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Chapter 414 A Big Exercise (Please subscribe, read, vote and comment)
After this unpleasant conversation, Dick was so depressed that he didn't want to talk anymore.

In the past, no matter what differences there were between him and Bruce, at least there was the father-son relationship to bridge such conflicts.

But Dick felt no such bond with Martin.

He is nice to everyone and sincerely considers the members of the alliance, but when he turns against others, he is also ruthless and cold-blooded.

Dick was not a weak person, but he felt unable to adapt to the cold-blooded tactics of Martin and his men.

No matter what, this is a modern society. Is there anything that cannot be discussed properly?

After all, the Justice League is not an army, and it would be a bit too much to hold its members to such standards.

And Martin's opinion of Dick is that he has been into bourgeois life too much and has no idea how real society works.

In his opinion, the behavior of Martin and Bruce was cruel, but in fact the organizational system of modern society itself was the greatest cruelty.

It is said that the ancient emperors had the power of life and death and regarded the world as their private property. But even if the ancient emperor of productivity gave an order, how many places and manpower could he influence?
For multinational business groups like the Wayne Group, as long as the top management decides to implement a business plan, it can affect the prices in third world countries and displace millions of people.

Dick only saw the people Bruce persuaded to quit, but he didn't see how many people had been sacrificed in Wayne Group's business activities and how many more would be sacrificed.

This worldview is also a classic liberal perspective, which only looks at things happening in life linearly without being able to connect them.

The difference in their opinions was so great that the two men didn't say a word to each other until they returned to the Batcave.

"Martin!"

As soon as Martin got out of the Batmobile, Barbara ran over with a surprised expression and gave him a big hug.

After being happy, the girl noticed that Dick looked unhappy and asked in surprise: "Did you two have a conflict?"

Martin nodded. "It's just a personal conflict between the two of us. There's nothing much to say. Bruce, I have something to discuss with him."

"Bruce is discussing the establishment of a space station with scientists from the Alliance. He has been running around in cities like Metropolis and Central City recently."

Influenced by Martin, Barbara is keen to work in the League, but Bruce and Dick both have important tasks to take care of, so they have to let her handle Gotham's affairs.

"I almost forgot to ask, didn't you go and persuade the people of Paradise Island and Atlantis to show themselves to human society? What was the result?"

"Paradise Island was very successful, and Diana and her mother have already started their plan. Atlantis is more complicated. Arthur has completely fallen out with the royal family and does not want to inherit their historical baggage. He is preparing to use another way to show the seabed itself."

Martin didn't keep it secret either, these things were meant to be made public.

"But this plan will take at least a year to get off the ground, so until we get an active invitation from Paradise Island and the seabed, we will just have to wait and see for now."

"The real trouble facing us now is that Apocalypse is about to invade, and they have their accomplices on Earth."

Barbara had also heard about Apokolips. As one of Bruce's assistants within the Alliance, she had also read the reports about alien news.

"As a mature interstellar civilization, Apocalypse can just attack us if they want to invade Earth. Why go through so much trouble?"

After all, Barbara didn't know as much as Martin, so she didn't understand the other person's thoughts.

Martin explained: "The Earth is special in the universe, and so are humans. Aside from the various great gods, there are also many messy things on Earth. If we can gather together, it will be difficult to expand outward, but self-preservation is definitely not a problem."

"More importantly, there is something Darkseid wants on Earth. Before he finds it, he won't risk everything and send his army here."

What Darkseid wants is of course the Anti-Life Equation, but this thing was sealed by all parties involved in the war after the war ten thousand years ago.

Even Zeus didn't know where that thing was, otherwise he wouldn't have released Ares to bite like a mad dog for thousands of years.

Martin had no interest in the anti-life equation and had no intention of finding it. Instead, he hoped that it could be hidden deeper, preferably so that no one could find it.

"Okay, contact Bruce and the others for me. I want to discuss this matter with everyone."

Martin knew that Bruce was not in the Batcave, otherwise Dick would not have come to pick him up.

Although Bruce is strict with Dick, he is also caring.

Even if he had any opinions about Dick, he would not let Martin know, let alone let Dick argue with Martin because of it.

Barbara glanced at Dick who left directly, shook her head helplessly, and led Martin to the big screen in the center of the Batcave.

"Dick must have complained to you a lot about Bruce on the way!"

"You can guess without asking anything. It seems that the dissatisfaction of Dick and his group is more serious than I thought!"

Martin was surprised. He didn't think Dick's attitude was irreversible. As long as they had a good talk, the problem could still be solved.

But he didn't expect that Barbara could see the problem between them at a glance.

"Dick has always been popular. Those members who were persuaded to quit would come to him to complain about being treated unfairly. As time went on, Dick was naturally affected and became more resentful. Don't blame him, he still supports the alliance in his heart."

Although Barbara wanted to excuse Dick, what she said was all true and she did not praise him at all.

"Supporting the alliance, but opposing the decision made by the majority of the alliance. This kind of support is too easy to be misunderstood."

Martin chuckled, with a hint of sarcasm in his words.

"It's understandable that Dick thinks this way, but there's nothing wrong with Bruce's behavior. I'll find someone who can talk to him, but if he can't let it go, he'll have to be transferred to another position. One of Dick's important goals in contacting various external organizations is to screen out reliable people and enrich the alliance's team. If the people who are screened don't have a firm stance themselves, then the people they select will definitely be examined in the future."

The reason why Dick was put in charge of this job was because he was popular and had certain organizational skills.

Who would have thought that he would waver on the most important issue.

The so-called human feelings, to put it bluntly, mean an unsteady stance.

Bruce just expelled them from the league, not chopped off their heads.

What's there to complain about?

"They are all blatantly against the alliance's line. If we don't expel them, do we have to honor them? I don't need them to act as the opposition to show my authority."

There was a hint of murderous intent in Martin's words.

Most people feel that the Great Purge-style internal cleansing is a continuation of dynastic politics and a symbol of dictatorship.

But I didn’t expect that this kind of movement was actually caused by the connection between two eras. People entered the new era, but the contradictions caused by the production relations in the old era did not disappear, but continued under various new names.

People who grew up in the new era and those who have risen from the old era cannot accept the continuation of the past relationship. There is always a certain lag in the governance of organizations, so people will fight for themselves in the name of political correctness.

This situation occurred in various places at the same time, and small ripples gathered together to eventually form an uncontrollable tsunami.

Faced with this kind of madness where the lower classes have already started killing each other, even a leader with an iron fist has no way to stop it. He can only try his best to provide legitimacy for this violence and ease the conflict.

The Justice League has only just been formed, and personal friendships are still important to superheroes.

In addition, their major league plan has not yet been implemented and not many people have benefited from it, so Bruce only persuaded them to withdraw and expel them this time.

If such a conflict occurs again a year later, the personal friendship will no longer be effective, and one party must be completely defeated without any chance of recovery.

"Calm down, Dick will figure it out. You and Bruce need to give him time."

Barbara knew this old partner. As the eldest son of the Wayne family, he always felt awkward.

"He was always wavering between the conflict of inheriting and rebelling against Bruce, which led to this indecisive attitude."

"I hope he can change as soon as possible! I'm not trying to make things difficult for him, but this attitude is not suitable for the job he is currently responsible for."

Martin ended the topic, and he and Barbara walked over to Batman's supercomputer.

Barbara also knew when to stop and did not talk about Dick anymore. Instead, she helped Martin make a video call with Bruce, Clark, Diana, Barry and Arthur.

Although Diana and Arthur were on Paradise Island and the bottom of the sea respectively, they saw that it was Martin who contacted them and answered the phone and held an online meeting.

“Is this route safe?”

Martin was referring specifically to Clark. Needless to say, Bruce's skills were so great that even the entire U.S. intelligence community combined were trying to decipher his communication channels.

The environment in which Diana and Arthur are in is also very special. Paradise Island and the bottom of the sea are protected by magic respectively, and cannot be eavesdropped by ordinary technology.

Barry used the technology of STAR Labs, and everything was handled by the future artificial intelligence Gideon, and the intelligence department couldn't do anything to him.

Only Clark, despite being the guardian of the treasure trove of Kryptonian technology, has never used it and is still using a low- to mid-range smartphone.

"Don't worry. Before Arthur left, he completely modified the internal communication system of the alliance. The communication between the six of us is guaranteed not to be eavesdropped by others."

Bruce is as reliable as ever.

"Well, let Barbara sit in and write down a record with pen and paper."

Martin followed the general process of the meeting and asked everyone to take turns reporting on their recent work results.

Bruce temporarily took over Arthur's organizational work, and with the help of a symposium on public Kryptonian technology, he reached preliminary transfer agreements with several countries.

Superman was responsible for contacting his father-in-law and met with several military generals within a few days to confirm that their attitude towards superhumans had turned neutral.

Barry led Team Flash to integrate the scientific research capabilities of the Justice League and made a preliminary plan for the scale of the space station.

Diana and Hippolyta temporarily cut off their connection with the gods, but welcomed Athena's incarnation to the mortal world, and began to draw elite troops from various Amazon legions to organize new legions.

Arthur has obtained the Mother Box kept by the Atlanteans and has made preliminary contact with Princess Mera of the Kingdom of Xebel.

After the five of them finished their reports, they waited for Martin to speak about what great thing he had done.

But Martin simply recounted what happened on Paradise Island and the Amazon, and then shifted the topic to Apokolips.

"According to the information we received, Apocalypse will soon invade the Earth, and there are two complete Mother Boxes but no movement, not even trying to send out signals."

"So, you think there are already people from Apocalypse inside the Earth?"

Bruce reacted even faster than Diana.

"That shouldn't be the case. Even if someone on Earth is willing to do this, will the people of Apokolips accept it? The New Gods are very arrogant. You said that yourself, Martin."

Clark felt that one should not suspect others without evidence.

"The New Gods are proud but also cunning. If there is a treasure like the Anti-Life Equation on Earth, Darkseid will come to get it at any cost, and naturally he will not care about his face."

Martin then produced more evidence: "The weapons sold by the International Gang were previously suspected to be provided by Luther, but now it seems more like Apocalypse's added technology."

"After all the twists and turns, I didn't expect that the matter would be related to that bald guy again."

As Martin was talking, he thought of the leader of the Knights of Ren, and wondered if Luther had become a master of the Force now.

Of course, even if he really became a master of the Force, it wouldn’t matter, Martin could still easily control him.

"In short, I hope the Justice League will take action immediately and do their best to find relevant clues, and dig out all the individuals and organizations on Earth that are connected to Apokolips as quickly as possible."

"It's not a problem to run it at full capacity, but it makes too much noise. What if someone misunderstands me?"

During this period, Clark accompanied his father-in-law to visit generals and congressmen, but he realized what was going on in the minds of the upper class.

But they really don't care about the overall situation. Even if Apokolips is going to attack tomorrow, that group of people must kill the Justice League today.

"We want them to misunderstand. If they don't misunderstand, they won't take it seriously. If they don't take it seriously, they won't publicize it. If we don't publicize it, all our hard work will be in vain."

Martin doesn't care what those people think: "Digging out Apokolips' informant on Earth is itself a show. While testing the overall ability of the Justice League, it also lets the world know about the existence of Apokolips.

If governments don’t prepare in advance, even if we defeat Darkseid, at least 100 million people will die on Earth. Apokolips’ warships are not toys. Just one round of bombardment in orbit can cause a lot of damage.”

The knowledge of Krypton was not concealed from the core members of the Alliance. Everyone saw how the interstellar war was fought from the combat power of Krypton's military.

If it weren't for the explosion of Krypton during the incident with General Zod, and if it weren't for the fact that they were overconfident after being exposed to the yellow sun and were only interested in capturing Clark for dissection, things would not have been resolved so easily.

"We will immediately mobilize the entire alliance and dig out all the connections of the International Gang as quickly as possible."

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