Linn spoke very quickly, which was rare because Linn didn't seem to be the kind of person who would be in a hurry.
He seemed to be always walking around, always confident.
However, this time, Bruce knew that something was wrong, and a key trigger was activated.
After hanging up the phone neatly, Bruce stared at the mother box from distant space, his eyes flickering.
"Batman, what's going on? What did Linn say?"
Cyborg still didn't know what Linn said to Batman, and Batman always had a serious expression as if someone owed him money, and nothing could be seen through the mask.
"It's time, for the first time, to assemble."
"ah?"
Cyborg was stunned for a moment, and then he saw Batman turn over and roll out of the window. His voice was still in the air: "You know where to find me, don't forget to bring that thing with you!"
The bat wings spread out, and Batman quickly disappeared into the night.
As for Cyborg, he habitually wiped his forehead that no longer sweated, closed the special metal box, hugged it, and left through the window.
Farther away, also in Gotham, Linn was robbing a store... to borrow some things. He was also a little surprised when he received a call from Batman.
"Originally, I didn't expect it to be so early..."
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Beach City.
It was late at night, and although the lights in the midnight city were bright, there were still darkness and dangers that were difficult to detect.
On the busy street, several cars have collided together for a long time. The busy intersection and the panicked crowds due to the explosion and more car accidents caused by the steering wheel to subconsciously avoid have blocked up the place, leaving the red flashing lights. Police cars and fire trucks with blue lights were honking their sirens in the distance, but they were never able to quickly approach the scene of the accident.
"Sir! We must evacuate the crowd as soon as possible and move those cars away. I just received a tip that there may be someone in those cars..."
"I know, I know! But...but look here! How are we going to get there? Are we going to run into it?"
The suspect, who had been under surveillance for a year because of a small mistake in tracking and tracking, discovered that the accident was also caused by his desperate escape.
Now, the bearded commander only hoped that the prisoner had died in the car and that the things he smuggled did not explode. Otherwise, he might have to retire early.
"hurry up!"
Incompetence rages because there is nothing to do. He already had a premonition that the day when he would be held in a meeting, demoted, or relieved of his duties would come early.
"Sir! Look!"
Just when he was feeling discouraged, his subordinate's exclamation made his heartbeat become stronger again.
The startled officer looked in the direction of his subordinate's finger. In the sky, a long line of green light and shadow was flying quickly from a high altitude in the distance.
"It's Green Lantern! Green Lantern is here! Hahahaha! We are saved...cough, sir, sorry."
Almost all government officials have complex and unspeakable sensory attitudes towards these superheroes.
On the one hand, although the appearance of these people varies in quality and can easily lead to social chaos, they have indeed relied on their own efforts to greatly combat the arrogance of local criminals.
They need evidence, law enforcement powers, image issues, and whether the reason for pulling out a gun is legitimate for those who wear uniforms, but those who wear masks do not need it.
From this perspective, the spontaneous behavior of these city heroes can be regarded as helping the police officers relieve their stress.
But, actually, it's the opposite.
Most of the time, they cause more trouble.
For example, a conflict in a case.
I don’t know how many secret lines and long-term cooperative informants the police department worked hard to communicate with, but these superheroes killed them without distinguishing between friend and foe.
I don’t know how much effort it took to bury the truth, but the case was just for someone else and the evidence was solid. Because the suspect was suddenly injured, he had no choice but to be tried in absentia.
What's more, some criminals have said goodbye to the law's trial forever because the superheroes killed the other party directly.
What they did was arbitrary and unscrupulous, so much so that these guys in the real police station gradually became what the people called "no trouble people."
To be fair, this is certainly unfair.
Therefore, at any time, whether the police department and the superheroes "cooperate" or help each other in a subtle way, these are things that everyone defaults to and cannot be brought to the table.
Just like today, just like the current accident, these guys wearing hats can only stand under the red and blue lights and watch from a distance, while that guy has rushed directly to the center of the accident, using strange magic It transformed into two large transparent green hands and forcibly separated the severely deformed cars that were "glued" together due to the violent impact.
The whole process took less than a minute in total. From the time the green guy appeared to the time he pretended to nod in this direction and then flew away in a swish, it took that long in total.
This seems to make them, the real maintainers of order, seem redundant and even more useless.
"snort!"
The bearded officer snorted heavily, glanced at the arrogant subordinate, turned around and left angrily, and returned to the car.
"These damn superheroes!"
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One of the apartments in a high-rise building.
With the light all over his body hidden, Green Lantern blended into the night and quietly walked around every angle where he might be discovered, and returned home through the window of his home.
"call!"
Even today, a long time after receiving this magical ring, as the new Green Lantern, Hal Jordan is still somewhat uncomfortable with this style of doing good things carefully.
As a professional aircraft test pilot, Hal's character has always been both publicity and calmness. Relying on his absolutely strong professional ability, Hal has always done whatever he wants.
Hal did not know how many times he had done things that blatantly disobeyed his superiors' orders and relied on his own instincts.
However, because he is professional, because he is a unique and rare talent, he can always leave his office one step before his boss yells, and then do the same thing next time.
However, in his profession, he is a top expert, a talent who can ignore all rules. However, in the [superhero] industry, he is undoubtedly still a newcomer, one who is still familiar with the rules, and has no ability to resist. New to this rule.
Just like today, Hal had actually arrived at the scene of the car accident a long time ago. After quietly observing for a long time and confirming in advance that there was no one alive at the scene, Hal decided not to be so pushy for the time being and save the opportunity to "show". For those who need to do their jobs.
but……
"well……"
The dark green combat uniform that moved like water waves faded from his body and merged into the unattractive ring on his hand. Hal sat down on the sofa and sighed helplessly.
He knew that those people didn't like him. This didn't require any special abilities. He needed to read their minds to understand. The expressions of those people were written on their faces.
Hal also knew why they were so prejudiced against him, but he couldn't just do nothing and keep watching.
"This kind of thing is really difficult to deal with. If only someone could teach me~"
"Ah...I can teach you."
"who!"
Teng jumped up from the sofa. As a former aircraft test pilot, Hal's physical fitness was at the top level among all normal humans, and his reaction speed was at the peak of ordinary people.
After jumping up from the sofa, Hal did not immediately use the power of the green light ring. This was due to his super reaction speed and ability to handle emergencies.
Hal has not killed anyone yet, and if possible, he hopes he will never kill anyone. Therefore, if the person who just spoke is a thief who sneaked into his house, then Hal's identity as a Green Lantern must not be exposed.
He didn't want to be silenced because of this.
So, I picked up the collectible baseball bat on the display shelf nearby, although I felt a little distressed. But Hal can still distinguish the important from the important at this time.
Don't hurt anyone, just knock him out and report it to the police.
Don't kill, don't kill, don't kill...
Approaching slowly, Hal saw someone walking out of the unlit kitchen of his home, holding a large bucket of ice cream and digging into the food with a spatula...
"Son of bi...it's you!"
Hal recognized the guy who beat him up and took the ring away last time outside the city.
"Ah——! I'm going to kill you!"
Holding the baseball bat, Hal glared and swung it towards Linn's head.
With a bang, Linn fell down and remained motionless.
At this time, Hal, who was holding a broken baseball bat and panting heavily, looked at Linn who was motionless on the ground and reacted.
Oops!
As soon as his hand loosened, the baseball bat fell to the ground and broke into two pieces. Hal saw Linn lying on the ground, with viscous liquid slowly flowing out from underneath him...
"Hey! Are you okay! Hey! You..."
Hal hurriedly ran over, helped Linn upright, and asked him to lie face up. Just as he was shouting anxiously and preparing to go find the first aid kit, he discovered that this guy had obviously hit him on the head with a baseball bat, but the bleeding wound seemed to be on his stomach.
"You...Bubbles...what are you doing...stealing my coke?!!"
"Ahem! I, I can't survive. My murderer is... uh! I'm dead~!"
Lin En put on a pretentious look, lay down on the ground again, and quietly pulled the ice cream bucket towards him with one hand.
Anxious, angry and speechless, Hal opened his mouth several times, but in the end he couldn't say a word. He could only scratch his head helplessly, walked aside and turned on the light.
"Mr. Hal? Are you in any danger? Mr. Hal, please open the door."
Outside the door, maybe something was heard, maybe a neighbor called, and the patrolling building security personnel knocked on the door.
Opening the door, Hal smiled: "Nothing, misunderstanding, I just accidentally knocked something over."
"Is it true? Mr. Hal, when your next-door neighbor Mrs. Mary was catching kittens by her window, she said she heard... a loud noise."
This apartment building is home to many middle-class office workers, and the security aspect has always been very reassuring.
But at this time, Hal definitely didn't want them to be so dedicated.
Just when he was about to find an excuse and reason to send the security guard away, behind Hal, Linn walked over holding an ice cream bucket and a spatula in one hand.
"It's nothing, it's just that I took his spatula to eat his cold drink and accidentally spilled the coke on the floor, so he wanted to kill me. It's not a big problem, I won't let him kill me."
"hehe."
The security guard smiled and finally relaxed his vigilance. After all, in the phone call he just received, Mrs. Mary said that she heard not only a loud voice, but also a shout: I'm going to kill you!
"You two, if nothing happens, I'll leave first."
"Uh, okay, bye."
"Don't you want to eat some ice cream before leaving? There's still some Coke left and not all of it was spilled! Ah, let's go."
Bang!
The door was slammed shut, and Hal turned his head. Although his face was calm, his eyes were full of doubts and caution.
This guy named Lynn...
very dangerous!
Quietly, looking at Lin's nonchalant and relaxed back as he walked into the living room, Hal's green light suit gradually covered his body again.
"Hi! Old Bat! Oh, Superboy, you're here too, yo! Isn't this the Green Arrow? I haven't seen you for a few days, why are you so cool~
Ah Diana, long time no see, I miss you very much, so can you tell me where Zeus and the others live? I want to find a match. "
Hal paused as he moved forward, and Lin En... was on a video call with someone.
And he also appeared in the corner of Lin En's mobile phone.
"Lynn, who is behind you?"
Sure enough, someone over there also noticed him and asked questions.
Old bat...
It can't be Batman!
That big super...
Is it Superman? !
Hal's eyes started to look wrong.
It turns out these people...
Is he also a scum like Linn? ! !
No, no, no, no...
Absolutely not!
Hal fell into strange self-doubt, thinking that this might be a conspiracy, and that guy must be trying to use this to cheat...
"Okay, I have something to do for now, so I won't talk about it for now."
"Wait a minute! Lin..."
The video was hung up by Lin En. He turned around, still holding the ice cream bucket in his hand and popping it into his mouth.
"Hal Jordan."
Linn suddenly called his name, very formal, very... normal.
This abnormal scene made Hal focus his attention again, staring into Linn's eyes, silently waiting for his next words.
Is it an apology... No, he is not that kind of person.
It’s asking for forgiveness…not even that.
So it's a threat, but why does he appear like this?
What was the meaning of the video communication just now? Was it a subtle way to prove one's strength?
Or...does it have another meaning...
Lynn, what exactly do you want...
Pursing his lips slightly, Hal was mentally prepared for Linn to suddenly attack, causing the fight to destroy his home, and to have his identity exposed.
"Did you... also buy other flavors of ice cream?"
"…………ah?"
With a bang, the ice cream bucket fell to the ground, and Linn scratched the corner of his mouth with his thumb.
"I, I'm still a little hungry."
(End of chapter)
