Chapter 157: The Calm Before the Storm
"I can't imagine that Batman would have set the negotiation location in a fast-food restaurant."
Amanda Waller whispered to Steve Trevor, "It's too close to the crowd here. ”
"Please, Waller, it's time for us to burn incense just to talk to Batman."
Air Force Colonel Steve Trevor was open-minded, looking at Diana Prince, who was walking not far away with seven ice creams.
"Put away your little superhero threat theory and the theory of necessary balance, really, hasn't the Black affair taught you enough lessons?"
"All in all, I'm the main person in charge of this negotiation, not you," he said. Waller. ”
Waller looked at him fixedly for a moment.
Then there was no such thing as "I'm in charge" and "You'll regret it."
Amanda Waller shrugged.
"In fact, if you put aside the public office factor, I'm personally a supporter of superheroes, and I like them a lot, and they can do a lot of things that governments can't do."
She chose to skip the conversation and said, "Honestly, why haven't Batman and Superman come yet?" ”
Diana walked over and reluctantly handed the two cones in her hand to Steve and Amanda:
"Eat the cone."
The two of them took it.
Diana had the remaining five in her hand and swallowed three of them in just one bite.
It was like a gluttonous amount of food, and the eyes of a little girl at the opposite table widened.
"Looks good, huh?"
Amanda Waller turned his head and saw the man with a blurred face appear in front of him.
Steve, on the other hand, looked warily at the man who appeared next to him wearing a bat hood.
Chen Tao, who appeared next to him, sighed.
"Frankly, that's why I set the conversation in a fast food restaurant."
He said directly:
"Upstairs 200 yards to the north, the naval snipers you arranged, their optical camouflage doesn't do much, after all, Superman's visual range includes the ultraviolet and infrared spectrum, and your sniper troops' high-velocity bullets in his barrel are made of kryptonite, right? You think we're in trouble with you, don't you? ”
Amanda Waller and Steve both stood up, and only Wonder Woman Diana Prince was still intently dealing with a few cold drinks on her plate and a cone in her hand.
She picked up the burger, and swallowed three of them in just one bite.
The little girl at the next table had a frightened expression on her face, and then a little star appeared in her eye, and she began to try to imitate the heroine.
Diana lifted the other two hamburgers, raised them at the little girl as if demonstratively, and then whimpered again.
She was smart enough not to get involved in the conversation between the other four people, he was only invited by Steve to protect him this time, and politics and negotiations were not her concerns.
After living for 5,000 years, even the Amazon princess, who has never been exposed to politics, still retains the most basic wisdom:
It's okay, don't mess around with things you don't know right and wrong.
"Don't think the government will turn a blind eye to what you're doing, bat."
"And Superman." Amanda Waller followed, and unlike Steve's aggressiveness, she wisely didn't point the finger at Batman, but at Superman.
Chen Tao narrowed his eyes slightly. Compared to Steve, who seems a little inexperienced, this old agent who looks like a black aunt is even more spicy.
She is well aware that, in a sense, Batman is not a good guy and Superman is. So she preemptively attacks Superman because she knows that Batman might visit her home at night, but Superman won't shoot her to scum with a heat ray.
She tried to get the initiative in the negotiations at the outset. To some extent, this is also a kind of "gentleman can deceive the party".
Steve came up and asked, "What the hell do you think you're flying into Longy?" Do you know how passive the government was by your actions a few days ago? ”
Superman's voice is smooth and gentle:
"Like I said, I'm in the habit of watching the news, and I've read reports of demonstrations by the Langyi people, where last week there was bloodshed and the Ahmadinejad regime overreacted, and some people lost their lives."
"Some of the organizers have been gone for a long time, and needless to say, the protest leaders are organizing the march on social networks, and the government has been monitoring the websites, so they know who to arrest. Knowing where they were, the Rangi military repeatedly warned people not to continue the demonstrations, and they vowed to respond strongly. ”
He reached out and tapped on the table, and Wonder Woman stuffed herself like a hamster, staring at his hand for a second for no apparent reason, and after making sure he wasn't trying to grab food from himself, she continued to stuff things into her mouth.
"But these people's students, shopkeepers, mothers, fathers, children, despite warnings, despite dangers, are still standing on the front line, and I want them to know that they are not alone."
"You're interfering with national sovereignty, Superman, you know our attitude towards this kind of thing."
"The Black affair has taught us a lesson that we will never, and the government will never allow superheroes to blatantly interfere with national sovereignty," Steve said. ”
"Steve, you should know clearly......" Chen Tao was about to speak, but was stopped by Superman raising his hand. So Chen Tao closed his mouth, he knew that this was Superman's confession, and he should respect the other party.
From beginning to end, Chen Tao never felt that he was Superman's nanny.
"As a superhero, as the guardian of the metropolis, I will fight against every threat you can think of."
"Alien invaders, rogues in fancy costumes and tricks, I'm very good at dealing with supernatural criminals."
"But I want to solve the suffering that is played out every day, save those who die of hunger, those who are deprived of the most basic human rights?"
"I've never played a role in these kinds of things."
Superman's voice was low.
"So I showed up, and I wanted to unite them."
"I swear to myself that I will never be directly involved in the conflict under any circumstances, this is a non-cooperation movement, a civil disobedience."
"I stood in Azadi Square for 24 hours, I didn't move, I didn't speak, I just stood there when the number of protesters increased from about 12,000 to 1 million."
"Someone left a rose at my feet."
"Someone left behind green shoulder straps and flags, which are the symbolic colors of this protest."
"The protesters threw petrol bombs at me, but the people of the Islamic Revolutionary Puppet Army did not fire a single shot."
"The demonstrations began peacefully and ended peacefully. I left after 24 hours, and I didn't interfere in local politics. ”
But does that make any sense? Has the local government committed itself to the beginning of the democratization process? ”
Superman was slightly silent for a moment.
"Nope."
"Then what are you doing this sensationalism for? Your actions caused an international uproar, with the Longly government accusing you of acting on behalf of the president, who called your intervention an act of war. ”
"I found out, of course, you're right, I'm stupid. So I'm going to address the United Nations tomorrow and tell them that I'm renunciating my American citizenship. ”
"What?" Now it was Steve's turn to be surprised.
"I'm tired of my actions being interpreted as American political maneuvers, and truth and justice and the American way are no longer enough. The world is too small and too close. ”
"I'm an alien, Colonel Trevor, and I can't restrain myself from seeing more and farther. I now realize that the pattern of my thinking has always been too small. Is it worth it to be sensational, you ask? Can he bring about any meaningful change? ”
Superman pauses, then continues:
"Maybe not in the big picture, but as I flew away, I saw two men underneath. One was a soldier of the Islamic Revolutionary Army and the other was a protester, and the protester handed a rose to the soldier. ”
"I thought the soldier was going to open fire, but his actions were unexpected and brave."
"He took the rose."
He smiled.
"So I guess what I'm doing is probably going to have some use."
The atmosphere between the two of them was somewhat stagnant.
Steve took a breath and said:
"But that still doesn't change your ......"
Amanda tugged at Colonel Steve's arm, then shook her head. So Steve shut up.
"That's the end of the tension." Chen Tao, who had been sitting and watching their argument, stood up and stood between the two of them, forcibly interrupting the dispute.
"We need to face the threat together." He said, "I'm here to ask for your help. ”
His gaze froze on Diana's face, who was eating fried chicken: "I need your help." ”
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The death shooter went to pick up his daughter from school.
At the bright and tidy school gate, his Zoe, his angel, she waved goodbye to her classmates and happily ran to her father, Floyd Lawton Jr.
The Death Shooter didn't go to school. A life that deviates will not have a youthful campus life. After the death of the whole family, he picked up the gun, he shot and killed one person after another, and he never felt that he was a good person.
So the death shooter is rejoicing. He's glad he's lucky enough to be able to live this kind of life now, and it's a life that only good people deserve, you know, "good people are rewarded."
And isn't it a kind of luck that a villain like him can be lucky enough to live a life that only good people can live?
The Death Shooter picked up his daughter with the same hands that had killed countless people and spun around in the air three times. Even though his daughter is that old now, he can still pick her up easily.
Death Archer knows that one day he will be too old to hold his daughter, and he knows that he may die one day. Therefore, he always cherishes such moments immensely.
They walked down the street holding hands. The metropolis is peaceful and safe, making it a great place to live, unlike Gotham.
The Death Shooter listened quietly to his daughter's stories from school. What class did you take today, and who won the first place in long-distance running. These routines made him feel like a normal, real father, rather than an executioner with blood on his hands.
Then he answered a phone call. A call from Batman, who dodges Zoe and talks to the other party for a while.
"Dad, what did you say on the phone?" Zoe asked him.
The Death Shooter smiled and touched her head.
"Nothing."
Yes, a villain like him wants to live a good life at a price.
And he's ready to pay that price.
"Zoe is a good boy, isn't she?"
He touched his daughter's head, furry, like an elf walking in the woods.
"Dad is going to be on a business trip for a while, and you're going to have to be fostered for a while longer."
"Zoe will obediently wait for Daddy to come home, right?"
Then he saw his daughter burst into tears.
After a few minutes, the death shooter finally coaxed the child.
"Good Zoe." He said.
"Good."
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Hollywood Studios.
The killer crocodile wears a Hawaiian plaid shirt, and the largest model doesn't even cover his hem.
He has a new girlfriend, Joan Munn, and they stand together like a real-life version of Beauty and the Beast. Their relationship is very good, and the killer crocodile loves it here. At least in Hollywood, no one is surprised by his unusual appearance.
There are strange makeup everywhere here, all kinds of ugly appearances, but against him, the killer crocodile looks handsome.
Frankly speaking, killer crocodiles have always had a dream of performing. Many years ago, when he was a circus wrestler, he loved the feeling of being surrounded by a crowd.
Although this dream of acting was shattered into pieces when the owner of the circus owed him wages and instructed the gang to beat him. He bit off the arm of the circus owner and permanently cut off his career as an actor. But fortunately, now he may be able to start again and continue to chase his unfulfilled dream of being an actor.
Batman gave him a lot of money...... Although this money is not extremely abundant for making a big movie, it is not the same if you change it to making a low-cost R-rated horror film, he is now a big star, although it is limited to the category of horror films.
Killer Crocodile also wants to enter the field of superhero films during this time, and he has already figured out what his film should be called, just called Crocodile Man, and the image setting refers to Batman.
He has been beaten in Gotham for so many years, and he is about to recite what Batman should look like when he appears!
As for the content of the story, it is easier to make up, Gotham for so many years, how Batman beats those villains in a fancy way, no one knows better than him, an insider.
Directly replace Batman's actions with yourself, and then put a skin on the screen, make a lot of money, right in front of you!
Thinking of this, the killer crocodile couldn't help but laugh treacherously.
"Assert ......"
"What are you laughing at?"
He heard his girlfriend Joan asking him, so he subconsciously replied, "Of course I'm thinking about how to copy Batman." ”
"What? Plagiarizing Batman? ”
"That's right, I not only want to copy Batman's previous operations, but also set the villain as a humanoid big bat, the righteous crocodile man fights the evil big bat, and finally wins and hugs the beauty, hehe!"
After Killer Crocodile spoke for a while, he suddenly realized that the second question just now was not the nice voice of his girlfriend Joan.
He turned his head sharply, and then showed the appearance of seeing Batman, and saw Batman quietly appear behind him.
The surrounding crew and actors let out an exclamation, hid next to it, and quietly looked at the black-clothed visitor who appeared here.
The killer crocodile noticed that Poison Ivy also appeared in the crowd, holding a glass of water. Seeing that his gaze had found him, he raised it slightly.
"Wei Lun, ...... they?"
"Some work buddies." Killer Crocodile stood up, he patted his girlfriend on the shoulder, and comforted the other party: "It's just a little problem, I'll be back soon." ”
He paused, and then vetoed himself: "Well, of course, it could be a big problem, but at least I'll come back to film for a while." ”
He said: "When I was away, you filmed the scene without me first." So it was decided. He lowered his head and gave his girlfriend an amphibian kiss: "I will definitely come back to continue filming, our career has just started." ”
"Okay." His girlfriend said, "You must come back early!" ”
"Uh-huh."
He turned and walked towards Batman.
"So, bat, what's the matter with me?"
"I need you to help me connect to the Red of All Beings." He heard Batman speak, his voice looking a little helpless: "I may need a big green dinosaur, only the red of all beings can satisfy me." ”
(End of chapter)