"I can't imagine that Batman would set the venue for negotiations in a fast food restaurant."
Amanda Waller whispered to Steve Trevor: "It's too close to the crowd."
"Come on, Waller, just the fact that we can talk to Batman is a blessing."
Air Force Colonel Steve Trevor was very open-minded. He looked at Diana Prince who was walking over not far away holding seven ice creams.
"Put away your theory of superhero threats and necessary balance. Really, haven't you learned enough lessons from Blake's incident?"
He said: "In short, I am the main person responsible for this negotiation, not you. Waller."
Waller looked at him steadily for a while.
There was no such popular dialogue as "I am the one in charge" or "You will definitely regret it".
Amanda Waller shrugged.
"In fact, if you put aside the element of public office, I personally am a supporter of superheroes. I like them very much. They can do many things that the government cannot do."
She skipped the conversation and said, "Honestly, why aren't Batman and Superman here yet?"
Diana came over and reluctantly handed the two cones in her hands to Steve and Amanda:
"Eat a cone."
The two of them took it.
Diana held the remaining five in her hand and devoured three of them in one bite.
The little girl at the opposite table widened her eyes when she saw this gluttonous amount of food.
"Looks good, you two?"
Amanda Waller turned his head and saw the man whose face was blurred into a ball appearing in front of him.
Steve looked warily at the person wearing a bat hood who appeared next to him.
Chen Tao, who appeared next to him, sighed.
"Frankly speaking, I set the location of the conversation in a fast food restaurant for this reason."
He said directly:
"Upstairs 200 yards away to the north, the optical camouflage of the naval snipers you arranged will have no effect. After all, Superman's visual range includes the ultraviolet and infrared spectrum. The high-speed bullets in the barrels of your sniper troops are made of Made of kryptonite, right? You think we’re in trouble for you, don’t you?”
Both Amanda Waller and Steve stood up, only Wonder Woman Diana Prince was still concentrating on a few cold drinks on the plate and the cone in her hand.
She picked up the burgers, looked at them expressionlessly, and swallowed three of them in just one bite.
The little girl at the next table had a look of horror on her face, and then little stars appeared in her eyes, and she began to try to imitate the heroine.
Diana raised the other two burgers, waved them at the little girl as if in demonstration, and then took another sip.
She was smart enough not to get involved in the conversation between the other four people. He came here only at Steve's invitation to protect him. Politics and negotiations were not what she should care about.
After living for 5,000 years, even the Amazon princess, who has never been exposed to politics, still retains the most basic wisdom:
Don't get involved in things that you don't understand right or wrong.
"Don't think the government is going to turn a blind eye to what you're doing, bats."
"And Superman." Amanda Waller followed. Unlike Steve's aggressiveness, she wisely did not point the finger at Batman, but directly 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 appears to be more sophisticated.
It was clear to her that, in a sense, Batman was not a good guy, but Superman was. So she attacks Superman first, knowing that Batman might be visiting her house at night, but Superman isn't going to shoot her to pieces with a heat ray.
She tried to gain the initiative in the negotiation from the beginning. To a certain extent, this is also a kind of "a gentleman can bully others."
Steve came up and asked: "What on earth do you think you are doing by flying into Langi? Do you know how passive your actions a few days ago made the government?"
Superman's voice is smooth and gentle:
"As I said, I have the habit of watching the news. I have read reports about the demonstrations in Langyi. Last week, there was bloody conflict there. The Ahmadinejad regime overreacted and some citizens lost their lives as a result. .”
"Some of the organizers of the march have disappeared for a long time. Needless to say, those protest leaders relied on social networks to organize the march, and the government has been monitoring those websites, so they know who to arrest. And they know where they are, Lang The Iraqi military has continuously warned people not to continue to participate in demonstrations, and they have declared that they will respond harshly."
He stretched out his hand and knocked on the table. Wonder Woman stuffed herself like a hamster and stared at his hand for a second without knowing why. After confirming that he was not trying to compete with her for food, she continued to put it in her mouth. Stuffed.
"But these people's students, shopkeepers, mothers, fathers, and children ignored warnings and dangers and still stood on the front line. I want them to know that they are not alone."
"You are interfering with national sovereignty, Superman. You know our attitude towards this kind of thing."
Steve said: "The Blake incident has taught us a lesson. We will never, and the government will never allow superheroes to blatantly interfere with national sovereignty."
"Steve, you should know..." Chen Tao was about to speak when Superman raised his hand to stop him. So Chen Tao shut his mouth. He knew that this was Superman's confession and he should respect the other person.
From beginning to end, Chen Tao never felt that he was Superman's nanny.
"As a superhero, as the protector of Metropolis, I will fight every threat you can think of."
"Alien invaders, bandits wearing strange clothes and playing strange tricks. I am very good at dealing with supernatural criminals."
"You want me to solve the suffering that is happening every day, to save those who are dying of hunger, those who are deprived of their most basic human rights?"
"I've never been able to play any role in this kind of thing."
Superman's voice was deep.
"So I showed up and I wanted to unite them."
"I swore to myself that I would never directly participate in the conflict under any circumstances. This was a movement of non-cooperation and civil disobedience."
"I stood in Azadi Square for 24 hours, I didn't move, I didn't speak, I just stood there while the number of protesters grew from about 12,000 to a million."
"Someone left roses at my feet."
"Someone left green straps and flags, which is the symbolic color of this protest."
"Those who opposed the demonstration threw petrol bombs at me, but the Islamic Revolution and Puppet Army did not fire a single shot from the beginning to the end."
"The demonstration started peacefully and ended peacefully. I left after 24 hours. I did not interfere in local politics."
“But does that mean anything? Is the local regime committed to starting the democratization process?”
Superman was silent for a moment.
"No."
"Then why are you so grandstanding? Your actions caused an uproar internationally. The Iranian government accused you of acting on behalf of the president, and they called your intervention an act of war."
"I found out, of course, that you were right, that I was too stupid. So I plan to give a speech at the United Nations tomorrow and tell them that I am giving up my American citizenship."
"What?" It was Steve's turn to be surprised.
"I'm tired of my actions being interpreted as American politics. Truth, justice and the American way are no longer enough. The world is too small and too connected."
"I'm an alien, Colonel Trevor, and I can't restrain myself from seeing further and further. I realize now that the picture I've been thinking of has always been too small. You ask me, is it worth the sensationalism? What can he bring? Meaningful change?”
Superman paused, then continued:
"Maybe not in the grand scheme of things, but when I flew away, I saw two men below. One was a soldier of the Islamic Revolutionary Army, and the other was a protester. The protester handed the soldier a rose. .”
"I thought the soldier was going to open fire, but what he did was unexpected and incredibly brave."
"He took the rose."
He smiled.
"So I guess what I did probably had some use."
The atmosphere between the two people was somewhat stagnant.
Steve took a breath and said:
"But it still doesn't change you..."
Amanda tugged on Colonel Steve's arm and shook her head. So Steve shut up.
"Let's end the tense situation here." Chen Tao, who had been sitting and watching their argument, stood up, stood between the two of them, and forcibly broke off the dispute.
"We have to face this threat together," he said. "I'm here to ask for your help."
His eyes stopped on the face of Diana who was eating fried chicken: "I need your help."
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Deadshot went to pick up his daughter from school.
At the bright and tidy school gate, his Zoe, his angel, waved goodbye to her classmates and ran happily to her father, Floyd Lawton Jr.
Deadshot never went to school. A life that goes astray will not have a youthful campus life. After his family died, he picked up a gun. He shot and killed one person after another. He never felt that he was a good person.
So Deadshot is thankful. He's grateful that he's now lucky enough to live a life like this, a life that only good people deserve to live, you know, "good things come to good people."
And isn't it a blessing that a bad guy like him is lucky enough to live a life that only good people can live?
Deadshot picked up his daughter with the hands that had killed countless people and spun her around three times in the air. Even though his daughter is so big now, he can still pick her up easily.
Deadshot knew that one day he would be too old to hold his daughter, and he also knew that one day he might die a violent death. Therefore, he always cherishes such time very much.
They walked hand in hand on the street. Metropolis is quiet and safe, a nice place to live, unlike Gotham.
Deadshot listened quietly to his daughter telling stories about school. What class was taught today, and who came first in the long-distance running. These daily routines made him feel like a normal, real father, not an executioner with blood on his hands.
Then he answered a phone call. A call from Batman, he avoided Zoe and talked to the other party for a while.
"Dad, what did I say to you on the phone?" Zoe asked him.
Deadshot smiled and touched her head.
"Nothing at all."
Yes, there is a price for a bad guy like him to live a good life.
And he was ready to pay the price.
"Zoe is a good kid, isn't she?"
He touched his daughter's head, which was as furry as an elf walking in the forest.
"Dad is going on a business trip for a while, so you have to be fostered for a while."
“Zoe will be obedient and wait for Daddy to come home, right?”
Then he saw his daughter burst into tears.
After a few minutes, Deadshot finally coaxed the child.
"Be good Zoe," he said.
"good."
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Hollywood Studios.
Killer Croc wears a Hawaiian plaid shirt, the largest model of which doesn't even cover his hem.
He has a new girlfriend, Joan Munn, and together they look like a real-life version of Beauty and the Beast. Their relationship is very good, Killer Croc likes it here very much. At least in Hollywood, no one would be surprised by his unusual appearance.
There were weird makeup everywhere and all kinds of ugly appearances, which reflected him, making Killer Crocodile look more handsome.
Frankly speaking, Killer Croc has always had a dream to act. Many years ago, when he was a circus wrestler, he had always loved the feeling of being surrounded by people.
Although this dream of performing was shattered into pieces when the circus owner defaulted on his wages and ordered gangsters to beat him. He bit off the circus owner's arm and permanently cut off his career as an actor. Fortunately, now he may be able to start over and continue to pursue his unfinished dream of being an actor.
Batman gave him a lot of money... Although the money seemed a bit insufficient for making a big movie, it would be different if it was used to make a low-cost R-rated horror film. He is now a big star. , although limited to the category of horror films.
Killer Croc also wants to enter the field of superhero movies during this time. He has already decided what his movie should be called. It is called Crocodile Man, and the image setting is based on Batman.
He has been beaten up in Gotham for so many years, and he can almost recite what Batman will look like when he comes on the scene!
As for the content of the story, it is easier to compile. For so many years in Gotham, no one knows better than an insider like Crocodile Man how Batman beat the villains in such a fancy way.
Just replace Batman's actions with yourself, then put it on the screen and make a lot of money, right before your eyes!
Thinking of this, Killer Croc couldn't help but laugh slyly.
"Jiejiejiejie..."
"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? Copying Batman?"
"That's right, I not only want to copy Batman's previous operations, but also set the villain as a human-shaped Big Bat. The righteous Crocodile Man fights the evil Big Bat, and finally wins, and the beauty returns home, hehehehehe!"
After Killer Croc talked for a while, he suddenly realized that the second question he just asked was not the pleasant voice of his girlfriend Joan.
He turned his head sharply, and then looked as if he had seen Batman, and saw Batman quietly appearing behind him.
The surrounding crew and actors screamed, hiding nearby, quietly watching the black-clad visitor who appeared here.
Killer Croc then belatedly noticed that Poison Ivy also appeared in the crowd, holding a glass of water. Seeing that his eyes found her, she raised her head slightly to signal.
"Waylon, are they...?"
"Some work partners." Killer Crocodile stood up. He patted his girlfriend on the shoulder and comforted her: "It's just a small problem. I'll be back soon."
He paused, and then rejected himself: "Well, of course it may be a big problem, but at least I will come back to film for a while."
He said: "While I'm away, you film the scenes without me first. That's it." He lowered his head and gave his girlfriend an amphibian kiss: "I will definitely come back and continue filming. We My career has just started.”
"Okay." His girlfriend said, "You must come back soon!"
"Uh-huh."
He turned towards Batman.
"So, Bat, what do you want from me?"
"I need you to help me connect to the Red of All Beings." He heard Batman say, his voice seemed a little helpless: "I may need a big green dinosaur, only the Red of All Beings can satisfy me."
(End of chapter)
