear good news from you in an hour! ”
The phone was hung up, and before Williams could react, a trace of solemnity flashed between his eyebrows, as if he was still struggling, but his subordinates had already come over.
"What now? Boss, I think someone must have interfered with our positioning signals, and our communication technology is terrible, so I would like to ask for support from headquarters. ”
A hint of struggle flashed between Williams' eyebrows, then he waved his hand, motioned for everyone to get into the car, and said, "The mission has changed, we have to ...... We've got to go to Wayne Manor......"
The car drove jolting towards the end of the road, but before it could turn the corner, a large truck stopped at the intersection.
In an instant, everyone in the car picked up their weapons, and from the end of the car, another extended luxury car drove straight to the side of the special squad car, and behind the bulletproof glass, a fat hook-nosed man smiled at them.
The military didn't put their eggs in the same basket, and after discovering Bruce Wayne's true intentions, they urgently reinforced Gotham with a special squad of 28 people.
This is not the number of people needed for the scalpel plan for the destruction of corpses, the squad is fully equipped, with many combatants, logisticians, and communications engineers, three trucks, enough baggage supplies, state-of-the-art weapons, and air support on standby.
It can be said that in a different place, this team is enough to occupy the city, and the military has no scruples in order to control the situation in Gotham.
The car drove all the way forward, and the soldiers sitting in the carriage had solemn faces, they were not the stunned young men, they were stationed in a military base not far from the metropolis, and they knew very well what a dangerous city Gotham was.
Suddenly, the car in front of it honked its horn, and there was a loud bang, followed by a slightly panicked shout.
As soon as the driver of the last military vehicle got out of the car, he noticed that a huge tree root was blocking the way of the convoy.
The sapper was just about to go to the barricade, and with a bang, a bomb with colored smoke and streamers blew up everyone in the front row.
A figure with a sledgehammer walked out of the smoke, Harley Quinn spat the gum aside, touched her nose and said, "Aha, it's just the right time." ”
Poison Ivy stood on the roof of the building and looked down condescendingly, watching Harley Quinn lead the clown gang of lunatics and the military back and forth.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Poison Ivy walked down the branches of the ancient tree, called Harley Quinn, and then used vines to bundle all the soldiers into the same car.
The ground forces are out of touch, and the air forces that are waiting for the call are of course unlikely to give up, but the situation in the city is so strange that they only dare to send drones to check.
The drone came, but it didn't send any signal back, and it crashed before it could cross the Gotham Bridge.
Sending people inside is a tactic to add fuel, and if you don't send fighter jets, you will also lose the pilot, and more importantly, after such a toss, until the beginning of the questioning, the military still failed to get a useful handle from Bruce Wayne.
The matter has come to this point, and it is impossible to get real evidence, but the military still has a good trick, that is, to make trouble without reason and beat it up.
The lights came on, the heavy door was pushed open by the assistant, and Bruce Wayne, who was in a suit and leather shoes, strode to his place with a calm face.
The moment he appeared, the whole venue fell silent, and everyone instinctively sensed that something was wrong with Bruce Wayne today.
The oppressive power of a person who has spent half his life shaping himself only to bring fear to people is terrifying, and it is not Bruce Wayne who is here, it is Batman.
The stakes are too high, one step forward is to change the future of Gotham, and one step back is the disintegration of Wayne Group.
Finally, there is an occasion when the civilized cloak that Batman wears and the playboy image he has created for himself can't come up with a reasonable way, and he doesn't have the ability to fool the past, what else can Batman do if he doesn't go?
Batman takes his seat, and all eyes are on it.
"Mr. Bruce Wayne."
The female voice came through the microphone, with a sense of majesty, but when Batman looked at the councillor, she forgot the words.
A violent cough brought the congresswoman back to reality, and she stroked her curly blonde hair in feigned ease, then looked to the side at another, older man.
In the seats of the lawmakers, the politicians exchanged their views in silence, and they could see at a glance what kind of enemy they were going to face, like Bruce Wayne, but no one knew what it was.
"I'm here." Wayne is beyond reproach in saying this, but merciful as the most forgiving priest, as if I were standing here as a gift to all who are present.
Maybe that's the case, and the shrewd people in it thought that Wayne could not come, maybe it would make him the enemy of the whole world, wasn't it before?
A family that has set up its headquarters in Gotham and has not changed for decades, a company with the widest involvement, the largest business field, the deepest industrial excavation, and the highest high-tech height in the world, how can it not be regarded as an enemy of the world?
Sometimes I really don't know who Superman is, and they sigh at the same time, Bruce Wayne might as well not come, leave a way for us mortals to live.
Congress clearly didn't want to do that, but they still had to do their job out of the need to balance the military, the FBI, and other forces, so the congresswoman asked as usual.
"Mr. Wayne, it's a pleasure to have you here, and I'm going to speak with all of you on behalf of all members of Congress on a number of matters related to the catastrophe that struck Gotham City, New Jersey."
"All statements made in this consultation will be kept on file and some will be released to the media and the public, and the Congress of the United States of America will ensure that all of you here have the ability, position, and integrity to be held accountable for your words."
"So now, Mr. Wayne, please answer me, did you know about the Gotham disaster in advance?"
Batman shook his head, but he added, "I'm not surprised by the daily disasters in this city. ”
An almost perfect explanation, even if it is found out later that the Wayne Group has any advance countermeasures, can be blamed on the fact that disasters in the city are too frequent, and the Wayne Group is aware of safety.
Immediately after that, the congresswoman asked a few more painless questions, probably whether there was any contact with the murderer, whether suspicious people were monitored, and what measures were taken after the disaster.
Of course, those so-called exchange of interests cannot be said on the surface, but winning the approval of Congress is still an important bargaining chip, so after Bruce answered one by one, he took the initiative to speak.
"I deeply regret this disaster, but I regret even more that you were able to sit here and ask me questions calmly and rationally."
He licked his lips lightly, took a deep breath and said, "If you can blame the Gotham people for all the mistakes that broke out of the disaster, then the reaction of the various departments during and after the disaster will write the biggest joke of this free and democratic country in caring for the safety of its citizens and safeguarding the interests of the country." ”
The words were too heavy, and unsurprisingly caused a whisper, as Batman propped his hands on the table, looked around the field, and said, "First of all, what I want you to explain is the military equipment that this group of terrorists has. ”
"The vast majority of the property damage suffered by the Wayne Group in this disaster came from the military's weapons, and our taxpayers provide a lot of money to the military every year, and in the end our money becomes artillery fire that falls on our heads, are you going to say that no one can be held accountable for this?"
The venue was silent.
Wayne said that the people are bitter, they still have something to argue, Wayne said that he is bitter, if you want to say that we are not responsible, then Wayne because of the loss of property, the second year of business is not good, or simply because of the urgent need to make up for the loss of the return of funds and equity exchange, next year's financial statements will simply slap everyone in the face.
It was so sharp that everyone was thinking so, and they also realized that Wayne must have been premeditated, and no one could react so quickly and resolutely in the face of a sudden surprise.
The arrogance of the military is weakened by three points, military spending is their lifeblood, and 80% of the annual pull with Congress revolves around this point, if the Wayne Group's tax revenue is reduced next year, the tax bureau will definitely rush up and strangle them when they ask Congress for military spending again.
But they are still dying.
"We were about to say this." One of the lieutenant generals stood up, nodded to the left and right, and said, "The military base in New Jersey has unfortunately been stolen, and we have discovered that there are people involved in the black gold transaction with unknown forces in Gotham. ”
"The initial suspicion is that a certain officer in charge of the army was threatened and had to sell military supplies, and all the equipment has a specific garrison purpose, and it is not prepared for terrorists, and records and data can be checked."
"And the forces that deal with the negligent people are well hidden, he failed to find out that they are terrorists, someone must have helped them hide their identity, and we don't know, who has a reason to do that?"
These words are unknown, implying that anyone present can understand it, and it is not a very new trick to slander the other party for directing and acting and raising self-respect, although it is shameless, but it is easy to use.
Hope is disappointment, and when the missiles on the skyline rushed towards the city without any hesitation, Batman had already lost hope for everyone present.
And now, with a rake, they finally kicked away the last pebble that stood in front of the boulder at the top of the mountain.
If they knew, they would feel even more fear - it was not a disappointment but a sense of relief that was now entrenched in Batman's mind.
Destroying Gotham is no longer the best retribution for this group, and Batman has the power to turn it into a boon.
He glanced around, silent for a long time.
Everyone was waiting for him to explain, but Batman was never good at explaining, he judged, and then declared.
"This disaster, your joint efforts have made me no longer have any hope for your disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction capabilities, and Wayne Group can no longer accept such losses."
"As of today, the Wayne Group will no longer fund the operation of the Black Gate Prison, Gotham Police Station Extra Prison, Arkham Psychiatric Hospital, and other public facilities in Gotham City that can house criminals, provide humanitarian assistance to any legal system and trial process, and no longer guarantee that municipal investments will provide all the public services that Gotham Courts need."
"No matter how many terrorists there are in the city, leave it to the state courts, whether it's the Mulek prison or the Florence super-prison......"
"I'm sure they're going to do a better job than Gotham, both in terms of the trial process and the detention process."
Boom!