So...... And that's where the story begins.

That old grudge made Aquaman and Black Manta Ray fight for the beginning of their lives:

The tragic death of a man.

The black manta closed his eyes, and the roar of the young Sea King still seemed to echo in his ears.

"Black-bat-ray!"

The voice was full of anger and hatred.

The sound came from the lighthouse in Mercy Harbour and spread all the way down the current to the Black Manta Ray and his father's boat. They are a father and son who are treasure hunters, a group of illegal criminals who wander the seas.

"I know—you're here!!"

Even after all these years, the black manta ray could still remember how he trembled when he heard the roar.

He was hired by Dr. Stephen Shen to steal the blood of Aquaman Arthur Curry in order for Dr. Shen to inform the world of his discovery of Atlantis.

When the manta ray broke into Arthur Curry's house to shoplift, it happened to happen that his father, Tom Curry, had a heart attack and died. Unbeknownst to Aquaman, he believed that it was the black manta rays who had killed his father.

(Note: Actually, it was the black manta ray who came in to steal things, and as a result, Aquaman's father had a heart attack and died.) Black manta rays are not as innocent as they think they are. ）

The young Sea King Arthur Curry, the son of man, is furious and bent on catching the murderer. In memory of his father, he wants to give the murderer the fairest trial......

Death.

However, he was blinded by his father's death and made the wrong decision to take his anger out on his father, who he believed to be the murderer.

Arthur searches the sea in search of the manta ray, and he finds the manta ray's ship near a shipwreck, when the black manta ray is searching for treasure underwater, he thinks the black manta ray is alone, but it is not.

The black manta ray is a diver and his father ...... It's the captain.

And Aquaman Arthur Curry is the wrong person...... He strangled the manta ray's father alive.

Black Manta survives, but he and Arthur are trapped forever in a cycle of revenge.

That was a long time ago.

But once the flame of vengeance begins to ignite, it will never be extinguished, no matter what damn mistake ignited them.

They burn, they spread......

They burned everyone they touched. Every single one, and all their hopes and dreams.

At this moment, at this moment.

The Chamber of Deliberations.

The leaders who were still here had long since left, and even the second-in-command, Black Jack, had disappeared without a trace, leaving only Black Manta Ray sitting alone in the center of the hall.

"You're ready to come out." He spoke.

Nothing happened, and there was silence around.

The black manta ray sighed. He opened his palm, and a brilliant golden light spread out from his palm, forming a golden swirl-like spatial portal.

In the next second, a figure fell from it in an embarrassed manner, but before he landed, he suddenly turned sideways and landed lightly and skillfully on the ground.

"I hope you don't pretend you're not there when you're already there." The black manta said to the figure, "And...... I'll say the same thing only once, Atositas. ”

"What about the help that [the Meditation Mites] promised me?"

That's right, what appeared in front of the Black Manta at this time was the future Lord of the Red Lantern Legion, the blood mage [Atositas], a prophet from an alien planet, and the target of the previous Green Lantern Sinisto and Green Lantern Howl.

He came to Earth because he predicted the great crisis of the future universe falling into death [Darkest Night], but he was deceived by the magic worm [Meditation Mites] and joined their command.

"Your assistance will be available very quickly." Atositas' bare-faced, fanged face was expressionless: "The Chemical Waste Monster is ready, and of course me." Our mission was to drain Batman's energy as much as possible, wasting his time and giving the Meditative Mites more time to absorb the magic. ”

Since the Meditation Mite used Billy's father CC Batson to steal the power of Thunder Shazam, he has successfully released many monsters except for the Supreme Superman through the [Eternal Cellar], and at the same time connected the seven major magic continents, so that the magic that was once sealed by the ancient mage alliance [Wizards' Council] to other magic continents in different latitudes flows back into the earth and is gradually absorbed by it.

And in the time it takes to absorb these magical powers, the Meditation Mite certainly hopes that Batman's plan will not be launched so quickly, so that he can be more prepared.

Therefore, through an alliance with another villain, the Outsider, the Meditation Mite borrowed the name of the other party and asked for . The leaders of the Order, Angler and Black Manta Ray, provide the Hairy Man and the Chemical Waste Monster, two monsters with low intelligence but capable of fighting.

But with the . The organization changed hands, the fisherman died, and now the command of both monsters is in the hands of the black manta ray.

The hairy man has an empty head, full of strange powers, low intelligence, and only destroys, and is a failed genetically synthesized monster.

The Chemical Waste Monster is a container for storing chemicals, because the monsters born after the mixing of chemicals are also mentally retarded.

"Our mission." The black manta sneered, but did not continue to speak.

Atositas knew that the other party didn't regard the meditative mites as any alliance at all, and the meditative mites were probably too.

He sighed.

He knew that as an alien he had become too involved in the dispute on the planet, but in order to find William Hand, the initiator of the prophesied Darkest Night, he had to do the bidding of the Meditation Mites. Because only the other party can find William Hand, this is a fact that he has verified through the prophecy of blood magic.

What Atositas didn't know was that William Hand was hidden by the meditative mites, so naturally only he could find the other party. In a way, the prophecy was not wrong.

"Good." Black Manta stood up: "Wait until we are done disguised as Atlanteans and launch a nuclear bomb to attack the United States, and the first wave of self-defense operations of the Americans will begin......"

"We will follow behind the United States and turn the first American counterattack on Atlantis into the end of Atlantis!" he said. ”

……

……

……

At this time, they were following Arthur the Sea King, and appeared at the bottom of the sea.

For the two Kryptonians, they can both survive in space, let alone a little seawater, and Chen Tao simply turned his head into an iron lump, and there is no need for a diving bottle or anything, and the equipment on their bodies naturally has a waterproof function.

They were now defending themselves against Atlantis: an energy shield built underwater, or strictly a magic shield net.

These shields guarded Atlantis like walls and hid them in the depths of the sea for thousands of years. Since his birth, countless generations of Atlanteans have hardened and cast different spells, and the complexity can only be said to be breathtaking.

However, at this time, with the authority of King Arthur of the Sea King, these shields and magic arrays were all out of the way for the four of them at this moment.

"In front of me is the palace of Atlantis, and it is also my residence." Aquaman Arthur said.

But before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Connor, the superboy next to him: "You really live in the palace?" That's cool, buddy! ”

"......" Arthur paused. He's old enough to be the dad of Superboy Connor, who hasn't been out of the petri dish for less than a year now.

Arthur took a deep breath and decided not to pay attention to the other party, and continued: "The regent Tula will ...... later"

The regent Tula, also known as the Waterwalking Maiden, was an important figure in Atlantis. His relationship with Aquaman Arthur is complicated, to put it simply, Aquaman Arthur has a half-brother [Lord Aum], who has now left Atlantis and traveled in other seas. And the regent Tula is the half-sister of Lord Aum.

“…… Let's meet the rebels of the Flood Beast Organization first, and then-"

Aquaman Arthur was halfway through his words, and then looked at Chen Tao with some strange eyes, although his head still maintained the appearance of an iron scale, but the logo of an inverted bat and the red sun symbol appeared on his chest.

"What's going on?"

He asked Chen Tao.

Chen Tao, who was synchronized with the bat mage who was frantically recording the path in and out of Atlantis's magic circles and shields, smiled shyly: "No, no, I just change the color of my clothes." You continue. ”

Aquaman Arthur scratched his head: "Okay. He continued to babble in front of him and began to introduce, causing the two Kryptonians to exclaim.

They entered the city through the circle, and were watched by many Atlanteans along the way. They exchanged heads and ears with each other, talking about the big news that they had discovered that people on land could breathe and talk even in the water.

"I've already contacted the regent Tula remotely, he will prepare a route for us to see the mother box in advance, we will now go and interrogate the people of the [Flood Beast Organization] first, and then ......"

"Batman. Now there's a situation. ”

Chen Tao pressed two fingers against the headset, and suddenly heard Amanda Waller's voice ring in his ears.

"Batman, Batman? Are you listening to me? Something happened, a very, very serious situation. ”

"Say."

Thirty-two minutes earlier, the USS Pontcharraine and its crew had disappeared into the South Atlantic, for which Atlantis claimed responsibility. They hijacked the nuclear weapons on that aircraft carrier and were about to attack the continental United States. ”

"It can't be." Chen Tao paused suddenly. This sudden incident suddenly disrupted his previous plan.

And that's what happened, at least that's what some people in the United States want to believe. Atlantis launched an attack on the United States. ”

"Ridiculous."

"I think so, too. But they play with the question, and in fact they play with every reason. The nuclear weapons on that aircraft carrier could at least turn a city into a desert where there would be no living people for the next 50 years. That is, they really have the ability to turn threats into reality, and that's enough. ”

Chen Tao knows that Amanda Waller said that some people and borrowed questions to play just for his tone. I'm afraid most of the people are already in a panic by now.

"Listen to me, Batman. It's very weird, but the automatic self-defense system of the American polity is already working......"

Amanda Waller's voice was calm and clear, and the chubby black female aunt knew very well how dangerous the situation was.

"Ten minutes ago, the US Strategic Command quickly reported the situation to the president, but the president did not react at all, and no one could be contacted."

Chen Tao immediately understood what Amanda Waller meant: "Someone quickly cut off the communication between the president and departments at all levels. ”

"That's right, so of course, the crisis commissioner next to the president read out his identification code, and then he was awakened to his identity and began to exercise the powers that the president should have exercised."

Amanda Waller warned: "After checking the Commissioner's identity password, the Crisis Commissioner bypassed me and Steve Trevor and convened the National Security Council on behalf of the President to convene a five-member line, which is the only way in the entire American polity to directly exercise authority to mobilize the American war machine, bypassing the two of us and a few other generals." ”

"There is a problem with the crisis commissioner, who directly through the National Security Council, indirectly stripped the two of us of our rights for a short period of time."

"After confirming the crisis, the [Night Watch Procedure] was directly activated, and all government personnel on leave will be recalled as soon as possible, and the crisis commissioner who gave the order has already boarded a helicopter to take refuge in the Doomsday Fortress."

Chen Tao's face was a little ugly: "I know, and then ......"

“…… The state will soon defend itself in accordance with the law, and the crisis commissioner has exercised his rights on the condition that the state of crisis in the country is a condition, and under that conditions his rights are almost absolute. ”

"I've got to find a way to prove to them that the Atlanteans weren't attacking the United States, and that someone was doing something to get in the way."

"That's right." "Be quick, because legally, the country is now in a state of war, and in such a state, it is legal to launch a counterattack against Atlantis," Amanda Waller said. This no longer applies to any international law. ”

"That is, if I can't prove all this quickly, stop the state of war in the country......"

"Then the state may preemptively attack Atlantis in order to prevent itself from being attacked further."

Amanda Waller said: "Whoever this instigator is, he must be familiar with the US military junta system. ”

"Navies, nuclear submarines, powerful national air forces, and army ...... stationed in other countries at military bases around the world"

"They will be granted the right of unrestricted defense, every nuclear submarine with nuclear weapons ......"

"The U.S. government doesn't know the exact location of Atlantis, it's in the deep sea, and they even ......"

There was silence on the other end of the line for a moment.

"I'm sorry, Batman, the U.S. government knows where Atlantis is."

"What did you say?"

"We found the place, but Atlantis has its own defense system, they have built an energy field shield underwater, and no one can break through that thing, and we haven't tried to see if a nuclear bomb can defeat it. But as of now, we do know where Atlantis is. ”

Chen Tao's heart sank:

"That is to say......"

"That third-party conspiracy would never have been able to manipulate the hijacked aircraft carrier to launch a nuclear bomb at the United States. Otherwise, the United States will immediately launch the procedure of bringing Atlantis to hell with it. But even now, Atlantis, which attacked the aircraft carrier, is already considered to be at war, and conventional means of strike, except for nuclear bombs, will arrive. ”

"I'm sure some of the powerful martial arts figures have already begun to throw soldiers into Atlantis at this time." Amanda Waller said: "It's completely out of control now. ”

Chen Tao touched his chin.

It's too ruthless. It's all about sending all of Atlantis to hell. What kind of person has such a deep hatred for Aquaman?

Chen Tao immediately thought of a name in his heart, and Chen Tao could almost guess the ending.

Of course, the goal of the third party behind the scenes cannot be to destroy the United States, because the United States has the Justice League, even if Atlantis launches the ocean plan to directly destroy the United States created by Arthur the Sea King himself, it may cause the fall of several continents in the United States, or a large number of deaths, but under the absolute force of the Justice League, it is absolutely impossible to destroy the United States with Atlantis alone.

But equally, Atlantis is not so vulnerable. Even if there is a position for the other side, a few nuclear bombs want to destroy Atlantis? Yes, a nuclear bomb is very strong, but it has to be blown up to make it work.

The United States never realized that they were dealing with a magical civilization, and magic ...... Teleporting away an attack that others can't withstand on their own is already a basic operation.

So if the enemy's purpose is to destroy Atlantis, then at this moment, he should be in ......

The doorway of Atlantis.

Chen Tao thought of the black manta ray, so he closed his eyes and tried to retrieve the other party's location.

As early as the first time he met the black manta ray during the battle with Bleniac, he left nanobots on them. If he really felt that the black manta ray was really outside Atlantis, then his inference was completely correct, and the other party really wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to attack and destroy Atlantis.

Sure enough, he soon got the same answer he expected.

"Batman, you have to find the person behind the war between the Atlanteans and the Americans, and stop the battle that has already begun, please, otherwise it will kill a lot......" Amanda Ward's words were interrupted by Chen Tao before he could finish speaking.

"Wait, Amanda Waller, if that black bat...... The purpose of the third-party conspirator is always just to destroy Atlantis, plus one to kill Aquaman, so wouldn't it be better if I just gave Aquaman to him to kill? ”

"Bat, you have to ...... Yes? ”

"Huh?"

Before Amanda Waller could finish speaking, she suddenly choked on what the other party said.

On the other end of the line, she sat up straight.

"What are you kidding, you're not serious, are you?"

"I'm certainly not kidding."

Chen Tao didn't say these words in front of Aquaman, he just used the on-board computer to directly type what he wanted to say in his mind towards Amanda Waller's side.

"If their target is always just Aquaman Arthur Curry, I can bring Aquaman to him...... He wants the Atlanteans dead? He wants the American dead? No! He wanted Aquaman to suffer. ”

Chen Tao said: "Then suffer the Sea King, and I will bear the name." ”

"Kill Aquaman, and turn Atlantis and the United States upside down? How troublesome, wouldn't it be nice if I delivered it to him directly? ”

“…… You stop for a moment and let me think about it. Amanda Waller felt like her head was in disarray, but she quickly got out of her chaotic mind.

"What are you kidding, Batman, I won't believe you actually killed Aquaman."

"What kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd?"

"I'm Uchiha Yu, dedicated to cultivating immortals" Hundred Battle Sheep

My dream for Uchiha Yu is to eat something good, drink something good, accompany the kitten, and cultivate immortals with peace of mind.

I didn't get in your way, but why did I just have to make it unbearable?

(End of chapter)