Chapter 223: The Trap of Mecha Superman and Batman's Preparedness
In the government's meeting room.
Colonel Steve Amanda Waller sat side by side to the president's left.
General Swanwick sat alone not far from President Clinton's right hand, his arms folded and his face expressionless. The other two generals in military uniforms sat close to the president, the militant lunatics who sometimes suspected that they were all out of their minds, compared to the militant lunatics who sometimes suspected that they were all out of their minds.
But now, the faces of everyone present are very ugly.
On the big screen, a view is playing at the moment, which is Billy's brick-like locator.
At this point, the scene stops on Black Adam's big face as he bends down to pick up the bricks.
No one spoke.
"Batman treated us to a good show." The president set the tone as soon as he spoke: "But I think we'll have to make our own judgments." β
"Mecha Superman and Steppenwolf standing together doesn't mean much." Colonel Steve said: "They may ......"
"We have no evidence that Mechanical Superman and Steppenwolf are connected." Amanda Waller said: "But the problem is ......"
"This is not a courtroom."
Colonel Steve and Amanda played a perfect linguistic match, first throwing out the assumption of innocence, and then creating a guilty inference, and directly came up to convict the mechanical superman, and Amanda gave a conclusion in a few words:
"If loyalty is not absolute, it is absolute disloyalty. I hate to believe it, but this video might be corroborated by the 'Batman tells us that mechanical supermen aren't good'. β
But clearly, this is not what the president wants to hear. He wanted to hear other opinions, so he turned his gaze to the two generals next to him.
"I'm not a radical person." One of the generals paused and said, "Maybe there's something wrong with Superman, but that doesn't prove Batman's harmlessness. β
"If he doesn't, we're ruining our martial arts." Another general said: "For now, at least, he's still following our orders. β
"But there are no guarantees later. A bomb that explodes at any moment in your hand may not be as good as a slingshot. Amanda Waller said: "A sword stabbed in the back is perhaps more threatening than an ally who refuses to involve us in something at the core." β
"But ......"
"No, but." Waller said: "We have to admit the fact that Batman and his suicide squad are currently the most complete superpowered group on the planet, and while dealing with so many crises, the government should not be too stiff with each other, especially to avoid all frontal armed conflicts." β
"We can't clash with them head-on, are we just staring like this-"
"This general, the reason why I say that I can't clash head-on is not to protect Batman, but to protect ourselves......"
But at this moment, the president's mobile phone on the table suddenly rang, interrupting the argument of everyone in the room.
The president picked up his phone, but instead paused.
"Your Excellency, who is calling?" Waller had already vaguely guessed the object, but she didn't say it directly.
Then he heard the other party's answer:
"It's Batman."
"It was Batman who called me."
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"Leave that Kryptonian behind, Batman."
A loudspeaker was installed on one of the tanks, and the voice of General Arryn was heard from inside.
He is a representative of the hawkish wing of the government, advocating tough measures and attitudes against superpowers who are outside the control of the government, and his attitude is even more explicit and extreme than Amanda Waller's attitude in this regard.
Amanda Waller is just an agent, she takes orders, she fulfills orders, she doesn't make political claims, she doesn't even harbor ill will towards superheroes in her private position, and General Arryn is completely different.
He is one of the "some" in Waller's sometimes remarks that "there are people in the government who ...... you."
At the same time, he is also the intermediary who introduces Superman Mechanic into the government system, and their relationship is similar to that of Colonel Steve Trevor and Wonder Woman, but perhaps more intimate.
Chen Tao quickly went through the other party's information in his mind. It's clear that Superman didn't come to this area alone. Frankly speaking, Chen Tao originally thought that the US military's action efficiency would be lower, and his own speed would be faster, so he would not directly confront him, but now that it is unfortunate, he is not unprepared.
"Don't think about flying away, Batman." He heard General Arryn's voice over the horn: "Red Sun weapons and Kryptonite missiles are ready. β
Chen Tao sighed, and he saw the metal man John Cobain appear next to the ordinary soldiers and those tanks one after another with countless mechs.
If only you were so tough against Darkseid.
Chen Tao shook his head. It's not impossible to force your way through, but it's not necessary.
Frankly, Chen Tao did not intend to clash with the army here.
Just as Bane once fought the army neatly but did not intend to destroy the city, it is one order of magnitude to wander on the edge of the government's control, or even fool the government into conducting private vigilante activities, or stealing government intelligence, and it is another order of magnitude to engage the army head-on and openly confront the * machine.
He had already fallen into a deterioration in relations with the government due to the extremely bad mother box counterfeiting incident, and if he directly rushed into the enemy line here, violently beat the metal men, and then destroyed those weapons and walked away, it was simple and crude enough, but ......
Boom!
Diana didn't say a word of nonsense, and directly took out such a long sword in front of the dense US troops, and then let out the sound of an Amazon battle cry:
"Warriors, rush behind me, ...... with me"
"You're a little too extreme!" Chen Tao hurriedly stopped her: "This can't be cut!! β
"We will break directly into the enemy line and capture the enemy general." Diana said, "There's no need to kill him, I'll put my sword around his neck and we'll be gone." β
Chen Tao hurriedly brainwashed Diana and asked her to give up this dangerous idea: "Ah, it can't be like this, this is the country's army, and we are superheroes." β
"We are disciplined and law-abiding," he said. β
He flew up, hovering in the air, condescendingly, looking at the rolling legions.
"Batman, I've finally given you an ultimatum to hand over the Kryptonian ......"
General Ayryn's voice was still ringing, and the president's phone had been answered.
Then he made a phone call to the president on the spot.
ββ¦β¦ Well, okay"
Soon, the president's side passed the order to let him go, and Chen Tao didn't even need to say anything at all, which was somewhat unexpected to him.
A moment later, General Erin, who had a stinky face, slowly walked in front of Chen Tao with a vast array of soldiers, and said a lot of words.
Chen Tao didn't listen carefully, to the effect that he was talking about what he had paid for the country, but no matter how much he paid, it had nothing to do with him.
He dozed off at the end, but in the end, the talkative General Arryn got out of the way, and all sorts of tanks and mechs separated, and everything seemed to be going well.
Chen Tao greeted Wonder Woman, and Xiao Ke dragged Supergirl behind him, who was still in a coma.
Diana asked in a low voice, "Solved?" β
"Hmm." Chen Tao nodded.
"Oh, that's right."
What's the disappointment in that tone...... Would you love to fight the government?
Chen Tao shook his head.
But suddenly he was a little curious: "But didn't you just think to ask Steve to do you a favor?" β
Wonder Woman paused.
The Amazonian warrior rubbed her thumb with some embarrassment and reinserted it into the scabbard, the hilt hanging from her waist.
Chen Tao soon stopped dwelling on this issue, and under the watchful eyes of General Ai Lin and tens of thousands of silent troops, they quickly walked out of the continuous barracks and came outside.
But Chen Tao was always a little absent-minded, he looked at Supergirl who was still unconscious, and felt that something was missing.
He stopped and looked back at the barracks.
Countless soldiers have set up camp here, and everyone's expressions are extremely smart, completely real people, and it can't be fake......
Chen Tao shook his head, when did he start to be afraid of mud faces? He is the only one in this world who deceives people, and when someone else deceives him.
But he still felt that something was wrong, that things were going so smoothly that it was as if he had made a phone call and solved the problem on the spot, as if he had pulled open a can and scooped out luncheon meat.
If Mecha Superman and General Arryn had simply let him through so many armies, then what was the point of them doing so?
Arrange the army here for him to parade up to welcome?
When Chen Tao wanted to understand this, he suddenly felt his head buzz, he turned his head, and when he looked at Diana for the first time, he found that the Amazon princess was also aware of this.
Silver-white particles flowed on Chen Tao's face in an instant, and the streamlined mask of the speed bullet replaced his half-covered face, and the X-ray see-through ray immediately swept towards the entire barracks.
Glance...... Glance...... Glance......
But soon, Chen Tao spotted an area where lead blocked his field of vision.
He grabbed Diana's arm and flew into the air with her, and the two of them disappeared in an instant.
Rumble!!!
He wasn't in the mood to speak properly, and a sense of urgency urged him to open the box that was blocked by lead plates......
Chen Tao, who arrived at the place, gasped, and when he really arrived, he found out that this was a box, it was completely a temporary small house.
And inside......
"It's going to kill everyone here."
Diana, who was standing next to Chen Tao, had a solemn face and looked at the huge bomb in front of her: "Even if I haven't used this weapon much, I know its power very well. β
She stretched out her hand and tried to carry all these bombs directly by herself, but was immediately stopped by Chen Tao.
He stretched out a hand, and countless tiny metal locks stretched out from the top, and carefully examined the bomb's operating table for a while: "You can't move it, if you move, it will explode." β
Chen Tao frowned, and the next moment his head turned into an on-board computer, trying to unleash the ability of the metal spirit against the bomb.
Buzz Buzz Buzz ......
It has no effect, Chen Tao's face is ugly, this thing is by no means a product of the earth, it is mixed with too much technology of the Apocalypse Star.
So he turned to Wonder Woman and said, "We need to get General Arryn to move his legion out of hereβ"
"I don't agree."
But before Chen Tao's words were finished, the voice of General Aylin sounded in his ears: "I received an order to be stationed here, so even if the president gives me an order to evacuate, I will not pay attention." β
Chen Tao turned his head and saw the commander of the army who appeared here.
The metal men followed him, followed by a horde of mechs. There was a red glimmer in his eyes, and Chen Tao guessed that he had been controlled by the mechanical superman.
Chen Tao's eyes lowered.
The other party just wants to wipe out all the troops here, and he can guess now without looking at it, that the information from the president's side and here should have been completely blocked, or at least temporarily.
In that case, in the eyes of the government, no matter what happens, the result is that Batman is alive and the army is piled with bones and blood.
This will undoubtedly give many people in the government an excellent excuse.
So Chen Tao sighed and turned his head to look at Diana next to him.
"Sometimes I really don't want to use those inferior methods."
Then he looked at General Arryn and his mechs:
"But I'm usually prepared."
(End of chapter)