Chapter 258 Black Manta: No gaming experience, bad review
"Let me guess, you're going to let Clayface pretend to be Aquaman again." Amanda Waller said, "But do you really think you can fool him just by doing this?"
"Of course not." Chen Tao said, "Black Manta has been chasing Aquaman for too long and obsessed with him for too long."
"In a way, he is the person who knows Aquaman best in the world, and his lifelong enemy."
Chen Tao said:
"Just as even an excellent actor like Clayface can't pretend to be Bane (Joker:?) and fool me, it's obvious that Clayface pretending to be Aquaman can't fool Black Manta, let alone ending his rage. "
"So what do you want to do?"
"I've told you, send the living Aquaman to him and let him kill him."
"I remember you are Batman, not Riddler."
"I mean what I said literally. The mastermind is Black Manta, and he doesn't want to kill Aquaman."
While communicating with Amanda Waller through the in-car computer, he changed his head back to Batman's pointed ears, retaining only the mechanical state inside, and re-transformed into a mouth and nose like a decoration.
Then he walked up to Aquaman Arthur in front of him, stretched out his hand, and patted his shoulder in a friendly manner.
"Hmm? Batman, what's up?"
Arthur, who was still chatting with two Kryptonians and knew nothing about the situation, turned his head curiously: "We are about to arrive at the prison in Atlantis. The leader of the Flood Beast Organization, Ra's, who had previously plotted to attack the surface, was imprisoned here."
He said: "If possible, you can make a video to prove to the United States that they are just a group of terrorists. Every country has terrorists, right? It is absolutely ridiculous to blame an entire country for the actions of terrorists."
He pulled over a young girl dressed like a seahorse: "Oh, by the way, I just saw You seem to be talking to someone with two fingers on the headset, so I didn't disturb you. This is Regent Tula, who came to greet us when you were on the phone just now. "
He pulled over a man with a scar on his face: "This is Commander Muk, the commander of the Atlantis Vanguard Army."
Regent Tula nodded slightly to show respect, but Commander Muk did not hide his hostility: "Your Majesty, the people on the land will only take away our freedom and rule. You should not invite them to Atlantis. This is absolutely a mistake-"
"Enough, Muk! Shut up!" But before Commander Muk finished speaking, he was interrupted by Regent Tula.
"Excuse me, I don't have time to deal with your dispute for the time being." Chen Tao interrupted Regent Tula again.
He ignored the other party and called out loudly:
"Hey, hey, hey-everyone look over here, come over, look at me, look at me. Yes. Stop for a moment. "
Two Kryptonians, Superboy and Supergirl, walked over stupidly. Arthur, who was still confused and didn't know what was going to happen, followed closely behind.
"Be quiet for a moment, listen to me first. I have something to announce."
Everyone was waiting for Batman to say something.
"We are going to kidnap Arthur and give him to Black Manta!"
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Everyone present was stunned at the same time, and no one's brain could think straight for a while.
In that instant, silver-white particles emerged on Chen Tao's body, and instantly dyed his body into the state of Red Death, which was a mixture of gold and red.
Chen Tao grabbed the still dazed Superboy Connor - he really lifted him up, and used him like a strange weapon, the one-legged bronze man, and took him to circle around them for five or six hundred times at a speed beyond the normal human reaction limit, and then, with inertia, he lifted this big living person and smashed it on the forehead of Arthur, the Sea King.
Please forgive me, he didn't have a crowbar, and there was nothing hard enough around him to knock out a tough superhuman like Aquaman Arthur.
Anyone who has killed a pig knows that the key is to open the pig's head with the first blow of the hammer, so that the pig will completely lose its ability to resist, otherwise the pig will scream and run around, and it will be more troublesome to catch it, and the same is true for kidnapping.
So this time, it was a quick fight. Aquaman originally thought that they had already discussed the matter, and the next step was just a process, so he was not prepared at all.
Caught off guard, he was knocked unconscious directly.
"Huh?"
The young Regent Tula, the future water girl, widened her eyes. She made a long sound:
"Hey hey hey hey——?"
With a bang, Regent Tula's eyes rolled back, and he was also knocked unconscious by someone.
Supergirl appeared behind her, carefully raising her little fist.
"You..."
Bang!
Chen Tao once again swung up the one-legged bronze man Superboy Connor, and Commander Muk soon followed suit.
"What the hell is going on?!"
After knocking down two of Aquaman Arthur's subjects, Supergirl Kara couldn't help but complain loudly: "Why did you suddenly hit people?"
She touched her fist a little aggrieved: "I have to fight with you!"
"I don't have time to explain to you, get in the car." Chen Tao said.
"What do you mean?"
"I want to go back to my old job."
The next second, the big black bat put Superboy Connor and Supergirl on his shoulders without saying a word, then picked up Aquaman Arthur and clamped him under his ribs, put his feet together, and turned into two wheels with a swish.
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Boom!
The water flow could not stop the rotating tire at all. The steel ring and rubber on the tire automatically turned up, and it seemed to become the propeller of an underwater submarine, providing power for the whole person.
"What?"
Not far away, at this time, an Atlantean finally found that their king was rolling his eyes and being clamped under the ribs of a big bat, and the alarm bells rang immediately.
"Hold on tight." Chen Tao said, "I'm going to sprint."
Before Supergirl and Connor, who had just been used as a weapon to hit Aquaman's forehead and knocked his head dizzy, could answer, Chen Tao rushed out like an arrow from a string.
Not far away, he had already opened a gap in the Atlantis shield in advance with the magic of the bat wizard when he came in, just waiting for him to escape.
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Azores, Punta de Alta Port.
N.E.M.O temporary command base.
Finally.
A long-cherished wish.
"N.E.M.O will not hide forever. We must let the world know our existence and our capabilities..."
Black Manta said.
At this time, he was sitting in the N.E.M.O conference hall, his eyes lingering on the faces of every senior executive.
He sat in the main seat and looked down at them, as if he was looking down at the chessboard from the edge of the world.
He was very calm, but also very excited, and this feeling made him addicted.
He felt like he was split in half, as quiet as grass and trees, and as determined as an antelope flying across the cliff with its life.
"… When we are ready, we will sacrifice ourselves. I know Arthur Curry and Batman better than any of you… Never underestimate him. You are courting destruction by treating him as a sandbag. He will also fight back..."
Black Manta twisted a golden ball under the table.
This is the secret of how he was able to teleport through the golden vortex space gate before: the treasure of the King of Death - the Golden Bead.
It is one of the six sets of the King of Death, with long-distance teleportation function. It is one of the six artifacts created by the ancestor of the ancient Atlantis king [King of Death].
Through the temporary legal status obtained by working for Batman, he successfully found this treasure and became its owner.
He has been chasing a goal for most of his life.
Revenge.
Becoming a mercenary to make money is for revenge, working for Batman to obtain a legal status is also for better revenge, he studied science and made this high-tech armor specifically for Aquaman by himself, also for revenge.
No one knows how much he has paid for this goal, and no one knows how many times he has struggled.
This is Black Manta, a super monster who has no superpowers but can rely on his armor and fighting instincts to stand shoulder to shoulder with first-line villains such as Luthor, Joker, and Brainiac. Even at the lowest point, Black Manta never thought of giving up revenge.
The misunderstanding of killing each other's fathers permanently changed not only Aquaman Arthur Curry, but also him. From that moment on, their fates were firmly entangled.
Black Manta died the night that Aquaman Arthur killed his father.
Deep in his heart, he knew very well what caused this misfortune, he knew very well how he had caused Arthur Curry's anger, and he knew very well that it should have been him who died that night, not his father.
The huge sense of guilt and sorrow engulfed him, eating him alive and sucking his marrow out of his bones. Then first there was deep hatred, and finally it turned into a burning rage.
The goal of revenge always drives Black Manta, becoming the meaning of his life and making him a walking corpse.
Apart from this, his life has long been nothing else.
He is looking forward to it, and he is afraid.
He has been looking forward to and achieving his goal for many years: murdering Aquaman, and he is afraid of losing the goal of revenge, and why does he exist. But he is looking forward to it more after all, so he did not hesitate at all when he decided to do it.
"The activation program is ready, sir, ready to launch at any time, but..." Black Manta looked up at the other party. "You know the code, soldier. Launch." "Sir, I'm a little worried. Once activated, this thing can't be stopped." The soldier said: "The hairy man is a monster that only knows how to destroy. It doesn't distinguish between friend and foe." "I'm a fisherman, don't question me. Launch." "...Yes." The soldier manipulated the dashboard for a while: "Starting... Launch location Atlantic seabed, Pharos Reef, 80 miles northeast of Atlantis." "Activation completed." "Wait, sir, there is a problem. The seismic detector reports that the protective box has been damaged. This means that the hairy man's route may deviate." "Launch confirmed. Don't worry about him." "Sir? We must select the target while basic navigation is still available. Once we reach the point of full firepower, we will lose control. If the route programmed in his mind deviates, it may end up running to land-" "You know where the target is." Black Manta said. "His home."
The hairy man who was enchanted by the meditation mite can invalidate the teleportation magic on the Atlantis shield. Even if it is teleported away for a short time, it will come back immediately.
With its unmatched strength, the hairy man can directly break through the magic shield of Atlantis with brute force and knock a big "hole" on the shield.
Then, the blood magician Atrocitus driving the chemical waste monster will follow closely.
After passing through the big hole and entering the interior of Atlantis, he can use magic to completely disintegrate the shield of Atlantis from the inside.
Next...
The hairy man will be unstoppable and will completely drill through the entire country with a population of millions by himself. The chemical waste monster will spit venom and wantonly pollute the entire sea where the Atlanteans live.
In order to deal with the two existing Kryptonians, it has eaten two tons of artificial kryptonite in advance. Although these kryptonites have too many impurities and the effect is extremely poor, they can't withstand the large amount. When combined with the highly toxic chemicals in the chemical waste monster, it will be even more deadly.
[Outsider] The crisis specialists who have been placed in the US government and have been controlled will cooperate at the same time, sending real US troops and the government's hidden "trump cards" that have never been exposed to target superheroes to attack Atlantis together.
They will block the news from the Justice League and cut off the contact between Batman and the Justice League. The important thing is to create a time difference for everyone to react.
Everything is ready. Even if Batman and Aquaman Arthur can stop the hairy man and Atrocitus with their personal force, the group damage and toxicity of the chemical waste monster will completely pollute the sea area of the Atlanteans.
Millions of people are displaced, Aquaman is in pain and loses everything. This is the sweetest revenge, and it is also the scene that Black Manta wants to dream of.
Not to mention that the United States will actually participate in this war of destruction of Atlantis. There will always be survivors among the millions of people in Atlantis, and they will become mortal enemies with the United States under their own guidance.
And what about Arthur, the sea king who has been leading Atlantis and the land people to live in peace? How will his compatriots view him?
I am Black Manta, and I am taking action.
You want to unite the land and the sea? Do you regard this illusory ambition as the goal of your life?
Why do you! You are not qualified!
You are so unrealistic.
The world fears you, and they should fear you too.
You destroyed my world, you broke me. Those people... Arthur. All those people you tried hard to impress, they don't know your deepest secrets, right? Not as well as I know.
You are a murderer.
This kind and noble king who hopes to be loved by the world is a murderer.
You will never be complete, Arthur Curry, never.
The destruction of you and everything you represent is the point. There will be no compromise, nor hesitation.
Today, he will finally do it himself...
Boom!
At this moment, with a deafening explosion, a half-man, half-car, half-bat monster actually smashed the outer wall of the mobile base ship, stopped directly in front of Black Manta among the flying building materials, and made the voice of Batman.
"It's you, Black Manta! Old friend, I found you!"
In Black Manta's dull eyes, he saw that the monster shrank its body and turned into Batman's form, grinning high, and casually threw the half-dead Aquaman - the object of revenge he had been thinking about, the enemy he wanted to solve with all his efforts, to the ground so easily.
"It's just killing Aquaman, isn't it? It's not a big deal. If you had told me earlier, I would have helped you."
Black Manta just watched Batman take out a bunch of random weapons, which looked like the standard weapons of the regular army of Atlantis, including guns and cold weapons. They piled up a small hill on the ground and then pushed them directly in front of him:
"Come on, pick whatever you want, use whatever you want, kill Aquaman, the main point is a sense of ritual."
"Do you like it? Are you satisfied? Do you feel happy? Do you feel fulfilled? Do you feel this is meaningful?"
Black Manta stared blankly at everything in front of him.
He wanted revenge, but... not in this way!