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Chapter 376: Unexpected Reactions (Please subscribe, read, and comment on the monthly ticket)

"It looks like death won't show up. Let's go!"

The reason why Martin discussed these things with Bruce at the door of the asylum was to wait for death to appear.

Although he did not intend to use the matter of Morpheus to gain anything from the other party, as friends, it was only right for the two of them to meet and put an end to the matter.

But death did not show up, and Martin had no intention of waiting any longer.

Besides, if the other party wants to create a spatial distance, it is not a problem. There is no need to wait here.

"It's still early. I'm going to meet Clark and Barry and see what they think about the future development of the alliance."

Martin looked at the time. Although the sun had set, it was only a little after seven o'clock, which was far from time to rest.

"Your transformation is pretty fast. But I don't want to see someone like Morpheus again."

Bruce shook his head, just wanting to distance himself from the Endless Family.

"For an ordinary person like me, facing them, the pressure is too great."

Martin couldn't help laughing twice: "When can you be considered an ordinary person?"

Even if we put aside his identity as Batman, as the owner of a multinational tycoon, every choice Bruce Wayne makes can truly affect the development of mankind.

So no matter from which angle you look at it, Bruce has nothing to do with the word "ordinary person".

"Everything is relative. To the people on Earth, I am certainly not ordinary. But in front of the Endless Family, am I not just a mortal?"

Bruce didn't have any special feelings towards the Endless Family, because they were too far away and it was difficult for there to be any connection between the two.

If it weren't for Martin, Bruce would probably only see death on the day he died.

So he just wanted to maintain this state, hoping that members of the Endless Family would never appear around him again in the future.

So Bruce didn't want to debate with Martin on this issue. He unilaterally ended the discussion and got down to business.

"Clark and the others are now worried about the Alliance base. Los Angeles is definitely not a suitable place for us to build a base. Gotham and Metropolis don't seem to be suitable either. If we leave the United States now, it will also arouse the emotions of many people."

Bruce couldn't make up his mind for a while. Choosing the location of the base is not as simple as building a house.

The very act of selecting a base is a declaration.

However, the alliance had never reached a consensus on what to do in the future, so the seemingly simple matter of selecting a base became a focus of conflict.

Everyone consciously or unconsciously wants to have the right to decide on this matter in order to strengthen their own ideas.

"You think we should build a large space station in low-Earth orbit as the core? As for the base on the ground, we won't rush to decide for now."

Martin began to feel that the creation of the Watchtower was not entirely a show of skill by the comics editor.

The Justice League wants to mediate the formation of a global alliance, and until this position is widely accepted, no matter where they establish their base, it will be seen as biased.

In this case, it is better to go directly into space, which not only avoids the position disputes on Earth, but also strengthens the exploration of outer space.

"Space is indeed a great place to go, but building a space station that can serve as a base is a huge project."

Bruce didn't object to the plan, he didn't even consider things like resources.

For people at his level, the resources they can call upon are almost unlimited, and money in the modern sense is just a number to them.

How to transform the resources and money at hand into real influence is what Bruce has to think about every day.

Even though Bruce has changed his bat armor one after another, and his Batmobile and Batfighter are also frequently replaced, to him, these are just a drop in the bucket and not worth mentioning at all.

"Only big projects can bring people together. Besides, I'm just making a suggestion. Who knows, maybe others have better ideas?"

Building a watchtower is not something out of reach for the Justice League. They have all the necessary technology and materials.

The only problem is how to integrate these scattered parts together. If the watchtower can be successfully built, it can change the fragmented situation within the alliance.

"Maybe!"

Bruce became very cautious on such technical issues.

The Justice League is not short of technical geniuses now, such as Superman who has the wisdom of the entire Krypton civilization, or a special genius like Bruce. Maybe someone can really come up with better ideas.

The two of them chatted about various things within the alliance, left Arkham Asylum in the Batplane, and flew towards Metropolis.

Bruce wanted to go with Martin to see Clark and Barry, but was rejected.

Martin laughed and said: “When I went to meet them alone, it was just a friendly chat, everyone just chatted and exchanged ideas, it wasn’t so tense.

But if you come with us, the two of us together will seem like we are forcing them to accept something. What was originally a good intention will now become a bad thing."

"Are you sure you can convince both of them?"

Bruce was just worried.

"To be honest, I haven't discussed such a serious topic with Clark and Barry, and I don't know how they will respond specifically."

Character is character, and stance is stance; these two issues cannot be confused.

"As for the certainty, let's talk about it after I talk to them!"

Martin didn't think this was a particularly sharp conflict. Although there were differences between them, it had not escalated to the stage of physical combat.

Bruce was silent, not knowing what he was thinking, but he didn't say anything until he dropped Martin off in the urban area of Metropolis.

It wasn't until Martin jumped off the Batplane that he said, "I wish you success!"

"You make me feel like I'm going to the battlefield. There's no need, really no need!"

Martin smiled and calmed Bruce's nerves.

He is just like that, always keeping himself in a tense state. Although he often attends various cocktail parties as Bruce Wayne, that kind of atmosphere does not relieve his tension at all.

"I'm not worried about what Clark or Barry will do to you. It's just that if you fail to reach an agreement with them, the Alliance will have to spend a lot of time and energy dealing with this kind of thing, which is really not worth it."

Bruce also knew that neither Clark nor Barry could be opinion leaders.

They are both too kind and attach too much importance to personal morality, so they are ashamed to talk about interests.

But interests are the most crucial thing to maintain a faction, because people are unlikely to sacrifice their lives for illusory morality.

Marxism-Leninism, which is ridiculed as an "ideal utopia", never mentions so-called morality. It prefers to present the operation of interests between society to people in a direct and even cruel way.

On the contrary, the United States, a country that allows social groups to engage in fierce clashes for their own interests, always likes to cover itself with a layer of freedom and democracy.

"I still say the same thing, we will know how things turn out after we talk about it."

Martin is not overly optimistic, but such blind guessing is completely meaningless.

From this perspective, Bruce values Clark and Barry more than Martin, and is worried that their attitudes may trigger uncontrolled changes.

"Clark is here, I'm leaving."

Bruce installed a lot of these things on Clark. He watched the other party approaching quickly. He didn't want to disturb Martin's plan, so he flew away directly. "Hey, Martin, why did Bruce fly away directly without even saying hello?"

Clark was very happy to see Martin; the two of them hadn't been together privately for a long time.

In recent times, every time the two met, it was for business, and they talked about various business matters.

"Oh, he has to meet Diana and Arthur for something, just ignore him."

Martin put his hand on Clark's shoulder and laughed as if to deceive him about Bruce's whereabouts.

"By the way, I heard that you were helping a god regain his power, so why did you come to Metropolis?"

Clark didn't think much about it. That was just her personality. She never doubted others too much, which was the exact opposite of Bruce.

"You said he was a god. It wouldn't take him long to find a few lost items in human society."

Martin didn't want to spread the news about the Endless Family too much, so he didn't mention Morpheus' whereabouts.

"Tell me about yourself. I heard that you have been sorting out the legacy of Krypton recently. Have you got any preliminary results?"

Martin did not come up to discuss big topics like the future of the Justice League. Barry had not arrived yet, and Clark also needed time to sort out his thoughts.

"I just have this idea, but the specific work is done by my father. He is a scientist of Krypton and is more suitable for organizing technology than me."

Clark talked endlessly about this matter. He had the idea of making Kryptonian technology available to Earth a long time ago.

But he was alone at the time, and such disclosure would have no other result except causing chaos.

After the Justice League was formed, Clark's idea popped up again.

This time, with the support of Martin and others, he can selectively disclose some important technologies one by one without worrying about the consequences.

"That's a good thing. I hope your father can quickly compile a list of technologies that can have a significant impact on Earth's productivity, so that Bruce and his team can make modifications."

Krypton looks very similar to Earth on the surface, but the two are actually very different. If Kryptonian technology wants to be applied to Earth, it must be modified and cannot be used directly.

"Is there something major happening?"

Clark just isn't used to using his brain, but that doesn't mean he's stupid.

"The storm is coming, and regional wars are happening frequently around the world. Let's not talk about it for now, because it's not something the Justice League should be involved in."

Martin got to the point and gradually made his position clear.

"The key is that there are many enemies in the universe who are eyeing the Earth, represented by Apokolips and Brainiac. They each want to capture the Earth."

There are quite a few intelligent lives in the DC universe, but they are far from numerous, and generally speaking they are still very rare.

"We already knew about these things. You are bringing them up now. Did you get some news?"

Clark vaguely felt that Martin's coming to the Metropolis today was not just a simple reunion among friends, nor was it to discuss general business.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but become serious and carefully observed Martin beside him.

“I certainly don’t have any concrete information here, but I am certain that Earth will be hit by Apokolips and Brainiac.

These two forces will definitely not cooperate, but even if they take turns to attack, there will be a gap of ten to twenty years between the two invasions, and given the current situation on Earth, we are definitely no match for them."

"Are you trying to militarize the Justice League?"

Clark's heart was tense. He thought he saw through Martin's purpose and his expression became very serious.

"Why do you think so? I have no intention of militarizing the Justice League, and the Justice League does not have the basis for militarization."

Martin was surprised by Clark's reaction.

Bruce, such a stubborn man, never mentioned militarization from beginning to end. It was not until Martin took the initiative to bring it up that he responded.

Therefore, Clark's sensitive reaction made Martin realize that today's conversation might not go smoothly.

Martin suspected that someone had said something to Clark, but he kept his suspicion to himself.

"I have also informed Barry that I want to talk to you two tonight about the future development of the alliance."

Martin glanced at the time and estimated that it wouldn't take long for the enemy to come over, so he used this as an excuse to temporarily interrupt the conversation.

After Martin's silence, Clark also became annoyed.

He also felt that his reaction just now was too much. After all, Martin never had such a tendency. Even his radical ideas of playing a young superhuman were suppressed by him.

Frankly speaking, if it were Clark, he would not reject the radical ideas of those young people, because some of the demands are indeed in line with Clark's ideas.

From this perspective, it's more likely that Clark would turn the Justice League into a military organization than Martin would do so.

A few minutes later, Paris stopped in front of Martin wearing the Flash uniform and greeted the two men with a smile, but was met with silence.

"Uh, you two had a conflict?"

Barry asked cautiously.

Martin repeated to Clark what he had just said to him.

"Why don't you just discuss such an important matter among yourselves? Why drag me into it? I don't have the ability to handle such a complicated matter."

Barry waved his hands quickly, not wanting to have anything to do with such things.

"I know you don't have the ability to deal with this kind of thing, and you can't bear this kind of pressure."

Martin spoke very directly and didn't give Barry any face at all.

Barry grumbled to Martin a few times, but it was just a small complaint.

"But you are one of the six original members of the alliance. If I don't come to you today, a group of people will come to blackmail you someday."

"Oh!"

Barry understood what Martin meant.

Martin already had an idea, so he organized this conversation today.

Thinking of this, Barry became quiet and prepared to express his support for Martin's plan in a while.

Barry was very clear about his abilities. He had no problem dealing with criminals, but when it came to something as important as deciding the future development path of the alliance, his mind went blank and he couldn't think of a single word.

Besides, he didn't have the courage to take on such a responsibility.

I should just follow Martin obediently and move forward with my head down.

Martin wouldn't hurt himself anyway.

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