Chapter 224: Cyborg's Trap and Batman's Preparatory Measures
In the government meeting room.
Colonel Steve and Amanda Waller sat side by side on the left side of the president.
General Swanwick sat alone not far to the right of President Clinton, with his arms folded and expressionless. The other two generals in military uniforms sat close to the president. Compared with those militant lunatics who Waller sometimes suspected had lost their minds, these two generals were slightly more normal people in the army.
But now, everyone present had a very ugly face.
On the big screen, a perspective was being played at this moment, which was Billy's brick-like positioning device.
At this time, the picture stopped at the big face of Black Adam when he bent down to pick up the brick.
No one spoke.
"Batman treated us to a good show." The president set the tone as soon as he spoke: "But I think we have to make our own judgment."
"Cyborg Superman and Steppenwolf standing together means nothing." Colonel Steve said: "They may..."
"We have no evidence to prove that Cyborg Superman and Steppenwolf are connected." Amanda Waller said: "But the problem is..."
"This is not a courtroom."
Colonel Steve and Amanda played a perfect language match, first throwing out the assumption of innocence, then making a guilty inference, and directly convicting Cyborg Superman. Amanda gave the conclusion in a few words:
"If loyalty is not absolute, then it is absolutely disloyal. Although I don't want to believe it, this video may be able to corroborate the intelligence that 'Batman told us that Cyborg Superman is not a good person.'"
But it is obvious that this is not what the president wants to hear. He also wants to hear other opinions, so he turned his attention to the two generals next to him.
"I'm not a radical person." One of the generals paused and said, "Maybe there is something wrong with the Cyborg Superman, but that doesn't prove that Batman is harmless."
"If he doesn't, we're destroying ourselves." Another general said, "At least for now, he still obeys our orders."
"But there is no guarantee for the future. A bomb that can explode at any time in your hand may not be as good as a slingshot." Amanda Waller said, "A sword stabbed from the back may be more threatening than an ally who refuses to let us participate in core matters."
"But..."
"No buts." Waller said, "There is a fact we have to admit that Batman and his Suicide Squad are the most complete superpower group on the earth. While dealing with so many crises, the government should not get too stiff with the other side, especially to avoid all direct armed conflicts."
"We can't have a direct armed conflict with them. Are we just going to watch-"
"General, the reason why I say we can't have a direct conflict 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 debate of everyone on the scene.
The president picked up the phone, but paused.
"Mr. President, who is calling?" Waller had already guessed the target, but she didn't say it directly.
Then he heard the other party's answer:
"It's Batman."
"Batman called me."
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"Leave that Kryptonian, Batman."
A large speaker was installed on one of the tanks, and the voice of General Eiling came from it.
He is a representative of the government hawks, advocating tough measures and attitudes against superpowers who are outside the government's control. In this regard, his attitude is even clearer and more extreme than Amanda Waller.
Amanda Waller is just an agent. She accepts orders and completes orders. She does not express political demands, and even does not have any malice towards superheroes in private, while General Eiling is completely different.
He is one of the "some people" in the short sentence "Some people in the government are ..." that Waller sometimes mentions.
At the same time, he is also the middleman who introduces the mechanical superman into the government system. 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. Cyborg obviously didn't come to this area alone. Frankly speaking, Chen Tao originally thought that the efficiency of the US military's actions would be lower, and he would finish the work faster, so he would not have to face them directly. However, since it was unfortunate now, he was not unprepared.
"Don't think about flying away, Batman." He heard General Ellin's voice on the loudspeaker: "Red Sun weapons and kryptonite missiles are ready."
Chen Tao sighed, and he saw the metal man John Coburn appear next to ordinary soldiers and tanks with countless mechas.
If you were so tough against Darkseid, it would be great.
Chen Tao shook his head. Although it is not impossible to force your way through, it is unnecessary.
Frankly speaking, Chen Tao did not intend to clash with the army here.
Just as Bane once fought the army decisively but did not intend to destroy the city, it is one thing to stay on the edge of government control, or even to fool the government into conducting private vigilante activities, or to steal government intelligence, but it is another thing to fight the army head-on and openly confront the *machine.
His relationship with the government had already deteriorated because of the extremely bad Mother Box counterfeiting incident. If he rushed into the enemy camp here, beat up the metal man, and then destroyed those weapons and left, it would be simple and crude enough, but...
clang!
Diana didn't say a word. She took out such a long sword in front of the densely packed American soldiers, and then made the sound of Amazon war cry:
"Warriors, charge behind me, follow me..."
"You are a bit too extreme!" Chen Tao hurriedly stopped her: "This can't be cut!!!"
"We will directly break into the enemy camp and capture the enemy general." Diana said: "There is no need to really kill him. I will put the sword across his neck and we can leave."
Chen Tao quickly brainwashed Diana and asked her to give up this dangerous idea: "Ah, this can't be done. This is the country's army. We are superheroes."
He said: "We are disciplined and law-abiding."
He flew up and hovered in the air, looking down at the continuous army.
"Batman, I'm giving you a final ultimatum. Hand over the Kryptonians..."
General Elling's voice was still ringing, and the president's phone was connected.
Then he called the president on the spot.
"... Okay."
Soon, the president passed the order to release them, and Chen Tao didn't even need to say anything, which was a bit beyond his expectations.
A moment later, General Elling, with a stinky face, walked slowly to Chen Tao with a large number of soldiers and said a lot of words.
Chen Tao didn't listen carefully. The general idea was to talk about what he had paid for the country, but no matter how much he paid, it had nothing to do with him.
He was sleepy after listening, but in the end, the talkative General Elling still made way, and various tanks and mechas were separated. Everything seemed to be going smoothly.
Chen Tao called Wonder Woman, and Xiao Ke dragged Supergirl, who was still in a coma, behind him.
Diana whispered, "Is it solved?"
"Yeah." Chen Tao nodded.
"Oh, so that's it."
What's with the disappointment in his tone... Do you really want to fight the government?
Chen Tao shook his head.
But suddenly he was curious: "But didn't you think of asking Steve to help you?"
Wonder Woman paused.
The Amazon warrior rubbed the hilt of the sword that was inserted into the scabbard again and hung on her waist with her thumb in a somewhat awkward manner.
Chen Tao soon stopped dwelling on this issue. With the eyes of General Eyring and tens of thousands of silent soldiers, they quickly walked out of the continuous military camp and came outside.
But Chen Tao was always a little absent-minded. He looked at the still unconscious Supergirl and felt that something was missing.
He stopped and looked back at the military camp.
Countless soldiers set up camp here, and everyone's expression was extremely lively, completely real, and it couldn't be fake...
Chen Tao shook his head. When did he start to be afraid of Mud Face? He was the only one in the world who lied to others. When did anyone lie to him?
But he still felt something was wrong. Things went too smoothly, as if he had made a phone call and solved the problem on the spot, as easily as opening a can and taking out luncheon meat.
If Cyborg and General Ellin simply let him pass through so many troops, then what was the point of them doing so?
Arrange the troops here to line up and welcome him?
When Chen Tao figured this out, he suddenly felt a buzz in his head. He turned his head, and when he looked at Diana for the first time, he found that the Amazon princess also noticed 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. The X-ray perspective ray immediately swept across the entire military camp.
Clear view... Clear view... Clear view...
But soon, Chen Tao found an area blocked by lead.
He grabbed Diana's arm, and then took her into the air, and the two disappeared in an instant.
Boom!!!
He was in no mood to talk properly. The sense of urgency urged him to open the box blocked by the lead plate...
Chen Tao took a breath of cold air when he arrived at the place. He realized that this was not a box at all, but a temporary small house.
And inside...
"This can definitely kill everyone here."
Diana, who was standing next to Chen Tao, looked solemnly at the huge bomb in front of her: "Even though I haven't used this weapon much, I know its power very well."
She stretched out her hand and tried to lift all the bombs by herself, but was immediately stopped by Chen Tao.
He stretched out a hand, with countless tiny metal locks extending from the top. He carefully checked the operating table of the bomb for a while: "You can't move it. It will explode if you move it."
Chen Tao frowned, and the next moment his head turned into a car computer, trying to activate the power of the metal spirit on the bomb.
Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz...
It was useless. Chen Tao looked ugly. This thing was definitely not a product of the earth. It was mixed with too much technology from Apocalypse.
So he turned around and said to Wonder Woman: "We have to let General Alleyn mobilize his army to leave here-"
"I disagree."
But before Chen Tao finished speaking, he heard General Eiling's voice: "I received an order to stay here, so even if the president ordered me to evacuate, I would not pay attention." Chen Tao turned his head and saw the commander of the army who appeared here. The metal man followed him, and then a large group of mechas. There was a glimmer of red in his eyes, and Chen Tao guessed that he had been controlled by the mechanical superman. Chen Tao lowered his eyes. The other party wanted to kill all the troops here. He could guess without looking at it now that the information from the president and here should have been completely blocked, or at least temporarily blocked. In that case, in the eyes of the government, no matter what happened, the result would be that Batman was alive, while the army was piled with corpses and blood flowed like a river. This would undoubtedly give many people in the government a great excuse. So Chen Tao sighed and turned to look at Diana next to him. "Sometimes I really don't want to use those despicable means." Then he looked at General Eiling and the mechas under his command: "But I usually have a plan."