Chapter 61: The Court of the Owls
"Someone wants to provoke a war." Luthor wondered, "Who would do that?" ”
What's in it for him?
Arthur said: "There is a struggle within the Atlantean civilization, or there are people on the human side who want to use this to achieve some kind of benefit. ”
Attack them and kill two birds with one stone.
If you can't kill two people, or kill Luthor alone, Atlantis can't argue with the armor alone.
Killing two people is naturally the best, an unknown superpower, and a Lex Group boss can also provoke a war.
"Why can't it be Amazons?" Luthor was unusually confused: "After all, the Amazon princess is very hostile to you. ”
"Amazons are all women." Arthur rolled his eyes.
"How do you know so well?" Luthor suspects that even he doesn't know this kind of information.
"The Hippolyta Escort is all women, if there were really men, would it be like this?" Arthur babble, uttering an answer that even he didn't quite believe.
Then the conversation changed: "The possibility of suspicion is not ruled out." ”
"What a flawed answer." Luthor complained.
"It's better than nothing if it's full of loopholes." Arthur said, "What if I guess it?" ”
Luthor waved his hand, no more nonsense: "Go and ask Queen Atlanta, it is faster to confront each other than to investigate secretly." ”
Perhaps afraid that Arthur would leave him behind, added, "Take me." ”
……
Washington, D.C., Presidential State Guesthouse.
The guns were fired, the Queen's Bodyguard fought back, and Diana's dress was torn again, revealing the golden red armor of her torso.
Prince Kuri roared, accompanied by Atlanta's water magic, and shuttled through the rain with a silver trident in hand.
The combat strength of the two countries' escorts was extremely fierce, but their physical strength could not withstand the bullets, and their personnel were greatly reduced.
Diana was indignant and quickened the pace of her attack, she didn't expect that humans would be so despicable.
Attack when the Queen's guard is at its weakest.
The Washington Police Department, a few streets away, was also attacked, and they were stopped in the middle of the road, creating a false impression of human inaction and connivance with the Assassins on the soldiers of both countries.
Multiply!!!
The red rays swept through the sky, and the bandit bunker car was scrapped in an instant, and they separated some of their firepower to deal with the enemy in the air.
Shuttling between the bullets, Arthur teleported to the state guesthouse, threw Luthor down at will, and said, "Your people have attacked us, Lady Atlanta." ”
It's easy to deal with the thugs outside, the purpose is to deepen the impression and seize the initiative.
Otherwise, when the battle is over, the other party will question first. Passive ones are them.
A single female warrior with a ponytail was born to subdue Luthor and crush under her. The tip of the sword was pressed against his neck: "Humans, you have to pay the price for this operation. ”
"What?!" Atalana cast water magic with both hands and swept across the battlefield: "It's your men attacking us, sir!" ”
"They're not my people." Arthur looked back at the thugs who were physically more than normal, and threw the armor around his waist.
With a clang, the armor fell at Atlanta's feet, and she recognized it as Atlantean at a glance: "How could it be with you." ”
"We still want to ask you, Your Majesty." Luthor asked loudly under the warrior's lap.
"Wait." Atlana, Hippolyta reacted, and said in unison: "Someone is behind this matter. ”
"If only you could understand." Luthor struggled, "Let me go." ”
Receiving a nod from Hippolyta, the female warrior withdrew her weapon, undiminished.
"Where's Captain Atom?" Luther scratched his back.
It stands to reason that Captain Atom is someone sent by the government to protect them, and he won't leave easily.
"I don't know." Hippolyta shook her head: "It seems that something happened to him and he left." ”
"A premeditated attack." Arthur said, "If humans want to attack you, they won't wait for Captain Atom to leave, he alone is more effective than everyone outside. ”
"You already knew?" Atlanta was shocked.
She was amazed that Arthur and the others were able to think normally after being attacked, and not be distracted by anger.
"......" Arthur turned around without saying a word, and slowly flew out of the state hotel, exposed to enemy searchlights.
It's still that formula, it's still that Arthur, the heat sight pierces the air, allowing the bullets to hit the surface of the body.
Rumble!
More than a dozen bazooka shells exploded close to the face, black smoke enveloped the whole body, somersaulting upwards, and the thermal vision quietly stopped.
Without waiting for the bandits to get excited, Arthur disappeared into the smoke.
Also disappeared were their heads.
In less than half a minute, the fighting stopped. Arthur twisted a man whose limbs melted and flew into the state guesthouse in the eyes of Superman, who was belatedly overdue.
"Is there anyone going to interrogate?" Arthur asked knowingly.
Diana walked in from the outside, her tattered gown gone, and she glanced at Hippolyta as she walked toward the half of the dwelling, which had been blown to ruins.
Forcefully lifted the stone slab, rummaged through it, and finally found the artifact at the bottom, the Lasso of Truth.
"What is your purpose!" Diana asked, the lasso of mantra glowing golden.
"......" The man struggled a few times, and his will was defeated: "Provoke a war." ”
"Why provoke a war!"
“……”
"Why provoke a war!"
The man never replied, and it seemed that he didn't know anything.
"Ask him what organization he belongs to." Arthur said.
Diana repeated.
"Owl Court!"
"Owl Court." Arthur frowned. Familiar with the plot, he automatically had fragmentary images of the owl court in his mind.
It's dark, founded by capitalists, and has existed for a long time.
"What is the Owl Court?" Diana continued to ask.
The man's muscles suddenly shrank and became skinny, and Superman saw through his eyes: "His body is very wrong, his muscles seem to have lost some kind of energy, and the bone density continues to weaken." ”
Diana didn't care about any of this and continued the interrogation.
The man kept silent, reciting a terrifying nursery rhyme, and his figure became thinner.
"He's dead. Heart atrophy. Superman said slowly.
"Hey! Arthur, where are you going? Luther grabbed Arthur's wrist and whispered.
Everyone still heard it, felt everyone's gaze, Arthur said lightly: "The attack is over, the misunderstanding has been resolved, I should go back to Gotham City." ”
"Gotham City, wait, you're from Gotham City." Diana captures the key message.
"Don't look at me." Arthur said, "It's the first time I've heard of the Owl Court. ”
"If you want to do it to me, if you can afford it." Looking at the glowing lasso in her hand, Arthur's face remained unchanged.
"Take me away." Luthor didn't let go, his expression extremely serious.
Under everyone's gaze, the two flew away from Washington.
The steel skeleton fell from another direction, and hurriedly asked, "Did you get any information?" ”
Superman recounted, and Cyborg nodded, "Muscle atrophy, Owl Court." ”
"I know a little bit about the symptoms, which first appeared on the bridge between Gotham and Metropolis.
As for the Owl Court—" He was silent for a moment, then looked up, his electronic eyes glowing red, "I'm sure there's a guy who can help us." ”